Growing up in the mountainous Sierra de Penamayor, in Asturias, northen Spain, Aladino Montes had been shooting deer ever since he was a child, but his life as a hunter came to an abrupt end 10 years ago, when he met Bambi, an adorable deer that has remained by his side ever since. Aladino has never shot an animal since.
53-year-old Aladino recalls driving through the mountains in his little jeep, ten years ago, when he saw a couple of cows being followed by a skinny little deer. Deer don’t usually hang out with cows, so he approached the animals for a closer look. That’s when he noticed that the deer had several wounds and would have probably died without proper medical care. He put the injured animal in his car and drove back to his house when he nursed it back to health. But instead of running back towards the forests, the deer stayed by Aladino’s side. They’ve been best friends ever since.
He always loved animals, but his father had taught him to hunt deer as a child. He did it for food, not sports, but ever since he adopted Bambi, he hasn’t shot a single animal.
Aladino’s cabin sits at 1,140 meters above sea level, offering tourists a beautiful view of the surrounding mountainside. On clear days, one can see all of central Asturias all the way to Gijon, but most people don’t travel to Les Praeres for the view, they come to see Bambi, the friendly deer.
Sometimes, Bambi will walk straight into the bar in search of Aladino and leave everyone with their mouth open, or even let people pet her. But she’s always most comfortable at the side of her rescuer. She’s so relaxed around him that she makes other deer feel safe as well.
1. What does the underlined word “abrupt” in Paragraph 1 mean?| A．Quick. | B．Happy. |
| C．Sudden. | D．Slow. |
| A．The kind cows. | B．His kind-hearted nature. |
| C．The deer’s bad conditions. | D．His rescue of the wounded deer. |
| A．It is a tourist attraction. | B．It is doing nothing. |
| C．It is a symbol of friendship. | D．It is living under the natural state. |
| A．Go to the bar. | B．Stay around Aladino. |
| C．Let people pet her. | D．Attract other deer to some near. |
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【推荐1】Knowing how and when to say goodbye is often difficult, even in informal situations.
Recognize when to leave. When you’re at any kind of party, or even a one-on-one conversation，it can be difficult to get away. Learning to recognize good opportunities to leave will make a goodbye much easier.
Make plans to see each other again. Saying, “See you at school tomorrow” or “Can’t wait to see you again at Christmas” keeps the goodbye light and focused forward. If you haven’t already made plans, use it as an opportunity to make them.
Tell the truth. It can be tempting to come up with a “good excuse” when you’re ready to leave. You don’t need to.
| A．Watch body language. |
| B．Leave when you want. |
| C．Notice if the crowd seems to be decreasing. |
| D．Even saying, “See you soon” suggests just that. |
| E．If you want to leave, just say, “I’ll be going. See you later.” |
| F．But learning to say goodbye appropriately is a must-have skill. |
| G．Don’t make plans with people you don’t really care about saying goodbye to. |
【推荐2】Initial conversations can have a huge impact on how relationships develop over time. People are often stuck in the impressions they think they might have made the minute they finish speaking with someone for the first time: “Did they like me or were they just being polite?” “Were they deep in thought or deeply bored?”
To find out whether these worries are necessary, we have conducted nearly 10 years of research. In our studies, participants in the UK talked with someone they had never met before. Afterward, they were asked how much they liked their conversation partner and how much they believed that their conversation partner liked them. This allowed us to compare how much people believed they were liked to how much they were actually liked.
Time and time again, we found that people left their conversations with negative feelings about the impression they made. That is, people systematically underestimate how much their conversation partners like them and enjoy their company — a false belief we call the “liking gap”.
This bias (偏见) may seem like something that would occur only in initial interactions, but its effects extend far beyond a first impression. Surprisingly, the liking gap can constantly affect a variety of relationships, including interactions with coworkers, long after the initial conversations have taken place. Having a larger liking gap is associated with being less willing to ask workmates for help, less willing to provide workmates with open and honest feedback, and less willing to work on another project together.
There are numerous strategies to minimize your biased feelings. One place to start is shifting your focus of attention. Try to direct your attention to your conversation partner, be genuinely curious about them, ask them more questions, and really listen to their answers. The more you’re zeroed in on the other person, and the less you’re focused on yourself, the better your conversation will be and the less your mind will turn to all the things you think you didn’t do well.
1. Why did the author carry out 10 years of research?| A．To dismiss national concerns. | B．To check out a potential bias. |
| C．To enhance human communication. | D．To develop harmonious relationships. |
| A．Fewer chances of new projects. | B．Underestimation of their ability. |
| C．Bad relationships with people around. | D．Low willingness to interact with others. |
| A．Restate opinions. | B．Deliver warnings. | C．Give suggestions. | D．Make a summary. |
| A．Liking Gap May Influence Work Performances |
| B．First Impressions Rely On Initial Conversations |
| C．People Probably Like You More Than You Think |
| D．How People Like You Matters Less Than You Assume |
【推荐3】There are several ways from which to choose for you to keep your kids safe in your neighborhood. But the first step to keep your child safe in your neighborhood is to know your neighbors.
Knowing your neighbors can save you a lot of worry. It lets you know that the car that has just driven down the street belongs to “the yellow house on the corner”, or the truck that has just driven by the playground looks unfamiliar, but the guy in the passenger seat lives two doors down. It’s these simple things that keep you from going out of your mind whenever you see someone driving by where children are playing.
But you shouldn’t just know what they look like. The next step is to know them well. What do they do? How do they act?You might be OK with them driving by the playground since they live in the neighborhood, but are you OK with them being on the playground?Knowing your neighbors helps with several things. First you find out what kind of people they are. This helps you know if you should let your child go out in an area that they gather. Let’s face it: you don’t want your child to play around people or people’s children that curse (咒骂) or hit each other. Sometimes you have to protect your child against your own neighbors.
Knowing them also makes them know you. Being neighbors is an interesting thing. You might not like them or have the same views as them, but we all usually protect those that we consider our own. If you know your neighbors, they know you. They will more probably look after the child of the nice lady down the street in the brick house, than the people in the house on the corner that no one ever sees.
1. This text is mainly to tell how to ________.| A．keep your child safe in the neighborhood |
| B．set a good example to your neighbors |
| C．get along with your neighbors |
| D．teach your child to protect himself |
| A．Becoming very excited. | B．Becoming very worried. |
| C．Becoming very sad. | D．Becoming very relaxed. |
| A．It is important for you to be polite to your neighbors. |
| B．People in the same neighborhood are quite different. |
| C．People like enjoying themselves on the playground. |
| D．Knowing your neighbors helps to keep your kids safe. |
| A．they are often encouraged | B．you are getting on well with them |
| C．you are the one nobody knows | D．they think you are a beautiful lady |
It’s very difficult for the scientists to reach an agreement because different results can be got from the same fossils. Many fossils of the same kind of dinosaurs have been dug out from one place. They might have formed when an entire group of dinosaurs got stuck (陷入) all at once, or they might have been the result of dinosaurs getting stuck one after another over a course of a few centuries. Thus we can say that dinosaurs might have in the first case lived in big groups and in the second lived alone.
Though there are two different results, dinosaur scientists now generally agree that at least some kinds of dinosaurs lived in big groups. “That’s pretty much settled at this point,” says Paul Sereno. A kind of dinosaurs called Sauropods left behind tracks in the western United States that appear to run north and south, suggesting that they even moved long distances together.
As to whether dinosaurs cared for their young, dinosaur scientists have turned to the closest living relatives of dinosaurs-birds and crocodiles-for possible models. Birds give a lot of care to their young, while crocodiles just help their young to the water. The discovered fossils of dinosaurs sitting on their eggs and staying with their young suggest the parents were taking care of their babies, but we still cannot say that all dinosaurs did the same.
There is still a long way to go before the above questions could be answered. Dinosaur scientists, will have to find more proof to reach an agreement.
1. Dinosaur scientists can get information directly by .
| A．studying dinosaur fossils |
| B．examining modern animals |
| C．watching dinosaurs |
| D．using telescopes |
| A．Half of the dinosaurs lived alone. |
| B．Most dinosaurs moved long distances. |
| C．Many dinosaurs settled in the north. |
| D．Some dinosaurs lived in big groups. |
| A．watching many kinds of animals |
| B．studying dinosaurs’ living relatives |
| C．following the tracks left behind |
| D．working on dug-out dinosaur eggs |
| A．Birds hardly pay attention to their young. |
| B．Baby crocodiles can look after themselves well. |
| C．Some dinosaurs took care of their young. |
| D．Birds and crocodiles take good care of their young. |
【推荐2】Many people have heard the story of Nessie, Scotland’s Loch Ness monster. Yet, have you ever heard of an ice monster in the American state of Alaska?
An ice monster is what many people thought they were seeing when a federal government agency published a strange-looking video. The Bureau of Land Management put the video on its Facebook page.
The pictures were taken in Alaska, the northernmost part of the United States. While winter has yet to officially begin, weather conditions there already are very cold.
In the video, a fish with ice on its back appears to be swimming. The video was only 20 seconds long. But it was enough to get people wondering what they saw.
One person said it showed a shark that lost its way. Someone else thought the video was a prank designed to cheat people. He said the Bureau of Land Management wanted to bring attention to its Facebook page. Other people asked if the video was edited in some way, removing some images or adding others. Perhaps, they reasoned, the bureau was trying to frighten people around the celebration of Halloween. Some people said the ice monster was a large fish: a sturgeon(鲟). Someone even suggested the creature was a crocodile. But such an animal could not survive in Alaska, where it does not get very hot, even in summer. Some readers said it was ice moving in the river current, or ice that was frozen to a rope or some other object.
On October 31, the Bureau of Land Management published an update. It agreed with some of the people who commented on the original piece. An expert from the Department of Fish and Game told the bureau the picture looked “really cool”, but it was probably just ice stuck to a rope. The ice caused the rope to float and move in the river’s current.
Even though the mystery seems to be solved, some people do not seem persuaded. Others are still wishing it was a “real” monster.
1. What is the author’s main purpose in asking the question in Paragraph 1 ?| A．To encourage readers to answer it. |
| B．To open a discussion among readers. |
| C．To arouse people’s interest in Nessie. |
| D．To introduce the topic of the passage. |
| A．Puzzle. | B．Dream. |
| C．Trick. | D．Advertisement. |
| A．a crocodile can’t swim so quickly | B．the temperature is too low in Alaska |
| C．a crocodile only moves in summer | D．it doesn’t look like a crocodile at all |
| A．A shark losing its way. | B．A large fish: a sturgeon. |
| C．A sea creature like Nessie. | D．A piece of ice frozen to a rope. |
【推荐3】Birds Can “Read” Human Gaze
We all know that people sometimes change their behavior when someone is looking their way. Now, a new study reported online on April 2nd in Current Biology shows that jackdaws (寒鸦) — birds related to crows with eyes that appear similar to human eyes — can do the same.
“Jackdaws seem to recognize the eye’s role in visual perception (视觉), or at the very least they are extremely sensitive to the way that human eyes are directed,” said Auguste von Bayern, formerly of the University of Cambridge and now at the University of Oxford.
When presented with a preferred food, hand-raised jackdaws took longer to get the reward when a person was directing his eyes towards the food than when he was looking away, according to the research team led by Nathan Emery of the University of Cambridge and Queen Mary University of London. The birds hesitated only when the person was not known to them and thus potentially threatening.
In addition, the birds were able to understand human communicative gestures, such as stare change and pointing, to help them find hidden food, they found. The birds were unsuccessful in using unmoving signals, including eye stare or head direction.
Unlike most birds, jackdaws’ eyes have a dark pupil (瞳孔) surrounded by a silvery white iris (虹膜). The researchers said they believe jackdaws are probably sensitive to human eyes because, as in humans, eyes are an important means of communication for them. The hand-raised birds examined in the study may be even better than wild jackdaws at attending to human stare and responding to the gestures of the people who have raised them.
The findings are particularly notable given that most other species examined so far, including our closest relatives, the chimpanzee and “man’s best friend,” the dog, are not particularly sensitive to eye direction and eye stare, von Bayern said. Rather, she continued, chimps and dogs seem to rely on other signals such as head or body direction in determining the looking direction of others. The results suggest that birds may deserve more respect for their mental abilities.
“We may have understated the psychological world of birds,” von Bayern said. “Jackdaws, among many other birds, form pair ties for life and need to have much in common and work together with their partner, which requires an efficient way of communicating and sensitivity to their partner’s viewpoint.”
1. A hand-raised jackdaw hesitates to take a preferred food when the feeder ______.| A．is unfamiliar to the bird | B．is looking away from the food |
| C．holds the food in his hand | D．is looking at the food |
| A．their eyes also have a dark pupil |
| B．they are far more intelligent than other birds |
| C．they are mostly hand-raised by humans |
| D．like humans, they also use eyes to communicate |
| A．To suggest that they are much better at understanding stare change. |
| B．To make clear that they rely on other means in determining people’s intention. |
| C．To show that they communicate more frequently with humans than jackdaws. |
| D．To reflect how unique jackdaws are in being able to notice stare direction. |
| A．We know embarrassingly less about birds than we assume. |
| B．Not all jackdaws are good at attending to human stare. |
| C．We may have understated jackdaws’ mental abilities. |
| D．The closer we communicate with animals, the better we understand them. |
【推荐1】Most of you are probably familiar with the various stories of searching alien life, but have you heard about the scientist who was responsible for detecting the first traces of intelligent life lurking (潜伏) throughout our galaxy? This is Frank Drake’s story.
At the age of 8, his father one day told Drake there are other worlds in space. He had no idea that such a thing was a possibility—he thought Earth was it. It was a medieval (过时的) attitude. So he wondered, what are they like? Are the people the same as us? Do they look the same way we do? What’s their planet like? And of course, at that time, there was no way that those questions could be answered in the slightest.
Later on, when he was in college, he chose the elementary astronomy course. While he was taking that course, he went to the campus observatory, and one of the things he observed was the planet Jupiter. Even through a small telescope, it was just very clear that it was another world. It was not a picture in a book or something. And that converted him.
Frank Drake is mostly known for developing the Drake equation (方程式), which is a mathematical equation that was developed to estimate the number of detectable alien civilizations residing in the Milky Way. Drake equation takes many things into consideration from the rate of star formation, the fraction (小部分) of stars that have planets, the number of habitable planets circling each star, the fraction of planets that remain habitable long enough for life to evolve all the way up to the number of civilizations that are capable of developing technology.
People always say that the search for alien life has failed. “You’ve been searching for 60 years, and you haven’t found anything. So doesn’t that say that intelligent life is very rare?” But that’s wrong, because the amount of searching that we’ve done has hardly touched the number of possibilities that are out there—that is, stars and radio frequencies and channels and all of that. We’ve only covered a tiny, tiny fraction of all the possibilities.
1. What does the author try to do in the first paragraph?| A．Share some stories about alien life. |
| B．Lead in the topic of the whole text. |
| C．Introduce his research experiences. |
| D．Question the existence of alien life. |
| A．Anxious. | B．Satisfied. | C．Puzzled. | D．Curious. |
| A．The observation of Jupiter. |
| B．The advice from his father. |
| C．A picture in a science book. |
| D．His great interest in alien life. |
| A．The intelligent life in space is rather rare. |
| B．Drake equation was used to detect aliens. |
| C．The search for aliens deserves continuing. |
| D．People carried out a wrong search for aliens. |
【推荐2】When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a book titled The Double Helix on her bed. She put it aside, thinking it was one of those detective tales she loved.
On a rainy Saturday, she picked up the book. As she sped through the pages, she became fascinated by the drama, which encouraged her to explore nature's wonders. Even though her high school teacher told her that girls didn't become scientists, she decided she would.
She worked with a biologist, Charpentier, to turn a curiosity of nature into an invention—an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. Known as Crispr, the tool will transform the human race. James Watson, the author of The Double Helix, later told her it was the most important biological advance: since he and Francis Crick discovered the structure of DNA.
For this achievement, Doudna and Charpentier were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020. Until now, only five women, beginning with Marie Curie in 1911, had won or shared the Nobel for Chemistry out of 184 award winners. When this year's prize was announced, Dr. Charpentier said it would provide a message specifically to young girls who would like to follow the path of science and to show them that women can also be awarded prizes.
A few decades from now, if it becomes possible and sate to edit DNA, should we allow parents to improve the IQ and physical strength of their kids? Should we let them decide eye color? Skin color? Height? After helping to discover Crispr, Dr. Doudna has become a leader in considering these moral issues. That's the main message we should take from this Nobel: New technologies can be a huge benefit to the human race, but in order to make sure they are used wisely, it's important for people to understand them.
1. Jennifer Doudna decided to become a scientist because,__________| A．her father pushed her | B．a book inspired her |
| C．her teacher encouraged her | D．James Watson motivated her |
| A．she wrote the book “The Double Helix" | B．she discovered the structure of DNA |
| C．she is a hardworking woman scientist | D．she helped invent a tool for editing DNA |
| A．The two women's success will inspire more girls to be devoted to science. |
| B．Since 1911, there have been 184 people who won the Nobel for chemistry. |
| C．If girls follow the path of science, they will surely achieve their goals. |
| D．Crispr will make a big difference to the human race. |
| A．Determined and responsible. | B．Ambitious and humorous. |
| C．Cruel and indifferent. | D．Fearless and stubborn. |
【推荐3】A mother and daughter in England have been putting smiles on strangers’ faces with random (随机的) acts of kindness.Every week, Sophie-Louise Corrigan allows her 5-year-old daughter Amina to choose random strangers to put a smile on their faces.
When Corrigan is with her daughter Amina, Corrigan will let the little girl go to whoever she is drawn. Later, Corrigan will ask why Amina opts for them. Her answer is always because she likes something about them, either their tops or their hair. Amina always takes her pick.
It’s a tradition that started with Corrigan’s own mother. “Mum and I used to do it. Whenever we had some money left from the weekly shop or if we really wanted to do it that week, we took out something from the shop to make sure we had the money. We would always do it,” said Corrigan.
“Now, we do it everywhere, even when we went on holiday to another city, we did a random act of kindness there. We find flowers and chocolates whether it be in Ormskirk, Liver-pool or Wirral. Wherever we go, we do it,” said Corrigan.
“The reaction is amazing and is one of the reasons why we carry on. A number of people who spoke to us didn’t even know what to say. They were speechless. There were a lot of people who gave Amina a hug after it. She loves such a hug. There were others who had tears welling up. They said that they had such a terrible week either with bills or a family death. Amina will always say to me that although the person was crying, it was happy tears. She is in the process of understanding how acts of kindness work and how feelings work.”
1. What does Corrigan ask Amina to do every week?| A．Stay with her mother. | B．Be kind to strangers. |
| C．Make friends with others. | D．Buy something from shops. |
| A．Respects. | B．Enables. | C．Chooses. | D．Avoids. |
| A．People need happiness. |
| B．Few people live a hard life. |
| C．Some people like being silent. |
| D．Most people are friendly to others. |
| A．Only good people have friends. |
| B．Where there is life, there is hope. |
| C．Kindness is like a ray of sunshine. |
| D．A kind man can gain more from others. |
【推荐1】“When I think of England, I think of the queen taking her dogs for walk in the countryside,” says Carsten Haferkamp, a dog-owning German working in London. Data from Tractive, a firm that provides GPS tracking for pets, show that Britons walk their dogs more than their European neighbors do.
The British love for dog-walking may have more to do with the walking than the dogs. Britons are big walkers –they came fifth in the world in a study in 2017, the highest in Europe. Dogs provide walkers with company and a purpose, so it may be that walking encourages dog-ownership.
But Julien Dugnoille, an expert at Exeter University, suspects dog-walking has a deeper significance. Dogs, he suggests, are a useful aid to a socially awkward nation. “Britons tend to have a chat with strangers and exchange a few jokes and comments about the weather without putting themselves in danger.”
A tradition among the British nobles of owning and training dogs also leads Dr Dugnoille to assume that dog-walking is a way to keep ancient honor. “When people in the park say Max is very well-behaved,” says Dr Dugnoille, “that is a way to show their authority in the art of dog training compared to those dog owners who are not in control of their own dog.”
But it’s not just about showing off, in his view. He believes walking with one’s best friend creates a time and space where dogs and humans meet as species and connect as individuals.
Still, Britons should not congratulate themselves too much on their behavior towards their dog companions. According to Dr Carri Westgarth of Liverpool University, “People say that a dog needs a walk every day, but they will find reasons why their dog doesn’t need a walk. They’ll say: he’s got company indoors, he’s nervous or he doesn’t like the rain.”
1. The queen is mentioned in paragraph 1 to show _______.| A．the queen’s love for dogs | B．a foreigner’s impression of England |
| C．the British devotion to walking dogs | D．the importance of dog-walking for Europeans |
| A．Britons see dogs as protectors from danger. |
| B．Dog-walking is related to the British traditional culture. |
| C．Britons prefer to walk rather than walk the dog. |
| D．Dog-walking is a close link between the British and nature. |
| A．Britons are proud of dog-walking | B．dogs are a good companion for Britons |
| C．he is doubtful of the British love for dogs | D．weather is a popular topic among Britons |
| A．Love Your Dog, Walk Your Dog | B．How Do Britons Walk Their Dogs? |
| C．Opinions on Dog-Walking in Britain | D．Why Do Britons Love to Walk Dogs? |
【推荐2】Many parents worry that their children’s use of electronic devices will bring harm to their children, so they set strict limits on their use of electronic devices. But there’s another device-related danger that parents may be completely ignoring ---- second-hand screen time. With second-hand screen time, kids are indirectly exposed to screens being used by someone else close to them.
Watching parents use their devices a lot from an early age can lead children to become addicted to them as they grow up, research suggests. Also, children are likely to show more acting-out behaviors when parents spend too much time on their devices. Often, this is the only way kids can get a parent’s attention. Spending too much time on electronic devices, especially in the presence of a child, also sends the message that the device is more important than the child This can lead to a breakdown in the parent-child relationship.
This does not mean that parents should not use electronic devices while their children are present. It does mean that parents need to set limits on their own screen time, just as they would for their children. For adults, devices are often a necessary part of their work, as well as personal tasks and activities. While cutting down on their screen time may not be easy it is worth the effort.
Parents can now take some practical steps to get started. One of the simplest is setting up certain times and places where devices won’t be used. For example, device-free mealtimes are important for many reasons, and this is an easy way to limit the use. Other ideas include not using devices in the restroom, when having a conversation with someone, or when playing games with the kids.
In addition, parents should not use “do as I say, not as I do” to send confusing messages to their children. We can tell kids that it’s important to curb their device use, but if their experience with parents from infancy on is watching them use devices frequently, they are much more likely to follow that model. Therefore, parents should set the right example for their children.
1. What might cause second-hand screen time?| A．Children’s overuse of electronic devices. | B．Watching parents use their devices a lot. |
| C．Strict limits on children’s use of devices. | D．Seeing strangers directly exposed to screens. |
| A．The risks of second-hand screen time. | B．The forms of second-hand screen time. |
| C．The causes of second-hand screen time. | D．The features of second-hand screen time. |
| A．Say no to the use of electronic devices. | B．Make an effort to play games with kids. |
| C．Try to reduce the amount of screen time. | D．Find more reasons to have meals with kids. |
| A．It is better to teach by example than by speech. |
| B．He who does not listen to the old man loses at sight. |
| C．Nothing is impossible (or difficult) to the man who will try. |
| D．Knowledge will not be acquired without pain and application. |
【推荐3】A couple of weeks ago, my grandfather was explaining his favorite expression, “Nothing is ever easy.” The following day, as I tried to complete my work, I happened to notice a big bee on the skylight. It was particularly high up, but I thought removing it would take no more than 5 minutes. An hour later, the bee still remained. All that had changed was that the living room was a mess and that I was dizzy from looking up into the sunlight. I didn’t expect to waste an hour on an insect so tiny, but by doing so, I understood what my grandfather meant.
It is not only time that we tend to underestimate – we don’t account for unexpected costs.
We often imagine what can work in our favor, but we seldom think of all the negative things that can affect us. However, it is important to remember that your day or week or year may not go as planned, and that is completely normal. It is perfectly acceptable to feel challenged – even at a task you thought was simple – because that is part of life.
If you accept that nothing will ever be easy, then life may seem slightly more manageable.
In middle school, I thought high school might be easier because I could choose the classes I wanted to take. In high school, I thought college might be easier because I could have a schedule best suited for myself. Yet each time, I was both wrong and disappointed. After accepting that school wouldn’t be easy, I found myself with a more positive attitude and improved results.
Of course, there should be preparations made to account for expenses or time. Doing so can help you achieve your goals in a better way. However, there is no need to beat ourselves up when something stands in our path. Maybe we cannot see the bee coming our way, but we can always give ourselves extra time to catch it.
1. Why did the author mention his experience of removing a bee?| A．To show the unexpected costs it caused. |
| B．To share something unforgettable with us. |
| C．To tell us how easy it is to waste our time. |
| D．To lead us to what the author learned from it. |
| A．Unexpected things can happen. |
| B．It is quite easy to feel challenged. |
| C．We don’t often take time seriously. |
| D．We haven’t enough energy to control them. |
| A．To show how upsetting it is. |
| B．To link back to the beginning. |
| C．To warn us to catch it anyhow. |
| D．To use it as a reminder of valuing time. |
| A．To encourage us to make more efforts. |
| B．To persuade us not to expect things to be easy. |
| C．To explain how to make preparations for the bad. |
| D．To tell us what to do when something gets in our way. |
