Paris is the capital of the European nation of France.It is also one of the most beautiful and most famous cities in the world.
Paris is called the City of Light.It is also an international fashion (時裝) centre.What modern women are wearing in Paris will soon be worn by many women in other parts of the world.Paris is also a famous world centre of education.For instance, the headquarters of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, is in Paris.
The Seine River divides the city into two parts.Thirty-two bridges cross this scenic river.The oldest and perhaps most well-known is the Pont Neuf, which was built in the sixteenth century.The Sorbonne, a famous university, is located on the Left Bank (south side) of the river.The beautiful white church Sacre Coeur lies on top of the hill called Montmartre on the Right Bank (north bank) of the Seine.
There are many other famous places in Paris, such as the famous museum the Louvre as well as the cathedral of Notre Dame.However, the most famous land-mark in this city must be the Eiffel Tower.
Paris is named after a group of people called the Parisii.They built a small village on an island in the middle of the Seine River about two thousand years ago.This island, called the He de la Cite, is where Notre Dame is located.Today around eight million people live in the Paris area.
1.Which of the following statements is NOT true________.
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A.Paris is named after a group of people called the Parisii
B.Paris is the capital of the European nations
C.The Sorbonne is a French university.
D.There are 32 bridges over the Seine River.
2.The underlined word headquarters means ________.
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3.According to the passage we can infer that Notre Dame is located________.
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A.on the Left Bank of the Seine
B.on neither bank of the Seine
C.on the Right Bank of the Seine
D.on both banks of the Seine
4.The Pont Neuf was built ________.
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A class of small boys in a German school had been making a lot of noise, so their teacher decided 1 . He kept them in the classroom after the other boys 2 and told them to add all the numbers from 1 to 100 together.
The boys sadly 3 their exercise books and began to write the numbers down—all of them 4 one boy, who had been in that school only for a few days. This boy looked out of the window for a few moments, wrote a number in his exercise book and 5 his hand.
“May I go home when I've found the answer, sir? ” he asked.
“Yes, you may, ” answered the teacher.
“Well, I've found it, sir” said the boy.
The teacher and the other boys were all very surprised.
“ 6 ,” said the teacher.
The boy brought it. It was quite correct, so the teacher had to let the boy go home. The next morning, the 7 teacher asked the new boy how he had found the answer so quickly.
“Well, sir, ” he said, “I thought that there 8 the answer, and I found one, you see, If you add 100 to 1, you get 101, and if you add 99 to 2, you also get 101, 98 to 3 is 101 too, and if you go on until you reach 51 and 50, you have 101 fifty times, which is 5050. ”
After this, the teacher gave the boy 9 the other boys in the class. His name was Karl Friedrich Gauss, and when he 10 , he became a famous professor of mathematics.
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On October 21st of 1833, Alfred Nobel was born in Sweden. His father was an engineer, and at that time he was 11 explosives (炸藥). When Alfred was 12 to go to university, his father sent him to the United States to study mechanical engineering (機械工程學).
When he left university, he started a factory with his brother to make a new and very powerful explosive. At first the factory 13 , but one day there was a terrible explosion (爆炸) in the factory. It killed several workmen and Alfred's brother. Alfred himself was not there that day.
Alfred 14 after his brother's death, but he did not stop working; he moved his factory onto a boat, and took it a few miles out to sea. “If 15 ,” he said to himself, “I will be killed, but 16 will be hurt. ” He was not killed 17 , but made a new and much safer explosive. He called it dynamite (甘油炸藥).
This was the time, in 18 of the nineteenth century, when many modern roads and the first railways and tunnels 19 in Europe. Everybody wanted to use Nobel's new dynamite. He soon became very rich.
But Nobel's dynamite was not always used for making roads; it was also 20 making war. “It's Nobel's fault (錯誤), ” many people said, “It's his dynamite they're using to make war. ” It was true; it was his dynamite; but was it his fault?
One day, in 1891, Nobel opened a newspaper and read the story of his own death! It was 21 , of course, and at first he laughed; but he did not laugh then he saw the things the newspaper 22 him, “A very bad man, ” they said, “…terrible…wanted to destroy the world with his dynamite…”
Poor Alfred Nobel! He decided to leave Paris, and went to live in Italy. There he 23 in a big house, working and studying every hour of the day.
In 1896, Alfred Nobel died. But that was 24 his name. When he died, he left a lot of 25 five Nobel Prizes. These are given every year for important work in five different fields, One prize is for chemistry, another for physics and another for medicine; there is also one for literature (文學); and the fifth one, the most important one for Alfred Nobel, is the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Every summer, a great many students travel to other countries looking for work and adventure. Most of the 1 are in seasonal work, mainly connected with tourism and 2 .The pay is usually poor, but most people work abroad for the 3 of travel. You can pick grapes in France, entertain(逗樂)kids on American summer camps, and, of course, there are 4 jobs in hotels and restaurants.
But it is not easy to find work,“ 5 you speak the language of the country well, there will be very few openings,”says Anthea Ellis, an adviser on 6 for students.“If you work with a family in Italy, you’ll have to speak Italian. When you wash dishes in a restaurant in Paris, the owner will expect you to speak 7 .British students only have a language 8 for jobs in the USA and Australia.”
9 enjoys the experience. Sarah James was employed to help forty American children in Europe. The two teachers with the children had never been 10 .One child lost his passport; another became seriously ill and was 11 home; the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the 12 they made, and Sarah herself was robbed on her only 13 evening of the entire trip.“I did visit a lot of new places,” she says,“but it wasn’t worth it. The pay was 14 and it really was a 24 hour-a-day job. The kids never slept!”
“The trouble is, students expect to have 15 time of it.”Anthea Ellis points out.“ 16 ,they see it as a holiday. In practice, 17 ,you have to work hard. At the same time, all vacation work is casual(臨時)work. You’ll have a job when the hotel, the restaurant, or the campsite is busy. 18 ,you’ll work if it’s convenient for the company that employs you. But you have 19 employment rights. As soon as the holiday season 20 ,they’ll get rid of you.”
1. A. work B. luck
C. chances D. services
2. A. agriculture B. industry
C. hotels D. restaurants
3. A. pains B. comfort
C. difficulty D. excitement
4. A. always B. hardly
C. never D. seldom
5. A. If B. Unless
C. Because D. Although
6. A. health care B. vacation work
C. language studies D. tourist safety
7. A. Italian B. English
C. French D. Spanish
8. A. chance B. ability
C. possibility D. advantage
9. A. No one B. None
C. Not everyone D. Everybody
10. A. abroad B. employed
C. alone D. respect
11. A. driven B. ridden
C. left D. flown
12. A. friends B. decision
C. noise D. damage
13. A. busy B. free
C. tiring D. pleasant
14. A. nice B. reasonable
C. fair D. poor
15. A. a hard B. an easy
C. a demanding D. an adventurous
16. A. After all B. Worse still
C. However D. Therefore
17. A. besides B. altogether
C. though D. until
18. A. In a word B. In other words
C. And what’s more D. More or less
19. A. few B. little
C. many D. much
20. A. starts B. lasts
C. goes D. finishes
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But it is not easy to find work,“ 5 you speak the language of the country well, there will be very few openings,”says Anthea Ellis, an adviser on 6 for students.“If you work with a family in Italy, you’ll have to speak Italian. When you wash dishes in a restaurant in Paris, the owner will expect you to speak 7 .British students only have a language 8 for jobs in the USA and Australia.”
9 enjoys the experience. Sarah James was employed to help forty American children in Europe. The two teachers with the children had never been 10 .One child lost his passport; another became seriously ill and was 11 home; the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the 12 they made, and Sarah herself was robbed on her only 13 evening of the entire trip.“I did visit a lot of new places,” she says,“but it wasn’t worth it. The pay was 14 and it really was a 24 hour-a-day job. The kids never slept!”
“The trouble is, students expect to have 15 time of it.”Anthea Ellis points out.“ 16 ,they see it as a holiday. In practice, 17 ,you have to work hard. At the same time, all vacation work is casual(臨時)work. You’ll have a job when the hotel, the restaurant, or the campsite is busy. 18 ,you’ll work if it’s convenient for the company that employs you. But you have 19 employment rights. As soon as the holiday season 20 ,they’ll get rid of you.”
1. A. work B. luck
C. chances D. services
2. A. agriculture B. industry
C. hotels D. restaurants
3. A. pains B. comfort
C. difficulty D. excitement
4. A. always B. hardly
C. never D. seldom
5. A. If B. Unless
C. Because D. Although
6. A. health care B. vacation work
C. language studies D. tourist safety
7. A. Italian B. English
C. French D. Spanish
8. A. chance B. ability
C. possibility D. advantage
9. A. No one B. None
C. Not everyone D. Everybody
10. A. abroad B. employed
C. alone D. respect
11. A. driven B. ridden
C. left D. flown
12. A. friends B. decision
C. noise D. damage
13. A. busy B. free
C. tiring D. pleasant
14. A. nice B. reasonable
C. fair D. poor
15. A. a hard B. an easy
C. a demanding D. an adventurous
16. A. After all B. Worse still
C. However D. Therefore
17. A. besides B. altogether
C. though D. until
18. A. In a word B. In other words
C. And what’s more D. More or less
19. A. few B. little
C. many D. much
20. A. starts B. lasts
C. goes D. finishes
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Picasso's father was also a painter, a Professor of Art at the local school of fine arts (美術). He taught his son how to draw figures and how to paint 3 oils and took him to some of the schools of art that he himself 4 .Although he was Spanish, Picasso spent much of his life in Paris and never took part in 5 the Spanish Civil War, World War I or World War II.?
Picasso's 6 life was very unconventional(非傳統(tǒng)的). He had four children 7 three different women, two wives and many lovers. In 1961, however, he married and stayed with Jacqueline Roque 8 the end of his life in 1973.?
Picasso produced paintings of acrobats (雜技演員) at the beginning of his 9 and moved into a different style when he started painting pictures of artists. 10 he developed his works into the famous style which is known as “Cubism”. He also created 11 and wrote poetry.?
Picasso produced 12 paintings than anyone else ever has: 13,500 paintings, 100,000 prints and 34,000 book illustrations. He worked in many different mediums(手段): oils, watercolors, charcoal, and pencil. His paintings in the Cubist style started a new movement in art in 13 20th century. Picasso 14 this style of painting with a colleague, Georges Braque in 1909. They painted objects by 15 them into small pieces and then viewed and painted them from several angles at once. 16 used brown colors for the paintings.?
The Cubism Movement started with Picasso and Braque in Montmartre, Paris, and 17 rapidly among the artists. It began to develop into a second phase(階段), in which artists added 18 objects to the painting in various materials, such as cloth or newspaper. In 19 1950's Picasso's works went through more changes when he started to look at the grand masters of art, like Velasquez.?
In his 80's and 90's he began to paint a mixture of many styles that he kept changing. Only after his death 20 fully appreciate his great achievements and in 1999 one of his paintings sold for us﹩51 million.
1. A. French B. English C. Spanish D.German
2. A. is B. means C. learns D.makes
3. A. with B. on C. from D.in
4. A. teach B. taught C. teaching D.taught at
5. A. among B. either C. between D.beyond
6.A. real B. old C. public D.private
7.A. by B. in C. on D.about
8. A. until B. at C. as D.to
9. A. life B. career C. paintings D.school
10.A. Accidentally B. Frankly C. Eventually D.Fortunately
11.A. sculptures B. telephones C. pictures D.poems
12. A. fewer B. scores of C. a great deal D.more
13.A. late B. modern C. early D.difficult
14. A. found B. invented C. searched D.protected
15.A. separating B. cutting off C. throwing D.dividing
16.A. He B. It C. They D.We
17.A. speeded B. went through C. spread D.wide
18.A. the same B. different C. special D.extra
19. A. these B. those C. the D.some
20. A. he did B. people would C. did people D.did he
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Like that of her own character, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling’s life is like a fairy tale. Divorced, living on public assistance in a tiny Edinburgh flat with her infant daughter, Rowling 1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 2 a table in a café during her daughter’s naps – and it was Harry Potter 3 rescued her.
Rowling 4 that she always wanted to write and that the first 5 she actually wrote down, when she was five or six, was a story about a rabbit 6 Rabbit. Many of her favorite 7 center around reading – hearing The Wind in the Willows 8 aloud by her father when she had the measles(麻疹), enjoying the fantastic adventure stories of E. Nesbit, and her favorite story of all, The little White Horse.
At Exeter University Rowling took her degree in French and 9 one year studying in Paris. After college she moved to London to 10 as a researcher and bilingual secretary. The best thing about working in an office, she has said, was 11 up stories on the computer when no one was 12 . During this time, on a particularly long train ride from Manchester to London in the summer of 1990, the idea 13 her of a boy who is a wizard and doesn’t know it. He 14 a school for wizardry – she could see him very plainly in her mind. By the time the train 15 into Kings Cross station four hours later, many of the characters and the early stages of the plot were fully 16 in her head. The story took further shape as she continued working on it in 17 and cafes over her lunch hours.
After her marriage to a Portuguese TV journalist ended in divorce, Rowling returned to Britain with her infant daughter and a suitcase full of Harry Potter notes and 18 . She settled in Edinburgh to be near her sister and 19 to finish the book before looking for a teaching job. Wheeling her daughter’s carriage around the city to escape their 20 , cold apartment, she would duck into coffee shops to write when the baby fell asleep. In this way she finished the book and started sending it to publishers.
1. A. read B. recited C. wrote D. copied
2. A. on B. in C. around D. at
3. A. what B. that C. which D. who
4. A. remembers B. thinks C. reminds D. supposes
5. A. book B. story C. novel D. fiction
6. A. naming B. published C. called D. replaced
7. A. songs B. sports C. things D. memories
8. A. spoken B. said C. told D. read
9. A. cost B. spared C. took D. spent
10. A. regard B. consider C. work D. treat
11. A. searching B. reading C. listening D. typing
12. A. noticing B. watching C. observing D. seeing
13. A. came to B. struck to C. stuck to D. hit on
14. A. studies B. attends C. builds D. goes
15. A. entered B. pulled C. reached D. arrived
16. A. organized B. taken C. formed D. appeared
17. A. theatres B. pubs C. cinemas D. concerts
18. A. chapters B. books C. magazines D. newspapers
19. A. set about B. set off C. set up D. set out
20. A. splendid B. large C. comfortable D. tiny
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