In 1901, the citizens of Colorado Springs in the USA decided to collect everyday items and to seal (封住)them in a special box. The box was marked “To be opened after midnight, December 31st, AD 2000”,and was kept in the Colorado College Library.
One hundred years later, on the appointed (约定)day, 300 people gathered to watch the opening of the box. Many in the crowd were the descendants (后代)of people who had placed things inside the box.
When the box was opened after midnight, the things inside the box were in very good condition. There were newspapers, photos, diaries, name cards, family trees, books and lots of letters, including one written by Theodore Roosevelt, who became the President of the USA later that year. One of Roosevelt’s friends lived in Colorado Springs at that time.
Many of the letters were written to their descendants. They describe the hopes that the people of 1901 had for the people of the next century. At that time, Colorado Springs had just a few thousand people. Now nearly half a million people live there.
Colorado College Library has scanned the materials and put them on a website. Cecil Muller, whose grandfather had placed a collection of postcards in the box, said that the time capsule was a great treasure. “This is a wonderful educational resource(资源).  We can learn so much about our history,”he said. “I never knew my grandfather, but now I feel very close to him. ”
【小题1】According to the passage, “time capsule” means ______.

A.a collection of clocks and watches
B.a machine for travelling through time
C.a collection of items for people to look at in the future
D.a collection of unwanted items
【小题2】Many of the letters in the time capsule talked about   .
A.the history of the town
B.the people who lived in the town
C.the politics of the USA
D.people’s hopes for the future
【小题3】Cecil Muller says that the time capsule ______.
A.helps him to get to know his grandfather
B.is worth a lot of money
C.brings back his memories of his grandfather
D.helps him to remember his younger day

In 1901, the citizens of Colorado Springs in the USA decided to collect everyday items and to seal (封住)them in a special box. The box was marked “To be opened after midnight, December 31st, AD 2000”,and was kept in the Colorado College Library.

One hundred years later, on the appointed (约定)day, 300 people gathered to watch the opening of the box. Many in the crowd were the descendants (后代)of people who had placed things inside the box.

When the box was opened after midnight, the things inside the box were in very good condition. There were newspapers, photos, diaries, name cards, family trees, books and lots of letters, including one written by Theodore Roosevelt, who became the President of the USA later that year. One of Roosevelt’s friends lived in Colorado Springs at that time.

Many of the letters were written to their descendants. They describe the hopes that the people of 1901 had for the people of the next century. At that time, Colorado Springs had just a few thousand people. Now nearly half a million people live there.

Colorado College Library has scanned the materials and put them on a website. Cecil Muller, whose grandfather had placed a collection of postcards in the box, said that the time capsule was a great treasure. “This is a wonderful educational resource(资源).  We can learn so much about our history,”he said. “I never knew my grandfather, but now I feel very close to him. ”

1.According to the passage, “time capsule” means ______.

A.a collection of clocks and watches

B.a machine for travelling through time

C.a collection of items for people to look at in the future

D.a collection of unwanted items

2.Many of the letters in the time capsule talked about   .

A.the history of the town

B.the people who lived in the town

C.the politics of the USA

D.people’s hopes for the future

3.Cecil Muller says that the time capsule ______.

A.helps him to get to know his grandfather

B.is worth a lot of money

C.brings back his memories of his grandfather

D.helps him to remember his younger day

 

Brazil (巴西) is the greatest football nation in the world. There are 100 million Brazilians (巴西人). How many of them are football fans? 100 million! All of them think that they know all about football. This makes life very difficult for the Brazilian team manager. When things go badly for the Brazilian team, the newspaper would demand (要求) that the team manager should leave his job. “If we win, they put me in heaven (天堂),” as a manager once said, “If we lose, they put me in hell (地狱).”

You can’t escape football in Brazil. There are football matches on every street and beach. On television, the results of the football matches come before the main news programs. There are six television channels in Rio de Janeiro. On Sundays each channel shows a different football match.

Brazil is not the richest country in the world, but the government spends huge sums of money on football. It cost more than one billion pounds to prepare for the 1978 World Cup. That’s 10 pounds for every Brazilian man, woman, and child. And many Brazilians don’t earn as much as 10 pounds a week. Is it worth it?

“Brazil must have a great football team,” says one journalist. “If it costs one billion pounds, that’s all right. If the government doesn’t give a good football team, then it will become unpopular. Football is more than a game in Brazil.”

Football is more than a game in Brazil. This is certainly true in its largest city, Sao Paulo. The most popular team is Corinthians. Corinthians’ fans are the most loyal (忠实的) and emotional in Brazil. When Corinthians win, production in the Sao Paulo car factories increases by fifteen per cent. When they lose, it drops. At one time Corinthians won the national championship for the first time. For four days fans danced and sang in the streets.

74. In Brazil the number of football fans and its population are __________.

A. the same       B. less                   C. more           D. 100 billion

75. Life for __________ is no easy, for he will be put in hell if the football team loses.

A. a football fan      B. any government official          C. the Brazilian team manager     D. a football player

76. It is the __________ that come before the main news programs on television.

A. football matches                   B. results of football matches

C. football matches on the streets           D. football matches on the beaches

77. The government spent __________ in preparing for the 1978 World Cup though the country was not rich.

A. one billion dollars      B. one million pounds      C. one billion pounds      D. one million RMB

78. Football is more than a game in Brazil. The underlined sentence means “In Brazil __________.”

A. people like football very much     B. there is something else in football

C. people are keen on competition    D. football has influences (影响) on the politics and economy of the nation

79. The best title of the passage is __________.

A. Brazilians and Football            B. Brazilians’ Way of Life

C. Football and Income             D. Football and Government

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