Nearly all the tourists who come to southeast France make a tour to Monaco（摩纳哥）, too. Lying near the French-Italian border, Monaco is not part of France, but a separate principality（公国）, though it is surrounded by its greatest neighbour.

Monaco became a principality in the 16th century after being owned by a family member of a certain Italian king. The French and Italians, however, soon came to “protect” it one after another, until 1861, when it became its own master again.

Facing the blue Mediterranean（地中海）, Monaco is mainly made up of two cities, Monaco, where the palace of the prince（王子） stands, and Monte Carlo（蒙特卡洛）, which is a wonderful place for tourists. Every year, around half a million people from all parts of the world come to Monaco, nearly 25 times as much as its population.

Believe it or not, Monaco has no soldiers or policemen of its own. Law and order is kept by French police, and French stands for it in its foreign affairs, even the money used in Monaco is franc, too.

1. Monaco is _____________ .

A. another name for Monte Carlo

B. mostly visited by French tourists

C. surrounded by France

D. more related to Italy than to France

2. Which is the right order that tells the history of Monaco?

a. owned by the Italians　

b. became a principality

c. controlled by the Italians

d. became a principality again　

e. under the protection of French

A. a,b,c,d,e　　　　 B. a,b,e,c,d　　　 C. a,b,c,e,d　　　 D. b,a,c,e,d

3. Monaco has a population of _____________.

A. over 20,000　 B. 20,000 or so　 C. more than 25,000　 D. no more than 20,000

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The national income of Monaco depends mainly on France.

B. Monaco is famous for having no soldiers or policemen of its own.

C. Monaco does not have a seat in the UN because it is too small a country.

D. Monte Carlo City seems more important for the existence of this principality.

5. The Head of Monaco is ___________ .

A. the King　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　 B. the President of France

C. a member of the royal family（王室）　 　 D. the Emperor

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    Nearly all the tourists (旅游者) who come to southeast France make　　 a tour of Monaco, too. Lying near the French-Italian border, Monaco is　　 not part of France, but a separate principality (公国), though it is　　 surrounded by its great neighbor.

    Monaco became a principality in the 16th century after being owned　　 by a family member of a certain Italian king. The French and Italians　　 soon came to "protect" it one after the other until 1861, when it　　 became its own master again.

    Facing the blue Mediterranean (地中海), Monaco is mainly made up　　 of two cities, Monaco, where the palace for the prince stands, and　　 Monte Calo, which is a wonderful place for tourists very year, around　　 half a million people from all parts of the world come to Monaco,　　 nearly 25 times as much as its population.

    Believe it or not, Monaco has no soldiers or policemen of its own.　　 Law and order is kept by the French police and the French stand for it　　 in its foreign affairs, even the money used in Monaco is the French　　 Franc, too.

(1)  Which of following maps shows the right position of Monaco and  its neighboring countries? 

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●=Monaco　　F=France   I=Italy　　M=Mediterranean 　　   

(2)  The capital of Monaco must be __________.

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A. Monaco　　　　  B. Monte Calo 　　   C. both A and B　　D. either A or B 　　

(3)  Which of the following statements is true?

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A. Monaco belongs to France because law and order is kept by  the French police. 　　   

B. Monaco has a few soldiers and policemen.

C. Monaco is a completely independent country.

D. Manaco is not completely independent. 

(4) The right order which tells the story of Monaco in the passage is ___________.

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a. Ruled by the Italians 　　   

b. Ruled by the French 　　   

c. Became a principality 　　   

d. Became a principality again 　　   

e. Owned by a family member of a certain Italian king 　　   

A. a,e,b,c,d　　B. e,c,b,a,d　　C. a,b,e,c,d　　D. e,b,a,c,d

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When other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station. When other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street. But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship（奖学金）and gain entry to Harvard University. And her amazing story has inspired a movie, “Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story”, shown in late April.

　Liz Murray, a 22-year-old American girl, has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination. Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted（吸毒）parents. There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house. Liz was the only member of the family who had a job. Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15 years old. The effect of that loss became a turning point in her life. Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it.

　Liz went back to school. She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless. At night, she lived on the streets.“What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, by understanding that there was a whole other way of being. I had only experienced a small part of the society,”she wrote in her book Breaking Night.

　She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on. She used the benefits that come easily to others, such as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that “next to nothing could hold me down”. She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University. But Liz decided to leave her top university a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father, who has also developed AIDS. “I love my parents so much. They are drug addicts. But I never forget that they love me all the time.”

　　Liz wants moviegoers to come away with the idea that changing your life is “as simple as making a decision”.

1.In which order did the following things happen to Liz?

　　a. Her mother died of AIDS.   　b. She worked at a petrol station.

　　c. She got admitted into Harvard.　d. The movie about her life was put on.

　　e. She had trouble finding a place to sleep.

2.The main idea of the passage is ________.

3.What actually made her go towards her goal?

4.When she wrote “What drove me to live on...I had only experienced a small part of the society”, she meant that ________.