1.______________

Song Zuying is the most famous soprano(女高音歌唱家) in China. In the eyes of the Chinese people, Song Zuying is the star of oriental art(东方艺术).She was born in a beautiful place–Guzhang County in West Hunan. In recent years, she has been awarded many highest prizes in various music contests. She loves her hometown and does a lot for the people there.

2.__________________

Wen Jiabao is the premier(总理) of the world’s most populous(人口众多的) country. But millions of people would rather call him“grandpa”.Always in plain(朴素的) jackets, he seems to be a very kind man and always smiles. But in the face of disasters he has the power to pull together the whole country.

3.____________

Ding Cong, a famous cartoonist in China, died on May 26,2009.He started to draw cartoons more than seventy years ago, but he always called himself Xiao Ding or Little Ding.

He seemed to have a lot to learn in this world. His cartoons are humorous(幽默的) and interesting and loved by the old and the young in China.

4._________________

An 18–meter high “Olympic torch(火炬)”made of more than 110,000 pots of flowers, the biggest “Olympic torch” in the world, is seen at the Liberation Park in Wuhan, Hubei Province. The “Olympic torch” was exhibited at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Wuhan Flower Expo(展览会) to express local people’s best wishes to the summer Olympic Games.

5.________________

Liu Qian is the only magician from Taiwan invited by Las Vegas and the Hollywood Magic Castle for performance. When Liu Qian was 7 years old, he started to study magic. The first magic he performed was to put a coin into his mouth and then take it out from his hindbrain(后脑).Now Liu’s magic tricks have made the old art popular again, and made him the hottest magician in China.

A. The premier is our “grandpa”.

B. The most famous soprano in China.

C. The cartoonist who was loved by old and young.

D. The famous magician from Taiwan.

E. The biggest “Olympic torch” in the world.

While you’re in Shanghai, please come and take a walk round some of our interesting places.

Shanghai Museum

You must see this beautifully designed museum. It is a wonderful place to study Chinese art and history. There are ancient treasures, fantastic Chinese sculptures, paintings from all ages and many other things for you to enjoy. Pay to enter.

Open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.(9:00 am - 8:00 pm, Saturday)

Yu Gardens

These famous Ming gardens are often rather crowded. Don’t forget to try their delicious snacks. Pay to enter. Open 8:30 am - 5:00 pm.

Lu Xun’s Museum

This is a great place for book-lovers. There are photographs of the famous writer, some of his books written by hand and many letters. A very interesting place for a few hours. Very cheap.

Open 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.

Shanghai Natural History Museum

Everything is about the natural world and science. You can study dinosaurs, hundreds of animals, plants, rocks and more, and see many unusual exhibition. Very cheap.

Open 9:00 am -5:00 pm.

Shanghai Art Museum

An interesting building, once used as a race club and library. Drop in and see the latest exhibition. There are shows by painters from all over the country. The museum also encourages research into art. Pay to enter. Open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.

1.What makes Yu Gardens different from the other places in the passage?

A. They cost very little to enter.

B. They make people love nature.

C. They are good for art research.

D. They have something nice to eat.

2.You can study______ when you visit Shanghai Natural History Museum.

A. robots B. letters C. bamboos D. coins

3.If someone is interested in silver pots of the Tang Dynasty, he or she can go to ____ .

A. Shanghai Museum

B. Shanghai Art Museum

C. Lu Xun’s Museum

D. Shanghai Natural History Museum

4.How many museums with paintings are mentioned in the passage?

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

5. Which place is open the shortest every day?

A. Shanghai Museum. B. Lu Xun’s Museum.

C. Shanghai Art Museum. D. Yu Gardens.

Geoffrey Payne talks for the first time about the night his wife was killed. The judge thought it was he who killed his wife. Now he wrote to a magazine from the prison (监狱) about what happened on the night of 13 October 1999.

I had to stay late at the hospital that night to do an operation. I finally left at about 11 p. m. I drove home slowly because the weather was terrible—the wind was blowing and it was raining heavily, I was turning into our road when a man suddenly ran in front of my car. I almost hit him but I stopped just in time. I was fright­ened and the man looked frightened too. I got out of the car but he ran away before I could ask if he was all right. It was very strange.

When I got home, the lights were on but it was very quiet. I called to my wife but there was no answer. Then I remembered that she was out at a concert.

I was still very upset about what happened on the road, so I made myself a drink. Then I went upstairs to have a bath. I saw that the window in the bedroom was open. This was strange because my wife always locked the doors and windows before she went out. She was afraid of burglars. When I went to close it, I found Ellen. She was lying on the floor. There was blood everywhere. I rushed over and felt for her pulse but she was dead. I sat on the floor beside her body and was too frightened to do anything.

The next thing I knew, the sky was getting light. I can't remember a thing about that night. In the morn­ing I phoned the police. They arrived about half an hour after I phoned them. But it seemed like hours. During that time I tried hard to remember anything I could about the night before. I couldn't stop thinking about the man in the road. What was he doing at that time of night in our quiet neighbourhood? Why did he look so frightened"! Why did he run away?

1. Geoffrey Payne was a .

A. doctor B. policeman

C. judge D. taxi driver

2. After he found Ellen dead, Payne .

A. called the police at once

B. called out for help

C. tried to find out who killed his wife

D. sat beside his wife's body without know­ing what to do

3. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. Payne called the police the next morning.

B. Payne could remember clearly what had happened.

C. The policemen arrived thirty minutes after Payne's call.

D. Payne wondered what the man was doing in his neighbourhood that night,

4.In this passage Payne tried to .

A. say something about his family

B. show he was very sorry for his wife’s death

C. tell why his wife was killed that night

D. make people believe the man in the road probably killed his wife

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