A. China            B. audience           C. the world            D. schools

57. How long did it take Mei Lanfang to exercise his eyes into bright and expressive?

A. About 8 years.     B. About 10 years.      C. About 12 years.       D. About 14 years.

58. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. The history of Peking Opera.

B. Mei Lanfang’s early stage life.

C. The performance of Peking Opera by Mei Lanfang.

D. Mei Lanfang’s great contributions to Peking Opera.

B

The deserts of the world are not all covered with sand. Many of them have surfaces of rock or clay or small stones. They are not flat, either. They often have high hills and deep valleys. There is some plants’ life in many parts of the desert. There is little rain in the desert, but it does fall often enough for most plants.

The deserts of the world are not uninhabited(not lived by people). People also live outside oases(绿洲), but these people are not farmers. They have camels, goats, donkeys, sheep, etc. These animals can live on the desert plants and do not need much water.

The people of the desert have to move constantly from place to place, they must always look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in tents. When there is no more food for their animals, they fold up their tents, pat them on their camels and donkeys, and move to another place. In good years, when there is enough food for their animals, they trade their skins and their goats and camel hairs with the people of oases for wheat and fruit. But in bad years, when there is not enough food for their animals, the people of the desert would attack the oases people. But they are also hospitable, no man in the desert would ever refuse to give a stranger food and water.

59. According to the passage, deserts are mostly made up of _______.

A. clay    B. rock     C. stones         D. sand

60. The underlined word “hospitable” has the meaning of being _______.

A. brave         B. cruel     C. strange       D. kind

61. In the desert _______.

A. it rains in spring only     B. there is some rain, but far from enough

C. it rains for a short time every month       D. the rainfall is just enough for the plants

62. People live _______.

A. only inside the oases                   B. only outside the oases

C. both inside and outside the oases          D. in places with regular rainfalls

63. From the passage we know that life _______.

A. is hard in deserts                      B. is happy in deserts

C. is impossible in deserts                 D. in deserts is much better now

C

India has many festivais, with some celebrations that last for weeks. However, none of them come even close to Holi, India’s most colorful and fun festival. Celebrated on the day following the full moon, this year’s festival happens to be on March 19th.

As with most Indian festivals, this one also has many different folk stories. Most of them center around the success of good over evil. The most popular one is about a king, who hates his son Prahlada for loving the creator of the Universe—Lord Vishnu. When every attempt to stop him fails, his sister, Holika believed to be immune(免疫的) to fire, joins in the effort by inviting the young boy to sit with her inside a huge fire. Helped by the power of Lord Vishnu, Prahlada escapes safely, while the evil Holika is burned to death. To remember this event, huge outdoor fires are lit in the night before Holi in order to clean the air of evil spirits and to celebrate the death of the evil.

So what’s so great about this day? While there are some fun parades(游行) and folk songs and dance performances, the most fun of all is walking to the streets and splashing(泼洒) people with water guns and dry colors and even covering them with entire buckets of colored water. On this day, everybody is fair game, no matter how old or how young.

At about midday, the splashing comes to an end and people living close to oceans or rivers usually take a bath in the water to clean themselves before going home to a delicious home-made big dinner and a well-deserved short sleep, following this full day of fun and activities.

64. Why does the king dislike his son Prahlada?

A. Because Prahlada doesn’t love him.

B. Because Prahlada is rude to Holika.

C. Because Prahlada loves Lord Vishnu.

D. Because Prahlada concentrates on his own success.

65. Prahlada gets out of danger __________.

A. with the help of Lord Vishnu

B. because of his good luck

C. by beating his aunt Holika

D. using his amazing talent

66. The underlined phrase “fair game” in Paragraph 3 refers to a person who __________.

A. fights against others fairly

B. enjoys splashing people

C. plays a trick on others

D. is the aim of splashing water

67. After the fun activities, people living close to oceans or rivers often take a bath because __________.

A. they have got dirty with dry colors and colored water

B. going home with colored water means bad luck

C. they believe clean water will bring good luck

D. taking a bath shows their true love for Lord Vishnu

D

Below is adapted from an English dictionary. Use the dictionary to answer the following questions.

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