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When we think of Hollywood, we think of movies and famous movie stars. They are part of Hollywood’s history. Today people make movies in other places too. Not all famous movie stars live in Hollywood. But Hollywood is still a very special city in Los Angeles, California.

You can easily see where Hollywood is in Los Angeles. There is a big sign on the hills. It says “HOLLYWOOD”. The white letters are fifty feet tall. You can see the sign from far away. The Hollywood sign is a famous landmark in Los Angeles. Many postcards show this famous Hollywood landmark.

In the hills of Hollywood, there is also the Hollywood Bowl. This is an open-air theatre. It is one of the largest open-air theatres in the world. It has seventeen thousand seats and a very special stage. The stage was designed by the great American architect（建筑师） Frank Lloyd Wright. You can listen to all kinds of concerts at the Hollywood Bowl.

1.Today Hollywood is _______.

A．a special city in Los Angeles	B．a place where all the movie stars live
C．a place where they make all the movies	D．the biggest city in California

2. You can see where Hollywood is in Los Angeles because _______.

A．it is a hill	B．postcards show you
C．there is a big sign on the hills	D．local people will tell you

3. The Hollywood Bowl is _______.

A．a place where you see movies	B．one of the largest open-air theatres in the world
C．a hill in Hollywood	D．a big sign in Los Angeles

4. Which is not mentioned about the Hollywood Bowl?

A．Seats.

B．Size.

C．Stage.

D．Designer.

5.What special things can we see in Hollywood?

A. The Hollywood hills.                   B. The Hollywood landmark.

C. The Hollywood Bowl.                    D. Both B and C.

 

Taking away a city’s rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can’t eat or use. If we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.

In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of the city to a dump(垃圾站). Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system. The sewage system takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs(澡盆) and other places.

To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then you’d never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.

In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything but the metal. Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus(腐殖土), which looks like black earth. It is rich with kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow.

1.You can most probably read the passage in _______.

A. a history book       B. a TV guide      

C. a science book       D. a telephone book

2.The underlined word “sewage” in the passage means_______.

A. 排污             B. 染色         C. 洗涤             D. 吸尘

3.According to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used again_______.

A. to feed animals     

B. to feed plants  

C. to build a house   

D. to make machines

4.How should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage?

A. By burning it off.                      

B. By putting it in water.

C. By throwing it away.                

D. By reusing and recycling it.

 

Arnold Pointer, a professional fisherman from the south of Australia, set free (释放) a big female white shark that was    1   in his large fishing nets. He thought she would have more and more babies. But now the fisherman is facing a(n)    2   problem. The white shark is so    3   to him that for nearly 2 years she hasn’t left him    4  . She even follows him everywhere.   5  this, Arnold Pointer can’t do fishing — all the fishes are scared at her, and he doesn’t know    6   to do anymore.

It is hard to drive away such an almost 17-feet-long shark for Arnold Pointer. We all know the white sharks are protected   7  the wildlife conservation. At the same time, some special feeling has been    8   between Arnold and “Cindy”, the name the fisherman has given the white shark.

Arnold says, “Every time I stop the boat, she always comes to me, turns on her back and lets me pet (抚摸) her body and neck. She sings, turns her eyes, and moves her fins (鳍) up and down, hits the water   9 .”

Cindy is   10  an interesting animal that Arnold has to try to go fishing in different places. Doesn’t Cindy know what her action means? Maybe she really doesn’t understand.

1.                A．built           B．caught          C．killed D．invented

 

2.                A．strange         B．exciting         C．happy    D．serious

 

3.                A．thankful        B．useful          C．careful   D．wonderful

 

4.                A．alive           B．aloud          C．alone D．asleep

 

5.                A．For instance     B．Instead of       C．Such as   D．Because of

 

6.                A．how           B．when          C．what D．why

 

7.                A．up            B．on             C．by   D．down

 

8.                A．established      B．achieved        C．expected D．increased

 

9.                A．sadly           B．normally        C．luckily    D．happily

 

10.               A．so             B．such           C．too   D．much

 

 

There are many cars over there. Five of them are brown. Twelve of them are red. Three of them are yellow. Four green cars, eight blue cars, two orange cars and one white car are there, too. They are new. They are nice. Look, these aren’t cars, they are buses. They are in different（不同的） colors: ten red, eleven green, seventy yellow and nine blue. They are all old. They are big. All the cars and buses belong to (属于) Mr. Smith.

1.There are __________ cars over there.

A．thirty

B．thirty-five

C．forty

D．forty-five

2.There are __________ buses.

A．one hundred

B．ninety-nine

C．ninety-eight

D．hundred

3.All of the cars over there are in ________ colors.

A．same

B．the same

C．different

D．the different

4.All the cars are _________, but all the buses are _________

A．new, new

B．old, old

C．old, new

D．new, old

5.Whose are all the cars and buses?

A．Mr. Smith’s

B．Mr. Smith

C．Mr. Smiths’

D．Mr. Smiths’s

 

There are many cars over there. Five of them are brown. Twelve of them are red. Three of them are yellow. Four green cars, eight blue cars, two orange cars and one white car are there, too. They are new. They are nice. Look, these aren’t cars, they are buses. They are in different（不同的） colors: ten red, eleven green, seventy yellow and nine blue. They are all old. They are big. All the cars and buses belong to (属于) Mr. Smith.
【小题1】There are __________ cars over there.

A．thirty

B．thirty-five

C．forty

D．forty-five

【小题2】There are __________ buses.

A．one hundred

B．ninety-nine

C．ninety-eight

D．hundred

【小题3】All of the cars over there are in ________ colors.

A．same

B．the same

C．different

D．the different

【小题4】All the cars are _________, but all the buses are _________

A．new, new

B．old, old

C．old, new

D．new, old

【小题5】Whose are all the cars and buses?

A．Mr. Smith’s

B．Mr. Smith

C．Mr. Smiths’

D．Mr. Smiths’s