Autumn de Forest is an American painter. She was born on December 27, 2001.Her father is a musician and he plays the drums very well. Her mother was an actress and model.

Autumn de Forest has been painting since she was five, and she is really good at it. She has become one of Park West Gallery's topselling artists. With her work being sold for as much as $ 25, 000, Autumn was even called “an artistic talent” and a “child prodigy” in a special program produced by The Discovery Channel. Now you can see her in many TV shows. Autumn also loves helping others. She often teaches children to paint in her free time. Autumn doesn't go to school and she studies at home. She works very hard because she wants to go to Yale University.

A 17yearold girl, with her rich knowledge of the ancient culture and works, won first prize in the Chinese Poetry Conference (中国诗词大会).

Wu Yishu, a high school student in Shanghai, beat the other competitors in the second season of the Chinese Poetry Conference.

“I get feelings from ancient poetry that modern people cannot give me, I pay little attention to the competition result, but I love poetry,” Wu said.

In the final of the competition, all the competitors were asked to recite poem by looking at sand paintings and recite as many poems as they could think of about the Chinese character jiu. Wu did quite well.

1.Autumn de Forest is especially good at ________.

A. selling B. teaching C. acting D. painting

2.How long has Autumn de Forest painted?

A. About 5 years. B. About 16 years.

C. About 13 years. D. About 17 years.

3.What is Wu Yishu?

A. A painter. B. A student. C. An actress. D. A model.

4.Why could Wu Yishu win the competition?

A. Because she paid little attention to the result.

B. Because she recited the most poems.

C. Because she looked at sand pictures carefully.

D. Because of her rich knowledge of the ancient culture and works.

5.Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. Wu Yishu doesn't care much about her competition result.

B. Autumn de Forest never goes to school but studies at home.

C. Autumn de Forest is the same age as Wu Yishu.

D. Wu Yishu did very well in the final of the competition.

School is a good place for us to study. Yet sometimes, it's easy for us to have accidents there. Experts suggest that right safety training could avoid 80% of these accidents. Here are parts of safety rules in some countries.

In China, fire training at school is common to teach students to deal with emergencies (紧急情况). During the training, students hurry to the playground with a wet cloth covering their mouth. Fire training is held each term.

In Japan, public elementary schools hold earthquake training once a month. They teach students how to escape during an earthquake without pushing.

Most US school buildings have fire escapes on each floor. A fire escape has platforms (露台) with ladders (梯子).

In many middle schools in the UK, students can choose to take a bicycle course. There, they learn how to ride to school safely.

1.________ countries are mentioned in this passage.

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

2.Students should receive right safety training because ________.

A. it is easy

B. it could avoid most of these accidents

C. it is interesting

D. it is accepted by the teachers

3.If there is a fire, Chinese students should go to the playground hurriedly ________.

A. with a wet cloth covering their mouth

B. by using ladders

C. by bike

D. by pushing each other

4.Public elementary schools in Japan hold earthquake training ________.

A. once a week B. once a month

C. once a year D. every day

5.This passage mainly talks about ________.

A. how to escape from earthquakes

B. how to put out the fire

C. some school safety rules in some countries

D. a bicycle course

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