What a" nice day! We should go sightseeing __ watching TV in the hotel.
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科目：初中英語 來源：2012屆江蘇省初三10月月考英語卷 題型：閱讀理解
Have you ever wondered why birds sing? Maybe you thought that they were just happy. After all，you probably sing or whistle when you are happy.
Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy. However，they sing most of the time for a very different reason. Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.
Do you know what a 'territory' is? A territory is an area that an animal，usually the male，claims(聲稱)as its own. Only he and his family are welcome there. No other families of the same kind are welcome. Your garden and house are your territory where only your family and friends are welcome. If a stranger should enter your territory and threaten(威脅)you，you might shout. Probably this would be enough to frighten him away.
If so，you have actually scared the stranger away without having to fight him. A bird does the same thing. But he expects an outsider almost any time，especially at nesting(筑巢)season. So he is screaming all the time，whether he can see an outsider or not. This screaming is what we call a bird's song，and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.
Birds sing loudest in the spring when they are trying to attract a mate and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs..
You can see that birds have a language of their own. Most of it has to do with attracting mates and setting up territories.
1. Some scientists believe that most of the time bird's singing is actually _______.
A. away of warning B. an expression of happiness
C. an expression of anger D. away of greeting
2.What is a bird's "territory"?.
A. A place where families of other kinds are not accepted.
B. A place where a bird may shut at the top of its voice
C. An area for which birds fight against each other.
D. An area which a bird considers to be its own.
3. Why do birds keep on singing at nesting season?
A. Because they want to invite more friends.
B. Because they want to find outsiders around.
C. Because their singing helps frighten outsiders away.
D. Because their singing helps remove their fears.
4.How does the writer explain bird's singing?
A. By comparing birds with human beings. B. By reporting experiment results.
C. By describing birds' daily life. D. By telling a bird's story.
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科目：初中英語 來源：2011年實驗中學中考二模預測英語卷2 題型：閱讀理解
I have always been interested in making things. When I was a child, I enjoyed painting, but I also liked malting things out of day. I won a prize for one of my paintings when I was fourteen.
That may be why I went to art school four years later. But I studied painting at first, not pottery. I like being a potter because I like to work with my hands and feel the clay. I'm happy working by myself and being near my home. I don't like mass-produced things, for they are made by machines and are all the same. I think crafts(手工藝) are very important and crafts persons(手藝人)make things cleverly with hands. They make our lives colorful. When I left school, I got some money. I hope to become a full-time craftswoman. This workplace is small, but I wish tot: move to a larger one next year.
1. The writer went to the art school at the age of___________
2. The writer is talking about her workplace_____________
A. unhappily B. hopefully
C. seriously D. angrily
3. From the passage we know that the writer prefers
A. a long way to work
B. group work
C. a small workplace
D. something different
4. What does "mass-produced" mean in Chinese?
5. From the passage we are sure that the writer is a ________ (man/woman).
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科目：初中英語 來源：2011年四川省眉山市中考英語試卷 題型：單項填空
What a" nice day! We should go sightseeing __ watching TV in the hotel.
A. because of B. instead of C. together with D. out of
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科目：初中英語 來源：2012屆浙江省初二競賽英語試卷 題型：閱讀理解
During the day, you spend a lot of time running, jumping, laughing, eating, and talking. You use up a lot of energy(能量) , and by the end of the day you're tired. Sleep gives your body a chance to rest.
But your brain (大腦)and body are not completely at rest during sleep. While you sleep, your mind may think of the things that happened during the day. It keeps the important things in mind as memories(記憶). It also thinks about things you were worrying about, and you may wake up with answers to some of your problems.
You also grow while you sleep. The thing called "human growth hormone (荷爾蒙)" in the body helps you grow during sleep. This growth hormone also helps the body to repair itself.
Sleep helps your body to conserve energy too. You use up a lot of energy during your daily activities. But when you sleep, your body temperature falls, and your "metabolism" (新陳代謝) slows down. You are still using some energy, but much less than when you are awake and active.
Have you ever stayed up past your bedtime? Did you have difficulty getting up the next morning? Maybe you had problems seeing clearly or you cannot think clearly. That was your body's way of saying, "I need sleep！" A lack ( 缺乏) of sleep can stop your body and mind from working correctly.
1.What does "human growth hormone" do while people sleep?
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A．It helps people rest well. |
B．It helps repair the body. |
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C．It helps answer problems. |
D．It helps slow the body down. |
2.According to the passage, which of the following tells you need sleep?
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A．You use up a lot of energy. |
B．You enjoy daily activities. |
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C．Your body temperature falls. |
D．You don't want to get up. |
3.What does the underlined word "conserve" mean?
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A．provide |
B．move |
C．save |
D．spend |
4.What is this passage mainly about?
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A．Sleep is very important. |
B．The brain needs enough sleep. |
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C．Good ways to sleep well. |
D．People use energy when sleeping |
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