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4. 既然约翰来了，我们就可以开始了。
John's arrived,we can begin.
4. Now that
In Britain,many theatres put on shows for children at Christmas and many theatres have a theatre-in-education team working there. This team,made up of actors and teachers,writes plays for children,usually performing them in schools. They do different plays for different age groups and the children often take part in the play in some way.
Pantomime is a special kind of Christmas show for children. It is loved by people and also allows the audience （观众） to join in. Panto-mime” was the name of the Roman actor \yho performed shows without speaking —this is where the English word “mime” comes from.
A pantomime is always based on a well-known children's story. But there ays certain types of characters in the show and certain situations and events. For example,a pantomime must always include a hero,known as the “principal boy” and this principal boy is always played by a pretty girl wearing a short cosfume (服装) .Then there is the cpmic older woman,known as the “dame” who is played by a man. There is always a group of men and women who sing and dance and often there is a pantomime horse. The I horse is played by two men who form the u frontj and “back” ends inside a “horse” costume. It is fUnny and it usually kicks the dame when she isn,looking.
Members of the audience have to shout a warning to one of the characters and argue with the character (usually the dame) when she does not believe them. When she shouts, "Oh no,it isn’t,” the audience always responds with “Oh ; yes,it is!?, The audience also learns and sings a i simple song and a few children are sometimes invited to help one of the characters during the show.
29. The theatre-in-education teams .
A. are made up of famous local actors
B. write plays for the same age group
C. often give plays in their own theatres
D. usually allow children to join in a play
30. According to the text,a pantomime .
A. is designed to make people laugh I
B. is made up of three characters
C. is especially popular with grown-ups
D. can be watched all year round in Britain
31. When the dame says, “Yes,it is”，the audience I
should .
A. follow her and sing
B. stand up and dance
C. repeat what she says
D. disagree with her loudly
3. If you m 7 by 15 you get 105.
4. Ois a colourless gas that forms a large
part of the air on the earth and which is needed by people,animals and plants to live.
C
Your next car could have two seats,three wheels 一 two in front and one in the back and a top speed of more than 100 miles per hour. Elio Motors plans to make such a tiny car named the Elio. Its two seats sit front and back instead of side by side. The driver is positioned in the center with the passenger directly behind.
The starting price for the car is just $6,800. l,t has only one door,on the left side,which cuts a few hundred dollars off the manufacturing costs. Having three wheels also makes it cheaper. It has air conditioning,power windows and door locks and an AM/FM radio. More features can be ordered through Elio's long list of suppliers. Elio will also sell the cars directly through its own stores and not through franchised dealers (特约经销商) .
Paul Elio dreamed as a kid that he would one day own a car company called Elio Motors. In 2008,tired of high gas prices,he started working on a car that burns gas in a more effective way. quany imponam to mm was creating U.S. manufacturing jobs and making the car inexpensive enough to attract buyers who might otherwise be stuck in their old,unreliable cars. “Whatever matters to you,this can move the needle (针) on it,” he said.
Already,more than 27,000 people have (预订) one. Paul hopes to make 250,000 cars a year by 2016. So far,reservation holders are those who will use the Elio as a second or third car for work. Finally,though,he believes the car will interest high school and college students as well as used-car drivers who want something newer and more reliable.
29. Which of the following shows the design of the Elio?
30. Paragraph 2 shd\ys that the Elio .
A. is sold at affordable prices
B. will be available in most stores
C. has a fixed temperature
D. does no harm to the environment
31. The underlined words “ move the needle ” in Paragraph 3 probably mean “ ”
A. take a chance
B. stand in the way.
C. break into pieces
D. make a difference
32. What would be the best title for the text?
A. The history of Elio Motors
B. Cool car or stupid vehicle?
C. Paul Elio: a kid with big dreams
D. What car to choose: new or used?
Bart Weetjens has always loved rats. As a kid in the Netherlands,he raised them as pets. He was amazed by their intelligence and their great sense of smell. Today,Weetjens is using rats for a good cause identifying (确认) a disease called tuberculosis (肺结核) , or T B. in Africa. Through his organization,called APOPO,Weetjens trains rats to find TB by using their noses. The rats that APOPO trains are called “HeroRats."
Tuberculosis affects millions of people every year. Usually,if a patient is thought to have the disease,doctors run lab tests to identify it. A doctor takes a sample of mucus (枯液样本) from the patient's lungs. Then lab workers examine the sample to see whether the person has the disease.
But Tanzania and Mozambique,two African countries with high rates of T B. are short of medical workers and labs. As a result,it can take a long time to diagnose (诊断) the disease. In the meantime,more people can get sick as the disease spreads.
In 2002,APOPO began training rats to smell TB in mucus samples. It trains African giant rats,which are friendly and hardworking. To detect T B. the rats smell mucus samples through holes in a glass cage. When a trained rat finds a sample with T B. it pauses over the hole.
HeroRats train for months before they start working. To teach a rat to identify T B. a trainer presents the rat with several mucus samples. The trainer already knows which are samples with TB.
If the rat spends a long time smelling a diseased sample,the trainer gives the .rat a treat. This teaches the rat that finding TB will earn it tasty food.
“The rats learn quickly,since they love food/' says Beyene,an APOPO scientist. The rats are faster than lab workers. In 10 minutes,they can screen as many samples as a person could examine in two days. At centers in Tanzania and Mozambique,HeroRats have found thousands of TB cases that labs missed. Thanks to them,sick people can now be treated earlier than ever before. In the future,APOPO hopes to train its rats to identify other diseases too.
1. What can we learn about Bart Weetjens?
A. He works as a rat trainer.
B. He has studied TB all his life.
C. He has a very sensitive nose.
D. He has a deep interest in rats.
2. What' s the main problem with the diagnosis of TB in Tanzania and Mozambique?
A. It is very slow.
B. It is full of mistakes.
C. It brings pain to people.
D. It wastes a lot of money.
3. During the training,the rats.
A. have better food than usual
B. behave intelligently
C. work long hours
D. get bored easily
4. HeroRats’ jobs .
A. seem dangerous
B. need improving
C. prevent TB in Africa
D. are helping save lives
5. What would be the best title for the text?
A. Noses at work
B. Lovely HeroRats
C. Man with a big heart
D. TB — a deadly disease
Holly's dad kept homing pigeons (信鸽)in the back garden. She loved the pigeons 41 her favourite was Charlie.
Dad's homing pigeon club was to hold its first race,and all of his birds were in training. On the day of the 42 ,Dad had to drive 100 kilometres to the starting point. Dad whistled (吹口哨) as he 43 along the road. 44,a dog rati out in front of the car!Dad changed direction to 45 it,but the car skidded (打滑) across the road and into a large tree.
Dad tried to 46 ,but his legs were stuck. He had to get 47 as soon as possible. No one had seen the accident,so it might have been hours before he was 48 . He felt around for his phone,but it had been thrown out of reach.
Dad 49 to turn around to check that the pigeons hadn,t been 50 . They seemed all right. Then a great 51 came to him. One of the pigeons could carry a message home to Mum and Holly!
52,Dad had a pen and a notebook in his pocket. He 53 Charlie,lifted him out and tied the message to Charlie's leg.
“Fly home,Charlie,” he called.
Charlie set off towards his home and reached the 54 at last.
“Mum!” Holly called “Charlie's home!And he's carrying a 55 !”
Mum came out to the backyard. As she read the note,she cried, “Oh no!Dad's had a(n) 56 ！” Mum ran into the house,phoned the ewergency (紧急事件) number and 57 what had happened. Soon,Mum came out to the backyard 58 and called ,“They‘ve 59 Dad,Holly,and he's going to be all right."
“You 60 Dad!” Holly told Charlie. “You’ re tlie best pigeon in the world!”
41. A. or B. so C. and D. for
42. A. race B. training
C. trade D. meeting
43. A. walked B. ran
C. drove D. flew
44. A. Immediately B. Suddenly
C. Finally D. Lately
45. A. stop B. control C. keep D. miss
46. A. cry B. call C. move D. talk
47. A. advice B. help C. sleep D. money
48. A. remembered B. protected C. discovered D. understood
49. A. learned B. agreed C. continued D. managed
50. A. caught B. hurt C. shot D. followed
51. A. idea B. dog C. deal D. pigeon
52. A. Strangely B. Naturally C. Honestly D. Luckily
53 A. depended on B. reached for
C. waited for D. thought of
54. A. back garden B. club
C. starting point D. hospital
55. A. pen B. notebook
C. message D. leaf
56. A. car B. accident
C. competition D. phone
57. A. realised B. imagined
C. explained D. wondered
58. A. once B. then C. again D. first
59. A. found B. described C. taught D. warned
60. A. corrected B. trusted C. recognised D. saved
3. Anything that is dropped falls towards the centre of the earth because of the pull of g .
4. John will arrive is unknown. Maybe two hours later.
7. Many people moved to the (城市的) areas for jobs.
