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C.whytheMinisterdied

D.Effendiknewthedatesofeveryone'

sdeath

2.TheprimeMinisterdiedbecause 

A.EffendikilledhimB.Effendisaidhewoulddie

C.hewasbadlyillD.hefellofthehorse

3.WhydidthekingaskEffenditotellhimthedateofEffendi'

sowndeath?

A.Becausethekingwantedtoknowwhenhehimselfwoulddie.

B.BecausethewantedtofindanexcusetokillEffendi.

C.BecausehehimselfhadknownthedateofEffendi'

sdeath.

D.BecausehewantedtoknowwhenEffendiwoulddie.

4.ThekingletEffendigobecause 

A.hehopedtolivealonglife

B.hewasafraidofEffendi

C.hedidn'

tbelieve（相信）Effendi'

swords

D.heknewhewoulddietwodayslater

5.Whichofthefollowingisnottrue?

A.EffendiplayedajokeontheMinister.

B.Thekingwasafraidofdeath.

C.Effendididn'

tknowwhenthekingwoulddie.

D.IfthekingkilledEffendi,hehimselfwoulddietwodayslater.

B

Likemostteenagersintheworld,JosoMontanaro,ateenartistinBrazil,likesreadinganddrawingcartoons.Butheisspecial—hisdrawingsgetpublished（出版）.

MontanaroisnowdrawingcartoonsforFolha.FolhaisBrazil'

slargestnewspaperandisknownforitscartoons.MontanarohasalreadybeenworkingatFolhafortwoyears.Eachweekhedrawstwo,threeorfourcartoonsandsendsthemtothepaper.Fromthoseeditorschooseoneforthenextday'

spage.

Montanarodrawsaboutthenewsoftheday.RecentlyheworkedonTheWave—adrawingofthetsunami（海啸）thathitJapan.MontanaroalsolikestodrawcartoonsaboutthefunnythingsthathappeninBrazilianpolitics（政治）.

"

Ilikedoingpoliticaldrawingsbecauseyoucanjokeaboutsomebodybiggerthanyou."

Montanarosays.

Folha'

sartdirector,MarioKanno,sayseditorssawsomethingnewanddifferentinMontanaro'

swork."

Webroughthiminwiththisideatoshowthat,yes,youngpeoplealsoreadnewspapersandcanshowtheirideasonpolitics,"

Kannosays.

Montanaro'

sloveforcartoonsbeganwhenbewasonly7or8yearsold.Hisdadboughthimcomics.Montanarosaysthesebooksgavehimtheideasthatgothimdrawing."

Ithinkthosegreatworkshavereallyhelpedme,"

hesays."

TheyremindmethatIshoulddrawsomethinginmybookeveryday."

6.WhatisMontanarodoingforFolhanow?

A.Heispublishingstorybooks.B.Heisdrawingcartoons.

C.Heissendingnewspapers.D.Heiswritingarticles.

7.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.Folhaisfamousforitscartoons.

B.FolhaisthelargestnewspaperinBrazil.

C.MontanarodrawsonecartoonforFolhaeveryweek.

D.MontanarobegantoworkforFolhatwoyearsago.

8.WhydoesMontanarolikedrawingpoliticalcartoons?

A.Becausehecanshowhisideasonpolitics.

B.Becauseheisveryinterestedinpoliticaljobs.

C.Becausehethinksit'

seasiertodrawpoliticalcartoons.

D.Becausehecanmakefunofsomeimportantpeople.

9.WhatmadeMontanarodrawandhelpedhimalotinhisdrawings?

A.Thecomicshisdadboughthim.

B.Hisinterestincartoonfilms.

C.Thefunofdrawingcartoons.

D.Hisdad'

sideasaboutcartoons.

10.What'

sthebesttitleforthispassage?

A.Folha'

sArtDirectorB.Brazil'

sLargestNewspaper

C.TeenArtistinBrazilD.Montanaro'

sGreatFather

C

Whatdoyouseewhenyoulookatabstract（抽象）art?

Doesitmakesensetoyou?

Doesitlooklikeanything?

Isitsupposedto?

Abstractartbecamepopularintheearly20thcentury.Artistsdidnotwanttopaint,draw,orsculptthingsexactly（确切地）liketheylooked.Theydidn'

twanttheirarttoberealistic.Theyweremoreinterestedinbasicshapesandcolours.

Picassoisprobablythemostfamousoftheseartists.Hepaintedanddrewinmany,manystyles.Sometimesheusedalotofbluecolours（his"

blueperiod"

）.Later,heusedmoreredandpinkcolours（his"

roseperiod"

）.Manyofhisotherpaintingsarecalled"

cubist（立体画派）"

becausetheyaremadeofpaintedsquares.

Afteralongtime,Picasso'

spaintingsbecamemoreandmoreabstract.Hepaintedpeopleandthingsusingstrangeshapes.Hisworkwassooriginal;

manyofhisfellowartistsdidn'

tunderstandit.

Kandinsky,anotherfamousartist,usedlines,shapes,andpatternstopainthissubjects.Hispaintingsalsousedstrongcolourstoexpressfeelings.

Otherartistslikethesurrealists（超现实主义者）,wereinterestedinsubconscious（潜意识）.PainterslikeBretonandMagritteusedmanysymbolintheirwork.Themeaningorsubjectoftheirworkwasn'

talwaysclear.Dali,anothersurrealistartist,paintedpicturesthatlooklikedreams.

Therearestillmanyabstractartistsaroundtheworld.That'

sthewaymanyartistsprefer.Theywanteachpersontolookatartandfindtheirownmeaninginit.

11.Whichwouldbemostlikeabstractart?

A.Apaintingofahouse.

B.Asculptureofacar.

C.Adrawingoftwopeopleinacoffeehouse.

D.Aredandbluepainting,withnoclearsubject.

12.WhathappenedtoPicasso'

sworkafteralongtime?

A.Itbecamemoreabstract.

B.Itbecamelessoriginal.

C.Hewentfromusingredcolourstousingbluecolours.

D.Heonlypaintedwithcolouredsquares.

13.HowdidKandinskyexpressfeelings?

A.Byusingcoloursandshapes.

B.Bypaintingrealisticpeople.

C.Bypaintingwithalotofsymbols.

D.Bypaintinginredandpinkcolours.

14.Whoisprobablythemostfamousabstractartist?

A.Breton.B.Dali.C.Picasso.D.Magritte.

15.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.Picassopaintedinmanydifferentstyles.

B.Daliwasinterestedindreams.

C.Abstractartistsfeeleachworkofartonlyhasonemeaning.

D.Magritte'

sartwasfullofsymbols.

D

What'

sthis?

Ifyou'

relookingatthistreeintheshapeofabutterfly,it'

satopiary.Atopiaryisatreeorbushthatistrainedintoashape.

Atopiarygardenershouldmakeadrawingfirst.Thedrawingshowsthe"

finalshapethatthegardenerlikes.Thegardenerthenchoosesabushforthetopiary.Itmaybeonethatjustplantedoronethatisalreadyinplace.

InJuneoftheplant'

sfirstyear,thegardenerlooksfornewleaves.Whentheleavesgrow,it'

stimetoshapethebottomofthebush.Itneedsaboutfiveyears.Thetopisnottrimmedduringthistime.Inthefifthyear,thebushgrowstallenoughforshaping.Thenthegardenerbeginstoshapethewholebush.

Onceatopiaryhasbeenstarted,itneedscareallyear.Insummeritmustbecutmanytimestokeepitsshape.Thiscuttingalsohelpsthebushgrow.Inwinterthebushesdon'

tgrow.Thegardenershavetobrushsnowofftheplants,orsnowmayhurtsomepartsofthem.

Topiarygardeningisaveryoldart.TheRomansdiditinthefirstcentury.Inthesixteenthcentury,peopleinEuropelikedtopiariestoo.Bythelate1600s,topiarieswerealsogrowninAmerica.Todayit'

spopularinmanypartsoftheworld.

16.Putthefollowingintherightorderaccordingtothepassage.

a.Thegardenerchoosesabushforthetopiary.

b.Thewholebushgrowstallenoughforshaping.

c.Thegardenerbeginstoshapethebottomofthebush.

d.Thegardenerdrawstheshapeofatopiary.

A.d-a-b-c.B.b-c-a-d.C.a-d-c-b.D.d-a-c-b.

17.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"

trimmed"

inthethirdparagraphmean?

A.shakenB.cutC.cleanedD.collected

18.Whymustwecutatopiarymanytimesinthesummer?

A.Becausethebushcanbeingoodshape.

B.Becauseitwillmakethebushgrowslowly.

C.Becauseitcanchangethebushintoanotherone.

D.Becauseithelpsthebushgrowtallenough.

19.Growingatopiarygardentakebothskillsand 

A.moodB.luckC.moneyD.time

20.Thelastparagraphmainlytellsusthat 

A.topiarygardeninghasalonghistory

B.topiarygardeningistoodifficultanarttolearn

C.topiarygardeningplaysagreatroleinourlife

D.topiarygardeningwillbemorepopularinthefuture

二、阅读与表达（表格式）（共5小题；

共5分）

Ihavemanystorybooks,butmyfavouriteisTheWonderfulAdventuresofNils.Ihavehaditforfiveyears.Myparentsgaveittomeasabirthdaygift.Ihavereaditmanytimessincethen.It'

sreallyinteresting.

Nilsisa14-year-oldfarmboyandheisverylazyandnaughty.Inhisfreetime,helikeshurtingtheanimalsonhisfamilyfarm.Whenhisparentsleavehimhomealone,anelf（小精灵）punisheshimbyturninghimintoamidget（小矮人）.Nilsmustimproveinordertochangebacktohisnormalsize.

MyfavouritesceneinthebookiswhenNilsandawhitegoose（鹅）onhisfamilyfarmjoinagroupofwildgeese（大雁）.Thewildgeesearenotpleasedatalltobejoinedbyaboyandafarmgoose.ThefarmgoosehastoprovehecanflylikethewildgeeseandNilshastoprovethatheisuseful.Duringthetrip,Nilslearnsthattheelfmightbegladtochangehimbackifheproveshehaschangedforthebetter.

Thethemesofthebookhavetodowithchildrengrowingupandpeaceamongalllivingthings.Alth