题目
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Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid (高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in his art. He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) to Superman! He has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art. He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait (自画像). It took him two days just to build the eyes.
Nathan"s work has appeared in museums around the world. Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is fascinating. Since it began in2007, Nathan"s exhibition "The Art of the Brick" has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere. "I"m proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it," says Nathan. "To do what you love in life is the most important thing."
1. What did Nathan put on his desk at college?
A. The Statue of Liberty. B. Superman. C. His serf-portrait. D. A Greenwich Village modal.
2. Why did Nathan give up his job as a lawyer?
A. Because he made little money out of a lawyer.
B. Because he wanted to make toys for the children.
C. Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks.
D. Because he was going to work in the museum instead.
3. What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Nathan"s work. B. Nathan"s exhibition. C. Nathan"s art. D. Nathan"s self-portrait
4. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. The Brick Artist B. The Brick Exhibition
C. Toy Bricks for Adults D. The Artist"s Childhood
答案
核心考点
试题【 Nathan Sawaya"s childhood was a lot of fun. He drew cartoons, wrote stories,】；主要考察你对人物故事类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
She had already been a professional 小题3: before many women had jobs.She taught in Africa for many years. Then she moved to Malaysia and taught English there for a few years. At that time,people didn’t tralvel 小题4: a plane, so she had to travel there by ship. It took her three months 小题5: from England to Malaysia in those days. In 1947,she traveled by plane for the first time. This made traveling 小题6: easier and quicker. She continued to teach around the world until she was 75 years old.
Jenny really loved teaching and she was also good at telling stories. I always loved to hear her 小题7: her stories. They were 小题8: interesting that I would like to listen to her when I was free. It was 小题9: that she could remember everything even though she was so old. I think it was because she never stopped 小题10: .My grandmother’s sister was really an amazing woman.
小题11:A.death B.die C.died
小题12:A.but B.and C.or
小题13:A.singer B.teacher C.manager
小题14:A.on B.at C.by
小题15:A.to sail B.sailing C.to fly
小题16:A.too B.much C.more
小题17:A.talk to B.talk with C.talk about
小题18:A.so B.such C.very
小题19:A.boring B.relaxing C.amazing
小题20:A.work and think B.working and thinking C.to work and think
“Daddy,how much money do you make an hour?”
“If you must know, I make $20 an hour.”
“Oh,”the little boy replied,with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said,“Daddy,could you lend me $10?”
The father was furious,“If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish,then go straight to your room and think about why you are being so selfish（自私的）!”
The little boy quietly went to his roomand shut the door. After about an hour, the father calmed down, and started to think,“Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t really ask for money very often.”So he went to the little boy’s room.
“Sorry! Maybe I was too hard on you just now.” said the man,“Here’s $10.”
“Oh, thank you, Daddy!”he said happily. Then,the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy alread had money,he got angry again.
“Why do you want more money since you already have some?”the father shouted angrily.
“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do.”The little boy replied,“Daddy,I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I小题1:How much does the boy’s father make an hour? ______
A.$10 B.$20 C.$30
小题2:In this passage,the underlined word “furious”means_____
A.very angry B.quite happy C.too excited
小题3:At firs,the father refused to lend the boy any money because____.
A.he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself
B.he thought the boy would buy somethingof no use
C.the boy always borrowed money from him
小题4:The boy wanted to buy______with twenty dollars.
A.a new book for himself B.a nice present for his father
C.an hour of his father’s time
小题5:From the passage, we can infer（推断）that the boy’s father____.
A.often played with his son B.spent little time with his son
C.often came back home early
“This isn’t a common pig and l am very lucky to have him．”said the farmer．“Only two days ago there was a fire in chicken shed(鸡舍)when 1 was away from the farm．The pig noticed this and immediately let all the chickens out into the yard．He then phoned the firemen(消防员)and asked them for help．”
“AIso．a few weeks ago，when I was driving my truck down a steep hill，the truck hit a tree and 1 was badly hurt．The pig rushed to the truck and pulled me out of just before the truck caught fire．”
When the farmer was just about to tell another story，the man said，“Yes, yes，but what about the wooden leg?”
“Well．”said the farmer，“when you’ve got a pig as good as that，you don’t eat it all at once”
小题1:The pig lost a leg while he was trying to save the farmer’s chickens.
After he had gone to his room, the owner of the inn said to his wife, “Look at his heavy bag, dear! I’m sure there’re a lot of valuable(贵重的) things. I want to steal it when he’s asleep tonight.” “No, no,” said his wife. “He must look for his bag tomorrow morning. Then he’ll take you to the police station.”
They thought hard and at last the woman had an idea. “We have forgetful grass,” said the woman. “Why not put some into his food? If he has the food, he’ll forget to take his bag away tomorrow morning.” “How clever you are!” said the owner, “don’t forget it when you cook supper for him.”
The old man had the food with forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning, when the owner got up, he found the door was open and the old man had left. He looked for the bag for a long time, but he didn’t find it. He hurried to wake his wife up and said angrily, “What a fool! Your forgetful grass isn’t useful at all!”
“No, no,” said the woman. “I don’t think so. He must forget something.”
“Oh, I’ve remembered!” the owner called out suddenly, “He forgot to pay us the bill!”
1. The old man carried __________ when he got into the inn.
A. a large camera B. a heavy bag
C. an umbrella D. a heavy basket
2. What did the owner want to do? _________________
A. He wanted to call the police.
B. He wanted to kill the old man.
C. He wanted to steal the old man’s bag.
D. He wanted to invite the old man to dinner.
3. The old woman put _____________ into the old man’s food.
A. some sleeping pills B. some pepper
C. some beef D. forgetful grass
4. The next morning the owner found ____________.
A. the old man left his bag in the inn B. the bag was still there
C. the old man had died D. the old man had gone with his bag
5. The old man forgot to __________________.
A. pay the owner the bill B. take his bag
C. look at the time D. say goodbye to the owner
根据短文内容,判断句子正(T)误(F).
1. Mr Read put on a pair of different shoes before he went out for a walk.
2. The socks were yellow and white.
3. Robert found a pair of socks for his father.
4. They went back home to change socks.
Mr. Read was a smart man.
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