It's not every week that England's greatest playwright William Shakespeare hits the headlines, but the Bard of Avon （艾芬河的吟游詩人） has been the subject of two news stories in recent days as new information has come to light about the writer and his working environment．
In the first development, a portrait of Shakespeare, which is believed to be the only picture painted of him during his lifetime, was unveiled in London．
The artwork has been dated back to 1610, meaning it was painted six years before the writer's death．
The painting had been owned by a family descended from Shakespeare's literary patron （文學(xué)贊助人） tor hundreds of years without them ever knowing who the man in the picture was．
Alec Cobbe, who inherited the portrait, realized that the painting was a likeness of Shakespeare after visiting an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery where he saw a portrait that had, until 70 years ago, been accepted as a life portrait of Shakespeare．
Mr Cobhe immediately realized he was looking at a copy of the painting that had been in his family for centuries．
The painting will now go on display in Shakespeare's hometown Stratford-upon-Avon．
In a separate story, archaeologists in London believe they have unearthed the remains of Shakespeare's first theatre．
The site was excavated（發(fā)掘） by a team from the Museum of London last summer, and is believed to have been built in 1576．
Experts think that Shakespeare himself acted at the theatre, which may have been where the play Romeo and Juliet was premiered （首次公演）．
It is believed that 25 years after construction, the building was pulled down and moved timber by timber to the South Bank of the Thames, where a reconstruction of the theatre now stands．
小題1:．What is the story mainly about?
A．The remains of the first theatre．B．Shakespeare's portrait．
C．Early life of Shakespeare．D．Great works of Shakespeare．
小題2:．What does the underlined word "unveiled" mean in the passage?
A．made publicB．found outC．on saleD．sold out
小題3:．Before visiting the exhibition, Alec Cobbe ___   _．
A．knew his painting was a copy of the portrait of Shakespeare
B．thought his painting was a little like Shakespeare
C．realized his painting was very valuable
D．was unknown who the man in the painting was
小題4:．Which of the following is true?
A．The site was the first theater Shakespeare built．
B．Romeo and Juliet was first put on in 1576．
C．The theatre was pulled down to make place for a new one．
D．The theatre rebuilt stands on the South Bank of the Thames．

小題1:.B
小題1:.A
小題1:.D
小題1:.D
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The Winton took an early lead. But halfway through the race, it began to lose power. Ford started to gain. And near the end of the race, he took the lead. Ford won the race and defeated the Winton. His name appeared in newspapers and he became well-known all over the United States. Within weeks of the race, Henry Ford formed a new automobile company. In the 1903, a doctor in Detroit bought the first car from the company. That sale was the beginning of Henry Ford's dream. Ford said: "I will build a motor car for the great mass of people. It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for one person to operate and care for. It will be built of the best materials. It will be built by the best men to be employed. And it will be built with the simplest plans that modem engineering can produce. It will be so low in price that no man making good money will be unable to own one."     
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What do we know about Henry Ford from Paragraph 1?
A．He made good use of ideas from others.
B．He produced the first car in the world.
C．He knew how to improve auto parts.
D．He invented the production line.
小題2:
Why did Henry Ford take part in the 1901 car race?            
A．To show off his driving skills.
B．To draw public attention.
C．To learn about new technology.
D．To raise money for his new company.
小題3:
“That sale” in Paragraph 4 refers to       .
A．the selling of Ford cars at reduced prices
B．the sale of Model T to the mass of people
C．the selling of a car to a Detroit doctor
D．the sales target for the Ford Company
小題4:
What was Henry Ford's dream according to the text?   
A．Producing cars for average customers.
B．Building racing cars of simple design.
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XI'AN - China's conservation work for the endangered crested ibis（朱鹮）is facing new challenges, including an increasing mortality rate due to inbreeding, and the conflict between the need to expand natural habitats and local communities' economic interests, bird experts have warned.
The crested ibis, once widespread in Japan, China, Russia and the Korean Peninsula, almost became extinct in the first half of the 20th century.
Before 1981, when seven crested ibis were accidentally found in Yangxian county, in Northwest China's Shaanxi province, academics thought the species had been extinct in China for almost 17 years.
Due to the huge effort put into species protection since 1981, the number of crested ibis in China has risen to an estimated 1,617, including 997 in the wild, the State Forestry Administration said at a meeting on crested ibis protection in Xi'an on Monday.
However, although the ibis population exceeds 1,000, the birds are still not free from the threat of extinction, said Fang Shengguo, director of the State Conservation Center for Gene Resources of Endangered Wildlife at Zhejiang University.
“Ornithologists used inbreeding in the early stages of protection so that numbers of the precious birds could increase quickly, but that method had consequences,” Fang said.
"Studies have proved that as a result of inbreeding, crested ibis have the lowest genetic diversity of all endangered birds," Fang said.
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So far, about 90 percent of crested ibis live in Shaanxi province, and fewer than 140 ibis live in three zoos in other parts of the country, including Beijing Zoo, according to Liu Dongping, an assistant researcher at the National Bird Banding Center of China, which is affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Forestry.
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A．The Rare Bird in ChinaB．New Problems for the Crested Ibis
C．The Way to Save the Crested IbisD．The Reason for the Crested Ibis’s Extinction
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A．The crested ibis is a native of China.
B．Before 1981, the crested ibis was extinct in China.
C．The crested ibis is now free from the threat of extinction.
D．Most of the crested ibis are in Shaanxi province.
小題3:. Why did the experts adopt the way of inbreeding to protect the crested ibis?
A．To increase the mortality rate.
B．To increase the number of the crested ibis.
C．To get more physical defects for hatched chicks
D．To have the lowest diversity of the endangered bird.
小題4:. What may be the reason for the reduction in the population of the crested ibis before 1981?
A．inbreedingB．economic development
C．over huntingD．sandstorm
小題5:. What can we learn from the passage?
A．Due to our great efforts, the crested ibis lives in the wild well.
B．Scientists will choose a better habitat for the crested ibis.
C．The problems of the crested ibis have not been solved now.
D．The government has established a genetic database of the crested ibis.

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Many people could not forget the beautiful dance during the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. The dance was performed by 20 disabled girls. They can’t hear or speak. But their performance is remembered by many people. The leading dancer of the dance is Tai Lihua. She is 28 years old. She is very beautiful.
Tai Lihua was born healthy. When she was two years old, she lost her hearing because of a fever. Not long after that, she became mute（啞巴）, too. From then on, her world was silent. But she didn’t know this at first. At five years old, when she played a game about sounds with her schoolmates she discovered that she was different from the others. She was very sad about it. Her father went to many places to look for best treatments for her illness. But nothing worked. When she was seven years old, she went to a school for deaf and mute children. In that school, she did well in her studies. Her teacher said she used her mind more than the others and was good at expressing her feeling through dance. She also began to love dance. She thought she could use dance to express what she thought about life.
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小題1:.From the passage we know      .
A．Tai Lihua was found deaf and mute by her father when she played a game with her classmates
B．Tai Lihua danced very well at the beginning of learning to dance
C．Tai Lihua never gave up when she was in trouble
D．Tai Lihua’s parents didn’t take good care of her
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a．She danced during the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
b．She was a healthy girl.
c．She began to learn to dance.
d．She lost her hearing.
e．She went to a school for deaf and mute children.
f．She couldn’t speak.
g．She found she was different from the others.
A．a(chǎn)bdfgceB．badfegcC．bdfegcaD．bdfgeca
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B．she used her mind more than the others and could use dance to express what she thought about life
C．she has been to many countries and now lives a happy life
D．though mute and deaf, she is beautiful and hard working and good at dancing
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So how does it  work？First you have to sign up to the scheme to be sent a key.The key will unlock one of the bikes，which are kept at docking stations in  and around central London.You have to pay an access fee for the key and then you pay as you go，for he length of time you use the bike.
Transport for London， which runs the scheme，are hoping to have 6，000 bikes and 400 docking stations in place by the end of the year.The new hire system is hoping to ease congestion in London and is expected to generate up to 40，000 extra cycle trips a day into the city centre.London Mayor Boris Johnston launched the scheme and said London had been “filled with thousands of gleaming machines that will transform the look and feel of our streets and become as commonplace on our roads as black cabs and red buses”.
However，there  have been a few problems since the scheme was launched last Friday.On the first day some people found they couldn’t dock their bike  properly and their usage of the bike had not registered.Transport for London did admit they had been expecting a few “teething problems”and have said they wouldn’t charge for the first day as a“gesture of goodwill”.Some other people have criticized the lack of docking stations and locks for the bikes as well as the price it costs to hire the bicycles.
Despite the comments，the green-thinking London Mayor still seems very positive about things，saying，“My campaign for the capital to become the greatest big cycling city in the world has taken a gigantic pedal-powered push forwards.”
小題1:A new bike scheme has started in London to.
A．earn more money for the government
B．encourage the citizens to take exercises
C．deal with the city’s traffic problems
D．increase employment opportunities
小題2:Which  is the correct order of a bike hire？
a.pay a usage charge according to the time   b.pay for the key
c.cycle in and around central London         d.sign up as a member to get a key
A．b-d-c-aB．b-c-a-dC．d-c-b-aD．d-b-c-a
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A．is started by volunteers in London
B．has prepared cnough cycles available
C．is expected to improve the environment
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B．People could not dock the bikes properly.
C．People had no enthusiasm about the scheme.
D．It’s too expensive for some people to hire a bike.
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A．the‘cycling revolution’failed once started
B．the scheme will be put off due to the problems
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The world’s biggest Internet search engine, Google, has proven once again to be king of the Web. Users can download “Google Wi-Fi” software and then enjoy free Wi-Fi service available in some US cities since last Tuesday.
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B．Much pop music is very artistic.
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D．Not all pop music is without artistic value.
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A．How the human beings survived in the Ice Age．
B．What the situation was like during the Ice Age．
C．What caused the Ice Age to come to an end．
D．Why the Ice Age was very important．
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D．Human activities have done damage to the balance of nature．
小題4:Which of the following can be the best tide of the passage?
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B．The Success of Cultural Adaptation Is Not Permanent．
C．The Global Population Is Increasing Since Ice Age．
D．Human Beings Are Capable of Surviving on Earth.

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C．Regent Home Alaska Cruises．D．None of the above．
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A．To explore the natural beauty of Alaska．
B．To introduce the ways of traveling in Alaska．
C．To attract tourists to cruise vacations in Alaska．
D．To offer advice to people traveling in Alaska．

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