People in the past made clay-pottery because they needed it for their lives. They used the pots they made for cooking, storing food, and carrying things from place to place. Pottery was so important to the early culture that scientists now study it to leam more about ancient civilizations. The more advanced the pottery in terms of pictures, materials and making, the more advanced the culture itself.
The artisan who makes pottery in North America today use his or her skill and imagination to create items that are beautiful as well as useful, turning something ordinary into something special.The potter uses one of the Earth's most basic materials, clay. Clay can be found almost anywhere. Good pottery clay must be free from all small stones and other hard materials that would make the potting steps
difficult. Most North American artisan potters now buy ready-made clay in stores, but some find the clay they need right in the earth, close to where they work.
The most important tools potters use are their own hands; however, they also use wooden modeling tools, plain wire, and sponges. Plain wire is used to cut away the finished pot from its vase on the potter's wheel.
After a finished pot is dried of all its wet part in the open air, it is placed in a kiln and fired. The first firing hardens the pottery, arid it is then ready to be glazed and fired again.
For areas where they do not want any glaze, such as the bottom of the pot, artisans paint on melted wax that will later bum off in the kiln. They then pour on the liquid glaze and let it run over the clay surface, making any kind ofdesigns that they want.
41. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Different kinds of clay B. The training of an artisan
C. The making of pottery D. The lives of people in the past
42. The word "it" in paragraph 1 refers to .
A.clay B.pottery C.lives D.culture
43. According to the passage, how do most North American potters today get the clay they need?
A. They buy it. B. They make it.
C. They dig it from the earth. D. They exchange for it.
44. According to the author, what do potters use to remove the pot from the wheel?
A. Melted wax B. A plain wire C. potters own fingers D. fire
45, Which material is NOT used in the process of making a good pottery?
A.clay B.water C.kiln D.paint
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閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后從1 ̄25各題所給的四個選項(xiàng)中,選出一 個最佳答案。
It was cold winter's afternoon. Robert stopped for a moment as he crossed the bridge and looked down at the river below. There were hardly any 1 on the river. 2 the bridge, however, almost directly below, 3 was a small canoe(獨(dú)木舟), with a boy in it. He was 4 wearing many clothes, Robert 5 . He shivered(打了個寒戰(zhàn))and walked on.
6 he heard a cry. "Help! Help!" The cry 7 from the river. Robert looked down. The boy was 8 the water and his canoe was 9 away. "Help! Help!" he called again.
Robert was a good 10 . Taking off his clothes, he 11 into the river. The 12 water made him tremble all over, 13 in a few seconds he reached the 14 . "Don't be afraid," he said and started to swim towards the river bank, 15 the boy with him. But at that 16 he noticed a large motor boat under the bridge. There were several people on the boat, all 17 in his direction. Robert 18 to swim towards the boat.
"Give me a hand," he shouted 19 he got near the boat. He 20 up into a row of faces. "It's funny," he thought. "They look so 21 ." Silently they helped the boy into the boat and 22 him in a blanket. But they did not move to 23 Robert.
"Aren't you going to pull me 24 too?" Robert asked.
"You!" said one of the men. Robert noticed that he was standing next to a large 25 . "You! Why, we were making a film and you spoiled (破壞) a whole afternoon's work! You can stay in the water!"
(1) A. fish B. boats C. waves D. sounds 。邸 。 (2) A. From B. Towards C. Near D. Beyond 。邸 。 (3) A. there B. it C. where D. that 。邸 。 (4) A. then B. also C. only D. not 。邸 。 (5) A. noticed B. saw C. guessed D. said 。邸 。 (6) A. Till then B. Just then C. Far away D. From there 。邸 。 (7) A. happened B. went C. arrived D. came 。邸 。 (8) A. on B. within C. in D. under 。邸 。 (9) A. running B. floating C. flowing D. pulling 。邸 。 (10) A. swimmer B. guard C. soldier D. sportsman 。邸 。 (11) A. threw B. looked C. dived D. turned [ 。 (12) A. deep B. cool C. dirty D. cold 。邸 。 (13) A. but B. so C. and D. or [ 。 (14) A. canoe B. bank C. boy D. bridge 。邸 。 (15) A. pushing B. dragging C. holding D. catching 。邸 。 (16) A. place B. period C. second D. moment 。邸 。 (17) A. seeing B. smiling C. looking D. shouting 。邸 。 (18) A. decided B. went C. agreed D. promised 。邸 。 (19) A. while B. till C. for D. as [ 。 (20) A. turned B. looked C. hurried D. stood [ 。 (21) A. nervous B. afraid C. excited D. angry 。邸 。 (22) A. wrapped B. left C. placed D. threw 。邸 。 (23) A. save B. thank C. help D. wrap 。邸 。 (24) A. on B. out C. away D. off 。邸 。 (25) A. boat B. blanket C. camera D. screen 。邸 。
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Later, when Walt went back to Chicago, he studied cartoon at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. His education was interrupted(中斷)when World War Ⅰ 8 in 1914. Though he was not 9 old enough to join the army, he wanted to 10 in some way. He joined the Red Cross and went to France, where he stayed 11 the war was over.
After the war, Disney returned to Kansas City to work for a company that made fairy story cartoons. This was the kind of work he liked best. He made up his mind to 12 better ways of making the cartoons 13 , so that the cartoon characters would seem 14 . He bought an old movie camera and made a few things in his garage. In 1923 he 15 his elder brother, Roy, in Hollywood, California, where they soon 16 their own company. Sound was just starting 17 in movies, and Disney believed it had great possibilities. He quickly 18
sound to his cartoons. When he made Mickey Mouse talk on the movie screen, audience were
19 . Mickey became a great 20 with both young and old.
1. A. broke B. won
C. lost D. struck
2. A. pleased B. known
C. filled D. popular
3. A. almost B. mostly
C. from D. clearly
4. A. he B. before
C. who D. because
5. A. painting B. people
C. character D. photo
6. A. as B. with
C. for D. besides
7. A. that B. what
C. something D. anyhow
8. A. ended B. went on
C. broke out D. had passed
9. A. then B. yet
C. ever D. already
10. A. help B. join
C. work D. enter
11. A. when B. after
C. before D. until
12. A. give B. enjoy
C. find D. search
13. A. lively B. appear
C. well-known D. move
14. A. alive B. beautiful
C. unforgettable D. surprising
15. A. found B. agreed with
C. joined in D. invited
16. A. worked in B. set up
C. sold D. built
17. A. immediately B. really
C. to be invented D. to be used
18. A. added B. took
C. wanted D. referred
19. A. disappointed B. angry
C. delighted D. surprising
20. A. welcomed B. beauty
C. success D. hero
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Tadatoyo Yamamoto is a Japanese businessman.He 1 the US from time to time.While he was 2 at a hotel on a visit to Chicago,he put his bag on the 3 .A few minutes 4 ,Mr Yamamoto reached down for it,but it was 5 .Inside it were about $ 900,his passport(護(hù)照), 6 of his family,and his 7 tickets to Japan.
But three weeks 8 he returned to Tokyo,Mr Yamamoto 9 an envelope.There was 10 inside but his passport,his airline tickets,photos of his family and 11 orders for more than $900 and a 12 from Mr Joseph Loveras.It said:
“I 13 this money order and the things … will make you believe in the 14 of Chicago.”
The next 15 he travelled to the US,Mr Yamamoto 16 Mr Loveras.He was a 67-year-old sick man with a total 17 of $ 493 a month.
He explained that he 18 the bag on a street corner and 19 the money and the tickets in the top part of the 20 .He changed the money into money orders and 21 his own money to send it to Japan.
Mr Yamamoto was very 22 by what Mr Loveras had done. “I asked him 23 he would go to all the trouble to return 24 to me.He told me that if he had not done it,it would have made him feel bad for the rest of his 25 .”
Now they have become friends,and Mr Yamamoto visits Mr Loveras every time he is in the US.
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First I looked at some of the 6 discoveries. One of the earliest discoveries, the famous experiment that proved that bodies of different 7 fall at the same speed, was made by Galileo when he was 26. Madam Curie started her research that 8 to the Nobel Prize when she was 28. Einstein was 26 when he published his world-changing theory of relativity. Well, 9 of that. Yet I 10 if those“best years”were true in other 11 .
Then how about the field of 12 ? Surely it needs the wisdom of age to make a good leader. Perhaps it 13 ,but look when these people 14 their career. Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln 15 the life of a country lawyer and was elected to government. At what age? Twenty-six.
But why 16 best years some after thirty? After thirty, I 17 ,most people do not want to take risks or try 18 ways. Then I thought of people like Shakespeare and Picasso. The former was writing wonderful works at the ripe age of fifty, while the latter was 19 trying new ways of painting when he was ninety!
Perhaps there is still 20 for me.
1. A. invention B. discovery
C. experiment D. progress
2. A. mind B. idea
C. attention D. thought
3. A. As B. Being
C. However D. Beyond
4. A. Everybody B. Somebody
C. Nobody D. Whoever
5. A. names B. ages
C. addresses D. oldest
6. A. modern B. scientific
C. last D. oldest
7. A. heights B. sizes
C. weights D. things
8. A. led B. meant
C. stuck D. referred
9. A. plenty B. enough
C. much D. none
10. A. believed B. trusted
C. wondered D. asked
11.A. fields B. countries
C. courses D. ages
12. A. agriculture B. politics
C. industry D. society
13.A. is B. will
C. has D. does
14. A. finished B. went
C. started D. failed
15. A. devoted B. gave up
C. began D. led
16. A. don’t B. the
C. can D. not
17. A. say B. know
C. guess D. agree
18. A. other B. new
C. best D. their
19.A. always B. still
C. seldom D. enjoying
20. A. discovery B. problem
C. wish D. hope
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I walked into the grocery store, not really wanting to buy anything. I just wanted to stay there quietly — the pain of losing my 11 was still too great. And this supermarket held so many sweet 12 . He often came with me, and always bought me yellow roses.
Standing 13 the meat, I searched for the perfect small steak 14 my husband used to love it. 15 a woman came up beside me. I watched as she picked up a large pack of T-bone steaks, dropped them in her basket, 16 , and then put them back. She turned to go and once again 17 for the pack of steaks. She saw me 18 her and she smiled. “My husband loves T-bone steaks, but they are so expensive.”
“My husband 19 away eight days ago,” I told her, and 20 to control the sadness in my voice, “Buy him the T-bone steaks. And 21 every moment you have together.”
22 by my words, she placed the steaks in her basket and walked away 23 . But several minutes later she came towards me again, 24 a package in her arms. She was 25 the brightest smile I had ever seen.
As she 26 , I saw what she held. “These are for you,” she placed three beautiful yellow roses in my hands. I wanted to tell her what the roses 27 for me, but, unable to speak, only watching her walking away.
Looking down at the roses, I wondered 28 she knew it. Suddenly the answer seemed so 29 . I wasn’t alone. There were 30 many people caring for me and willing to help me. Just be thankful for what you have and who you are.
11. A. father B. brother C. husband D. son
12. A. groceries B. memories C. flowers D. dreams
13. A. by B. for C. beyond D. against
14. A. even if B. in case C. until D. since
15. A. Actually B. Suddenly C. Instantly D. Hopefully
16. A. missed B. suffered C. doubted D. hesitated
17. A. reached B. searched C. sent D. paid
18. A. following B. helping C. watching D. stopping
19. A. broke B. cleared C. moved D. passed
20. A. decided B. fought C. offered D. pretended
21. A. forget B. recover C. treasure D. imagine
22. A. Surprised B. Embarrassed C. Panicked D. Frightened
23. A. softly B. violently C. silently D. wildly
24. A. fastening B. carrying C. picking D. opening
25. A. covering B. rolling C. spreading D. wearing
26. A. approached B. turned C. continued D. bent
27. A. smelled B. tasted C. collected D. meant
28. A. what B. how C. whether D. when
29. A. accidental B. strange C. obvious D. funny
30. A. still B. just C. even D. also
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