【正文】 have games that can help stimulate(刺激) older people’s minds.”8. The purpose of Beck and Edwards’ study is to _____________.A. understand humananimal relationshipB. make lonely old people’s life betterC. find the causes of old people’s lonelinessD. improve the animalassisted research9. What does the underlined word “removes” mean?A. moves again B. is movable C. doesn’t need D. need10. What is the better point of AIBO than live dogs?A. It is easier to keep at home. B. It can help the disabled people.C. It responds to all the human orders. D. It can watch TV with its owner.11. The writer seems to suggest that the future robotic dogs may__________.A. cure certain diseases(病) B. keep old people activeC. change people’s ideas D. look more like real dogsDWhen you watch TV programs about wild animals, it is surprising to see how an antelope can escape a lion’s attack. In the wilderness, everyone has a stunt(絕招). Even plants have their own ways of fighting off enemies.Over millions of years of evolution(進(jìn)化), plants have developed a unique defence(防御) system. Chemicals are wildly used for survival. By making their leaves, flowers, roots and fruits distasteful or poisonous(有毒的) to enemies, plants can fight back.One such plant is the Golden Wattle tree(合歡樹). The British scientist David Cameron has found when an animal eats the tree’s leaves, the amount of poison increases in the other leaves. “It’s like the damaged(受傷的) leaves telephoning the others telling them to fight together against the enemy,” he said.The tree also sends defence messages to neighboring plants by giving out a special smell. Golden Wattle trees in the surrounding 45 meters will get the message and produce more poison within 10minutes. Now, if an enemy eats too many of the trees’ leaves, it will die.Every species of plant or tree is good at the production of a particular set of chemicals. A herbivore that can safely eat the leaves of one tree may be poisoned by its neighbor.In this way, plants have developed not only individual(個(gè)體的) defence system, but also shared it with others. This makes it impossible for a single animal to destroy even a small area of forest.12. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?A．Plants Fight back with PoisonsB．Plants Can Kill AnimalsC．Animals and PlantsD．Lions and Antelopes13. According to the study, if one Golden Wattle tree is attacked by animals, it can________.A．tell other trees to protect itB．produce more poison within 10 minutesC．send defence messages to the neighboring plantsD．kill the animals with its leaves14. In this passage the underlined word “herbivore” probably means animals which ________.A．live on both animals and plantsB．feed on smaller animalsC．live on the Golden Wattle treesD．live on plants15. The last paragraph of the passage suggests that this kind of defence system________.A．does great harm to the animalsB．does good to the forestsC．is helpful to some animalsD．harms animals四、任務(wù)型閱讀閱讀下面短文，并根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一個(gè)最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~。 No, he isn’t.C. is he。 that21. He’s never late, __________? __________. He always es on time.A. is he。 never C. never too。 but also18. –It’s nice of you to tell me the way. __________.A. It doesn’t matter. B. Never mind. C. Thank you. D. It’s my pleasure.19. –Excuse me, sir, is the swimming pool open all day? __________. Only from 6:30 . to 9:30 .A. Yes, of course. B. That’s right. C. Sorry, I’m not sure. D. Sorry, I’m afraid not.20. Mike likes football a lot. He is __________ tired __________ enjoy the football matches.A. too。 nor C. both。 of16. Mr. Chen is a good teacher. He spends as much time as he can __________.A. explain problems to us B. explaining problems for usC. explain problems for us D. explaining problems to us17. –Can I e here on Saturday or Sunday? Sorry, you can’t e __________ on Saturday __________ Sunday. We only work on weekdays.A. either。 for C. This。 into13. The boy is energetic and active, __________ sometimes too impatient.A. and B. but C. or D. so14. The teacher told us much more