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Go to a mirror and stick out your tongue. Those bumps (凸块) are called papillae (舌乳头). Each of the papillae contains many taste buds (味蕾). We have up to 10,000 taste buds. The number of taste buds can be different in each person, but girls usually have more than boys. Taste buds tell you whether food is salty, sweet, sour (酸的), or bitter. You taste salty and sour on the sides of your tongue. You taste bitter food near the back, and sweet food on the tip. Your tongue works with your nose to taste different flavors. Nerves in your taste buds send “taste” messages to your brain. Your nose sends “smell” messages. The brain then tells you which food you are eating. 56. How many taste buds do we have according to the passage? A. About 100. B. About 1,000. C. About 10,000. D. About 100,000. 57. What does the underlined word “flavors” in the last paragraph mean? A. Foods. B. Tastes. C. Flowers. D. Vegetables. 58. What can we know from the passage? A. Papillae help us clean our teeth. B. All people have the same number of taste buds. C. Boys have fewer taste buds than girls. D. It is on the tip of your tongue that you taste sour. 59. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. One important muscle B. How to taste food C. How many taste buds we have D. One way to clean teeth B Does your daughter really think that she has a problem making new friends or is she worried that she doesn’t have any or enough friends? If so, then there are a few solutions. Try to take some time to teach your daughter some social skills or even role-play like you are her friend if she needs to know how to handle a certain situation. Teach her to go up to someone bravely and start talking — this is always a good idea to make new friends. Try to encourage her to invite a friend over to go to see a movie together in the afternoon. Let her plan the afternoon, with your approval (同意) of course, as she will know what she and the friend may want to do, like sit around and talk, watch TV, etc. Don’t plan the time for her when a friend comes over as you need to remember she is growing up and she needs her own space and time with a friend. If she likes to play baseball, encourage her to sign up (报名参加) to play on a team either at school or away from school because she can make friends with other girls, and she will have something in common with them. Sometimes your daughter may make a wrong choice in a friend and you’ll need to work this out with her. Don’t make negative comments( 评论) in front of her friend. Wait until she has left the home, then sit down with your daughter and discuss the reasons you don’t think this girl should be her friend or be invited to your home. Always try to have her invite new friend to your home so that you can see the quality of that person and make good decisions on your daughter’s friendship. 60. The purpose of the first paragraph is to ______. A. tell us it is difficult to make new friends B. show us our daughter is in great trouble C. tell you your daughter needs your help D. introduce the topic to the readers 61. What should you do when your daughter invites her friend to go to see a movie? A. You’d better make a plan for her ahead of time. B. You should be happy to see the movie with them. C. You must give her chance to share with her friend. D. You may join them in talking about the movie. 62. If your daughter has trouble in making friends, you can do all the following EXCEPT ______. A. do your best to help her to solve it B. order her not to invite her friend home C. talk with her after her friend has left D. encourage her to talk to others bravely 63. What’s the best title for the passage? A. Try to help your daughter make new friends B. Better be friendly to your daughter’s friends C. You should often have a talk with your daughter D. It is good to make decisions for your daughter C There once was a little bird. He sang and flew around but had no manners and read no books. The king said, “This bird is no good. He doesn’t do anything except eat fruit in the garden.” He called his nephew and told him, “Give the bird some education!” The king’s nephew immediately ordered some wise men to find out why the bird was so uneducated. They concluded that the problem was that the bird’s nest was made of grass, so the first thing to do was to make a new cage out of the best materials. Soon a famous goldsmith (金匠) was brought to build a cage of gold. The king’s nephew then brought in textbook writers to make copies of books, and soon the bird had a mountain of books to read. Now everyone said, “Good! This is what we call education!” One day, the king came to visit the bird’s education center. He was fully satisfied and rewarded his nephew handsomely. However, in the cage there was no food or water. Instead, pages were being torn from books and pushed into the bird’s mouth with one end of a pen. Everyone felt that things were on the right track. Then one day, the bird died. The news spread. The king wanted to know what had happened, so he called for his nephew. The nephew said, “Your Majesty (陛下), the bird’s education is now finished.” The king asked, “Does he jump anymore?” “Thank God, no, Your Majesty.” “Does he fly?” “No, Your Majesty.” “Does he cry when hungry?” “No, Your Majesty.” The king said, “Bring the bird. I wish to see him.” The king prodded (戳) the bird with his finger. The bird made no noise, except for that of the dry pages packed into his stomach. (责任编辑：admin) |