The killer bees are coming! By the time you read this they will have reached Texas. By the mid-1990s, they will have reached all the warmer areas of the United States. Scientists as well as farmers wait for them with a mixture of fear and wonder.

　　The killer bees should not be coming at all! Nature did not put them on this direct path for the United States; human beings did. The killer bees are from Africa. But in 1957 a scientist from Brazil got some of these killer bees for his experiments. The aim was to produce a better bee. However, an accident happened: a guest beekeeper let twenty-six of the queen bees escape by mistake. Before long, groups of killer bees took off for the woods.

　　Since that time, the wild killer bees have multiplied (繁衍) many times over. By 1988, their population was over . They have spread all over South America, central America, and most of Mexico. The United States is the next stop.

　　Are the killer bees really killers? Yes, they are. In their first thirty years in America, they have killed thousands of hens, pigs, and other animals. While no one knows the exact number, it is believed that several hundred people have also been killed.

　　So be careful. Killer bees are on the way. Scientists have no idea what to do with them yet. There must be a way.

1．We know from the passage that killer bees will spread to the United States ___________.

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2．The killer bees were brought to Brazil in order to ___________.

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3．The passage suggests that to all the creatures on the earth ___________.

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A． experiments are often very frightening

B． beekeepers are the most dangerous people

C． the greatest danger often comes from man himself

D． warmer areas are full of fear and wonder

　　阅读理解

There is probably no field of human activity in which our values and lifestyles are shown more clearly and strongly than they are in the clothes that we choose to wear. The dress of an individual is a kind of “sign language” that communicates a set of information and is usually the basis on which immediate impressions are formed．Traditionally, a concern for clothes was considered to be an affair of females, while men took pride in the fact that they were completely lacking in clothes consciousness (意识)

　　This type of American culture is by degrees changing as man dress takes on greater variety and color. Even as early as 1995, a researcher in Michigan said that men attached rather high importance to the value of clothing in daily life. White-collar workers in particular viewed dress as a symbol (象征) of ability, which could be used to impress or influence others, especially in the work situation. The white-collar worker was described as extremely concerned about the impression his clothing made on his superiors (上司). Although blue-collar workers were less aware (察觉到的) that they might be judged on the basis of their clothing, they recognized that any difference from the accepted pattern of dress would be made fun of by fellow workers.

　　Since that time, of course, the patterns have changed: the typical office worker may now be wearing the blue shirt, and the laborer a white shirt; but the importance of dress has not become less. Other researchers in recent years have helped to prove its importance in the lives of individuals at various age levels and in different social and economic status groups (阶层).

(1)The passage tells us that ________.

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A．our values and lifestyles are in no field of human activity

B．the clothes that we choose to wear have something to do with our values and lifestyles

C．our values and lifestyles are from the sign language

D．the clothes we choose to wear depend on a set of information and immediate impression

(2)raditionally, people usually thought that ________.

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A．men cared very much for clothes

B．women concerned greatly about what they wore while men didn't

C．both men and women paid great attention to their clothes

D．neither men nor women showed interest in clothes

(3)Blue-collar workers pay great attention to their clothes because ________.

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A．they extremely concern about the impression their clothes make on their Superiors

B．they know very dearly that people will judge them on the basis of their clothing

C．they want to impress and influence others

D．they don' t want to be laughed at

(4)The passage mainly suggests that ________.

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A．now men pay more attention to their clothes than women to

B．women always like beautiful dresses

C．people have paid more and more attention to the importance of dress

D．American culture is changing greatly

阅读理解

　　There is probably no field of human activity in which our values and lifestyles are shown more clearly and strongly than they are in the clothes that we choose to wear. The dress of an individual is a kind of “sign language” that communicates a set of information and is usually the basis on which immediate impressions are formed. Traditionally, a concern for clothes was considered to be an affair of females, while men took pride in the fact that they were completely lacking clothes consciousness (意识).

　　This type of American culture is gradually changing as man dress takes on greater variety and colour. Even as early as 1955, a researcher in Michigan said that men considered that the value of clothing in daily life was very important. White-collar workers in particular viewed dress as a symbol of ability, which could be used to impress or influence others, especially in the work situation. The white-collar worker was described as extremely concerned about the impression his clothing made on his boss. Although blue-collar workers were less aware (察觉到的) that they might be judged on the basis of their clothing, they recognized that any difference from the accepted pattern of dress would be made fun of by fellow workers.

　　Since that time, of course, the patterns have changed: the typical white-collar worker may now be wearing the blue shirt, while the blue-collar worker may be wearing the white shirt; but the importance of dress has not become less. Other researchers in recent years have helped to prove its importance in the lives of individuals at various age levels and in different social and economic status groups (阶层).

1．The passage tells us that ________.

[　　]

A．our values and lifestyles are in no field of human activity

B．the clothes that we choose to wear have something to do with our values and lifestyles

C．our values and lifestyles are from the sign language

D．the clothes we choose to wear depend on a set of information and immediate impression

2．Traditionally, people usually thought that ________.

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A．men cared very much for clothes

B．women concerned greatly about what they wore while men didn't

C．both men and women paid great attention to their clothes

D．neither men nor women showed interest in clothes

3．White-collar workers pay great attention to their clothes because ________.

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A．they extremely concern about the impression their clothes make on their bosses

B．they know that people might judge them on the basis of their clothing

C．they want to impress and influence others

D．they don't want to be laughed at

4．The passage mainly suggests that ________.

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A．now men pay more attention to their clothes

B．women always like beautiful dresses

C．people have paid more and more attention to the importance of dress

D．American culture is changing greatly