During ancient times, children didn’t have much to enjoy themselves. However, they came up with interesting games to play in their childhood.

Kicking stone balls

During the Qing Dynasty, kicking a stone ball around was a popular game in the northern part of China, and it was often played in winter to keep warm.

Playing hide-and-seek

Hide-and-seek is a traditional game for children, popular around the nation. There are two ways to play: covering a child’s eyes while other kids run around to tease(戏弄) him or, more commonly, others hide and one child must try to find them.

Flying kites

Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made of wood, instead of paper. The three most famous kites are the Beijing kite, Tianjin kite and Weifang kite. Each has its own feature. For example, the bird-shaped kite with long wings is a special kind of the Beijing kite.

Watching shadow plays

The closest thing to watching a film during ancient times was going to see a shadow play. The artists control puppets(木偶) behind the screen and tell stories to the music.

1.What does the underlined word “feature” mean in the text?

A.特征 B.地貌 C.五官 D.影片

2.Which ancient game is like watching a film?

A.Kicking stone balls. B.Flying kites.

C.Playing hide-and-seek. D.Watching shadow plays.

3.Which of the following statements is right according to the passage?

A.Kicking a stone ball around was a popular game all over China

B.There is only one way to play hide-and-seek.

C.The three most famous kites are the Beijing kite, Shanghai kite and Weifang kite.

D.The artists tell stories to the music by using puppets.

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项。

Have you ever been to Venice. Around the world, no city is quite like Venice, Italy. Tourists love its beautiful old buildings and squares. But What makes Venice a really special place is the water. The beautiful city is built on a group of islands in a large lagoon(泻湖)beside the ocean. 1.

However, it’s said that Venice is in danger from this water. What is happening? 2.At high tides(涨潮时), the water in the lagoon rises. Sometimes it rises higher than usual and floods the city. Because Venice is lower than it was the past, the flooding is happening more often. This is taking down the city’s ancient buildings.

A3.The name of project is MOSE. Marco Armillis, an engineer, explains how it will work. “We are putting seventy-eight big floodgates(防洪水闸)at the places where the lagoon meets the ocean. The floodgates will close when there are high tides, to stop seawater from coming into the lagoon. 4. It hasn’t been an easy project for us because we are working under water.”

The MOSE project will cost about seven billion dollars and has already taken many years to build. If everything goes well, then in few years ‘time the seawater will not flood into Venice’s lagoon. Venice’s beautiful buildings will be safe for a long time.5.

A. Luckily, engineers are working on a great project to save Venice.

B. And the city will still be there for people to visit long into the future.

C. Rivers run through it like streets, and people travel around it into boats.

D. This will help to stop the level of the lagoon from rising.

E. Venice is enjoyed by the young people from all parts of the world.

F. The city has been very slowly going down into the lagoon for many years.

G. However, scientists in Italy haven’t got a good idea to solve the problem

A

Samuel was back at the thrift shop(旧货店). He had walked into the shop with only one goal in mind—to find a book that he had NOT bought yesterday. The book was one of seven that he had planned to buy yesterday. But at the last moment, he changed his mind. He put all seven back on the shelf.

Samuel had a personal library at home with over 1,000 books, almost all unread. He had more reading material in his small house than he could finish in two lifetimes. But he couldn’t help himself buying more books. He finally put his foot down. Not one more book, he told himself, unless it was really special. Yesterday’s book fit the bill. It was a biography(传记)of one of his favorite authors—Stephen King. King was one of America’s most popular fiction authors. Samuel wanted to be a great writer. King was his role model.

Within minutes, Samuel found all the books that he had chosen yesterday except one—the Stephen King book. “What a surprise,” he thought. “the book that I really want to find is the one book that I can’t find.” Samuel took a walk throughout the store, knowing that people often pick up a book in one place and then leave it in another place. The book was a thick paperback with a red cover. But it was nowhere to be found.

So for Samuel, the big search was on. He was now a man on a mission. Every thrift shop he went to would be a search for the King book. This new search added purpose to his thrift shop life.

Samuel had held something special in his hands except that biography. But only when he let it go did he realize its value. When he found it again, he would place the King book prominently(显眼地)on his bookshelf. It would almost certainly be his favorite book that he never got around to reading.

1.Samuel went back the thrift shop to .

A.buy a new book B.sell an old book

C.find a special book D.return a book

2.According to the passage, Stephen King was .

A.Samuel’s best friend B.the owner of the thrift shop

C.the name of a bookshop D.a great writer

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Samuel disliked reading biographies.

B.Samuel liked buying books very much.

C.Reading books was Samuel’s favorite hobby.

D.Samuel was a careless but responsible person.

4.What happened at the end of the story?

A.Samuel didn’t find the book he wanted most.

B.Samuel would read all the books he had.

C.Samuel got all the books he wanted.

D.Samuel decided to enlarge(扩大)his thrift shop.

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