1. Chen Mei studies as          ( careful)  as Li Bing.
2. Some young men use metal     _    (make) machines.
3. There are      _    (little) than fifty people in the meeting room.
4. Her eyes are much    __   ( beautiful) than her mother's.
5.           ( hundred) of children took part in the games.
6. The women are much    _      (thin) than they were last year.
7. It is     __   (interesting) TV play that I have ever seen.
8. Unit One is     __   (easy) of all the units.
9. The young man looks as _   _    ( strong) as a horse.
10. Jimmy felt too _       (excite) to say a word when he passed the test.

     Now let's come to the Bolshoi Theater (莫斯科大剧院) near the center of Moscow. The inside of the
theater is as brightly golden (金色的) as it was before 1917, but the audience (观众) has changed. Many
of the men are without ties (领带) and the women are wearing dark clothes. In the nineteenth century this
was Moscow's great opera house.
     "Bolshoi" means"big", and the theater can hold 4 000 persons. Culture has always been important to
Russians. That's why through all these years they have been trying to maintain (一直保持) arts, like ballet,
fine opera (歌剧) and plays.
      The government gives the theater 12 000 000 dollars each year. Even the New York Metropolitan Opera
(纽约大都会歌剧院) can only get half of the money. The Bolshoi is very large, and has its own factories
even. About three thousand people work in the theater and 250 ballet dancers are working here and they get
the highest pay.

根据短文内容回答下列问题.
1. Where is the Bolshoi Theater?
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2. What does"Bolshoi" mean?
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3. How many persons can the Bolshoi Theater hold?
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4. Which theater gets more money from the government, the Bolshoi Theater or the
    New York Metropolitan Opera?
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5. In the past what kind of people often went to the Bolshoi Theater, the rich people or the poor people?
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1. － _________ they _________ (do) their homework in the classroom?
    — Yes, they are.
2. There _________ (be) some people in the park.
3. — How much bread do you want?
    — I want two _________ (piece) of bread.
4. I find the girl _________ (dance) in the room now.
5. The women are the _________ (children) teachers.

1. There _____ (be)  a  ruler  and  two pencils  in  the  pencil-case.
2. I  have  five _____ (photo)  of  my  friend  at  home.
3. That  is _____  (Daming) mother. Let's go  and  say"Hello"to  her.
4. Mike  doesn't  like _____  (play) football,  but  he  likes  swimming.
5. The  women  are _____  (secretary)  at  the  factories