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     Rembrandt was an extraordinary Dutch painter. He was most well-known for his brushwork and
the way in which he connected with the human soul. His life, however, was not happy.
    He was born on July 15, 1606 in Leiden, the Netherlands. His father wanted him to have a real,
learned profession but Rembrandt left the University of Leiden after becoming bored. He began studying
art under a local teacher but soon left and studied in Amsterdam where he mastered all his lessons in six
months!
     At the age of 22, he moved back to Leiden and began to get his own students. One of his students
was the famous artist Gerrit Dou. In 1631 he returned to Amsterdam where he became the most popular
portrait painter in Holland. Rembrandt met Saskia and married her in 1634. She was a cousin of a very
successful art dealer and she helped him to meet wealthy people who commissioned (委任制作) many
paintings from him. He used her as a model in many of his paintings.
     Rembrandt's private life, however, was very unfortunate. He had four children with Saskia but only
one, Titus, survived. Saskia died in 1642 at the age of only 30. In 1649, his housekeeper became his
second wife and was also a model for many of his paintings. Even though Rembrandt was very successful
as an artist, art dealer and teacher, he lived in a careless way and had to declare bankruptcy (破产) in
1656. He even had to sell his whole art collection and his house to pay off his debts.
     His unfortunate life, however, didn't affect his art. He painted many great paintings during that time.
His new love, Hendrickje, died in 1663 and his 27-year-old son, Titus, died in 1668. Eleven months
later, on October 4, 1669, Rembrandt died in Amsterdam. He produced more than 600 paintings and
over 2,000 drawings!

1. Which of the following is the reason that made his business fail?

A. As an extraordinary Dutch painter, he knew nothing about business.
B. He spent most of his time on art, leaving no time to care his business.
C. All his children but Titus died, which made him very sad.
D. Like other famous artists, he was thoughtless.

2. From the passage we learn that Rembrandt .

A. graduated from the University of Leiden.
B. began his teaching career in 1628.
C. married Saskia when he was 22 years old.
D. was good at drawing animals and flowers.

3. How many members of Rembrandt's family died before him, not including his parents?

A. Four
B. Five
C. Six
D. Seven

4. What's the best title for this passage?

A. A brief biography of Rembrandt
B. A great Dutch painter
C. The greatest painter in the world
D. Rembrandt's unhappy family

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　　Do you know something about tree rings?Do you know they can tell us what the weather was like, sometimes even hundreds of years ago?

　　A tree will grow well in a climate with lots of sunshine and rainfall．And little sunshine or rainfall will limit(限制)the growth of climate by studying the tree rings．For example, to find out the weather of ten years ago, count the rings of a tree from the outside to the inside．If the tenth ring is far from the eleventh ring, then we’re sure that it was sunny and rainy most of that year．If it is near to the eleventh ring, then the climate that year was bad．

　　Tree rings are important not only for studying the history of weather but also for studying the history of man．Many centuries ago there lived a lot of people at a place in New Mexico．But now you can find only sand there－no trees and no people．What happened?

　　A scientist studied the rings of dead trees there．He found that the people had to leave because they had cut down all the trees to make fires and buildings．As all the trees had gone, the people there had to move．

(1)

________ in good climate．
[　　]
A．	Tree rings grow far from each other
B．	Tree rings become thinner
C．	Trees don’t need sunshine or rainfall
D．	People can cut down most of the trees

(2)

The scientists are interested in studying tree rings because tree rings can tell ________．
[　　]
A．	whether a tree was strong or not
B．	whether people took good care of the trees or not
C．	whether the climate was good or not
D．	how old the trees were

(3)

If you want to find out the weather of twenty years ago,you should study ________．
[　　]
A．	the twentieth ring
B．	the tenth ring
C．	the nineteenth ring
D．	the twenty first ring

(4)

Why did people usually live in places with lots of trees?
[　　]
A．	Trees could tell the change of the weather．
B．	Trees brought lots of sunshine and rain．
C．	Trees could make weather not too hot or too cold．
D．	Trees could be used for burning and for building house．

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The people had to leave the place in New Mexico because ________．
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A．	bad weather stopped the growth of trees
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C．	they didn’t have enough trees for burning
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Maybe ten-year-old Elizabeth put it best when she said to her father. “But Dad, you can't be healthy if you're dead.”

Dad , in a hurry to get home before dark so he could go for a run, had forgotten to wear his safety belt--a mistake 75% of the US population make every day. The big question is why.

There have been many myths about safety belts ever since their first appearance in cars some forty years ago. The following are three of the most common.

Myth( 神话)Number One: It's best to be “thrown clear” of a serious accident.

Truth: Sorry , but any accident serious enough to “throw you clear” is also going to be serious enough to give you a very bad landing. And chances are you'll have traveled through a windshield(挡风玻璃)or door to do it. Studies show that chances of dying after a car accident are twenty-five times greater in cases where people are “thrown clear.”

　　Myth Number Two: Safety belts “trap” people in cars that are burning or sinking in water.

　　Truth: Sorry again. but studies show that people knocked unconscious(昏迷) due to not wearing safety belts have a greater chance of dying in these accidents. People wearing safety belts are usually protected to the point of having a clear head to free themselves from such dangerous situations, not to be trapped in them.

　　Myth Number Three: Safety belts aren't needed at speeds of less than 30 miles per hour

　　Truth: when two cars traveling at 30 mph hit each other. An unbelted driver would meet the windshield with a force equal to diving headfirst into the ground from a height of 10 meters.

Why did Elizabeth say to her father, “But. Dad, you can't be healthy if you're dead”?

A. He was driving at great speed.

B. He was running across the street.

C. He didn't have his safety belt on.

D. He didn't take his medicine on time.

The reason Father was in a hurry to get home was that he＿＿＿＿＿．

A. wasn't feeling very well

B. hated to drive in the dark

C. wanted to take some exercise

D. didn't want to be caught by the police

According to the text, to be “thrown clear” of a serious accident is very dangerous ,because you ＿＿＿＿＿．

A. may be knocked down by other cars

B may get seriously hurt being thrown out of the car

C. may find it impossible to get away from the seat

D. may get caught in the car door

Some people prefer to drive without wearing a safety belt because they believe＿＿＿.

A. the belt prevents them from escaping in an accident

B. they will be unable to think clearly in an accident

C. they will be caught when help comes

D. cars catch fire easily

What is the advice given in the text?

A．Never drive faster than 30 miles an hour.

B. Try your best to save yourself in a car accident.

C. Never forget to wear the safety belt while driving.

D. Drive slowly while you're not wearing a safety belt.　

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A person has to be sixteen to drive, seventeen to see certain movies, and eighteen to vote. People can get terrific discounts on all sorts of stuff－provided they’re over sixty-five. Everywhere we look there are age limits that define what people can and can’t do. But creativity has no boundaries, no limitations. Anyone can invent. And they do. Inventors are popping up at the youngest ages.

Sitting in the car waiting for her mom to return from shopping, Becky decided she might as well try to finish her math homework. But it was growing dark and getting hard to see the paper.

“I didn’t have a flashlight, and I didn’t want to open the car door because then the whole car would light up.” recalled Becky. “So I thought it would be neat to have my paper light up somehow, and that’s when the idea came to me.”

It isn’t every day that a ten-year-old invents a product eagerly sought by several businesses, but that’s exactly what Becky Schroeder did when she created a tool that enabled people to write in the dark. Her invention? The Glo-sheet.

That night Becky went home, trying to imagine different ways of making her paper glow in the dark. She remembered all sorts of glow-in-the-dark toys－like balls and Frisbees－and wondered how they were made. She was determined to find a solution. So they very next day, Beck’s dad took her on an outing to the hardware store. They returned with a pail (桶) of phosphorescent paint. She took the paint and stacks of paper into the darkest room in the house－the bathroom. There, she experimented.

“I’d turn on the light, turn it off, turn it on,” said Becky. “My parents remember me running out the room saying ‘It works, it works! I’m writing in the dark!’ ”

She used an acrylic board and coated it with a specific amount of phosphorescent paint. She took a complicated idea and made it work rather simply. When the coated clipboard is exposed to light, it glows. The glowing board then illuminates or lights up the paper that has been placed on top. Two years after her initial inspiration, in 1974, Becky became the youngest female ever to receive a U.S. patent.

She didn’t actively market her Glo-sheet. She didn’t need to. The New York Times wrote an article about an incredible invention－patented by a twelve-year-old, and the inquiries and orders streamed in.

1. From Paragraph 1 , we can draw a conclusion that _________.

A. it is illegal for one to drive under sixteen

B. people enjoy privileges when over sixty-five

C. one is never too old or too young to invent

D. people hate the limitations that define our behavior

2. What caused Becky to invent Glo-sheet?

A. She was trying to do homework when it got dark.

B. She was having trouble with math problems.

C. She was trying to earn some money.

D. She was working on a school project.

3. What is the meaning of the underlined words “phosphorescent paint” in paragraph 5?

A. paint that acts as a glue B. paint that covers a mark