A. how to say
B. what is he going to say
C. how he says
D. what to say

     Everyone knows the smart black-and-white dog that sits on top of a red doghouse with his best friend
-- a bird called Woodstock.
    This year Snoopy turns sixty. Created by the American cartoonist Charles Schulz in 1950, the clever dog
is loved by kids and adults. He speaks more than 20 languages and appears daily in 26,000 newspapers around
the world. When Snoopy first appeared, he was just like other pet dogs. But two years later, he had begun
to speak with simple words and sounds.
     By 1957 he could walk on two legs and was going to school with his master, Charlie Brown, who failed
at just about everything.
     Snoopy has done lots of jobs. He has been a bow-tie wearing lawyer, a tennis player and Olympic figure
skater, a world famous grocery cashier, a pilot and even the first astronaut on the moon.
     However, Snoopy has always dreamed of being a famous writer. The beginning of his story is always, "It
was a dark and stormy night…" Unluckily for him no one has ever wanted to publish (出版) the story.
     Snoopy easily falls in love but always has his heart broken. He eats to forget, but it never works.
     Snoopy is an insightful, feel-good and sometimes sad dog. If you think a little about his words, you might
find them full of life lessons. Among his most famous lines are "To live is to dance, to dance is to live." and
"Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog."

1. How many cartoon characters are mentioned in the passage?

A. Two.
B. Three.
C. Four.
D. Five.

2. How can we know Snoopy is popular around the world?

A. He appears daily in 26,000 newspapers.
B. He's just like a human.
C. He has done all kinds of jobs.
D. He's unlucky in life.

3. From the passage we can learn that _________.

A. Snoopy has a successful master
B. Snoopy is a lucky dog in love
C. Snoopy is a success as a writer
D. Snoopy can teach us life lessons

       Everyone knows the smart black-and-white dog that sits on top of a red doghouse with his
best friend-a bird called Woodstock.          
       This year Snoopy tums 60.
       Created by the American cartoonist Charles Schulz in 1950, the clever dog is loved by
generations of kids and adults. He speaks more than 20 languages and appears daily in 26,000
newspapers around the world.
       When Snoopy first appeared, he was just like other pet dogs. But two years later, he had
begun to speak with simple words and sounds.
       By 1957 he could walk on two legs and was going to school with his master, Charlie Brown,
who failed at just about everything.
       Snoopy has done lots of jobs. He has been a bow-tie wearing lawyer, a tennis player and
Olympic figure skater,a world famous grocery cashier, a pilot and even the first astronaut on the
moon.
       However,Snoopy has always dreamed of being a famous writer. The beginning of his story is
always, "It was a dark and stormy night..." Unluckily for him no one has ever wanted to publish
the story.
       Snoopy easily falls in love but always has his heart broken. He eats to forget,but it never
works.
       Snoopy is an insightful, feel-good and sometimes sad dogs. If you think a little about his
words , you might find them full of life lessons. Among his most famous lines are " To live is to
dance , to dance  is to live. "  And  " Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll
probably still be a dog. "
                                                      

1. How many cartoon characters are mentioned in the passage?

A. Two.                        
B. Three.    
C. Four.                        
D. Five.

2. How can we know Snoopy is popular in the passage?

A. He appears daily in 26 ,000 newspapers.    
B. He's just like a human.    
C. He has done all kind of jobs.    
D. He's unlucky in life.

3. From the passage we can leam that      .

A. Snoopy has a successful master    
B. Snoopy is a lucky dog in love    
C. Snoopy is a success as a writer    
D. Snoopy can teach us life lessons

A. how
B. when
C. what
D. where

     Who was Leonardo da Vinci? You may answer without thinking: "He is the painter of Mona Lisa."
What else do you know about him? Da Vinci was more than just a great artist in history. He's also famous
as a scientist and an inventor.
     Recently, the Grand Rapids Public Museum in the US had an exhibition to introduce this great talent.
In one of the shows, named "Leonardo da Vinci's Machines in Motion", visitors could see and touch 30
full-size machines built according to his sketches-including a crane (起重机) and a robot!
     Leonardo da Vinci was born to a rich family in Florence, Italy, in 1452. From childhood, Leonardo was
given a good education and he showed talent at painting. By the age of 26, Da Vinci had already become a
famous painter.
     However, he showed that he had multiple talents in 1482 when he began to work for the Duke of Milan
as a chief engineer. In the duke's military factories, Da Vinci developed an interest in war weapons.
     He designed many important machines, including helicopters and parachutes. He also drew and wrote
about an armored car, which could carry eight men inside and allow them to fire weapons through holes
in its walls. Da Vinci's idea led to the mod- ern tank. Though Da Vinci never built many of the inventions
he designed, some of the things he imagined in the late 1400s are in use today.
     As a scientist, Da Vinci was fascinated with the human body. He spent a whole year cutting up dead
bodies in hospitals to learn about human anatomy (解剖). He made more than 200 drawings of bodies.
     Amazingly, Da Vinci wrote backward, so the easiest way to read his notes was to hold them up to a
mirror!

1. Was Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo da Vinci?
    _________________________________________________
2. When was Leonardo da Vinci born? 
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3. What did Leonardo da Vinci design?
     _________________________________________________
4. Why did Leonardo da Vinci cut up dead bodies in hospitals?
     _________________________________________________
5. What was Leonardo da Vinci according to the passage? 
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