【正文】 ogy （UT） in Lima，Peru heard about their problem and found a wonderful solution．They made a lamp that can be powered by plants and soil，both of which can be easily found in the Amazonian rainforest where the village lies．The lamp takes energy from a plant growing in a wooden box and uses it to light up an LED light bulb．While that may sound amazing and even impossible，the science behind the ides is quite simple．As plants create their food （using the sun39。t like this at all．By the 1760s，they were losing millions of pounds each year to Dutch traders﹣a huge amount of money in a time when￡60a year was considered a good ine．Instead of reducing their prices to pete with the Dutch，the pany asked the British government for help and the government agreed．In 1767，the British introduced new law that increased the prices of all goods which were brought into America．These laws helped make the East India Company even richer and forced local people to pay much more for everything．The American leaders asked the British government not to do so，but the British refused to listen．These unfair laws increased Americans39。s love of tea is well﹣known．When the British won control over mush of North America in the early 1700s，they brought their tea﹣drinking habits with them．Tea quickly became the continents most popular drink．As tea could not be grown locally，just as in Britain，it was shipped into the country﹣mostly from India．In the early 1700s，the Britain government made a special deal with the East India Company，as an English trading pany．They agreed that no other pany was allowed to bring tea to Britain or any country controlled by Britain，including America．It was a great deal for the East India Company，since it meant that the pany could decide whatever price it wanted for its products．And it always decided on a high price!In North America，the local people did not like having to pay such high prices．Instead of overpaying for tea from the British，they turned to Dutch traders，who secretly brought tea to the country that was just as good﹣and much less expensive．Although this broke the law，the American people didn39。s wall tell us about him？　 　A．He lived near the ocean．B．He cared about the environment．C．He worked as an animal rescuer．D．He thought whales were the most beautiful animals．27．Why did the local people go down to the beach that morning？　 　A．To swim with the whalesB．To help rescue the whales．C．To see the whales swimming．D．To watch a movie about whales．28．The underlined wordrecededin Paragraph 3means　 ?。瓵．didn39。d have to do anything about．Then one whale swam in the direction，directly towards land．It came in with the waves，and when the waves receded．Its huge body rested on the sand．Suddenly，Jake and his family and all the others were no longer sightseers．They had to bee rescuers．A few people ran towards the animal．They pushed and tried to force the whale back into the water，but it was no use．An animal rescue service team soon arrived in a truck with heavy lifting machinery，to help move the animal．Jake and his family couldn39。ing．A group of the animals were swimming close to the beach in Jake39。s what the picture on Jake Smith39。t see yourself as the problem．Nobody should be bullied．But if you don39。s rough dirt road．As the cart moved up and down over the road，the potatoes moved（12）　 ?。甌he small potatoes moved to the bottom，the larger potatoes rose to the top and the medium potatoes rested（13）　 　 the middle．Life（14）　 　like this too．The rough roads we travel along can also（15）　 　us．1．A．richB．richerC．richestD．more rich2．A．thousand withB．thousands withC．thousand ofD．thousands of3．A．busilyB．busyC．more busilyD．busier4．A．whoB．whichC．whatD．whose5．A．workB．was workingC．were workingD．works6．A．AB．AnC．TheD．/7．A．heB．himC．himselfD．his8．A．goB．goingC．to goD．went9．A．a(chǎn)re dividedB．were dividedC．a(chǎn)re 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villagers（5）　 　，he walked around the village laughing and talking．（6）　 　villagers thought he was lazy，and they worried that this man would never get（7）　 　potatoes ready in time．When it was time for the villagers（8）　 　to market，they were greatly surprised to find that the man39。s potatoes（9）　 　perfectly into three groups．After （10）　 　the man how he did it，they understood he was not lazy，（11）　 　very clever．He had put all his potatoes in a cart and pulled it along the village39。t want to tell others．However，she now thinks people who are bullied should talk about their（16）　 ?。甊ebecca says that many people who are bullied（17）　 　in silence．She says that although she （18）　 　heard a lot about bullying when she was in primary school，she never thought it would happen to her．Rebecca told us that the bullying began when she went to middle school．People started making fun of her for being a（19）　 　student and knowing all the answers．She went on to say that every time she answered a question correctly in class，everyone would start sho