42.  David went on_______________ (play) football in Spain after he left the UK.

40.  As a music fan, my aunt likes to go to different__________________ (音乐会).

39.  The people in this area are hoping for_________________ (持久的)peace.

38.  He is a good teacher________________ (虽然)he doesn't have much experience.

37.  We think your advice is of great_________ (价值)to us.

 36.  Christmas Day is a________________ (传统的)festival in many Western countries.

In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo.

The next important date in the history of photography was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype. Soon, other people began to use Daguerre's way. Travellers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world. People took pictures of famous buildings, cities and mountains.

In about 1840， photography developed. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of films and other machines. But this did not stop them.

Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people. The pictures
were unusual because they were very lifelike. Photography also became an art form by the end of the 19th century.
Some photos were not just copies of the real world. They showed the feelings, like the other art forms.
(   )31. The first photo taken by Niepce was a picture of____________ .

A. his business    B. his garden   C. his window     D. his house

(   )32. The Daguerreotype was___________ .

A. a Frenchman    B. a kind of picture   C. a kind of camera   D. a photographer
(    )33. If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840, he had to_____________ .

A. watch lots of films   B. buy an expensive camera

C. stop in most cities  D. take many films and machines with him

(   )34. The word "lifelike" means "___________  .

A. difficult to take    B. showing real feelings

C. exactly like a real person or thing    D. taking a lot of time

(   )35. This article tells us___________ .

A. how photography developed  B. how to show your ideas and feelings in pictures

C. how to take pictures  D. how to use different cameras

Do you know the story about the Chinese lion dance? In ancient times, people thought the lion was the only animal that could frighten the monster (恶魔)away, so they made a "lion" out of bamboo, cloth and paper to drive the monster away. That is why the lion dance is performed today to bring good luck and happiness.

But do you know anything else about Chinese dances? The first dances in China were performed before writing was invented! There are ceramics (陶器)showing dances in China about 6,000 years ago. The hands and feet were used to express thoughts, for example about the harvest, so dance was a means of communicating ideas. It was not only performed as something beautiful to look at.

Around 1,200 years ago, Chinese dance was perhaps at its peak. The whole body was used and there were wonderful costumes, poems, stories, music and songs.

In modern times, young people who want to become dancers in China usually learn ballet first and then they study and perform traditional Chinese dances, such as folk dances. Folk dances are dances that common people perform on special occasions (场合)，usually in groups.

Have you heard of the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre (云门舞集)？ It was set up in 1973 in Taiwan and performs modern dances, in China and abroad. These dances use movements from Chinese theatre and from other countries, especially America, which developed modern dance in the early twentieth century.

(    )26. You might use_________ to make a lion for the lion dance.

A. metal    B. glass    C. paper   D. grass

(   )27. The lion dance makes people___________ .

A. sad   B. frightened  C. surprised   D. happy

(    )28. Songs were included in dances about___________ .

A. 500 years ago  B. 2,000 years ago  C. 1,000 years ago       D. 1,200 years ago

(    )29. Modern dance developed in_________ in the early twentieth century.

A. America   B. theatres  C. England   D. China

(   )30. Folk dances are performed___________ .

A. only in modern times     B. by common people    

C. only in Taiwan        D. only by good dancers

 As we all know, Charles Dickens is considered to be a great English writer. He's very famous not only in Britain, but also in many other      16     in the world. He was born in 1812 and he lived in London. He wrote lots of books, and he also liked      17     . He was an actor (演员).Maybe it's interesting to hear that and that's 18     his books were so good. His stories first appeared in a magazine, in parts. People always wanted 19             part. He wrote a lot, and most of them are popular. There are films and plays made from them 20             . Oliver Twist became a famous musical play, and Great Expectations was a wonderful   21 . Dickens' early life was very hard. His family was poor, and his mother sent him out to work in a factory when he was 12. He      22     it, but he used his experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth and they had a big family. He continued to write      23      he died. When he died in 1870, he was      24     a story. But what a pity! We'll never know      25      it ended.

(   )16. A. cities   B. countries    C. towns       D. villages

(   )17. A. reading    B. writing   C. acting     D. painting

(   )18. A. what  B. how   C. when  D. why

(   )19. A. the next  B. next   C. next to    D. next time

(   )20. A. either   B. as well   C. as well as     D. also

(   )21. A. book  B. story   C. piece of music   D. film

(   )22. A. hated   B. enjoyed   C. wanted    D. shamed

(   )23. A. as  B. while   C. until     D. since

(   )24. A. drawing     B. singing  C. writing    D. making

(   )25. A. what   B. how   C. who     D. which