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A Smashing tradition: MIT Students Drop Piano
One of the highlights of the school year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology only lasts a few seconds but has a big influence. Residents of an MIT dormitory dropped an upright piano from their roof on 26^th April to celebrate the last day students can drop classes without having them appear on their college report.
About 200 onlookers watched as the piano crashed into a second piano, a baby grand, positioned on the ground six stories below for a better smash. People scrambled (爭先恐后) for souvenir pieces-keys, hammers, strings and splinters. The tradition began in 1972 at the Baker House dormitory and has been observed irregularly until 2006 when it became an annual event.
Crafton Family Comes Back Home after 7 Years at Sea
While most of us will love to go on a vacation for a week or two on a small private sailboat, without doubt, spending seven precious years on sea is something most of us will never imagine or dare to do. However, that is what an American family has done. Tom Crafton and Kathy Crafton along with their three children have traveled across the world on their 43-foot sailboat named Nueva Vida. Over the past seven years the family had sailed 30,000 miles and visited more than 20 different countries. The family has recently come back to their homeland.
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Living in the limelight（聚光燈）can be difficult but as these splendid pictures show for one bear the tourist train never stops. This arctic animal loves nothing more than an audience and will even climb out of his snowy bed to give the crowd a wave. The funny poses(姿態(tài)) of the friendly polar bear were caught on camera by Swedish photographer, Hams Strand.
小題1:Which of the following is true about the first incident?

A．The typical style of celebration has been kept alive every year since1972.

B．Another small piano on the ground is meant to hold the falling one.

C．The students dropped the piano in celebration of their graduation.

D．The tradition became an annual event for MIT students several years ago.

小題2:The writer thinks Crafton family’s seven-year sailing is ______.

A．unusual

B．strange

C．common

D．doubtful

小題3:What would be the best subtitle for the third incident?

A．The Limelight Makes Polar Bear Live Hard

B．Splendid Pictures of Polar Bear Attract Tourists

C．The Tourist Train Would Stop without Polar Bear

D．Polar Bear Says Hello to Tourists with a Friendly Wave

小題4:The passage is probably taken out of ______.

A．a(chǎn) novel

B．a(chǎn) magazine

C．a(chǎn) diary

D．a(chǎn) report

Answer 1

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:B

試題分析：麻省理工學(xué)生們有一件傳統(tǒng)且流行的事情：扔鋼琴。7年海上漂流終于回到了家。北極熊向游人們示以友好的波浪。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“The tradition began in 1972 at the Baker House dormitory and has been observed irregularly until 2006 when it became an annual event.”可知這項(xiàng)傳統(tǒng)已經(jīng)存在很久了。故選D。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“ without doubt, spending seven precious years on sea is something most of us will never imagine or dare to do. ”可知這是人們一般難以想象和敢于做的，因此覺得很不平常。unusual不尋常的；strange陌生的；common平凡的；doubtful懷疑的。故選A。
小題3:主旨大意題。第三段講了北極熊如何向游人們表示友好。選D最佳。
小題4:主旨大意題。這是一篇新聞報道，因此摘自報紙雜志。a novel 一篇小說；a magazine一本雜志； a diary一篇日記； a report一份報告。故選B。