There were 12 bronze（青铜）animal heads at the European style（风格）in Old Summer Palace （Yuanmingyuan）-Rat，Ox，Tiger, Rabbit，Dragon，Snake，Horse，Sheep，Monkey, Rooster, Dog，and Pig．They were made into fountain（喷泉）and would take turns spouting water every two hours to tell time．

    But the heads were looted（抢） by French and British soldiers in 1860 during the Second Opium War（鸦片战争）．

    Until now，Pig，Ox，Monkey，Tiger and Horse have returned to China．But Rat and Rabbit beads were auctioned（拍卖）for $17.92 million each．Luckily，Cat Mingchao，a Chinese collector won the auction，but he said he would not pay the money．Why? He said they were looted from China and he is a Chinese．”We will use international and Chinese laws to get the two beads to return to China in all necessary ways，”said Ouyang．However，there are still five bronze heads（Dragon，Snake，Sheep，Rooster，Dog）are unknown now．

    An online survey，by Le Figaro newspaper，showed that more than 80 percent people said the bronze heads should be returned to China，the Europe Daily reported on Wednesday．We should understand why they want the two bronzes back…Just think about how they came to France．

1．__________people think that the bronze heads should be returned to China in the online survey．

A．Most                      B．Few                       C．Half of people         D．All

2．What does the word spouting mean in Chinese?

A．喷                          B．鸣唱                       C．制造                      D．凝固

3．How did the Rat and Rabbit heads go to France?

A．They were looted by Americans．

B．They were sold to France by an auction in 1860．

C．The Qing Dynasty gave them as presents．

D．They were looted by French and British soldiers in the Second Opium War．

4．Cai Mingchao is a Chinese who __________．

A．won the auction that the Rat and Rabbit heads were auctioned

B．made the 12 bronze animal heads

C．bought the heads to China

D．made the online survey

Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis, cricket - anything with a round ball, I was useless,” he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England.
It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set up his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.
The following year he met John Ridgway and started to work as an instructor at Ridgway’s school of adventure（冒险） in Scotland, where he learnt about Ridgway’s cold-water exploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, he decided that this would be his future.
In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition （探险）towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite（冻伤）, ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his sled up and over the rocky mountains.
Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.
【小题1】 What changed Saunders according to Paragraph 2?

A．A friend’s words.	B．A mountain bike.
C．His 18th birthday gift.	D．His first marathon.

【小题2】What did Saunders do in 2001?

A．He decided to build up his body.

B．He met John Ridgway in Scotland.

C．He worked as an instructor at school.

D．He took an adventure to the North Pole.

【小题3】What does the story mainly tell us about Saunders?

A．He is a success in sports.	B．He is the youngest British skier.
C．He is Ridgway’s best student.	D．He is a good instructor at school.

When Bill is very young, he loves picture. His mother often draws some for him on old pieces of paper. She is very bad at drawing, but bill likes her pictures and always wants more. Then, when he is a little older, Bill’s mother gives him some pencils and a drawing book, and he begins drawing pictures, too. But they are never good .When Bill is five years old, his mother gives him a small blackboard and some pieces of a baby on the blackboard, he draws lines(线条) and rubs(擦) them out too for ten minutes , but when he looks at his picture , he is not happy. “Well”, he says at last(最后) to his mother, “I’ll put a tail(尾巴) on it and make it a monkey.”
【小题1】Bill ___ when he is very young.

A．loves watching TV very much

B．often wants his mother to draw pictures for him

C．likes old pieces of paper very much

D．always wants his mother to buy pictures for him

【小题2】He is a little older, so his mother gives him ____ and lets him begin drawing pictures .

A．some paper and ink

B．a book and some pens

C．some pencils and a drawing book

D．a blackboard and some old paper

【小题3】How old is he when he is trying to draw a baby on the blackboard?

A．He’s five years old

B．He’s fifteen years old

C．He’s fifty years old

D．He’s five like a cat

【小题4】Bill wants to put a tail in the picture , so _________ .

A．it looks like a duck

B．it looks like a dog

C．it looks like a monkey

D．it looks like a cat

【小题5】Which of the following sentences is right?

A．Bill’s mother does will in drawing.

B．bill isn’t bad at drawing.

C．There are three people in the story.

D．Bill isn’t happy when he looks at his picture of a baby