4、Three armed robbers stole two Pablo Picasso prints from an art museum in downtown Sao Paulo on Thursday, which was the city’s second high-profile art theft in less than a year. The bandits also took two oil paintings by well-know Brazilian artists Emiliano Di Cavalcanti and Lasar Segall, said Carla Regina, a spokeswoman for the Pinacoteca do Estado museum.

The Picasso prints stolen were "The Painter and the Model" from 1963 and "Minotaur, Drinker and Women" from 1933, according to a statement from the Sao Paulo Secretary of State for Culture, which oversees the museum. The prints and paintings have a combined value of $612,000, the statement and a museum official said.

About noon, three armed men paid the $2.45 entrance fee and immediately went to the second-floor gallery where the works were being exhibited, bypassing more valuable pieces, authorities said. "This indicates to us that they probably received an order" to take those specific works, Youssef Abou Chain, head of Sao Paulo's organized crime unit, told reporters at a news conference. The assailants overpowered three unarmed museum guards and grabbed the works, officials said. The robbery took about 10 minutes and the museum was nearly empty at the time. The assailants took the pieces — frames and all — out of the museum in two bags. The institution has no metal detectors.

In December, Picasso's "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" and "O Lavrador de Cafe" by Candido Portinari, an influential Brazilian artist, were stolen from the Sao Paulo Museum of Art by three men who used a crowbar（鐵撬棍）and car jack to force open one of the museum's steel doors. The framed paintings were found Jan. 8, covered in plastic and leaning against a wall in a house on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, South America's largest city. One of the suspects in that robbery — a former TV chef — turned himself over to police in January, who already had two suspects in custody（監(jiān)禁）.

1．What did the armed men steal on Thursday?

       A．Two prints by Pablo Picasso

      B．Two oil painting by Brazilian artists

      C．Two prints by Pablo Picasso and two oil paintings by two Brazilian artists.

      D．Two prints by two Brazilian artists and two oil paintings by Picasso Pablo.

2．Why didn't the thieves take other more valuable works?

      A．Because they didn't know that the other pieces were worth more.

      B．Probably because they had received an order for the prints that they took.

      C．Because they didn't have enough time.

      D．Because they were in such a hurry that they couldn’t get them all.

3．How many people were in the museum during the robbery?

      A．A lot. The museum was crowded.

      B．Not too many. It was almost empty.

      C．There were a lot of people outside the museum.

      D．Only three of them.

4．According to the passage, which of the followings is TRUE?

      A．In December, "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" and "O Lavrador de Cafe" painted by Candido Portinari were stolen.

      B．There are steel doors and no detectors in Sao Paulo Museum of Art.

      C．Three robbers defeated three armed museum guards and took away the works on Thursday.

      D．Three suspects in the first high-profile art theft in less than a year were arrested.

3、根據(jù)句意或中文填單詞

1．We have        （催促，力勸）that systems be put in pace to prevent such accidents.

2．These methods can help to increase sutdents’ m         and interest.

3．Self –control and patience are two of his        （美德）.

4．School uniform is no longer        （強(qiáng)制性的，必須做的）in many British schools.

5．My new car is better and more      （可靠的）than my last one.

6．Disability need not be a              （障礙）to a successful career.

7．We need to show greater        （容忍）towards each other.

8．The accident left him         （癱瘓）from neck down.

9．I really admire his         （流利）, uncomplicated style of writing.

10．These unique plants have          （進(jìn)化）undisturbed for millions of years.

2、You don’t have to read every text in the same way. The way

you read a text depends on your reason       reading it.                    1．          

For         , if you just read for specific information,                      2．          

you don’t need to read every word of the text.                             3．           

you have to do is g         quickly through each text                       4．          

looking for key words. When you find a        word,                      5．          

you can read the sentence      is in and you will probably                 6．          

find the information you need. If you read for detailed information,

        , you need to read every word of the text, but you                7．          

do this fairly quickly,          （停止）only when you come to       8．          

new information and then underlining it. If you want to be                  

an         （高效的）reader, you should always think about            9．          

WHY you are reading and then choose the best

reading m         to achieve your purpose.                                    10．          

1、假設(shè)你是李華，在出國交流學(xué)習(xí)期間，到當(dāng)?shù)匾患译娪霸嚎戳艘粓鼍�彩的電影，但在觀影過程中發(fā)現(xiàn)了一些問題。請你根據(jù)下列提示用英語給影院經(jīng)理寫一封信。

1．因廣告過多，影片放映晚點(diǎn)；

2．影片播放音量過大；

3．安全出口標(biāo)識(shí)不明；存在安全隱患；

4．適當(dāng)結(jié)尾。

注意：

1．詞數(shù)：80—120

2．可適當(dāng)加入細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫；

3．信的開頭已為你寫好（不計(jì)入詞數(shù)）

4．參考詞匯：exit—安全出口；    potential safety hazard—安全隱患。

Dear Manager,

I’m an exchange student from China. Yesterday, I went to your cinema to see a film. The film was very good, but                                                             

Yours faithfully,

Li Hua

28、--How much salt did you put in the soup?

—I’m sorry to say, ______．I forgot

A．none        B．no one        C nothing            D．no

27、This design is ________ satisfactory．So you’ll have to try your best to better it．

A．nothing but       B．a(chǎn)nything but         C．a(chǎn)ll but       D．everything but

25、The shopkeeper did not want to sell for          he thought was not enough.

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

24、The little boy burst          .

A．out cry         B．into being cry        C．out crying          D．into crying