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Get a reward for every bug you bring to live in new science museum exhibit.
In a city with trillions of American cockroaches(蟑螂), the Houston Museum of Natural Science has agreed to pay a quarter per bug－up to 1,000－as it seeks to populate a new insect exhibit alongside its Cockrell Butterfly Center.
Nancy Greig, the museum’s director insists the public payday for roaches isn’t just a marketing ploy(炒作).
“Absolutely, this wasn’t devised as a joke,” Greig said. “We needed more roaches for the exhibit, so I sent this message out to everyone in the museum asking people to bring them in. Well, someone decided to tell the press, and all hell has broken loose.”
“But we really do need cockroaches.”
“One might be forgiven for never considering how to catch a live cockroach. But it’s simple enough to fool them,” Greig said, “and even easier to catch them.” American cockroaches are the most common kind in Texas, measuring up to 2 inches long and invading homes.
Despite their less-than-attractive reputation, cockroaches actually aren’t that dirty. Greig even went so far as to call them “fastidious” saying they don’t enjoy rooting(用嘴拱食) in waste. They’re only dirty if, say, they used a sewer(下水道)line to gain access into a home.
The roaches collected by the museum will become part of a display in a new exhibit that showcases insects such as cockroaches, dung beetles and termites.
There’s more to like about roaches, too. They don’t bite, and they don’t carry diseases like a mosquito, so they’re generally safe to handle.
56．For what does the museum pay for cockroaches?
A．For a marketing ploy.                     B． It’s devised to make fun.
C．People really need them.                   D． For a new exhibit.
57．The underlined word “fastidious” probably means extremely ________.
A．clean              B．dirty               C．unpleasant      D．fast      
58．What do we know about American roaches?
A．It’s not easy for people in Houston to collect roaches.
B．They all measure 2 inches and are often found in homes
C．They don’t bite and they are free of disease.
D．We have reasons to like them.
59．Which of the following can serve as the best title for the passage?
A．The Houston Museum of Natural Science
B．A new exhibit
C．Quarters for cockroaches                       
D．A cockroach is lovely
56．D57．A58．D59．C

56．考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。從文章的敘述可知，博物館出錢購買蟑螂是為了一項(xiàng)新展覽的需要。其他選項(xiàng)在文章中直接批駁了。
57．考查猜測(cè)詞義。第七段說，Greig甚至把它們稱為 “fastidious”，它們不在骯臟的地方拱食，僅僅在進(jìn)入居家的路程中從下水道經(jīng)過時(shí)才弄臟了。由此判斷，該詞的含義與下文提到的dirty相反，因此選A，他認(rèn)為蟑螂本來是很干凈的動(dòng)物，卻被人們誤認(rèn)為很臟。
58．考查推理判斷。文章最后一段第一句說“蟑螂還有其可愛之處”，接著提到蟑螂的可愛和安全方面，因此選D。B與文中up to 2 inches矛盾， C項(xiàng)說“蟑螂沒有疾病”，這是文中未提及的內(nèi)容。
59．考查主題大意。本文介紹美國一家博物館的新展覽，他們向人們購買蟑螂，考慮新聞報(bào)道的時(shí)效性和標(biāo)題的引人入勝，本文應(yīng)該選C做標(biāo)題：購買蟑螂的價(jià)格，以吸引讀者繼續(xù)閱讀這篇新聞。 A顯然錯(cuò)誤。B項(xiàng)作為標(biāo)題范圍過大，本文只講了腐蝕性昆蟲展中的部分內(nèi)容（收集的蟑螂）。C既體現(xiàn)了主體內(nèi)容：收集蟑螂，又兼顧了新聞標(biāo)題　的特點(diǎn)，適合作為標(biāo)題。
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