The Sydney Opera House is a very famous building in the world. It has become Sydney’s best-known landmark and international symbol. The Opera House with a “sailing roof” was designed by a famous Danish architect(丹麦建筑师), Utzon. The base(基础)of the building was started in 1959, years before the designs were finished. Utzon spent four years deigning the Opera House. In 1962, the designs were finalized(定稿)and the construction began. In 1967, they started the decoration inside. It took 14 years in total to build the Opera House. Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ officially opened it on October 20th, 1973.
The Sydney Opera House cost around $100 million and was paid for by the public. 6225 square metres of glass was used to build it. The Opera House includes 1000 rooms. It is 185 metres wide. The building’s roof sections weigh about 15 tons. Each year, this fantastic building attracts 200 000 tourists to come for a visit or enjoy events in it.
The Opera House reaches out into the harbour(港湾). It is amazing and unforgettable, offering people a strong sense of beauty.
小题1:The designer of the Sydney Opera House was from _____________.
A.AmericaB.AustraliaC.EnglandD.Denmark
小题2: Building the Opera House lasted _____________.
A.from 1959 to 1973B.from 1962 to 1973
C.from 1959 to 1967D.from 1962 to 1967
小题3:The underlined word “construction” means _______ in Chinese.
A.创立B.设计C.施工D.竣工
小题4:___________ paid for the cost of the building of the Sydney Opera House.
A.UtzonB.The public
C.Queen Elizabeth ⅡD.The government
小题5:Which is the best title for the passage?
A.Sailing Roof
B.Travelling in Sydney
C.The Sydney Opera House
D.The Opening of the Opera House
完形填空
In the United States, headmasters and teachers discipline (惩戒) students in several ___1__. The teacher often writes or calls the student’s ___2___.
Sometimes students have to stay at school for an extra hour. If a student behaves very ___3___,the headmaster can suspend (暂停学生上课) the student. The student cannot ___4___ for one, two, or three days. Mr. Lazares didn’t like to suspend students. When he suspended some students, they were ___5___. “A three-day holiday!” they thought. One day, a boy named Robert was in Mr. Lazares’s office. The boy was not behaving well in class. Mr. Lazares telephoned the boy’s parents. “If you come to school with your son, I won’t ___6___ him,” he said. The boy’s father came to school and went with his son to every class.Other students___7___ the boy and his father. The boy was embarrassed. After that, he behaved ___8___. He didn’t want his father to come to school again. Other students behaved better, ___9___. They thought, “I don’t want my parents to come to school!”
That year about 60 parents came to school with children who didn’t behave well. The next year only ___10___ parents had to come to school. The students were behaving better.
小题1:A. A. streets       B. roads      C. ideas      D. ways
小题2:
A.parents   B.friends   C.uncles   D.elder brother
小题3:
A.well   B.poor   C.politelyD.badly
小题4:
A.have meals  B.come to schoolC.come home D.go to sleep
小题5:
A.happy   B.sorry   C.sad   D.worried
小题6:
A.beat   B.suspendC.kick    D.laugh at
小题7:
A.stared at (盯着看)B.waited for C.played with D.welcomed
小题8:
A.worse   B.better   C.more  D.carefully
小题9:
A.also   B.either   C.too  D.neither
小题10:
A.lots of  B.more   C.all   D.a few
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