【正文】 s chickens 正確答案是 Passage 10 The American Revolution was not a revolution in the sense of a radical or total change. It was not a sudden and violent overturning of the political and social framework, such as later occurred in France and Russia, when both were already independent nations. Significant changes were ushered in, but they were not breathtaking. What happened was accelerated evolution rather than outright revolution. During the conflict itself people went on working and praying, marrying and playing. Most of them were not seriously disturbed by the actual fighting, and many of the more isolated munities scarcely knew that a war was on. America39。s alarm clock because he crows every morning. This is how everyone on a farm wakes up. Only hens, fullgrown female chickens, can lay eggs. The hen hatches her baby chicks by sitting on her eggs for twentyone days. An average smallfarm family keeps ten chickens in its barnyard. Because one hen can lay as many as 240 eggs yearly, this flock will give enough eggs to feed a family of five people. But they provide other food as well. Each year most Americans eat forty pounds of chicken meat in addition to the eggs. Chickens are different from other birds. Their wings are small and weak, and their bodies are very heavy. Thus, they can fly only a few feet at a time. The chicken is also the only bird with a b, or small piece of flesh, on the top of its head. Both the chicken and the turkey have wattles or pieces of flesh, banging under their chins. Breeders raise about 100 different kinds of chickens. But not all of them get eaten. Some people make chickenraising a hobby. They take their prize birds to pete in shows and fairs. One of these special breeds, the Yokohama, has tail feathers twelve feet long. Another breed, called the Silky, has feathers as fine as hair. 41. Chickens were wild birds in jungles thousands of years ago before ______. A) they were tamed more than a thousand years before the Birth of Christ B) they were brought from the Great Britain to America C) they were brought by the European colonists to America in the 1600s . D) they were brought by Chinese to America in 1600s 正確答案是 42. The word chick (Para. 2) in the context is probably ______. A) the short form for chicken B) a young woman C) a young chicken D) a young bird 正確答案是 43. It can be inferred from the passage that ______. A) there are five people in an average smallfarm family B) ten chickens were usually raised by an average smallfarm family C )Americans eat not only eggs but also chicken meat D) chickens were probably first raised to lay eggs rather than to provide chicken meat 正確答案是 44. According to the passage, in what ways are chickens and turkeys in mon? A) Neither birds can fly far at a time. B) Both birds have a b on top of their heads. C) Both birds have pieces of flesh hanging under their chins. D) Both birds have small and weak wings and heavy bodies. 正確答案是 45. Chickens are raised not only for food but also ______. A) as pets B) to replace dogs C) as an self enjoyment in one39。 structure and the life in them D) castles39。s eating habit in a castle that ______. A) they lived a luxurious life and their diet was very delicate B) they lived a primitive life and their table manner was often rude C) they lived a highly civilized court life D) they lived a paratively luxurious but notsocivilized life 正確答案是 40. The main topic of this passage is ______. A) why people built castles and their structure B) castles39。s needs after the year20xx. 正確答案是 35. The application of advanced technology to research in solar energy ______. A) would lead to a big increase in research funding B) would make it unnecessary to import oil C) would make it possible to meet the future energy needs of the EEC D) would provide a much greater proportion of the Community39。s needs after the year 20xx 正確答案是 34. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A) The EEC spends one billion pounds on imported energy each year. B) At the present level of research spending, it is difficult to make any significant progress in the provision of energy from the sun. C) lees than 3% of the EEC39。s needs before the year 20xx C) lees than 3% of the EEC39。3 millions a year in indirect research with universities and other independent bodies. 31. The phrase be brought forward (Line. 2, Para. 1)most probably means ______. A) be expected B) be pleted C) be advanced D) be introduced 正確答案是 32. Some scientists believe that a breakthrough in the use of solar energy depends on ______. A) sufficient funding B) further experiments C) advanced technology D) wellequipped laboratories 正確答案是 33. According to Mr. Gretz, the present sum of money will enable the scientists to provide ______. A) more than 3% of the EEC39。 millions a year on solar research at Ispra,? one of the EEC39。s needs, this could still produce a saving of about a billion pounds in the present bill for imported energy each year. And he believes that with the possibility of utilizing more advanced technology in this field it might be possible to satisfy a much bigger share of the Community39。s solar energy program, Mr. Joachim Gretz, told journalists that at present levels of research spending it was most unlikely that solar energy would provide as much as three per cent of the Community39。s research effort in this field, according to the senior EEC scientists engaged in experiments in solar energy a EEC39。s calculations go to the designer of the part, and he must make it as strong as the stress man says is necessary. One or two samples are always tested to prove that they are as strong as the designer intended. Each separate part is tested, then a whole assembly for example, a plete wing, and finally the whole aeroplane. When a new type of aeroplane