Cyril Dick’s house is neither a modern house ...

Cyril Dick’s house is neither a modern house nor a house of the future. It is 40 years old. There are more houses like that in the south of France. They are called “bubble houses”, and you can see why!

Cyril Dick is a designer and he loves round things.　 He collects old records and clocks. He also collects round furniture. And now he has a completely round house.

Everything in the “bubble house” is round. The centre of the house is one very big bubble. This is both the living room and dining room. There are round armchairs, a round table, and a big round rug(地毯) in front of a round fireplace. Around the living room are three small bubbles. One bubble is a kitchen with round shelves, another bubble is the garden room, and the third bubble is a music room. Upstairs there are two more bubbles—a bedroom and a bathroom.

The doors and windows are also round, of course. The windows are like eyes. There aren’t any curtains(窗帘) in the house, because Cyril likes to see the garden all the time.

Bubble houses are the idea of a Hungarian architect(建筑师), Antti Lovag. “A lot of modern houses are bad for us, especially tall buildings of flats,” says Lovag. “Because round homes are more natural（自然的）, people feel happy in them.” Cyril agrees with this. “Some people think my house is funny,” he says, “but for me, this is the perfect home.”

【1】题判断正误（“T”表示正确，“F”表示错误）；【2】题完成句子；【3】题简略回答问题；【4】题找出并写下第三段的主题句；【5】题将文中画线句子译成汉语。

1.You can find more “bubble houses” in the south of France.

2.Cyril Dick is a designer and he loves _____________________________________.　　

3.What is the third bubble around the living room?

____________________________________________________________________.

4._____________________________________________________________________

5._____________________________________________________________________。

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Shanghai is a nice city. The weather here is mild (温和的), that is, it is neither too hot nor too cold. It changes from season to season. Now many tall buildings have been set up one after another. But at the same time, the city is full of people. As a result, the traffic is terrible. Traffic jams (拥挤) happen during the rush(高峰) hours. If you want to go to a place far away, the fastest way is neither driving, nor riding a bike. It is often walking! The policemen in Shanghai are very helpful. Visitors can ask them for help if they lose their way or lose something. But when you disobey (违背)the traffic rules, they will be very strict with you. A lot of people in Shanghai can speak English. Travellers from English speaking countries feel at home here. Welcome to Shanghai.

1.The weather in Shanghai is _________.　　　　　　

A. mild　　　　　　　　 B. hot　　　　　　 C. cold　　　　　　　　 D. cool

2.The traffic in Shanghai is terrible because the city is full of _________.

A. many buildings　 B. people　　 　　 C. bikes　　　　　　　 D. streets

3.Sometimes the fastest way to a place far away is to go __________.

A. by taxi　　　　　　　 B. by bike　　　　 C. on foot　　　　　　 D. by bus

4.The policemen in Shanghai are always ready to __________.

A. disobey　　　　　　 B. work　　　　　　 C. talk　　　　　　　 D. help

5.English speaking people can often _________ people in the streets in Shanghai.

A. listen to　　　　　　 B. talk to　　　　　 C. get　　　　　　　　 D. ask

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—What wonderful music!

—Thanks. Neither my classmates nor my mother __　　　 the piano better than me.

A. is playing　　 B. plays　　 C.　 play　　 D. are playing

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Neither he nor I ________ a teacher.

A. is　　 B. am　　 C. are　　 D. be

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The 14-year-old girl Susan Davis is having a party. At this party, there are neither cakes nor candles. There is only a room full of art supplies(供应品)and many kids she never met. And all the kids are homeless.

Susan got the idea last year after her school. She worried that kids who could not afford their own supplies would give up drawing. So she started writing letters to big companies to ask for help. Then the girl received lots of donations(赠品)from some of the biggest art supply companies. Susan collected more than $3000 in supplies, enough to make a home for kids to paint their own watercolors.

By far she’s held three parties. What she did was encouraged by the White House. Susan received the President’s awards(奖赏). Now Susan does it for a different reason— to get the poor kids to enjoy art.

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Neither the headmaster nor the teachers _____ take a vacation next week.

A.were going to　 　　　　　　 B.is going to

C.was going to　　　 　　　　 　　 D.are going to

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Neither this answer nor that one is right．（改为同义句）

________ ________the answers________right．

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Neither you nor he _____________ worried.

A．are                                  B．is

C．am                                  D．has

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Neither my friends nor I________going to Beijing next week．

A．is

B．am

C．are

D．be

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Modern life is impossible without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by plane. With a modern plane it takes one day to travel places which took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago.

Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but it has its advantages（优势）. You can see the country you are traveling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars.____make even the longest journey enjoyable.

Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large planes and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different parts of your country on them. Ships are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.

Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish --- where there is something interesting to see, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel where you can spend the night. That is why traveling by car is a popular pleasant trip, while people usually take a train or a plane when they are traveling on business.

1.From the passage (短文), we know the fastest way of traveling is ____.

A. by train　　 B. by sea　　 C. by plane　　 D. by car

2.If we travel by car, we can _____.

A. make the longest journey enjoyable

B. travel to a very far place in several minutes

C. make our own timetable

D. travel only fifty or one hundred miles a day

3.The underlined (划线的) word “They” in the passage refers to (指的是)____.

A. modern trains in the country

B. comfortable seats and dining-cars

C. the travelers on the modern trains

D. the slower ways of traveling

4.When people travel on business, they usually take ____.

A. a plane or a car　　 B. a car or a boat

C. a boat or a train　　 D. a train or a plane

5.How many ways of traveling are mentioned (被提到的) in the passage?

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

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