IliveinMentone，aquiet，simple，r-优题课

I live in Mentone，a quiet，simple，restful place，where the rich never come．I met Theophile Magnan，a retired，rich，old man from Lyons yesterday，in the Hotel des Anglais，Theophile looked sad and dreamy，and didn't talk with anybody else，which brought me back to the past．

A long time ago，Francois Millet，Claude，Carl and I were young artists﹣ very young artists﹣in fact．

Yes， Francois Millet，the great French artist，was my friend．

Millet wasn't any greater than we were at that time．He didn't have any fame，even in his own village．

We were all poor though we had stacks and stacks of as good pictures as anybody in Europe painted．Once a person ever offered four francs *for Millet's "Angelus"，which he intended to sell for eight．

It was a fact in human history that a great artist would never be acknowledged *until after he was starved and dead．His pictures climbed to high prices after his death．

Then we made a decision that one of us must die，to save the others and himself．

Millet was elected *﹣ elected to die．

During the next three months Millet painted with all his might，enlarged his stock all he could，not pictures，no! sketches， studies，parts of studies，fragments of studies，of course，with his cipher *on them．They were the things to be sold．

Carl went to Paris to start the work of building up Millet's name．Claude and I went to sell Millet's small pictures and to build up his name as well．

We made Millet a master．I always said to my customer，"I am a fool to sell a picture of Francois Millet's at all，for he is not going to live three months，and when he dies his pictures can't be had for love or money．"Claude and I took care to spread that little fact as far as we could．

Carl made friends with the correspondents，and got Millet's condition reported to England and all over the continent，and America，and everywhere．

The sad end came at last，Millet died， not really．He became Theophile Magnan．

The pictures went up．There's a man in Paris today who owns seventy Millet pictures．He paid us two million francs for them．Do you still remember the "Angelus"？ Carl sold it for twenty﹣ two hundred francs．And as for the bushels of sketches and studies which Millet produced in the last six weeks，well，it would astonish you to know the figure we sell them at nowadays．

We are no longer artists and Millet dead．

（1）Why did the four friends decide to elect one of them to die？　　

A．They wanted to be rich．

B．They wanted to be famous．

C．They wanted to save money．

D．They wanted to be respected．

（2）Which of the following statements is TRUE about the passage？　　

A．The writer lives a busy life in Mentone．

B．Millet was finally made a famous artist．

C．Millet painted best among the four friends．

D．The story was written in memory of Millet．

（3）What made the four friends' plan succeed？　　

A．That they didn't want to be artists any longer．

B．That Millet's pictures were sold at very high prices．

C．People's attitude towards the artists who were starving．

D．People's desire to own precious art works at low prices．

（4）Is Millet living or dead？Why？（请用约40词回答）　　

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根据短文内容回答问题。

Sun Jiarui, a 10-year-old girl from Jiangsu Province, recently went popular for her cooking skills. What makes people surprised is that she can cook more than 50 dishes now.

Jiarui’s father, Sun Yadong is a cook, he runs a farm restaurant in Wuxi. “My daughter just grew up in the kitchen.” says he,“She started helping out with housework when she was around 4 or 5. When she was 8, she asked me to teach her to cook after school. It’s not bad for her to master some life skills, and she can take good care of herself when she grows up.” Sun Yadong adds.

Jiarui is famous for her cooking in her school. “We have set up a cooking studio (工作室) at school and Sun Jiarui is one of the ‘teachers’,” says Li Hua, the headmaster of the school, Jiarui teaches the students who are interested in cooking to make simple dishes.“It’s a great thing for students to experience the joy of cooking and the fruits of their labor.” says Li, “This will finally help develop their love for life.”

(1). Where is Sun Jiarui from?

________________

(2). How many dishes can Sun Jiarui cook now?

________________

(3). When did Sun Jiarui start helping out with housework?

________________

(4). What is Sun Jiarui famous for in her school?

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(5). Is Sun Jiarui’s father a cook or a teacher?

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Every year there are endless talks and suggestions on how to protect the environment. As for students, what should we do? ____(1)____

Plant Trees

The most important method to protect the environment is to plant trees. Trees may take longer to grow, but they serve the next generation(一代). __(2)___

Save water

Water is life. What we should do is to save water. ___(3)___ The more time we take, the more water we are likely to use. As we brush our teeth, turn off the tap.

Limit Car Use

__ (4)___ It may not be as comfortable as the car, but we will make a significant contribution to protecting the environment.

Reduce Food Waste

Research shows that food that goes to waste in the world every year, is enough to feed almost a billion hungry people. ___(5)____ We can make a list of the food we are going to buy, and never order much more than we need in the restaurant.

We depend on the environment for living, and the environment depends on us for living as well. As long as we keep on doing the simple things, we can protect the environment better.

A．	Reduce the time we take a bath.
B．	Turn off computers and lights which are not in use.
C．	Luckily, there are measures we can take to reduce food waste.
D．	Here are four amazing ways about protecting the environment.
E．	Trees provide shade (阴凉处) and reduce the need for air conditioner.
F．	We can choose biking, walking or public transport instead of a personal car.

We all know that rice, wheat and corn are staples, but do you know there is another kind of staple food—potatoes? Potatoes have many advantages. They are a good source of vitamin C and potassium(钾). A potato’s vitamin C is as rich as 10 apples. What’s more,potatoes are low in calories(卡路里)-only three fourths of the same amount of wheat and corn, according to People’s Daily. Potatoes are easy to grow. It can be grown in both the north and the south during winter, spring and autumn. The plant is also able to bear drought(干旱). Some areas of China are facing water shortages, so the potato is safe to grow.

With these advantages, having potatoes as a staple food will make our menu more balanced. Now, many Chinese people treat potatoes more like vegetables, and eat them in the form of potatoes cooked with beef. But being a staple food, potatoes can be cooked differently. Scientists have succeeded in making potato flour(粉), noodles and other staple foods similar to those made of rice or wheat.

(1). Which staple is mentioned in the passage?

Milk.

Beans.

Fish.

Rice.

(2). What can we know from People’s Daily?

A．	Potatoes are low in calories.	B．	China is facing water shortages.
C．	The potato is safe to grow.	D．	Potatoes can be cooked differently.

(3). According to the passage, potatoes can NOT be grown in.

spring.

summer.

autumn.

winter.

(4). What’s the best title for the passage?

A．	Potato planting.	B．	Potatoes and tomatoes.
C．	The advantages of potatoes.	D．	The disadvantages of potatoes.

Chopsticks originated from(起源于) China. Though simple and little, they are a great invention in the history of humans. There are many legends about Chopsticks, Da Yu and Chopsticks is one of them.

It is said that during Yao and Shun times, Shun ordered Yu to control the flood. One day, Yu took a boat to an island, he was so hungry that he used an earth pot to cook meat. After the meat was well-done in boiled water, he didn’t want to waste time to wait for it to cool, so he took two branches to pick up the meat from the soup. After, to save time, he always took small branches to take out food from the hot pot. For a long time, he was skilled at picking up food with small sticks. In this way, the first types of chopsticks were born.

The chopsticks are made of different kinds of materials including bamboo, wood, animal bone, beautiful stone, and some other materials. There are more than 200 types of chopsticks now, among them, the bamboo chopsticks are most widely used.

“A chopstick can be broken easily, ten pairs of chopsticks hold each other tightly(紧紧地)...”The song is popular with many people, and it always encourages people to work together.

(1). What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

Chopsticks.

Humans.

Legends.

Branches.

(2). How did Da Yu go to an island?

On foot.

By boat.

By bike.

By bus.

(3). Why did Da Yu always take out food with small branches?

A．	To save time.	B．	To save food.
C．	To save chopsticks.	D．	to save money.

(4). Which of the following is right?

A．	Chopsticks aren’t a great invention.
B．	Yu ordered Shun to control the flood.
C．	Ten pairs of chopsticks are easy to break.
D．	The song encourages people to unite as one.

Terry from Kenya, 62 years old, has spent 20 years in the city he now calls home. Having lived in Beijing for more than 20 years, Terry has finally made his Chinese dream come true—becoming a volunteer.

He is often seen giving tourists directions, getting water for a baby and even helping a neighbor sell cold drinks.

“I like helping other people.” he said,“This is where I live, where my friends are and where I call home.”

Terry became interested in Chinese culture as a teenager when he read the Tao Te Ching by Laozi.

In 1981, he went to Shanghai. His first visit to Beijing was six years later on business. Terry and his family moved to Beijing in 1997, since then he has lived and worked in Beijing. Now Terry can make traditional Beijing bean-paste noodles, and when he goes to a restaurant, he usually orders dumplings and some traditional Beijing dishes.

He likes chatting with local people, especially taxi drivers.

“I am more familiar with the lives of taxi drivers than most Beijingers,” he said,“when I see their license numbers, I can tell how many years they have worked.”

“They are so knowledgeable,” he said, “I learned many Chinese from them.”Terry does not want to leave Beijing. He said. “Your home is where your things are. In this sense, Beijing is my home. Now I just enjoy living here.”

(1). What’s Terry’s Chinese dream?