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本文作者：郭文华

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One spring Sunday I was in the back garden looking for a rose. I bent down and carefully lifted up a 1 . Then I looked up: in front of my face hung a huge swarm (大群) of 2 . The two-foot mass of insects was a perfect, heavy teardrop, hanging from a neighbor’s tree. The outer bees hovered delicately over the inner core.

Many people view swarms of bees as 3 , perhaps even deadly. Even the word “swarm” sounds 4 . My husband, John, is a biologist by trade. His 5 is infinite, and he is 6 of such fears. He was thrilled. We 7 for a beekeeper.

Bob Fox 8 in an old, beaten-up truck. He 9 a smoker, a box of dried corn stalks (秸秆) and sticks, gloves and a net for his head (which, on this day, he did not use) and a portable beehive (蜂房).

Bob said this swarm was 10 , totaling about 15,000 bees. He 11 placed the portable hive below the hanging limb. He put the corn stalks and sticks into the smoker and lit them on fire. He then held the 12 close to the swarm. Smoke calms bees down.

John cut the tree limb above the swarm, and Bob carefully laid it atop the hive. He continued to smoke the swarm and shake the limb so the bees would fall into the 13 . Most of the bees would only move if the queen moved. By dusk, most of the bees had 14 into the hive.

Honeybees often swarm as a(n) 15 part of hive growth. If the hive is healthy and productive, it will increase in 16 . Eventually the queen senses that it’s time for the hive to split (分离). She will lose weight so she can fly, then 17 the hive. The bees left behind then rush to give birth to another queen, and they rebuild.

If one day you find a swarm of bees in your backyard, call a local 18 . Get your camera, because you’ll want to 19 this amazing phenomenon with everyone you know. And 20 you really love it, you might as well buy a hive so you can raise some honeybees for yourself. We did.

1. A. stone B. branch C. bottle D. bush

2. A. ants B. bugs C. bees D. butterflies

3. A. busy B. clever C. careful D. dangerous

4. A. evil B. strange C. common D. interesting

5. A. strength B. experience C. curiosity D. imagination

6. A. full B. free C. aware D. ashamed

7. A. watched B. stood C. searched D. waited

8. A. remained B. rushed C. received D. arrived

9. A. brought B. prepared C. equipped D. demanded

10. A. horrible B. impressive C. unique D. harmful

11. A. regularly B. quickly C. slowly D. anxiously

12. A. stalks B. hive C. limb D. smoker

13. A. hive B. bottle C. net D. tree

14. A. drove B. disappeared C. collected D. remained

15. A. strange B. individual C. active D. natural

16. A. population B. food C. amount D. area

17. A. rebuild B. decorate C. leave D. enter

18. A. police B. beekeeper C. farmer D. friend

19. A. find B. analyze C. study D. share

20. A. if B. though C. unless D. since

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Nothing is impossible for the mind. All of its guidance and power are available to you. Once you realize that thought causes all, you'll learn that there are never any limits that are not imposed (强加于) by you yourself.

By Uell Stanley Andersen (American writer, 1917 – 1986 )

对于人的意念而言，没有什么事情是不可能的，你可以使用它所有的指引及力量。当你意识到思想造就一切，你就会明白任何限制都是你自己强加给自己的。 ——艾尔·史丹利·安德森

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I had lost many cherished (珍爱的) pets over the years, but never in my childhood did I think I would lose a family member.

One autumn morning, our family was 1 to find out that my grandfather on my Dad’s side of the family had cancer. He 2 through two years of it. We did everything we could to help him enjoy a 3 stay at the hospital – we sent him videos of my soccer games and visited him often.

He 4 all he could, but one November day, he passed away. At that time, my parents were visiting him in Chicago, and my other grandparents from Virginia were 5 us. Our parents came home early that visit. I still remember 6 they sat all of us down and told us the news. I felt a(n) 7 of depression, loss and 8 . I ran outside into the crisp November air and 9 silent tears.

Almost a year passed, and we were eating dinner at the dinner table. A discussion started about how we could help find a 10 for cancer to save other families from 11 tragedies. My older sister Molly and I came up with the idea to sell honey from our Virginia grandparents’ beehives. I came up with the name Hives for Lives and we had our business 12 !

The business started 13 taking the honey and some beeswax (蜂蜡) from the hives. We left enough for the bees to 14 through the winter. I only got stung (刺痛) once! Then we went through the long 15 of filtering (过滤) and storing the honey. 16 it all came together, and we got down to 17 and selling our product and message. Last year, we 18 $2,000 for the American Cancer Society and all of it went to a camp for children who have cancer. This year, with a few of our friends, Molly and I 19 on selling beeswax candles and lip balm (润唇膏). With a lot of help, we raised $9,300!

I learned many things from my grandfather, such as the importance of taking 20 and helping those around us. I know that he would be very proud of the things I’m doing today.

1. A. annoyed B. puzzled C. shocked D. scared

2. A. pulled B. carried C. broke D. suffered

3. A. long B. comfortable C. meaningful D. necessary

4. A. fought B. talked C. left D. donated

5. A. visiting B. comforting C. watching D. instructing

6. A. when B. why C. before D. after

7. A. pressure B. mix C. association D. feeling

8. A. failure B. anxiety C. emptiness D. disappointment

9. A. cried B. rolled C. made D. contained

10. A. medicine B. method C. reason D. cure

11. A. avoidable B. similar C. serious D. huge

12. A. plan B. success C. service D. experience

13. A. at B. in C. within D. by

14. A. go B. travel C. survive D. work

15. A. route B. process C. step D. distance

16. A. Eventually B. Especially C. Luckily D. Surprisingly

17. A. buying B. advertising C. advocating D. removing

18. A. stole B. received C. acquired D. raised

19. A. relied B. lived C. worked D. turned

20. A. breaks B. challenges C. risks D. responsibility

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Two boys were struggling to get a huge table through a doorway. They pushed and pulled it until they were both really exhausted, but it wouldn’t budge.

Between gasps for air, one managed to say, “We might as well give up… we’ll never get this table into the house.”

“Into the house?” screamed the other. “I thought we were moving it out of the house!”

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