阅读理解 Now the game Angry Birds has become more and more popular with the young and the old. I&#039;m sure you a...

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Now the game Angry Birds has become more and more popular with the young and the old. I'm sure you also enjoy it a lot. But is it too small to play the game on your mobile phone or on your computer? Do you want to visit a park where you can find some bigger birds and pigs? As this picture shows, Angry Birds has now become much bigger. Copying the action of the real computer game, players pull a real catapult(弹弓) and shoot Angry Birds toys at green piggy balloons. I think that must be very exciting to touch such big birds.

Angry Birds Land recently opened inside Sarkanniemi Amusement Park in Tampere, Finland(芬兰). It is the first Angry Birds theme park in the world. Finland is a country in northern Europe. And then other countries will copy Finland's example. The UK government says that they plan to build Angry Birds theme parks in the UK. What's more, you can see such theme parks not only in the UK, but also in other countries. The game, Angry Birds, is created by the Finnish company Rovio. It agrees to help build the theme parks all over the world.

（1）、Why does the news say Angry Birds has become bigger?

A、Because the screens of mobile phones and computers have become bigger. B、Because Angry Birds has become more and more popular. C、Because people spend much more money on Angry Birds. D、Because there have been theme parks named Angry Birds.

（2）、From the second paragraph, we can infer（推测） that .

A、some countries don't allow kids to play Angry Birds any more B、Angry Birds theme parks will be built in more and more places C、building Angry Birds theme parks is not a good idea D、it's difficult to clean up an Angry Birds theme park

（3）、The underlined word “It” refers to .

A、the game Angry Birds B、the Angry Birds theme park C、the company that created the game Angry Birds D、the engineer who created the first Angry Birds theme park

（4）、What's the best title for this passage?

A、Angry Birds in Finland. B、More Angry Birds in the World. C、Angry Birds Flying to Theme Parks. D、Rovio Plans to Build More Angry Birds Theme Parks.

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More than 6000 children were expelled（开除）from US schools last year for bringng guns and bombs to school，the US Department of Education said on May 8．
The department gave a report on the expulsions（开除）as saying handguns accounted for 58 per cent of the 6093 expulsions in 1996—97，against 7 per cent for rifles or shotguns and 35 per cent for other types of firearms．
“The report is a clear sign that our nation's public schools are cracking down（严惩）”on students who bring guns to school，“Education Secretary Richard Riey said in a statement．“We need to be tough-minded（坚强的）about keeping guns out of our schools and do everything to keep our children safe．”
In March 1997，an 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old using hand-guns and rifles shot dead four children and a teacher at a school in Jonesboro，Arkansas．In October，two were killed and seven wounded in a shooting at a Mississippi school．Two months later，a 14-year-old boy killed three high school students and wounded five in Daducab，Kentucky．
“Most of the expulsions，56 per cent，were from high schools，which have students from about age 13，34 per cent were from junior high schools and 9 per cent were from elementary schools．”The report said．

    “How are you?”is a nice question. It's a friendly way that people in the U.S.A greet each other. But “How are you?”is also a very unusual question. It's a question that often doesn't need an answer. The person who asks“ How are you?”hopes to hear the answer “Fine”, even if the person's friend isn't fine. The reason is that “How are you?” isn't really a question and “Fine” isn't really an answer. They are simply other ways of saying “Hello” or “Hi”.
    Sometimes, people also don't say exactly what they mean. For example, when someone Asks “Do you agree?”, the other person might think, “No, I disagree. I think you're Wrong...”But it isn't very polite to disagree so strongly, so the other person might say “I'm not sure.”It's a nicer way to say that you don't agree with someone.
    People also don't say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking with other people. For example, many talks over the phone finish when one person say “I've to go now.”Often, the person who wants to hang up gives and excuse: “Someone's at the door.”"Something is burning on the stove.” The excuses might be real, or not. Perhaps the person who wants to hang up simply doesn't want to talk any more, but it isn't polite to say that. The excuse is more polite, and it doesn't hurt the other person.
    Whether they are greeting each other, talking about an idea, of finishing a talk, people don't say exactly that they are thinking. It's an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it's part of the game of language.

Before you go to another country it is a great help if you know the language and some of the customs of the country.
When people meet each other for the first time in Britain, they say, "How do you do? "and shake hands. Usually they do not shake hands when they just meet or say goodbye. But they shake hands after they haven't met for a long time or when they will be away from each other for a long time.
Last year a group of German students went to England for a holiday. Their teacher told them that the English people hardly shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station, they kept their hands behind their backs. The English students had learned that the Germans shake hands as often as possible, so they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands with them. It made both of them laugh.

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For many years, we couldn't talk with the deaf. These deaf people couldn't use a spoken language.

But beginning in the 1700s, the deaf were taught a special language. Using this language, they could share thought sand ideas with others. The language they used was a language without sound. It was a sign language.

How did this sign language work? The deaf learnt to make certain movements with their hands, faces and bodies. These movements stood for things and ideas. People might move their forefingers accross their lips. This meant "you are not telling the truth". They might tap their chin with three fingers. This meant "my uncle".

The deaf learned to see a finger alphabet. They used their fingers to make the letters of the alphabet. In this way, they spelled out words. Some deaf people could spell out words at a speed of 130 words per minute.

The deaf don't use the sign language andfinger spelling as much as they once were. Today, the deaf learn to understand others by watching their lips. They also learn how to speak.

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Rock art is the name given to pictures drawn on rock by ancient peoples. In the American Southwest, rock art can be seen on the walls of caves and mountains. Many of these places are in the Four Corners area, where the states of Arizona，Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico meet. More than 7, 000 rock art places have been found just in Utah, where the area's dry climate(气候)has helped keep the art.

There are three forms of rock art. The first is petroglyphs, which are pictures carved(雕刻)into the surface of rock. A sharp(尖利的)stone may have been used as a carving tool. A heavy stone may have been used to hit the sharp stone into the surface. The second form of rock art is pictographs, which are pictures painted on the rock. The paint was made from plants and trees. The artists painted with fingers, brushes made from hair，or bird bones. The third kind of rock art is geoglyphs(峡口浮雕), which are designs made in the ground by taking away stones.

Some rock art shows faces, hands, animals, and trees. Other pictures are symbols such as lines, circles, and squares. Some scientists think these symbols marked the location of water or good hunting grounds. Some think the symbols were put there during special celebrations. Others think the symbols showed the movement of planets and stars. Still others believe that they were just doodles.

Some rock art may be a form of writing. Large scenes are shown on mountains. Some scenes seem to tell a story. A hunting scene may include animals and people with hunting tools. A scene with many people holding hands could mean friendship. Rock art in caves may have been a way to decorate the artist's home.

Some rock art in the Southwest is about 200 years old. Other rock art may be 10, 000 years old. Scientists think an ancient people called the Anasazi created the older works. They were farmers and lived in caves.

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The Notting Hill is only a small area in west London, but the Notting Hill Carnival (诺丁山狂欢节) attracts millions of people from all over the world to have fun. The carnival is at the end of August each year, and the main days are Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday.

The festival started as a local West Indian event, but from a small procession (游行) through the streets of Notting Hill, it's a huge multi-cultural arts festival now. In fact, it is the largest street carnival (嘉年华会; 狂欢节) in Europe. Only the Rio Carnival in Brazil is bigger.

At the heart of the festival is a spectacular (壮观的) parade (游行). The carnival route (路线) is three miles long and hundreds of groups move along it. There's music, decorated floats, elaborated costumes and dancing. There are also live stages where artists from all over the world perform, but there is a lot more to the festival than just music. There are 300 food stalls selling international food so you can't get hungry. There's theatre, arts and crafts, too.

You can sing and dance or you can just watch. But there's no need to be quiet.

You can buy whistles and blow them to make lots of noise! The Notting Hill Carnival welcomes visitors and tourists.

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