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     She is widely seen as proof that good looks can lastforever. But,at over 500 years of age,
time is catching up with the Mona Lisa.
     The health of the famous picture,painted by LeonardoDa Vinci(莱昂纳多·达·芬奇)in
1505,is getting worse bythe year,according to the Louvre Museum(卢浮宫博物馆)where
it is housed. "The thin, woodenpanel on which the Mona Lisa is paintedin oil has changed
shape since expertschecked it two years ago. "the museumsaid. Visitors have noticed the
changesbut repairing the world's most famous
painting is not easy. Experts are not sure about the materialsthe
Italian artist used and their currentc现在的) chemicalstate.
     Nearly 6 million people go to see the Mona Lisa everyyear,and many are attracted by the
mystery of her smile. "It is very interesting that when you're not looking at her,sheseems to be
smiling, and then you look at her and shestops." said Professor Margaret Livingstone of
HarvardUniversity. "It's because direct visionc视觉) is excellent atpicking up details,but tess
suited to look at shadows. DaVinci painted the smile in shadows. "
     However,the actual history of the Mona Lisa is just asmysterious as the smile. Da Vinci
himself loved it so muchthat he always carried it with him, until it was eventuallysold to
France's King Francis I in 1519.
     In 1911,the painting was stolen from the Louvre by aformer employee, who took it out
of the museum hiddenunder his coat. He said he planned to return it to Italy. The painting
was sent back to France two years later.
     During World Warll ,French hid the painting in smalltowns to keep it out of the hands
of German forces.
     Like many old ladies, the Mona Lisa has someinteresting stories to tell.

1. The underlined sentence in the first paragraph means the Mona Lisa .

A. is losing its value
B.is being damaged after so many years
C.is getting more valuable with years passing
D. will rot away

2. The smile of the Mona Lisa can only be seen_,

A. by indirect vision
B. at a distance
C. by direct vision
D. in shadows

3. Which of the following is TRUE about Mona I.isa?

A.It was once taken away and hidden up by German forces.
B. Its painter himself loved it greatly and always kept it in a shade.
C. Mona Lisa stops smiling when you look at her wantingto see her smiles.
D. King FrancisIbought it and then returned it to Italy.

4. It may add to the difficulty in repairing the painting that ~

A.experts haven' t noticed changes in its shape asvisitors do
B. it is likely to be stolen again when it's under repair
C.it is uncertain which country,Italy or France,shouldtake charge
D.experts aren't sure about the materials and the chemical state of its oil paint

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It's official: Text messages mania (狂热) has hit China. Mobile phones are becoming increasingly popular, and so sending text messages is fast becoming the hot new craze among teenagers.

Twelve Kitties greeted Liu Jiao and wished her a happy new year on the eve of the Chinese lunar calendar's Year of the Horse, making her very excited. According to Xinhua, about 100 million text and picture messages were sent and received by Beijing mobile phone owners during the Spring Festival.

Liu Jiao is a student at the High School Affiliated to Beijing University of Chemical Technology. A third of the students in her class own mobile phones. She received more than 20 text messages from her friends during the holidays. Most of these messages were general greetings like “Happy New Year”, or humorous sentences, like “Love you as mice love rice”. One of the good wishes she received was made up of the brand names for eight soft drinks, including Coca-Cola and Wahaha. These brand names, when translated into Chinese, are themselves good wishes for happiness or success.

Besides the convenience of sending text messages, the relatively low cost attracts many teenagers. A common message usually costs only 0.1 to 0. 2 yuan.

Tan Yingqing, a Senior Two student, said it would have cost her too much to call all of her friends in Beijing because she spent the Spring Festival in her hometown, Shanghai. So she sent mobile phone text messages to them instead.

According to China Mobile, there has been a lot of promotion (宣传，推广) for messaging through phones since 1997. And the rise in popularity shows that it has worked.

As the new term starts, Liu turns off her mobile phone. It is not allowed in class because mobile phones could disturb other students. Also, she would rather not be influenced by calls or messages during breaks. However, she often rushes to check her messages as soon as the school day finishes.

1．Many teenagers are attracted to send text messages because ________.

a. it is cool today

b. mobile phones are popular

c. it is very convenient

d. the cost is relatively low

A. ab

B. ac

C. bd

D. cd

2．When Liu Jiao received the text message sent by twelve Kitties on the eve of the Spring Festival, she felt ________.

A. surprised

B. bored

C. excited

D. unbelievable

3．Tan Yingqing sent mobile phone text messages to her friends living in Beijing during the Spring Festival, because ________.

A. she was staying in Shanghai at that time

B. she thought it would cost her too much to call them all

C. she was shy when speaking on the fashion

D. she wanted to follow the fashion

4．The promotion for messages through mobile phones since 1997 in China is ________.

A. effective

B. worthless

C. limited

D. disappointing

5．What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Text message mania has hit China.

B. Mobile phone users are fond of developing the function (功能) of mobile phones.

C. Teenagers like sending text messages in their spare time.

D. Teenagers at school shouldn't use mobile phones, especially text messages.

四、阅读理解
There’s a box of chocolates in the fridge. It’s been there for more than a week since I was given it as a present. I do love chocolates, but they make me fat if I eat too many! Can I control myself? If I eat one, will I have to eat all of them?
My son Harry is obsessed with playing Wii(/wi:/, 任天堂的一款游戏机) games. Sometimes, it’s difficult to get him to concentrate on his homework because he wants to play some more.
Last week I had to wake up a student in my class. I asked him why he was so tried and he said he had stayed up late to play his favourite Internet game, Farmville. He said he just couldn’t stop playing it! Now his academic work is suffering because he can’t control his urge to play games.
What my son, my student, and I myself need is simply self-control.
In the late 1960’s, American psychologist Walter Mischel launched an experiment about self-control. He left a group of four-year-olds in a room and told them that if they could wait 20 minutes, they could have two marshmallows, a kind of sweet. If they couldn’t wait, he would only give them one.
In videos of the experiment, you can see children squirming, kicking, hiding their eyes—desperately trying to control themselves. Some did wait patiently, while others couldn’t wait a single minute.
Years later, the self-controlled children turned out to get higher SAT scores and got into better colleges. The children who couldn’t wait were more likely to become bullies.
So, the chocolates are still in the fridge. My son Harry is doing his homework with a promise that he can play on the Wii later, and my student says he will try harder to control himself. We all have our own temptations. But if we can control them, we will achieve more.
56. Which of the following is different from the other three?
A. The writer.                                          B. Harry.
C. The writer’s student.                             D. Walter Mischel.
57. We can know from paragraph 5 to paragraph 7 that____________.
A. all the children got two marshmallows
B. all the children waited patiently
C. self-control can help children succeed later
D. the children who lack self-control get higher SAT scores
58. Which of the following statement is true?
A. The writer is addicted to Wii.
B. The writer’s son is addicted to Farmville.
C. The writer’s student is addicted to chocolates.
D. The writer’s student is addicted to Farmville.
59. What does the underlined word mean in paragraph 5?
A. Something we can eat.                   B. A kind of toy.
C. A kind of mushroom.                     D. A kind of prize.

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      China's "Little People's Kingdom"is a theme park,where little people dance and sing in fairytale
costumes,drawing both curious groups and criticism.The theme park,near Kunming City in Yunnan
Province,employs 108 dwarfs from across the country,who gather on an artificial hillside twice a day to
dance and sing for tourists.And all pretend to live in a tiny hilltop village.
     The guests can watch shows like comedies,group dance and acrobatics.The show's centerpiece,a
funny performance of Swan Lake,sees performers dressed in special pink costumes and pretending to be
little swans."The first time I performed it (Swan Lake)I felt a bit embarrassed.I had never worn a skirt like that before.But later,once I got used to it,I found I could do it very well,"said Chen Ruan,21,from Hunan
Province who joined the park when it opened.
      For many of the employees,the park offers a rare opportunity to find work.As unlikely as it seems for men and women doing daily funny performances of Swan Lake,they think that it feels good to live in
dormitories that look like caves while living with people with similar experiences.In addition,the life facilities in the park are made according to their special needs.Besides,performers in the park earn 2,000 yuan a
month,around twice the salary of a high school graduate.
     The founder of the park,Chen Ming,made his fortune by producing electronics and investing,but said
he had always wanted to help the disadvantaged groups in the community.People,like human right activists for the disabled,think that such a park only encourages the discrimination against little people.
The only requirement for participants to be employed at the theme park is to be shorter than 51 inches and be able to take care of themselves in daily life.The youngest employee is 18,and the oldest 48.

1．According to Chen Ming,he founded the park to ________.

A．do good for society
B．invest money and increase his fortune
C．create a ballet show of Swan Lake
D．let people know more about the dwarfs

2．After living in the"Little People's Kingdom"for some time,many employees feel ________.

A．discriminated
B．boring
C．embarrassed
D．satisfied

3．Which qualifications should the employees in the theme park meet?
a．Having the ability to look after themselves.
b．No taller than 51 inches.
c．Aged between 18 and 48.
d．Being a high school graduate.

A．a,b.
B．a,c.
C．b,d.
D．c,d.

4．What can be learned from the text?

A．The employees perform for tourists in nature.
B．The employees perform twice a day.
C．The 108 employees come from all over the world.
D．The park lies in the city of Kunming.

5．What is the author's attitude towards the park?

A．Positive.
B．Negative.
C．Neutral(中立的).
D．Doubtful.

6．用30词左右概括文章大意

四、阅读理解

There’s a box of chocolates in the fridge. It’s been there for more than a week since I was given it as a present. I do love chocolates, but they make me fat if I eat too many! Can I control myself? If I eat one, will I have to eat all of them?

My son Harry is obsessed with playing Wii(/wi:/, 任天堂的一款游戏机) games. Sometimes, it’s difficult to get him to concentrate on his homework because he wants to play some more.

Last week I had to wake up a student in my class. I asked him why he was so tried and he said he had stayed up late to play his favourite Internet game, Farmville. He said he just couldn’t stop playing it! Now his academic work is suffering because he can’t control his urge to play games.

What my son, my student, and I myself need is simply self-control.

In the late 1960’s, American psychologist Walter Mischel launched an experiment about self-control. He left a group of four-year-olds in a room and told them that if they could wait 20 minutes, they could have two marshmallows, a kind of sweet. If they couldn’t wait, he would only give them one.

In videos of the experiment, you can see children squirming, kicking, hiding their eyes—desperately trying to control themselves. Some did wait patiently, while others couldn’t wait a single minute.

Years later, the self-controlled children turned out to get higher SAT scores and got into better colleges. The children who couldn’t wait were more likely to become bullies.

So, the chocolates are still in the fridge. My son Harry is doing his homework with a promise that he can play on the Wii later, and my student says he will try harder to control himself. We all have our own temptations. But if we can control them, we will achieve more.

1. Which of the following is different from the other three?

A. The writer. B. Harry. C. The writer’s student. D. Walter Mischel.

2. We can know from paragraph 5 to paragraph 7 that _________

A. all the children got two marshmallows

B. all the children waited patiently

C. self-control can help children succeed later

D. the children who lack self-control get higher SAT scores

3. Which of the following statement is true?

A. The writer is addicted to Wii.

B. The writer’s son is addicted to Farmville.

C. The writer’s student is addicted to chocolates.

D. The writer’s student is addicted to Farmville.

4. What does the underlined word mean in paragraph 5?

A. Something we can eat. B. A kind of toy.

C. A kind of mushroom. D. A kind of prize.

阅读理解

     It's hard to avoid looking like a fool on April Fool's Day.On April 1 each year, people play tricks on
each other.These tricks are usually silly rather than mean.Classmates sometimes tie each other's shoelaces
to their chairs.Teachers might hand out an impossibly difficult surprise test that scares students before they realize it's only a joke.Newspapers announce fake contests (such as "Win an elephant!") and report on
fake stories (like "UFO" lands in New York City).
     Forget gifts, songs and special foods-those are for the other holidays of the year.On April Fool's Day,
the only tradition is to laugh (and maybe to cause a little bit of trouble).
     One April Fool's Day, when I was in high school, a group of students in my class played a very clever
and funny trick on the teachers.They bought some chickens and set them free in our school cafeteria.The
chickens ran all round the school, in and out of classrooms and under our feet. Feathers were flying
everywhere.
    Teachers began running after the chickens, trying to catch them.Finally, they caught four of them.But
the chickens were wearing numbered tags (商标) around their necks, and the teachers discovered that
they had only caught chickens No.1, 2, 3, and 5.Where was chicken No.4?
     The teachers looked and looked.They couldn't find another chicken.After a few hours, they realized
that the students had played another joke on them: There were only four chickens in the first place!
They've been tricked by the numbers on the chickens.
     It's been a long time since I was in high school, but that April Fool's Day remains one of my favorite
memories from those years.

1. What can we infer from the first paragraph on April Fool's Day?

A. Everyone is hard to avoid being fooled on April Fool's Day.
B. Students play jokes on teachers on April Fool's Day.
C. Teachers play tricks on students on April Fool's Day.
D. Newspapers often cheat people.

2. Why did students set chickens free?

A. They wanted to let chickens free.
B. They wanted to let chickens run all round the school.
C. They wanted to see feathers flying.
D. They wanted to play a trick on teachers.

3. How many jokes did the students play on teachers?

A. One.
B. Two.
C. Three.
D. Four.

4. What's the title of the passage?

A. An unforgettable April Fool's Day
B. April Fool's Day
C. The origin of April Fool's Day
D. What do people do on April Fool's Day?

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