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1、嘉嘉兴兴英英语语教学网教学网 收集整理收集整理 欢欢迎使用迎使用嘉嘉兴兴英英语语教学网教学网 收集整理收集整理 欢欢迎使用迎使用（一）Alia Sabur, from NY, US, has clearly been ahead of the learning curve since an early age. She finished elementary school at five, made the jump to college at 10, and by age 14, was earning a bachelors degree of science in applied m
2、athematics from Stony Brook University the youngest female in US history to do so. Her education continued at Drexel University, where she earned an MS and a PhD in materials science and engineering. With an unlimited future ahead of her, Sabur directed her first career choice to teaching. “I really
3、 enjoy teaching,” said Sabur. “Its something where you can make a difference. Its not just what you can do, but you can enable a lot of other people to make their changes.” She was three days short of her 19th birthday when she was hired as a professor at Konkuk University in Seoul, Korea. This dist
4、inction made her the youngest college professor in history, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, beating the previous record held by Colin Maclaurin, a student of physicist Isaac Newton. Although she doesnt start until next month, Sabur has taken up teaching math and physics courses at S
5、outhern University in New Orleans. Sabur is old enough to teach, but not to join her fellow professors in a bar after work. In Korea, where the drinking age is 20, she might have more luck. In traditional Korean culture, children are considered to be one year old when they are born, and add a year t
6、o their age every New Year instead of their actual birthday.In addition to her unprecedented (空前的) academic achievements, Sabur has a black belt in the Korean martial art of tae kwon do. She is also a talented clarinet (竖笛) player, who once performed with musicians like Lang Lang and Smash Mouth. So
7、 is there anything Sabur cant do?1. What is Paragraph 1 mainly about?A. Saburs childhood. B. Saburs education.C. Saburs achievement in science. D. Saburs interest in teaching.2. What can be inferred from Saburs words? A. Shes ambitious to make a big difference to the world.B. Shes eager to show how
8、special she is.C. Shes ready to share her knowledge.D. She wants to be long remembered.3. What does the underlined word “distinction” in Paragraph 2 mean?嘉嘉兴兴英英语语教学网教学网 收集整理收集整理 欢欢迎使用迎使用嘉嘉兴兴英英语语教学网教学网 收集整理收集整理 欢欢迎使用迎使用A. A difference between similar things. B. A strange man / woman.C. A famous pla
9、ce. D. A special honor. 4. By saying “she might have more luck” in Paragraph 3, the author means _.A. Sabur might be more welcomed in Korea B. Sabur might make more achievements in KoreaC. Sabur might be permitted to drink in bars D. Sabur might be old enough to be a full-time professor 5. From the
10、last paragraph we can infer that _.A. there is nothing Sabur cannot do B. where there is a will there is a wayC. Sabur has varied interests D. Sabur has her own way to relax（二）ScienceDaily (Apr 27, 2008) Dutch ecologist Roxina Soler and her colleagues have discovered that subterranean (地下的) and abov
11、eground herbivorous (食草的) insects can communicate with each other by using plants as telephones. Subterranean insects issue chemical warning signals through the leaves of the plant. This way, aboveground insects are warned that the plant is already “occupied”.Aboveground, leaf-eating insects prefer
12、plants that have not yet been occupied by subterranean root-eating insects. Subterranean insects send out chemical signals through the leaves of the plant, which warn the aboveground insects about their presence. This messaging makes it possible for spatially-separated insects to avoid each other, s
13、o that they do not compete for the same plant.In recent years it has been discovered that different types of aboveground insects develop slowly if they feed on plants that also have subterranean residents and vice versa (反之亦然). It seems that a system has developed through natural selection, which he
14、lps the subterranean and aboveground insects to notice each other. This avoids unnecessary competition.Through the “green telephone lines”, subterranean insects can also communicate with a third party, namely the natural enemy of caterpillars (毛虫). Parasitic wasps (寄生的黄蜂) lay their eggs inside above
15、ground insects. The wasps also benefit from the signals sent by the leaves, as these help them find more insects for their eggs. 嘉嘉兴兴英英语语教学网教学网 收集整理收集整理 欢欢迎使用迎使用嘉嘉兴兴英英语语教学网教学网 收集整理收集整理 欢欢迎使用迎使用The communication between subterranean and aboveground insects has only been studied in a few cases. It i
16、s still not clear how widespread this phenomenon is. But scientists are looking into it. This research was carried out at the Netherlands Institute for Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) by Roxina Soler, Jeffrey Harvey, Martijn Bezemer, Wim van der Putten and Louise Vet. The PhD project, in which this study was carried o
