The Sydney Opera House is a very famous building in the world. It has become Sydney’s best-known landmark and international symbol. The Opera House with a “sailing roof” was designed by a famous Danish architect(丹麦建筑师), Utzon. The base(基础)of the building was started in 1959, years before the designs were finished. Utzon spent four years deigning the Opera House. In 1962, the designs were finalized(定稿)and the construction began. In 1967, they started the decoration inside. It took 14 years in total to build the Opera House. Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ officially opened it on October 20th, 1973.
The Sydney Opera House cost around $100 million and was paid for by the public. 6225 square metres of glass was used to build it. The Opera House includes 1000 rooms. It is 185 metres wide. The building’s roof sections weigh about 15 tons. Each year, this fantastic building attracts 200 000 tourists to come for a visit or enjoy events in it.
The Opera House reaches out into the harbour(港湾). It is amazing and unforgettable, offering people a strong sense of beauty.The designer of the Sydney Opera House was from _____________.
A.America | B.Australia | C.England | D.Denmark |
Building the Opera House lasted _____________.
A.from 1959 to 1973 | B.from 1962 to 1973 |
C.from 1959 to 1967 | D.from 1962 to 1967 |
The underlined word “construction” means _______ in Chinese.
A.创立 | B.设计 | C.施工 | D.竣工 |
___________ paid for the cost of the building of the Sydney Opera House.
A.Utzon | B.The public |
C.Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ | D.The government |
Which is the best title for the passage?
A.Sailing Roof |
B.Travelling in Sydney |
C.The Sydney Opera House |
D.The Opening of the Opera House |
Are you bored with your daily life? Here are some things you should try before you are 18, because after that it’s too late.
Learn to swim
Seriously, this is so important that it can save your life. If you can’t swim well, you won’t be able to do water sports like waterskiing, surfing and diving. Even taking a boat trip will be dangerous for you. Make sure you do it.
Try at least one kind of team sports
Being a good team player is an important skill in life. You can’t just think of yourself, but have to work well with other people. Basketball, football and baseball are team sports that keep you fit and healthy. And they are also of great fun. Teams usually have a good social life too – you’ll go to lots of parties and make many friends.
Collect something
One of the best hobbies for under 18 is collecting things. You could collect kinds of stamps, or you could collect things that make you remember what you have done, like cinema tickets for films you have seen or emails from friends. The best way to collect is to have a special album to put your collection in and to write what each thing means to you. That way you won’t forget.
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Three Things to Do Before You Are 18 |
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What to do |
Reasons |
learn to swim |
Swimming is so important that it can It may be |
try at least one kind of team sports |
If you want to be a good team player, you must work well with Team sports can not only keep you healthy but also give you You can have a good social life and make many |
collect something |
Collecting things can make you |
Today, an increasing number of people are always looking at their mobile phones with their heads down. These people are called the “Heads-down Tribe(低头族)”. Are you a heads-down tribe member? Heads-down tribe members now can be seen everywhere.
More and more traffic accidents are happening because more drivers use mobile phones when they are driving. In order to make drivers pay more attention to driving, some new traffic rules have been made. For example, people who use mobile phones while driving in Taiwan are fined(罚款). Car drivers and motorcyclists who break the traffic rule will be fined NT$3,000 and NT$1,000 respectively(分别地).
As we can see above, using mobile phones may cause accidents and even cost a lot of money. Also, more and more interesting and strange facts happen to the “Heads-down Tribe”. Let’s have a look at an interesting TV report. A man in America kept using his mobile phone on his way home. As a result, he knocked into a big lost bear. When he lifted his eyes from the phone,he was so afraid that he turned around and ran away quickly. Another fact is that we can often see people in the restaurant eating face to face but looking at their own mobile phones. It’s strange that they don’t talk to the ones who sit opposite to them during the meal. Some of them even have fun communicating with others on the phone.
Mobile phones are helpful and necessary tools for modern life. Are mobile phones good or bad? It depends on how people use them. Let’s be “healthy” users and try to be the “Heads-up Tribe”.A heads-down tribe member .
A. is good at using the Internet
B. is a dangerous driver
C. is always looking at his or her mobile phoneThe underlined word “motorcyclists” in the passage means in Chinese.
A. 摩托车手 B.手机使用者 C.低头族The American was when he knocked into the bear.
A. driving a car
B. going to work
C. using his mobile phoneAccording to the passage, the “Heads-down Tribe”_______ when they eat in a restaurant.
A. look at their own mobile phones
B. don’t talk to the people who sit opposite
C. Both A and BWhat’s the best title for the passage?
A. Drive your car carefully
B. Use mobile phones properly
C. Be a heads-down tribe member
Have you ever recycled? To recycle is to take rubbish and make it into something new. Recycling is good for our planet because it makes litter into something that we can use again. Recycling also helps to clean up the litter that makes our streets look dirty.
All kinds of things can be recycled. The most common materials(材料) like glass, plastic, paper, metals, cloth are all recyclable. Sometimes these products are broken down to make the same kinds of products. An example of this type of recycling is using paper to make more paper. Garbage can also be broken down to make completely new items(物品) as well!
Some items, like glass, can be recycled forever(永远)! We can use glass items, then break them down and use them again and again. Aluminum(铝)cans are one of the most successful recycled metals. They can be recycled again and again and nearly 60% of all cans have been recycled.
The average(平均) family of four can produce nearly 2,000 pounds of garbage each year. As time goes on, we have fewer places to put all of this garbage in. Recycling is one way to limit(限制)the amount of garbage we need to put into the land.
The next time you toss a can or bottle into the dustbin, look to see if there is a recycling triangle on the label. It is the international sign for recycling. It means that the item you are going to throw in the dustbin could be recycled .To recycle is to ______.
A. Clean up the dirty things on the street
B.Find a land to put into the garbage
C. Make new things out of litterWhich of the following is NOT TRUE in this passage?
A. Plastic, metals, cloth and paper can be recycled
B. Rubbish can also be used to make completely new items.
C. All things can be recycled foreverWhat does the underlined word“toss” in the passage mean?
A. take away B. throw away C. give upWhich of the following can’t be recycled?
A. Paper B. Cloth C. BatteryThe purpose (目的)of the passage is mainly ______.
A.To introduce more recyclable materials
B.To suggest a new way to change and keep garbage
C.To tell people the importance of protecting the environment.
Li Shizhen was born in 1518.His father was a poor doctor.Li Shizhen often saw that people became ill.He decided to study medicine so that he could help people.
Li Shizhen read many books about medicine.He found that many of the old medicine books were full of mistakes.So his wish was to write a new one.
He did his best to study medicine science.He studied not only the herbs(草药) in his own garden; but also the wild ones.He set out to collect herbs and talked with old peasants. He learned a lot from curing(治疗) patients.
After many years of hard work and study, Li Shizhen finished his great work Ben Cao Gang Mu (《本草纲目》) .At that time he was sixty.His book is now one of the greatest contributions(贡献) of the Chinese people to the medicine science of the world.
根据短文内容,判断下列句子是否正确,正确的涂(A),错误的涂(B)。(10分)Li Shizhen's father was a doctor\
Li Shizhen decided to study medicine because he wanted to get more money.
Li Shizhen wanted to write a new medicine book because many medicine books were full of mistakes
Li Shizhen made great contribuions to the medicine science of the world.
Li Shizhen collected a lot of herbs on his long journeys(旅途).
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I have a nice picture. It's a picture of my family. This is my grandfather, Barry Clark. And this is my grandmother, Linda Clark. These are my parents, Frank and Jane. This is my aunt, Alice. She's my father's sister. And this is my uncle, Paul. He's a teacher. These are my cousins Joe, Mike and Sally. They're Alice and Paul's children(孩子). This is my sister, Lisa. Who's that girl? It's me, Mary.Who is Mary's grandfather?
___________________________________________________________________________Is Jane Frank's daughter?
____________________________________________________________________________How many children(多少个孩子) do Alice and Paul have?
____________________________________________________________________________What's Mary's last name?
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