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In the busy city of New York, such an astonishing thing ever happened.
On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the underground station, playing his violin. Many people slowed down their paces and put some money into the hat of the young man.
The next day, the young artist came to the gate of the underground station, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. Different from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground and put some stones on it. Before long, the young violinist was surrounded with people, who were all attracted* by the words on that paper. It said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come to claim it soon."
After about half an hour, a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry and rushed through the crowd to the violinist and grabbed his shoulders and said, "Yes, it's you. You did come here. I knew that you're an honest* man and would certainly come here."
The young violinist asked calmly, "Are you Mr. George Sang?"
The man nodded. The violinist asked, "Did you lose something?"
"Lottery. It's a lottery," said the man.
The violinist took out a lottery ticket on which George Sang's name was seen. "Is it?" he asked.
George nodded and seized the lottery ticket and kissed it.
The story turned out to be this: George Sang is a manager in a big company. He bought a lottery ticket issued by a bank a few days ago. It opened yesterday and he won a prize of $500,000. So he felt very happy after work and felt the music was so wonderful, that he took out 50 dollars and put it in the hat. However the lottery ticket was also thrown in. The violinist was a student at an Arts College and had planned to study in Vienna. He had booked the ticket and would fly that morning. However when he was cleaning up he found the lottery ticket. Thinking that the owner would return to look for it, he cancelled* the flight and came back to where he was given the lottery ticket.
Later someone asked the violinist: "At that time you were in need of money. Why didn't you take the lottery ticket for yourself?"
The violinist said, "Although I don't have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty I won't be happy forever."
1.Where did the poor young artist play the violin?
A.In a nice hall of a big company. B.On the playground of Arts College.
C.Outside the meeting room of a bank. D.At the gate of the underground station.
2.George Sang put _____ into the young artist's hat on Friday night.
A.some stones B.a piece of paper
C.50 dollars and a lottery D.his air ticket and some money
3.The young artist cancelled the flight to Vienna because he thought ______.
A.the owner would return to look for the lottery
B.he didn’t have enough money to pay for his study
C.Arts College asked him to wait for Mr. George Sang
D.people in the underground station didn’t let him leave
4.What do you think of what the young violinist said in the last paragraph? ▲ (请用约40词回答)
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In the busy city of New York, such an astonishing thing ever happened.
On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the underground station, playing his violin. Many people slowed down their paces and put some money into the hat of the young man.
The next day, the young artist came to the gate of the underground station, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. Different from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground and put some stones on it. Before long, the young violinist was surrounded with people, who were all attracted* by the words on that paper. It said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come to claim it soon."
After about half an hour, a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry and rushed through the crowd to the violinist and grabbed his shoulders and said, "Yes, it's you. You did come here. I knew that you're an honest* man and would certainly come here."
The young violinist asked calmly, "Are you Mr. George Sang?"
The man nodded. The violinist asked, "Did you lose something?"
"Lottery. It's a lottery," said the man.
The violinist took out a lottery ticket on which George Sang's name was seen. "Is it?" he asked.
George nodded and seized the lottery ticket and kissed it.
The story turned out to be this: George Sang is a manager in a big company. He bought a lottery ticket issued by a bank a few days ago. It opened yesterday and he won a prize of $500,000. So he felt very happy after work and felt the music was so wonderful, that he took out 50 dollars and put it in the hat. However the lottery ticket was also thrown in. The violinist was a student at an Arts College and had planned to study in Vienna. He had booked the ticket and would fly that morning. However when he was cleaning up he found the lottery ticket. Thinking that the owner would return to look for it, he cancelled* the flight and came back to where he was given the lottery ticket.
Later someone asked the violinist: "At that time you were in need of money. Why didn't you take the lottery ticket for yourself?"
The violinist said, "Although I don't have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty I won't be happy forever."
1.Where did the poor young artist play the violin?
A. In a nice hall of a big company. B. On the playground of Arts College.
C. Outside the meeting room of a bank. D. At the gate of the underground station.
2.George Sang put _____ into the young artist's hat on Friday night.
A. some stones B. a piece of paper
C. 50 dollars and a lottery D. his air ticket and some money
3.The young artist cancelled the flight to Vienna because he thought ______.
A. the owner would return to look for the lottery
B. he didn’t have enough money to pay for his study
C. Arts College asked him to wait for Mr. George Sang
D. people in the underground station didn’t let him leave
4.What do you think of what the young violinist said in the last paragraph? ▲ (请用约40词回答)
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An old man lived in a city in the southwest of the United States. One day he 1. his son in New York.
“I hate to ruin (v. 破坏) your day, 2. I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing (divorce v. 离婚),” he said. “Dad, what are you 3. about?” the son asked.
“We are sick of (厌倦)each 4. and I'm sick of talking about this. So you call your sister in Chicago and tell her,” the old man said. The son called his sister in a 5., “Mom and dad are getting divorced,” he said. The daughter called her dad right 6., “Don't do a single thing until I 7. there,” she shouted at him. “I'm calling my 8. back and we'll both be there tomorrow.”
The old man hung up his phone and 9. to his wife. “Okay, they are coming back 10. Thanksgiving,” he said. “Now, how do we get them here for Christmas?”
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New York is one of the biggest cities in _______ U.S.A.
A.a B.an C.the D./
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The first ever trans-Atlantic（跨大西洋的）telephone call was made from New York City to London in 1927. In keeping with this spirit, we’d like to tell you some of our other communication records：
● Most spammed person（收到垃圾邮件最多的人）
Microsoft chairman William H．Gates III（the U.S.A.）receives up to four million spams（垃圾邮件）each day. However, with the help of all the people who are working in Microsoft and anti-spam technology, only around ten spares reach his inbox per day．
● Earliest e-mail
In l971，Ray Tomlinson，an engineer at the computer company, and Newman in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the U.S.A. sent the first e-mail．At first it was an experiment to see if he could get two computers to exchange a message.（It was Ray who decided to use the @ symbol to separate the other’s name from their location. The first e-mail message was “QWERTYUIOP”）
● Largest LAN（局域网）party
The largest LAN（Local Area Network）party was made up of 8531 unique computers and 9184 members in Sweden from 30 November to 2 December 2006．
● Most telephone books torsi（撕）in three minutes
Tina Shelton tore 21 telephone books at last, each with l028 numbered pages in a time of three minutes in California, the U.S.A. on 9 February 2007．
1.When was the first trans-Atlantic telephone call from New York to London made?
A. In2006． B. In l927． C. In l971． D. In l928．
2. Who is the person that receives up to four million e-mail spams（垃圾邮件）each day?
A. William H. Gates Ⅲ．
B. Ray Tomlinson
C. Newman
D. Tina Shelton
3.Ray who decided to use ________to separate the other’s name from their location．
A. exchange a message B. “QWERTYUIOP”
C. the @ symbol D. an experiment
4.How long did the largest LAN party last?
A. Two months． B. Three days．
C. Four days． D. Two days．
5. How long did Tina Shelton tear all the telephone books'?
A. Three minutes．
B. Sixty-three minutes．
C. Two minutes．
D. Sixty-two minutes．
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The first ever trans-Atlantic（跨大西洋的）telephone call was made from New York City to London in 1927. In keeping with this spirit， we’d like to tell you some of our other communication records：
● Most spammed person（收到垃圾邮件最多的人）
Microsoft chairman William H．Gates III（the U.S.A.）receives up to four million spams（垃圾邮件）each day. However， with the help of all the people who are working in Microsoft and anti-spam technology， only around ten spares reach his inbox per day．
● Earliest e-mail
In l971，Ray Tomlinson，an engineer at the computer company， and Newman in Cambridge， Massachusetts， the U.S.A. sent the first e-mail．At first it was an experiment to see if he could get two computers to exchange a message.（It was Ray who decided to use the @ symbol to separate the other’s name from their location. The first e-mail message was “QWERTYUIOP”）
● Largest LAN（局域网）party
The largest LAN（Local Area Network）party was made up of 8531 unique computers and 9184 members in Sweden from 30 November to 2 December 2006．
● Most telephone books torsi（撕）in three minutes
Tina Shelton tore 21 telephone books at last， each with l028 numbered pages in a time of three minutes in California， the U.S.A. on 9 February 2007．
1.When was the first trans-Atlantic telephone call from New York to London made?
A. In2006． B. In l927．
C. In l971． D. In l928．
2.Who is the person that receives up to four million e-mail spams（垃圾邮件）each day?
A. William H. Gates Ⅲ． B. Ray Tomlinson
C. Newman D. Tina Shelton
3.Ray who decided to use ________to separate the other’s name from their location．
A. exchange a message B. “QWERTYUIOP”
C. the @ symbol D. an experiment
4.How long did the largest LAN party last?
A. Two months． B. Three days．
C. Four days． D. Two days．
5. How long did Tina Shelton tear all the telephone books'?
A. Three minutes．
B. Sixty-three minutes．
C. Two minutes．
D. Sixty-two minutes．
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In the big cities of Europe and America — London, Paris, New York, people are moving out of the city. They are usually rich families with much money, and they want to live a quieter life. They are tired of the noises and the dirty air of the city, tired of the crowded streets, crowded trains and buses. They don’t want to sit in traffic any more. They want a house with a garden, and clean air that is not polluted.
So they move out. Some don’t move very far, just a little way out of the city, to the towns near the cities. Other people move to real countryside, with sheep, cows and horses, and green fields! There, they start new lives and try to make new friends.
Not all those who move from the city to the countryside are happy. After two or three years, many people feel that it was a big mistake. There isn’t much to do. Country people are very different and aren’t always friendly.
As a result, quite a lot of people move back to the city. 
“It’s wonderful to see crowds in the streets and cinema lights,” they say. “I’m so glad I’m back in the city!” (203)
1.Some city people move out of their city because of _____.
A. crowds and pollution B. friendly neighborhoods
C. making money D. cows and sheep
2.Why do some people move back to the city again? Because _____.
A. they can breathe fresh and clean air
B. there are big shops and cinema lights
C. they still want to live their city life
D. they can make many new friends
3.Which of the following sentence is wrong according to the passage?
A. Many people love their city’s colorful life.
B. They enjoy seeing animals in the country.
C. All the people move out far from the city.
D. Sometimes country people are not friendly.
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Vivian Maier was an American street photographer born in New York City. Although born in the U.S., it was in France that Maier __________ most of her youth. Maier returned to the U.S. in 1951 where she worked ________ a nanny for over 40 years. A nanny is a person who takes care of young children in the children's own home.
A nanny's job is not easy. In her free time, _________,
Vivian begun to try the art of photography. She spent her days off walking along the
______ of Chicago and taking photographs. Vivian would take photos that she
______ from the eyes of others secretly. Most people did not know they were taken in the pictures. She took over 150,000 photographs during her lifetime, __________ of the people and buildings of Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles, although she also travelled and photographed worldwide.
During her lifetime, Vivian's photographs were unknown and unpublished. Many of her photos were never printed because of __________. She never got married. She had no children either. She lived a __________ life and became even poorer in her old age.
A Chicago collector, John Maloof, happened to find some of Vivian's photos at the market. He decided to __________ Vivian's photographs on the website. Thousands of people showed their great __________ in them. Vivian's works have become famous around the world since then.
Vivian Maier opened one of the most attractive windows of American life in the second half of the twentieth century.
1.A. paid B. took C. spent D. cost
2.A. as B. for C. with D. of
3.A. whatever B. however C. whenever D. wherever
4.A. rivers B. mountains C. villages D. streets
5.A. appeared B. hid C. fell D. smiled
6.A. partly B. nearly C. mainly D. closely
7.A. time B. effort C. money D. health
8.A. rich B. hard C. wonderful D. hopeful
9.A. give B. drop C. buy D. put
10.A. interest B. hobby C. attention D. ability
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Hip hop or rap (说唱) music started on the street and in the clubs of the New York City in the 1970s. People rap to express how they feel about their lives and problems.
Rapping in class.
Would you like to rap in class? Well, actually hip pop music is played in more than 10,000 schools in the USA. Why? There is a new school program called “Flocabulary” in which teachers use texts and hip hop CDs to help teach different school subjects. The words of the songs are just what students are studying. This makes learning easy and fun. Students and teachers are excited about the good results it has had on exam marks. Mr. Lee, a teacher in a high school, said, “I’ve used hip hop songs in class, and I have never seen my students so crazy about history! You can’t imagine how well they remember what I teach! We even try to write our own songs.”
Whose idea was Flocabulary?
Blake Harrison, a high school student, was the first person to come up with the idea of Flocabulary. The word “Flocabulary” comes from the word “flow” and “vocabulary”. “Flow” is a rap word for “style”, or the way a rapper says the words of a song. “Vocabulary” means the words you have to learn in a language. How did he get the idea? Well, he realized he could remember the words of a hip hop song very easily. So, why not make lessons into songs? Today together with Alex Rappaport, a song writer, Blake produces hip hop songs for math, science and literature (文学). They are now used in schools with great success.
1. Rap music started ______ in the New York City in the 1970s.
A. in a high school B. in a music class
C. on the street D. in a CD shop
2.From the passage, we can learn “Flocabulary” is a program to ______.
A. write rap music B. remember the words of a song
C. write our own songs D. help teach school subjects
3.Blake has produced hip hop sings for school subjects EXCEPT ______.
A.math B. history
C. science D. Literature
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The smallest library in the world has appeared on the streets of New York City---and it has space for just one reader at a time. The bright yellow plastic building has 40 books and its purpose(目的) is to help travelers take a break with a good story.
The Little Free Library was designed by two creative architects(建筑师) using recycled materials, with holes allowing visitors to look in before they enter the building. Architects Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente said the library creates an environment which keeps its users in the experience of reading books.
The library in Manhattan has attracted(吸引) a great deal of interest since it was set last month. “The Little Free Library idea was created about three years ago and quickly started to appear in the other places, including Europe, Africa and India,” Mr. Ertorteguy said.
He added, “With the library we wanted to create a place where to slow down, a small place in New York City’s streets where to get into a new world---the world of the book you pick.”
There are more than 5,000 Little Free Library across the U.S. and the other countries, but most are nothing more than outdoor bookshelves which cannot hold readers inside. The project is to give everyone access to reading material even if they live in areas which are not served by public libraries.
1.People use the holes on the library to ___________.
A. protect the books B. look into the library
C. relax themselves D. attract more readers
2.The underlined word “access” in the last paragraph might mean “____________”.
A. 建议 B.能力 C.机会 D.清单
3.The main idea of the fourth paragraph is ______________.
A. the address of the library
B. the purpose (目的) of the library
C. the history of the library
D. the material of the library
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The Little Free Library becomes more and more popular.
B. The Little Free Library gets people into a new city.
C. The Little Free Library cost two architects a lot of money.
D. The Little Free Library has been built all over Asia.
“It’s wonderful to see crowds in the streets and cinema lights,” they say. “I’m so glad I’m back in the city!” (203)