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1.How much are the musical tickets for two children?
A. 16 pounds, B, 35 pounds. C. 30 pounds. D. 40 pounds.
2.When will the Teenage Drawing Competition be held?
A. On June 7th. B. On August 6th.
C. On September 20th. D. On April 25th.
3.Where can you watch Adele's performance this Sunday aft
ernoon?
A. At St. James' s Park. B. At Westfield Theater.
C. At Westfield Shopping Center. D. At Cambridge Theater.
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Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun. He drew cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks (积木). His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since. He even took his building bricks to college with him! Instead of books and a computer, he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk.
Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highl
y-paid (高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in his art. He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) to Superman! He has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art. He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait (自画像). It took him two days just to build the eyes.
Nathan's work has appeared in museums around the world. Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is fascinating. Since it began in2007, Nathan's exhibition "The Art of the Bri
ck" has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere.
"I'm proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it," says Nathan. "To do what you love in life is the most important thing."
1.What did Nathan put on his desk at college?
A. The Statue of Liberty. B. Superman.
C. His serf-portrait. D. A Greenwich Village modal.
2.Why did Nathan give up his job as a lawyer?
A. Because he made little money out of a lawyer.
B. Because he wanted to make toys for the children.
C. Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks.
D. Because he was going to work in the museum instead.
3. What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Nathan's work. B. Nathan's exhibition.
C. Nathan's art. D. Nathan's self-portrait
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. The Brick Artist B. The Brick Exhibition
C. Toy Bricks for Adults D. The Artist's Childhood
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Should we be afraid of sharks(鲨鱼)? Maybe not. New research into the reasons for shark attacks (攻击) suggests that sharks don’t like the way humans taste! In fact, most people who are attacked by the shark are still alive after receiving only one bite (咬). Why is this?
There are many opinions to explain why sharks sometimes attack people. One opinion is that sharks are just curious (好奇的). We know that sharks are the strongest animals in their environment, so they are not afraid of anything. Naturally, that means they are curious when they meet something unusual. Because they don’t have hands or feet., the only way they can find out an object is to bite it! It is thought that sharks sometimes bite humans for this reason, and then swim away.
Scientists also say that sharks would not waste energy trying to eat a human, as we have a lot of bones (骨头). It is hard for a shark to eat us because sharks don’t have hands, and they can’t pull the meat off our bones. Maybe that’s why they only bite us once. Unluckily, one bite from a large shark is serious enough to hurt people greatly!
Another opinion is that sharks attack humans by mistake. Some sharks may sometimes mistake humans for a seal. An example of this is when a shark attacks a surfer. A surfer lying on a surfboard looks like a seal when seen from below. Sharks like seals because they have thick fat.
Whatever the reason for shark attacks on humans, sharks should be afraid of us. Sadly, we kill almost 40 million of them each year.
1.What happens to people attacked by sharks?
A. Most of them because blind. B. Most of them because of deaf.
C. Most of them died. D. Most of them are still alive.
2. How do sharks find out about an unusual object according to the passage?
A. By biting. B. By smelling.
C. By touching. D. By killing.
3.Which sentence about sharks is true?
A. Sharks pull meat off bones when they eat.
B. Sharks might mistake humans for seals.
C. Sharks like to attack surfers becaus
e of their thick fat.
D. One bite from a shark is nothing serious.
4.What would the author write the passage mainly for?
A. To tell surfers to stay away from sharks.
B. To ask people to stop killing sharks.
C. To let us know the reasons for shark attacks on people.
D. To show that humans are much stronger than sharks.
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When I crossed a small road on my first day in Kolkata, I was surprised because I heard a bell-not a horn (喇叭). It was a tiny man pulling a rickshaw(人力黄包车).He stopped and picked up two children from the front door of their house and pulled them to school. For many people, the rickshaw in Kolkata has many advantages. When the traffic is bad, rickshaws find a way through the traffic. If your miss your bus and there aren't any taxis, you can always find a rickshaw in Kolkata. Rickshaws are from your house to the market and waits for you. Then he loads (装载)all your things, drops you off outside your home and helps you unload. No other type of public transport offers this kind of service.
From June to September, Kolkata gets heavy rain. Sometimes it rains for 48 hours without a break. In some parts of the city, the roads flood (水淹), and anything with an engine(发动机) is useless. But the rickshaw drivers never stop working, even with water all around them.
But not everyone thinks rickshaws are a good thing. The local government want to ban rickshaws. They believe it is wrong for one man to pull another person when there is modern transport in the city. However, there is a problemwith this plan. Many of the rickshaw drivers come from the countryside. The only job they can find in Kolkata is pulling a rickshaw. If the city bans rickshaws, these men won't have a job. So for the moment, the people of Kolkata still go by rickshaw.
1.What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?
A. The rickshaw drivers carry things for local people in Kolkata.
B. Parents need rickshaws for taking children to school in Kolkata.
C. Rickshaws can find a way through the bad traffic in Kolkata.
D. Rickshaws are very useful for the people's daily life in Kolkata.
2.Which type of transport may you take when the roads flood in Kolkata?
A. A bus. B. A taxi. C. A car. D. A rickshaw.
3.What does the underlined word "ban" mean?
A. make B. increase C. forbid D. collect
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A. The rickshaws in Kolkata have loud horns.
B. The rickshaw is still a part of public transport in Kolkata.
C. The local government offer many other jobs to the rickshaw driven.
D. The people in Kolkata are supposed to take rickshaws instead of cars.
B. has taken C. is taking D. was taking.
B. has taken C. is taking D. was taking.
t fix it today. Maybe, tomorrow.” Then he ________________ his hand. I couldn’t believe it! He wanted a tip (小费) for doing ________________! I was very angry. But suddenly, I had a better idea. ________, I gave the engineer a few coins. He hadn’t fixed my shower but he had taught me something ________________ staying in his country. Two minutes later I was at the reception desk. I explained the ________________ 
1.A. since B. while C. after D. before
B. worried C. angry D. excited
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ck" has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere.
e of their thick fat.
I had so much to do!