In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business .But he was not a good artist .So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden .That was the first photo.
The next important date in the history of photography was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room .He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.
Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way. Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world .people took picture of famous buildings, cities and mountains.
In about 1840, photography was improved .Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things .That was not simple .The photographers had to carry a lot of films and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard.
Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people .The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike.
Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just copies of the real world .They showed feelings like other kinds of art. The first photo taken by Niepce was a picture of ________
| A．his business | B．his house | C．his garden | D．his window |
The Daguerreotype was_______.
| A．a Frenchman | B．a kind of picture |
| C．a kind of camera | D．a photographer |
If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840, he had to_____.
| A．watch lots of films |
| B．buy an expensive camera |
| C．stop in most cities |
| D．take many films and something else. |
This passage tells us_____________.
| A．how photography was developed |
| B．how to show feelings in pictures |
| C．how to take pictures in the world |
| D．how to use different cameras |
Most Americans don’t like to get advice from their family. When they need advice, they don’t usually ask people they know. They often write letters to newspapers and magazines. And these newspapers and magazines can give advice on many different subjects such as family problems, language learning and how to buy a house and so on.
Most newspapers publish (刊登) letters from readers with problems. And they would also publish the answers to the letters. There are many writers giving advice to newspapers. Some of these writers are doctors, and some are teachers or lawyers (律师). One of the best writers is a woman. Although she doesn’t have special learning for this kind of work, experience helps her a lot to give advice. She is named Angel. She started writing advice for newspapers at the age of ten. Her advice to young readers now is in a column (栏目) called DEAR ANGEL in the Philadelphia Bulletin.
What do most Americans like to do when they have problems?
| A．They like to ask their friends. |
| B．They like to write to newspapers and magazines. |
| C．They like to ask their parents. |
| D．They like to write to the people they know. |
Which of the following is not mentioned (提到) to give advice to newspapers?
| A．Teachers. | B．Doctors. |
| C．Captains. | D．Lawyers. |
What helps Angel a lot to give advice?
| A．Family. | B．Age. |
| C．Money. | D．Experience. |
Angel often gives advice to .
| A．old readers | B．young readers |
| C．her parents | D．her students |
The passage mainly tells us .
| A．how Americans get advice |
| B．how to get advice from teachers |
| C．Americans have too many family problems |
| D．how to write advice to reader |
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Many kids go to day camp during the summer. They can have a lot of fun, but the schedule is almost the same. You start camp in the morning and go home in the afternoon. Sometimes, a bus takes you there or you might get a ride there. It might take you some time to like the place, the camp teacher, and the kids. But you go home every night, just like what you do during the school year.
Sleepaway camp makes you feel more excited because you’ll be there all day. It’s a kind of holiday, but without your parents. You’ll sleep in a dormitory (集体寝室) with other kids of the camp. You’ll eat together in a large dining hall and you’ll share the bathroom with other kids.
Some sleepaway camps are coed. That means there are both boys and girls at the camp. Some camps are just for girls or just for boys, but often these all-girl and all-boy camps meet up for dances and parties.
The underlined word “schedule” means “ ” in Chinese.
| A．营规 | B．日程表 | C．构思 | D．名单 |
The writer thinks .
| A．no kid likes going to day camp |
| B．sleepaway camp is more exciting |
| C．day camp is a safer way to camp |
| D．going to sleepaway camp is hard |
At the sleepaway camp, kids will .
| A．share the bathroom with other kids. |
| B．make meals |
| C．go home in the afternoon |
| D．do like what they do at school |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Sleepaway camp is the same as any other kind of camp. |
| B．Girls can’t go to sleepaway camp. |
| C．Kids go to sleepaway camp without their parents. |
| D．Most sleepaway camps are for boys. |
This passage is .
| A．to tell us what we can do at the camp |
| B．to ask us to go to summer camp |
| C．about different kinds of camps |
| D．about differences between sleepaway camp and day camp |
What does a Korean father look like? Strict, cold and focused （集中）only on his job. Well, yes, this is the popular image (形象) of Korean fathers. However, this image does not tell the whole story. Across the country, more and more fathers are looking for the answer to the question: what does it mean to be a good father today? And they choose to attend Father School.
Set up in 1995, Father School began in Seoul. It was to help Korean men show love to their families. Most of the students are from 30 to 70 years old. They are asked to write letters to their kids as homework and to practice saying “I love you” to all family members.
Like many students in Father School, Edmond Rhim never wanted to come. “I’m not a bad father,” he said. “But it was just difficult for me to communicate with my two teenage kids.” He began to show up in class, and things got better. When he graduated from the school among 70 other men, he no longer felt awkward (尴尬的) when hugging his wife and kids.
Why do Korean fathers attend Father School?
| A．They want to know how to teach their children. |
| B．They want to know what it means to be a good father today. |
| C．They want to make friends with other fathers. |
| D．They want to be strict fathers. |
What does Father School do?
| A．It helps mother to show love to her children. |
| B．It helps children to communicate with parents. |
| C．It helps father to show love to his parents. |
| D．It helps father to show love to the family. |
Fathers learn to do all the following things at Father School except .
| A．help kids finish their homework |
| B．hug their kids |
| C．say “ I love you” to family members |
| D．write letters to kids |
What is true about Edmond Rhim according to the passage?
| A．Edmond Rhim was a bad father. |
| B．Edmond Rhim seldom hugged his wife or kids before he went to Father School. |
| C．There were 70 men in Edmond Rhim’s class. |
| D．It was easy for Edmond Rhim to communicate with his kids before he attended Father School. |
Ye Xiaogang is known as one of the most famous modern Chinese composers．
He learned to play the piano at the age of four．His father was a composer who wrote a lot of music for films．But when his father was sent to a farm to work．Ye was only 11 at that time．
Ye had to work on another farm for a year before entering a factory．He worked in the factory for six years until he was 22．
The workers in the factory were friendly and helped him a lot，but he could not play the piano any more．No matter(不论)how hard he worked on the farm or in the factory，he never left music．He just waited for chances．He dreamed of becoming a pianist．
When Ye could play the piano again．he practiced hard every day in order to go to the Central Conservatory of Music in 1978．but the school would not recruit(招收)piano students that year．In the end.Ye chose composition(作曲)as his major(专业)．although he was not familiar with it．
In 1980．he studied at Cambridge University．Then he went to a famous school of music in the US in 1987 to take more courses．
As a famous composer in China．Ye worked for many organizations．
He wrote many symphonies(交响乐)．He also wrote film and TV music．which traditional composers hardly ever worked on．From the fourth paragraph．we can 1earn that Ye Xiaogang_________．
| A．didn’t get along well with the workers in the factory |
| B．often practiced playing the piano after work |
| C．never gave up his dream |
| D．wanted to be a composer |
Why didn’t Ye Xiaogang choose the piano as his major at the Central Conservatory of Music?
| A．Because the school was more famous for the major of composition． |
| B．Because the school wouldn’t recruit piano students that year． |
| C．Because his father wanted him to study composition。 |
| D．Because he was more familiar with composition。 |
The writer mainly tells us _________．
| A．how to learn the piano |
| B．how to realize our dreams |
| C．the history of a famous music school |
| D．the experiences of a famous musician |
William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth. He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.
He was born in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582,he married a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins. In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.
At twenty-eight, he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599.He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He made almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.
At the age of forty-nine, Shakespeare retired（退休）and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two in 1616. He left his money to his family. He left the genius（天才）to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.
Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except .
| A．Hamlet | B．Macbeth |
| C．Romeo and Juliet | D．Man and Superman |
Shakespeare decided to be an actor in .
| A．1578 | B．1582 | C．1599 | D．1616 |
In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon .
| A．with his wife | B．with his daughter |
| C．with his wife and children | D．Alone |
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