The Sydney Opera House is a very famous building in the world. It has become Sydney's best-known landmark and international symbol. The Opera House with a " sailing roof" was designed by a famous Danish architect (丹麥建筑大師),Utzon. The base for the building was started in 1959, years before the designs were finished. Utzon spent four years designing the Opera House. In 1962, the designs were finalized (定稿) and the construction began. In 1967, they started the decoration inside. It took 14 years in total to

　　build the Opera House. Queen Elizabeth II officially opened it on October 20th, 1973.

　　The Sydney Opera House cost around $100 million and was paid for by the public. 6,225

　　square meters of glass was used to build it. The Opera House includes 1,000 rooms. It is 185 meters long and 120 meters wide. The building's roof sections weigh about 15 tons. Each year, this fantastic building attracts 200,000 tourists to come for a visit or enjoy events in it.

　　The Opera House reaches out into the harbour (港灣). It is amazing and unforgettable, offering people a strong sense of beauty.

　　1 The designer of the Sydney Opera House was from _______.

　　A. America B. Australia C. England D. Denmark

　　2 Building the Sydney Opera House lasted__________.

　　A. from 1959 to 1973 B. from 1962 to 1973

　　C. from 1959 to 1967 D. from 1962 to 1967

　　3 The underlined word "construction" means ________ in Chinese.

　　A.創(chuàng)立 B.設(shè)計(jì) C. 施工 D. 竣工

　　4 _______ paid for the cost of the building of the Sydney Opera House.

　　A. Utzon B. The public C. Queen Elizabeth II D. The government

　　5 Which is the best title for the passage?

　　A. Sailing Roof B. Travelling in Sydney

　　C. The Sydney Opera House D. The Opening of the Opera House

　　閱讀下面短文，把方框中的句子還原到文中，然后完成題目。

　　Do you know Weibo? Do you write a Weibo? If you don't, you are "out"! Weibo means mieroblog. People may spend much time writing a blog, but it takes a little time to write a mieroblog. Why? 6

　　Microblog started in the USA. It came to China in 2009 and it has developed very fast. In 2011, the number of Chinese micro-bloggers grew to 300 million. 7 For many microblog users, it is a great way of learning the freshest news, talking with friends and sharing different kinds of information, including news, daily life, pictures, music and so on. Many stars and famous people also write microblogs and share good things with their fans.

　　It is easy and fast to send a message on a microblog. 8 For example, when the big earthquake and tsunami (海嘯) hit Japan in March, 2011, messages like " Salt can protect people from radiation" were hot on microblogs. 9 Later people realized it was just a rumor (謠言).

　　In a word, microhlog plays a new role in the life of Chinese people.

　　A. It soon caused a crazy buying of salt.

　　B. However, this can also lead to problems and even cause panic (x~,~).

　　C. Because every message on a microblog is less than 140 words.

　　D. Now more and more people are interested in writing microblogs.

　　10.hich of the following is TRUE?

　　A. Writing a microblog needs much time.

　　B. Microblog appeared in China only one year ago but it has developed rapidly.

　　C. As a popular thing, microblog has its advantages and disadvantages.

　　D. More and more Chinese show great interest in microblog because it started in the USA.

　　參考答案：

　　1-5 DACBC

　　6-10 CDBAC