Craig Blackburn, a father and car fan, built ...

Craig Blackburn, a father and car fan, built a Batmobile for his son’s hope for using the vehicle to brighten the lives of sick children. And now he hopes to use it for more than just his son's hope after seeing the children's reaction to the Batmobile.

Based on the number of failures he had seen in car groups, he estimated that only about one in 50 attempted constructions was actually finished and he realized what an incredible opportunity he had.

Mr. Blackburn started the project at the beginning of 2018 after hearing a friend in the US was doing the same thing. It started with importing an outer shell overseas, before picking brains of a friend who had a background as a worker in a car factory to gain knowledge of how to build the car. With the help of his friend, Mr. Blackburn built the Batmobile in 18 months with the cost reaching six figures.

Mr. Blackburn hoped to add a flamethrower(喷火器) onto the back of the vehicle and said he had thought about building the more recent Batman Tumbler from the series film Dark Knight. Though Mr. Blackburn encountered plenty of difficulties to get over during the construction, in September 2019, the car made its first show at the Carnival of Flowers in Toowoomba, before being used by Blackburn's son for his hope.

“It was great. It was so good to see the kids' and adults' excitement at seeing the Batmobile.” Mr. Blackburn said. As a result, the car lovers hope to make the car work on the roads as soon as possible, so he can visit sick children and take them out with his son.

1.What is Craig Blackburn's initial purpose of making the Batmobile?

A.To realize his son's dream.

B.To donate it to sick children.

C.To pay his respects to the film Dark Knight.

D.To show off at the Carnival of Flowers in Toowoomba.

2.How did Blackburn feel about the car-making at first?

A.Hopeful.

B.Uncertain.

C.Impossible.

D.Confused.

3.How did Blackburn's friend help him?

A.By offering him financial support.

B.By making an outer shell for him.

C.By sharing the knowledge of building cars.

D.By telling him the backgroud of the car factory.

4.What is the car lovers' expectation of the Batmobile?

A.It can be displayed around the world.

B.It will be driven soon on the roads.

C.It can change the lives of sick children.

D.It will appear in the next film about Batman.

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Male fans love to play football. Football is also a bonding experience for fathers and sons. When male football fans are younger, they probably spend hours1._______ watching football games with their fathers. Male football fans also probably spend a lot of time playing football 2._______ their friends.

Female fans do love the game, too, 3.________ most started watching football because a cute player caught their eyes. This is 4.________ I started watching football. I was5.________ interested in football until I saw the movie Goal. While watching the movie, I spotted Kuno Becker and I quickly became interested in 6.________ game. Other female fans probably became interested after watching a game with a boyfriend 7. ________ their husband. Whatever the reason why people start watching football 8._______, it’s very addictive and hard to stop once you start.

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Each summer, Craig Stihler and Jack Wallace, scientists for the state of West Virginia hike to Peacock Cave to count Virginia big-eared bats. 1.. They want to see if the number of bats is going up or down.

I was there to learn about the bats for my book. After we arrived at the small entrance to Peacock Cave, Craig and Jack unpacked their equipment. Crale said, “2. .Hibernating (冬眠)bats may be awakened and fly around and burn up the fat they've stored in their bodies. Without that food supply, they might not live until spring when they can eat insects again. And bat mothers may drop their babies. “

As night settled in，they set up a night-vision scope (观察仪器）.3. .They also set up a radio-like bat detector outside the cave. It picks up bat sounds that our ears can’t hear. For the next two hours, Craig counted the bats by speaking into a handheld voice recorder each time five bats flew out of the cave. By the time the last bat left the cave at about 10:30 p. m., Craig and Jack had counted 1,242 bats! 4. .Craig explained that when the first count was taken at Peacock Cave in 1983, there were only 160 Virginia big-eared bats. Projects to help protect bats have helped the bats make a remarkable comeback. Today the total number of Virginia big-eared bats there are more than 25,000.

5. .They will continue to need human’s help if they are going to survive into the future.

A.Why do they do so?

B.It allows them to see the bats in darkness.

C.Virginia big-eared bats are medium-sized.

D.Bats are important because they eat insects.

E.They want to catch some bats for their research.

F.Bats living in caves can suffer if disturbed by people.

G.That was the most Craig and Jack had ever counted there.

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My father, Danny Thomas, was a famous comedian, singer, actor, and producer with many fans. When I was a child I _______him. Once, my father made a(n) _______with Margaret O’Brien and he often took me to the set. I also wanted to be a movie star. Ten years later, at age seventeen, I got my_______.

I played the lead in Gigi. However, the_________of finally being a real actress was painfully short-lived. All the interviews and all the reviews_______my father.

Would I be as good as my father? Was I as gifted, as funny? Would I be as popular? I was extremely _______.

I loved my father, but my _______was just him.

“Daddy,” I began, “please don’t be _______when I tell you this. I want to change my_______. I love you but I don’t want to be a Thomas anymore.”

I tried not to ________during the long silence. And then he said, “I raised you to be a thoroughbred(优秀的赛马). When thoroughbreds run, they wear blinders to keep their eyes focused straight ________with no disturbance, no other horses. They hear the crowd but they don’t________. They just run their own race. That’s what you have to do. Don’t listen to anyone ________you to me or to anyone else. You just run your own race.”

The next night ________the crowd filed into the theater, the state manager ________me a white box with a red ribbon. I opened it up and inside was a pair of old horse blinders with a little note that ________, “Run your own race, Baby.”

Run your own race, Baby. Dad could have said it a dozen other ways: “Be________”: “Don’t be influenced by others.” But it wouldn’t have been the same. He chose the right words at the right time. And all ________ my life, I’ve been able to come to the point by asking myself. “Am I running my race or ________else’s?”

I thank my father for all his words that continue to live in my ________.

1.A. hated　　 B. adored　　 C. feared　　 D. avoided

2.A. movie　　 B. album　　 C. record　　 D. interview

3.A. position　　 B. award　　 C. degree　　 D. chance

4.A. affection　　 B. anxiety　　 C. excitement　　 D. bitterness

5.A. focused on　　 B. relied on　　 C. appealed to　　 D. attended to

6.A. calm　　 B. upset　　 C. touched　　 D. guilty

7.A. belief　　 B. limit　　 C. model　　 D. problem

8.A. puzzled　　 B. injured　　 C. hurt　　 D. confused

9.A. role　　 B. name　　 C. school　　 D. major

10.A. cry　　 B. smile　　 C. scream　　 D. laugh

11.A. ahead　　 B. around　　 C. about　　 D. aside

12.A. hesitate　　 B. move　　 C. shout　　 D. listen

13.A. leading　　 B. comparing　　 C. tying　　 D. introducing

14.A. until　　 B. though　　 C. as　　 D. since

15.A. delivered　　 B. handed　　 C. dropped　　 D. pressed

16.A. wrote　　 B. showed　　 C. printed　　 D. read

17.A. grateful　　 B. modest　　 C. independent　　 D. considerate

18.A. toward　　 B. beyond　　 C. through　　 D. behind

19.A. somebody　　 B. anybody　　 C. nobody　　 D. everybody

20.A. recognition　　 B. dream　　 C. experience　　 D. heart

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—How come you were half an hour late for my class this morning, Mike?

—_______ My father’s car broke down halfway.

A. Yes, so what?　　 B. No, it’s not my fault.

C. Well, who knows?　　 D. Sorry, but I couldn’t help it.

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We got in my father's car and headed straight home and __________,I surely would have been stuck in the station for several days.

A. had I not　 　　　　　　　　　　　 B. did I not

C. if I didn't　 　　　　　　　　　　 D. if I had

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We got in my father's car and headed straight home and__________,I surely would have been stuck in the station for several days.

A. had I not　 B. did I not　 C. if I didn't　 D. if I had

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Dear Dad,

Today I was at the shopping mall and I spent a lot of time reading the Father's Day cards．They all had a special message that in some way or another reflected how I feel about you．Yet as I selected and read，it occurred to me that not a single card said what I really want to say to you．

You'll soon be 84 years old，Dad，and you and I will have had 55 Father's Days together．I haven't always been with you on Father's Day but I've always been with you in my heart．

You know，Dad，there was a time when we were separated by the generation gap．You stood on one side of the Great Divide and I on the other．

The Father-Daughter Duel shifted into high gear ( 档位) when you taught me to drive the old Dodge and I decided I would drive the '54 Chevy whether you liked it or not．The police officer who sent me home，after you reported the Chevy stolen，didn't have much tolerance for a stub¬born 16 year old，while you were so tolerant about it，Dad，and I think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life．

Our relationship greatly improved when I married a man you liked，and things really turned around when we began making babies right and left．Somewhere along the line，the generation gap disappeared．I suppose I saw us and our relationship as aging together，rather like a fine wine．

But the strangest thing happened last week．I was at a stop sign and I watched as you turned the corner in your car．It didn't immediately occur to me that it was you because the man driving looked so elderly and fragile behind the wheel of that huge car．It was rather like a slap in the face delivered from out of nowhere．Perhaps I saw your age for the first time that day．

I guess what I'm trying to say，Dad，is what every son and daughter wants to say to their Dad today．Honoring a father on Father's Day is about respect and sharing and acceptance and tolerance and giving and taking．It's about loving someone more than words can say，and it's wishing that never had to end．

I love you，Dad．

Love,

Jenny

1.How did Jenny probably feel on the night she was sent home by the police？

A．Disappointed

B．Nervous

C．Guilty

D．Frightened

2.We can learn from the passage that Jenny and her father_________．

A．kept in touch by writing each other

B．are separated due to the generation gap

C．have been getting along very well

D．had a hard time understanding each other

3.Why did Jenny feel strange when she saw her father last week？．

A．She seldom saw him driving that huge car．

B．She had never realized his being old and weak．

C．She didn't expect to meet with him there．

D．She had never seen him driving so slowly before．

4.Jenny wrote his father this letter to _________

A．tell him about their conflicts

B．say sorry for her being stubborn

C．express her gratitude to him

D．remind him of the early incident

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The crazy fans patiently for two hours, and they would wait till the movie star arrived.

A. were waiting    B. had been waiting  C. had waited      D. would wait

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If it had not been for Fan Jinshi and her team, the world cultural heritage at Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes in a remote Chinese desert might have long been destroyed by sand, weather or humans.

Born and raised in Shanghai, Fan has spent half a century fighting an uphill battle to preserve the ancient Buddhist wall painting at Dunhuang, in Northwest China’s Gansu Province. The 1,651-year-old Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes are a huge collection of Buddhist art—more than 2,000 buddha figures and 45,000 square meters of paintings spread among 735 caves. It is China’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Archaeologist Fan was sent to Dunhuang after graduation from Peking University in 1963. While in Dunhuang, a remote village in the desert then, Fan lived in an abandoned temple. At first, she did not even dare to go out to the toilet at night. To protect the treasures from sand and dampness, Fan and other workers put doors on the caves, planted trees and started monitoring temperature and humidity in the caves. They also controlled the number of visitors.

In the late 1990s, with tourism booming nationwide since national holidays were extended, the local government planned to go public with Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, but found Fan firmly in their way. “The heritage would have been destroyed if it had been listed,” she said.

Dunhuang Academy has now photographed and cataloged online all the sculptures and paintings. “Despite our efforts to minimize damage, we can’t completely stop them from being eroded. But the digital database will last.”

Fan was grateful when her husband joined her in Dunhuang in 1986 after 19 years of separation. Her two sons grew up in Shanghai with their aunt.　 “I have not been a good mother or wife. With regard to my family, I’m full of guilt,” she said. Fan, 79, retired two years ago as the director of Dunhuang Academy but continues her efforts as a national political adviser.

1.Which of the following measures didn’t Fan Jinshi take to protect Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes?

A. Opening Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes to the public extensively.

B. Planting trees and stopping the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes being eroded.

C. Picturing and classifying all the sculptures and paintings online.

D. Putting doors on the caves and monitoring temperature and humidity.

2.When was Fan separated from her husband?

A. In 1963.　　 B. In 1967.

C. In 1986.　　 D. In the late 1990s.

3.The phrase “in their way” in Paragraph 4 means ________.

A. Go to a place.　　 B. Be in favor of something.

C. Reject something.　　 D. Give in to something.

4.The passage is mainly about _________.

A. the history of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes.

B. the attractions of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes.

C. Fan’s devotion to preserving Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes.

D. the appeal for the protection of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes.

5.What kind of person do you think Fan is?

A. Considerate and easy-going.　　 B. kind and intelligent.

C. Humorous and sweet-tempered.　　 D. Devoted and persistent.

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