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    试题来源:高中英语人教版选修八Unit 4 Pygmalion同步练习

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        Here are some of the world's most impressive subways.

    The Tokyo Metro and Toei Lines

    Features: The Tokyo Metro and Toei lines that compose Tokyo's massive subway system carry almost 8 million people each day, making it the busiest system in the world. The system is famous for its oshiya— literally, “pusher”— who shove passengers into crowded subway cars so the doors can close. And you think your commute is hell.

    The Moscow Metro

        Features: The Moscow Metro has some of the most beautiful stations in the world. The best of them were built during the Stalinist era and feature chandeliers, marble moldings and elaborate murals. With more than 7 million riders a day, keeping all that marble clean has got to be a burden.

    The Hong Kong Metro

        Features: The Hong Kong MTR has the distinction of being one of the few subway systems in the world that actually turns a profit. It's privately owned and uses real estate development along its tracks to increase income and ridership. It also introduced “Octopus cards” that allow people to not only pay their fares electronically, but buy stuff at convenience stores, supermarkets, restaurants and even parking meters. It's estimated that 95 % of all adults in Hong Kong own an Octopus card.

    Shanghai Metro

        Features: Shanghai is the third city in China to build a metro system, and it has become the country's largest in the 12 years since it opened. Shanghai Metro has 142 miles of track and plans to add another 180 miles within five years. By that point, it would be three times larger than Chicago “L”. The system carries about 2.18 million people a day.

    The London

    Metro

        Features: Londoners call their subway the Underground, even though 55 percent of it lies above ground.No matter when you've got the oldest mass-transit system in the world, you can call it anything you like. Trains started in1863 and they've been running ever since. Some 3 million people ride each day, every one of them remembering to “Mind the gap”.

    (1)Which one can provide the riders some wonderful decorations at the stations?
    A . The Tokyo Metro and Toei Lines. B . The Moscow Metro. C . The London Metro. D . The Hong Kong MTR.
    【答案】
    (2)We can learn from the passage that Shanghai Metro ________.
    A . carries the most people each day B . is the world's largest C . may be larger than the Chicago “L” in the future D . is the busiest in the world
    【答案】
    (3)How many subways carry more than 5 million people per day?
    A . 2. B . 3. C . 4. D . 5.
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        Plants are helpful to human: they provide us with wood and other products, they give us shade, and they help to prevent drought and floods.

        Sadly, in many parts of the world man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important. In his eagerness to draw quick profit from the trees, he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had.

        Several thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire but, without its trees, its soil became hard and poor. When the empire fell to pieces, the country found itself faced by floods and starvation.

        Even if a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult for it to persuade the villager to see this. The villager wants wood to cook his food with, and he can earn money by making charcoal(木炭) or selling wood to the townsman. He is usually too lazy or too careless to plant and look after trees. So unless the government has a good system of control, or can educate the people, the forests will slowly disappear.

        This does not only mean that the villagers? Sons and grandsons have fewer trees. The results are even more serious. For where there are trees their roots break the soil up—allowing the rain to sink in and also hold the soil, thus preventing it being washed away easily, but where there are no trees, the soil becomes hard and poor. The rain falls on hard ground and flows away on the surface, causing floods and carrying away with it the rich topsoil, in which crops grow so well. When all the topsoil is gone, nothing remains but a worthless desert.

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        One early morning, I went into the living room to find my mother reading a thick book called Best Loved Poems to Read Again and Again. My interest was aroused only by the fact that the word "Poems" appeared in big, hot pink letters.

        "Is it good?" I asked her.

        "Yeah," she answered. "There's one I really like and you'll like it, too." I leaned forward.

        "‘Patty Poem,'" she read the title. Who is Patty? I wondered. The poem began:

        She never puts her toys away,

        Just leaves them scatteredwhere they lay,…           散乱的

    The poem was just three short sections. The final one came quickly:

        When she grows and gathers poise,         稳重

        I'll miss her harum-scarum noise,                   莽撞的

        And look in vain for scattered toys.                  徒劳地

    And I'll be sad.

        A terrible sorrow washed over me. Whoever Patty was, she was a mean girl. Then, the shock.

        "It's you, honey," My mother said sadly.

        To my mother, the poem revealed a parent's affection when her child grows up and leaves. To me, the "she"in the poem was horror. It was my mama who would be sad. It was so terrible I burst out crying.

        "What's wrong?"my mother asked.

        "Oh Mama,"I cried."I don't want to grow up ever!"

        She smiled."Honey, it's okay. You're not growing up anytime soon. And when you do, I'll still love you, okay?"

        "Okay,"I was still weeping. My panic has gone. But I could not help thinking about that silly poem. After what seemed like a safe amount of time, I read the poem again and was confused. It all fit so well together, like a puzzle. The language was simple, so simple I could plainly understand its meaning, yet it was still beautiful. I was now fascinated by the idea of poetry, words that had the power to make or break a person's world.

        I have since fallen in love with other poems, but "Patty Poem" remains my poem. After all, "Patty Poem" gave me my love for poetry not because it was the poem that lifted my spirits, but because it was the one that hurt me the most.

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        Like many children, young Lotte Reiniger was crazy about movies, which at the time were a completely new invention. She taught herself how to cut paper silhouettes(剪影), of people, animals, and objects. I could cut silhouettes almost as soon as I could manage to hold a pair of scissors, Reiniger said. “I could paint, too, and read...But everybody was surprised at the scissor cuts”

        At first, Reiniger wanted to be an actress, but her skill at making silhouettes drew the attention of the German film industry. Before 1927, films were silent. To help the audience understand the film, title cards with printed text appeared during the film between scenes. Reiniger helped create title cards for films, using her silhouettes. In 1918, she was asked to provide stop-motion animation(定格动面), in which objects are photographed(拍摄)in a series of slightly different positions and then replayed at high speed so that the objects appear to move on their own, for wooden rats(老鼠)in the movie The Pied Piper of Hamelin. It was a breakthrough that led to her own films, first short films and then, in 1926, The Adventures of Prince Achmed, the first full-length animated film.

        Although Reiniger once described herself as “a primitive(原始的)caveman artist”, her work is not simple. She carefully cut bits of card, paper, and wire, creating wonderful shapes, and then made them move and dance by hand. The black shapes were then placed on colorful backgrounds. She made more than 60 films, around 40 of which survive, all cut by her own hands. Most were based on timeless fairy tales, like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty.

        Reiniger was truly a pioneer both in animation and for women in film-making. Though her last film came out in 1980, her style is still influential and can often be seen in today's films.

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    Going out guide

        R&B: Melanie Fiona

        Known for such songs as "It Kills Me" and "This Time," R&B singer Melanie Fiona made her first musical album(唱片) in 2009 with "The Bridge" and followed it up with "The MF Life" in 2012. A new album, "Next Train," is planned to drop this year.

        8 pm, Feb. 13. Howard Theatre. 202-803-2899. $ 30—$ 59. 99.

        Ballet: John Cranko's "Romeo & Juliet"

        Celebrated South African choreographer (编舞者) John Cranko created the dance inspired by Shakespeare's lovers with a score by Sergei Prokofiev. The production was first performed in the United States in 1969 and returns to the Kennedy Center under the artistic direction of Julie Kent.

        Feb. 14 — 18. Kennedy Genter. 202-467-4600. $ 25— $ 160.

    Exhibit(展览): "Brand New: Art and Commodity (商品) in the 1980s"

        This exhibit shows the commodification of art in the 1980s, when trade, art and entertainment became unclear. The exhibit shows works by 68 artists, including Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger and Julia Wachtel.

        Feb. 14 through May 13. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. 202-633-1000. Free

        R&B: Valentine's Love Jam

        R&E artists are known for some of our most beloved(喜爱的) love songs, and the performers lined up for this show are no exception. Singer-songwriters Tyrese ("Sweet Lady") and Joe ("I Wanna Know") join forces with SWV ("Weak") ,Dru Hill ("Beauty") and Next ("Wifey") for this show.

        8 p. m., Feb. 17. EagleBank Arena. 703-493-4000. $ 59—$ 99.

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    The world has been extremely impressed by China's high-speed trains that cross the country by the hundreds in all directions every day, but in one corner of this vast land is a gentle reminder that life was not always this fast.

    Those fortunate enough to travel to Jiayang in Sichuan province will find railway carriages dragged by steam locomotives(火车头), among the last steam trains operating in China and still running every day. First used to transport coal from Jiayang Coal Mine 62 years ago, today they transport local farmers and their produce to market and serve as a tourist attraction.

    "In the early days of the railway, farmers headed for the farm produce market sitting beside coal," said Liu Chengxi, the Jiayang official in charge of the trains. "As coal production has stopped, the trains are now exclusively(专门地)for farmers and tourists."

    The narrow railway, only 76.2 cm instead of the standard 144 cm, stretches for 19. 84 km, with the trains reaching a top speed of 20 km/h.

    A one-way ticket costs 5 yuan for seated passengers and 3 yuan for standing passengers on the ordinary trains regardless of whether they are travelling empty-handed or with animals or vegetables. But Li Cuirong, who has worked as a train dispatcher(调度员)for more than 20 years, recommends tourists pay 80 yuan for a sightseeing train, as the carriages, which have 37 seats, are more comfortable and air-conditioned. A one-way trip takes about one and a half hours.

    The scenery is dramatic as the train winds through the mountain, passengers can view chickens and geese wandering among the orange trees and butterflies dancing over the fields and ponds.

    Rob Dickinson, a steam train lover from the United Kingdom, has ridden the trains twice. He hopes the narrow line can last long enough for him to find the time to get back again.

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    If you're after a quick snap, if you're out and about, here are a few brilliant instant cameras to choose from.

    Instax Mini 12

    Made by Fujifilm, the Instax Mini series of cameras is ideal for taking quick snaps and getting high-quality credit card sized photos. The Mini also comes with built-in flash, a close-up lens (镜头) and selfie lens for taking those perfect shots.

    The camera comes in a range of bright colours, including sky blue and clay white.

    Polaroid Go

    Famous for their cameras, Polaroid still makes instant cameras in the modern day, with a classic look. The Go comes with autofocus as well as a self-timer for effectively capturing the moment and producing quality Polaroid photographs for you to keep.

    It also comes in a range of funky colors, if all black or white isn't your preference.

    Instax Mini Evo

    The Mini Evo combined camera and printer is a compact device with a 28mm lens that's capable of letting you review and edit photos before printing them.

    Also featured is a back 2.7-inch LCD screen for viewing what you're shooting and the ability to print from your phone via Bluetooth.

    Instax Mini 40

    Coming just in a single but vintage black design, the Instax Mini 40 is a solid option for quick instant snaps, with a one-touch selfie mode and a more traditional looking camera, fixed with a 60mm lens.

    It's also small enough to fit comfortably in your bum bag or pocket to take a quick snap if you're out and about.

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