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sleep11. A. page B. phone C. puter D. office12. A. discover B. win C. design D. miss 13. A. offered B. considered C. sold D. brought 14. A. freezing B. surprising C. exciting D. boring15. A. clever B. polite C. silly D. fastIV. 閱讀理解(30分) 閱讀下面的短文,并做每篇后面的題目。 42 main languages in the worldSpecial rooms for you to enjoy listening. CDs and cassettes can be borrowedFREE You can borrow one CD or one cassette one time and keep it for one week.1. Which of the following can only be enjoyed in the reading room?A. Newspapers. B. Music videos. C. CDs. D. Language cassettes.2. You should pay ______ if you keep two videos for two weeks.A. 1 dollar B. 2 dollars C. 4 dollars D. nothing3. We can borrow ______ CD(s) one time.A. five B. one C. three D. as many as you can4. In the library we can ______.A. borrow the newest magazines B. watch our favourite video filmsC. listen to CDs of pop music D. find books in 42 main languages in the world5. Which of the following is NOT true?A. You can pay nothing for the library card.B. You can borrow as many videos as you like one time.C. There are rooms for you to enjoy TV plays in the library.D. You can borrow five books at one time and keep them for three weeks. (B) William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth. He wrote thirtyseven plays in all. They are still popular today. He was born in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582, he married a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins. In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, StratforduponAvon. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592. At twentyeight he moved to London and joined a theatre pany which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599. He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He made almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown. At the age of fortynine, Shakespeare retired (退休) and went to live in StratforduponAvon. He died at the age of fiftytwo in 1616. He left his money to his family. He left the genius (天才) to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.6. Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except ____.A. Hamlet B. Macbeth C. Romeo and Julie D. Man and Superman7. Shakespeare decided to be an actor in ____. A. 1578 B. 1582 C. 1599 D. 16168. In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown StratforduponAvon ____.A. with his wife B. with his daughter C. with his wife and children D. alone9. Shakespeare got much money from ____.A. writing B. plays C. acting D. retirement10. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?A. Shakespeare had two childrenB. Shakespeare wrote both plays and poemsC. Shakespeare left his money to the Globe Theatre.D. Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languages. (C) Tom Brennan was working in a Philadelphia (美國費(fèi)城) office building when he noticed a black bag. There was a book in the bag. This discovery ended a 12day search (搜尋) by the Library Company of Philadelphia for a historical treasure —a 120page diary that was kept 190 years ago by Deborah Logan, “A woman who knew everybody in her day,” James Green, the man working in the library told the magazine American Libraries. Most of the diary is a record of big events in Philadelphia. It also includes (包括) a description of British soldiers burning Washington D. C. in the war of 1812. She describes President James Madison on horseback as “perfectly shaking with fear” during the troubled days. George Washington, she writes, mistook her for the wife of a Frenchman, and praised her excellent English. The adventure of the lost book began on September 4, when Cory Luxmoore arrived from England to send the diary of his ancestor (祖先) to the Library Company. He and his wife thought the Library Company was the best home for the diary. James Green told American Libraries he had the diary in his hands for “about five minutes” when Luxmoore took it back because he wanted to show it to another person. On returning to his hotel after showing the diary to James Green, Luxmoore was shocked to realize that he had left it in the taxi. James Green began calling every taxi pany in the city at once, but with no luck. “I’ve felt sick since then.” Luxmoore told reporters. According to James