The LEGO story started in a Danish woodworking shop. At the time, Ole Kirk Christiansen was just a(n)__________ carpenter working in a local shop. But he always had big dreams. As a young man, Christiansen turned his love of playing with wood into a ___________ and, in 1916, he opened his own shop.
At first, his shop produced furniture like ladders, stools and ironing boards. But in 1924, his sons __________set a pile of wood chips in the shop on fire, __________ the entire building and the family’s home.
Despite a total _________, Christiansen saw the fire as an excuse to simply ______ a larger workshop.Tragedy (悲剧) continued to ______, however. In 1929, the American economic depression broke out, and his wife died in 1932. Affected by _________ and financial disaster, Christiansen unemployed many of his workers and __________ to make ends meet. _________ did he know that those tragedies would be of importance for his business to __________.
Since times were so _______, Christiansen made the hard decision to use his wood to create _________goods that might actually sell. The decision didn’t pay off at first. But his love of toys pushed the company ahead,even when it was __________ the toughest times.
It turned out he was a brilliant toymaker. Soon, his wonderful models of cars and animals and his adorable pull toys gained a national popularity. His bestseller, a wooden duck __________ mouth opens and closes when pulled,is now still a hot hit. By 1949, his company created a plastic product called the Automatic Binding Brick. And their toys became more and more popular as the years passed.
1.A. ordinary B. different C. old D. skillful
2.A. preference B. standard C. burden D. business
3.A. anxiously B. nervously C. blindly D. accidentally
4.A. protecting B. abandoning C. destroying D. repeating
5.A. sadness B. loss C. pain D. failure
6.A. design B. draw C. invent D. build
7.A. strike B. drop C. move D. stop
8.A. natural B. historical C. personal D. artificial
9.A. forced B. struggled C. allowed D. ordered
10.A. Much B. Few C. Little D. Many
11.A. quit B. recover C. freeze D. advertise
12.A. smooth B. hard C. important D. peaceful
13.A. inconvenient B. unpopular C. priceless D. inexpensive
14.A. going through B. taking over C. turning to D. looking into
15.A. that B. who C. whose D. what
Venice Carnival is one of Italy’s most fascinating yearly events. 1. A confusion of color, historical costumes, mysterious masks, and a week of live concerts, street parties and entertainment attract millions of tourists each year. Here’s everything you need to know before you go.
2.
Traditionally held around Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, at the start of Lent (40 days before Easter),Venice Carnival ( Carnevale del Veneto ) celebrations can last up to two weeks. 3. However, the biggest events, including the official parades and masked balls, are held over the final weekend.
What to Do
Join one of the parades or street parties, and taste traditional Carnival foods such as frittelle, a traditional dessert made only during the festivities. Carnival is the ideal time to experience Venetian culture and traditions. 4.You can also take part in a mask-making workshop, tour Venice’s cicchetti bars for a bite to eat, sail up and down the Grand Canal on a romantic Venice boat ride, or attend an evening Carnival concert or dinner theater performance.
Things to Know
St. Mark’s Square ( Piazza San Marco) is the center of Carnival celebrations with daily parades, performances and other activities. Most Carnival events, except for the masked balls and gala dinners, are free to attend.5. So prepare for cold weather and possible rain, with an average high of 46℉(8℃) in February.
A. When to Go
B. Where to Stay
C. Carnival falls during winter in Venice.
D. Most visitors choose to arrive on the final weekend.
E. It is also one of the oldest festivals celebrated in the city.
F. There’s a busy schedule of both free and ticketed events throughout the time.
G. Get into the carnival spirit by buying or renting a traditional costume or Venetian mask.
The memory of Dad flooded into my mind. In the morning when I was nine years old, he would come home from working 18 hours at his bakery and wake me up at 5 a.m. by scratching my back with his strong, powerful hand and whispering, “Time to get up, son.” By the time I was dressed and ready to roll, he had my newspaper folded and stuffed in my bicycle basket. Recalling his generosity of spirit brings tears to my eyes.
When I was racing bicycles, he drove me 50 miles each way to Kenosha, Wisconsin, every Tuesday night so I could race and he could watch me. He was there to hold me if I lost and share the euphoria when I won.
Later, he accompanied me to all my local talks in Chicago when I spoke to Century 21, Mary Kay and various churches. He always smiled, listened and _______ told whomever he was sitting with, “That’s my boy!”
In my dad’s last telephone call to me, he said, “I am going home to Denmark, son, and I want to tell you I love you.” He repeated that line seven times in half an hour. I wasn’t listening at the right level. I heard the words, but not the message, and certainly not their profound intention.
Two days later, Dad passed away. My heart was in pain because Dad was there for me but I wasn’t there for him. Please always, always share your love with your loved ones, and try to be invited to that important period when physical life transforms into spiritual life. Experiencing the process of death with one you love will give you a deeper understanding of life.
（前4个是A种题型,后4个是B种题型）
1.What does the underlined word “euphoria” mean in paragraph 3?
A. Courage B. Sadness
C. Excitement D. Disappointment
2.Why did Dad repeat the line seven times to his son in the last telephone call?
A. Because he had a strong love for his son.
B. Because he was too patient with his son.
C. Because his son was not listening at all.
D. Because he was angry about his son’s response.
3.What can we infer from the text?
A. Dad was very strict with his son when he lost the race.
B. Dad drove his son to Chicago and attended his talks.
C. Dad accompanied his son all the way when he grew up.
D. Dad was too busy to accompany him when his son was young.
4.What is the best title of the text?
A. Saying Goodbye to Dad
B. My Love for Parents
C. My Happy Memories
D. Company, the Deepest Love
5.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with an adverb.
6.Which sentence in the text is closest in meaning to the following one?
When I was reminded of Dad being willing to devote everything to me, my eyes were filled with tears.
7.What did Dad mean by saying seven times “I am going home to Denmark, son, and I want to tell you I love you.”?
8.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese in Paragraph 5.
The smallest kids on Earth are much smaller than you or your baby brother or sister. They’re even smaller than the hairs on your head. We call them “NanoPutians”(纳米小人). Also known as NanoKids, the NanoPutians aren’t real people. They are actually tiny molecules (分子) made to look a little bit like people.
James Tour invented the NanoPutians as a way to teach kids about nanoscience, which refers to the study of things that are smaller than about 100 or 200 nanometers. “The exact size is less important than the possible applications of working with such tiny things,” Tour says, “Nanoscience is the study and development of the small so that it will affect the large.”
One of the goals of the research is to control individual atoms. Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and other types of atoms are the building blocks of the universe. They make up planets, rocks, people, trees, CDs --- all the stuff out there. “Most things that people build come together in a top-down way”, Tour says. If you want to make a table, for instance, you cut down a big tree, make wooden boards, and hammer them together. Nature, on the other hand, builds things from the bottom up. When atoms join together they make molecules. Each molecule has a certain shape, and a molecule’s structure determines what it can do. Molecules can make them come together to make a cell --- or a tree.
Tour and his co-workers turned these molecular structures into cartoon figures and made an animated(动画的) science video about the little people, set it to music and started showing it to kids in school while talking about how exciting research on small things can be.
“Learning about the NanoKids has opened up a world of possibility for real kids who ordinarily would rather not study biology, chemistry or physics.” Tour says. When you look closely enough, the really small can be really cool.
1.What is the purpose of inventing NanoKids?
A. To clone two really similar children.
B. To arouse kids’ attention of the scientific world.
C. To know more about the top-down way.
D. To keep up with the development of nanotechnology.
2.How did Tour introduce the research on small things to kids?
A. By producing wonderful music.
B. By performing a play acted by kids.
C. By making animated science videos.
D. By turning molecular structures into little kids.
3.Which section of a newspaper is the text probably from?
A. Science. B. Economy.
C. History. D. Entertainment.
The World’s Unusual Libraries
Log Libraries
Alex Johnson writes in his new book—Improbable Libraries,“ The very idea of a library is developing:many of these libraries operate on principles that differ mainly from the traditional libraries. Some, for example, have no membership or identification requirements, and some do not even request that the books be returned.” The oversized bird box in a park in Lowa is part of the Little Free Library Movement, which was established in Wisconsin in 2009.
Phone Booths
This design from the firm, Stereotank, offers browsing shelter for passers-by. In the UK, a phone company’s programme, allowing communities to take over their phone booth for £ 1— means that many have been changed into tiny local libraries. Meanwhile , a solar light has been set in a phone booth so that late night visitors can still read.
Branches of Knowledge
Didier Muller’s libraries operate as hanging libraries: visitors can look through pages, taking any book they choose and exchanging it with their own. The equipment of hanging wooden houses is one of several art projects serving as a booklover’ s place.
Soundproofed Pods
Around the world, architects are designing buildings that bend bricks-and-mortar libraries into new forms. The Seikei University Library in Japan—the vision of Pritzker Prize winner Shigeru Ban—contains space-age soundproofed (隔音的) pods to encourage discussions between students.
1.What does Alex Johnson mean according to the first paragraph?
A. All the books must be returned in time. B. Books can be shared free of charge.
C. Libraries will disappear in the future. D. Log Libraries are bigger than traditional ones.
2.Readers can exchange books with their own in ______
A. Log Libraries B. Phone Booths
C. Branches or Knowledge D. Soundproofed Pods
3.What can we know from the text?
A. Communities turn the phone booths into Log Libraries.
B. Readers can’t read books in Log Libraries without membership.
C. Readers can read books by solar light in Branches or Knowledge.
D. Students can have discussions without disturbing others in Soundproofed Pods.
假如你是学校学生会主席，请你以学校学生会的名义给全校学生写一封倡议书，主题为"校园拒绝零食"
要点提示如下：
1．目前学校里学生吃零食现象很严重，有些同学每天花很多钱买零食吃；
2．吃零食是一种浪费；
3．大多数零食是不健康食品，容易使人发胖，甚至生病；
4．有些同学乱扔包装袋；
作为高中生，我们应当养成良好的饮食习惯，拒绝零食
注意：
1．词数100左右，格式已为你写好；
2．内容可适当发挥，注意行文连贯．
参考词汇：现象phenomenon零食snacks包装袋wrapper
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