Monitoring global warming usually requires a Ph. D. and enough maths to glaze your eyes. But that Francisco Lopez and Ruby Nostrant track（記錄）what climate change is doing to five different plants in Tucson, Arizona and they are only in the second grade.
“We are collecting data because the weather is changing and the plants are blooming,” Ruby explained.
Scores of other students at Borton Primary Magnet School and Sunnyside High School in Tucson are heading outdoors to be part of a new scientific push to figure out how the biological timing of the earth is changing. It’s a research project that the average person, even a kindergartner, can join in.
The National Phenology（生物氣候?qū)W）Network is calling on volunteers to help track early spring blooms and eventually changes in animals caused by global warming. It’s called Project Budburst. When it was first open to the public last year, thousands of people participated in 26 states.
“All people can contribute to it by tracking the timing of flowering events or leaf-out events for plants and animals in their backyard,” said Phenology Network director Jake Weltzin. He calls the volunteers “citizen-scientists.”
The idea is that tracking flowers blooming—especially lilacs（丁香）; which everyday people have helped track for decades—is fairly simple. The Website http://www.Windows.ucar.edu/ citizen_science/budburst/index.html gives directions on what to look for in different parts of the country.
University of Maryland professor David Inouye said it’s so easy to figure out what’s blooming that a lack of special knowledge isn’t a problem.
University of Arizona ecology graduate student Lisa Benton coordinated（協(xié)調(diào)）the Tucson high school students as they looked at plants five minutes from their high school. Each student has specific guidelines and she’s been happy so far with the data she is getting. For his part, second-grader Francisco said he had fun helping out.
“I like going out in the desert,” he said. “I want to be an Einstein.”
小題1:Francisco Lopez and Ruby Nostrant are monitoring global warming by __________.
A．watching early spring blooms and changes in animals
B．studying the biological timing of earth
C．collecting data of the local weather
D．tracking the early spring blooms of some local plants
小題2:Those who participate in Project Budburst are mostly ___________.
A．ecology college graduatesB．high school students
C．common peopleD．experts
小題3:What David Inouye says suggests that ____________.
A．the study carried out by students is convincing
B．the students still need special training to study climate change
C．it is difficult to study climate change
D．to figure out what’s blooming needs special knowledge
小題4:Who is primary school student joining in the Project Budburst?
A．Lisa Benton.B．David Inouye
C．Francisco Lopez.D．Jake Weltzin.
小題5:We can conclude from the passage that _______.
A．changes in animals caused by global warming happen earlier than those in plants
B．the biological timing of earth is changing because of climate change
C．the effect of climate change in Tucson, Arizona can be hardly noticed
D．a(chǎn)ll the plants in Tucson, Arizona are blooming earlier because of climate change

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:B

試題分析：本文介紹了大眾普通人可以參加監(jiān)測全球變暖導(dǎo)致的生物時(shí)間的變化。參加監(jiān)測全球變暖一般需要博士學(xué)位和高深的數(shù)學(xué)知識，但是Project Budburst 可以讓志愿者參加，可以是大學(xué)生，中學(xué)生甚至是小學(xué)生都可以。因?yàn)橛袑ｉT的網(wǎng)站進(jìn)行專業(yè)的指導(dǎo)，所以普通人所做的研究令人信服。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第二段的“We are collecting data because the weather is changing and the plants are blooming,” Ruby explained.可知他們正在收集有關(guān)天氣變化和植物盛開的數(shù)據(jù)。故選D。
小題2:推理判斷題。從第四段的When it was first open to the public last year, thousands of people participated in 26 states.可知去年P(guān)roject Budburst 第一次對公眾開放時(shí)，26個(gè)州成千上萬的人參加了。所以參加這個(gè)工程的是大眾普通人。故選C。
小題3:推理判斷題。第六段的gives directions on what to look for in different parts of the country.專門有網(wǎng)站給指導(dǎo)。第七段的University of Maryland professor David Inouye it’s so easy to figure out what’s blooming that a lack of special knowledge isn’t a problem. David Inouye說，找出盛開的花是如此容易,缺乏專業(yè)的知識不是一個(gè)問題�？芍谟兄笇�(dǎo)的情況下，學(xué)生做的研究有說服力。故選A。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第八段的For his part, second-grader Francisco said he had fun helping out可知Francisco是小學(xué)二年級的學(xué)生。故選C。
小題5:推理判斷題。從第四段的The National Phenology（生物氣候?qū)W）Network is calling on volunteers to help track early spring blooms and eventually changes in animals caused by global warming. 可知全球變暖導(dǎo)致春天開花時(shí)間的變化。故選B。
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Here is an astonishing and signficant fact:Mental work alone can’t make us tired. It sounds absurd. But a few years ago, scientists tried to find out how long the human could labor without reaching a stage of fatigue(疲勞). To the amazement of these scientists, they discovered thett blood passing through the brain, when it is active, shows no fatigue at all! If we took a drop of blood from a day labourer, we could find it full of fatigue toxins(毒素) and fatigue products. But if we took blood from the brain of Albert Einstein, it would show no fatigue toxing at the end of the day.
So far as the brain is concerned, it can work as well and swiftly at the end of eight or even twelve hours f efforts as at the beginning. The brain is totally tireless. So what makes us tired.
Some scientists declare that most of our fatigue come from our mental and emotional(情感的) attitudes. One of England’s most outstanding scientists. J. A. Hadfield,says,“The greater part of the fatigue from which we suffer is of mental origin. In fact,fatigue of purely physical origin is rare.” Dr. Brill, a famous American scientist, goes even further. He declares,“One hundred percent of the fatigue of a sitting worker in good health is due to emotional problems.”
What kinds of emotions make sitting workers tired?Joy?Satifaction?No!A feeling of being bored,anger,anxiety,tenseness,worry,a feeling of nt being appreciated---those are emotions that tire sitting workers.Hard work by itself seldom causes fatigue.We get tired because our emotions produce nervousness in the body.
小題1:What surprised the scientists a few years ago?
A．Fatigue toxinscould hardly be found in a labour’s blood.
B．Albert Eistein didn’t feel worn out after a day’s work.
C．The brain could wrk for many hours without fatigue.
D．A mental worker’s blood was filled with fatigue toxins.
小題2:According to the authour,which of the following can make sitting worker tired？
A．Challenge mental work.
B．Unpleasant emotions.
C．Endless tasks.
D．Physical labor.
小題3:What’s the authour’s attitude towards the scientists’ ideas?
A．He agrees with them.
B．He doubts them
C．He argues against them.
D．He hesitates to accept them.
小題4:We can infer from the passage that in order to stay energic, sitting workers need to ______.
A．have some good blood
B．enjoy their work
C．exercise regularly
D．discover fatigue toxin

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