Samuel Ramsey is an entomologist. That is a person who studies insects(昆虫). Samuel Ramsey is called Dr. Sammy. He is twenty-nine years old. Now let’s read on to learn about Dr. Sammy’s job.

        Dr. Sammy works for the United States Department of Agriculture(农业部). He works with all kinds of insects every day. Dr. Sammy does a lot of studies in his lab(实验室). He looks at insects under a microscope(显微镜). Dr. Sammy is now working on keeping bees(蜜蜂) healthy. He studies sick bees. He’s making medicines(药) for them. Then they will feel better.

       Dr. Sammy became interested in insects when he was nine. As a kid, he was scared of insects. But reading and learning about them made that different.

       Dr. Sammy is also an educator. An educator teaches other people something. Dr. Sammy shares things about the amazing world of insects.

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1.What does an entomologist do?

A Working with insects.

B Doing studies in labs.

C Reading about insects.

D Keeping insects healthy.

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据第一段“Samuel Ramsey is an entomologist. That is a person who studies insects(昆虫).”可知塞缪尔·拉姆齐是一名昆虫学家，昆虫学家是研究昆虫的人，即工作就是和昆虫打交道。故选A。

2.What does the underlined word “sick” mean?

A Tired.

B Special.

C Terrible.

D Unhealthy.

解析：选D。D 词义猜测题。根据第二段“He’s making medicines(药) for them. Then they will feel better.”可知塞缪尔·拉姆齐给那些sick的蜜蜂制作药，让它们感到好受些，可知那些蜜蜂应该是生病了，即那些蜜蜂是不健康的、虚弱的。故选D。

3.Samuel Ramsey has loved insects for _________ years.

A 29

B 9

C 20

D 38

解析：选C。C 数字计算题。根据第一段“He is twenty-nine years old.”和第三段“Dr. Sammy became interested in insects when he was nine.”可知塞缪尔·拉姆齐今年29岁，他从9岁开始就对昆虫感兴趣，可知到现在他已经喜欢昆虫20年了。故选C。

4.As an educator, Samuel Ramsey _________.

A talks about his studies about bees

B B.tells others how to make medicines

C helps people learn about insects

D D.teaches people how to look at insects

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据最后一段可知，塞缪尔·拉姆齐同时也是一位教育者，他帮助人们学习关于昆虫的知识。故选C。

5.In which part of a newspaper can we read this passage?

A Animals.

B Person.

C Art.

D Food.

解析：选B。B 文章出处题。根据全文内容可知，文章主要介绍了昆虫学家塞缪尔·拉姆齐及其工作，故最可能出现在“人物”版块。故选B。