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Sochi Volunteers
1. Sochi 2014 Volunteer Training Program was launched on ．
A．30 May 2013 B．11 March 2013
C．16 December 2013 D．19 September 2013
2.“ White Stick" Music Festival took place in ．
A．Sochi B．St． Petersburg
C．the United Kingdom D．Moscow
3. Which of the following statements is true?
A．The 25 ,000 volunteers were from Russia．
B．Winners of Cultural Program Competition weren't known until 19 September 2013．
C．From August,25 to September,8,you were able to enjoy Winter Games in Sochi．
D．Few of the cultural activities were intended for creating atmosphere of Sochi Winter Games．
4. From the two boxes, you can learn that the activities were listed according to ．
A．importance B．place C．date D．name
Henry Ford grew up on an un-electrified farm, and as a young man he followed Edison's career as the inventor became a national role model．Ford took a job at the Edison Illuminating Company working his way up to chief engineer．
In 1896 Ford was thirty-three and, though still working for Edison Co．,he had created his first experimental automobile the Ford Quadricycle2 during his off-time． At an Edison company party in New York, Ford had his first chance to meet his hero Edison and was able to explain his new automobile to the great inventor． Edison was impressed． Edison is said to have slammed his fist down and shouted ¨Young man, that's the thing! You have it! Your car is self-contained and carries its own power plant．" Edison himself had been working on the idea, but had only been considering electricity as the power source, so the idea of a gas engine was a somewhat new one．
The words comforted Ford greatly, who immediately set out building a second car which was to become the Model-T．6．The two men became f'ast friends and would go on camping trips together．When Edison later became limited to a wheelchair, Ford brought an extra one to his house so they could race．At the 50th anniversary of the invention of light-bulb, Ford honored Edison．When Edison spoke, he ended his speech directed at Ford:“ As to Henry Ford, words fail to express my feelings．I can only say that he is my friend．" Therefore it is no surprise that Ford wanted something to remember Edison by after he passed away in 1931．
Once, Ford asked Thomas Edison's son Charles to sit by the dying inventor's bedside and hold a test tube next to his father's mouth to catch his final breath． Ford was a man with many strange behaviors（ as was Edison）including some interest in reanimation and spiritualism（夏活通灵术）and some say that he was attempting to catch Edison's soul as it escaped his body in hopes of later bringing the inventor back to life．
The test tube itself didn't turn up until 1950 when it was listed in the Ford possessions after Clara Ford's passing away, and then lost again until 1978 when it was discovered in an exhibit Entitled “Henry Ford-A Personal History" in the Henry Ford Museum．It would then be discovered that the tube was labeled “Edison's Last Breath"．
There is a further mystery of this “last breath" test tube． It would seem as if Edison had quite a last breath indeed, as the Edison Estate holds a collection of 42 test tubes all supposedly containing Edison's last breath．
Regardless of the excitement over the last breath, the test tube is quite touching in its meaning．Although both men were known for all sorts of poor behavior towards ．their loved ones and mistreatment of employees, between them at least, there was clearly a deep respect and admiration．
1. The passage can be sorted as a ．
A．science research B．short story
C．news report D．self-introduction
2. From the underlined sentence in Paragraph2 we can learn that ．
A．Edison envied what Ford had achieved
B．Edison was annoyed that Ford did better him
C．Edison was angry because Ford stole his idea
D．Edison was extremely amazed at Ford's new idea
3. In Paragraph 3,the writer mentions Ford bought an extra wheelchair ．
A．to remind Edison was Ford's role model
B．to suggest Ford was a man of strange behavior
C．to tell us the importance of a creative idea then
D．to show the close friendship between Henry Ford and Edison
4.The 61ast breath' test tube" can probably be regarded as ．
A．a symbol of a friendship and memory
B．a witness to a scientific breakthrough
C．a failure to bring Edison back to life
D．a sign of the two inventors' poor behavior
5. It can be learned from the last paragraph that“ ” ．
A．Great minds think alike
B．Nobody is perfect
C．Two heads are better than one
D．A friend in need is a friend indeed
How far would you walk to learn about something that interested you? When he was young, Jacob Lawrence often walked more than sixty from his home in the Harlem section of New York City to the Metropolitan Museum of Art．Jacob wanted to be a（n） ，and he believed that studying the famous paintings in that museum would help him．
It was 1930,when many people were out of work, money was and people suffered a lot．Still the streets were with energy and color．As he walked through Harlem, Jacob looked hard at the people, the churches, and barbershops and so on．He those images in his mind, along with the images of paintings he saw in the ．
Jacob came from a poor family．His mother believed there was little chance her son could grow up to be a successful painter．She wanted him to aim for something more ．But Jacob's teacher, Alston, in an art program saw that he was talented．Alston him how to use paints to make stage sets．
As time passed, Alston let Jacob rent work space in his own studio． That was an exciting place for a young black man to become an artist．Many creative people there to talk about art, literature and history．From their ,Jacob learned that history books often the accomplishments of African Americans．He decided to paint a sel1es of pictures describing the story of a black hero．He Toussaint, who had helped free his people French ruling．
Many people admired Jacob's pictures, but he needed admiration．To help his family, he often had to work at jobs that him away from painting．Then something encouraging happened．An artist named Augusta got Jacob a job．For eighteen months, Jacob was given a to paint pictures． For the first time, he felt like a artist．
1.A．steps B． blocks C． buildings D． avenues
2.A．artist B． tutor C． scholar D． official
3.A．swinging B． existing C． hanging D． twisting
4.A．blank B． loose C． tough D． tight
5.A．lined B． decorated C． associated D． filled
6.A．stored B． received C． created D． remembered
7.A．museum B． studio C． church D． street
8.A．whether B． which C． that D． when
9.A．precious B． practical C． standard D． flexible
10.A. recommendedB． reminded C． provided D． showed
11.A．hesitating B． struggling C． marching D． participating
12.A．settled B． wandered C． gathered D． rushed
13.A．experiencesB． performances C. accents D． conversations
14.A．acknowledgedB． accused C． ignored D． witnessed
15.A．chose B． accepted C． counted D． employed
16.A．against B． from C． for D． with
17.A．more than B． rather than C． other than D．less than
18.A．broke B． gave C． permitted D． took
19.A．award B． title C． salary D． prize
20.A．permanent B． popular C． positive D． professional
—Chris, how about going to a seafood restaurant?
— ! I told you I don't like the smell of fish．
A．Whatever B．Not again
C．You bet D．No wonder
Though brought up in Los Angeles, Steven Davidson spent his whole life in New York．
A．mostly B．constantly
C．roughly D．merely
Minister Bill De Blasio in office fewer than 48 hours when he came face to face with his biggest challenge in his life．
A．has been B．had been C．would be D．is
