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阅读理解，请阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun．He drew cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks(积木)．His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since．He even took his building bricks to college with him! Instead of books and a computer, he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk．

　　Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid(高薪的)job to become an artist that uses toys in his art．He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像)to Superman! He has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art．He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait(自画像)．It took him two days just to build the eyes．

　　Nathan's work has appeared in museums around the world．Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is fascinating．Since it began in2007, Nathan's exhibition "The Art of the Brick" has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere．

　　"I'm proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it, " says Nathan．"To do what you love in life is the most important thing．"

(1)

What did Nathan put on his desk at college?
[　　]
A．	The Statue of Liberty．
B．	Superman．
C．	His serf-portrait．
D．	A Greenwich Village modal．

(2)

Why did Nathan give up his job as a lawyer?
[　　]
A．	Because he made little money out of a lawyer．
B．	Because he wanted to make toys for the children．
C．	Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks．
D．	Because he was going to work in the museum instead．

(3)

What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?
[　　]
A．	Nathan's work．
B．	Nathan's exhibition．
C．	Nathan's art．
D．	Nathan's self-portrait

(4)

What would be the best title for the passage?
[　　]
A．	The Brick Artist
B．	The Brick Exhibition
C．	Toy Bricks for Adults
D．	The Artist's Childhood

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请阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun．He drew cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks (积木)．His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since．He even took his building bricks to college with him! Instead of books and a computer, he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk．

　　Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid (高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in his art．He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) to Superman! He has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art．He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait (自画像)．It took him two days just to build the eyes．

　　Nathan's work has appeared in museums around the world．Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is fascinating．Since it began in2007, Nathan's exhibition "The Art of the Brick" has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere．

　　"I'm proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it," says Nathan．"To do what you love in life is the most important thing．"

(1)

What did Nathan put on his desk at college?
[　　]
A．	The Statue of Liberty．
B．	Superman．
C．	His serf-portrait．
D．	A Greenwich Village modal．

(2)

Why did Nathan give up his job as a lawyer?
[　　]
A．	Because he made little money out of a lawyer．
B．	Because he wanted to make toys for the children．
C．	Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks．
D．	Because he was going to work in the museum instead．

(3)

What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?
[　　]
A．	Nathan's work．
B．	Nathan's exhibition．
C．	Nathan's art．
D．	Nathan's self-portrait

(4)

What would be the best title for the passage?
[　　]
A．	The Brick Artist
B．	The Brick Exhibition
C．	Toy Bricks for Adults
D．	The Artist's Childhood

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　　When Mary was just seven, her family moved to a new city. She went to school by school bus, for it was not near to her house.

　　One morning, there was something wrong with the family's clock and when they got up, it was too late for Mary to catch the school bus. Her mother said she would drive Mary to school on her way to the office.

　　“But how will you find the way, Mum?”Mary asked,“You've only been to school once.” “Yes,”her mother answered,“but you've been there by school bus several times, you know the way.”“Oh, yes,”said Mary.

　　They started out and Mary asked her mother to turn one way or another on their way to school, so she made her mother drive round most of the twon before they got there. When they arrived, her mother saw that it was not really very far from their house.

　　“Why ever did you make me go such a long way?”her mother asked her. “Well, Mum,”answered Mary,“I know only this way. The bus always goes like this, so the other children can take it to school.”

(1) Mary usually went to school ________.

[　　]

A．on foot	B．by bike
C．by school bus	D．in her mother's car

(2) Mary's mother had been to the school

[　　]

A．one time	B．twice
C．many times	D．several times

(3) Mary's mother didn't know ________ to her school.

[　　]

A．Mary knew the way	B．Mary didn't know the way
C．Mary knew only one way	D．Mary had been

(4) The school was _______ her home.

[　　]

A．very near to	B．very far from
C．quite near to	D．not really far from

(5) Mary made her mother go such a long way because ________ .

[　　]

A．the other children had to go to school

B．she didn't want to get to school early

C．the school bus always went that way

D．she didn't know the way to her school

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Warner Brothers is an American company that produces movies and television shows. It started as a small family business operated by four brothers — Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack Warner. In nineteen-oh-three, the brothers began their business by traveling throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania showing movies using a projector (放映机). By nineteen-oh-seven, they opened a movie theater in New Castle, Pennsylvania. Within ten years, the Warner brothers started producing movies, and moved that part of the business to California.
　　In nineteen eighteen, their first complete picture was called “My Four Years in Germany.” The film was based on a book by the United States’ ambassador to the court of Kaiser Wilhelm. In nineteen twenty-five, they began to work to include the technology for sound in their movies.
　　Two years later, Warner Brothers Pictures released the first major movie with sound, or “talking picture.” It was called “The Jazz Singer” and it was a huge success. In the nineteen thirties, the company made several films that were highly praised, including “Little Caesar,” “The Public Enemy”, “The Gold Diggers” and “Forty-Second Street.”
　　The Warner Brothers’ success continued in the nineteen forties with movies like “The Maltese Falcon,” and “Casablanca.” Movies during this time starred popular actors like Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Gary Cooper and Bette Davis. The company continues to produce popular movies today.
　　By the nineteen seventies, the Warner Brothers studios had also become well set up in television. In nineteen ninety, Warner Communications combined with Time Incorporated to form Time Warner Incorporated.
In two thousand one, the company combined with America Online. The company now includes film production, cable television networks, music and publishing. This year, the company announced a deal with the CBS Corporation to form a new television broadcast network. The CW began broadcasting this month.
【小题1】According to the text, at the beginning of their business the four brothers __________.

A．started a movie theater

B．started to produce films

C．were projectionists

D．settled their business in California

【小题2】The Warner Brothers produced its first talking picture in ___________.

A．1918

B．1925

C．1927

D．1930

【小题3】According to the text, which of the following is not sound film?

A．The Maltese Falcon

B．Casablanca

C．Forty-Second Street

D．My Four Years in Germany

【小题4】We can see from the text that ___________.

A．The Warner Brothers has closed.

B．The Warner Brothers has expanded（扩张） its business greatly since it was set up.

C．The CW doesn’t belong to the Warner Brothers.

D．People in the U.S. can’t buy music records produced by the Warner Brothers.

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Warner Brothers is an American company that produces movies and television shows. It started as a small family business operated by four brothers — Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack Warner. In nineteen-oh-three, the brothers began their business by traveling throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania showing movies using a projector (放映机). By nineteen-oh-seven, they opened a movie theater in New Castle, Pennsylvania. Within ten years, the Warner brothers started producing movies, and moved that part of the business to California.

　　In nineteen eighteen, their first complete picture was called “My Four Years in Germany.” The film was based on a book by the United States’ ambassador to the court of Kaiser Wilhelm. In nineteen twenty-five, they began to work to include the technology for sound in their movies.

　　Two years later, Warner Brothers Pictures released the first major movie with sound, or “talking picture.” It was called “The Jazz Singer” and it was a huge success. In the nineteen thirties, the company made several films that were highly praised, including “Little Caesar,” “The Public Enemy”, “The Gold Diggers” and “Forty-Second Street.”

　　The Warner Brothers’ success continued in the nineteen forties with movies like “The Maltese Falcon,” and “Casablanca.” Movies during this time starred popular actors like Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Gary Cooper and Bette Davis. The company continues to produce popular movies today.

　　By the nineteen seventies, the Warner Brothers studios had also become well set up in television. In nineteen ninety, Warner Communications combined with Time Incorporated to form Time Warner Incorporated.

In two thousand one, the company combined with America Online. The company now includes film production, cable television networks, music and publishing. This year, the company announced a deal with the CBS Corporation to form a new television broadcast network. The CW began broadcasting this month.

1.According to the text, at the beginning of their business the four brothers __________.

A．started a movie theater

B．started to produce films

C．were projectionists

D．settled their business in California

2.The Warner Brothers produced its first talking picture in ___________.

A．1918 B．1925 C．1927 D．1930

3.According to the text, which of the following is not sound film?

A．The Maltese Falcon

B．Casablanca

C．Forty-Second Street

D．My Four Years in Germany

4.We can see from the text that ___________.

A．The Warner Brothers has closed.

B．The Warner Brothers has expanded（扩张） its business greatly since it was set up.

C．The CW doesn’t belong to the Warner Brothers.

D．People in the U.S. can’t buy music records produced by the Warner Brothers.

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