阅读理解 Birthdays are celebrated(庆祝)all over the world. Some ways to celebrate
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| Denmark A flag is flown outside a window to show that someone who lives in that house is having a birthday. Presents are placed around the child"s bed while he is sleeping so h  e will see them at once when he wakes up. | India  Usually Indian children wear white to school. However, on their birthday children wear colored clothes to school and give out chocolates to everyone in the class. Their best friend helps them to do this. |
Japan | Holland The birthday child receives and especially large present. The family also put flowers on the birthday child"s chair to make it beautiful. |
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| Canada"s Wonderland Maybe you have known a lot about Disneyland. But in fact,there are some other famous theme parks around the world. One of the world"s top 10 theme parks is Wonderland in Ontario (安大略省) ,Canada. Wonderland is a very big theme park, and is open only from May to October. There are more than200 attractions in the park. It was built in 1891 and is Canada"s first and biggest one. There, you can find the biggest, fastest, and tallest roller coaster in Canada called " Behemoth".You can also find Canada"s only flying coaster called "Time Warp(时间隧道) ". There are all kinds of games. Everyone can find one that is just right for him or her. If you like playing with water, you can enjoy yourself in Whitewater Bay(水湾) , the largest outdoor wave pool in Canada. When you feel tired and hungry, you can go to the snack bars. Delicious Canadian food and drinksare served there, and they wirl refresh you. | |
| 1题为判断正误（“T，“F） 1. Wonderland is one of the world"s top 10 theme parks. 2. Wonderland is in ____________,___________. 3. There are more than_________attractions in the park. 4. When you feel tired and hungry, you can go to the________ _________. | |
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| Started in 1636, Harvard (哈佛) University is the oldest of all the colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard. In the early years, these schools were nearly the same. Only young men went to college. All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin and Greek. Little was known about science. And few people knew that one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world. When the students graduated, most of them became ministers or teachers. In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors. Later, lawyers could study in Harvard"s law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began to teach modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began to teach American history. As knowledge increased, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects. Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them. Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with special fields of learning. There"s so much to learn that one kind of school can"t offer all. | |
| 1. In the early years, people learned ________ in colleges. | |
| A. science B. medicine C. law D. Latin and Greek | |
| 2. Most of college graduates became ________ in the early years. | |
| A. ministers or teachers B. lawyers C. doctors D. workers | |
| 3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? | |
| A. In the early years, everyone can go to colleges. B. In 1782, Harvard began to teach German. C. In the early years, different colleges majored in different fields. D. More and more courses were taught in college with the improvement of knowledge. | |
| 4. Which of the following is the right order of the courses taught in Harvard? a. law b. French and German c. Latin and Greek d. medicine e. American history | |
| A. d-b-e-c-a B. a-d-b-c-e C. c-d-a-b-e D. c-d-b-e-a | |
| 5. Nowadays college students ________. | |
| A. can learn everything they are interested in B. go to different smaller schools that deal with special fields of learning C. learn the same subjects D. must learn Latin and Greek | |
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| Barbie Doll is very famous in the world. After more than 50 years, Barbie is still popular among(在......中) girls all over the world. But now the makers of Barbie show their first black dolls to people. These new black Barbie Dolls are different from the old ones. The black Barbie Dolls have fuller lips and wider nose. They look like black girls very much. So people call them the real black Barbie Dolls. The designer(设计师) of the black Barbie Dolls is also black. "I want my daughter and other black children to know that black is beautiful," she said. | |
| 根据短文内容，完成下列各题。 | |
| 1. Barbie Doll is very __ in the world. 2. Barbie Doll is popular among _ _ around the world. 3. The black Barbie Dolls look like __ very much. 4. The black Barbie Dolls have __lips and a_ nose. 5. The designer of the black Barbie Dolls is a _ woman. | |
Today there are policemen everywhere, b ut in 1700, London had no policemen at all. A few oldmen used to protect the city streets at night and they were not paid. About 300 years ago, London was starting to get bigger and more and more people began to live there. The city was very dirty and many people were poor. There were so many thieves who stole money in the streets that people stayed in their homes as much as possible. In 1750,Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people to stop thieves. They were like policemen and were called "Bow Street Runners" because they worked near Bow Street. Fifty years later, there were 120 "Bow Street Runners", but London had become very big and needed more policemen. So in 1829 , the first Metropolitan(or London)Police Force was started with 3,000 officers. Most of the men worked on foot, but a few rode horses. Until 1920 all the police in London were men. Today, London police are quite well paid and for the few police officers who still ride horses, the pay is even better than for the others. | |
| 1. In 1700, the men who protected the streets were paid ___. | |
| A. a few B. nothing C. a little D. a lot | |
2. About 300 yea rs ago, many people ___. | |
| A. wanted to leave London B. had big houses in London C. became policemen D. came to live in London | |
| 3. People didn"t leave their houses because _ _. | |
| A. they had no money B. they were afraid of losing money C. the city was not clean D. they liked homes | |
| 4. The "Bow Street Runners" __ . | |
| A. stopped people stealing B. stole money C. paid people to steal D. stopped people riding horses | |
| 5. Today, police officers who ride horses are paid __ . | |
| A. the same as their workmates B. more than their workmates C. half as much as their workmates D. less than their workmates | |
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| Paris has a beautiful name, the City of 1 . Do you know 2 it means? Many beautiful buildings are lighted at 3 . The streets are very 4 .When you 5 in Paris, you must not turn 6 your headlights(汽车前灯) even after dark. Paris is full of lights all day and all right. But this is not the 7 reason(原因) for its beautiful name. For hundreds of years, Paris has 8 the center of science and art. Many scientists and artists have come to 9 here. For this reason also, people 10 it the City of Lights. | |