Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun. He drew cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks (积木). His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since. He even took his building bricks to college with him! Instead of books and a computer, he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk.
Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid (高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in his art. He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) to Superman! He has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art. He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait (自画像). It took him two days just to build the eyes.
Nathan's work has appeared in museums around the world. Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is fascinating. Since it began in2007, Nathan's exhibition "The Art of the Brick" has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere.
"I'm proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it," says Nathan. "To do what you love in life is the most important thing."
【小题1】What did Nathan put on his desk at college?

A．The Statue of Liberty.	B．Superman.
C．His serf-portrait.	D．A Greenwich Village modal.

【小题2】Why did Nathan give up his job as a lawyer?

A．Because he made little money out of a lawyer.

B．Because he wanted to make toys for the children.

C．Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks.

D．Because he was going to work in the museum instead.

【小题3】What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Nathan's work.	B．Nathan's exhibition.
C．Nathan's art.	D．Nathan's self-portrait

【小题4】What would be the best title for the passage?

A．The Brick Artist	B．The Brick Exhibition
C．Toy Bricks for Adults	D．The Artist's Childhood

根据所给中文完成句子（1.5’×6）

54. 我们正在猜想这首歌曲会让他想到什么。

We are guessing _______________________________.

55. 这个男孩年龄大到可以独立上网查信息了吗？

_______________________________ on the Internet?

56. 这个作家直到获了奖才出名。

The writer _______________________________.

57. 多亏你的帮助，我的房间看起来整洁的多了。

_______________________________, my room _________________.

58. 他别无选择，只能严格要求他的学生

He _______________________________ his students.

59. 酒后驾车是多么危险啊！

How _______________________________!

My name is Linda. I’m a girl. I live in Canada .I have two big eyes. My eyes are green. I have long, red hair. I am 1.6 meters tall. I have long arms and long legs. I like black .Black is my favourite colour.
I have a friend in China. Her name is Lin Na. She has two big eyes ,too. But her eyes are black. Lin Na is short. She is only 1.5 meters tall. She  has long hair, too. But her hair is black. She likes yellow. She has many yellow clothes. Yellow is her favourite colour.
Lin Na an d I look different, but we are good friends .
【小题1】Lin Na lives in ________

A．China

B．England

C．American

D．Canada

【小题2】Lin Na and I are good friends, but we look __________.

A．nice

B．different

C．like

D．same

【小题3】Lin Na has black eyes, but Linda has _______eyes.

A．black

B．blue

C．green

D．yellow

【小题4】Linda’s friend likes _______

A．blue

B．yellow

C．black

D．green.

【小题5】Lin Na is ________,but Linda is tall.

A．short

B．nice

C．long

D．tall

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阅读下面短文，并借助上下和插图补充所缺信息。每个空格只能填一个形式正确、与短文内容意思相符的单词。 

In Xinjiang, most people knew the stories of Avantis (阿凡提). Avantis was a very clever man. People liked him because he not only spoke for the 1. ________  but also was always ready to help them.
One day Avantis 2. ________ two men arguing with each other. A lot of peple stood around them. One of the two men was the owner of the eating house in the town and the 3. ________ was a young man. The young man just 4. ________ by the eating house. The owner of the eating house told the young man to 5. ________ him money. The young man explained that he hadn’t taken anything from the eating house., 6. ________ the owner said that the young man had taken the 7. ________ of the nice food from the eating house, and he must pay for it. So Avantis went up to the owner and said, “I’ll pay you the money. ” Avantis 8. ________ out some 9. ________ from his pocket and put them into his own bag. He shook his bag, and people heard the 10. ________ of the coins. Then Avantis said to the owner, “I have paid you the money. ”

The giant panda is one of the most popular animals in the world. A giant panda can grow up to 1.5 meters long and weigh up to 160kg. People think the giant panda is very lovely. ①So it is not surprising that the World Wide Fund for Nature chose the giant panda as its symbol. The WWF tells people about animals that they are in danger and raises money to save them.[来源:Zxxk.Com]

The giant panda only lives in the wild in China. In the early 1980s, were only 1,000 left in the wild. The main reason why pandas are endangered is that the area where pandas can live has become smaller.

The WWF works to help giant pandas in the wild in many ways. One of the ways that helps them is to increase the size of panda reserves(自然保护区). Some reserves need to be joined together by planting bamboo between them to make “corridors”. These are paths that lead from one reserve to another. No one may harm the pandas in these areas. The corridors let pandas move from one habitat (栖息地) to another to look for food. ②People are working very hard to make sure the giant panda does not die out.

1. How long and heavy can a giant panda grow to be?

_____________________________________________________________________________

2. 将文中划线的句子①改为被动句。

   So it is not surprising that _____________________by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

3.Why are the giant pandas endangered?

_____________________________________________________________________________

4. Give a way to help the giant pandas in the wild, please.

_____________________________________________________________________________

5. 将文中划线的句子②翻译成中文。

____________________________________________________________________________