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Welcome to one of the largest collections of footwear(鞋类)in the world that will make you green with envy. Here at the Footwear Museum you can see exhibits(展品)from all over the world. You can find out about shoes worn by everyone from the Ancient Egyptians to pop stars.

1.Where would you find a famous singer's shoes?

2.All exhibits each room ________.

3.Which of the following is true according to the text?

4.The purpose of the text is to get more people to ________.

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Welcome to one of the largest collections of  footwear（鞋类）in the world that will make you green with envy. Here at the Footwear Museum you can see exhibits（展品）from all over the world. You can find out about shoes worn by everyone from the Ancient Egyptians to pop stars.

1.Where would you find a famous singer’s shoes?

A. Room1.       B. Room 2.       C. Room 3      D.The footwear Library

2.All exhibits in each room ________________  .

A. share the same theme                    B. have the same shape

C. are made of the same material             D. belong to the same social class

3.Which of the following is true according to the text?

A. The oldest exhibits in Room 1 were made in the 1950s.

B. Room 2 is the most visited place in the museum.

C. Room 3 has a richer variety of exhibits than the other two.

D. Researchers come to the Footwear Library for data.

4.The purpose of the text is to get more people to __________________.

A. do research                         B. design shoes

C. visit the museum                    D. follow celebrities

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Welcome to one of the largest collections of footwear (鞋类) in the world that will make you green with envy. Here at the Footwear Museum you can see exhibits (展品) from all over the world. You can find out about shoes worn by everyone from the Ancient Egyptians to pop stars.

Room 1

The celebrity (名人) footwear section is probably the most popular in the entire museum. Started in the 1950s, there is a wide variety of shoes and boots belonging to everyone from queens and presidents to pop stars and actors! Most visitors find the celebrities' choice of footwear extremely interesting.

Room 2

Most of our visitors are amazed and shocked by the collection of "special purpose" shoes on exhibition here at the Museum of Footwear. For example, there are Chinese shoes made of silk that were worn by women to tie their feet firmly to prevent them from growing too much!

Room 3

As well as shoes and boots, the museum also exhibits shoe-shaped objects. The variety is unbelievable. For example, there is a metal lamp that resembles a pair of shoes, and Greek wine bottles that like legs!

The Footwear Library

People come from all over the world to study in our excellent footwear library. Designers and researchers come here to look up information on anything and everything related to the subject of footwear.

1.What can you find in Room 1? ______

A.Chinese special purpose shoes.

B.Queens' boots.

C.Metal lamps.

D.Bottles of Greek wine.

2.What can we know about Room 2? ______

A.It is the most visited place in the museum.

B.It has a richer variety of exhibits than the other two.

C.It has the oldest exhibits than the other two.

D.It mainly exhibits shoes that have some special purposes.

3.Where can you find some data that have something to do with the subject of footwear? ______

A.In the Footwear Library. B.In Room 1

C.In Room 2 D.In Room 3

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Welcome to one of the largest collections of footwear（鞋类）in the world that will make you green with envy. Here at the Footwear Museum you can see exhibits（展品）from all over the world.You can find out about shoes worn by everyone from the Ancient Egyptians to pop stars.

Room 1

The celebrity（名人）footwear section is probably the most popular in the entire museum.Started in the 1950s, there is a wide variety of shoes and boots belonging to everyone from queens and presidents to pop stars and actors! Most visitors find the celebrities' choice of footwear extremely interesting.

Room 2

Most of our visitors are amazed and shocked by the collection of "special purpose" shoes on exhibition here at the Museum of Footwear.For example,there are Chinese shoes made of silk that were worn by women to tie their feet firmly to prevent them from growing too much!

Room 3

As well as shoes and boots,the museum also exhibits shoe-shaped objects.The variety is unbelievable.For example,there is a metal lamp that resembles a pair of shoes,and Greek wine bottles that like legs!

The Footwear Library

People come from all over the world to study in our excellent footwear library.Designers and researchers come here to look up information on anything and everything related to the subject of footwear.

1.What can you find in Room 1?

A. Queens' boots.　　 B. Chinese special purpose shoes.

C. Metal lamps.　　 D. Bottles of Greek wine.

2.What can we know about Room 2?

A. It is the most visited place in the museum.

B. It has a richer variety of exhibits than the other two.

C. It mainly exhibits shoes that have some special purposes.

D. It has the oldest exhibits than the other two.

3.Where can you find some data that have something to do with the subject of footwear?

A. In Room 1.　　 B. In Room 2.

C. In Room 3.　　 D. In the Footwear Library.

4.What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To tell people how to follow celebrities.

B. To call on people to do research on shoes.

C. To get more people to pay a visit to the museum.

D. To show people the way to design shoes.

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Welcome to one of the largest collections of footwear（鞋类）in the world that will make you green with envy. Here at the Footwear Museum you can see exhibits（展品）from all over the world. You can find out about shoes worn by everyone from the Ancient Egyptians to pop stars.

1.Where would you find a famous singer’s shoes?

A. Room1.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Room 2.

C. Room3.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. The Footwear Library

2.All exhibits in each room 　　　　 .

A. share the same theme　　　　　　　　　　　　　

B. have the same shape

C. are made of the same material　　　　　　

D. belong to the same social class

3.Which of the following is true according to the text?

A. The oldest exhibits in Room 1 were made in the 1950s.

B. Room 2 is the most visited place in the museum.

C. Room 3 has a richer variety of exhibits than the other two.

D. Researchers come to the Footwear Library for data.

4.The purpose of the text is to get more people to 　　　　　 .

A. do research　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　         B. design shoes

C. visit the museum　　　　　　　　　　　　　　     D. follow celebrities

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Welcome to one of the largest collections of footwear in the world that will make you green with envy. Here at the Footwear Museum you can see exhibits from all over the world. You can find out about shoes worn by everyone from the Ancient Egyptians to pop stars.

Room 1

The celebrity footwear section is probably the most popular in the entire museum. Started in the 1950s there is a wide variety of shoes and boots belonging to everyone from queens and presidents to pop stars and actors! Most visitors find the celebrities' choice of footwear extremely interesting.

Room 2

Most of our visitors are amazed-and shocked-by the collection of "special purpose" shoes on exhibition here at the Museum of Footwear. For example, there are Chinese shoes made of silk that were worn by women to tie their feet firmly to prevent them from growing too much!

Room 3

As well as shoes and boots the museum also exhibits shoe-shaped objects. The variety is unbelievable. For example, there is a metal lamp that resembles a pair of shoes, and Greek wine bottles that look like legs!

The Footwear Library

People come from all over the world to study in our excellent footwear library Designers and researchers come here to look up information on anything and everything related to the subject of footwear.

1.All exhibits in each room 　　　　　　 .

A. belong to the same social class

B. have the same shape

C. are made of the same material

D. share the same theme

2.Which of the following is true according to the text?

A. Researchers come to the Footwear Library for data

B. Room 2 is the most visited place in the museum.

C. Room 3 has a richer variety of exhibits than the other two.

D. The oldest exhibits in Room l were made in the 1950s

3.The purpose of the text is to get more people to _____________.

A. do research　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. visit the museum

C. design shoes　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. follow celebrities

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Valcamonica has one of the largest collections of rock drawings in the world. There have been about 200,000 figures and symbols carved into the rocks over a time period of approximately 8,000 years. Valcamonica's pictures show various scenes and are connected through common themes like magic, war, navigation and agriculture.

The rock drawings discovered in Valcamonica were the first prehistoric symbols of their kind recognized anywhere in the world. UNESCO first recognized the drawings in 1979 when about 140,000 were discovered, however, since then many more have been uncovered.

These drawings are spread all across the valley. The carvings began to taper off during the Iron Age and fewer appeared after that. The last period has been attributed to (归功于……)  the Camunni people. Still there are drawings that have been identified as being from the 19th century. Many of these were created using the technique of engraving (雕刻).

Some of the figures discovered in Valcamonica have been superimposed (叠印) without any order, but in most cases they appear in logical orders and also explain the relationship between each picture or symbol to tell a story.

The first known modern report of the rock carvings was in 1909 when Walther Laeng happened upon two decorated rocks in Capo di Ponte. Scholars only took interest in the drawings in the 1920s. More rocks with engravings were soon found in the areas nearby and research into their history began. In the 1930s comprehensive study campaigns were undertaken.

It was after the Second World War that the cataloging and mapping of the engravings began. This task was taken up by various teams of experts from Italy and other countries that were led by Laeng. In 1955 preservation work on the rocks began.

In 1968, a large series of conferences were held where scholars from all over the world met to discuss the rock drawings, which give us some idea of what various societies of the past might have been like.

1.What do we know about Valcamonica's pictures?

A. They tell a long whole story.

B. They are interrelated in some ways.

C. They were carved 8,000 years ago.

D. They were first discovered in 1979.

2.The underlined part “taper off” in Paragraph 3 can best be replaced by “_____”.

A. turn up　　 B. go up　　 C. die out　　 D. stand out

3.What is Paragraph 5 mainly about?

A. The history of the rock drawings.

B. The features of the rock drawings.

C. The discovery of the rock drawings.

D. The formation of the rock drawings.

4.Studies of the rock drawings _____.

A. show us the development of art

B. started after the Second World War

C. were conducted by scholars from UNESCO

D. help us know something about societies of the past

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The largest collection ever found in England was one of about 200,000 silver coins, _____ over 600 years old．

A．all of which     B．all of it             C．all of that       D．all of them

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This famous site features one of the largest and most representative collections of Buddhist architecture and art in China. It was rated as a 5A-class tourist attraction in 2010.

The Lingshan Grand Buddha is an 88-meter-high open-air bronze statue of Sakyamuni. It is 17 meters higher than the Grand Buddha at Leshan Mountain. It is part of the pattern of Five Buddhas in five directions together with the Big Buddha at Lantau Island in Hong Kong to the south, the Grand Buddha at Leshan Mountain to the west, the Grand Buddha in Yungang Caves to the north and the Grand Buddha at the Longmen Caves in the central area. At the feet of the Grand Buddha, you can feel the loftiness （雄伟）and dignity of Buddhism.

Tips：

Location: Lingshan Road, Mashan town, Binhu district, Wuxi

Tickets: Through ticket： 210 yuan （ $ 31. 85） , and free tickets for the performance of Ode to Auspiciousness for individual visitors

Opening hours for Lingshan Mountain: 7：00 17：00

Opening hours for Brahma Palace: 9：00 18：00

Recommendations:

The Nine-Dragon Fountain

The Nine-Dragon Fountain in front of the giant Buddha will start to play music and the song, The Birth of Buddha , at 10 am every day. A huge lotus（莲花）slowly blooms with six petals, and a 7-meter golden statue of Prince Buddha rises from the lotus, with one hand pointing to the sky and one hand at the earth, symbolizing Buddha's light shining on all things.

The Brahma Palace

The whole palace shows the mixture of traditional cultural elements with Western architectural features. Many cultural heritage items and art works can be found there. Its splendid design surprises every visitor.

1.What is the Lingshan Grand Buddha famous for?

A.Its typical collections of architecture and art.

B.Its special material.

C.Its geographical location.

D.Its long history.

2.What do we know about the performance of Ode to Auspiciousness?

A.It lasts 10 hours for visitors. B.It costs 210 yuan at least.

C.It's available only for group visitors. D.It's free if you get a through ticket.

3.Why does the writer recommend the Brahma Palace to us?

A.It’s in front of the giant Buddha.

B.Its design and collections are amazing.

C.Visitors can enjoy a huge lotus there.

D.Many traditional cultural items are on sale.

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Britain’s seed bank, the only one in the world aiming to collect all of the planet’s wild plant species, has reached its goal of banking 10 percent by 2010.

The Millennium Seed Bank Project, run by Kew Gardens—one of the oldest botanical gardens—will officially deposit the 24,200th species on Thursday, a pink, wild banana from China.

More than 50 countries are now on board with Kew's giant task but vast places of the globe, including India and Brazil, still need to join in and donate seeds, director Paul Smith said.

The seed bank is one of the largest and most diverse in the world with more than 1.5 billion seeds. Its goal is to help protect the planet’s bio-diversity during a time of climate change.

The wild banana seed is under threat of extinction(灭绝) in southwest China from agricultural development. It is a vital food source for Asian elephants and important for growing bananas for human consumption.

Stored at minus-20 degrees centigrade, so they can last for thousands of years, the seeds await the day that scientists hope never comes—when the species no longer exist in the wild.

It is a race against time, Smith said, because in the last decade alone, 20 plants held in the bank have already been wiped out in the wild. He estimates that between a third and a quarter will become extinct this century.

"It is urgent and it is happening now. An area, the size of England, is cleared of primary vegetation（植被）every year." Smith said.

Because most of the world's food and medicines come from nature, protecting wild plant species is quite important, scientists say. There are already many other seed banks safeguarding food crops, which only account for 0.6 percent of plant diversity.

For Kew's next goal—to collect a quarter of wild varieties by 2020—the botanists need 10 million pounds a year, or a further 100 million pounds on top of the 40 million they have already been granted.

1.What’s the final purpose of the Britain’s seed bank?

A. To collect enough money for the project.  B. To safeguard food crops.

C. To protect wild plants from extinction.        D. To help scientists study wild plants.

2.The wild banana seed in China is in danger because of _______.

A. the expanding of farming work           B. the climate change in this area

C. the large number of Asian elephants       D. human’s large consumption

3. We can learn from the passage that _______.

A. the seeds in the bank can be used now and then all over the world

B. India and Brazil haven’t joined in the Seed Bank Project at present

C. there is only one seed bank in the world at present

D. the wild plants in places like India and China will never die out

4. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 7 refer to?

A. The extinction of plant species.           B. The Millennium Seed Bank Project.

C. Britain’s seed bank.                      D. Kew Gardens’ next goal.

5.Which of the following information isn’t mentioned in the passage?

A. The global partnership of collecting wild plant species.

B. The temperature condition of the conservative wild plant species.

C. The government’s financial support for the seed bank project.

D. Scientists’ concern on the extinct wild plant species.

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