Don’t worry. The plane ______ at 8 a.m. There is still time left.

A. arrive???? B. will arrives?? C. arrived??? D. arrives

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　　London-life for Cathy Hagner and her three children is set to permanent (不大可能改变的).

　　Their 1 school day and her job as a lawyer's assistant are busy enough. 2 Hagner also has to take the two boys to soccer or hockey or basketball while dropping off her 3 at piano lessons or Girl Scout Club. 4 , the exhausted (精疲力尽的) family doesn't get home until 7 p.m. There is just time for a quick 5 before homework.

　　In today's world, middle-class American and British parents treat their children 6 they were competitors 7 for some finishing line.

　　Parents take their children from activity to activity to make their future 8 . It seems that raising a genius (英才) has become a more 9 goal than raising a happy and well balanced child.

　　“ 10 across the country are reporting a growing number of children 11 from stomachaches and headaches 12 exhaustion and stress,” says child expert William Doherty of the University of Minnesota.

　　Teachers are 13 exhausted kids in the classroom. It's a very serious problem. Many children attend 14 clubs by necessity. But competitive pressures also 15 an explosion of activities. They 16 sports, language, music and maths classes for children as 17 as four.

　　“There is a new parenting trend(趋势) under way which says you have to tap all your child's potential (潜能) at a young age, 18 you will let them down,” says Terry Apter, a Cambridge-based child and adolescent psychiatrist(青少年精神病专家).

　　“It isn't entirely 19 : there have always been pushy parents. But what was seen as strange behaviour before is now well 20 .”

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—Excuse me, could you tell me what time the first flight to Beijing 　　　　　 ?

—Let me see. It’s 7: 10 a.m. There is one hour left.

　　　 A. takes off　　　 B. takes away　　　　 C. takes care　　 D. takes place

It's very early in the morning and I'm sitting outside. It's also very cold and dark. With me is Jim Nightingale, and he is the reason I'm up so early. He passes me a hot cup of coffee. "Not long to wait now," he says. I hope he's right.

    After a few minutes there is a very weak light in the east, and then I hear a bird singing. It sings very loud and very clear. "That's the robin(知更鸟)," says Jim. A few more birds start singing with the robin and Jim knows the names of them too. Half an hour later, there are more and more birds singing, and it's very loud! Suddenly, all around us the air is full of the sound of birdsong. This is the dawn chorus(晨鸣), and it's beautiful.

    "Wow, this is amazing!" I tell Jim, who is smiling. "Is there a dawn chorus every morning?"

    "Birds can sing any time of the year but the best time is the end of winter and during the spring. This is when the birds sing most."

    "Really? So, why do they sing?" I ask.

    "Well, there are two reasons," explains Jim. "Most of the songbirds who sing are males. They want to find a female(雌性)so they sing to show how strong they are. The females listen and choose the best singer! The birds also sing to tell other males to go away. They need their own area; they don't like sharing with another male."

    I listen to the birds; the songs seem too much to me. "Do the birds sing a special song in the morning?"

"That's a good question," replied Jim. "The successful birds have many kinds of calls and songs. Sometimes they copy the songs of other birds. This makes it sound like there are many birds in that place already and other males stay away. Also the female likes songs with different notes. Some birds, for example the European wren, have songs that contain over 700 different notes per minute!"

So, how does Jim know so much about birds? Well, he works as a volunteer for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. He is trying to help the birds live in the modern world. "More and more of the birds' habitat disappears every year. The sparrow, for example, was a very common bird in the UK, now it's in danger."

    By now the sun is up and the birds are quiet. It's light so they can start looking for food, they need a big breakfast after all that singing.

1.Why does the writer get up early in the morning?

A. To visit her friend.               B. To drink hot coffee.  

C. To see different birds.                  D. To hear birds sing.

2.A bird sings early in the morning mainly_______.

A. to call a female's attention          B. to fight with other males

C. to find a place to live in      D. to start looking for food

3. According to the text, which of the following statements is true?

A. At first the writer is happy to be up so early in the morning.

B. Male birds have their own ways of fooling other birds.

C. It's easier for the birds to find food early in the morning.

D. Jim has a job with the Royal Society for the Proteciton of Birds.

4.The text is mainly about_______.

A. the robin's songs                          B. the birds' habitat    

C. why birds sing                                D. how to protect birds