Entering a university is an important part of a person's life．Today，many people go to study and train for future jobs in subjects like law(法律)，medicine or education．But the university is not a modern invention．It has a history that is over a thousand years．
The world's oldest university，AL-Azhar，is in Cairo，Egypt．It was first built as a mosque for religion(宗教寺院)in A．D．972．A few years later，learners and teachers began meeting in the mosque．They read and talked about the subject of law．Around 988，leaders in the city of Cairo decided to open up a school for higher learning and the University of AL-Azhar was founded．
At AL-Azhar，there were many university“firsts”．Different subjects were set up．The earliest ones taught at AL-Azhar were law and religion．In a course, students read and studied with the teacher，but there was also free discussion．Of-ten,students and teachers talked about a topic(题目)，and there was no“right”answer．Finally，famous teachers from around the world came to AL-Azhar to teach and do deep studies on the subjects they were interested in．At the university，people studied the past，but it was also a place for exchanging new ideas.
Over a thousand years later，AL-Azhar is still an important university in the world．Its library keeps more than 250 000 of the world's oldest and most valuable (有价值的)books．Today，many of the world's most important universities such as Oxford and Harvard still follow the traditions started at AL-Azhar．
(1)
From the first paragraph we know that ______．
A．universities are important to the city life
B．the university is a quite new invention
C．university education may help a person find a job
D．the university has a history of a thousand years
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(2)
AL-Azhar was first built for ______．
A．education B．religion
C．a meeting D．law
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(3)
Which of the following are the earliest subjects taught in the University of AL-Azhar?
A．Education and medicine． B．Religion and law．
C．Free discussion． D．History and tradition．
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(4)
Choose the right order according to the passage．
① Then the heads of the city thought of the idea for a school for higher learning．
② One of the earliest subjects taught there was law．
③ A mosque was built in Cairo in A．D．972．
④ Teachers from around the world came to the university to study and teach．
⑤ The mosque was used as a meeting place for teachers and learners．
A．③④①②⑤ B．④⑤①③②
C．②③①④⑤ D．③⑤①②④
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(5)
Which of the following is not true about the University of AL-Azhar?
A．AL-Azhar was built in the city of Cairo in Egypt．
B．AL-Azhar didn't become a university until the year around 988．
C．The University of AL-Azhar was a place to change ideas．
D．Now AL-Azhar is still one of the famous universities in the world．
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On Wednesday morning the pool is only open to mothers and babies．So mothers can enjoy themselves in the water with their babies．Please leave your older children at home on Wednesday morning．
The new Water World Café will be open up on June 22nd．From the café you can watch the swimmers or enjoy a drink after you swim．
Please call 2105369 for more information．We look forward to seeing you at the Water World Swimming Pool．
(1)
How long is the Water World Swimming Pool open every day?
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A．
Eleven hours．
B．
Seven hours．
C．
Eleven and a half hours．
D．
Seven and a half hours．
(2)
What is the price for students with a student card to enter the pool?
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A．
Two dollars．
B．
One dollar forty．
C．
Two dollars sixty．
D．
One dollar．
(3)
A ten-year-old boy can't go to the Water World Swimming Pool _______．
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A．
on Saturday
B．
on Sunday
C．
on Wednesday afternoon
D．
on Wednesday morning
(4)
From the café you can watch the swimmers or enjoy a drink after you swim ________．
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A．
on May 21st
B．
on May 22nd
C．
on June 23rd
D．
on June 21st
(5)
This passage is a(n)________．
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A．
advertisement
B．
note
C．
story
D．
slogan
阅读理解。
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Best Learners
This book can give you the answers to the questions most often asked by parents, teachers and students themselves．Read this book and learn：
●What the three difficulties in study are and what to do with them．
●What to do if you are not interested in a subject you are studying．
●Twenty-six simple exercises to help you study easily and fast．
You will get more from this book．For younger students, you can buy Learn in Study for Beginners．It is easier to understand．
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●How to choose right pets for yourself．
●How to build houses or nests(窝)for your pets．
●How to feed the pets and how to keep them clean．
Buy this book and you will learn more
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(1)
If you buy and read Successful Fishermen, you will ________．
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A．
go to the countryside
B．
know where to buy fishing rods
C．
know how to cook fish
D．
learn how to choose fishing places
(2)
There are many pictures in ________ according to the passage．
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A．
Best Learners
B．
Successful Fishermen
C．
How to Keep Pets
D．
Learn to Study for Beginners
(3)
You can ________ for more information about other books according to the passage．
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A．
call the writer
B．
go to the shop
C．
search the Internet
D．
ask the clerk
(4)
The writer wrote this passage in order to ________．
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A．
increase sales of the books
B．
buy useful and interesting books
C．
tell people how to keep pets
D．
teach students to study easily and fast
(5)
You can most probably(可能)find this passage in a ________．
[ ]
A．
story
B．
report
C．
dictionary
D．
newspaper
阅读理解。
Bruce Lee was a master of martial arts．During his short life, he starred in many movies and TV shows．His acting was funny and original．And, his fighting skill was incredible．
He was born in San Francisco, California, in 1940．Soon after that, his family moved to Hong Kong．As a child, Lee was in 20 movies．At the age of 13, he started to learn kung fu．His skill grew very quickly．
In 1959, Bruce moved back to America．He went to high school and university there．To earn money, he taught martial arts．He also developed a new style of martial arts, called“Jeet Kune Do”．
In 1966, Bruce appeared in the TV show“The Green Hornet．”It earned Lee many fans in America and Hong Kong．Lee returned to Hong Kong in 1971．There, he made three very popular kung fu movies．Then, in 1973, he made“Enter the Dragon”for Warner Brothers, an American film company．
That year, Bruce Lee died．He was only 33 years old．After his death, many actors copied his style．Kung fu movies became more and more popular．But Bruce Lee was special．He was, and will always be, the Little Dragon．
(1)
Where was Bruce Lee born?
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A．
In San Francisco．
B．
In Hong Kong．
C．
At the age of 13．
D．
In 1940．
(2)
What did Lee do back in America?
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A．
He learned kung fu．
B．
He started a film company．
C．
He continued his education．
D．
He made the movie“Jeet Kune Do”．
(3)
How did people like Lee in“The Green Hornet?”
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A．
They hated him．
B．
They didn't think his fighting was good．
C．
Most people didn't like him．
D．
It won him fans in Hong Kong and America．
(4)
When did Bruce Lee die?
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A．
In 1973．
B．
33 years after he made his first movie．
C．
In 1971．
D．
The article does not say．
(5)
After Lee's death, kung fu movies ________．
[ ]
A．
weren't popular any more
B．
weren't made any more
C．
were all different from his movies
D．
had more and more fans
阅读理解。
The question whether there is life on Mars has made the public think a lot for more than a century．The closest look showed Mars to be a dusty, cold world, covered by air too thin to breathe．A British spaceship and Europe's Mars spaceship plan to land on Mars or enter the orbit around it．One of the NASA's(美国宇航局)spaceships is expected to land on January 3rd, the other is going to land on the opposite side of Mars on January 24th．
Since 1960, over twenty spaceships sent to Mars have failed．Most have been lost on flying up or landing because those are the most difficult times of any flights．
Scientists wanted to find out whether there was water on Mars．In October, a team of scientists reported that Mars had been a dry wasteland．But weeks later, a second team reported differently that they had found some marks showed clearly that they were made by the rivers．Such marks told us that Mars was a warmer place billions of years ago, －just as life first appeared here on Earth．Scientists at once raise a question：if what they said is true, what happened on Mars?Then what about the Earth?
(1)
Which is right about Mars?
[ ]
A．
It's cold without dust．
B．
There is no water or air．
C．
It's warm with some thin air．
D．
It's a dusty, cold world almost without air．
(2)
Two NASA's spaceships ________．
[ ]
A．
will land on the different sides of Mars
B．
will land on the same day
C．
will enter the orbit around Mars
D．
will land with a man
(3)
The most difficult times of a flight are ________．
[ ]
A．
taking off
B．
flying up and arriving
C．
entering the orbit and landing
D．
leaving the earth and entering the orbit
(4)
A team of scientists reported that there might be ________ on Mars．
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A．
nothing but air
B．
nothing
C．
water billions of years ago
D．
thick air and lakes
(5)
What are scientists worried about when they raise the question?
