Ancient Greeks used a giant wooden horse to c...

Ancient Greeks used a giant wooden horse to capture the city of Troy.

A. huge　　 B. wonderful　　 C. wide

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--　　　　　 did the Greeks enter Troy? -- They hid in a wooden horse.

A.How B.Where C.When D.Why

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Theatre began with the ancient Greeks. They used to have shows called "plays", which tell a story by people acting out what happened in it. They had big theatres which were outside, and you could have up to 17.000 people come and watch it. These outside theatres were round in shape, with stone seats going down to the centre, when they had the "stage". The Romans also built theatres, and there are several you can visit in England, Greece, Italy and Turkey.

Greek used to have a person to explain the story to the people who were watching, and the actors used to wear pictures on their faces, some with happy faces, some sad.

There were not any theatres in Europe in the Middle Ages, but groups of actors (or players, as they used to be called) travelled around the country putting on shows and singing songs in the towns and in large private houses. Many large houses from this time have a special area in it where the players would do their shows.

In England between 1558 and 1603, the ruler was Queen Elizabeth I. During this time, theatres would be built outside the city walls because some people thought they were not safe places to be and that people caused troubles there. They were usually round, and people would stand up to see the show. Rich people had seats to sit on. People used to eat and drink during the show. They used to shout out to the actors and sometimes throw food at them.

In Elizabethan times, a theatre group had 12 men and one writer in it. Women were not allowed to be in the show, so young boys used to wear dresses and play the female roles.

Theatre in London today is very popular, even if tickets are very expensive. Many American stars want to perform in London, and in the last few years Kevin Spacey, Nicole Kidman and Kathleen Turner have all acted in plays in London's theatres.

1.Who began theatre?

2.Where did actors put on shows in the Middle Ages in Europe?

3.Why were theatres built outside the city walls in Elizabethan times?

4.How many people did a theatre group have in Elizabethan times?

5.What_ is the passage mainly about?

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Mystery of mirages

Earlier this month on a Sunday afternoon, a giant “ancient city” appeared on the surface of Hongze Lake in Jiangsu province. But after about half an hour, the “city” was gone.

You might think that some unknown forces were at work, but it’s believed that the “city on the lake” was actually a mirage.

A mirage is a trick that light and air play with bur vision（视觉）. Normally, light travels in a straight line, but it can bend（弯曲）and change direction depending on what it passes through. This bending is called "refraction （折射）”.

If different layers（层）of air are at different temperatures, light will bend at different angles（角度）when passing through them. This can create a false image（影像）of a nearby object.

Take the “city on the lake” as an example. The layer of air near the lake is colder than the higher layers, as the lake absorbs（吸收）most of the heat. The buildings in the mirage were actually on a nearby mountain. But their image showed up above the lake after light refracted in different layers of air.

Mirages happen not only over large bodies of water, but anywhere where the ground can absorb a lot of heat. They are often seen on hot roads and in deserts. The next time you think you see a pool of water on the road on a hot summer day, you will know it's just a mirage—an image of the sky caused by bending light.

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Pizza has a long history. The ancient Greeks(希腊人) first had the idea of putting 1. (蔬菜) on pieces of bread, and ＂Pizza ovens＂ have been found in Roman cities. But for centuries one important ingredient was 2. (找不到的，失踪的)—the first tomatoes were not brought to Europe until the sixteenth century, from South America. It was the nineteenth century before Rafacla Esposito, a baker from Naples, began to sell the first 3. (现代的) pizzas. He was asked to bake a special pizza for a 4. (拜访) by the Italian King and Queen in 1889, and so the first pizza Margarita was 5. (创造), named after the Queen.

Pizza became a favorite dish in Italy, but pizza really became an 6. (国际的) dish after the Second World War, when 7. (千) of American soldiers went home from Europe. 8. (不久) there were pizzerias all over the USA, and American chains(连锁店) like Pizza Hut 9. (传播) the idea around the world. Today the average American eats over ten kilograms of pizza a year, and the world’s 10. (最大的) pizza was baked out not in Italy, but in Cuba!

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The Greek soldiers in the wooden horse waited until midnight because all the Trojans would be__________.

A.asleep B.afraid C.awake D.alone

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The story of A Wooden Horse attracts the kids a lot and keeps ______ excited for hours.

A. they B. them C. theirs D. themselves

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—More and more people come to visit Jingzhou Ancient City.

—That’s true. It has become the 　　　　 of Jingzhou.

A. effort　　　　　　 　　　 B. praise

C. courage　　　　　　 　　 　 D. pride

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—More and more people come to visit Jingzhou Ancient City.

—That’s true. It has become the 　　　　 of Jingzhou.

A. effort　 B. praise　 C. courage　 D.pride

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The old man used to raise many _____ to make a living on the farm.

A) duck    B) horse     C) bird     D) sheep

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