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36. Yao Ming played basketball in     _   after 2002.

A. Germany B. Canada C. America D. England

37. Red Sorghum is the name of a      __  .

A. sport   B. song  C. magazine D. novel

38. Liu Yang, Jing Haipeng and Liu Wang traveled in outer space for         days.[来源:学。科。网Z。X。X。K]

A. 11 B. 12 C. 14 D. 15

39. According to the passage, the         was born in 1979.

A. writer B. astronaut   C. basketball player  D. singer

40. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Liu Yang is the first Chinese woman astronaut from Henan, China.

B. Jay Chou is from Taiwan, China.

C. Mo Yan is the second writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

D. Yao Ming’s parents are both basketball players.

C

Beijing Opera is also called Peking Opera. It came into being after 1790 when the famous four Anhui opera troupes(戏班) came to Beijing. Its music and singing(唱腔) come from Xipi and Erhuang in Anhui and Hubei. Its costumes are all fascinating and artistic. It is the highest expression of the Chinese culture. It’s full of famous stories, beautiful facial paintings, and wonderful gestures and fighting. This kind of opera is very popular with Chinese people.

There are four main roles in Beijing Opera: Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou. Sheng is the leading male(男性) actor. For example, a Wusheng is a soldier or fighter. A Xiaosheng is a young man. A Laosheng is an old man. Dan is the female(女性) role. Jing, mostly male, is the face-painted role and Chou is the comedy actor or clown.

Stories in Beijing Opera are very interesting. Some of them are from the history book, but most of them are from the literature, especially famous novels. The people in the story usually have some disagreements. They become angry and unhappy. They are sad and lonely. Sometimes they are nervous and worried. Then they find a way to make peace. The stories usually end with happiness and laughter and people are all happy in the end.

41. Beijing Opera’s singing is from ____________.

A. Anhui and Hubei      B. Beijing and Anhui

C. the history book         D. the literature and novels

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42. The second paragraph of the reading is about the _________ of Beijing Opera.

A. stories        B. roles       C. gestures     D. paintings

43. From the reading, we know the role Chou most probably has a (n) _________ feature.

A. honest          B. funny         C. dull             D. serious

44. Which of the following is the role Sheng?

A.      B.   C.   D.

45. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Peking Opera is full of different gestures.

B. There are only four roles in Beijing Opera.

C. Beijing Opera is the most popular in the world.

D. The people in the story usually are in agreement.

D

Life in the twenty-first century

The World Future Society is a group of people from more than 80 countries who are interested in how modern technology is making our world better, and who write reports about how it will change our lives.                The things that we will be able to do in the twenty-first century (since the year 2000) should help us live better lives in many ways, at home and at work, in our own country and around the world. Here are just some of them, put into five groups.

People

People may live for up to 120 years and use new technology to help when people go blind, deaf and have other problems. The number of people over a hundred years old could go from 135,000 today to 2.2 million people by 2050. By 2015 people think that 100 million workers will be able to work from home for a company in a different country by using the Internet.

Money

Worldwide e-business will become even more successful with online shops that sell special products for each person, which will be brought to their house the next day.

Environment

The technology for making energy from wind and the Sun is growing very quickly. In the future wind and Sun energy could become much cheaper and many more countries could use it. This would be very useful in poor countries. The air in big cities would also become much cleaner and healthier as a result.