【正文】 education? (5) Martha __________ her parents’ wishes and married a poor artist. (6) The old cinema has been __________ and a new one will be constructed. (7) — Did you enjoy your holiday? — No, __________ it. It was terrible. (8) __________ the village where I grew up, the city is really exciting. (9) It was __________ midnight when dad came back from work. (10) More trees have been planted __________ the village. 3. Multiple choice (1) A is to a fisherman is _________ a gun is to a hunter. A. what B. who C. which D. whom (2) — Which do you ________, the red or the blue one? — I like the blue one better. A. expect B. prefer C. wish D. hope (3) We have little in mon。 4 design。 symbol。s report, the estimates range from 100 million to a billion yearly across North America alone. It’s the reflective and transparent characteristic of glass that make windows invisible killers. Birds see the trees reflected in a window, or the plant behind the window, not the glass itself. converted the yard to food growing space. I invented a water collector that also filters the rainwater. For electricity, there are plenty of windmills. My house is built with materials found on the site and takes little wood. II. Understanding the text 1. Buildings, streets, squares and parks are in different styles because _________. A. they were all designed by different architects B. different ideas of beauty are expressed in them C. they are part of the manmade living environment D. they are built out of modern building materials. 2. Which of the following is NOT true about modernism? A. It has existed for 70 years or so B. Steel, glass and concrete are used as modern architecture materials C. All the buildings in developing countries belong to modernism. D. Sometimes traditional materials are used in modern architecture to the text, most people think modern buildings are ______________. A. huge B. beautiful C. friendly D. weling 4. Antonio Gaudi _________________. A. was a traditional architect B. invented modernism in order to change society C. preferred steel, glass and concrete to natural materials D. knew that there aren’t any straight lines in nature. 5. Which of the following will NOT probably make people think about nature? A. The Opera House in Sydney B. All the art museums in New York C. The 2021 Olympic Stadium in Beijing D. Most of Gaudi’s works in and around Barcelona III. Postreading activities White shelllike roofs, unlike anything else in the world, make the Sydney Opera House an image of timeless beauty. It is famous for being a (1) , not only of a city, but a whole country and continent too. Its (2) , Danish architect Jorn Utzon, turned 85 last Wednesday. And he was awarded the Pritzker prize, (3) as the Nobel Prize of architecture, on April 6. But Utzon has never seen his Opera House. The story began in 1957 when Utzon won an international petition to (4) an opera house in Sydney. But not everyone was excited. Utzon left his Opera project in 1966 after an argument with the local government and a storm of public criticism (批評 ) over the building39。s design. It was not pleted until seven years later and Utzon has (5) returned to Australia to see the result of his work. Utzon made a building well ahead of its time, and he persevered (堅持 ) through criticism to build a building that changed the image of an entire country, said Frank Gehry, a Pritzker Architecture Prize judge. (6) the Sydney Opera House was Utzon39。 creator。 5 never。 our ________ and interests are so different. A. styles B. taste C. quality D. appearance (4) Wherever you go, you can see the product ____________. A. advertise B. advertised far from。 go against。 So I ask one thing of you. Let my wings spread and let me fly. Task 2 A promising poet? Directions: First, use the words in the form to plete the passage and then work in groups to discuss the following questions 1. What made Wu Bin full marks in his Chinese writing in the NCEE? 2. Do a survey to see how many of your classmates are crazy about poems. If any, which do you they prefer, ancient or modern poems? Chinese or foreign poems? 3. Some people think teenagers should be encouraged to learn more about Chinese ancient famous poems. Do you agree? Few students get full marks in their Chinese writing in the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE。 expect 。 C. William Wordsworth → Gee Gordon Byron → John Milton D. John Milton → Robert Frost → Ge Gordon Byron 2. When did modern English e into being? A. Towards the end of 16th century B. In the 18th century C. Towards the end of 19th century D. Between 1910 and the late 1930s 3. Whose poems do NOT have rhyme at the end of each line? A. Wang Wei’s B. Shakespeare’s C. Su Dongpo’s D. John Milton’s 4. Which group of poets did NOT e from the same country? A. Li Bai, Wang Wei, and Su Dongpo B. William Wordsworth, Robert Frost and Shakespeare C. John Keats, John Donne, and John Milton D. Gee Gordon Byron, Shakespeare and John Keats 5. The introduction of English poetry to China began ___________. A. at the start of the 20th century B. in the late 1930s C. at the end of the 19th century D. between 1910 and the 1930s 6. How is an English poem different from its Chinese version（譯文） ? A. It will bee more difficult to understand B. Some of the information in the original poem is missing C. Chinese version will offer readers much less choice. D. Something of the spirit of the original poem will be lost III. Language focus 1. Usage of words (1) I live near an airport。 / C. / 。ve got to want to write,” I say to them, “ not want to be a writer.” The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poorpaying affair. For ev