In a living statue,just as the name implies,somebody transforms himself or herself into a statue. Last year,I came across an article in a magazine describing living statues in the streets of some Australian cities. The article was vividly written,except that there was not even a single picture;one could only imagine what a scene it would have been!All the harder,then,to believe that I ran into the "wonder" in Barcelona this year. The performers一the living statues—were street artists at Las Ramblas.
Las Ramblas is the most famous street in Barcelona. Especially in summer,thousands of tourists go to the seaside by passing through this street,making it a center of shops and bazaars (市场) .Not only can you find tourists there,but also thieves,swindlers,cops ... among whom the living statue artists are the most special group.
They were covered with greasepaint (油脂漆) in different colors,wearing season disproportional clothes,standing on a base for several hours without making even a single move. Are they real or fake,the guests were wondering ... and then suddenly the statues came to life,just for a few seconds to shift positions. But the movement of the statues seemed like someone just had breathed life into them. They really do look like statues,and that's how they got their name.
Usually there is a jar or a hat in front of them. They would change to another pose whenever some tourists put a coin in the hat. You may take photos after giving a Euro,or even less,but be careful not to touch the statues,unless you want yourself to be covered in paint. It's a really special experience,don't you think?
For Chinese people,this is undoubtedly a surprising style of art and way of making a living. I haven't seen or heard any report at all about living statues in Chinese cities. Body painting of course sometimes can be seen,but it's not quite the same as having a living statue.
( ) 5. From the passage we know that a living statue is .
A. a statue which can be made in the face of the people
B. a kind of statue that people can touch freely
C. a statue that somebody pretends and that looks like a real one
D. a common statue that can stand in the street
( ) 6. Where did the writer first know about the living statues?
A. In a magazine.
B. In the street of Bacelona.
C. In some squares in China.
D. From some pictures.
( ) 7. According to the passage,which of the following statements is true?
A. At Las Ramblas you can see different kinds of people except the living statues.
B. Body painting is the same as the living statues.
C. You can take photos of the statues for free but better not touch them.
D. Up to now,there are no living statues appearing in the streets in China.
( ) 8. The underlined word "vividly" probably means .
A. lively B. interestingly C. carefully D. lovely
5. C由第1段In a living statue,just as the name implies,somebody transforms himself or herself into a statue可知。
6. A由第1段Last year,I came across an article in a magazine describing living statues in the streets of some Australian cities可知。
7. D此题为事实判断题。
8. A由下一句可知指"生动地"描写。
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How many dolls can you stuff (塞进) into a spare room? The 1 2,300―comes from America's Gali Little and Katie Bauman,both 11,and Katie's 9-year-old sister,Sarah. They 2 because they just did it.
The girls weren't trying to 3 it into the Guinness Book of World Records. They wanted to 4 children who lost so much during 5 Katrina and Rita.
"My mom and I were 6 the news and I saw a lot of children,and 7 of them had any possessions ... I thought they might 8 a doll to hold onto and to tell secrets to ,"Gali said.
Gali 9 her idea of collecting dolls with Katie and Sarah,who are friends 10 neighbors,and the project was under 11 The girls got their schools involved as dropoff sites. They also collected 12 in their neighborhood.
The girls were very 13 with their success. "I thought we would get only about 100 dolls,"Sarah said.
When the threeweek 14 is over,the dolls are shipped to a charity group. It will then 15 the toys to children still in 16 in hurricanehit areas.
How do the girls feel about kids having new 17 friends to hold onto because of their actions? "Proud," the three said with one 18 .
This story has a 19 ending in more than one way. Not only will thousands of kids be 20 new dolls,but Gali's mom now also has her spare room back.
( ) 1. A. number B. answer C. doubt D. question
( ) 2. A. know B. guess C. find D. check
( ) 3. A. got B. keep C. put D. make
( ) 4. A. supply B. help C. please D. entertain
( ) 5. A. earthquakes B. floods C. hurricances D. storms
( ) 6. A. writing B. watching C. hearing D. reporting
( ) 7. A. none B. some C. most D. many
( ) 8. A. get B. buy C. like D. collect
( ) 9. A. shared B. exchanged C. formed D. discovered
( ) 10. A. other than B. instead of C. as well as D. rather than
( ) 11. A. work B. way C. direction D. discussion
( ) 12. A. clothes B. books C. money D. toys
( ) 13. A. strict B. surprised C. satisfied D. careful
( ) 14. A. collection B. sale C. benefit D. rescue
( ) 15. A. take B. sell C. deliver D. return
( ) 16. A. despair B. shelters C. rags D. shock
( ) 17. A. interesting B. familiar C. strange D. special
( ) 18. A. hope B. smile C. look D. voice
( ) 19. A. happy B. smooth C. complete D. fair
( ) 20. A. sharing B. buying C. making D. getting
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A water bearer in India had two large pots. One of the pots had a crack in it,and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk,the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For two years this went on daily,with the water bearer delivering one and a half pots full of water to his master's house. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection. After two years of what it had considered to be bitter failure,it spoke one day to the water bearer by the stream.
"I am ashamed of myself,and I want to apologize to you."
"Why?" asked the bearer. "What are you ashamed of?"
"Because this crack in my side I have been able for these last two years to deliver only half my load. Because of my faults,you do not get full value for your efforts," the pot explained.The water bearer felt sorry and said, "As we return to the master's house,I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path."Indeed,as they went up the hill,the cracked pot took notice of the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path,and this cheered it some. But at the end of the path,it still felt bad because it had still leaked half of its load,and so again the pot apologized to the bearer for its failure. The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path,but not on the other pot's side? That is because I have always known about your weakness,and I took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side of the path,and every day while we walk back from the stream,you have watered them. For two years I have been able to pick those beautiful flowers to decorate my master's table. Without you being just the way you are,he would not have this beauty."
Each of us has our own unique weakness. We are all cracked pots. But if we will allow it,the Lord will use our weakness to grace His Father's table. In God's great economy,nothing goes to waste. Don't be ashamed of your weakness. Acknowledge them,and you too can be the cause of beauty. Know that in our weakness we find our strength.
( ) 5. How did the cracked pot feel?
A. Desperate. B. Proud. C. Guilty. D. Faulty.
( ) 6. The bearer was a clever person because .
A. he made use of the weakness of the cracked pot
B. he picked beautiful flowers for his master every day
C. he felt sorry for the cracked pot and tried to comfort it
D. he carried only one and a half pot of water every day
( ) 7. Everyone has weakness. The proper attitude towards it is to .
A. accept it and let it be
B. take advantage of it
C. do all you can to cover it up
D. feel shameful and discouraged
( ) 8. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means .
A. nobody should waste anything
B. everyone was born to be helpful
C. God is saving,he won't waste anything
D. God won't send anything to the waste station
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When Kristi was born,the doctor pointed out that her feet were turned inward (向内扭曲) ."Left 1 ,it would be a problem," he told us.
We did our best to help our baby. When she was only two weeks old,I brought her back to the doctor,just as he had 2 and the doctor put her 3 feet into casts. Because she was growing,I had to take her 4 to the doctor every two weeks to have each foot recast.
5 the casting was finished,and it was time for 6 shoes and bars. Jim and I watched with hope and concern as she 7 to walk. Those first,awkward steps made us so 8 . When she entered preschool,her steps appeared quite 9 . Encouraged by her progress,we looked for something else to help 10 her poorer body.
As it 11,she loved the ice！
When she 12 six,we entered her in skating lessons and soon she was gliding like a swan. We watched in 13 as she skimmed the ice. She worked hard at every new movement. She loved the ice and her dedication 14 . At the senior World Championships in 1991,she won the women's singles!Then we found ourselves filled with love and 15 in France,at the 1992 Winter Olympics,as our daughter,Kristi Yamaguchi won the gold medal.
I thought back to the early years of 16 for Kristi―the years of frustration for her as a child who simply wanted to 17 the endless doctor visits;the first baby steps with bars and corrected shoes. We 18 her strength and dedication,and how far she had come on two tiny feet that had once been 19 in heavy casts. In our eyes,Kristi had always walked with the 20 of a true champion.
( ) 1. A. unarmed B. unattended C. uncorrected D. unoperated
( ) 2. A. directed B. showed C. promised D. told
( ) 3. A. fat B. thin C. red D. tiny
( ) 4. A. over B. out C. back D. away
( ) 5. A. Fortunately B. Specially C. Eventually D. Unluckily
( ) 6. A. nice B. helpful C. corrective D. strong
( ) 7. A. struggled B. stuck C. hoped D. decided
( ) 8. A. sad B. excited C. relieved D. pleasant
( ) 9. A. usual B. general C. normal D. common
( ) 10. A. heighten B. strengthen C. harden D. widen
( ) 11. A. turned out B. brought out C. left out D. taken out
( ) 12. A. became B. got C. went D. turned
( ) 13. A. surprise B. sorrow C. wonderment D. anxiety
( ) 14. A. paid off B. came up C. taken in D. came out
( ) 15. A. anxiety B. hope C. admiration D. hesitation
( ) 16. A. hopelessness B. challenge C. fear D. surprise
( ) 17. A. walk B. run C. speak D. stand
( ) 18. A. worried B. respected C. preferred D. frightened
( ) 19. A. hunted B. bound C. treated D. rejected
( ) 20. A. truth B. determination C. grace D. hardship
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Narrator： (scene shows an old woman,washing her supper dishes) For several years,a widow has lived in her own pleasant tworoom and kitchenette apartment in a rebuilt brownstone near East River. Her late husband,Mr. H. T. Miller,had left a fair amount of insurance money before he passed away. Mrs. Miller is,in fact,not an average sixty-one-year-old woman;she has little interest outside her apartment,has no friends to speak of,and she only ventures out as far as a nearby grocery store. No one who lives near her has taken note of her existence,with her oldfashioned dress and oldfashioned hairstyle,and she never uses any cosmetics (化妆品) .Her daily activities are monotonous,smoking an occasional cigarette,preparing her own meals,feeding her canary (a kind of bird) named " Tommy"， and keeping her tworoom apartment as clean as possible. (Mrs. Miller sits down on her couch,reading through the afternoon newspaper.) Narrator： (camera changes scene to Rod Serling,a glowing cigarette held in his hand) One would think that her life would be as normal as anyone else's. She doesn't mind the wall of isolation she has created around herself all these years. But all of this is going to change. Mrs. Miller is going to meet a person,a small child,who,like her,has no friends,goes through life unnoticed,and ventures only as far as Mrs,Miller. Would it be a dream of happiness come true? Or perhaps the worst nightmare Mrs. Miller has ever experienced ...In the Twilight Zone!Title shows： " Miriam" Act I：At the Theater (Scene 1,at Mrs. Miller's apartment)
( ) 1. Where is the passage from?
A. It is from a science book. B. It is from a TV show script.
C. It is from a news report. D. It is from a textbook of history.
( ) 2. The underlined word "monotonous" in the passage means .
A. various B. not changing C. special D. interesting
( ) 3. Which of the following statements about Mrs Miller is true?
A. She lives a happy and calm life although she is short of money.
B. She is not a sixty-one-year-old woman.C. She spends most of her time doing her own things at home.
D. She is not fashionable but likes to decorate her own house.
( ) 4. Which of the following things is what Mrs. Miller would not do?
A. She doesn't want to disturb her neighbors.
B. She cares more about her neighbor's opinions.
C. She is not interested in fashion show.
D. She always tries to keep her house clean.
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I should say I owe my success to my mother. My 1 began when I was just a kid. I 2 becoming a doctor.
My mother was a servant. Through her work,she observed that 3 people spent a lot more time reading than they 4 watching television. She announced that my brother and I could only watch two to three 5 TV programs during the week. In our free time,we had to read two books from the Detroit Public Library and 6 written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a 7 because my mother was uneducated.
When I entered high school I was a (n) 8 ,but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes and I wanted to 9 the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home after 10 her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, "Okay,I'll give you all the money I 11 this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms,and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything 12 ,you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want." I was very 13 with that arrangement but once I got through allocating (分配) money,there was 14 left.
I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a 15 over our heads and any kind of food on the table,16 buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my 17 and became an A-student again,and eventually I 18 my dream and I became a doctor.
My mother is a woman with 19 formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of her children. There is no job more 20 than parenting.
( ) 1. A. belief B. work C. schooling D. promise
( ) 2. A. majored in B. got used to C. dreamed of D. got tired of
( ) 3. A. lazy B. easygoing C. successful D. reliable
( ) 4. A. cost B. paid C. took D. did
( ) 5. A. preselected B. unprepared C. interesting D. foreign
( ) 6. A. read B. present C. teach D. explain
( ) 7. A. joke B. means C. tool D. trick
( ) 8. A. A-student C. B-student C. C-student D. D-student
( ) 9. A. get rid of B. hang out with
C. break away from D. keep in touch with
( ) 10. A. making B. stopping C. finishing D. getting
( ) 11. A. accept B. win C. spend D. make
( ) 12. A. left over B. paid off C. used up D. carried out
( ) 13. A. angry B. pleased C. disappointed D. bored
( ) 14. A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing
( ) 15. A. house B. room C. roof D. floor
( ) 16. A. let alone B. let out C. let in D. let off
( ) 17. A. guys B. mother C. studies D. play
( ) 18. A. made B. realized C. changed D. tried
( ) 19. A. little B. much C. few D. high
( ) 20. A. interesting B. natural C. important D. strange
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Most,if not all,Chinese are financially better off thanks to over 30 years of reform and opening up. But are we any happier?
Various surveys and rankings attempt to answer this question.
Though sociologists have presented varying percentages based on different criteria,their answers tend to find we are generally happier,and the number of optimists rises each year.
But each survey reveals a worrisome fact that a sizable portion,10 percent at the lowest,of respondents were not content with their lives or not hopeful about the future.
We cannot be content with the fact that at least 130 million of our countrymen are not happy.
Although a sense of happiness remains a luxury for many of our compatriots because of poverty,we agree financial wellbeing is not the sole determinant of happiness.
For most of us,except the extremely rich and naturally born optimists,there simply are too many variables that may kill the feeling of happiness.
These include,but are not limited to,rising housing prices,tight and instable job market,backbreaking schooling expenses and medical bills.
The most common one,however,is a low sense of security.
An eyecatching characteristic of our economy is its high savings rate,at 46 percent now.
Explaining the rise in savings and drop in spending in their city,Beijing municipal statisticians pointed that in the low-and-middle-income group there was too much uncertainty regarding employment,income,housing,medical situations,and education.
How can you feel happy when you always have to brace ( = prepare) yourself for the unexpected?
It may be beyond the government's reach,to guarantee higher income for every citizen. But it does have a burden to create an environment where all citizens can feel a reasonable level of security.
There was an inclusive '* safety network" when the government encouraged officials to leave public offices in 1980s in attempts to downsize public service. The idea was to offer officials secure pay and benefits so they would not have to worry about guarantees after their departure from positions of power.
It is time the government displayed similar creativity and resolve to address a much larger sense of uncertainty.
( ) 1. The underlined word "burden" in the passage means .
A. a heavy load
B. a duty or responsibility
C. the main theme of an article
D. capacity
( ) 2. According to the passage,the reason that most people involved in the surveys feel unhappy is that .
A. they are faced with financial problems
B. they are not naturally born optimists
C. they are lack of sense of security
D. they are bothered by the rising prices
( ) 3. From the passage,we know that the high savings rate shows that .
A. life for most Chinese is no longer a daily struggle for basic necessities
B. the country's social security system is incomplete
C. the public are too busy to spend
D. it is not easy to change this traditional custom
( ) 4. The writer offers the example of "safety network" is to show .
A. the officials in China can enjoy better social welfare
B. the advantages of a policy
C. a way to solve the problem mentioned above
D. it is not necessary for most people to worry about their future
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In high school I knew a guy who wanted to become a doctor. From the seventh grade on,that was all he wanted to be. After 1 he went straight into a medical school,and 2 doctor by age 25. I 3 such people. They know 4 where they want to go in life.
I don't think most people have such a 5 picture of where they are going. I,for one,feel I've been 6 all my life. The only thing Fve ever had a strong 7 to do is to dance,and I've spent 8 of my life trying to do that.
Anyway,when I was 22 ,I 9 a crisis that forced me to stop dancing. I had to take a new 10 ,and I was at a loss to what it should be. Then one morning,I started to paint. My first piece,to my 11,sold for $4,000. And over the next few years I 12 16 more paintings,most of which also sold.
13 ,though,as I approached the 60th year of my life,that 14 of being lost in life returned. I could 15 make myself paint,and once again,I was plagued (被.... 烦忧) with 16 about whether this was really what I was 17 to be doing with my life. Perhaps my life had become dull and I was to reach into the 18 and look for a fresh direction?
I 19 everything I owned in storage,bought a tent and a bicycle and 20 out of town. I started a journey that day―a journey around the whole country.
( ) 1. A. school B. graduation C. work D. church
( ) 2. A. became B. turned C. made D. grew
( ) 3. A. challenge B. like C. love D. envy
( ) 4. A. really B. exactly C. luckily D. specially
( ) 5. A. clear B. beautiful C. complete D. colorful
( ) 6. A. missing B. left C. lost D. remaining
( ) 7. A. devotion B. urge C. sense D. pressure
( ) 8. A. part B. some C. most D. little
( ) 9. A. went over B. went against C. went up D. went through
( ) 10. A. way B. road C. direction D. route
( ) 11. A. surprise B. happiness C. excitement D. joy
( ) 12. A. finished B. completed C. collected D. created
( ) 13. A. Unfortunately B. Naturally
C. Strangely D. Disappointedly
( ) 14. A. picture B. view C. sense D. idea
( ) 15. A. nearly B. never C. almost D. barely
( ) 16. A. doubts B. questions C. worry D. trouble
( ) 17. A. suggested B. supposed C. required D. advised
( ) 18. A. darkness B. brightness C. heaven D. unknown
( ) 19. A. lifted B. put C. took D. carried
( ) 20. A. rode B. drove C. ran D. walked
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3. ，yet there was never enough money to pay the bills (as)
尽管他很努力地工作，却仍没有足够的钱去付账。
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