Crossing Texas and Mexico, the Big Bend region is high in biodiversity(生物的多樣性). It’s a place so untamed that if something doesn’t bite, stick, or sting, it’s probably a rock.
You know you have arrived in the heart of the Chihuahuan Desert when it feels as if you have fallen off the edge of the earth and into the rabbit hole. Nothing is as it appears. Moths (蛀蟲) are the size of birds. Are those twin pillars (柱) of black rock (a landmark known as Mule Ear Peaks) ten miles (16 kilometers) away or fifty (80 kilometers)? Visibility (能見度) reaches more than a hundred miles on a clear day, and since there are few roads or buildings to use as milestones, distance is difficult to judge.
This is a place where water runs uphill, where rainbows have to wait for rain. The line between myth (虛構(gòu)的故事) and reality is unclear. Stare long enough at the Chisos Mountains or the Sierra del Carmen, the two mountain ranges, known as sky islands, which lie on the land, and they rise and float above the plain.
The vast Chihuahuan Desert is a land of no people. There is always the chance you’ll die of thirst. The “You Can Die”possibilities are endless, and keep some visitors — 350,000 a year to Big Bend National Park, built in 1944 — from coming back. Those who do return are left to think of the remarkable courage of the brave few who have managed to survive in this terrible environment.
小題1:The underlined word“untamed”in Paragraph 1 means“________”.
A．untouchedB．wildC．unchangedD．fresh
小題2:Why do the twin pillars of black rock seem ten or fifty miles away?
A．They were put so far away.
B．They lie across the Chihuahuan Desert.
C．It is difficult to judge the distance, with few milestones.
D．One lies in the Chisos Mountains, the other in the Sierra del Carmen.
小題3:How many years are there since the Big Bend National Park was built?
A．350,000 years.B．350 years.C．66 years.D．44 years.
小題4:What is the passage mainly about?
A．The natural wonders of the Chihuahuan Desert.
B．Everything you see is not what it seems in the Chihuahuan Desert.
C．The terrible environment of deserts in Texas and Mexico.
D．A special place where none who go can return.
小題5:What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A．There are all kinds of living things in the Chihuahuan Desert.
B．No people live in the Big Bend region.
C．Nothing is as it appears in the Big Bend region.
D．Traveling in the Big Bend region is dangerous.

小題1:B
小題1:C
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小題1:A
小題1:D
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            B．Ana Luz is ashamed and embarrassed and knows why she often did so 
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            B．They made the statues in the temples drink wine as they wished. 
            C．They treated the people with wine flowing down from statues' mouths. 
            D．They built magic devices in the temples to make doors open by themselves.
            小題3: What did people think of magic before 1800? 
            A．Magic should be used only in temples. 
            B．Magic could only be performed in a circus. 
            C．Magic was performed by freaks and doctors. 
            D．Magic was the major daily activity for the pharaohs.
            小題4:Which of the following statements is true? 
            A．Magic began about 3,700 years ago. 
            B．Dedi of Dedsnefu performed magic for kings only. 
            C．Robert Houdin was the first magician to perform magic. 
            D．The "Cups and Balls" trick has been performed for about 1,700 years.
            

			
            

			
            
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