When Wang Haiyan was young，her favorite toys weren't Barbie dolls.Instead，she started learning to make shadow puppets （皮影）from her father at 13.Now 43，Wang has spent 30 years practicing and spreading the art.
Shadow puppetry is a form of theater that uses puppets made from leather （皮）or paper，accompanied （伴奏）by music and singing.It was invented during the Western Han Dynasty （206 BC﹣AD 24）.It tells us about folk tales and historical stories，passing down culture and customs over thousands of years.
Shadow puppetry is all about creating the puppets and performing with them.Wang 's hometown of Hua county，Shaanxi，is known as the birthplace of the folk art.
Puppet﹣makers must follow 24 steps to make the puppets including washing the leather，carving （雕刻）and painting，according to Wang.Carving is the most difficult part.
"We have a special carving skill﹣ ﹣moving the leather under the knife，" Wang said.It took Wang three years to master this skill.She used a brick （砖块）to strengthen her left hand while practicing.It takes about 3，000 carves to make a shadow puppet， "The complex （复杂的）steps make it hard to hand downthe folk art，" she said.
But Wang has found a way to do so.In recent years，she has made shadow puppets based on some cartoon series and given a livestreaming performance.She used colors like blue and purple that were hardly seen in shadow puppetry and added more sticks to the puppets to make the performance more lively. "I hope more and more young people enjoy shadow puppetry and pass it down，" she said.
（1）Making the puppets includes the following steps except .
| A． |
painting |
| B． |
carving |
| C． |
washing the leather |
| D． |
making bricks |
（2）What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us？
| A． |
Where shadow puppetry was invented. |
| B． |
What shadow puppetry is. |
| C． |
Why people like shadow puppetry. |
| D． |
When Wang began to learn shadow puppetry. |
（3）What does the underlined phrase"hand down" mean in the fifth paragraph？
| A． |
传承. |
| B． |
提高. |
| C． |
酷爱. |
| D． |
放弃. |
（4）Which of the following statements about Wang Haiyan is TRUE？
| A． |
She learned all by herself to make shadow puppets. |
| B． |
She didn't master the carving skill until she was 43. |
| C． |
She expected more young people to spread shadow puppetry. |
| D． |
She was more interested in cartoon series than shadow puppetry. |
Today it is found that school students hardly pay much attention to sports. Is it because they aren’t interested in sports? No. They often say they have other more important things to do.
What are these important things? Examinations! Students have to spend much time on all kinds of examinations at school. So many of them almost become bookworms (书呆子). Books stop them from doing sports. Because of the pressure from their parents and teachers, the students have to work harder and spend most of their time on books. As for (就……而言) the students, they want to get good results so that they can improve their studies. So it is necessary（必要） for them to give all of their free time to their studies and stop their school sports
In fact, education can’t go without physical (身体的) exercises, because a quick mind hardly goes along with a weak body. If you don’t have a strong body, you can never get anything, let alone (更不用说) a great success in your life.
1.are the greatest problems, so the school students don’t pay much attention to sports now.
A. No interestB. Exercises C. Education D. Examinations
2. The underlined word “pressure” means “”.
A. happy feeling B. good care C. nervous (紧张) feeling D. deep love
3. If you don’t have a , you can never get anything.
A. good face B. weak body C. strong body D. good father
4. The writer thinks the students should .
A. work hard all day and all night
B have all kinds of sports after studying
C. do not have sports
D. spend the free time on the studies and give up (放弃)the sports.
5. which sentence is true?
A. If students want to get better results in studies, they must not do sports.
B. If students spend all their time on sports, they will improve studies.
C. If you have a weak body, you will have a hard mind.
D. If you want to be successful in your life, you must have a strong body.
Mr. Lewis was a dance teacher. He was a nice man and always had a lot of students. One year he moved to a new town, and was soon teaching many students in the dance school there, but he decided to move again to a big city. He would have more work there.
When one of his students heard that he was going to leave, she said to him, “The new teacher won’t be as good as you are.” Mr. Lewis was happy when he heard this, but he said, “Oh no. I’m sure he’ll be as good as I am ---- or even better.”
The student said, “No. Including you, five teachers have come and gone while I’ve been here, and each new one was worse than the last.”
1. ______ came to learn dancing from Mr. Lewis.
A. A few students B. Few students C. Many students D. No students
2. Mr. Lewis wanted to move a big city because _______
A. he hated the small town
B. he couldn’t make a living in the small town
C. it would be easy for him to have more work in the city
D. it made him spend more money in the town
3. The student thought that _______
A.Mr. Lewis was a good teacher B. Mr. Lewis was the best teacher
C. Mr. Lewis was worse than the last
D. Mr. Lewis would be worse than the last
4. Before Mr. Lewis ______ teachers came to the town to teach dancing
A. three B. four C. five D. six
5. From the story we can conclude（推论） that the student wished _____
A. to have a better teacher B. to have a worse teacher
C. to become a dance teacher D. to see the sixth teacher
Mr. King goes to a dinner party. He wears old clothes. He comes into the room. But people there don’t look at him at all. They don’t ask him to sit at the table.
Mr. King goes home and puts on (穿上) his good clothes. He goes back to the party. Everyone in the room stands up and smiles（微笑）at him. They give him very good food to eat.
Mr. King takes off (脱下) his clothes，puts his clothes in the food and says, “Please eat, my clothes!” The other people ask, “What are you doing?” He answers, “ I’m asking my clothes to eat the food. When I wear old clothes, you don’t look at me. You don’t ask me to sit down. Now I am in the good clothes and you give me the very good food. Now I see, you give the food for my clothes, not for me!”
()1.Mr. King goes to the dinner party, but people there don’t look at him. Because_____
A. he doesn’t come by car B. he is young
C. he wears old clothes D. he is old
()2.Mr King goes home to ______ his ____ clothes.
A. put on, good B. puts on, fine
C. take off, good D. takes off, good
()3.Mr King goes back to the party. People in the room stand up and smile at him. Because _______
A. he wears an old clothes B. he comes by a very good car
C. he wears his good clothes D. he takes off his good clothes
()4. Mr. King takes off his good clothes, and _____ them _____ the good food.
A. ask , to eat B. asks, to eat C. lets, to eat D. ask, eat
()5. Now Mr. King sees the good food is __________.
A. for he B. for his good clothes C. for me D. for him
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Mr. Green is a teacher of English. He isn’t old but he isn’t young. He is forty- three. Mrs. Green is a worker. She is thirty-nine. They have a daughter and a son. They are Americans. Their daughter’s name is Kate and their son’s name is Jim. Kate is thirteen and Jim is only five. Kate is at school. She is in Class Three, Grade One. Jim is too young. He is at home. They have a good family.
()1. Who is a teacher of English?
A. Mr. Green. B. Mrs. Green. C. Kate. D. Jim. ()2. ---- How old is Mrs. Green? ---- She is _________ years old.
A. 43 B. 39 C. 13 D. 5
()3. Is Kate at school?
A. Yes, she isn’t. B. No, she, is. C. No, she isn’t. D. Yes, she is.
()4. What’s their son’s name?
A. Green. B. Mr. Green. C. Jim. D. Kate.
()5. Kate is _____.
A. at home B. in Class 3, Grade 1 C. isn’t a student D. five years old
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The above information is about _________.
| A．famous physicists | B．great people | C．great directions | D．Nobel Prize winners |
Francis Crick won the Nobel Prize before ________ years of his death.
| A．32 | B．24 | C．42 | D．45 |
Peter Hall founded the Royal Shakespeare Company at the age of _________.
| A．42 | B．92 | C．39 | D．29 |
________ has 40 productions all over the world.
| A．The Peter Hall Company | B．The Royal Shakespeare Company |
| C．The Arts Theatre | D．The National Theatre |