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1、Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading. After several months had gone by, I began to notice that h
2、er window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, I wonder why that woman doesnt wash her window. It really looks terrible.One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.Late in the afternoon when I finished the cl
3、eaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible. Her window was clean!Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty w
4、indow.That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings?Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (评判) someone, I asked myself first, Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?Then I try to
5、clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.76. The writer couldnt see everything clearly through the window because_.A. the womans window was dirty B. the writers window was dirtyC. the woman lived nearby D. the writer was near-sighted77. The writer was surpri
6、sed that_.A. the woman was sitting by her windowB. the womans window was cleanC. the woman did cleaning in the afternoonD. the womans window was still terrible78. It dawned on me probably means _.A. I began to understand it B. it cheered me upC. I knew it grew light D. it began to get dark79. Its cl
7、ear that _.A. the writer had never met the woman beforeB. the writer often washed the windowC. they both worked as cleanersD. they lived in a small town80. From the passage, we can learn _.A. one shouldnt criticize others very oftenB. one should often make his windows cleanC. one must judge himself
8、before he judges othersD. one must look at others through his dirty windowsPalaeontologists can tell much about how a dinosaur lived from the shape of its teeth or its beak, if it had no front teeth. Giraffes teeth are different from zebras teeth because giraffes eat tender leaves from the top of tr
9、ees, white zebras eat tough, dry grass. In the same way, different families of dinosaurs evolved different kinds of teeth and beaks to cope with a variety of plants.Protoceratops, one of the smaller horned dinosaurs, had a parrot-like beak for shearing off plant stems, and scissor-like teeth to slic
10、e up its food.Camarasaurus, an 18-m (59-ft) long sauropod, had spoon-like cutting but no grinding teeth. However, it could reach high into trees to tear away leave.Corythosaurus, a duckbill, tore off leaves with its horny beak, stored them in its cheek pouches, then used rows of strong interlocking
11、teeth to grind them.Plateosaurus, an early, long-necked giant, had leaf-shaped teeth to pluck off the leaves of soft plants such as ferns. It did not have grinding teeth.Iguanodon browsed on tough plants such as horsetails, and used its horny beak to nip off leaves. Its rows of ridged, grinding teet
12、h crushed the leaves into a pulp.STRANGE BUT TRUEHeterodontosaurus, a plant eater from the early Jurassic Period had three kinds of teeth; on the lower jaw it had a horny beak. Then it had two pairs of large, fang-like teeth, with grinding teeth at the back. 33. A palaeontologist is a person who stu
13、dies _.A. teethB. giraffes and zebrasC. animal eating habitsD. life in the distant past35. The Heterodontosaurus is unusual because _.A. it had a beak and teethB. it had three kinds of teethC. lived in the early Jurassic PeriodD. the beak was made of horny material36. A dinosaur that did NOT have gr
14、inding teeth was the _.A. HeterdontosaurusB. PlateosaurusC. CorythosaurusD. Iguanodon37. One difference between the Corythosaurus and the Iguanodon was _.A. that Iguanodon could grind up its foodB. the way they took leaves from plantsC. that Corythosaurus had a beakD. the Period in which they lived3
15、8. From the study of teeth palaeontologists can tell _.A. how long each dinosaur livedB. in which Period dinosaurs livedC. the type of plants dinosaurs ateD. when dinosaurs died outDear Sir,I am writing to make a strong complaint about the impolite treatment my guests, my colleague and I received when we visited your restaurant last Friday evening. On booking a table for four by telephone on Tuesday we were assured that there would be room for us
