With attractiveness in its structure and in its presence, the Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of France and Gustave Eiffel's architectural (建筑的) wonder. Do you know how tall the Eiffel Tower is? Standing at 1, 063 feet tall, this is the second tallest monument in France after the Millau Viaduct, a road bridge over the river Tarn. The tower was built between 1887 and 1889 as the entrance arch for the World Fair. About 18,038 pieces of iron were put together with millions of rivets (铆钉). Gustave Eiffel was helped by several design engineers. Ironically, at first, the tower was considered unpleasant by a lot of artists. Several members from the arts community said it only ruined the empty skyline of the Paris city. French novelist Guy de Maupassant expressed his dislike for the tower by eating lunch everyday at the tower's restaurant-his explanation was that it was the only place in Paris where one could not see the structure!
The tower, weighing 10,000 tons, includes several non-metallic (非金属的) parts as well. The metallic parts used in the structure weigh 7, 300 tons, which, if melted, will fill up a 125-meter square with a depth of 6 cm. At the time when the tower was built, the great structure amazed lots of engineers and common people. The Eiffel Tower needs 50-60 tons of paint every seven years to keep the rust(铁锈) away.
Being one of the most visited sites in the world, the Eiffel Tower still remains an architectural wonder! To sum up its beauty, here's a quote by Gustave Eiffel, “I ought to be jealous (嫉妒的) of the tower. She is more famous than I am!”
1.Which of the following about the Eiffel Tower is TRUE?
A.It runs across the river Tarn. B.It's the tallest monument in France.
C.Gustave Eiffel was its leading designer. D.It has become a less popular landmark.
2.What does the underlined word “Ironically” in the first paragraph mean?
A.Impolitely. B.Excitingly.
C.Surprisingly. D.Carefully.
3.How much paint was probably used from1996 to 2016 on the tower?
A.About 7,300 tons. B.About 170 tons.
C.About 10,000 tons. D.About 55 tons.
4.What is the purpose of the second paragraph?
A.To show how grand the Eiffel Tower is.
B.To show what the Eiffel Tower was used for.
C.To show what was used to build the Eiffel Tower.
D.To show how difficult it is to clean the Eiffel Tower.
General Library of the University of Tokyo
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➢ Phone calls are only allowed in the lounge(休息厅) (2F).
Admission:
➢ Current students or faculty (教员) of the University of Tokyo: .
A student ID or faculty ID card is required to enter the General Library.
In some cases, it is necessary to register or renew your ID at your department library. If you don't have an ID card, please contact your department library. If there is no library in your department, please ask at the General Information Desk.
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A “University of Tokyo Library Pass (UTL Pass)” is required to enter the General Library. With this pass, you can use the General Library during its opening hours. (On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, only books and journals in the open-shelf section are available.)
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1.What time can you go to the library on Saturday?
A.At 8:00. B.At 10:00. C.At 21:00. D.At 22:00.
2.Where can you make phone calls?
A.At your department library. B.Outside the reading room.
C.In the lounge on the second floor. D.At the General Information Desk.
3.How can students of other universities enter the library?
A.By showing a student ID. B.By showing a faculty ID card.
C.By showing a UTL Pass. D.By applying for a one-day pass.
你校将举办一次主题为“我和我的祖国(Me and My Motherland)”的英语征文比赛，你受学生会委托为学校宣传栏的“英语天地”写一则通知。内容包括：
1. 征文比赛的具体要求；
2. 动员大家参加。
注意: 1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：爱国精神patriotism
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除: 把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改: 在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意: 1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Tom was three year old. He liked to watch TV with his parents after the supper, but his parents never let him stay too longer. His mother would say, “It’s eight o’clock now, and it’s time of you to go to bed, Tom.” “But how don’t you go to bed?” Tom always asked. “We are adults,” his mother would say，“And adults go to bed lately.” One evening Tom asks his mother for an apple. She didn’t want to give him anything eat at bedtime, so she said, “It’s too late, and the apples are already asleep.” “But not both of them, Mom,” Tom said. “The baby apples is perhaps asleep, but their parents are surely awake.”
Like many parents, I enjoyed reading a bedtime story to my two sons each night before they went to bed. After the story was over, we would turn out the lights, and talked until they fell ______.
One night after the lights were out, my 3-year-old son, Will, ______ me to tell them a story ______ by myself, not one from a book. So I ______ told him a story about the first thing that came into my ______. But to my surprise, he ______ it so much that he asked me to do that the next night.
Thus a story-telling tradition was ______ in our family. Ever since that night, they seemed not to be able to sleep without hearing one of my ______ stories. Of all the things I do for my ______，my storytelling is what they love most. It has created a special ______ between us. And they find that their day isn’t ______ without one of my stories, and so do I.
When I see how ______ my storytelling is in their lives, I come to realize how much our television and video-oriented （以视频为导向的）society has ______ in terms of the personal connections that storytelling brings. Before the ______ of television, computers and smartphones, a family’s ______ was built around storytelling. Many of the stories we have today originated from the oral（口述的） tradition. It was ______ down from generation to generation until someone finally ______ them down.
Storytelling serves as a creative way to ______ for me. During the storytelling, I forget about the pressure of the day and enjoy the ______ time I can spend with my children. I hope that other parents can gain ______ from storytelling, too.
1.A.asleep B.short C.ill D.silent
2.A.warned B.forced C.begged D.allowed
3.A.made up B.taken up C.picked up D.brought up
4.A.frequently B.casually C.secretly D.carefully
5.A.book B.movie C.mouth D.mind
6.A.believed B.doubted C.loved D.knew
7.A.ended B.followed C.born D.destroyed
8.A.crazy B.funny C.strange D.original
9.A.parents B.children C.students D.relatives
10.A.bond B.argument C.trust D.difference
11.A.difficult B.bad C.sad D.complete
12.A.valueless B.important C.helpless D.common
13.A.earned B.progressed C.contributed D.lost
14.A.familiarity B.operation C.invention D.discussion
15.A.evening B.party C.morning D.dinner
16.A.died B.passed C.broken D.thrown
17.A.wrote B.cut C.slowed D.broke
18.A.struggle B.relax C.fight D.escape
19.A.unusual B.boring C.precious D.difficult
20.A.confidence B.courage C.knowledge D.happiness
Hanfu is a traditional robe(长袍) of the Han people, which has a history of thousands of years in China. The number of people adopting the ancient style of dress in modem times has. grown significantly these days. The hanfu clothing industry is now worth one billion yuan(US$140.7 million). 1. However, it may be too early to call it a “revival”(复兴).
2. And it sounds impressive that about 2.2 million people in China wear hanfu. But considering that the clothing retail(零售) industry was worth 1.92 trillion yuan in 2017, one billion yuan is a small number. Similarly, 2.2 million seems a small number considering that China’s population is more than 1.3 billion.
Having played a major role in China’s clothing history, hanfu remained popular until the late 1600s. 3. After pursuing Western fashion, it’s natural that Chinese people are returning to traditional clothing in search of their cultural identity.
But what is the obstacle of hanfu’s revival, despite people’s love for it? 4. The hanfu trend appeared five years ago, so the industry is quite young. And many tailors are still learning how best to make hanfu from historical TV dramas and so on. But most of these historical dramas are fictional, as are many of the clothes the characters wear.
Short-video and live-streaming apps are the other sources that promote the hanfu culture. But most of these live streamers have their own shops. 5. To fulfill their selfish interests, those behind the short videos and live-streaming blame one another instead of working together to revive the hanfu culture.
If these live-streamers really want to develop the hanfu culture, they should change their attitude and work together for the betterment of the hanfu industry.
A.One billion yuan is a huge figure.
B.The lack of a standard seems to be the main problem.
C.The popularity of hanfu reflects the diversity of Chinese culture.
D.This means they promote hanfu culture to increase their own profits.
E.Even the traditional Korean and Japanese costumes originated from it.
F.This has prompted many to say it symbolizes the revival of Han or hanfu culture.
G.It is natural for Chinese people to show their love for traditional culture by wearing hanfu.
