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Hearst Castle is in California, America. A person called William Randolph Hearst built it between 1922 and 1939, at a cost of more than $30 million. Last year, I had a trip to that castle.

I spent the whole day looking around. But there was much to see, and a day wasn’t enough. Hearst Castle has four houses. The main house, “Casa Grande”, is the biggest one. Visitors can live in the other three ones. Many of them are Hollywood film stars, and they often come to the parties there.

At Hearst Castle, there are also beautiful gardens and two swimming pools, one inside and a larger one outside. I loved the one outside, the “Neptune Pool”. It was a pity that we couldn’t go swimming there!

The guide told us that Mr. Hearst travelled around Europe with his mother at the age of ten and looked at paintings and castles. He never forgot that tour and wanted his house to look like a castle. When Mr Hearst died in 1951, his family gave Hearst Castle to the people of California. Now it’s a museum.

1.The underlined word “Castle” in the first paragraph means _____.

A.城堡

B.胜地

C.城垛

D.楼阁

2. “Casa Grande” is _____ the other three ones at Hearst Castle.

A.younger than

B.bigger than

C.older than

D.smaller than

3. There are _____ at Hearst Castle.

A.beautiful gardens

B.one swimming pool inside

C.one swimming pool outside

D.all the above

4. _____ made Mr. Hearst build this wonderful castle.

A.A tour around Europe

B.The paintings and castles in Europe

C.His mother

D.His dream

5. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A.Hearst Castle in California was cheap to build.

B.Hearst Castle is on a mountain near the sea.

C.Many Hollywood film stars come to Hearst’s parties.

D.After Mr. Hearst died, his family lived at Hearst Castle.

 

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Here is some information about some of the wonders of the world. I am sure you will be interested in them.

The Pyramids of Egypt

There are about eighty pyramids known today. The most well-known was for Pharaoh(法老) Khufu. It is known as the “Great Pyramid”. It’s also the largest one. Workers used about 2.3 million blocks of stone to build it. (A)用了20年的时间才建成。

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

The garden sat on a hill. It was a large and wonderful structure(建筑物). Many parts of the garden were high up on large columns(支柱). There were many big and green trees with lovely flowers. Although there are many different ideas about the garden, we are not sure whether this wonder ever existed(存在)!

The Lighthouse of Alexandria

The Lighthouse of Alexandria was designed about 2,000 years ago. It was in Egypt, too. (B) It was one of the ancient wonders of the world, about 135 metres high. It was once the highest building in the world. Although it doesn’t exist now, many people come to see its relic(遗址) every year.

1. The passage has talked about _____ wonders of the world.

A.one

B.two

C.three

D.four

2. “_____” has the same meaning as Sentence A.

A. We built it for twenty years.         B. It spent twelve years building it.

C. It took twenty years to build it.         D. Workers took twelve years to build it.

3. _____ raised high up the parts of the garden.

A.Big green trees

B.Lovely flowers

C.Stones

D.Large columns

4. The Chinese meaning of Sentence B is “____”.

A.它是世界奇迹之一

B.它是世界古代奇观之一

C.它是世界古代奇观

D.它是世界自然奇观之一

5. Which is NOT true?

A.The Great Pyramid has used many stones to build.

B.Scientists can prove that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon has ever existed.

C.The Lighthouse of Alexandria was in Egypt.

D.The Lighthouse of Alexandria was about135 metres high.

 

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