The “ant tribe (蚁族)” are those who were born in the 1980s and now live in the underdeveloped places of big cities. Most of them come from the countryside, and they are mostly young graduates who have finished their high education in the past few years. They often change their jobs and their average salary is below 2,000 yuan. They are called ‘ant tribe’ because they have the same characters as ‘ants’: living together, clever, hardworking but unknown and low-paid.

Deng Kun is a member of the ‘anti tribe’. When he was in college studying math, he imagined himself working for a company like IBM. Instead, he has spent his time after graduation in a dark and small room he shares with a friend in outside parts of Beijing, playing video games or trying to wait for a job as a salesman.

Zhang Haijian studies physics, but he is now working as a waiter, making only 1,500 yuan a month. “My parents would never say anything about my money,” he said. “But I sometimes talk with my friends about whether it has been worth it – we worked so hard in college and now I get money less than some of my classmates who did not finish middle school.”

Most members of the ‘ant tribe’ are about twenty. They don’t want to go back; they prefer a single bed in Beijing to a house in their hometown. They are looking forward to bright future. We wish their dream would come true.

93. Where do ‘ant tribe’ probably live?

   They live ______________________________________________

94. What characters do ants have? Use at least three adjectives (形容词).

   They are ____________________________ but _______________.

95. What does Deng Kun often do in his dark and small room?

   He often _______________________________________________.

96. How much does Zhang Haijian make a month?

   ________________________­­­­­_______________________________.

97. My friend Li Hui was born in 1982 and now works in IBM. Is he a member of the ‘ant tribe’?

   ___________, ___________________________________________.

98. If you were Deng Kun, what would you do?

   I would ________________________________________________.

Moreno, Stanley, and 23 other students from Westfield State College were on vacation in Acapulco, Mexico. This was the last night in the hotel. It was 4 am, Moreno and Stanley came back from a party.
Just as Stanley went to sleep, he heard loud noise outside. From the balcony (阳台) of their fourth-floor room, Moreno and Stanley saw black smoke out of one window and heard people shouting.
Moreno ran out into the corridor and began knocking on doors and shouting, "Fire!" After that, he went upstairs in a hurry to tell other people. At the same time, Stanley was downstairs helping people get through the smoke-filled room. There he joined forces with Nalewanski, a 21-year-old boy who had a room on the second floor.
"Let's go," Nalewanski said. He and Stanley wet their shirts in the bathroom and put them around their mouths and noses so they could breathe. Then they ran up the stairs. On the fourth floor they found Moreno feeling terrible (Moreno had made it up to the eighth floor before turning back). But after making sure he could get back down on his own, they continued upstairs, knocking on the doors on every floor.
In the end, no one was seriously hurt. Moreno said, "There were hundreds of people in the hotel. It was our duty to help them."

1. 1.

   students from Westfield State College were on vacation in Acapulco, Mexico.

   1. A.
      Twenty-three
   2. B.
      Twenty-four
   3. C.
      Twenty-five
   4. D.
      Twenty-six
2. 2.

   Which floor does Stanley live on?

   1. A.
      The second floor.
   2. B.
      The fourth floor.
   3. C.
      The seventh floor.
   4. D.
      The eighth floor.
3. 3.

   Nalewanski and Stanley put their wet shirts around their mouths and noses in order to .

   1. A.
      make them cool
   2. B.
      stop the smoke from going into lungs (肺)
   3. C.
      let people find them
   4. D.
      play a joke with other people
4. 4.

   What is the correct order?
   a. Moreno told other people.
   b. No one was seriously hurt.
   c. Nalewanski joined them to save people.
   d. Stanley and Moreno saw the smoke.

   1. A.
      d-b-c- a
   2. B.
      d-a-c-b
   3. C.
      a-d-c-b
   4. D.
      c-d-b-a
5. 5.

   From the fourth paragraph, we can know

   1. A.
      the three boys are brave
   2. B.
      Moreno died in the fire
   3. C.
      the reason of the fire
   4. D.
      Nalewanski called the police for help