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ce is made of wood and stone.B.The terracotta figures are bigger than real men.C.The Mogao Caves is in the southwest of Dunhuang.D.The emperors admired the people in the Temple of Heaven.11.根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容判斷正誤。 If someone says to you: give me five, do not search your pocket to get five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person39。s not asking for your money, but your fingers. In the US, give me five or give me the high five is a popular gesture (動作). You can see it often in films or on TV It means the clapping (拍) of each other39。s raised right hands together. People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket (彩票). If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate. This gesture may e from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor to show respect. This also showed that the person raising his am did not have a sword (刀) in his hand. Why not try to give the high five to your friends?(1)Give me five is a gesture to ask for money. (2)The gesture give me five is the clapping of hands. (3)When you get good grades in your exam,you give your friends high fives. (4)The gesture started in America according to the story. (5)The Romans raised the right arm without a sword in his hand for the emperor to show their respect to the emperor. 12.閱讀理解 Are you angry by the noise of your alarm clock every morning? Still feel sleepy after getting up? Now, you can say goodbye to that annoying alarm clock, you needn39。t hear its unpleasant noise every morning. The Glow pillow (發(fā)光枕)can wake you up with soft LED lights. The lights produce the brightness over 40 minutes just like the sunrise. The pillow is taking the place of the traditional alarm clock. It was designed (設(shè)計)by Eosin McNally and Ian Walton to be against the pressures of a24 hour lifestyle. The pillow uses a kind of LED material below the surface. It wakes the user up with light. The material can also show the time on the pillow39。s surface, and it is perfect for those who sleep with their heads pletely buried(埋)face down into the pillow. 40 minutes before the preset(預(yù)設(shè))alarm time, the pillow begins to glow and gently brings the user out of sleep. The natural waking process helps to set body clock and makes people build a healthy sleepandwake habit slowly. (1)The noise of the alarm clock makes people . A.angryB.relaxedC.happyD.excited(2)The pillow wakes people up with . A.smellB.soundC.lightD.touch(3)The Glow Pillow can take the place of . A.LED lightsB.the alarm clockC.the sunriseD.people(4)The waking process is helpful to . A.be against the pressuresB.bury their facesC.build a healthy habit fastD.set body clock(5)Which is the best title for this passage? A.Body clock is useful to peopleB.Glow Pillow brings you out of sleepC.Two men created a new productD.A new kind of LED lights wakes you up13.閱讀理解 When he didn39。t bee famous, Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientists in the world, lived a hard life, wearing casually. Someone reminded him he should have a decent(得體的) coat so as to enter the society. He said, I39。m unknown. Even if I wear more handsomely, no one will know me. A few years later, Einstein became a worldfamous scientist, who still wore casually. The man again reminded he should have a coat made quickly, or it would disagree with the fame of a great scientist. Einstein said with a smile, Now, even if I wear ragged(衣衫襤褸的)clothes, people will know me. Sometimes, he even wore a sports shirt and a pair of sandals to the University of Berlin when he worked as a professor in Germany. His friends didn39。t agree with him, but he said jokingly, If the bag is better than the meat inside, it will be a bad thing. Indeed, many a time, if we don39。t adorn(修飾。裝飾) ourselves from the appearance but let the skeleton(骨架。骨骼) of the spirit stand up, we won39。t fall over in this world.(1)Einstein was a great__________. A.reporterB.writerC.scientistD.artist(2)Before being famous, when someone reminded him to have a decent coat. Einstein____. A.had a decent coat quicklyB.still wore casuallyC.quarreled with the personD.wore more handsomely then(3)What can we learn from the fourth paragraph? A.Einstein was unfriendly to his friends.B.Einstein once studied in the University of Berlin.C.Einstein didn39。t like his work as a professor in Germany.D.Einstein thought the things inside a person were more important than the appearance.14.閱讀短文,從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中,選出最佳選項。 Birthdays are celebrated all over the world. Some traditions are rather similar from one country to another: candles, cakes and birthday wishes. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here are a few: Argentina (阿根廷): In Argentina, as in many Latin American countries, one of the most important birthday parties is a girl39。s fifteenth. When girls turn 15, they have a huge party and dance first with their fathers, and then the boys at the part. China: The birthday child receives presents from the parents. Friends and family members are invited to dinner, and noodles are served to wish the birthday child a long life. Denmark (丹麥): A flag is flown outside a window to show that someone who lives in that house is celebrating the birthday. Presents are placed around the child39。s be