Athletesparticipating10,500(estimated>dv26MlvSkH
Events302in26sportsdv26MlvSkH
Openingceremony27Julydv26MlvSkH
Closingceremony12Augustdv26MlvSkH
StadiumOlympicStadiumdv26MlvSkH
26.HowmanyathleteswillprobablytakepartintheLondon2018OlympicGames?
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A.183.B.204.C.302.D.10500.dv26MlvSkH
27.WhichisthechoiceforLiHuaifhehasaneight-dayholidaytowatchtheopeningceremonytheLondon2018OlympicGamesinOlympicStadium?
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A.From17Julyto24July.B.From25Julyto1August.dv26MlvSkH
C.From2Augustto9August.D.From9Augustto16August.dv26MlvSkH
B
Twowordsrhymewitheachotherwhentheyhavethesameendingsound,like“think”“pink”.Thelastwordineachofthelinesofapoemdoesnothavetohavearhymingsound,manyofthemdo.Twolinesofpoetrythatrhymewitheachotherattheendarecallrhymingcouplet.dv26MlvSkH
Writingrhymingpoetrycanbedifficultbecauseyouneedtochoosewordsthatnotonlyrhymebuthavemeaning,too.Eventhoughsomepoemsareshort,youhavetothinkextralongatwhichwordstochoose.Hereisanexampleofashortpoem:
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Hewasonlyabug,buthewastheking.
Shesmiledathimwhenhegaveheraring.
Heforgottobecarefulofonelittlething.
Hisqueenwasabee,andshecouldsting.
28.Whatdoesitmeanwhentwowordsrhyme?
A.Theyhavethesameendingsound.
B.Theyhavedifferentendingsounds.
C.Theymusthavethesamemeaning.
D.Theymusthavedifferentmeanings.
29.Whichofthefollowingrhymewitheachotherintheshortpoem?
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A.Ringandthing.B.Budandking.
C.Queenandking.D.Beeandsting.
30.Rhymingpoetryissometimeshardtowritebecauseyouneedtochoose_________.dv26MlvSkH
A.rhymingwordswithoutmeaning
B.rhymingwordswithmeaning
C.shortlineswithextralongwords
D.meaningfulwordswithoutrhyming
C
Haveyoueverheardsomeoneusethephrase“onceinabluemoon”?
Peopleusethisexpressiontodescribesomethingthattheydonotdoveryoften.Forexample,someonemightsaythathetriestoavoideatingsweetsbecausetheyareunhealthy,butwilleatchocolate“onceinabluemoon”.Orsomeonewhodoesnotusuallyliketogotothebeachmightsay“Ivisittheshoreonceinamoon.”Whilemanypeopleusethisphrase,noteveryoneknowsthemeaningbehindit.dv26MlvSkH
Thefirstthingtoknowisthatthemoonitselfisneverreallyblue.Thisisjustanexpressionfact,thephrase“bluemoon”hastodowiththeshapeofthemoon,notthecolor.dv26MlvSkH
Asthemoontravelsaroundtheearth,itappearstochangeshape.Weassociatenameswithcertainshapesofthemoon.Forexample,whenwecanseeasmallpartofthemooniscalledacrescentmoon.AcrescentisashapethatlookslikethetipofafingernailWhenwecannotseethemoonatall,itiscalledanewmoon.dv26MlvSkH
Whenwecanseethewholemooniscalledafullmoon.Usually,thereisonlyonefullmooneverymonth.Sometimes,howeverwillbetwofullmoonsinonemonth.Whenthishappens,thesecondfullmooniscalledamoon”.dv26MlvSkH
Overthenext20years,therewillonlybe15bluemoons.Asyoucansee,abluemooneveryrareevent.Thisfacthasledpeopletousetheexpression“onceinabluemoon”tootherveryrareeventsintheirlives.dv26MlvSkH
31.Whichofthefollowingwouldbeagoodexampleofusingthephrase“onceinabluemoon”.dv26MlvSkH
A.Simonoftentellsjokes.Simontellsjokesonceinabluemoon.dv26MlvSkH
B.Tomrarelyrememberstodoexercise.Tomdoesexerciseonceinabluemoon.dv26MlvSkH
C.Marylikestogoshoppingeveryweekend.Marygoesshoppingonceinabluemoon.dv26MlvSkH
D.Cindynatestostayup,butshestaysupeveryday.Cindystaysuponceinabluemoon.dv26MlvSkH
32.Whendoesabluemoonhappeninnature?
A.Whenthemoonhasabluemoon.
B.Whenwecannotseethemoonatall.
C.Whentherearetwofullmoonsinonemonth.
D.Whenwecanonlyseeasmallpartofthemoon.
33.Whichofthefollowingisanotherexampleofsomethingthathasashape?
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A.Theletter“O”
B.Theletter“M”
C.Theletter“H”
D.Theletter“C”
34.Howoftenwillabluemoonhappenoverthenexttwentyyears?
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A.Onceayear.B.Lessthanonceayear.dv26MlvSkH
C.Morethanonceayear.D.Atleasttwiceayear.dv26MlvSkH
35.Whatdoestheunderlinedpart“Thisfact”inthelastparagraphreferto(所指>?
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A.Abluemoonisaveryrareevent.
B.Themoonappearstochangeshape.
C.Themoonitselfisneverreallyblu
e.
D.Abluemoonhast