We grew up with the familiar toy bricks (积木) that gave us the imagination to build towers and castles. Generations have been attracted by this toy that lets children and adults alike create anything and everything. But with over 200 millions sets being sold a year in over 100 countries, the question remains — where did Lego actually come from?
Lego was born from the creative mind of Danish carpenter (木匠), Ole Kirk Christiansen, back in the early 1930s. He established a small business in Denmark. He and his team built a variety of household goods like ironing boards along with wooden toys. The Lego name was adopted in 1934, formed from the Danish words “Leg Godt” or “play well”, which means “I study” or “I put together” in Latin.
Christiansen’s company continued to make wooden toys until 1942 when fire struck — the entire Lego factory burned to the ground. Unwilling to give in, the factory was rebuilt and the production line restarted soon after. By 1954, Christiansen’s son, Godtfred, had become the junior managing director of the Lego Group. It was during his conversation with an overseas buyer that he was struck by the idea of a toy system.
For over 30 years, the Lego Company made only toys and related goods. Then, in 1968, the company opened its first Legoland in Denmark. Combining the Lego building bricks with a computer, the Robotics Invention System 1.5 is now the most advanced toy in the Lego Company, which is targeted at users aged twelve and above, and that includes any parents or grandparents that want to join in.
Now the Lego Company is expanding its production lines to include lights, cameras and so on. Lego Company has done a lot to entertain many children around the world.
1.The author presents the text by ________.
A. telling an interesting story
B. showing the process in different stages
C. introducing a practical method
D. describing many different activities
2.Which of the following is NOT true about the Robotics Invention System 1.5?
A. It is the most advanced toy in the Lego Company.
B. It combines the Lego building bricks with a computer.
C. It is intended for users aged twelve and above.
D. It is the most expensive toy invented since 1968.
3.What is the correct order of the following events in the development of Lego?
a. The entire Lego factory burned to the ground.
b. The company and its products adopted the name Lego.
c. The company opened its first Legoland in Denmark.
d. Godtfred had become the junior managing director of the Lego Group.
A. cadb B. cbad C. abcd D. badc
4.What can we learn from the text?
A. The Lego Company expands its production lines with computers.
B. The author thinks highly of Lego, which entertains many children.
C. The name Lego means “I put together” in the Danish language.
D. Lego enjoys the greatest popularity among children of 12.
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—Have you been wasting time on computer games again?
—_____． I’ve been studying a lot and I need a break．
A．No way B．Not really
C．I don’t agree D．I couldn’t agree more
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Read the following passage. Answer the following questions according to the information given in the passage.
Abby and Ally are my dear daughters. Last week, we had an outing and we were really tired later that day. After enjoying good food, we headed back. Abby pushed the button as we awaited the elevator and suddenly Ally let out a sigh of disappointment.
“Oh wait, we can’t use the elevator,” Ally said, pointing to a sign near the elevator. Too tired to challenge her, both Abby and I followed her without looking around the corner to another set of elevators. “Oh, my god,” Ally said, visibly upset. “we can’t use the elevators either！They’re also reserved for the firefighters.” Abby looked at me. I looked at Abby. We both looked at the sign and then we stared at Ally to see if she was serious. She was. .
“Ally, the sign doesn’t say the elevators are reserved for firefighters,” Abby explained. “It says not to use the elevators in case of fire！With that, Ally took a longer look at the sign and actually read it instead of skimming it this time.
What’s the lesson here? You have to spend time reading signs, maps or recipes instead of just assuming you know what they say, or you might go through life climbing many flights of stairs when you could be taking the elevator.
It also got me thinking about how often we do this with reading. I wonder how many people just assume they know what a book says instead of actually spending time reading it, thus making wrong assumptions. How often have I neglected a book simply because I think I “know” what it says when I really just need to slow down, open the book, and focus on the reading?
1.Why did Abby believe what Ally said about the first elevator? (No more than12 words)
_______________________________________________________
2.What did the sign really say? (No more than 9 words)
________________________________________________________
3.How did Ally read the sign at first? (No more than5 words)
_________________________________________________________
4.How should we read a book according to the author? (No more than 8 words)
___________________________________________________________
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So far, Mike has spent about $28,000 on the house and __________ it to cost about $38,000 when it is finished and furnished.
A. expected B.expects
C. has expected D. will expect
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Many years ago, Manhattan Island, 1. is a part of the great city of New York, 2. (cover) with forest. Along its shores were small Indian villages. In fact, Indians were the only people on the island until 1609. In the spring of that year, Henry Hudson, a famous sea captain, arrived there. He was trying to find a short way to the Far East for Dutch traders. His ship was very small. It was only about the size of one of the 3. (lifeboat) you see on modern ocean liners today. Of course, Henry Hudson did not find a 4. (short) way to the Far East. Instead he reached the shores of North America. He came to the mouth of the large waterway now 5. (call) the Hudson River.
As he came near to the shore, he saw 6. Indian village. The Indians seemed 7. (friend). They even came out to meet the ship and offered 8. furs to the Dutch sailor in exchange for glass beads and 9. small things. When Henry Hudson returned to Holland, he showed everyone the fine furs. He told of the rich soil, and the streams filled with fish. Later Dutch traders began to send many ships 10. the rich new world across the sea.
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Ever since Canadian psychiatrist Michael R. Phillips, who works in China, released his report saying China’s suicide rate from 1995 to 1999 reached 0.023 percent, the country has been ranked among those with the highest suicide rates in the world. But Jing Jun, a professor of sociology in Tsinghua University, challenges that view and presents the true picture through his nationwide research.
Jing and his students took one year to set up the first national database on suicide rate to grasp the overall trend of suicides in China. They collected data from the Health Statistics Annuals of the World Health Organization (sample size 10 million), and the country’s Health Statistics Annuals (which cover 100 million people). The database covers 23 years, from 1987 to 2009. Jing calculates the suicide rate in China based on these data. Though the suicide rate was comparatively high in the early years, his study shows it has dropped in recent years, as opposed to the ascending trend in the rest of the world.
According to Jing’s calculation, China’s suicide rate had dropped to about 0.01 percent in 2004. In 2009, the figure dropped further to 0.007 percent, which is rather low compared with the global rate of 0.016 percent. Even if the “missing” suicides were added, China’s suicide rate in 2009 would still be below 0.008 percent.
Jing has found that one of the main reasons why the suicide rate has dropped was the steady and big decline in the number of suicides committed by rural women. In the early years, researchers generally agreed that the suicide rate among Chinese women was higher than among men, which is pretty rare in the rest the world. But the suicide rate among Chinese women, especially in rural areas, has declined remarkably in recent years. In fact, it is almost equal to that of Chinese men.
As a sociologist, Jing regards suicide as a social issue, and believes improvement of social policies will reduce the suicide rate even further. More people’s lives can be saved if the authorities adjust to social environment for the better, he concludes.
1.From Jing’s search, we can see ________.
A. China has been ranked among those with the highest suicide rates in the world
B. in the rest of the world suicide rate has been rising quickly in the last few years
C. different from Michael
R. Philip’s idea, the trend of suicides in China is declining
D. the suicide rate among Chinese women is lower than that of men
2.The data in Para. 2 is mainly to prove that ________.
A. the result from Jing’s research is believable
B. Jing’s research is more complicated than Michael R. Phillip’s
C. Jing has made great efforts to make the research
D. China’s suicide rate was comparatively low all the time
3.Why has the suicide rate in China dropped steadily according to Jing Jun?
A. Because the life level of Chinese people has improved a lot.
B. Because China’s government has adopted measures to reduce the suicide rate.
C. Because the number of Chinese women who commit suicide has declined.
D. Because the world environment affects the suicide rate in China.
4.In Jing’s opinion, what should be done to reduce the suicide?
A. Pay more attention to rural women.
B. Continue to improve social environment.
C. Set up more mental health centers.
D. Make policies to prevent suicides.
5.We can infer that the text is __
_____.
A. a news report
B. a research report
C. a description of suicides
D. an introduction to a professor
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短文填词
阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词。所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。
Sitting on the bus I took the book out and was about to read but I was attracted by a young woman behind, who was speaking 1.________ her cell phone.
She was talking to her brother. She wanted to know where he was, why he wasn't where he was supposed to be, why he had 2._________(撒谎) to their mother again and if he knew that their mum had broken down in3. t___________ that morning because of him.
She kept it quiet but she didn't have any mercy on him. She let him know exactly 4.___________she thought of him but I could tell there was 5.________ (爱) under all the disappointment. She tried so hard to get this boy to come to see his mother and make it all right, but I got the 6._________ (印象) she was fighting a losing battle.
When she left the bus, I got7._________ behind her. "Excuse me," I said. "Do me a favor, would you? 8.T__________ this money and buy your mum a box of chocolates 9.__________ a bunch of flowers. And tell her a stranger said that10. b_________ a mother is the hardest but most important job in the world."
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When the weather is fine, watching Korean TV plays or playing computer games all day at home is not a(n) _____ way to spend your free time.
A. necessary B. artificial
C. worthwhile D. Convenient
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阅读填空（共1小题）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Today I kept a promise and had lunch with a friend I had not seen for a while．I was extremely tired 1. school, work and my 5-hour art lab I had just come from and I 2. (real) wanted to go home after a long day．But I kept my promise not 3. (upset) my friend this evening．
As it turned out, we had such a good time that I stayed 4. (long) than I had planned and saw how much the occasion 5. (mean) to my friend．We usually have been busy with our own daily life, and it felt as if we had never had such 6. long break．
I extremely wanted to go home and hide under the covers today But in 7. (keep) my promise to meet with a friend, I not only was kind to another person, 8. was also kind to myself．
I got some much 9. (need) self-care out of the occasion and was able to make the day of another person meaningful-someone who had just been as busy as me and still kept his promise to have dinner with 10. (I)．
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