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Researchers believe that the insect(昆虫) is better at managing congestion (拥挤) than humans. Ants are the most many type of animal on earth with brains that contain about 250,000 cells ---- the largest among insects.
Now an intelligence expert Dr. Dirk Helbing says understanding more about ants could help solve one of the headaches of modern life -- road congestion.
His team set up an "ant motorway" with two routes of different widths from the nest to some sugar syrup (糖浆). Soon the narrower（更窄的） route soon became crowded（拥挤的）. But when an ant returning along the crowded route to the nest met with another ant just starting out, the returning ant pushed the newcomer onto the other path. However, if the returning ant had enjoyed a trouble-free journey, it did not send the newcomer in a different direction.
The result was that just before one route became clogged , the ants had turned to another route and traffic jams never formed.
The researchers also created a computer model of more complex ant networks with routes of different lengths. The team found that even though ants being sent in another direction sometimes took a longer route, they still got to the food quickly and efficiently.
Dr. Helbing, of the Dresden University of Technology in Germany, said that while you cannot allow cars to meet with traffic coming in the opposite（相反的）direction as a form of traffic control, you could do the next best thing and allow them to communicate.
His plan is to force cars traveling in one direction to tell oncoming traffic what the conditions they are about to meet with-- so they can avoid that situation if necessary.
The first paragraph suggests that _______.

A．ants have a special way to manage congestion

B．ants are clever and good at dealing with the traffic jams because of developed brain

C．insects are similar to animals in dealing with the traffic jams because of developed brain

D．insects have more advantages than humans

The underlined word "clogged" can be replaced by _______ in the following four words.

A．cleaned

B．narrowed

C．crowded

D．shortened

If an ant returns along crowded route to the nest, how does the ant solve the traffic problem?

A．The ant will change the direction of its own.

B．The ant stopped the newcomer from moving ahead and forced the newcomer to wait there patiently.

C．The ant can't direct the newcomer.

D．The ant will push the newcomer to the other route, so traffic jams won't form.

What's the advice that Dr. Helbing gives us?

A．The cars cannot be allowed to communicate with traffic coming in the opposite direction.

B．The cars can communicate with traffic in the same direction.

C．The cars that travel in one direction can tell oncoming traffic about the traffic conditions.

D．We should build more routes of different lengths and widths.

Bicycle tour and race
A bike tour and race will be held on August 26 and 27（ Sat. &Sun.）at 5:30 am, the riders will leave Tian’an Men Square and ride the first 35 kilometers as a training leg. Then the next 55 kilometers leg, from Yanjiao to Jixian, will be the first competitive (比赛的)part of the tour. The riders and their bikes will then be taken from Jixian to Changli.
The second racing leg of the tour will be from Changli to seaside of Nandaihe, covering a distance of 20 kilometers. Saturday night includes the stay at Nandaihe and supper. Sunday morning is free for play at the seaside. At noon all the people and their bikes will be taken back to Beijing.
Cost: 200 yuan
Telephone: 4675027
Brazilian footballers
The Brazilian Football Club play Beijing Guo’an Team at the Workers Stadium on August 26．The club has four nation team players. Also coming is 1994 US World Cup star Ronario who has promised to play for at least 45 minutes.
Ticket prices: 60/100/150 yuan
Time /date: 4:30 pm, August 26（Sat.）
Telephone: 5012372`
Rocking climbing
The third National Rock Climbing Competition will be held on August 26~27 at the Huairou Mountain-climbing Training Base. More than 10 teams from Beijing, Wuhan, Dalian, Jilin and other places will take part in it. A Japanese team will give an exhibition climbing. Free for spectators（观众）.
Take a long-distance bus from Dongzhimen to Huairou.
Time/Date: 9~12 am, August 26 and 27
Telephone: 7143177, 7144850 Wang Zhenghua
The main purpose of announcing the above events is to give information about .

A．visiting teams	B．things to do for the weekend
C．famous players	D．prices to pay for the sports events.

If you take part in the bike tour, you will ride for .

A．110 kilometers

B．55 kilometers

C．75 kilometers

D．35 kilometers

What is special about the rock climbing competition?

A．You don’t have to be a sportsman to take part in.

B．The bus trip to the places of the competition is free.

C．You can watch it without paying.

D．Many foreign teams take part in it.

If you want to do something on Saturday afternoon, which telephone number will you call?

A．7144850

B．7143177

C．4675027

D．5012372

Garden building is considered an important part of Chinese culture. Some people say that if you have never walked through a Chinese garden, you cannot say that you have really visited China.
Traditional Chinese gardens are located in North China in such places as Beihai Park, the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City. In larger imperial gardens, the main buildings are connected by an imaginary（虚构的） line in the middle of the garden on the north-south axis(轴). Other features of imperial gardens are colored-paintings, man-made hills and lakes.
Most private gardens are found in the south, especially in cities south of the Yangtze River. Private gardens were mostly built at one side or at the back of the houses. Around the beautiful scene are small open areas with beautiful shaped-doors through which visitors can enjoy the sights. They are open on all sides and are often near the water so that the whole scene can be enjoyed. Suzhou, known as the home of gardens, displays the most and the best Chinese traditional private gardens. Different parts of it are examples of the garden style of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.[
The landscape（自然风景） garden contains a number of pleasant natural scenes and some fairy tales. The ancient Chinese used to call the garden landscape “Jing” , which means “scene” in English. Good examples include the ten West Lake Scenes in Hangzhou, the twenty-four slim West Lake in Yangzhou and the eight Daming Lake Scenes in Jinan.
The passage tells mainly about ________.

A．an important part of Chinese culture

B．how to enjoy Chinese gardens

C．where foreigners can find Chinese gardens

D．the characters of different style of Chinese garden building

Which of the following is NOT true for the imperial garden?

A．There is a north-south axis in the center of garden

B．They were built because of some fairy tales.

C．There are man-made hills and lakes in the gardens.

D．They have colored-paintings.

According to the passage, we can learn that _______.

A．Chinese people often invite foreigners to visit a Chinese garden.

B．The landscape garden reflects different styles of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

C．All three kinds of gardens make up the important part of Chinese culture which is appreciated by the people all over the world.

D．People enjoy the private gardens more than other two styles.

Eric and Doris King Turner are packing their bags for New Zealand. They're busy deciding what to pack and what to leave behind in Britain and are making plans to extend their new home in Nelson. Doris is looking forward to getting the garden into shape and Eric has his heart set on a spot of fly fishing. The difference is that Eric is 102, Doris is 87. Eric thinks he's Britain's oldest emigrant.
In January next year Eric King Turner and his wife of 12 years will wave goodbye to their neighbors, and set sail from Southampton on the voyage of a lifetime. The ocean liner (远洋客轮)Saga Rose will take six weeks to get to Auckland and the couple are expecting a red-carpet welcome from family.
Doris was born in New Zealand but gave up her homeland when the couple met and married in the late 1990s. But New Zealand is close to both their hearts and the attraction of family and friends, and the good fishing helped to persuade them to move.
Doris, who has five children and nine grandchildren, supported her husband's application to settle in New Zealand. The paperwork took five months. Eric says, "We not only had to produce a marriage certificate（证书） but we had to produce evidence that we were in a long and stable relationship!" He also said he was not asked about his age but had to show that he could support himself financially (财政上) in New Zealand.
"I like New Zealand. The way of life is very much the same as it is here but it is not so crowded." His wife has always been “a little bit homesick” but has never complained. Now the couple are in the middle of the task of sorting out possessions and selling their flat.
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．They decided to leave all the things behind in Britain.

B．The wife always complained about the life in Britain.

C．The couple will set up their new home in Nelson.

D．Doris and Eric will go to New Zealand to hold the wedding.

The underlined word "emigrant" in Paragraph 1 probably refers to a person who___.

A．lives in a country forever	B．moves from one place to settle in another
C．travels around the world	D．visits many places in a country

What makes the couple's move to New Zealand special?

A．Their age.	B．The red carpet.
C．The ocean liner Saga Rose.	D．Their marriage certificate.

The best title of the passage may be .

A．Better late than never

B．Eric and Doris King-Turner are packing their bags

C．To leave or not to leave, that's the problem

D．Eric, 102, leaves Britain with his wife

认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
注意：每空格1个单词。
Maybe you are an average student. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessary so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how.
1) Plan your time carefully. When you plan your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. then decide a good, regular time for studying. Don’t forget to set aside enough time for entertainment. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to realize what is happening to your time.
2) Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television! When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.
3) Make good use of your time in class. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teachers say. Really listening in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.
4) Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes. Review the important points that your teacher mentioned in class. If you know what your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material will become more meaningful, and you will remember it longer.
5) Develop a good attitude about tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be overly worried.
There are other methods that might help you with your studying. You will probably discover many others after you have tried these.
How to become a better student

General method	How to	advantage
Plan your time carefully	Make a list	Force you to realize is happening to your time
Make a
Find a good place to study	Free of everything but study	You canon the subject
Make good use of your time in class	Listen to everything the teachers say	Really listening in class means ___work later
Taking
Study regularly	Go over your notes
_new material	Help you it better , remember it longer
Develop a good attitude about tests	Don’t be worried	Remember your new

A．he killed one of the soldiers	B．he stole a lot of food
C．he didn’t obey the emperor’s order	D．he didn’t want to be a soldier

A．Valentine’s Day	B．A Brave Priest
C．Valentine’s Day in China	D．A Romantic Man