Word has come ___ a 100-million-year-old dino...

Word has come ___ a 100-million-year-old dinosaur fossil was recently discovered on a mountain in Ningcheng County, Chifeng.

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – One of the world’s most famous fossils (化石) – the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy skeleton (骨骼) unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974 – will go on an exhibition tour abroad for the first time in the United States, officials said Tuesday.

Even the Ethiopian public has only seen Lucy twice. The Lucy on exhibition at the Ethiopian National Museum in the capital, Addis Ababa, is a replica while the real remains are usually locked in a secret storeroom. A team from the Museum of National Science in Houston, Texas, spent four years discussing with the Ethiopians for the U.S. tour, which will start in Houston next September.

“Ethiopia’s rich culture of both the past and today, is one of the best kept secrets in the world,” said Joel Bartsch, director of the Houston museum.

The six-year tour will also go to Washington, New York, Denver and Chicago. Officials said six other U.S. cities may be on the tour. But they said plans had not been worked out.

Travelling with Lucy will be 190 other fossils.

Lucy, her name taken from a Beatles song that played in a camp the night of her discovery, is part of the skeleton of what was once a 3.5-foot-tall ape-man (猿人).

1.The author writes this text mainly to 　　　　　　　　　 .

A. introduce a few U.S. museums　　 B. report a coming event

C. discuss the value of an ape-man　　 D. describe some research work

2.What does the words “a replica” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. A copy of the skeleton.　　 B. A photograph of Lucy

C. A painting of the skeleton.　　 D. A written record of Lucy.

3.How many cities has Lucy’s U.S. tour plan already included?

A. Eleven.　　 B. Six.　　 C. Five.　　 D. Four.

4.What was the skeleton named after?

A. An ape-man.　　 B. A camp.　　 C. A singer.　　 D. A song.

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Don’t lie to her. As ____ matter of fact, _____ word has come that you failed your last exam.

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. Several years later，word came______ Napoleon himself was coming to inspect them．

A. that        B. which         C .when       D if

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In the early 1990s,the word” Internet” was strange to most people. But today, Internet has become a useful tool for people all over the world. Maybe Internet has been the greatest invention in the field of communication in the history of mankind（人类）.

Communicating with others on the Internet is much faster. We can chat with a person who is sitting in the other part of the world. We can e-mail our friends and they can read the e-mails within a minute. Giving all kinds of information is probably the biggest advantage of the Internet. We can use search engines to find the information we need. Just type in a keyword or keywords and the search engine will give us a list of suitable websites to look at.

We can enjoy a lot on the Internet by downloading games, visiting chat rooms or surfing （浏览）websites. There are some games for free. We can meet new and interesting people in the chat now. We can also listen to music and see films.

Now ,there is a lot of service on the Internet such as online banking ,job finding and ticket buying. We can also do shopping and find nearly all kinds of goods. Sometimes we can find something that is quite good but very cheap.

1.How many main advantages of the Internet are talked about in the 　　　　 passage?

A. Three.　 　 B. Four.　 　 C. Five.　 　 D. Six.

2.What fact doesn’t the passage provide?

A. We can find almost anything we want to know on the Internet.

B. Some games on the Internet are free.

C. We can buy most things we need on the Internet.

D. Goods on the Internet are more expensive than those in real shops.

3.Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?

A. Online Shopping

B. Exchanging Information on the Internet

C. The Advantages of the Internet

D. Surfing the Websites on the Internet　　

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They also agree that it is the burning of more and more fossil fuels that has resulted ____ this increase in carbon dioxide.

A．from             B．of               C．in               D．to

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It was the third that Jack ______ to China.

A. has come   B. has , came   C. had  came   D. had come

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---Allen, are you coming with us?

---I’d love to, but something unexpected ____.

A．has come up       B．was coming up      C．had come up       D．would come up

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——Alvin, are you coming with us?

—— I’d love to, but something unexpected _______.

A．has come up       B．was coming up      C．had come up       D．would come up

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Henry works in a factory. He comes from a poor family and was in school for only four years. He has to do the hard work, but he is paid less. He likes to watch football matches very much and spends much time on them.

One afternoon there was a big football match on the playground. He borrowed some money from his friend and hurried there. There were a lot of people there. And all the tickets were sold out. He was sorry for it. He saw a pole outside the playground and climbed it quickly. A policeman came and said, “It is dangerous to stay on it! Come down!”

“Wait a minute, please!” Henry said and just at that moment the policeman heard cheers on the playground and asked in a hurry, “which team has kicked a goal?” “Ours!” “Wonderful! You can stay there. But take care!”  The policeman said happily and left. When the match would be soon over, he came back again and asked, “who has won?” “Theirs, 3:2.”  “Come down,” the policeman said angrily. “ Such a match is not worth watching!”

Henry had to come down. But soon they heard cheers again. The policeman said in a hurry, “Climb up quickly and see who has kicked a goal.”

1.From the passage we know that _________.

A. Henry doesn’t like his work

B. Henry comes from a rich family.

C. Henry is paid less

D. Henry doesn’t like the policeman

2.Henry failed to get a ticket for the match that day because ___________.

A. all the tickets were sold out

B. he didn’t want to buy a ticket

C. he had no time to buy a ticket

D. he had no money to buy a ticket

3.The policeman asked Henry to come down the pole at first because ____________.

A. the other team kicked a goal            B. Henry had no ticket

C. their team kicked a goal                D. it was dangerous

4.From the third paragraph, we can guess that _____________.

A. the policeman wanted to teach Henry a lesson.

B. the policeman was also a football fan.

C. the policeman didn’t like Henry.

D. the policeman tried to please Henry

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