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四、阅读理解
36、根据以下材料回答第1～4 题：
Passage One Time is very improtant in our lives．It organizes our everyday moments．However，time never had any importance in my life until I received a watch with two silverbandsfrom my father that organized my life and made me more responsible．
I received this gift on a gray-sky day．I had to go to the airport at 9：00 a．m．to
pick up my Uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house．However，I was late becauseI was hanging out with my friends．Later on that day，around 11：O0 a．ill．，I remembered myuncle，butI was very later for him He had left the airport and taken a taxi to my father’s house．
I got to my father’s house at 2：00 p．m．on the same day and looked at my angry
father’s face．I felt ashamed of myself at that moment．Aften I said hi to my angry fatherand tired uncle，my father asked me to sit next to him where he handed me this watchwhich was a gift from him．Then he said，“Essa，did you have fun with your friends to—day?”I answered，“Yes father，and I'm sorry about not picking up my Uncle Ali．”Hesaid，“What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your actions．”I was a—shamed and said，“Father，I’ll never do it again．I promise．”He said。“I hope today youlearned something important，and this watch will be a reminder for you．”He told me totake this watch and use it as an organizer of my life．
I learned a very important lesson from my father：to respect time and never be late toget someone．This watch is important to me，not because of its price，but because of thelesson the I learned from it．
What did time become important to Essa?



37、Which of the following is NOT true about Essa’s watch?



38、Which of the following is true?


39、Which happened last?


40、根据以下材料回答第 1～4 题：
Passage Two
If we had to rely on only five senses for survival，we would be in very sad shape indeed．We wouldn’t know up from down．We wouldn’t know when to eat or drink．We wouldn’t know what our muscles were doing or what position our limbs were in．Wewouldn’t know when our body was damaged because we wouldn’t feel pain．We mightfreeze to death without even a shiver，or overheat without a drop of sweat．The five sen-ses--touch，taste，smell，hearing and sight-respund only to stimulation from the outside world，but the inside world of our bodies must also receive and respond to important messages．
Our internal senses keep us alive and enable us to use our external senses．In effect，the intemal senses tell our brains how to run our bodies．Hunger or thirst register in a part of the b商n called the hypothahmus(丘脑下部)，when a lack of food chemicals are detmted in the blood．
Another internai sense that controls our balance is maintained by three fluid-filled loops in the inner ear．Changes in position and gravity affect the motion of this liquid and cause changes in the brain．A sense called kinesthesia(肌肉运动知觉)lets us know the relative positions of parts of our bodies．Even our breathing is caused by a sense that in—dentfies an overabundance of carbon dioxide and lack of oxygen in the blood．
No one has been able to count the unmber of internal senses．The presence of delicate internal senses shows just how marvelously complex we human beings are．
This passage deal mostly with the．



41、Hunger is caused by ．


42、The passage implies that there are many senses we ．


43、In the second paragraph，the term“in effect”means ．


44、根据以下材料回答第 1～4 题：
Passage Three
Only one animal can walk 200 miles without stopping once to rest．It would take a person two days and two nights to walk this far，and only one man has ever done it with—out stopping．What amazing animal has such endurance?The camel!The camel is wellknown for something else，too．It can cross an entire desert without a single drink of wa-ter．Its body is built in a special way to help it store water and food．
A person has j ust one somach，but a camel has quiter a few．Within each stomach are layers and layers of cells．These ceils are like tiny water balloons，storing liquids until the camel needs them．When the camel drinks。the cells grow larger and larger．For a whole week，they can keep the animal’s thirst away by sending water to all parts of its body．
And did you ever wonder why the camel has a hump?The hump is a storage place for fat Because it has this storage area．the camel does not need to eat very ofterL When the animal needs energy，the layers of fat serve as fuel to keep it going on the long，hot days in the burning SLID．
The camel has one other gift that makes it well suited to arid regions．This gift it’s amazing nose．A camel can smell a water hole from miles away!
，Wllen a camel moves it sways from side to side like a ship on a wavy ocean．Because of this swaying motion，the camel has been called the“shjp of the Desert．”
The camel `s hump is a storage place for　．


45、We can conclude from this passage that camels．