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    Don’t shoot butterflies with guns.
    Can you    36    someone running after a butterfly with a gun in his hands? Won’t such stupidity make you burst out laughing? But wait. Stop and consider how often you might have done something    37   .
    A hen, Henny-Penny, lived in a forest with many other animals and birds. One fine, sunny morning, she was busy looking for    38    in the ground. Suddenly she let out a frightened cackle (咯咯叫) with wings flapping    39   . A dry leaf had fallen down on her, and she went  40   at whoever she met, “Run, run for your lives; the sky is falling.” The other creatures stopped whatever they were doing. Some ran behind Henny-Penny, screaming warnings with her, while others    41    the unfounded story that the sky was falling.
    We all have    42    people like this hen. The rest of us are like the other foolish creatures who didn’t stop to verify (证实) the    43    for themselves. They shoot butterflies with guns. They just will not think for themselves. Why don’t people think for themselves? Often because of laziness, or because they don’t want to be    44    for their way of thinking.
    Walking through life    45    is more dangerous than crossing a busy road with eyes closed. Our thoughts should lead us towards the light of wisdom and sense. Our thinking should be high,  46    us to the ranks of the sensible. We have been blessed with reasoning, sensitive minds. Let us make use of them and be    47    of our own minds. Don’t let your mind be enslaved by someone else. Stop, think and then go ahead.
    小题1:.
    A．suggestB．imagineC．recallD．prevent
    小题2:.
    A．differentB．extraordinaryC．unusualD．similar
    小题3:
    A．treesB．wormsC．nestsD．leaves
    小题4:.
    A．in delightB．in cheerC．in fearD．in amazement
    小题5:.
    A．screamingB．staringC．praisingD．criticizing
    小题6:.
    A．reciteB．editC．spreadD．print
    小题7:.
    A．come acrossB．searched forC．looked afterD．cared about
    小题8:.
    A．impactB．processC．advantageD．truth
    小题9:
    A．desperateB．goodC．regretfulD．responsible
    小题10:.
    A．speechlesslyB．hopelesslyC．mindlesslyD．homelessly
    小题11:
    A．decliningB．raisingC．wipingD．smoothing
    小题12:.
    A．mastersB．slavesC．authorsD．employees

    小题1:B
    小题2:D
    小题3:B
    小题4:C
    小题5:A
    小题6:C
    小题7:A
    小题8:D
    小题9:D
    小题10:C
    小题11:B
    小题12:A

    试题分析：
    小题1:B 动词辨析。A建议B想象C回忆D阻止，预防；你能想象一个人拿着枪追赶蝴蝶吗？
    小题2:D 形容词辨析。A不同B非同一般C不同寻常D类似的；停下来想想也许很多次也也许做了相似的事。
    小题3:.B 考查常识。母鸡的食物应该是虫子。Worms指虫子。
    小题4:.C 短语辨析。A/B 高兴地 C害怕地D惊讶地；指这只母鸡因为一片树叶落到了它的身上而害怕地尖叫。
    小题5:A 动词辨析。A尖叫B盯着看C表扬D批评；这只母鸡因为一片树叶落到了它的身上而害怕地尖叫。
    小题6:.C 动词辨析。A背诵B编辑C传播D印刷；当其它的人都在传播这个没有根据的故事。
    小题7:.A 短语辨析。A遇见B寻找C照顾D关心；我们经常会遇见像很多这只母鸡的人。
    小题8:.D 名词辨析。A影响B过程C优势D真相；很多人都没有亲自去证实真相。
    小题9:D 固定词组。Be responsible for…对…负责；因为他们不想为他们的思维方法负责。
    小题10:C 副词辨析。A说不出话B绝望C不用心地D无家可归；不用心度过一生要比闭着眼睛过马路更危险。
    小题11:.B 动词辨析。A下降B提高C擦拭D清除；把我们自己提高到明智地。
    小题12:.A 名词辨析。A大师，主人B奴隶C作者D雇员；让我们做自己的思维的主人。
    点评：本文属于夹叙夹议类，答题前一定要读懂全文，弄清文章要表达的思想，注意前后段落之间的关系。答题中，一定要认真分析，注意选项与上下文的关系，与前后单词的关系。对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成，因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来。答完后再通读一篇文章，看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺，语意连贯。
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    For years children in the industrial areas of Europe and America seldom left their smoky cities to see the beauties of the countryside. Not that the woods and fields were always far away, but they were too far from the city to permit people to make a round trip between morning and nightfall. What's more, factory workers did not have enough money to send their children on country holidays away from home.
    In 1907 a young German schoolmaster had an idea which changed this state of affairs. He decided to turn his little schoolhouse into a dormitory for the summer holidays. Anyone who brought his sleeping bag and cooking equipment along could stay there for a very small amount of money. The idea was a success. A few years later the schoolhouse was far too small to hold so many young people who wanted to stay there. So, a dormitory was set up in an old castle nearby. This was the first Youth Hostel.
    Today young students and workers of every country can meet in the hostels and get to know each other. Some spend a week or more in the same hostel, seeing the surrounding sights and meeting the people of the area. Other youths go on foot or by bicycle from place to place, spending a night or two in one hostel, then going to the next.
    Sometimes an informal program will be organized after the meal, with dances, songs, or short talks followed by a question period. One can _____________________________ about other places, just by meeting people who come from these places. For this reason, a few weeks spent "hostelling" can be just as useful a part of one's education as classes in school.
    小题1:What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us? (Please answer within10 words.)
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    小题2:Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?
    Some youths stay in a hostel for several days, during which period they go sightseeing and visit the local people.
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    小题3:Fill in the blank in the 4th paragraph with proper words to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 7 words)
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    小题4:List 3 of the advantages of hostelling according to the text. (Please answer within 15 words.)
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    小题5:Translate the underlined sentence in paragraph 1 into Chinese.
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