If you visit Twinsburg.0hio.in August, you will think that you are seeing double. This is where the Twins Day Festival takes place. It is the biggest gathering of twins in the world. Every year, about 2500 to 3000 sets of identical (完全相同 ) twins come to the festival. There are too little babies, children, teenagers (青少年 ). There are even twins who are over 90 years old.
The Twins Day Festival is like one big party. People meet old friends and make new friends. There are competitions to see which twills look the most alike and which twins look the least alike. People eat hot dogs. play games. and take pictures together.
Some twins go to the festival hoping to find love. VI Finding someone to love is difficult for twins, because twins are very close. "Being a twin is very special, one twin said. "it s hard for a non-twin to understand this special relationship. " Non—twins who marry twins often feel lonely and left out. Many twins and non—twins who marry get divorced (离婚). Many twins never marry because they are so happy with their twins.
At the Twins Day Festival .some twins are lucky and find love. Doug and Phil Malm met their wives Jill and Jena, at the festival. Doug explains how it happened. "We first met Jena and Jill on Friday night. Then we met them again several times on the weekend .”The two sets of twins fell in love ,and Doug and Phil asked Jill and Jena to marry them . Doug and Phil thought they asked, “Will you marry me ?” What they really said was, “Will you marry us?”
Answer the following questions according to the passage.
1.what are the ages of the people who go to the festival?
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2.Name three things people do at the festival.
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3.Why is finding love difficult for twins?
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4.What often happens when twins marry non-twins
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5. What did Doug and Phil ask Jill and Jena?
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Country | China | The UK | The USA |
Address | Chang’an Street | New Oxford Street, London | Chestnut Street, New York |
Feature | The largest ancient palace buildings with many kinds of collections in China | One of the largest museums with collections of any time and any area in the world | America’s largest museum on American history |
Ticket | ¥60 ( Spring& Summer) ¥40 (Autumn &Winter) | Free | Monday free |
A.Beijing | B.London | C.New York | D.The USA |
A.area | B.history | C.collections | D.buildings |
A.Chang’an Street | B.New Oxford Street | C.Beiling | D.Chestnut Street |
A.one museum | B.two museums | C.three museums | D.fore museums |
A.Each ticket for the Palace Museum costs the same in the whole year. |
B.You don’t have to pay for tickets if you visit New York Museum on Monday. |
C.British Museum lies in Chestnut street, London. |
D.New York Museum is the largest in the world. |
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Zone C will host the national pavilions of European, American and African countries. A large public amusement park will be built at the entrance of this zone.
Zone D is home to Corporate Pavilions(企业馆), the land is one of the original places of modern China’s national industry. So some of the old industrial buildings will be kept and renovated(修复) into Expo pavilions.
Zone E will host standalone(独立的) Corporate Pavilions, Urban Civilization Pavilion (城市文明馆), and Urban Best Practices Area.
6. How long will World Expo 2010 last?
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A. The Expo site covers the area of 5.28 km2.
B. The Expo site spans both sides of HuangpuRiver.
C. There are five functionalzones marked A, B, C, D, and E.
D. All of the five’ zones have the Same functions.
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A. you can visit Urban Best Practices Area
B.you can know some information of American national industry
C. you can find some Corporate Pavilions
D.you can have the chance to get to know some Oceanian countries.
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【小题3】When his father came from work, his mother__________(iron) his shirts already.
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1.As one of the largest museums in the world, British Museum is in _______.
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