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In the 19th century there was an exhibition on the fine art in Paris ．Before it
was open to the public ，veral well －known artists were invited and show their opinions opinions．．There was a curtain covering each painting painting．．When they came near the first
painting painting，，an assistant drew the curtain away ．A beautiful butterfly flew into the hall and stopped on one of the ros in the picture ．All of them cheered ．They all
declared that it was excellent becau it confud the butterfly ．
Then they came to the cond painting painting．．When the assistant was going to draw the
curtain curtain，，he cried ，“Wonderful！It’s the best painting I have ever en!”，“Wonderful！It’s the best painting I have ever en!”
All the artists were astonished and asked why he thought so so．．After he told them
the reason everybody agreed with him and nodded with satisfaction ．
1．This story happened in the __．
A ．1900’s in Poland B．1800’s in Belgium C．1700’s in Greece D．1800’s
in France 2．According to the passage ，there_ _in hall ．
A ．was only one curtain
B ．were two curtains
C ．were a number of curtains
D ．were a great deal curtains
3．It confud the butterfly ．Here “confud”means __ __．
A ．cheated
B ．drew
C ．struck
D ．moved
4．The cond is even better becau it ．
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腹部肌肉A ．was very true to life
B ．was another butterfly
C ．confud the assistant
D ．was beautiful
B
Elephants
Elephants are the biggest animals on land ．When born ，a baby elephant weighs
about 90 kilograms and is about one metre high high．．When it is six years old old，，it is about
two metres high ．When it reaches the age of twelve ，it doesn’t grow any more．It
may then be more than three metres high ．African elephants are bigger than Indian elephants elephants．．
Elephants have very long nos which we call trunks trunks．．The elephant us its trunk
to get food ．It picks leaves and fruits with its trunk and puts the food into its mouth mouth．．When it wants to drink drink，，it puts its trunk into the water water．．It fills its trunk
and then draws the water into its mouth ．
Elephants have two very long and strong teeth which are called tusks tusks．．They u
their tusks to dig up small trees and to dig in the ground for water ．
Elephants also u their tasks and trunks to lift heavy logs of wood ．In some countries men catch wild elephants and train them to work for them ．All day long
they work in the hot sun sun．．They pull trees along and lift heavy logs logs．．No
animals are stronger than elephants ．
Wild elephants usually stay together in big families ．Usually they move about
at night ．looking for food ．In the hot daytime ，they go to sleep in cool places ．
Elephants are kind animals animals．When ．When
one of them is hurt and can’t pull itlf onto its feet ，the other elephants will lift it up and help it to work ．
病毒营销5 ．At the age of 12，an elephant ．
A ．usually weighs 90kilograms
B ．will keep on growing
C ．is about two metres high
D ．will stop growing
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6．Elephants u their trunks ． A ．to lift up heavy logs of wood B ．to pick leaves and fruits
纳达尔简介C ．to draw water into their mouths
D ．all of the above
7．Elephants can work for men ．
A ．if they stay together in families
B ．after they are trained
C ．becau they like to work in the hot sun
D ．when they are old enough
8．This short article tells us ．
A ．how elephants u their trunks and tusks
B ．why elephants are so big and strong
C ．something about elephants
D ．that elephants are very kind and always help each other
C
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9. You can most probably read the passage in a ___________.
A. newspaper
B. travel guide
C. reference book D .
D. textbook
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A. Off the Beaten Path.
B. Container Gardens by Number.
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C. l80l Home Remedies.
D. Best Weekend Projects.
1212. What’s the purpo . What’s the purpo
of the passage? A. To share his opinion about the books with readers.
B. To advi readers to read more in spare time.
C. To share the pleasure of reading with readers.
D. To advi readers to buy their books.
D
A man had to go to court court（法院）（法院）（法院）after after he broke the law law，，and
he asked his lawyer which judge would be hearing his ca ca（案例）（案例）
．His lawyer told him the judge’s name and asked asked，“Do ，“Do you know him?”The man answered，“No，answered，“No，but but
I want to know his name so that I can nd him some valuable gifts ．”The ”The lawyer got angry angry．．“You
can’t do that，”he said． “If you should do that that，，you would be breaking the law riously and you are sure to lo the ca ca．”．”．”
Some weeks later the ca was heard and the man won it in the end ．As he was
leaving the court ，he said to his lawyer ，“My prent to the judge was quite successful successful，wasn’t ，wasn’t it?”The lawyer was even more surprid when he heard this．this．He He
asked asked，“What? ，“What?
Did you really nd him some valuable gifts although I told you not to?”“Yes，to?”“Yes，certainly I did certainly I did
．”answered the man．“But I put my enemy’s name on the card which I nt with the prent．”
1313．The man wanted to know the judge’s name becau he_________．．The man wanted to know the judge’s name becau he_________．
A ．wanted to explain his ca to the judge
B ．wanted to make friends with the judge
C ．meant to have the judge decide in his favor
D ．would like to know if the judge was fair
1414．．The lawyer wanted the man not to nd the judge gifts becau_________
． A ．that would make him lo the ca
B ．that would not satisfy the judge a lot
C ．the judge would possibly turn down the gifts
D ．the judge would prefer money to the gifts
1515．．The man won the ca becau_________
． A ．of his valuable gifts
B ．the judge thought that it was the man’s enemy who had nt the prent
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C ．the judge liked the prent very much
D ．the man was honest
16.What do you think of the man ?
A.foolish
B.humourous
C.warm-hearted
D.clever
E
Recently we’ve had a popular department store open in our area.It’s been the talk of the town for months.On about the third day of the grand opening,I thought I’d stop by t o check it out.I noticed right away that the parking area was very busy.
As I was about to exit my car,a lady was about to enter her car to leave.She was parked on the opposite side of me and there was a four way stop behind our parking
areas.As the lady tried to back out to leave,some of the shoppers were extremely rude to her.They shouted and beeped their horns(鸣喇叭鸣喇叭鸣喇叭) ) ) at the lady and she had at the lady and she had
a look of terror on her face.She looked at me and throw up both of her hands as i she didn’t know what to do.
I gestured for the lady to put her window down and I told her that she was doing
just fine.She smiled and emed to relex.I then became her rear view mirror(后视
镜)as it was hard for her to e behind her while backing out of the parking space.As
I watched for safety,she was able to back out enough to drive forward.
At this point,she was smiling broadly ！She thanked me many times.I felt that
many of the other drivers weren’t sympathetic enough toward.I was happy to help that lady.Besides that,who knows,we may have avoided a potential accident with this simple act of patience and kindness.
17.What was the difficulty the woman met with when she wanted to leave?
A .The writer’s car prevented her from driving out.
A.The writer’s car prevented her from driving out.
B.There were too many cars parked on her way.
C.Other drivers would’nt let her car back out.
D .Some drivers weren’t patient when she backed out.
D.Some drivers weren’t patient when she backed out. 18.Faced with such a situation,the lady_______________.
A .emed scared and didn’t know how to deal with it.
B.didn’t pay attention to their action.
C.turned to the writer for help
D.drove her car back and parked it where it ud to be 1919.Noticing the woman’s difficulty,the driver __________..Noticing the woman’s difficulty,the driver __________.
B.offered to drive her car out of the parking area
D.stood by smiling and watched her driving by
20Compared with the writer,what the other drivers lacked was___________.
A.politeness and wisdom
B.patience and wisdom
C.bravery and kindness
D.rudeness and patience
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