As we all know, bikes are mainly made of steel(钢材). But can you imagine that they can be made of bamboo? Do you want to know how a bamboo bike is produced? Do you want to make your own bike with bamboo? You can do it at the Bamboo Bike Studio(工作室) in New York. People there can teach you how to make your own bamboo bike.
The studio is also helping build factories in Ghana(加纳), which is a country in western Africa. The factories will make cheap bamboo bikes.
Bamboo is as good as steel for building a good bike. Marty Odlin works at the studio. He says a bamboo bike is the wonderful everyday bike.
In Ghana, bikes are very popular. Few people have money to buy a car. And people like to use bikes to carry most of the country’s food and other goods.
The people of Ghana are also too poor and they can’t build factories to make traditional steel bikes. But making bamboo bikes is cheap. Odlin is planning to show the Ghanaian workers how to quickly make bamboo bikes now. He hopes that more and more Ghanaian people can have bamboo bikes.
1.Where can we learn how to make a bamboo bike?
A. At tha Bamboo Bike Studio in America.
B. In normal factories in China.
C. On farms in Australia.
D. At schools in New York.
2.Why are bikes very popular in Ghana?
A. Because Ghanaian people don’t like cars.
B. Because most Ghanaian people are very rich.
C. Because Ghanaian people have to use bikes to carry food and goods.
D. Because a bike is cheaper and people like to use bikes to carry things.
3.The best title of the passage may be “ ”
A. Bamboo Bikes
B. Odlin Likes Traditional Bikes
C. How to Make a Bamboo Bike
D. Bamboo Bike Studio
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Once there was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists . The king looked at all pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose them.
One picture was of a lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful high mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with white soft clouds. All that saw this picture it was a perfect picture of peace.
The other picture had , too. But these were rugged(崎岖的) and bare(光秃的). Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain was a waterfall. This did not look peaceful . But when the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall a bush in a crack(裂缝) in the rock. In the bush(灌木丛) a mother bird had built her nest. She sat on her nest, watching the running water.
After the king compared the two pictures , he choose the second picture explained. “Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means when facing unhappy situation, you can still be calm in your . That is the real meaning of peace.
1.A. argued B. invited C. tried D. invented
2.A. between B. except C. within D. through
3.A. calm B. round C. small D. deep
4.A. announced B. thought C. doubted D. promised
5.A. lakes B. clouds C. mirror D. mountains
6.A. at all B. at last C. at once D. at present
7.A. lying B. growing C. dying D. moving
8.A. actively B. carefully C. angrily D. widely
9.A. so B. but C. or D. and
10.A. voice B. world C. heart D. view
–Jim is reading a book under that tree.
–It be Jim. He has gone to Hainan.
A. may B. mustn’t
C. can’t D. couldn’t
–I’m very sorry to have caused you so much trouble, Mr. Brown.
– .
A. My pleasure B. I hope not
C. You’re welcome D. That’s all right
–Will you please tell her about the news?
–Sure, I’ll tell her about it as soon as she back.
A. come B. will come C. came D. comes
The TV doesn’t work. I want to have it .
A. repairing B. repaired C. to repair D. repair
