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Do you know when people started to have Olympic mascots? Let's see about her story. The first appeared thirty-five years ago at the Munich Summer Games in 1972. What was it ? Can you guess? Oh, it was Waldi, a colorful dog. In the past 28 Olympic Games, some hosts have had as many as three Olympic mascots. But this time, China has five! Do you know what they are? What do you think of them? Which one do you like best? What do they look like?
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(1)Do you know who can carry the blessing of prosperity of the five mascots?
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A .Beibei. |
B .Huanhuan. |
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C .Yingying. |
D .Nini. |
(2)What does Jingjing's headdress mean?
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.The blue Olympic ring.B
.Childlike and outgoing.C
.Humans get on well with nature.D
.Smart and moves quickly.(3)What sports is Huanhuan good at?
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A .Water sports. |
B .Weight sports. |
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C .All ball sports. |
D .Gymnastics. |
(4)______ stands for the yellow Olympic ring.
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A .The fish |
B .The little panda |
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C .The child of fire |
D .The antelope |
(5)What does the artist design Nini according to?
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.Green Olympic.B
.The Olympic spirit.C
.Fish and Water.D
.Kite designs, an old art style in China.William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth. He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.
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He was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor
(演员)when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582, he married a farmer's daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins. In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.At twenty-eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1959. He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He earned almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.
At the age of forty-nine, Shakespeare retired
(退休)and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.(1)Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except ______.
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.HamletB
.MacbethC
.Romeo and JulietD
.Man and Superman(2)Shakespeare decided to be an actor in ______.
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A .1578 |
B .1582 |
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C .1599 |
D .1616 |
(3)In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon ______.
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.with his wifeB
.with his daughterC
.with his wife and childrenD
.alone(4)Shakespeare got much money from ______.
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A .writing |
B .plays |
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C .acting |
D .retirement |
(5)According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
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.Shakespeare had two children.B
.Shakespeare wrote both plays and poems.C
.Shakespeare left his money to the Globe Theatre.D
.Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languages.