Many people could not forget the beautiful dance during the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. The dance was performed by 20 disabled girls. They can’t hear or speak. But their performance is remembered by many people. The leading dancer of the dance is Tai Lihua. She is 28 years old. She is very beautiful.
Tai Lihua was born healthy. When she was two years old, she lost her hearing because of a fever. Not long after that, she became mute(啞巴), too. From then on, her world was silent. But she didn’t know this at first. At five years old, when she played a game about sounds with her schoolmates she discovered that she was different from the others. She was very sad about it. Her father went to many places to look for best treatments for her illness. But nothing worked. When she was seven years old, she went to a school for deaf and mute children. In that school, she did well in her studies. Her teacher said she used her mind more than the others and was good at expressing her feeling through dance. She also began to love dance. She thought she could use dance to express what she thought about life.
When she was 15 years old, she began to learn to dance. At first, she couldn’t dance well. But she didn’t stop. She worked harder than the others. She also spent more time learning. Her efforts made her a very good dancer. She has been to many countries to perform and many foreigners like her style. She now lives a happy life with her family.
小題1:.From the passage we know      .
A.Tai Lihua was found deaf and mute by her father when she played a game with her classmates
B.Tai Lihua danced very well at the beginning of learning to dance
C.Tai Lihua never gave up when she was in trouble
D.Tai Lihua’s parents didn’t take good care of her
小題2:.Which is the right order of the events to Tai Lihua?
a.She danced during the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
b.She was a healthy girl.
c.She began to learn to dance.
d.She lost her hearing.
e.She went to a school for deaf and mute children.
f.She couldn’t speak.
g.She found she was different from the others.
A.a(chǎn)bdfgceB.badfegcC.bdfegcaD.bdfgeca
小題3:.People could not forget Tai Lihua because       .
A.she was born mute and deaf and good at dancing
B.she used her mind more than the others and could use dance to express what she thought about life
C.she has been to many countries and now lives a happy life
D.though mute and deaf, she is beautiful and hard working and good at dancing
小題4:.The best title of the story is       .
A.A poor girl
B.A dancer in the silent world
C.A beautiful dancer
D.The dance during the CCTV Spring Festival Gala
 
小題1:.C
小題1:.D
小題1:D.
小題1:.B
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B.Yosemite National Park
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It is believed that 25 years after construction, the building was pulled down and moved timber by timber to the South Bank of the Thames, where a reconstruction of the theatre now stands.
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The project promised to solve the problem of the ages for power plants: how to produce cheap, clean, reliable electricity.No existing technology can do all three perfectly.
The problem is IGCC isn't there yet.It costs about 20 percent more than traditional plants.And even though it's easier to collect the resulting carbon dioxide from an IGCC plant than a traditional plant, there's no proven way to get rid of the greenhouse gas.One plan is to drill a shaft(通道) to pump the carbon dioxide underground, into saltwater formations.But there's no guarantee it will remain underground forever.
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NRG administrators expect the cost to decline after six or seven plants are built.But other industry experts think it will take about a dozen plants for the price to be competitive with traditional coal plants.
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A.To make electricity without polluting the air.
B.To produce energy without burning coal.
C.To keep the use of electricity cheaper.
D.To pump carbon dioxide more easily .
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A.How to pump greenhouse gases.
B.How to deal with the high cost.
C.How to get along with other partners.
D.How to improve the new technology.
小題3:What can be inferred from the passage?
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B.It's unlikely to build more new power plants.
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