C

LOMO is a kind of camera. It’s a special camera, not new, but it can surprise you and give you a new way of life. LOMO-ers say, “LOMO means ‘Let Our Life be Magic and Open’. Don’t think, just shoot (拍照).”

In fact, LOMO was a Russian camera in the 1950s. I does well in red, blue and yellow light. Pictures taken with LOMO cameras are usually wonderfully fresh and easily catch people’s eyes. The camera is not expensive and easy to carry. It can be used anywhere and anytime.

To become a LOMO-er, you don’t need any photo taking knowledge(知识). When you see a LOMO camera, the main thing is to shoot as many pictures as possible and be fast. LOMO pictures are often shown in groups.

Some Austrian students once put their LOMO pictures of parties and daily life on the kitchen wall. They started a “LOMO Wall” talk. Now LOMO and LOMO-ers are popular around the world. It is thought of as a new kind of art and way of life.

47. LOMO is ________.

A. a kind of talk                      B. a kind of camera

C. a kind of picture                    D. a new way of life

48. From the passage we can guess, LOMO-ers are ________.

A. people who use LOMO cameras       B. photo taking knowledge

C. wonderful pictures                  D. magic and open life

49. Pictures taken with LOMO are usually ________.

A. red and blue                  B. very expensive

C. put on the kitchen wall         D. wonderfully fresh and easily catch people’s eyes

50. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

A. LOMO cameras came out in Russia in the 1950s.

B. LOMO and LOMO-ers are popular around the world.

C. To become a LOMO-er, you need much photo taking knowledge.

D. Some Austrian students once started a “LOMO Wall” talk.

D

It’s always hard to say goodbye to someone you love. In Washington DC, US, local (当地的) zoo-goers are sad about the news that their superstar panda Tai Shan is going to leave the National Zoo.

At a morning meeting on December 4, zoo director(主管) Steven Montfort said that the black-eared bear would be going off to China sometime over the winter, under an agreement(协议)with the Chinese government.

Tai Shan, whose name means “peaceful mountain,” was born at the DC zoo on July 9, 2005. He has been loved by zoo-goers since his first public show in December of that year.

But under the agreement that brought his mother, Mei Xiang, and father, Tian Tian, to the zoo from China, all three belong to (属于) China.

Tai Shan should have been returned to China when he was 2. But China gave him two extensions (延期) to stay at the National Zoo. Tai is old enough to breed (繁殖). So it’s time for him to come back to China and join a program to try to increase the panda population.

The National Zoo has tried to breed Mei Xiang a few times since Tai Shan was born, without success. Montfort said the zoo would try again soon in the hope of producing another baby panda. “We’re hopeful every year,” he said.

51. The passage probably comes from ________.

A. a novel         B. a newspaper      C. a science book     D. a dictionary

52. Local zoo-goers are sad about the news. Here “zoo-goers” means people who ________.

A. live at the zoo    B. leave the zoo     C. work at the zoo    D. love to visit the zoo

53. According to the passage, ________ is going to leave the National Zoo.

A. Tian Tian        B. Mei Xiang      C. Tai Shan          D. Steven Montfort

54. We can tell from the passage that ________.

A. Tai Shan and his parents belong to China

B. Tai Shan first appeared in public in 2006

C. Tai Shan belongs to the US because it was born there

D. Tai Shan’s parents will be sent to China to breed more baby pandas

55. Every year, the national Zoo try to ________.

A. make Tai Shan stay there

B. attract more people to visit Tai Shan

C. make Mei Xiang give birth to new babies

D. send Tai Shan and his parents back to China

五、词汇运用(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)

A. 根据所给的汉语提示，写出空白处各单词的正确形式，每空限填一词。

Mary is an American girl. She    56    (搬到) to Beijing with her parents last year. She had a couple of    57    (亲密的) friends in American, but it was too far away for them to play together. At first, Mary always    58    (感觉) lonely. She wanted to make friends with some of her new    59    (同班同学), but she was    60    (害怕)to speak with them. And    61    (作为) a foreigner, she couldn’t speak Chinese very well.

One    62    (明朗的) day, Mary was walking home after class as usual. At that    63    (时刻), a Chinese boy went to Mary and gave her a kite. “This is a    64    (礼物) for you. I made it with my father,” said the boy. Then they went to fly the kite. They were very happy and    laughed a lot. Mary couldn’t believe    65    (是否) it was true or not. But the boy became  Mary’s first friend in China.