阅读理解。    Venice (威尼斯) is in the northeast of Italy. It wasn"t built on land, like Beijing or Shanghai, but on more
than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city.
    Even so, travel isn"t that difficult. The waterways have always been the best way to get around. There are
117 waterways and more than 400 bridges that can lead you where you want to go. People in Venice move
from place to place by boat. They like to enjoy cool summer nights while taking boat trips. They can talk to
other people as they go along.
    Venice grew out of small islands in saltwater lakes when some Italians escaped (逃跑) from a war more
than 1,500 years ago, and built homes there. 选择恰当的短语填空：

A. escaped   B. islands  C. travel   D. waterways  E. Italy  F. boat G. bridges  H. go along  I. summer nights  J. seawater

1-5: E B J C D      6-10: G F I H A

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Do you remember when your grandma told you the story of Snow White? Ah, the happy days of childhood!       But did you know that Snow White comes from Germany? It"s just one story from the 209 in Grimm"s Fairy Tales (《格林童话》). The Grimm brothers started to collect fairy tales in 1806. Their first book came out in 1812.      Why are German fairy tales so interesting? Maybe it"s because they come from a great place famous for its stories-the Black Forest.      The Black Forest is in southwest Germany. It"s the largest forest in the country-and one of the most beautiful. It"s famous for its trees and lovely views. There are valleys and waterfalls (瀑布) there. It"s a good place to start a story.      Don"t forget to bring something back if you visit. People there are good at making clocks, musical instruments and watches.

1. From the story, we know that ____ is the hometown of Snow White.

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A. England B. Japan C. America D. Germany

2. How long had the Grimm brothers been collecting stories?

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A. Four years B. Five years C. Six years D. Seven years

3. From the story, we cannot guess that the Black Forest is very ____.

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A. large B. beautiful C. boring D. famous

4. The story mainly tells us ____.

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A. who wrote the story of Snow White B. some things about Black Forest C. people should visit Germany D. Snow White is a very famous fairy tale.

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If you go to Russia, bring matryoshka or nesting dolls (套娃) back with you. They make great presents.      It looks like any other doll on the outside. But if you open it, you will find a smaller doll inside. Then a smaller one inside that one, and on and on!       In a nesting doll, there are dolls inside one another, from large to small. The largest one can be half a meter high. The smallest is as small as a peanut. Usually, there are eight dolls. But there can be anything from three to 50.      The dolls are often pretty Russian girls in colourful dresses. They wear scarves (头巾).       They sometimes have other kinds of faces on them. There are cartoon people or men with white beards (胡子). They even have great men like President (总统) Vladimir Putin on some of them.

根据短文，判断正(T)误(F)： (     )1. There are dolls inside one another in a nesting doll. (     )2. The largest doll can be one meter high. (     )3. People often make dolls look like pretty Russian girls. (     )4. Usually, a nesting doll can be eight dolls in one. (     )5. People never makedolls look like the president.

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The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world. The celebration usually lasts for 15 days. There is a lot to do.      On the eve of the Spring Festival, family members get together and have big meals. Their favourite dish on this day is dumplings.      Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their homes. People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck. It makes the house ready for good luck.      The colour red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy colour and will bring them a bright future. People wear red, too. They decorate (装饰) their homes with pieces of red paper. Kids get a lot of "hong bao". It is a red paper bag with money in it. Usually, older people give younger ones hong bao. They think it brings good luck.      The Spring Festival is the time to make everybody happy. So don"t say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other people.      For instance, you"d better not say any bad words like "death". Don"t break anything. People think that it means your luck is running out.      Also, don"t borrow or lend money on these days. If you have borrowed money, return it before the Spring Festival.

1. What do most people do on the eve of the Spring Festival?

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A. Family members gather for a big meal. B. Friends eat dumplings together. C. They borrow money from friends. D. They give each other hong bao.

2. Why do people clean their houses days before the Spring Festival?

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A. Because they enjoy being clean. B. Because it is believed that cleaning will sweep away bad luck. C. Because they think it will bring happiness to others. D. Because it is thought that cleaning brings in money.

3. Which of the following things is not supposed to happen during the Spring Festival?

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A. Returning money before the Spring Festival. B. Saying words that have to do with death. C. Wearing red clothes. D. Decorating houses with red paper.

4. The underlined phrase "running out" probably means "____".

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A. 跑出去 B. 打碎 C. 耗尽 D. 离开

5. We can tell from the story that the Spring Festival is ____.

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A. a time of harvest and fun B. celebrated for one whole month C. only celebrated in China D. a time for families to get together

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Beijing-old and new         Fifty years ago, if you flew over Beijing and looked down on the city, it looked like an army camp. The whole city was laid out in regular squares. In the middle was the Forbidden City-like the general"s headquarters. North, south, east and west were miles and miles of hutongs, with their traditional courtyard houses. Seen from the air, these looked like the tens of the army"s ordinary soldiers.      In many ways, the old city of Beijing looked very much like other Chinese capital cities from the past two or three thousand years. The regular city plan with the Emperor"s Palace in the center, the traditional buildings with their wooden structures and tiled roofs, the large city walls-these were features that the city shared with other capitals of ancient China such as Chang"an (present-day Xi"an) or Kaifeng.       Until the 1940s, the city looked very much the same as it had for centuries. However, in the 1950s the enormous city walls were torn down. More recently, most of the old hutongs have disappeared. In their place, a modern city of wide roads and tall skyscrapers has been rising upwards, and spreading outwards-far beyond the area of the old capital. Vocabulary army camp 军营,            lay out 设计, 策划           regular 规则的, 整齐的       square 正方形; 方块 Forbidden City 紫禁城     general 将军                   headquarters (单复数同)司令部, 大本营; 总部 courtyard 四合院            wooden 木制的, 木头的 structure 结构, 构造            tiled 用砖瓦覆盖的 feature 特点, 特征,特色  tear down 拆毁, 拆卸       spread 铺开, 展开               outwards 向外 beyond (指空间) 在…….的那一边, 远于

Write what, or who, the underlined words in the passage refer to: 1. it =                                                                          2. these =                                                                           3. the city =                                                                             4. their =

阅读短文，判断下列句子是否符合短文内容。符合的写（T），不符合的写（F）。

The Winter Olympics is also called the White Olympics. At this time, many colorful stamps are published to mark the great Games. The first stamps making the opening game out on January 25,1932 in the United State for the 3rd White Olympics, from then on, publishing stamps during the White Olympics became a rule.      During the 4th Winter Olympic Games a group of stamps were published in Germany in Novermber 1936. The five rings of Olympics were drawn on the front of the sportswear. It was the first that the rings appeared on the stamps of the White Olympics.      In the 1950"s the stamps of these kind became more colorful.When the White Olympics came, the host countries (东道国) as well as the Non-host countries published stamps to mark those Games. China also published four stamps in February 1980, when the Chinese sportsmen began to take part in the White Olympics.      Japan is the only Asian country that has ever held the White Olympics. Altogether 14,500 million stamps were sold to raise money for this sports meeting. Different kinds of sports were drawn on these small stamps. People can enjoy the wonderful movements of some sportsmen. (     )1. The White Olympics and the Winter Olympics are different games. (     )2. The world made it a rule to publish stamps to mark the great world Games after the year 1936. (     )3. The Winter Olympics is held once every four years. (     )4. All the countries can publish stamps to mark the White Olympic Games. (     )5. We know that many Asian countries have held the White Olympics.