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阅读专项训练第三轮03BEIJING (Associated Press ) —China has a growing middle class, a tradition of expecting education and 21 million new babies every year. Selling educatioinal toys should be easy.While China may be the world’s biggest toy maker, many of the best are exported (出口). Department stores here do not have enough high quality toys. It is said that the demand for educational toys is low.A US company, BabyCare, is trying to change that with a new way to sell toys in China.BabyCare works basically together with doctors in Beijing hospitals. People who join the company’s "mother club"can get lectures and newsletters on baby and child development at no extra cost, if they agree to spend 18 dollars a month on the company’s educational toys and child care books."We want to build a seven year relationship with those people," said Matthew J. Estes, BabyCare’s president. "It starts during pregnancy (孕期), when the anxiety and needs are highest." BabyCare works on a one to one basis. Doctors, nurses, and teachers paid by BabyCare advise parents, explain toys that are designed for children at each stage (阶段) of development to age six.BabyCare opened its first store in China last June in a shopping center in central Beijing and another near Beijing Zoo. It plans to have 80 stores in China within six years.It is a new model for China and develops a market in young children’s education and health that no other companies are in.56. What do the first two paragraphs mainly tell us?A. Educational toys and foreign toy markets.B. Problems with China’s toy market and education.C. Reasons for pushing sales of educational toys in China.D. Baby population and various kinds of toys made in China.57. Which of the following is a fact according to the passage?A. Club members buy BabyCare products for free child care advice.B. Doctors in Beijing help in making BabyCare products.C. Parents are encouraged to pay $ 18 for club activities.D. BabyCare trains Chinese doctors at no extra cost.58. BabyCare is developing its business in China by.A. opening stores in Beijing hospitalsB. offering 18 month courses on child careC. setting up children’s education centersD. forming close relationships with parents59. Which of the following would be the most suitable title for the passage?A. Mother’s Club in China.B. BabyCare and Doctors.C. American Company Model.D. Educational Toys in China.BSTAGEKeep it in the air: The Chaoyang Theater is one of the Beijing theaters to present acrobatics(杂技) all year round. Top acrobatic artists invited from all over the country perform for Chinese and foreign tourists. The program contains trick cycling, leaping through hoops and Chinese magic tricks. Some of the artists have won prizes in international competitions.Time: 7∶15 p.m. DailyPlace: 36, Dongsanhuan Beilu, Chaoyang DistrictTel: 65072421, 65071818Use your head: Green Hat is a new drama given by a group of young Chinese actors. It’s a rewrite of American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne’s famous novel The Scarlet Letter. It describes the heroine’s great courage in finding the true love against the public disagreement. Time: 7∶15 p.m. until March 5, except MondaysPlace: China Children’s TheaterTel: 66037255, 66037265Mix and match: Story of Puppets tells of a fairy, Zixia, who looks for true love in the human world. After watching a puppet play Peony Pavilion, she thinks there must be true love in reality, so she uses magic to turn the puppet characters into humans, wanting to fall in love with the puppet hero. But things don’t go as she planned... Li Liuyi, the director of the play has made several successful attempts to present different traditional operas in one play. This time he combines Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Pingju Opera along with a band, using the structure of modern drama.Time: 7∶30 p.m. until March 10, except MondaysPlace: Small Playhouse of Beijing People’s Art TheaterTel: 65250123Peking Opera: The Beijing Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances at the Chang’an Grand Theater. Each performance includes two classical excerpts(选段). One is Wenxi(a play focusing on singing and dancing); the other is Wuxi (a play full of acrobatic dancing). The first night will be The Crossroad and Presenting a Pearl of the Rainbow Bridge. And the second night will see the performance of The Goddess of Heaven Scatters Flowers and Havoc in Heaven.Time: 7∶30 p.m. February 27, 28Place:Chang’an Grand TheaterTel: 8653104360. We can learn from the text that .A. Story of puppets is a play held in China Children’s TheaterB. the artists who have won prizes will perform magic tricksC. on March 5 there will be two plays for us to chooseD. the artists in the Beijing Peking Opera Troupe are from all over the country61. If a tourist wants to see a performance on March 15, he can call to book a ticket.A. 86531043B. 65250123C. 66037255D. 6507181862. According to the text, which of the following statements is true?A. The director of the Story of Puppets combines different operas in it.B. Green Hat is based on a famous novel acted by some American artists.C. Top Acrobatic artists will present their performances around our country.D. The Beijing Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances with the same excerpts.CBeijing (Xinhua): When she appeared on stage, singing a Japanese song, hundreds of excited teenagers crowded around shouting, "Curarpikt (酷拉皮卡)！It’s Curarpikt!"At the Beijing Comic and Animation Expo last week, that’s exactly who Shi Jia was. The Senior 1 girl was cosplaying (角色扮演) "Curarpikt", a character from the popular Japanese comic book Hunter X Hunter (《猎人》)by Yoshihiro Togashi."I cosplay Curarpikt because I like him," said the pretty 15 year old girl. "I’m moved by his sad story and I’m attracted by his courage and personality."In the adventure comic story, Curarpikt, a handsome and kind hearted boy, struggles to become a hunter so he can capture(掳获)the people who killed his tribe(部落).Shi has read all the comic books and is a big fan of the animated series(动画片)of Hunter X Hunter. Then last year she saw a real "Curarpikt"in a cosplay show."I had watched cosplay shows before but only for fun," she explained. "It’s really exciting to see young people wearing the make up and costumes of characters that you’ve read about and are familiar with.""But that time I just fell in love with cosplaying, probably because I like Curarpikt so much. Ithought I could play the character better, so I decided to have a go."Shi bought some cloth and asked a tailor to make a Curarpikt costume for her. She was delighted to find out there was a cosplay show in Beijing in October."It’s a great way to spend the national holiday. Posing on the stage for all the comic book fans, I knew I was doing something I had always wanted to do," she said.But she never talks about her hobby with her parents."They think it will distract me from my studies. I don’t want to upset them,that’s my secret hobby," she said. "It’s also why I don’t dye my hair for cosplaying like all the others."63. What’s cosplay according to the passage?A.When cosplaying, comic fans wear costumes and pretend to be their favourite comic characters.B.Cosplay is a kind of performance in which you play a Curarpikt.C. Cosplay is a character from the popular Japanese comic book Hunter X Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi.D.When cosplaying, some funny teenagers play some characters in the animated series.64. Shi Jia cosplayed Curarpikt ______.A. in order to attract her fansB. because she liked animated seriesC. because she was greatly attracted by that roleD. because it’s her secret hobby65. The underlined word "distract" means_____.A. get rid ofB. keep out ofC. give courage toD. draw away attention of66. Which of the following is wrong?A. Curarpikt was created by a Japanese cartoonist.B. Shi Jia’s parents were in favor of her performance.C. Shi Jia cosplayed Curarpikt successfully.D. Cosplay is popular with some teenagers.DJames Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves. His family moved to Cleveland when he was 9.There, a school teacher asked the youth his name."J.C., "he replied.She thought he had said "Jesse", and he had a new name.Owens ran his first race at age 13.After high school, he went to Ohio State University.He had to work part time so as to pay for his education.As a second year student, in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later.A week before the Big Ten meet, Owens accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. His back hurt so much that he could not exercise all week, and he had to be helped in and out of the car that drove him to the meet. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he give up and said he would try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the record book.The stage was set for Owens victory at the Olympic Games in Berlin the next year, and his success would come to be regarded as not only athletic but also political.Hitler did not congratulate any of the African American winners."It was all right with me, "he said years later."I didn t go to Berlin to shake hands with him, anyway."Having returned from Berlin, he received no telephone calls from the president of his own country, either.In fact, he was not honored by the United States until 1976, four years before his death.Owens Olympic victories made little difference to him. He earned his living by looking after a school playground, and accepted money to race against cars, trucks, motorcycles and dogs."Sure, it bothered me, "he said later."But at least it was an honest living. I had to eat."In time, however, his gold medals changed his life."They have kept me alive over the years, "he once said."Time has stood still for me.That golden moment dies hard."67.Owens got his other name "Jesse" when.A.he went to Ohio State UniversityB.his teacher made fun of himC.his teacher took "J. C."for "Jesse"D.he won gold medals in the Big Ten meet68.In the Big Ten meet，Owens .A.hurt himself in the backB.succeeded in setting many recordsC.tried every sports event but failedD.had to give up some events69.We can infer from the text that Owens was treated unfairly in the US at that time because.A.he was not of the right raceB.he was the son of a poor farmerC.he didnˊt shake hands with HitlerD.he didn’t talk to the US president on the phone70.When Owens says "They have kept me alive over the years ",he means that the medals.A.have been changed for money to help him live onB.have made him famous in the USC.have encouraged him to overcome difficulties in lifeD.have kept him busy with all kinds of jobs71.What would be the best title for the text?A.Jesse Owens, A Great American AthleteB.Golden Moment —A Life time StruggleC.Making A Living As A SportsmanD.How To Be A Successful AthleteEHave you ever dreamed of visiting a planet in the Milky Way (银河系)? While the trip sounds exciting, it would take years and years to reach your destination. So in the future, bedtime for astronauts may be more than a few hours of regular shut eye. They would have to sleep for years.European researchers are now conducting hibernation experiments. The study may help them understand whether humans could ever sleep through the years it would take for a spaceflight to distant planets. "If there was an effective technology, it could make deep space travel a reality," said Mark Ayre of the European Space Agency last month.What seems like a science fiction is not completely unlikely. Researchers have been able to use chemicals to put living cells into a sleep like state where they don’t age. They have now moved on to the small, non hibernating mammals (哺乳动物) like rats.A major challenge is the fact that cells can be very simple systems, whereas body organs are far more complex (复杂的). "It’s like moving from a simple Apple computer to a supercomputer," said Marco Biggiogera, a hibernation researcher at Italy’s University of Pavia. Just like bears and frogs, the hibernation of human beings would cause a person’s metabolism (新陈代谢) to lower so they would need less energy.Medical research, however, is just half of a spaceflight hibernation system. There is a challenge of designing a suitable protective shelter (栖身所). Such a shelter would provide the proper environment for hibernation, such as the proper temperature. It would also have to monitor (监控) life functions and serve the physiological needs of the hibernator.According to Ayre, the six person Human Outer Planets Exploration Mission to Jupiter’s moon Callisto, could be an opportunity to use human hibernation. The mission aims to send six persons on a five year flight to Callisto, where they will spend 30 days, in 2045.72.According to the article, the hibernation research _______.A. is just an ideaB. is always a science fictionC. has already finished successfullyD. has made some progress73.In a hibernating state, a person needs ________.A. less sleepB. more foodC. less energyD. more movement74.What is the best title of the article?A. Hibernation study for space travelB. Welcome to our space travelC. To hibernate, to live longerD. Welcome to the Milky Way。