The Sydney Opera House is a very famous building in the world. It has become Sydney's best-known landmark and international symbol. The Opera House with a "sailing roof" was designed by a famous Danish(丹麦建筑师), Utzon. The base for the building was started in 1959, years before the designs were finished. Utzon spent four years designing the Opera House. In 1962, the designs were finalized（定稿）and the construction began. In 1967, they started the decoration inside. It took 14 years in total to build the Opera House. Queen Elizabeth II officially opened it on October 20th, 1973.

The Sydney Opera House cost around ＄100 million and was paid for by the public. 6,225 square meters of glass was used to build it. The Opera House includes 1,000 rooms. It is 185 meters long and 120 meters wide. The building's roof sections weigh about 15 tons. Each year, this fantastic building attracts 200,000 tourists to come for a visit or enjoy events in it.

The Opera House reaches out into the harbour (港湾). It is amazing and unforgettable, offering people a strong sense of beauty.

1.The designer of the Sydney Opera House was from_________.

A. America      B. Australia     C. England      D. Denmark

2.Building the Sydney Opera House lasted__________.

A. from 1959 to 1973 B. from 1962 to 1973C. from 1959 to 1967  D. from 1962 to 1967

3. The underlined word "construction" means__________ in Chinese.

A. 创立        B.设计        C. 施工        D. 竣工

4. ___________paid for the cost of the building of the Sydney Opera House.

A. Utzon    B. The public   C. Queen Elizabeth II D. The government

5.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Sailing Roof                B. Travelling in Sydney

C. The Sydney Opera House     D. The Opening of the Opera House

1.The card is used for_____________.

A. taking a taxi  B. travelling by trainC. taking a bus        D. entering the college

2.Lilian is_________________.

A. a bus driver  B. a university student

C. a teacher in a college D. a middle school student

3.The card can be used in any of the four______________.

A. cities       B. colleges     C. universities    D. companies

4.According to the reading material, if you find a lost card, you can________________.

A. sell it                  

B. phone Lilian

C. use it for travelling       

D. give it back to any Stagecoach driver

5.You can not find _________in the card.

A. Lilian's age    B. the priceC. the card number   D. the time limit

Once upon a time, there were two fishermen who were good at fishing. One day they went to a lake to        . One of them        fishing alone by himself        the other was an outgoing person who loved to      friends with different people.

When he found that some tourists at the lake couldn’t catch any fish. “I will teach you how to do that” he said to them. “If you catch 10 fish, give me one. If you don’t get 10, you      give me anything.”

They feel like old friends at first sight. Both sides come to an a (an)        immediately.

After he finished teaching a group, he went to teach another, and        taught them some fishing skills. He asked one for every 10 fish that the tourists        .   .

       of the day, the fisherman who kindly helped others received a (an)        basket of fish, and also got to know a large group of new friends. At the same time, he was respected(尊重) as        .

On the other hand,        fisherman didn’t have much fun. When the others circled around his camp, he became even more        . After fishing for a whole day alone, he looked into the fish basket, and found he had far        fish than his friend.

If we help others succeed, we harvest both        and friends.

1.A. playB. studyC. fishD. swim

2.A. preferB. enjoyedC. wantedD. would like

3.A. becauseB. whenC. asD. while

4.A. talkB. beC. teachD. make

5.A. needn’tB. didn’t have toC. needA. have to

6.A. agreeB. disagreeC. agreementD. disagreement

7.A. alsoB. as wellC. tooD. either

8.A. caughtB. giveC. gaveD. catch

9.A. At the beginnin B. In the middl      C. At the endD. In the end

10.A. littleB. fullC. emptyD. lot of

11.A. a fishermanB. a teacherC. an engineerD. a farmer

12.A. anotherB. otherC. the otherD. others

13.A. helpfulB. successfulC. dangerousD. lonely

14.A. fewerB. lessC. manyD. more

15.A. successB. moneyC. fishD. time

--- He hardly spent any time on his subjects, ____________ ?

         --- _______________, so he does badly in his lessons.

A. didn’t he, Yes  B. did he, Yes     C. didn’t he, No     D. did he, No

It is better to teach a man how to fish than ____________ him fish.

A. to find         B. offer           C. to give          D. provide

English people ___________ use “Mr” before a person’s given name.

A. never         B. usually        C. often           D. sometimes

When he was there, he _________ go to the coffee shop after work every day.

A. was used to    B. should        C. would          D. had better

_________ neither you nor he good at drawing ? No.

A. Is            B. Are           C. Am           D. Does

She ___________ his number in the phone book to make sure that she had got it right.

A. looked for     B. looked after    C. looked over     D. looked up

--- Do you know how to get to the nearest post office ?

   --- _______________________

A. Sorry, I’m new here.                  B. OK, go ahead.

C. I forgot to post my letter.               D. You can’t miss it.