When we talk about puppets, string puppets（牵线...

When we talk about puppets, string puppets（牵线木偶）in Fujian are one the most famous of them. These puppets are usually about two and a half feet（英尺）long. There are sixteen strings for each puppet. Some even have more than thirty strings.

Huang Yique is a master（大师）of the Quanzhou puppet show. He becomes famous for his shows in more than 30 countries. Huang can make a puppet write.

Last Sunday, I watched a puppet show called Training the Monkey on the Internet. It is one of Huang Yique’s best shows. The monkey made me laugh a lot. It could play the guitar, dance and ride a bike.

Huang was born in a poor family in Fujian in 1928. He joined a puppet show troupe（剧团）at the age of 13 to make money for his family.

Huang dreamed to make more people know string puppets. A museum for puppet art was Huang’s dream. It didn’t come true until January 5, 2007.

1.The string puppets in Fujian are usually about ______.

A. twenty and a half feet long　　 B. two and a half meters long

C. two and a half feet long　　 D. sixteen and a half meters long

2.He joined a puppet show troupe ______.

A. in 1928　　 B. when he was 30　　 C. in 1941　　 D. in 2007

3.According to the passage, Huang Yique joined a puppet show troupe because ______.

A. he likes playing with puppets

B. he needed to make money for his family

C. he was talented in making puppets

D. he wanted to become famous

4.The writer thinks Training the Monkey is ______.

A. successful　　 B. boring　　 C. serious　　 D. expensive

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When you travel in China, you can often see some very special puppets (木偶) in many gift shops. They are thin, colorful, made of animal skin (皮) and in all kinds of shapes. They are traditional Chinese shadow puppets.

The Chinese shadow puppet play (皮影戏) is an old art. It's also called "the business of the five", because a shadow puppet play group is usually made up of five people. One moves the puppets, one sings and the other three play instruments.

How did this art start? There is a story behind it. It is said that more than 2 000 years ago, the wife of Emperor Wu of Han died from illness. The emperor was very sad. His minister (大臣), Li Shaoweng, one day saw children playing with dolls and the shadows of the dolls were dancing on the wall. Then Li went back home and made a puppet of emperor's wife. He put sticks (技条) on the puppet's hands and feet to make it easy to move.

When night came, he put up a curtain (帘), lit a candle, and invited the emperor to sit before the curtain. Li moved the puppet from behind the curtain. The emperor felt like he was seeing his wife again and was very happy. After that the shadow puppet play became the emperor's favorite pastime.

Over the past thousands of years, the shadow puppet play has won the hearts of many people in China. And now, more and more people around the world are showing interest in the art.

1.What is NOT the quality of Chinese shadow puppets?

A.Thin and colorful. B.Made of animals. C.Different kinds of shapes.

2.How many people are there in a shadow puppet play group?

A.1. B.3. C.5.

3.How did the wife of Emperor Wu of Han die?

A.Because of the illness. B.Because of the emperor. C.Because of the minister.

4.What is NOT necessary when we play the shadow puppets?

A.Spoons. B.Curtain. C.Sticks.

5.What can we infer (推断) according to the passage?

A.The emperor is a very strict person.

B.The Chinese shadow puppet play is a symbol of China.

C.Chinese shadow puppet play has been popular around the world for 2,000 years.

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When we talk about NBA, we always think about a great basketball player from the USA, who retired(退役). _______ name is Kobe Bryant((科比).

Bryant, 41, _________ the Los Angeles Lakers. He had been on the team for 20 years. But he _________ because of age and injuries(伤) in 2016.

“My heart can take it, my mind can handle it, but my body knows it’s time to say _________,” he wrote in his poem(诗) Dear Basketball.

Bryant is one of the greatest players in NBA. He _________ five NBA championships(冠军) and two Olympic gold medals. He _________ scored the third largest _________ of points in NBA history, even _________ Michael Jordan.

Bryant has a real love _________ basketball. He often started to practice as early as 5 a.m. Everybody knows how hard he worked.

Soon Bryant may have some time to rest. But no matter what he does next, he said his love for basketball would never __________.

1.A.He B.She C.His D.Her

2.A.played with B.played for C.played against D.played

3.A.is leaving B.leaves C.left D.leave

4.A.good B.Okay C.goodbye D.hello

5.A.gets B.wins C.reached D.won

6.A.too B.and C.also D.either

7.A.number B.person C.more D.most

8.A.less than B.the same C.more than D.much more

9.A.of B.playing C.for D.likes

10.A.last long B.have C.change D.changes

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When we get together, we always have a great time ____ to each other. We usually talk about something interesting.

A. saying　　 B. telling　　 C. talking　　 D. laughing

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There was once a young man in a town. He liked puppets (木偶) so much that he became an apprentice (学徒) to a great puppet-maker. Sadly, the young man was not so clever, and people around him always said he had no ______ for making puppets.

However, he enjoyed it so much that he worked day after day to _______his skills. Though he was hard-working, they would always find something wrong with his puppets. The young man was ______ but he wasn’t going to give up. After thinking for a few days, he ______ to spend all his time making just one kind of puppet. As long as he found a fault (缺陷) in his puppet, he would throw it away and start again. Years passed, he was much ______ at making puppets than any other apprentice, but he kept making improvements. Living ______ that, the man wasn’t making any money. Many people laughed at how poor he was.

By the time he was an old man, his puppet was ______ wonderful. Finally, after so many years of work, he finished his puppet, and said, “______ wrong with it this time. It’s perfect (完美的)”. And for the first time in all those years, he didn’t throw his puppet and felt so happy.

The man’s name was Geppetto. ______ he made the perfect puppet, he got more happiness than any other famous puppet-maker. His ______ tells us how important it is to keep on something.

So never give up the things you really enjoy.

1.A. mistake B. talent C. ticket

2.A. improve B. appear C. cover

3.A. excited B. upset C. careless

4.A. decided B. refused C. replied

5.A. bigger B. better C. worse

6.A. before B. than C. like

7.A. truly B. hardly C. quietly

8.A. Everything B. Nothing C. Something

9.A. So B. Though C. Because

10.A. future B. advice C. experience

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阅读下面的短文，完成文后的任务。

[1]When we talk about paintings, we usually think of pictures on paper.But recently, a college student brought us another kind of painting.She paints animals and birds on the bald (光秃的) parts of trees and tree holes! Thanks to her paintings, an old street in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province has become her exhibition hall.

[2]The ____________ of these paintings is Wang Yue, a college student from Dalian Polytechnic University.She got the idea of painting on trees while she was visiting her home for Spring Festival.“In winter, the bald parts of trees look really ugly, so I wondered whether painting pictures on them might help cover some flaws (瑕疵) of the city.” Wang said.It is also part of her graduation (毕业) work.

[3]“Painting on a tree hole is not as easy as painting on paper.I had to think about the shapes and sizes of the tree holes and adjust (调整) my designs accordingly,” she said.“Before I began, I had to clean off the dust (尘土) from the tree holes first.”

[4]Her first painting was some clouds, but many people couldn’t understand it.After that, she began to paint animals.

1.Where did Wang Yue paint in her hometown during the Spring Festival?

_______________________________________________________________

2.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with a proper word.

_______________________________________________________________

3.Why does Wang Yue paint in such a way?

_______________________________________________________________

4.Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese.

_______________________________________________________________

5.Why are most of Wang Yue’s paintings about animals?

_______________________________________________________________

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When we talk about music, we can think of different kinds of it. Some people like pop music very much, but it often comes and goes so quickly. It shows our deep feelings of love, hate, joy and sadness in daily life, so it is quite popular among young people.

However, classical music is not so lucky among young people though it’s the symbol of high music level. We know that classical music is serious music, so some people can’t understand its real meaning. That’s why it’s not popular among youngsters.

In fact, folk music is different from other music forms.It’s more traditional than entertainment (娱乐). In American history, fork music began to show up when people needed it most.The earliest folk songs were those like “Down by the Riverside”, “We Shall over come” etc. Yhese are songs about hard life, but they are also full of hopes. Anyway(无论如何)， anybody can understand folk music and it also welcomes everyone to join.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1.How many kind of music are mentioned （提及） in the passage?

A. One　　　　　 B. Two　　　　　 C. Three　　　　　 D. Four

2.. What kind of music is not popular among young people?

A. Classical music　　 B. Country music

C. Pop music　　　　 D. Folk music

3..What can we know from the last paragraph （段）？

A. Folk music has only one kind of music form.

B. American folk music began to show up before the people needed it most.

C. Some people can’t understand the real meaning of folk music.

D. “Down by the Riverside” is one of the earliest folk songs in America.

4. What does the underlined word “ youngsters ” mean?

A. 音乐家　　　　　 B.儿童

C.年轻人　　　　　　 D. 老年人

5. What is the best title for the passage ?

A. Pop music　　　　 B. Classical music

C. Folk music　　 D. Some kinds of music

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When we talk about space, we know the universe means the earth, the sun, the moon, the stars and the space between them. Many of the stars are so far away that we cannot see them.Through our geography lessons, we know the earth ①____________ the sun and the moon goes around the earth.

We have day and night because the earth keeps turning all the time. Just because the moon is closer to the earth than the sun, it looks much bigger than the sun.

The sun is bright enough to give out very strong light. The moon can’ give out any light at all, but it looks quite bright, too. Why? In fact, the light from the moon comes from the sun. ②But in fact the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon. (bright　 明亮的)

③在宇宙中有许多其他的行星。But of all these planets, only on the earth there are living things. People on the earth have studied space all the time. They’ve sent spaceships into space many times. In November, 2011, Chinese scientists let Shenzhou VIII successfully dock(对接) with the Tiangong I twice. This is one of the greatest events in the history of China’s space.

1.在①填入一个适当的短语。

_________________________________

2.Why do we have day and night?

__________________________________

3.The sun is bright enough to give out very strong light.(改为同义句)

_____________________________________________

4.把划线②处的句子翻译成汉语。

_____________________________________________

5.把划线③处的句子翻译成英语。

_____________________________________________

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The word “day” has two meanings. When we talk about the number of days in a year, we are using “day” to mean 24 hours. But when we talk about day and night, we are using “day” to mean the time between sunrise and sunset. Since the earth looks like a ball, the sun can shine on only half of it at a time. Always one half of the earth is having day and the other half night. A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by the spinning（旋转）of the earth. At the equator（赤道）day and night are sometimes the same length（长度）. They are each twelve hours long. The sun rises at 6 o’clock in the morning and sets at 6 o’clock in the evening. For six months the North Pole is tilted（倾斜）toward the sun. In those months the Northern Hemisphere（半球）gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere. Days are longer than nights. South of the equator nights are longer than days. For the other six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun. Then the Southern Hemisphere gets more sunlight. Days are longer than nights. North of the equator nights are longer than days. Winter is the season of long nights. Summer is the season of long days.

1.When the Western Hemisphere is having day, the eastern Hemisphere is having ________________.

A. both day and night　　　 B. day　 　　 　　　　　　　 C. neither day nor night　　D. night

2.A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by _______________ of the earth.

A. the pushing　　　　　　　　 B. the pulling　　　　　　 C. the spinning　　　　　　 D. the passing

3.At the equator day is as long as night _______________.

A. sometimes　　　　　　　　 B. never　　　　 　　　 C. usually　　　　 　　　 D. always

4.When the North Pole is tilted toward the sun, the Northern Hemisphere gets _______________ sunlight.

A. less　　　　　　　　　　 B. more　　　　　　　　 C. all　　　　　　　　 D. no

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When we talked about the space,we know the universe means the earth,the sun,the moon,the stars and so on in space.Many of the stars are so far away that we can’t see them.

Through our geography lessons,we know the earth (1)goes around the sun,and the moon goes around the earth.

We have day and night because the earth keeps moving all the time.Just because the moon is closer to the earth than the sun,it looks much bigger than the sun.(2)The sun is bright enough to give out very strong light. The moon can’t give any light at all,but it looks quite bright,too.Why?In fact,the light from the moon comes from the sun.(3)But in fact the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon.

(4)在宇宙中仍然有许多其他的行星。But of all these planets,only on the earth there are living things.People on the earth have studied the space all the time.They’ve sent many spaceships into the space many times.On November 3 and 14,2011,Chinese scientists let Shenzhou Ⅷ successfully dock with(对接)the Tiangong Ⅰtwice.This is one of the greatest events in the history of China’s space.

1.画线(1)处的汉语意思是 _____________________ 。

2.Why do we have day and night?

_______________________________________________________

3.写出画线(2)处的同义句。

_______________________________________________

4.把画线(3)处的句子译成汉语。

_________________________________________________

5.把画线(4)处的句子译成英语。

________________________________________________________

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