Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun. He drew cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks (积木). His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since. He even took his building bricks to college with him! Instead of books and a computer, he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk.
Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid (高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in his art. He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) to Superman! He has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art. He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait (自画像). It took him two days just to build the eyes.
Nathan's work has appeared in museums around the world. Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is fascinating. Since it began in2007, Nathan's exhibition "The Art of the Brick" has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere.
"I'm proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it," says Nathan. "To do what you love in life is the most important thing."What did Nathan put on his desk at college?
| A．The Statue of Liberty. | B．Superman. |
| C．His serf-portrait. | D．A Greenwich Village modal. |
Why did Nathan give up his job as a lawyer?
| A．Because he made little money out of a lawyer. |
| B．Because he wanted to make toys for the children. |
| C．Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks. |
| D．Because he was going to work in the museum instead. |
What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?
| A．Nathan's work. | B．Nathan's exhibition. |
| C．Nathan's art. | D．Nathan's self-portrait |
What would be the best title for the passage?
| A．The Brick Artist | B．The Brick Exhibition |
| C．Toy Bricks for Adults | D．The Artist's Childhood |
根据短文内容,回答问题(10分)
Ayumi lived with her mother when she was a kid．She couldn't remember her father because he left the family when the girl was five and never came back．Ayumi's mother gave her much freedom to do whatever she liked，because the mother was always at work．
Ayumi was a model when she was young．After graduating from junior high school，she left home to take entrance exams to an art school in Tokyo with her friends，but to her surprise，she was the only one that failed．
After that，when someone offered her a chance to be a singer，Ayumi refused，because she thought she wasn't good at singing． But later，she changed her mind — she couldn't find any other jobs．
Her first song came out in 1998 and soon attracted attention．Her first albums(唱片) A Song for ×× came out in 1999 and quickly sold over one million copies． Each of her albums has sold very well since then．She has become "the Queen of Pop" in Japan．
根据短文内容回答下列问题。Why did Ayumi's mother give her much freedom?
________________________________________________What result did Ayumi get in her entrance exams to an art school in Tokyo?
________________________________________________At first, why did Ayumi refuse the chance to be a singer?
________________________________________________What's the name of Ayumi's first album?
________________________________________________When did her first song come out?
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Many people go to school for education. School education is very important and useful, but no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, can't teach his student everything. His work is to show his students how to learn .He teaches them how to read and how to think. So much more is to be learned outside school by students themselves.
It’s always more important to know how to learn by oneself than to learn some facts or formulas(公式) by heart. It’s quite easy to learn some facts in history or a formula in maths, but it’s very difficult to use them. Edison and Einstein didn’t get everything from school, but they were all successful. They invented so many things. The reason for their success is that they knew how to study. They read many books outside school. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. The most important thing is that they know how to use their brains（大脑）.Students can’t learn everything in school because _____________.
| A．the teacher doesn’t know much |
| B．the teacher can only teach them how to read and write |
| C．the teacher would not like to teach |
| D．there are still many things for the students to learn outside |
A teacher’s work is _________________
| A．to teach all subjects | B．to teach everything |
| C．to teach the students how to read and think | D．to work hard |
To know how to____is much more important than facts or formulas by heart.
| A．work out maths problems | B．remember all the facts |
| C．study science | D．study |
Why did the famous scientists become successful ? Because__________
| A．they knew how to study |
| B．they remembered all the formulas |
| C．they didn’t get everything from school |
| D．they didn’t know how to use their brains |
Which is WRONG according to the passage?
| A．Outside school study is as important as school study |
| B．It’s more important to know how to learn than only remember some facts and formulas. |
| C．It’s very easy to use a formula in working out a maths problem. |
| D．It’s helpful to read more books outside school |
A boy and his father went walking in the mountains. Suddenly the boy fell, hurt himself, and cried, “AAAhhhhhhhh!!!” To his surprise, he heard the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain, “AAAhhhhhhhh!!!” Then the boy shouted, “Who are you?” He received the answer, “Who are you?” He got angry at the answer, so she shouted, “Foolish!” He received the answer, “Foolish!”
He looked at his father and asked, “What’s going on?” The father smiled and said, “My son, listen,” And then he shouted to mountain, “I love you!” The voice answered, “I love you!” Again the man cried, “You are the best!” The voice answered, “You are the best!”
The boy was surprised, but did not understand. Then the father explained (解释), “People call this Echo, but really this is life. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is just a reflection(反映)of what we have done. If you want more love in the world, have more love in your heart. If you want to be successful, work hard,. This can be used in everything in life. Life will give you back everything you have given to it.”At first the boy cried because _______.
| A．he hurt himself and felt bad |
| B．he wanted to give himself a surprise |
| C．he felt it was so quiet in the mountain |
| D．he hoped his father would help him |
When the boy heard the voice repeating, he thought________.
| A．it was foolish to hear others’ voice |
| B．someone else in the mountain liked his voice |
| C．there were many other people in the mountain |
| D．he was laughed at by someone else in the mountain |
The father shouted to the mountain to ________.
| A．find out who was repeating his voice |
| B．have fun with other people in the mountain |
| C．show more examples to his son before giving him the answer |
| D．let his son know whose voice was louder |
The word “Echo” means__________.
| A．life itself | B．repeating voice |
| C．love in the world | D．everything in life |
From the story, we know _________.
| A．the boy didn’t like others’ voice at all |
| B．the father had his own way to teach his son |
| C．it is not polite to repeat others’ voice |
| D．the boy and his father were rather tired |
My grandfather is eighty years old now. He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better.
Families aren’t families they used to be. A lot of families have broken up. If husband and wife have problems with their marriage, they no longer stay together. And mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now not any more. Everyone is busy working. Mother used to spend all day cooking in the kitchen. But now the family don’t eat home-cooked food any more.
And the cars! No one walks any more. More and more people drive. Students used to walk 5 miles to school every day, even in winter. But nowadays students don’t. And in school, children don’t have to think any more.. In math class, for example, they used to add, subtract, multiply and divide(加减乘除)in their heads. Instead, they use calculators.
And people today have TV and computers, and they don’t talk to each other any more. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think.
Life used to be simple, but it isn’t any more.What does my grandfather think of the life now?
| A．He thinks the life now is very good. |
| B．He thinks the life now is worse than it used to be. |
| C．He thinks the life now is better than it used to be. |
| D．He thinks the life is the same as it used to be. |
What does the underlined word “marriage” mean in Chinese?
| A．生活 | B．工作 | C．婚姻 | D．家庭 |
What has happened these years according to the passage?
| A．Children don’t have to think any more in school. |
| B．Students use calculators in math class. |
| C．Some used to walk to school, but now they don’t. |
| D．All of above. |
What changes have happened to some families?
a. People have TV.
b. People like to eat home-cooked food.
c. Lots of families have computers.
d. Lots of couples(夫妇)live apart because of unhappy problems.
| A．a, b, d | B．b, c, d | C．a, b, c | D．a, c, d |
Which is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Life now is much simpler. |
| B．People have too much time to talk with each other now. |
| C．The writer’s grandfather only complains and pays no attention to better life now. |
| D．Lots of mothers stay at home and look after their children. |
阅读下面阅读材料，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。
Henry: I find the Internet is very good for shopping. I use more and more for buying books and CDs, and I even bought some clothes over the Internet. The other thing I can do is to book(预订) travels over the Internet. I booked a cheap flight once. It was very easy, and it was really good.
David: I use the Internet for games. I play chess with people all around the world. Last night I had a game with someone from Japan. I also download (下载)games from the Internet, so I can have any game I want.
Peter: I use the Internet for anything I need to help me with my schoolwork. I use the online dictionaries, encyclopedias(百科全书) and magazines. It’s great because I can download pictures or articles and use them to help my homework. It’s very easy to use and it’s free, so I like it.
Tony: Well, the main thing I use the Internet for is to e-mail. I usually write to my customers(顾客) by e-mail, and my customers answer me by e-mail, too. We probably send and receive four or five hundred e-mails a month. But of course, I also use e-mails to keep in touch(保持联系) with friends and family. My daughter is in Australia and we send e-mails to each other every day.________ prefers to use the Internet to buy things.
| A．Henry | B．David | C．Peter | D．Tony |
David’s hobby is to __________ on the Internet.
| A．read books | B．book flights |
| C．play games | D．download pictures |
Peter can use the Internet to ____________easily.
| A．play chess | B．do schoolwork |
| C．do some shopping | D．talk with his daughter |
From the passage we know that .
| A．Peter is a teacher | B．Tony is a businessman |
| C．David is an engineer | D．Henry is a bookseller |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Henry had an experience of using the Internet to book a cheap flight. |
| B．David had a game with a Japanese over the Internet one night. |
| C．Tony often e-mails to his customers, friends and family. |
| D．Peter needs to pay for what he gets from the Internet. |