Near the village, there is an old famous temple. Some people want to build new house where the temple now stands, because they can find no other area to build them, while others disagree with them. They meet to decide how to solve the problem. Here are their opinions about it.
The expert wants to protect the temple and believes that there are some interesting things buried in the ground. If it is destroyed or moved, people may never learn about how people lived in the past.
The businessman thinks that the houses should be built. History is important, but we must think about the future. The village needs development and building new houses will offer jobs to hundreds of people.
Villager A says, “We should build the new houses because we need houses to live in.”
Villager B says, “We should protect the temple because it can attract many tourists to come for a visit. If the temple is destroyed or moved, we will lose a lot of business.”
The village leader thinks that he has a duty to make life better for the villagers. They need jobs and new houses. He also thinks the cultural site (遗迹) is important and they should be careful with it as well.
【小题1】The expert doesn’t want to _______ the old famous temple.
A.rebuildB.protectC.pull downD.fall down
【小题2】The businessman thinks building houses there can _______.
A.help the village develop
B.attract many tourists to come for a visit
C.help people learn about how people lived in the past
D.help people learn about the interesting things buried in the ground
【小题3】_______ agree that they should build new houses there.
A.The expert and the village leader
B.The businessman and Villager A
C.Villager A and Villager B
D.Villager B and the businessman
【小题4】The village leader thinks _______.
A.they should destroy the temple
B.they needn’t build new houses
C.They should build the temple to make life better
D.they should not only build new houses but also be careful with the temple
【小题5】According to the passage, which of the following is RIGHT?
A.It’s difficult to satisfy everyone.
B.The cultural site is not so important.
C.It’s easy to make a decision on the problem.
D.The villagers will lose their jobs with the development of their hometown

Escaping (逃) from a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save a life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, for example, you can use stairways, roofs and fire escapes, but no lifts.
From the lower floors of buildings, to escape through windows is possible. Learn the best way of leaving by a window with the least chance of serious injury.
The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average (平均) person, hanging from the window by the fingertips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground--about the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.
Windows are also useful while you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed, before opening the window. Otherwise, smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low next to the window to be sure you get fresh air.
On the second or third floor, the best windows to escape from are those which open onto a roof (屋顶) . From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely.
【小题1】You can try to escape a fire except _____.
A.fire escapesB.liftsC.roofsD.stairways
【小题2】According to the passage, windows are ________.
A.of no use when a fire breaks out
B.useful in putting out a fire
C.the only way of escaping a fire
D.one of the possible ways of escaping a fire
【小题3】The underlined sentence in the third paragraph means _________.
A.it is safer to jump out of the second floor window.
B.it is safer to stay in the room.
C.the second floor window is too high to jump out of.
D.it is the only way to drop out of the window.
【小题4】The writer thinks that ________.
A.to keep your head high will help you to escape a fire
B.it is necessary to keep the door open
C.fresh air can’t reach the second floor window
D.breathing in smoke might be bad

Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order. A baby giraffe is born 10 feet high and usually lands on its back. Within seconds it rolls over its legs under its body. Then the mother giraffe rudely introduces its children to the reality of life.

In his book, A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond describes how a new-born giraffe learns its first lesson.

The mother giraffe lowers her head long enough to take a quick look. Then she puts herself directly over her child. She waits for about a minute, and then she does the most unreasonable thing. She throws her long leg and kicks her baby, so that it’s sent sprawling(四脚朝天).

When it doesn’t get up, the process is repeated again and again. The struggle to rise is important. As the baby giraffe grows tired, the mother kicks it again. Finally, it stands for the first time on its shaky legs. Then the mother giraffe kicks it off its feet again. Why? She wants it to remember how it got up. In the wild, a baby giraffe must be able to get up as quickly as possible to stay with its group, where there’s safety.

Another writer named Irving Stone understood this. He spent a lifetime studying greatness, writing stories about such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin.

Stone was once asked if he had found something that runs through the lives of all these great people. He said, “I write about people who sometime in their life have a dream of something. They’re beaten over the head, knocked down and for years they get nowhere. But every time they stand up again. And at the end of their lives they’ve realized some small parts of what they set out to do .”

1.What does the underlined part “a tall order” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A.A happy thing.                          B.A difficult task.

C.A big dream.                           D.A beautiful scene.

2.Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?

A.This passage is a description of giraffes’ living habits.

B.Baby giraffes can’t stand up until three months old.

C.Irving Stone spent a lifetime studying and writing stories about great people.

D.The great people can’t stand up after they’re knocked down for years.

3.What would be the best title for the passage?

A.How to keep a baby giraffe.

B.Learning to Get Back Up.

C.Stories about the great people.

D.A mother giraffe and its baby giraffe.

 

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