阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。（请注意问题后的字数要求）
If you ears are working well, you hear sounds all the time. You can't switch（关掉）your ears off, even when you are asleep.
Listening
When you really want to listen to something, you tell brain to focus on that sound. If your ears are healthy and are both working well, they can turn down other sounds while you focus on what you want to hear. If one ear isn’t working __________ the other, they can’t do this as well. If you hearing cells（细胞）have been damaged by too much loud noise or music, what you want to hear can get mixed up and lost in the other sounds around. With healthy ears you can choose what you want to listen to, but you can’t choose what you hear.
Understanding
Your brain deals with the received sounds and tells you what they mean. Some people have problems understanding what they are hearing because their ears don’t work well and they don’t hear all the sounds. They brain does not get enough information to understand the messages or they may be mixed up.
Selective（选择的）hearing
Lots of mums and dads think that kids have this “problem”. They think that you select what you are going to hear and what you can’t hear! Many mums say that dads do this, too. In fact, this is something we may all do to try and make our lives a bit easier. Some children wrote what they liked to hear and what they didn’t like to hear.
1.What is the passage mainly about?（Please answer within 10 words.）
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2. Please fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words of phrases to complete the sentence.（Please anser within 3 words.）
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3.What does your brain do when you are listening?
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4.Which of the suggestions do you think is the most important for you? Why?
（Please answer within 25 words.）
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5.Translate the underlined sentence in the second paragraph into Chinese.
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综合填空
根据短文内容，用方框中所给的词语的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、完整。（每词限用一次）
play, polite, you, surprise, with, work, even, step, action, and |
David received a parrot for his birthday. The parrot had a poor vocabulary, and many were not 1. . David tried hard to change the bird's words and was often saying polite words, 2. soft music, trying anything he could think of to set a good example. But nothing3. . He shouted at the bird and the bird just got angry and became 4. less polite .Finally，without any hope，David put the bird in the fridge. For a few moments he heard the bird kick and cry 5. in it. Then suddenly it was quiet-not a sound for half a minute. David was frightened that he might have hurt the bird and quickly opened the fridge door. The parrot quietly 6. out onto David's arm and said，"I believe that I may have made you angry7. me about my impolite language and 8. . I will try my best at once to be polite. I am really sorry and beg9. pardon. "
David was surprised at the bird's change，and he was just to ask what had made such a10. change when the parrot went on saying, "May I ask what the chicken in the fridge did?"
单词拼写
根据句意和首字母或汉语提示，将单词的正确形式完整地写在答题纸相应的位置上。
1.Young children are taught road safety to a______ road accidents.
2.That British teacher is very h_______. He always tells us interesting jokes.
3. Sandy went into her sister's room without k______ on the door. That made her sister mad.
4.Each different part of China has its own special forms of ______（传统的）art.
5.Chinese clay art is famous because the clay pieces are so small but they look very _____（真实的）
Some days, don’t you think, "Wouldn’t it be nice if the laundry would just do itself?” Self-cleaning clothes may sound crazy. But Australian researchers have found a way to make something like this possible!
A team at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, found a way to put special nanostructures (纳米结构) into clothing, which can then clean the clothes. When sunlight hits the nanostructures, they break down the dirt and stains (污渍) that don’t belong on your clothes.
The nanostructures don’t break down the actual clothing because cotton and the other clothing materials are too strong to be broken down. According to CNN, the researchers cover the clothing in a solution made of silver and copper (铜) nanostructures. All it takes is 40 minutes of sunlight and your clothes will look as good as new.
So if you spill on yourself during lunch, you can step outside for a walk, and it will be clean by the time you go inside. It not only makes your life easier, but it can also be good for the environment.
According to the US Department of Energy, the average load of laundry uses about 25 gallons (about 94 liters) of water. Water is a very important resource, so using less of it to wash clothes is better for the environment. But one of the scientists at RMIT University knows more needs to be done.
“There’s more work to do before we can start throwing out our washing machines,” said Dr Rajesh Ramanathan, “but this is a strong foundation (基础).”
So what’s the next step? Ramanathan wants to either start selling the solution by itself or convincing (说服) clothing makers to treat the clothing with the solution while clothes are being made.
1. How do the clothing with the nanostructures get cleaned?
A. Cotton clothes wash easily
B. This kind of clothing washes it by itself.
C. The dirt and stains are broken down in the sunlight.
D. Silver and copper help to get off the dirt in the dark.
2. What do Paragraphs 4-5 talk about?
A. What advantages the self-cleaning clothes have.
B. How the self-cleaning clothes work.
C. How the self-cleaning clothes are made.
D. What helps the self-cleaning clothes work.
3.What does the underlined word “solution”in the last paragraph mean?
A. Machines B. Clothes.
C. Silver. D. Design.
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A. Silver and copper sell well.
B. The solution is not put into practice.
C. Clothing makes certainly like the solution.
D. We don’t need washing machines any more.
A city without cars would be very strange, right? But Venice is such a city.
Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It wasn't built on land, like Beijing or Shanghai, but on more than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city.
Even so, travel isn't difficult. The waterways have always been the best way to get around. There are 117 waterways and more than 400 bridges that can guide you where you want to go. People in Venice move from place to place by boat.
Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem. Sometimes tourists will have such strange experiences. One moment they walk across the Rialto Bridge, and there’s nothing special. But when they come back to the bridge an hour later, it’s underwater and everyone is wearing rain shoes.
Once, people used too much underground water. This made the city get lower little by little. Now the city has gone down by 23 centimeters. Another problem is the rising seawater. The temperature has risen over the years. This has made the ice of the Arctic Ocean (北冰洋) melt( 融化). Every year, high waters hit the city in autumn and winter. When a lot of water comes, more than half of the city is underwater.
Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting even lower. The Italian government has asked some of Italy’s biggest companies to build the MOST project, which was planned to be build under the seawater to stop the rising water. Anyway, this project is helping solve the problem.
1. Which is the best way to travel in Venice?
A. The waterways. B. Taxis and cars.
C. 400 bridges D. Boats and rain shoes.
2.What doesn’t cause Venice to get lower and lower?
A. The ice of the Arctic Ocean melt.
B. Seawater is everywhere around the city.
C. People used too much underground water
D. The temperature has become higher over the years.
3. What can we infer from the last passage?
A. Venice is sure to stop getting lower.
B. High waters won’t hit Venice any more.
C. Scientists can solve the problems easily
D. Some possible ways help to solve the problem.
4. What’s the best title of this passage?
A. The Places of Interest of Venice
B. The History of Venice.
C. The Specials and Problems of Venice
D. The MOST Project of Venice.
The world’s most popular musical, The Sound of Music is coming to China!
Presented by Lunchbox Theatrical Production, we are looking for talented young performers to play the roles of the von Trapp children. This is a fantastic chance to perform with musical theater professionals.
Since its first performance（演出） on Broadway 55 years ago, The Sound of Music has been singing its way into everyone’s hearts with some of the most popular songs ever performed on the musical theatre stage.
This June, after a tour around the world with stops including the UK, Canada, South Africa, Singapore, and New Zealand, this show will take to the stage in China. Don’t miss it!
We are looking for young talented performers for the roles of:
Friedrich (1.55m tall, unbroken voice, playing age 14)
Louisa (1.5m tall, undeveloped body, playing age 13)
Kurt (1.45m tall, unbroken voice, playing age 11)
Brigitta (1.4m tall, playing age 9/10)
Martha (1.35m tall, playing age 7)
Gretl (up to 1.2m tall, playing age 6)
Interview Dates: 16-18/04/2016
Application Deadline (申请截止日期): 13/04/2016
Interview Address: National Theatre of China
Rehearsals(排练): 5 May until performances
Performances: 15 June--20 June 2016, National Center for the Performing Arts
1.What is the Lunchbox Theatrical Production is doing now?
A. selling some tickets
B. introducing a new film
C. looking for some young performers
D. talking about their feelings
2.Who can play the role of Martha?
A. Susan, 1.5m tall, 13 years old
B. Elizabeth, 1.45m tall, 12 years old
C. Linda, 1.4m tall, 10 years old
D. Rachel, 1.35m tall, 7 years old
3.What can we know about The Sound of Music from the passage?
A. It needs 7 talented performers.
B. It will be showed in June, 2016.
C. It has been successful for more than half a century.
D. It has been showed in six countries before coming to China.
