others.

1. A. approach B. reach C. arrive D. extend

2. A. embarrassing B. strange C. extraordinary D. complex

3. A. further B. loudly C. openly D. briefly

4. A. presence B. existence C. absence D. appearance

5. A. basic B. technical C. real D. behavioral

6. A. mobile B. telephone C. medium D. average

7. A. check B. control C. stop D. test

8. A. appreciate B. respect C. observe D. watch

9. A. valuable B. excellent C. important D. worth

10. A. large B. responsible C. regular D. current

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阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为1-10的相应位置上。

词数：168 完成时间：8分钟 难度：***

The Whites live in a big city. They have a son 1 (name) Tom. His hobby is reading. When he comes home from school, he always goes to his room and just reads books. He 2 plays outdoors.

One day, Mrs. White said to her husband," 3 is not good for Tom's health to live in the city all the time." They found a small house in the country. They took him there 4 a vacation. They left home at 8 5 got there at 11 in the morning. 6 they reached the house, his mother said," 7 clean the air isl "she said to Tom, " We are going to stay here for a week." Tom ran into the house. A few minutes 8 , he ran back to his mother and said, "I can't find 9 desk." His mother answered, "We came here 10 (spend) our vacation in the country. You must play outdoors and not read books here. Enjoy your vacation! "Tom cried, "Oh, how terrible!"

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词数：254 完成时间：6分钟 难度：**

Science Daily (Apr. 27, 2008)-- Dutch ecologist Roxina Soler and her colleagues have discovered that subterranean (地下的) and aboveground herbivorous (食草的) insects can communicate with each other by using plants as telephones. Subterranean insects issue chemical warning signals through the leaves of the plant. This way, aboveground insects are warned that the plant is already "occupied".

Aboveground, leaf-eating insects prefer plants that have not yet been occupied by subterranean root-eating insects. Subterranean insects send out chemical signals through the leaves of the plant, which warn the aboveground insects about their presence. This messaging makes it possible for spatially-separated insects to avoid each other, so that they do not compete for, the same plant.

In recent years it has been discovered that different types of aboveground insects develop slowly if they feed on plants that also have subterranean insects and