Cyril Dick’s house is neither a modern house nor a house of the future. It is 40

Cyril Dick’s house is neither a modern house nor a house of the future. It is 40

题型:不详难度:来源:
Cyril Dick’s house is neither a modern house nor a house of the future. It is 40 years old. There are more houses like that in the south of France. They are called “bubble houses”, and you can see why!
Cyril Dick is a designer and he loves round things. He collects old records and clocks. He also collects round furniture. And now he has a completely round house.
Everything in the “bubble house” is round. The centre of the house is one very big bubble. This is both the living room and dining room. There are round armchairs, a round table, and a big round rug(地毯) in front of a round fireplace. Around the living room are three small bubbles. One bubble is a kitchen with round shelves, another bubble is the garden room, and the third bubble is a music room. Upstairs there are two more bubbles—a bedroom and a bathroom.
The doors and windows are also round, of course. The window are like eyes. There aren’t any curtains(窗帘) in the house, because Cyril likes to see the garden all the time.
Bubble houses are the idea of a Hungarian architect(建筑师), Antti Lovag. “A lot of modern houses are bad for us, especially tall buildings of flats,” says Lovag. “Because round homes are more natural, people feel happy in them.” Cyril agrees with this. “Some people think my house is funny,” he says, “but for me, this is the perfect home.”
小题1:You can find more “bubble houses” in the south of France. 
小题2:Cyril Dick is a designer and he loves _____________________________________.
小题3:What is the third bubble around the living room?
____________________________________________________________________.
小题4:_____________________________________________________________________
小题5:_____________________________________________________________________
答案

小题1:T
小题2:round things
小题3:It is / It’s a music room./ A music room.
小题4:Everything in the “bubble house” is round.
小题5:因为圆形的家/房子更自然,(所以)人们(居住/生活)在里面感到快乐/幸福。
解析

小题1:根据第一段There are more houses like that in the south of France. 描述,可知本句描述正确。
小题2:根据第二段Cyril Dick is a designer and he loves round things. 描述,可知填round things,圆的东西。
小题3:根据第三段and the third bubble is a music room. 描述,可知答;It is / It’s a music room./ A music room.
小题4:根据Everything in the “bubble house” is round. 及下文描述,可知本段主要是说明泡沫房子中的所有东西都是圆的。故答:Everything in the “bubble house” is round.
小题5:注意本句前文是because引导的原因主语从句。下文them指代的是前文的圆形的房子。
举一反三
Once there was a poor woman. She lived by herself in a little house in a village. She didn’t have much money_ 36_ she was very kind and happy.
One day a young man named Smith came to her door. He was a little thin and tall. He was very _37_ and asked the old woman for help.
The old woman said,“Come in and have dinner with me, but I only have _38_.” They had dinner together. After dinner, the old woman told Smith to _39_ some potatoes with him. He _40_ her and then left.
Ten years later, Smith came back to the old woman’s door again and _41_ her a bag of money. She was very _42_.
Smith said, “Ten years ago you gave me some potatoes. I _43_ some potato plants . From those plants, I grew some more plants. Now I am a _44_ farmer because I have enough money to live, but I never_45_ how kind you are to me.”
小题1:A. so              B. or              C. but
小题2:A. full             B. hungry          C. tired
小题3:A. potatoes         B. meat            C. apples
小题4:A. take            B. buy             C. plant
小题5:A. thanked         B. helped           C. loved
小题6:A. threw           B. asked            C. gave
小题7:A. interested       B. sad              C. surprised
小题8:A. ate             B. grew             C. found
小题9:A. busy            B. happy            C. rich
小题10:A talked           B. forget             C. wrote
题型:不详难度:| 查看答案

Sydney Tower
Address:100Market St, Sydney
Phone:02 9333 9222
Fax(传真):02 9333 9203
Open time:9:00 am to 10:30pm(Saturdays  9:00am to 11:30pm)
Ticket:$60(for an adult)     $30(for a child)
Website: www. Sydney tower. com. Au
How to book tickets: by phonefax or through the web
Attraction: Sydney’s best views are just the beginning! Sydney Tower takes you to the highest point above Sydney for exciting 360° views of our beautiful city.
小题1:Sydney Tower is _____ in Sydney, Australia.
A. the busiest street   B. the biggest station    C. the highest point
小题2:If you want to book(预定) a ticket to Sydney Tower, you can not_____.
A.email Sydney tower @ hotmail.com
B.fax02 9333 9203
C.phone 02 9333 9222
小题3:Frank wants to go to Sydney Tower with his two children, he will pay_____.
A. $60     B. $90          C. $120
小题4:Last Saturday, Johnson went to visit Sydney Tower. He had to get down the tower______.
A. after 11:30pm       B. before 11:30pm    C. at 10:30pm
小题5:The passage above is probably______.
A. a piece of news      B.  an ad            .  C. a story
题型:不详难度:| 查看答案
Rose is an American schoolgirl. She is now in Beijing with her parents.
It’s Sunday morning. Rose gets up early in the morning. After breakfast her parents take her to the zoo. They go to see the pandas and other animals. The pandas live only in China. There are not any pandas in America. So they like the pandas best. Outside the zoo gate there is a picture. It’s a picture of panda with “welcome”. In the zoo, Rose sees not only panda but also many other animals.
The panda is round and fat. It looks like a ball. It always moves slowly like a ball rolling. There are also elephants. The elephant is the biggest animal on land. There are many monkeys on the hill. Some of them are sitting in the trees. Some are picking nuts. And the others are running or climbing up the trees. Rose and her parents have a good time in the zoo.
小题1:Rose comes from______.
A. China    B. Beijing      C. America
小题2:When does Rose go to the zoo?
A. On Sunday      B. On Saturday  C. Before breakfast
小题3:What does the panda look like ?
A. It’s like a monkey.  B It’s like a ball. C. It’s like a nut.
小题4:Many monkeys are_____.
A. sitting in the trees    B. picking nuts      C. both A and B
小题5:Rose and her parents are_____ on that day.
A. very busy.       B. very free.   C. very happy
题型:不详难度:| 查看答案
My family took a trip to New York City last summer. We were very excited. It was our first trip to New York. We   1  to New York on Sunday morning. The weather was sunny. The trip on the plane was very fine. We arrived at about 3:00 p.m. We stayed there for one   2 .
We didn’t have much   3  time during our visit to New York. We were busy. On Monday, we visited the science museum. The next day, we   4  the train to Long Beach. It was interesting and we had a   5  time.
However (然而), one day was really exciting for   6 . On Friday, we wanted to go to Central Park.   7 , we took a subway into the city. Later on, we took a bus to Central Park. There were many people on the bus. After ten minutes, we got off (下车) the bus at the park. But we found Maria wasn’t with us. She was   8 ! She didn’t get off. My father   9  the bus. At last, the driver stopped the bus and Maria got off. She was very careful on the buses and trains after that.
We came back to Los Angeles the next day. We got home late Saturday evening. We were
  10 , but we were happy. We had a wonderful time in New York. However, Maria is never going to forget her scary bus trip.
小题1:
A.walkedB.flewC.gotD.moved
小题2:
A.dayB.weekC.monthD.year
小题3:
A.freeB.busyC.interestingD.good
小题4:
A.boughtB.sawC.tookD.drove
小题5:
A.quietB.boringC.happyD.sad
小题6:
A.meB.MariaC.my motherD.my father
小题7:
A.FirstB.At lastC.ThenD.After that
小题8:
A.in the streetB.on the trainC.at the parkD.on the bus
小题9:
A.ran afterB.looked afterC.looked forD.waited for
小题10:
A.excitedB.scaredC.surprisedD.tired

题型:不详难度:| 查看答案
A bag is useful and the word “bag” is useful, too. Here is an interesting phrase(短语), “to let the cat out of the bag”. In meaning it is the same as “to tell the secret(秘密)”. And there is an old interesting story about it.
  Long ago, when farmers wanted to sell chickens at the market, they would usually just throw the chickens in cloth (布) bags. But cats were cheaper than chickens at that time, so many farmers would put cats into the cloth bags but not chickens. One day, a woman asked a man for a chicken. The man gave her a cloth bag in which there was a cat.      When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out. Not a chicken! The man’s secret was out and everyone knew it.
  Now when we say someone gives away a secret, we say “he lets the cat out of the bag”. And that is the story where the interesting phrase came from.
小题1:The underlined word “it” in the passage refers to (指的是)     .
A.the useful bagB.the phraseC.the catD.the chicken
小题2:The farmers put cats but not chickens in the bags to      when they sold chickens.
A.tell the secretB.sell the cats
C.get more moneyD.keep the cats quiet
小题3:Which is the best for the blank (空白处) in the passage?
A.The woman was angry to see a cat. B.The man put a cat in the bag.
C.The man asked her to see the chicken.D.The woman wanted to see the chicken.
小题4:The writer wrote the story to tell us     .
A.the woman was smartB.how farmers sold their cats
C.the phrase is usefulD.where the phrase came from

题型:不详难度:| 查看答案
最新试题
热门考点

超级试练试题库

© 2017-2019 超级试练试题库,All Rights Reserved.