Collections were the inspiration(灵感)for a project at Thomas Tallis School, which formed part of the Imagine Children's Literature Festival last autumn．Each child(aged 12-13)beatified a box and wrote a story on the subject of collections to throw inside it．The boxes were spread within the Royal Festival Hall's Ballroom．Some were left empty to encourage
The subject chosen by Luren was an imaginative one．"It's a sort o f Cinderella(灰姑娘)story," she told me, inspired by a collection of letters from her cousin, ha the story these become love letters, burned by a creel stepmother．Lauren's best friend Charlotte is the stepmother．"I'm in Charlotte's story too," says Lauren, "and I get run over．" Charlotte's tale was inspired by the girls' coin collection．"We've collected foreign coins for years - since our families went on holiday to Tenerife．" she explains．"That was before the Euro, so we put pesetas in．" Lauren continues："I fred a coin in the road, go to get it and get run over．I'm in hospital and then I die．" Charlotte adds："Or she might not die．I haven't decided yet．"．www．ks5u．com
Millie Murray, who is a tea-novel author, thinks that setting the subject of collections was a useful inspiration to their creativity rather than a restriction(限制)．"In the beginning I thought, 'Will the children be able to do it?'" she says．"But it's been fruitful．Some have their own collection, some have parents who do, and some have wlstten complete stories．It's made them think about something they wouldn't have otherwise, winch can only be a good thing．"
(1)
What were the children asked to do in the project?
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A．
To meet friends at Thomas Tallis School
B．
To write stories on the subject of collections．
C．
To encourage visitors to write their own stories．
D．
To have their friends for characters in the stories．
(2)
The underlined word "pesetas" in Paragraph 2 is a kind of _________．
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A．
story
B．
collection
C．
inspiration
D．
foreign coin
(3)
From the stories by Lauren and Charlotte, we know that _________．
China’s first astronaut－38-year-old Yang Liwei returned safely to earth Thursday morning, when his craft Shenzhou 5 touched down as scheduled after more than 21 hours in the earth’s orbit．
Chinese premier Wen Jiabao called the landmark debut flight a “complete success”．The descent capsule(返回舱)carrying Lt．Col．Yang Liwei touched down on the grasslands of the Gobi Desert, in central Inner Mongolia at 6.23 a. m．Thursday(Beijing Time), the Beijing?based China’s Aerospace Command and Control Center said．
Minutes later, Yang grabbed the capsule hatch with his hand, pulled himself out, smiled and waved at recovery teams and reporters．“It is a splendid moment in the history of my motherland and also the greatest day of my life, ” Yang, a former fighter pilot from Northeast China’s Liaoning Province, said immediately after emerging．
In an interview with CCTV, China’s state television, Yang said he was “feeling excellent”．Shenzhou 5 landed at dawn, 4．8 kilometres(3 miles)from its designed landing target, the officials said．“The spaceship operated well, ” the astronaut Yang Liwei said in his first publicized comments．“I feel very good and I am proud of my motherland．” After a physical exam on spot, Yang’s condition was found as “good”．Li Jinai, the commander of China’s manned space program, called Yang a “space hero” and a “national hero”．Following Yang’s touchdown China’s premier Wen Jiabao immediately spoke to Yang from Beijing’s command and control centre and offered his congratulations．
Within hours, Chinese space officials announced that the country’s space dreams will continue with a “Shenzhou 6” mission, most possibly within a year．They said China also had worked out plans to conduct space walking by its astronauts, and eventually build up a space station．However, Chinese scientists ruled out building a space shuttle, like the United States．
Yang’s flight came four decades after the former Soviet Union and the United States pioneered manned space flight．Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth in April 1961．One month later, the United States launched Alan B．Shepard Jr．
(1)
What is true of the first Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei?
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A．
He is now a flight pilot．
B．
He was helped to get out of the descent capsule．
C．
He spent nearly a day in space．
D．
He was called a “space hero” and a “national hero” by China’s premier Wen Jiabao．
(2)
China will carry out the following space programs in the near future except ________．
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A．
space walking
B．
setting up a space station
C．
building up a space shuttle
D．
sending up “Shenzhou 6”
(3)
The underlined word debut means ________．
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A．
first public appearance
B．
space
C．
carrying person
D．
spaceship 61?65 CCABA
(4)
Which of the following is NOT true?
[ ]
A．
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first man in the world to travel in space．
B．
The United States launched Alan B．Shepard Jr．about 45 years ago．
C．
China is the third country in the world to carry out the manned space flight successfully．
D．
“Shenzhou 6” will continue the mission．
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What is the purpose of this passage?
[ ]
A．
To introduce Virginia to tourists．
B．
To encourage people to settle in Virginia．
C．
To introduce historic sites in Virginia．
D．
To give people a general description of Virginia
(2)
What way is the News museum different from Rock House Museum?
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A．
It is larger．
B．
It is more exciting．
C．
Visitors can act in it．
D．
Visitors can see more in it．
(3)
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