The Loire Valley is known as the Garden of France and the Cradle (摇篮) of the French Language．
This valley runs through the heart of French life．The Loire Valley has lots of attractions．It is famous for its rivers, stones, towns and villages, vineyards (葡萄园) castles, and of course, wines．
The Loire Valley is one of the most beautiful areas in France．With flowers growing all over the place, it is a colorful garden．It is a mild place and a great farming area．People grow plenty of grapes here and produce some of the best wines．Besides farming, the Loire Valley also has lots of animals．You may come across a badger (獾)，a marten (貂) or a skunk (臭鼬)！Then there are different kinds of birds and you can see rare dragonflies (蜻蜓) there, too．
The Loire Valley has also played an important role in the history of France．In the 9th Century, France was faced with attacks from the Vikings (北欧海盗)．The Loire Valley built many fortresses (堡垒) and remained strong when other areas did not．Later, in the 15th Century, the Loire Valley successfully resisted the English during the Hundred Years’ War．The Loire Valley has become a symbol of strength in France．
People believe that the culture and the language spoken in the Loire Valley are the most pure examples of French in the whole country．
The Loire Valley is sometimes called the Valley of the Kings because it was the popular playground for French kings and their families from the 15th to 18th centuries．French kings built chateaux (城堡)，or castles, and so did wealthy business people．
Now it has more than 1,000 historic castles．120 of them are open to the public．There is even the castle that inspired (启发) Sleeping Beauty．
Today the Loire Valley remains one of France’s most popular regions．It has more historic sights per square mile than any other places in the country except Paris．
(1)
The Loire Valley is famous for ___________．
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A．
the garden
B．
vineyards and castles
C．
the bridges
D．
mountains
(2)
Which is NOT true according to the passage?
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A．
You can’t see many different kinds of birds here．
B．
In the 9th Century, the Vikings wanted to attack France．
C．
In France, the Loire Valley is a symbol of strength．
D．
In the Loire Valley, you only see rare animals．
(3)
The Loire Valley resisted the English _____________．
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A．
in the 19th century
B．
in the 15th century
C．
one hundred years ago
D．
in the 9th century
(4)
In the Loire Valley ____________historic castles are open to the public．
The dinosaurs once lived happily on the earth．But 65 million years ago，they suddenly died out．What happened to them?
Scientists think that a change in temperature may be to blame．They have come up with lots of ideas to explain the end of the dinosaurs．
The most famous one is the minor planet (小行星) idea．Let's go back to that day 65 million years ago to see what happened．Everything was OK before a large minor planet suddenly hit the earth．What a terrible hit! It caused big fires，storms，acid rain，and even earthquakes and volcano eruptions．The hit produced a lot of dust,which flew up into the air and blocked the sun for months．The earth became very cold without sunlight．The plants died first．Then the grass-eating animals died of hunger．Then the meat-eating animals could not find food，either．They began to eat each other，but after a while they died out，too．The dinosaurs，either plant-eaters or meat-eaters，did not live through the disaster(灾难)．What a sad story!
In April，a British scientist thought of a new idea about the death of the dinosaurs．He thinks that after the minor planet hit the earth，the temperature change left more dinosaur boys than girls! Without enough female dinosaurs to hatch the eggs，the dinosaur population became smaller and smaller．
(1)
______ may be the main reason for the dinosaurs dying out according to scientists．
A．Big fires B．Earthquakes
C．Acid rain D．Temperature change
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(2)
The passage mentioned ______ ideas that the scientists came up with about
the end of the dinosaurs．
A．two B．three C．four D．five
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(3)
The underlined expression “volcano eruptions” probably is ______.
A．the name of a minor planet
B．one kind of dinosaurs
C．one kind of disaster
D．the name of an earthquake
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(4)
The earth became cold because ______.
A．the sun refused to rise
B．the dust kept the sunlight away
C．there was too much rain
D．there were too many dinosaurs
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(5)
This passage may be found in ______.
A．a science fiction B．a story book C．a dictionary D．a science magazine
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阅读理解
You will have a lot of reading to do in this grade this year．You can do more of it in less time if you learn to read rapidly．
Perhaps you have been told about some habits (习惯) which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have．
Do you still have any of these bad habits?Check yourself by answering“yes”or“no”to these questions．
(1) Do you move your lips (嘴唇) when reading silently?
(2) Do you point to words with your finger as you read?
(3)Do you move your head from side to side as you read?
(4)Do you read one word at a time?
If you answer“yes”to any of these questions,start at once to break the habit．If you move your tips，hold your fingers over them，or hold a piece of paper be-tween your lips while you are reading．Then if your lips move，your will know it and can stop them．
If you point to words，hold the two sides of your book，one side with your left hand，the other side with your right hand．Then you won't have a free finger to use in pointing while reading．If you move your head，place your chin (下巴) in one hand and hold your head still (静止不动的)．
If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time，you need to work very hard in learning to take in (吸收) more words at each glance (一瞥) as your eyes travel across the lines of words．
Even if you do rather fast now，you can learn to read even faster．As you probably have been told，the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance．Read in through groups and force (迫使) your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can to make them go．Anyone who practices doing these things will he able to read faster．
(1)
You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading so as ______．
A．to tell others to be silent
B．to feel whether your lips move or not
C．to hold a piece of paper between them
D．to keep yourself from talking to others
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(2)
When you read，______．
A．don't keep your head still
B．don't hold your books with your hands
C．don't stand up near a desk
D．don't use your finger to point to words
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(3)
If you learn to read fast，______．
A．you can read more in less time
B．you can write faster
C．you can understand better
D．you can read less in more time
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(4)
You must _______ those habits that we are talking about in this reading．
A．remember B．have C．get rid of D．keep
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(5)
This reading is mainly about ______．
A．the way of reading fast
B．the importance of fast reading
C．the bad habits in reading
D．how to speak quickly
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阅读理解
Binhai No．3 Middle School Rules
Yon must
*look clean and tidy
*be quiet in the library
*stay in the playground at break time
*bring a letter from your parents if you’re ill
*stand up when a teacher comes into the classroom
*hand in your homework on time
*arrive at school by half past seven
You mustn’t
*fight
*bring radios or CD players to school
*run or shout in the school buildings
*talk loudly in the hallways
*leave school at break time or at lunch time
*Wear jeans
*cat or drink in the classroom
假如你是滨海三中的学生，请依据校规内容回答下面的问题。
(1)
What are the things you must not do when you’re in the school buildings?
(2)
Can you leave school at lunch-time?
(3)
What must you do when your teacher comes into your classroom?
