Every Saturday, Wang Weifang puts on a play with his friends in a small town near Xi’an. The audience（观众）can hear them, but they cannot see them. That is because they are putting on a shadow puppet（皮影）play. Shadow puppets are made of hard leather（皮革）. The leather is cut out in the shape of a person, an animal or an object. Each puppet is painted in bright colors and put on a stick. Some puppets have movable arms and legs.
During a shadow puppet play, Wang stands behind a white screen with lights behind it. The audience sit in front of the screen. Wang and his friends hold the puppets very close to the screen so that the audience can see the puppets’ shadows clearly. Then they move the puppets around and do the voices of the different characters.
Shadow puppet play is a kind of ancient Chinese art. Now with TV and films, shadow puppet plays are not as popular as before. Wang and his friends often work very hard for little money, but they do not mind. They want to keep this traditional art form alive.
阅读短文，回答下列问题。
（1）What are the shadow puppets made of?
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（2）Is each puppet painted in bright colors?
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（3）Where does Wang stand during a shadow puppet play?
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（4）Why do Wang and his friends still work hard on shallow puppet plays without much money?
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（5）What’s the best title of the passage?
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He is quiet and shy. He likes to hide his eyes behind his hair. He doesn’t smile very often. However, if you talk to him about music, he’ll have a lot to say.
This is Jay Chou, the 33-year-old pop king. His fans are so excited because he will sing songs in Beijing in May. Those songs are their favorite songs.
Jay Chou has a special album “Ye Huimei” named after his mother.Chou grew up just with his mother, he did not talk much and did badly in many school subjects. His mother noticed the boy’s special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing.
Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But the singer has huge crowds of fans. “He is really good at music. It makes him attractive to me,” said Liu Jiajun, a Junior 2 boy.
“He is true to himself. He never follows others,” said Zhang Yuejie, a Junior 1 girl. From this passage, we know that Jay Chou _________．
| A．is very handsome | B．has a bright smile |
| C．often makes too much noise | D．can play the piano |
His fans are so excited because ________．
| A．he will sing their favorite songs in Beijing |
| B．he has a special album |
| C．he is good at music |
| D．he never follows others |
When he was a little child, he .
| A．talked a lot every day |
| B．did well in his study |
| C．started to like music |
| D．had huge crowds of fans |
According to one of his fans, Jay ________．
| A．is a good student | B．has long and beautiful hair |
| C．can not speak clearly when he sings or talks | D．is very attractive to them |
The sentence “He never follows others.” in the last paragraph means .
| A．he always has his own style |
| B．he likes to walk alone |
| C．he doesn’t like other people’s songs at all |
| D．no one can do better than him |
The idea of what shaking the head means is not always the same in different countries. Maybe some visitors would be surprised when they first came to India. When they talked to an Indian,he would often shake his head.The visitors might think that the Indian did not like what they said.But, in fact, they would be completely wrong.
Indians always shake their heads when they talk to others. It does not have the same meaning as our “No.” If someone wants to visit India, he should know this, or it will give him some trouble.
One day, a foreign officer went to India on business. He hired a car and an Indian to drive it. When he told his driver to send him to his office,the Indian shook his head at once.The officer said again,and the driver shook his head again. At last the offcer, of course,got angry.
“How dare you refuse my order?” he shouted. “Drive me to my office at once!”
The driver answered in quite loud voice,too. “Yes, sir!” But to the officer’s surprise, the driver shook his head at the same time.
The car started, and the foreign officer was now too surprised to say a word. He thought about it for a while, and with a smile, “No means Yes here!”An Indian would shake his head when __________．
| A．he didn’t want to say anything |
| B．he agreed with others |
| C．he talked to others |
| D．other people were wrong |
The foreign officer was surprised that _________.
| A．the driver could not understand him |
| B．the driver refused his order |
| C．the driver drove him to another place |
| D．the driver shook his head as he said “Yes” |
The underlined word “Order” means .
| A．顺序 | B．订购 | C．命令 | D．建议 |
The sentence “No means Yes here” means .
| A．in India the words Yes and No have the same meaning |
| B．Indians shake heads when they agree with each other |
| C．there is no difference between Yes and No |
| D．we shake our heads to say No,not Yes as Indians do |
According to the passage，which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Shaking the head doesn’t always have the same meaning in different countries． |
| B．When an Indian shakes his head, he really means Yes． |
| C．In India, the word No means Yes． |
| D．In China shaking the head means No． |
When you are in trouble，whom will you tell the problems to and ask for help? Someone has made a survey in a middle school．500 students were asked to choose one answer among friends or classmates，parents，head teacher and teachers．Here is the result．Please read the chart and try to get some information．
Most of the students would like to talk about their problems with _________．
| A．friends or classmates |
| B．parents |
| C．head teacher |
| D．teachers |
Less than a quarter of the students chose parents, the most possible reason is __________．
| A．parents don't love their children |
| B．children don't trust（信任） their parents |
| C．parents aren't able to give good advice |
| D．sometimes parents and children can't understand each other |
According to the fact that only 9％of the students wanted to communicate with their head teacher or teachers，what is the best suggestion?
| A．The students should work harder． |
| B．The students should listen to the teachers more carefully． |
| C．The teachers should be more strict with the students． |
| D．The teachers should pay more attention to the students' feelings． |
According to the article which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Only a little part(部分) of students ask their teachers for help. |
| B．Students trust parents more than classmates. |
| C．About 400 students will ask their friends or classmates for help. |
| D．All the students come from the same middle school. |
According to the article we can infer(推断)：
| A．we must be friends to them if we want the children to trust us. |
| B．Teachers can’t give students enough help. |
| C．Students have few troubles in school. |
| D．Students always tell their friends or classmates anything. |
A 14-year-old boy from the USA was 1 as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country．
Dean Bluey from Dallas，Texas，was a school boy who has much interest in computer．One day，he 2 an email to a friend on the Internet．Suddenly he received a message 3 “Help! Pain! Help!”．The message was from Finland，thounds of kilometers away from America．
“I didn't know 4 I should do，” Dean said to a reporter afterwards．“It was really 5 to tell if the message was real．”So Dean did nothing at first. But the message kept coming．
By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble,” Dean explained. He 6 and discovered that the sender was a student called Tarja, 7 was alone in a university library. She was ill. What was 8 , there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by email. Dean got in touch 9 the police immediately. And they realized that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance rushed to the library. Luckily, she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly.“I'm glad she's OK,” Dean said. “It's hard to believe, but 10 saved her life.”
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As part of the first International Hot Spring Culture and Tourism Festival in Xianning, Hubei Province, Miss Friendship International 2009 was held in Wuhan, Hubei, China from 20th October 2009 to 9th November 2009 with 70 gorgeous contestants（佳丽） gathering from across the world.
The city is a popular travel spotlight, known for its hot springs and red tourism.
Beginning in 2005 in New York, Miss Friendship International is an international beauty contest, with the theme “beauty promotes（促进） international friendship which leads to world peace.”
From 2:40pm to 3:42 pm on November 7th, 7 top hot spring hotels and scenic areas in Xianning, Hubei province began an activity called “Tens of thousands of people bath in the hot spring together”. 450 female university students from Xianning College formed the shape of the Arabic number“10000”in the big bath.Xianning 1st International Hotspring cultural and Tourism Festival ended ________.
| A．on 20th October | B．on 7th November | C．on 9th November | D．in 2005 |
Where did the gorgeous contestants come from?
| A．Xianning | B．Wuhan | C．college | D．world |
What’s the purpose of Miss International beauty contest?
| A．bath in the hot spring | B．travel in China |
| C．promote international friendship | D．choose beauty |
From the passage we know Xianning is famous for ________
| A．university students | B．gorgeous contestants | C．hotels | D．hot springs |
Which is true according to the passage?
| A．International Hot Spring Culture and Tourism Festival has been held in Xianning twice. |
| B．The first Miss Friendship International beauty contest was held in China. |
| C．10000 people bathed in the hot spring except college students during the Festival. |
| D．Xianning has become one of the most popular cities because of the Festival. |
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