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A mother camel was walking with her son through the desert. They were looking for water and grass.

The son asked his mother what water and grass looked like. The mother replied that water was blue and looked like the sky, while grass was green and nice.

After they had walked a day and a night, her son suddenly cried. ‘Look, mother, there is water and grass over there.’‘What a foolish talk, child!’ The water and grass were on the left, while the desert was on the right. Because the mother camel had been blind in her left eye since she was a baby, she could see nothing with her left eye.

After they had gone on another day and night, the young camel found a second oasis(绿洲), but his mother did not believe him. She said that was not an oasis, but a desert. She said she knew more than her son and couldn’t be wrong. Her son got angry. When he saw an oasis again, he left his mother without telling her. He ran into the grass and ate his fill. 根据短文选择正确答案。

( ) 1 The mother camel could see things ___________.

A only in the left eye

B only in the right eye

C in both of her eyes

D in neither of her eyes

( ) 2 The young camel saw the oasis ________.

A just on the left

B just on the right

C neither on the left nor on the right

D not only on the

left but also on the right

( ) 3 The son did not know what water and grass looked

like_________.

A when they met the water and grass for the first timeA

B when he found the second oasis

C before he found the

first oasis

D after they met the water and grass for the second time

( ) 4 The mother camel did not believe her son

because______________.

A the son was a foolish child

B she was foolish in fact

C the son was too young to know what water and grass looked like

D she thought she knew more than her son and couldn’t be wrong. ( ) 5 It was the __________ time that the young camel got very angry and left his mother.

A first

B second

C third

D fourth

B

What is colour? Why do some of the things around us look red, some green, others blue?

Colours are really made by reflected(反射) light. We see colours because most of the things reflect light. Something is red, for it reflects most of the red light. In the same way, if something is green it reflects most of the green light. If something reflects all light, it is white.

Some of the light is reflects and some is taken in(吸收) and turned into heat. The darker the colour is, the less light is reflected, the more light is taken in. So dark-coloured clothes are warmer in the sun than light-coloured clothes.

1 When something reflects light, we can .

A see its colour

B see its heat

C not see its colour

D see nothing

2 Something looks white because it reflects .

A some light

B no light

C all light

D most light

3 The dark-coloured clothes are warm because is take in .

A more light

B less light

C more colour

D less colour

4 In summer make people feel cool .