A very big Lost and Found Office is at Baker Street in London. Do you know how many things there are in the office now? About 250,000!

You can see many things there. Most of them are common (普通的) things like books, bags, clothes and keys. But some are expensive things like phones, laptops (笔记本电脑), and watches.

Where do so many things come from? People often find them on trains, on buses and in taxis. The office marks (做标记) them with different colors. Red is for the things from a taxi, white is for the things from a bus and yellow is for the things from a train.

How many of the things can go to their owners? Many of the things are there for a long time, but no one comes to get them. If the office can’t find the owner of a thing for three months, they will give it to a charity (慈善机构) to help more people.

根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。

1.How many things are there in the Lost and Found Office?

A.About 2,500.000 B.About 25,000

C.About 25,000.00 D.About 250,000

2.What does the underlined word “expensive” mean in Chinese?

A.丑陋的 B.便宜的 C.漂亮的 D.昂贵的

3.If you find a pen in a taxi, what color will the office mark it?

A.Red. B.White. C.Yellow. D.Black.

4.How long will the office keep the things if they can’t find the owners?

A.For two marks. B.For three months.

C.For four months D.For five months

5.Which is Not True (不正确) about the lost and Found Office?

A.You can see many things there.

B.The Lost and Found Office is very big.

C.The office uses four colors to mark the things there.

D.The office gives many of the things there to a charity to help people.

No one knows when the first kite was made. The first record of a kite was more than 2,000 years ago in China. Han Xin, the leader of an army, wanted to kill a king. He decided to dig a tunnel(隊道) into the king's palace. He flew a kite over the wall of the palace to make sure the length (长度) of its string (线). In this way, he could determine how long the tunnel should be. His men in the tunnel took the kite string with them. When they reached the end of the string, they knew to dig up.

Japanese began to fly kites hundreds of years ago. In the 1700s, people flew kites in autumn to give thanks for a good harvest. They were also used to give good wishes to parents who had their first son. Today in Japan, people fly kites to celebrate something, such as the beginning of a new year. And kite festivals are held each year in many parts of the country.

Kites have been used for scientific purposes(目的) in the western world.In 1752,Benjamin Franklin tied a key to a kite and flew it in a storm to find out that lightening was a form of electricity. In the 1890s, Lawrence Hargrave invented the box kite to test ideas about flight. From 1898 to 1933, the United States Weather Bureau (气象局) used box kites to collect weather information. The Wright brothers also experimented(试验) with kites. What they learnt helped them make the first airplane flight in 1903.

1.Why did Han Xin want to dig a tunnel?

A.To kill an important person.

B.To get away from the palace.

C.To search for the king's treasure.

D.To find out the length of the kite string.

2.What does the underlined word "determine" in Paragraph 1 probably mean in Chinese?

A.测定 B.选择 C.伪装 D.考察

3.One of the purposes of flying kites in Japan is _____.

A.to give thanks for a good harvest in summer

B.to express good wishes to the first-born daughter

C.to celebrate the beginning of a new year

D.to hold kite festivals all over the country

4.When did the United States Weather Bureau begin to use box kites?

A.In 1752. B.In 1898. C.In 1903. D.In 1933.

5.What would be the best title for the article?

A.The History of Kites B.An Amazing Kite

C.How to Fly a Kite D.The First Record of a Kite

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