Unit 22

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Unit 22  Bees

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• one after another, to his astonishment, come up,
  come to light
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• 1)Among the different types of bee, it is the
  honey bee that has most interested scientists
  because of thelanguage they use to communicate
  with each other.
• 2)To answer this question, Von Frisch and his
  co-workers set up a feeding place close to the
  hive.
• 3) Back at the hive they watched the wagging
  dance closely.

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3.??  ?????????? 1)I still remember the time when
I joined the army. 2)The pen which you are using
is mine. 3)There is on doubt that this is the
only way out. 4) I have no idea whether I will
leave or not. 1)You can't/ mustn't 2)Look out!
3)Be careful! 4)You'd better not do 5) Don't
?????? So another astonishing fact came to
light. A.come to light ???,?????,????? 1)The
manuscript came to light in a box of books at an
auction.??????????,???????? 2)His crime came to
light at last.????????????? B.come to oneself
??,??????? She might come to herself.????????? ??
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?.????? 6.I have ______ my things at home. A.Left
B.Forgotten C.Remembered D.taken 7.He felt
______ to work for human rights and
progress. A.it his duty B.his duty C.that is
duty D.that is his duty 8.----It's a sunny
day, isn't it? ----______. A.So is today B.So
it is C.So is it D.It is to 9.Under no
circumstances ______ first use nuclear
weapons. A.will China B.China will C.does
China D.do China 10.Nothing but six tables
______ in the room. A.Are B.is stayed C.Is
D.are left 11.______ happens, I am on your
side. A.However B.Whatever C.Whichever
D.For all
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12.You may leave the classroom when you ______
writing. A.will finish B.are finishing
C.have finished D.had finished 13.He met my
brother in the street, from ______ he got the
news of my marriage. A.Who B.Whom C.Which
D.whose 14.Do______ you think is right______
difficulties you may have. A.what however
B.that whatever C.whatever whoever D.what
whatever 15.I don't think you are from
India,______ you ? A.Are B.aren't C.Do
D.don't 16.______ deep down in the earth, the
dead leaves rotted away and became coal. A.Buried
B.Burying C.To bury D.Being burying
17.Do you have any trouble______ through the
forest? A.Drove B.Drive C.Driving D.to
drive 18.Though he had often made his little
sister______, today he was made ______ by his
little sister. A.cry to cry B.crying crying
C.cry cry D.to cry cry
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19.----What can he do? ----I ______ that he
follow my advice. A.Suggest B.Hope C.Believe
D.wish 20.----Will your aunt go to New York?
----If I go, ______. A.so does she B.she does
too C.so will she D.she goes too 21.----Your
daughter has two children, doesn't she?
----That's right.She ______ in 1970. A.did
marriage B.was married C.Married D.got
married 22.I don't want to read such a poem,
______, I have no time. A.Besides B.Beside
C.Except D.nor 23.You should write ______ ink
not ______ your pencil. A.in with B.with in
C.by with D.with with 24.The book is ______
on the subject. A.much the best B.the much
best C.very the best D.very much best 25.He
is not quite ______ today. A.Him B.His
C.Himself D.he
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?.????? A certain student passed all his
examinations.Then he went to college to continue
his  26.There he put down his  27  for a course
in geography, but after the first  28, he did not
go to it any more. The geography lecturer  29
 that this student was always  30  and thought
that he had changed to another course, so he was
 31  when he saw the boy's name on the  32  of
students who wanted to take the geography  33  at
the end of this year. The lecturer had prepared a
 34  examination paper, which followed his  35
 very closely, and he was  36  to see how this
student would answer the questions.He  37  that
the boy's answers would be very bad, but when
they  38  him soon after the exam and he examined
them  39, he was able to find only one small
mistake in them. 40  this surprised him very
much, he  41  the paper again and again but was
 42  not able to find more than that one small
mistake so he  43  for the student to question
him about his work. When the student came into
the room and sat down, the lecturer said to him,
I  44  that you came to my first lecture and you
have been absent from all the  45.But now I have
examined your  46  very carefully and I have been
able to find only one small mistake in it.I am
 47  to know your explanation for that. Oh, I
am very  48  about that mistake, answered the
student.After the examination, I  49  what I
ought to have  50.I would not have made that
mistake if I had not been confused (??) by your
first lecture.
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• Break a mirror.Walk under a ladder.Notice that
  it's Friday the thirteenth.What do you feel? Are
  you a little afraid? In all these cases, you may
  half-believe that you are going to have bad luck.
• Such superstitions are usually very old.Often
  they have changed over time.
• Take knocking on wood. We do it for good
  luck.People long ago believe that trees were the
  homes of gods.So it was good luck to touch a
  tree.Who knows when touching a tree
  becameknocking on wood?
• Superstitions also change from place to place.The
  Dutch knock on wood for good luck.But it can't be
  painted wood.So they knock on the bottom of a
  table.
• Look at the superstition about spilling the
  salt.Spilling salt brings bad luck.To stop the
  bad luck, throw some salt over your left
  shoulder.The ancient Greeks believed that.So do
  some people today.But.

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• Some Irish think you must throw the salt over
  your right shoulder.Or you must throw some in the
  fire.If you don't, you will have an argument.
• And spilling the salt will cause a fight.This is
  an old Jewish superstition.
• In Denmark, spilling wet salt is bad luck.But
  spilling dry salt is good luck.
• In some parts of England, you must not pass the
  salt to another person.You set it on the
  table.The other person picks it up.This is
  probably to keep you from spilling the salt and
  bringing bad luck.
• 51.Why did people start knocking on wood?
• A.First people touched trees for good luck.Then
  they started knocking on anything made of wood.
• B.Ladders were always made of wood.People started
  knocking on them for good luck.
• C.The Dutch thought it would bring them good luck
  to touch painted wood.
• D.People believe in gods living in woods.

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52.Which of the following may bring bad luck?
A.Setting the salt on the table. B.Passing the
salt in England. C.Spilling dry salt in
Denmark. D.Throwing salt in the fire in
Ireland. 53.The word superstitions in the second
paragraph means ______. A.belief in
magic B.belief in good luck C.belief in bad
luck D.belief in unknown things 54.Which of
these sentences is NOT true? A.Superstitions do
not remain the same all over the world. B.People
in many countries believe in superstitions. C.Peop
le in many countries believe that spilling salt
brings the same bad luck. D.Superstitions keep
changing over time and have lasted a long
time. 55.What is the topic of the article?
A.Believe it! B.Good Luck! C.Half-Believe
it! D.Bad Luck !
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 B The modern sailing ship was developed by a
man who never went to sea.was Prince Henry of
Portugal, the younger son of the Portuguese
king. Prince Henry lived in the fifteenth
century.As a boy he came to love the sea, and he
devoted himself to improving the design of ships
and the means of sailing them.In 1416, when he
was twenty-two, Henry founded a school for
seamen, to which he invited everyone who could
help him ---- Jewish astronomers, Italian and
Spanish sailors, and Arab mathematicians, and map
makers who knew how to improve it. Henry's goal
was to design and equip ships that would be able
to make voyages without having to hug the
shore.One ship he designed carried more sails and
was longer and slimmer than any ship then made,
yet was tough enough to deal with strong winds at
sea.He also developed another one that was a
slower ship, but could carry more goods. To
Prince Henry the world owes thanks for
development of the ship that made long oceanic
journeys possible. 56.Prince Henry started his
school to A.help seamen B.improve ship design
and sailing ways C.study mathematics and making
maps D.improve his own skill as sailor
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57.The teachers in Prince Henry's school seem to
have been ______. A.members of the king's family
B.astronomers, sailors and map makers C.ship
builders D.all of the above 58.Prince Henry
wanted to design ships that could ______. A.make
long deep-sea voyages B.travel faster than those
in use at that time C.inspect the sea of Portugal
D.carry larger crews and more goods than
existing ones 59.Prince Henry's main achievement
was that of ______. A.making long oceanic
journeys possible B.founding a school for seamen
C.inventing the new ships D.making faster and
tougher ships 60.The best title for this passage
is ______. A.The First Modern Sailing Ships
B.The Great Designer C.Prince Henry's Devotion
in History D.The First School for Sailors