. Brian told you that there wasn’t anyone in the room at that time, ? A) was there B) wasn’t there C) didn’t be D) did he 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

Most young architects – particularly those in big cities – can only dream about working in a building of their own. And making that dream come true often means finding a building no one else seems to want, which is exactly what happened to David Yocum and his partner, Brian Bell. Their building is a former automobile electrical-parts firm in Atlanta. From the outside, it looks too old, even something horrible, but open the door and you are in a wide, open courtyard, lined on three sides with rusting （生锈的） walls.

In 2000, Yocum and Bell found this building in the city’s West End. Built in 1947, the structure had been abandoned years earlier and the roof of the main building had fallen down. But the price was right, so Yocum bought it. He spent eight months of his off-hours on demolition （拆除）, pulling rubbish out through the roof, because it was too dangerous to go inside the building. The demolition was hard work, but it gave him time to think about what he wanted to do, and “to treasure what was there – the walls, the rust, the light,” Yocum said. “Every season, more paint falls off the walls and more rust develops. It’s like an art installation （装置） in there – a slow-motion show.”

Since the back building had been constructed without windows, an all-glass front was added to the building to give it a view of the courtyard, and skylights were installed in the roof. The back of the building is a working area and a living room for Yocum and his wife. A sort of buffer (缓冲) zone between the front and the back contains a bathroom, a kitchen and a mechanical room, and the walls that separate these zones have openings that allow views through to the front of the studio and the courtyard beyond.

Yocum and Bell, who have just completed an art gallery for the city, feel that the experience from the decoration of their building, focusing on the inside rather than the outside, has influenced their work. It has also given these architects a chance to show how they can make more out of less.

According to the passage, it is for most young architects in big cities to work in a building of their own.

A. easy B. unnecessary C. unrealistic D. common

Yocum bought the old building because _________.

A. it was a bargain to him

B. it was still in good condition

C. it was located in the city center

D. it looked attractive from the outside

Working on the old building, Yocum and Bell＿.

A. pulled rubbish out through the roof

B. removed the skylights from the bathroom

C. presented a slow–motion show in an art gallery

D. built a kitchen at the back part of the old building

It can be inferred from the passage that Yocum and Bell __.

A. benefited a lot from pulling down the roof

B. turned more old buildings into art galleries

C. got inspiration from decorating their old building

D. paid more attention to the outside of the gallery

The main idea of the passage is that __.

A. people can learn a lot from their failures

B. it is worthwhile to spend money on an old building

C. people should not judge things by their appearance

D. creative people can make the best of what they have

（You may read the questions first.）

SCREENGRABS

BBC1

PLANET EARTH

9PM

Fresh Water provides an expansive subject for the third programme in the BBC’s fascinating new natural history series. Broadly, we investigate the world’s lakes and rivers and the creatures which inhabit them. Thus we visit the deepest lake on the planet, Lake Baikal in Siberia. We observe large colonies of Indian smooth-coated otters （above） looking around. A magical series which gives us a real sense of context in relation to the planet we inhabit.

BBC2

FAMILY GUY

11.45PM

Road to Europe. Without proper identification, Brian and Stewie stow away on a plane they think is leaving for England. They’re wrong, and soon they’re in Saudi Arabia （Brian：“Oh my God, we are finished. We are lost in the desert.”） at the beginning of a long trip home.

ITV1

AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT

9PM

Cards on the Table, Tonight’s mystery concerns the death of one of London’s richest and most mysterious men, Mr Shaitana （Alexander Siddig）, who has a fascination with crime. Shaitana hosts dinner and a game of bridge in his apartment, but when the time comes for the first guests to take their leave, they discover that their host has been stabbed through the heart.

CHANNEL4

THE GAMES： LIVE

9PM

For the first time on The Games, the men fight in a Kendo tournament, using 1.2 m shinai （Bamboo-swords）. The women compete in the cycling, racing wheel-to-wheel on competition bike with no brakes. Plus other news from the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.

69．The Fresh Water series at 9 PM .

A．explores the lakes, rivers and the creatures in them

B．is devoted to the freshwater creatures in the world

C．explains the relationship among inhabitants on the earth

D．focuses on the deepest river on the planet

70．The phrase “stow away”most probably means“ ”

A．hide secretly

B．talk excitedly

C．operate easily

D．guide successfully

71．A mystery story adapted from Agatha Christie’s novel will be shown on .

A．BBC1

B．BBC2

C．ITV1

D．Channel 4

Brian arrived at the San Francisco airport two hours before the flight to Paris. He was wearing three shirts, a jacket, two pairs of socks, a pair of shorts, and two pairs of jeans. He was carrying one small backpack, which was very full, but he didn’t have any other luggage. Brian needed to meet a man named Tony before he checked in for his flight. He found Tony near the Air France counter. Tony gave him a round-trip ticket and a small package.

“Give this package to Jean-Paul at the airport in Paris. He will have a sign with your name on it. I think you can find him easily ,” Tony said, ”You don’t have any luggage, right?”

“Only this backpack,” Brian answered. ”You said I could bring one carry-on bag.”

“That’s right. One carry-on bag is fine. Have a good trip.”

“Thanks.”

Is Brian a criminal(罪犯)? Not at all. He is an air-courier. And he paid only $110 for the round-trip ticket to Paris. Air couriers get cheap airline tickets because they take important packages and papers to foreign countries. Businesses sometimes need to get packages and papers to people in foreign countries by the next day. Often, the only way they can do this is to use an air-courier company. It is not cheap for a business to send a package with an air courier, but it is quick.

Every year about 80,000 people worldwide travel as air couriers. The number of tickets for courier travel is growing by about 10 percent a year. However, air-courier travel isn’t for everyone. But if you have very little money, can be flexible(灵活的) about your travel plans, and don’t mind wearing the same clothes for a week, it can be a great way to take a vacation!

52.Why was Brian wearing so many clothes for his travel?

A. Because they were the uniforms for air couriers.

B. Because that made him easier to be recognized.

C. Because his backpack had no room his clothes.

D. Because he did not have any luggage with him

53. An air courier is a person who_________

A .manages a business company in foreign countries

B. organizes international flights for tourists

C. travels around the world with cheap tickets

D delivers papers and packages to foreign countries.

54. Business choose the air-courier service because_____.

A. it costs less B. it is flexible C. it saves time D. it grows fast

55. One of the disadvantages of traveling as an air courier is that he_____.

A. cannot decide when and where to travel

B. cannot take any luggage with him

C. has to wear two pairs of jeans

D .saves little money from the travel

56. The author of the text mainly______.

A. describes the activities of a law-breaker

B. suggests an ideal way to travel

C. argues against the air-courier travel

D. tells us about a developing business

Brian talks to me like a child, _______ really annoys me.

On the border, a pack of wild dogs circled the soldiers for food． The leader of the pack was a gray- and-white dog called Nubs． He was 11 and hardly able to stand． Marine major Brian Dennis looked 12 and saw that there was a knife wound in his chest．

Dennis couldn't stand seeing the dog 13_．He and his men immediately treated the wound, and gave Nubs medicine．Nubs pulled through but was still in 14 ．The next day, the team had to 15 . Ten days later, Dennis' unit was back, and so was Nubs． He was still 16 ，but the men fed him and played with him．

Before long the unit once again left for the front 70 miles away． Nubs, slowly but 17 , followed them far into the trackless wasteland _ 18 the men lost sight of him．Two days later, beyond Dennis' 19 , he saw Nubs just outside the outpost（前哨）．The dog had 20 him across 70 miles of frozen desert to meet with the friend who had 21 his life．From then on Nubs and the men 22 in the same place, and ran around in the same ruins（废墟）．

Until an order came that they were not 23_ to have pets, Dennis decided to make sure the dog would 24 _ to live the good life．So he quickly raised $4,000 from his family and friends to 25 Nubs to America．

A year later, when Dennis and the dog were 26 in California, at first Nubs didn't 27 the guy．But within minutes, the dog jumped into Dennis' arms, jumping 28 again and again to lick his friend's face．

A little love and concern in the middle of 29 will not save a violent world． But small stories, like the story of a soldier and a clog, hold a 30 of a harmonious（和谐的）world．

1. A．shaking B．waiting C．barking D．resting

2. A．lower B．better C．clearer D．closer

3. A．worry B．suffer C．fear D．starve

4. A．surprise B．control C．pain D．anger

5. A．leave B．drill C．fight D．walk

6. A．dirty B．weak C．thin D．tired

7. A．suddenly B．happily C．easily D．determinedly

8. A．unless B．since C．until D．after

9. A．imagination B．reach C．sight D．ability

10. A．caught B．tracked C．guarded D．found

11. A．loved B．started C．saved D．taken

12. A．traveled B．met C．grew D．slept

13. A．allowed B．expected C．needed D．required

14. A．go B．like C．try D．continue

15. A．lead B．fly C．drive D．show

16. A．reunited B．interviewed C．watched D．gathered

17. A．notice B．believe C．recognize D．bother

18. A．out B．about C．around D．up

19. A．time B．danger C．war D．space

20. A．way B．view C．concern D．promise

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