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　　The first chocolate was eaten by Mayan and Aztec people in Central and South America hundreds of years ago. In those days, the people did not really eat chocolate. The cocoa bean（可可豆）was used to make a chocolate drink that the people enjoyed very much. Much later, the cocoa bean was brought to Europe and people there also came to love the taste of chocolate.

　　In 1824, John Cadbury opened a small shop in Birmingham. One of the items he sold was cocoa powder to make into drinks. In 1831, be opened a small factory to make cocoa powder from cocoa beans. John Cadbury believed that alcohol（酒）was an important cause of people's being poor, and he wanted to encourage people to drink chocolate instead. A few years later a man called Joseph Fry invented a way to make chocolate bars（块，棒）, and so for the first time people had the chance to eat chocolate instead of only drinking it. At first, chocolate was luxury（奢侈品）and only the rich people could buy it. Later, as more and more chocolate bars were produced and sold, it became cheaper.

　　However, at first, only plain chocolate was produced. Milk chocolate came later and this was made by adding milk or milk powder to the chocolate. Cadbury introduced their first milk chocolate bar in 1897. Their most famous chocolate, Cadbury's Milk Bar, was introduced in 1905. It has been a best seller in Britain and around the world for nearly 100 years. The Cadbury factory is still in Birmingham and the chocolate produced there is eaten all over the world. Every year, thousands of visitors visit the factory to see how chocolate is made.

(1)Mayan and Aztec people used to ________.

[　　]

A．drink the chocolate

B．eat and drink the chocolate

C．eat the chocolate

D．enjoy the chocolate every day

(2)John Cadbury wanted people to ________.

[　　]

A．drink more alcohol and chocolate

B．drink less chocolate and more alcohol

C．drink more chocolate and less alcohol

D．drink chocolate instead of alcohol

(3)People started to eat chocolate when ________.

[　　]

A．John Cadbury started to make chocolate bars

B．more and more chocolate was made

C．chocolate became cheaper

D．Joseph Fry discovered a way to make chocolate bars

答案：A;D;D
解析：

1、第一段可以表明

2、第二段可以表明

3、根据文章细节理解


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Beijing, China’s cultural center is making its theatres and music halls more popular with ordinary people by reducing ticket prices and organizing more colorful performances.

Attending a performance or concert at weekends should no longer be a luxury, said Zhang Heping, director of the Beijing Municipal(市政府的) Cultural Bureau, at the government department’s yearly work conference. Zhang put into a number of changes last year to increase audiences, such as designing some low-cost performances, the most popular of which was a show called“Open the Door of the Music”, aiming at students on summer vacation.

Previously, performances had tickets priced at above 100 yuan—more than one tenth of the average monthly salary of a Beijing resident. But the low-cost shows would limit prices between 5 yuan and 30 yuan.

Zhang said it was wrong to believe that few people remained interested in cultural performances. Tickets had simply been out of most people’s reach, Zhang said. More than 10 Beijing professional performance bodies have gradually been taken off government funding in recent years and have been left to fend for themselves. Zhang said“less profit, more audience”is better than“no profit and no audience”.

Beijing has planned to become an international city, but needs first-class cultural performances as well as firs-rate infrastructure(基础设施). Zhang also emphasizes the importance of large-scale activities, promising to organize more of them this year like open-air concerts performed by various amateur(业余) groups.

1. Beijing is making its theatres and music halls more popular with ordinary people because__________.

A. it agrees with the development of modern society

B. Beijing is trying its best to host the 2008 Olympic Games

C. people can enjoy themselves there without paying money

D. ticket prices are reduced and performances are more colorful

2. The underlined word “fend for” here means “__________”.

A. support　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. search

C. promise　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　       D. find

3. The best title for the passage is “__________”.

A. Door to art and music opens wider in Beijing

B. Making art more popular

C. Beijing is improving its infrastructure

D. Attract audience with special culture

 

Beijing, China’s cultural center is making its theatres and music halls more popular with ordinary people by reducing ticket prices and organizing more colorful performances.

Attending a performance or concert at weekends should no longer be a luxury, said Zhang Heping, director of the Beijing Municipal(市政府的) Cultural Bureau, at the government department’s yearly work conference. Zhang put into a number of changes last year to increase audiences, such as designing some low-cost performances, the most popular of which was a show called“Open the Door of the Music”, aiming at students on summer vacation.

Previously, performances had tickets priced at above 100 yuan—more than one tenth of the average monthly salary of a Beijing resident. But the low-cost shows would limit prices between 5 yuan and 30 yuan.

Zhang said it was wrong to believe that few people remained interested in cultural performances. Tickets had simply been out of most people’s reach, Zhang said. More than 10 Beijing professional performance bodies have gradually been taken off government funding in recent years and have been left to fend for themselves. Zhang said“less profit, more audience”is better than“no profit and no audience”.

Beijing has planned to become an international city, but needs first-class cultural performances as well as firs-rate infrastructure(基础设施). Zhang also emphasizes the importance of large-scale activities, promising to organize more of them this year like open-air concerts performed by various amateur(业余) groups.

1. Beijing is making its theatres and music halls more popular with ordinary people because__________.

A. it agrees with the development of modern society

B. Beijing is trying its best to host the 2008 Olympic Games

C. people can enjoy themselves there without paying money

D. ticket prices are reduced and performances are more colorful

2. The underlined word “fend for” here means “__________”.

A. support　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. search

C. promise　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　       D. find

3. The best title for the passage is “__________”.

A. Door to art and music opens wider in Beijing

B. Making art more popular

C. Beijing is improving its infrastructure

D. Attract audience with special culture

 

－Hi, Mark．How was the musical evening?

－Excellent!Ales and Andy performed ________ and they won the firs prize．

[　　]

A．skillfully

B．commonly

C．willingly

D．nervously

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　　Step into Pat Lundin's home and you'll be greeted by 500 smiling faces of dolls．Lundin, 82, describes herself as “doll crazy”．And she's not alone．

　　As a member of Timeless Treasures Doll Club of Largo, she frequently meets with 25 other women who share her hobby．Once a month, they gather at the Palms of Largo to show off their latest finds and catch up on news in the world of doll collecting．

　　On Saturday, the club will hold the Palms of Largo Fifth Annual Doll Show．The program will include 37 vendors(卖主)with both classic and contemporary dolls for sale．

　　“Timeless Treasures is a club that's open to doll lovers regardless of the age of the doll,” said Judy Smith, president of the organization．“Some doll clubs require members have a certain number of antique dolls, but we don't．we make sure we are not terribly formal．”

　　Smith, 71, is a retired schoolteacher who owns Judy's Doll Hospital, a part-time business she operates out of her home．She will have a table offering repair and appraisal(鉴定)services．

　　Smith firs began studying and collecting dolls in her early 20s,in Glassboro, New Jersey, she does not know how many dolls she owns, or how many repairs she has made over the years．But she does know the age of her oldest doll．

　　“She's 129,” Smith said．“It is a German-made doll that belonged to my grandmother, and it sits in my living room．”

　　The show is for both the beginner as well as the experienced collector, said Anita Munson, one of the show's organizers．

　　Over the years, Munson, 82, has learned how to identify a valuable doll．“Generally speaking porcelain(瓷制的)dolls are the most valuable,” she said．“But the porcelain will not be shiny．”

　　Smith believes many people will attend to find out how much their dolls are worth．She wants them to know more．

　　“Because the dolls reflect what the children were wearing and doing at a particular period of time, they can be a great history lesson for children now,” she said．

(1)

According to the passage, Timeless Treasures is _______．

[　　]

A．

a club for doll lovers

B．

a company selling dolls

C．

a group of retired teachers

D．

an organization repairing toys

(2)

We can infer that the show has been held _______．

[　　]

A．

twice

B．

four times

C．

six times

D．

eight times

(3)

What can we learn about Smith?

[　　]

A．

She owns the oldest doll in the world．

B．

She has collected about five hundred dolls

C．

She has studied dolls for about fifty years

D．

She worked as a businesswoman before retirement

(4)

Smith wants people to know _______．

[　　]

A．

porcelain dolls are not valuable

B．

collecting dolls is a way to make money

C．

dolls have nothing to do with tradition

D．

dolls may help children learn about history

(5)

The passage is written mainly to _______．

[　　]

A．

describe the colorful life of a group of elderly women

B．

explain why some people like collecting old dolls

C．

introduce a recent doll show and its host organization

D．

offer knowledge and experience about doll collecting

— Hi, Mark. How was the musical evening?

— Excellent! Ales and Andy performed ________ and they won the firs prize.

A. skillfully          　　 B. commonly       　　　 C. willingly           　　 D. nervously

 

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