The Mona Lisa, one of the world’s most famous paintings, has been recreated with 3,604 cups of coffee—and 564 pints of milk. The different colors were created by adding no, little or lots of milk to each cup of black coffee.

   The recreated Mona Lisa measured 20 feet long and 13 feet wide. It took a team of eight people three hours to complete the work. It was created for The Rocks Aroma Festival in Sydney, Australia, and seen by 130,000 people who attended the one-day coffee-lovers event.

   Elaine Kelly, one of the organizers from the Sydney Harbor Foreshore Authority, was delighted with the result. She said, “Each coffee cup was filled with varying amounts of milk to create the different shades(色度) of the painting. We wanted to create an element of surprise and a sense of fun in the way we communicated with the public.”

  “Once we had the idea of creating an image(像) out of coffee cups we searched for something iconic(有代表性的)to reproduce(复制).And after some time we chose the most iconic painting in history. The Mona Lisa has been reproduced so many times in so many different mediums but, as far as we know, never out of coffee,” Kelly continued. “Besides, the idea is practical.”

   “It was fantastic. It really looked like the famous painting—the Mona Lisa. It was wonderful,” said one visitor.

    After much planning it was great to see it coming together so well and the 130,000 people who attended the event certainly enjoyed it and were deeply attracted by it,” said Kelly.

1.How were the different colors of the recreated Moma Lisa created?

 A.By adding different amounts of black coffee to each cup of milk.

 B.By adding different amounts of milk to each cup of black coffee.

C.By using paints of different colors

 D.By using different kinds of coffee

2.How large is the recreated Mona Lisa?

A. 20 square feet               B. 260 square feet

C. 564 square feet              D. 3,604 square feet

3.The people who saw the recreated Mona Lisa are all_______ lovers.

A.Mona Lisa      B.milk     C.coffee     D.painting

4.The event organizers chose to recreate the Mona Lisa for the following reasons EXCEPT that _________ .

A. the Mona Lisa is a very iconic painting in history

 B. the Mona Lisa has never been reproduced out of coffee

C. the idea can be actually carried out

D. it is very easy to do so

第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项多余选项。

There is an English saying, “Laughter is the best medicine.”51   Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health.

Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. 52  It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.

53  In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programmes. The group that tolerated (忍受)the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program. 54 

In this way55   they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really fell like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.

A. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain.

B. Until recently, few people took the saying seriously.

C. Laughter and physical exercise have similar effects on the human body.

D. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise.

E. As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics.

F. Laughter could produce a kind of chemical.

G. Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body.

第三部分 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)

Sweetest Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in October as a day to make someone happy. It is an occasion which offers all of us an opportunity to remember not only the sick, the aged, and children who have lost their parents, but also friends, workmates, relatives and neighbors whose helpfulness and kindness we have enjoyed.

Over 60 years ago, when a Cleveland man noticed that some people, such as children who lost their parents and patients who lay in bed, too often felt forgotten and neglected, he developed in his mind the idea of showing them that they were remembered. He did this by giving them small gifts. With the help of his friends and neighbors, he gave those people small gifts on a Saturday in October. During the years that followed, other Clevelanders began to take part in the celebration, which came to be called “Sweetest Day”. Over time, the Sweetest Day idea of spreading cheer to the poor, the sick and children who had lost their parents was broadened to include everyone, and became an occasion for remembering others with a kind act or a small gift. Soon the idea spread to other cities all over the USA.

Sweetest Day is not based on any single group’s religious (宗教的) beliefs or on a family relationship. It is a reminder that a thoughtful word or deed enriches life and gives it meaning.

Because for many people remembering takes the form of gift giving, Sweetest Day offers us the opportunity to show others that we care, in a positive way.

1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. Sweetest Day is a day to make others happy.

B. Sweetest Day is just an occasion to care about disabled people.

C. Sweetest Day is an occasion for lovers to express love.

D. Sweetest Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in October.

2. Which of the following has little relationship to Sweetest Day?

A. Visiting sick people of the hospital.

B. Visiting children who have lost their parents.

C. Giving friends small gifts.

D. Giving flowers to sweethearts.

3. What is Cleveland?

A. An island.                     B. A country.

C. A village in England.         D. A city in America.

4. What do most people usually do to show their care to others according to the passage?

A. They give money.                B. They give gifts.

C. They send regards.                D. They offer help.

5. The underlined word “neglected” in the second paragraph means “______”.

A. remembered                        B. hated

C. paid little or no attention to       D. disappointed          

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