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Why does the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy lean? It leans because of a mistake. It has leaned almost since the day the builders b    1  it.
In 1774, the people of Pisa in Italy wanted to build a bell tower. They wanted the tower to be the m    2   beautiful bell tower in Italy. The city needed a bell tower because the church(教堂) did not have o    3    . As soon as the first floor of the building was finished, the tower started to lean. Builders t    4    to make the building straight again as they added more floors, but the leaning tower got w   5    as the tower grew. It took about 180 years to finish the tower. Today, the leaning tower has eight f    6    It is 54.5 meters t    7    . And it leans almost 4 meters to one s    8   . The tower is also sinking(下沉) into the g    9  on which it was built. Every year, the tower leans a    10  1.7 cm.

In Europe many people died during the Second World War. As a result, at the end of the war there were many orphans（孤儿）there. A man called Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help these children. His idea was simple. He wanted orphans to have a home, and he wanted them to have the care and kindness of parents. Gmeiner asked people to give him some money. With this money he built the first SOS Children’s Village at Imst, in Austria. It opened in1949. This is how the SOS stand for “Save Our Souls（灵魂）.” This means “Please help us!” An SOS Children’ village gives help to orphans.
Hermann Gmeiner’s idea for helping orphans soon spread（传播）all over the world. By 1983 there were 170 SOS Children’s Villages in the world. People in many countries give money to help the villages. Today the children from the first village have grown up. Now some of them work in other SOS Children’s Villages.
In SOS Villages orphans live in family groups. There are several houses in each village. The biggest village has 40 or 50 houses! Between seven and ten children live in a house. A woman lives with each group of children and looks after them. She gives the children a lot of love and kindness. She cooks meals for them and makes comfortable, happy home for them.
Of course, the children don’t spend all their time in the village. They go to school, they go out with their friends. But the village gives them a home—sometimes for the first time in their lives.
【小题1】Which of the following came last?

A．People gave Gmeiner some money.

B．There were many orphans at the end of the war

C．Gmeiner built the first SOS Children’s Village

D．A man called Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help the orphans

【小题2】An orphan is a child    .

A．who has no brother

B．who has no sister

C．who has no parents

D．all of the above

【小题3】We can conclude（推论）from the article that the money for helping the SOS Villages mainly comes from       .

A．governments	B．special organization
C．the orphans themselves	D．people in general（大体上）

【小题4】Which of the following can best summarize（总结） the work a woman in an SOS Village does for each group of children?

A．She gives the children a lot of love and kindness	B．She lives with each group of children
C．She cooks meals for children	D．She looks after them

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   When tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in the 18th century, people had different ideas about their use.Some said that tea and coffee were harmful to humans and they could cause （引起）people to die.

      In Sweden（瑞典）, King Gustaf Ⅲ decided to find out whether or not this was true.It happened that there were two brothers in prison at that time.They were twins and were almost alike in every way.They had both been sentenced to death (判处死刑).The King decided to let them live if one of the men agreed to drink several cups of tea each day and the other several cups of coffee.

     Both brothers lived many years without problems of any kind.At last,the brother who had drunk tea every day died at the age of 83,the other died a few years later.

    Because of the experiment(实验), tea and coffee got accepted (接受) and became popular as drink in Sweden, and it is one of the many countries of the world where much tea and coffee is drunk today.

1.Tea and coffee were first introducd to Europe in_______.

A. the eighteenth century             B. the eighteen century

C. eighteenth centuries               D. eighteen centuries

2.What does the word harmful mean in Chinese?---It means________.

A. 有趣的  B.苦涩无味的  C.有害的   D. 可口的

3. The brother who had drunk tea every day lived______.

A. until he was over 83

B. until he was 83

C. until the other had been dead for several years

D. until he had drunk tea for a few years

4.. Today the Swedish drink_________.

A. much more coffee than tea         B. much tea and coffee

C. little tea and coffee               D. much tea but little coffee

 

In 1620, about half the USA was covered by forests. Today the forests have almost gone. A lot of good land has gone with them, leaving only sand. China doesn't want to copy the USA's example. We're planting more and more trees. We've built the " Great Green Wall" of trees across northern part of our country. The Great Green Wall is 7,000 kilometres long, and between 400 and 1,700 kilometres wide. It will stop the wind from blowing the earth away. It will stop the sand from moving towards the rich farmland in the south. More "Great Green Walls" are needed. Trees must be grown all over the world. Great Green Walls will make the world better.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
【小题1】The Great Green Wall in China is ______.

A．7,000 kilometers long	B．1,700 kilometers long
C．7,000 meters long	D．400 kilometers long

【小题2】Trees must be grown in ______.

A．China

B．the USA

C．some countries

D．every part of the world

【小题3】Which of the following statements is not true?

A．The Great Green Wall will stop wind from blowing the earth away.

B．The Great Green Wall will make our life better.

C．We don’t need to plant more trees.

D．The Great Green Wall will stop the sand moving towards the rich farmland.

After a hard campaign, Barack Obama won the US president election on November 4. He will become the 44th President of the United States---the first African-American in the country’s history.
On the election eve, Obama’s grandmother died---only a few days before seeing her grandson’s victory. Tears ran down the face of Obama as he spoke about his grandmother. “She taught me about hard work.She was the one who put off buying a new car or a new dress for herself so that I could have a better life. She poured everything she had into me.”
In his first speech as the president, Obama declared to tens of thousands of cheering supporters, “…The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year, or even one term, but America---I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you: We as a people will get there…” The crowd broke out into the same chant(咏唱，吟诵), “Yes, we can!”Those three short words have become the defining phrase of Obama’s campaign.
Forty-five years ago, Martin Luther King had a dream of an America where men and women would be judged not by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. Today the dream has come true.
【小题1】When will Obama begin to work as a president?

A．On November 4	B．Before November 4
C．After November 4	D．On the day he won the election.

【小题2】What happened to Obama before the election eve?

A．His grandmother passed away.	B．His grandmother was killed.
C．His grandmother gave him a lesson.	D．His grandmother was kidnapped.

【小题3】What does the underlined word “campaign” mean in Chinese?

A．公关

B．竞选活动

C．辩论

D．比赛

【小题4】Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Obama makes Martin Luther King’s dream come true.

B．Americans believe Obama will change everything of America.

C．Obama’s grandmother had a great effect on him.

D．Many people support Obama to become the president of America.