Ruby , the artist , is an Asian elephant . She is 17 years old. She lives in the zoo. Ruby has produced about 100 paintings since last year. She has made more than $40,000 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Ruby first showed the talent(才能) about four years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks (线条)in the sand with her trunk象鼻). She rubbed(擦掉) out the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo worker gave her brushes and paints(颜料). Soon Ruby was painting pictures. Newspaper reporters wrote about Ruby, then people asked about buying her pictures. And in this way she made a lot of money for the zoo by painting.

This is how Ruby does the paintings. A zoo worker hold different colour paints. Ruby touches the colours she wants. Then the worker gives her brushes with the chosen colours in her trunk and Ruby begins painting.

(  ) 71. We can most probably read this story in ______

A. a dictionary of the world of animals

B. newspapers  C. a book on art  D. history textbooks

(  ) 72. Ruby first learned to draw pictures______

A. when it was very young

B. with brushes and paints

C. to sell them to the people

D. in the sand with her trunk

(  ) 73. People asked about buying Ruby’s pictures because______

A. newspaper reporters bought her pictures

B. her pictures were better than those of real artists

C. they just wanted to have fun

D. zoo workers would let them have a free visit to the park

(  ) 74. Ruby rubbed out the marks she had drawn in order to ____

A. made other ones    B. clean her trunk

C. dig a hole in the sand  D. ask for brushes and paints

(  ) 75. From the story we can know that _____

A. Ruby can paint a picture all by itself.

B. Ruby can draw better pictures than the other animals in the zoo.

C. Ruby has to finish a painting with the help of zoo workers

D. Ruby will ask for money if she finishes a picture

  

Fast food chains(连锁) , American –style , are now on the increase(增加) all over the world. Most of these places work on a similar principle There is a long counter(柜台) , above which hangs a list (often with pictures) of the items they sell, and behind which several people (often students working for the lowest wage ) are working.  Buyers from queues in front of each assistant.  You receive what you order and take it on a tray to a table . If you can’t see any straws(吸管) , that’s because they are hiding in the straw machine that you have to push the bottom to get a straw.

When you’ve finished , you yourself throw away everything except the tray.

Many fast-food places have drive-in facilities(设施). You place your order from your car through a microphone and then drive round to a special window to pay and pick it up . You may even find places where a waitress bring your meal out ,and you sit and eat in the car from a tray hooked over the door through the open window.

(    ) 66. What is the wage about the waitress working in the fast food shops ?

A. We don’t know.  B. Very high   C. Very low .   D. Normal.

(    ) 67. When you go to these fast food shops, how can you eat ?

A. Using knives and forks.

B. The waiter will give you the menu .

C. You will have to carry the food on the tray to the table .

D. Sitting at the table and waiting for the food.

(    ) 68. According to the passage , these fast food shops are usually quite _____

A. similar  B. different  C. very popular   D. not expensive

(    ) 69. What is a tray ?

A. Something you can eat.

B. Something you can drink.

C. Something you throw away.

D. Something used for carrying things.

(    ) 70.If you are driving your car, how can you have your fast food ?

A. Stopping the car and going to the restaurant.

B. Having it at home.

C. Having it in the office.

D. Having it at fast-food places with drive-in facilities.

    

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