Ruby, the artist, is an Asian elephant. She is 17 years old. She lives in the zoo. Ruby has produced about 100 paintings since last year. She has made more than ＄ 40,000 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Ruby first showed the talent（才能）for art about four years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk（象鼻）. She rubbed out the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo workers gave her brushes and paints. Soon Ruby was painting pictures. Newspaper reporters wrote about Ruby, and then people asked for buying her pictures. And in this way she made a lot of money for the zoo by painting.

　　This is how Ruby does the paintings: A zoo worker holds different color paints. Ruby touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her the chosen colors to the brushes in her trunk and Ruby begins painting.

(1) We can most probably read this story in ________.

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A．a dictionary of the world of animals

B．newspapers

C．a book on art

D．history textbooks

(2) Ruby first learnt to draw pictures ________.

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A．when it was very young

B．with brushes and paints

C．to sell to the people

D．in the sand with her trunk

(3) People asked for buying Ruby's pictures because ________.

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A．newspaper reporters bought her pictures

B．her pictures were better than the real artists

C．they just wanted to have fun

D．zoo workers would let them have a free visit to the park

(4) Ruby rubbed out the marks she had drawn in order to(为了) ________.

[　　]

A．draw other pictures

B．clean her trunk

C．dig a hole in the sand

D．ask for brushes and paints

(5) From the story we can know that ________.

[　　]

A．Ruby can draw a picture all by itself

B．Ruby can draw better pictures than the other animals in the zoo

C．Ruby has to draw a picture with the help of zoo workers

D．Ruby will ask for money if she finishes a picture

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　　Form Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and weekends they are free and (1) themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies. others (2) sports. This is decided by their own (3) . There are many different way to spend own (4) time.

　　Almost everyone has some kind of (5) : it may be something from collecting stamps to (6) model planes. Some hobbies are very (7) , but others don't cost anything at all. Some collections (收藏) are worth (8) of money, others are valuable (有价值的) only to their owners.

　　I know a man who has a coin collection worth several (9) dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare (罕见的) fifty-cent piece which (10) him ＄ 250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects matchboxes. He has almost 600 of them. but I wonder (11) they are worth any money. However. (12) my brother they are quite valuable. (13) makes him happier than to find a new matchbox for his collection. That's what a hobby means. I think. It is something we (14) to do in our free time just for the (15) of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.

(1)

[　　]

A. love	B. work
C. enjoy	D. play

(2)

[　　]

A. look like	B. take care of
C. think about	D. take part in

(3)

[　　]

A. lives	B. interests
C. jobs	D. things

(4)

[　　]

A. working	B. free
C. own	D. whole

(5)

[　　]

A. hobby	B. thing
C. job	D. way

(6)

[　　]

A. make	B. making
C. makes	D. made

(7)

[　　]

A. interesting	B. exciting
C. cheap	D. expensive

(8)

[　　]

A. a little	B. a few
C. a lot	D. a number

(9)

[　　]

A. thousand	B. thousands
C. thousands of	D. thousand of

(10)

[　　]

A. paid	B. cost
C. took	D. spent

(11)

[　　]

A. that	B. if
C. what	D. why

(12)

[　　]

A. to	B. on
C. with	D. in

(13)

[　　]

A. Everything	B. Anything
C. Nothing	D. Something

(14)

[　　]

A. have	B. need
C. refuse	D. like

(15)

[　　]

A. money	B. work
C. fun	D. time