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In the modern world more and more people meet the problem of identity.The most interesting example is that of a so-called “banana”， which refers to an American who has an Asian face but holds Western value.

In Shanghai， there now live a group of people from abroad. They dont look different from the locals and speak fluent Chinese or even Shanghai dialect， but when it comes to writing Chinese characters， they are almost illiterate （文盲）. Jack is such an example. He never learned to read or write Chinese characters， which he finds mysterious and difficult. “But when I am in the States， I feel thats not my home either，” he said.

At De Gaulle Airport in France， there is a Swiss man who has been living in the waiting—room for a long time because he lost his passport during his travels. He was refused entry into several countries. But when he was eventually allowed to return to Switzerland， he refused to leave the airport. His reason was very simple—“I am sure who I am. I need no acknowledgement from others，” he said during an interview. For this reason he was honored by the Western media as “the Hero of identity.”

As the Internet becomes more and more popular， the problem of identity becomes more serious. In a virtual world， people can have different addresses registered with different names. In the Internet chat room， even ones gender （性别） is hard to determine.It seems that in the global village， people are saying hello every day to each other without knowing whom they are talking to.

What will be the next crisis （危机） of identity？ With the development of cloning technology， it might be： who is the real “I”？

1. What does the underlined word “banana” in Paragraph 1 refer to？

A. American born in Asia.

B. America–born Asian.

C. American traveling to Asia.

D. American keeping Eastern culture.

2. Why did the Swiss man have to live in De Gaulle Airport？

A. He couldnt prove who he was.

B. He needed others acknowledgement.

C. He needed to board a plane at the right time.

D. He lost his passport at the airport.

3. Whats the authors opinion on the problem of identity？

A. People dont need to worry about it.

B. Internet technology helps solve it.

C. Only people traveling abroad have this problem.

D. There will be more problems relating to identity in the future.

4. What does the passage mainly talk about？

A. The crisis of identity.

B. The importance of identity.

C. Difficulty in living in foreign counties.

D. Differences between Eastern and Western cultures.

B

When I was seven years old， my family made me an ant farm. First， we put clean sand in a thin glass box. Then we waited for the ants to arrive.

After the ants were in the glass farm， they started to make tunnels （隧道）. I was amazed that each one knew exactly what to do. Each had its own job.

On the fifth day a tragedy happened. I put my face so close to the glass farm that I knocked it over.

All the tunnels fell down. Although the ants remained alive after their earthquake， one by one they began to die. I was scared as I watched them give up building their tunnels to carry the bodies to a corner of the farm.

My mother said that the ants were dying of sadness. They simply could not stand that their tunnels were gone.

Although much time has passed， I still think of that ant farm. Mom had hoped it would teach me about the natural world， but it taught me much more.

Over the years， I came to realize the importance of teamwork. Working together， the ants were able to make an amazing world for themselves. I also learned that they should be admired for their hard word.

But there was an even larger lesson that I did not realize until recently： adversity （苦难） is a natural part of life， and must be accepted. Unlike the ants， we cannot give up when we are sad. We have to realize that if a tunnel is gone， we must building another.

Giving up， I say， is not a good choice.

1. What did the writers family do for him when he was seven？

A. They built a farm of ants. B. They bought a few ants.

C. They caught a lot of ants. D. They found an ant city.

2. Which is the correct order of the events in the story？

a. All the tunnels fell down.

b. The ants died one by one.

c. The ants got into the glass box.

d. The ants began making tunnels.

A. a-b-c-d B. a-c-d-b

C. c-d-a-b D. c-a-d-b

3. What did the writer come to realize a few years later？

A. Working together will waste time.

B. Teamwork is important.

C. He cant accept adversity.

D. Working alone is amazing.

4. What should be the best title for the passage？

A. Ants Fear Adversity B. My Family and Ant

C. Giving up in Adversity D. A Lesson from Ants

选词填空

从下列方框里10个单词中选择8个适当单词的正确形式填入下列各句中，使其句意完整。每个单词只使用一次。

mixture electrical liquid substance conclusion

contract expand unemployed electricity scientific

1. When you heat a metal， it ____ .

2. Air is a（n） ____ of gases.

3. The ____ will be cut off if we dont pay the bill.

4. Glass ____ as it cools.

5. Glass is becoming a very valuable ____ in the modern world.

6. If you add too much ____ ， the mixture will not be thick enough.

7. They ____ that the goods were of good quality and proved no problem.

8. He told his children to stay away from dangerous ____ things.

单句改错（下列各句中有1个错误。）

1. Few of these monkeys are still exist in the wild. ___

2. This room is three times big than that one. ___

3. This room is three times as bigger as that one. ___

4. This room is three times size of that one. ___

句子翻译

1. 这是一个对科学实验的描述。

2. 他的梦想和我的一样。

3. 白色盒子比黑色盒子深四倍。

4. 那架飞机飞得比那只风筝高数倍。