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ost of the mothers surveyed in the UK don’t want to work D. the percentage of mothers who work in the UK is the lowest in the world I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left a message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more impatient. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn’t care about me. I was overe with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?”At that time I didn’t realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, “Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone!” And she swept it into the wastebasket. I stood watching her, speechless. What on earth?? She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the rest of the house, “Now hear this! All objects in this room – if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go!” Then she turned to me, kissed me and said calmly, “Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.” W ith that, she left the room. After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight, I noticed that something in my mood(情緒 ) had changed. I was laughing. How would I have trouble with that phone? Her antics helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly. 24. Why did the author shout at the telephone? A. He was mad at the telephone. B. He was angry with his agent. C. He was anxious about his wife D. He was impatient with the secretary. 25. What did the author’s wife do after she heard his shouting? A. She said nothing B. She shouted at him. C. She called the agent D. She threw the phone away 26. What made the author laugh? A. His own behavior. B. His wife’s suggestion C. His changeable feelings D. His wife’s sweet kiss. 27. What does the underlined word “antics” refer to? A. Smart words B. Unusual actions C. Surprising Looks D. Anxious feelings Talking plants might sound like characters in a fairy tale. But recent scientific studies have shown that plants municate with each other and with other living things in a surprising number of ways. To understand them, scientists say, we just have to learn their language. Farmers are especially interested in what plants have to say. “Plants are able to municate wi th all sorts of anisms (有機(jī)體 ). They can municate with giant bacteria, with other plants and with insects. They do this chemically, ” said Cahill, an Ecology Professor of the University of Alberta in Canada. Plant scientists are just beginning to understand this chemical “l(fā)anguage”. Cahill says studies have shown, for example, that plants can evaluate (評估 ) conditions in their immediate environment and take appropriate actions. Plants have an ability, for example, to signal pain or disfort caused by anything from temperature extremes to an insect attack. Jack Schultz, a professor of chemical ecology at the University of Missouri, says when a plant senses that it39。 棗陽市 白水高中 高 二 年級 20202020 學(xué)年度上學(xué)期 12 月月考 英語試題 時(shí)間: 100分鐘 分值 120分 ★ ??荚図樌? ★ 第 Ⅰ卷 選擇題 (共兩部分,滿分 70分) 第一部分 閱讀理解 (共兩節(jié),滿分 40分) 第一節(jié) 、 完形填空(共 20 小題;每小題 ,滿分 30分) 閱讀下面短文,從短文后 120 各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng) (A、 B、 C和 D)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。 On August 26, 1999, New York City was struck b