Pieter Bruegel was a famous artist who lived in Europe five hundred years ago. He is well known for a painting called Children’s Games. People like this painting because it is full of fun. It shows how children in Pieter’s time enjoyed themselves in different ways. In all, there are about eighty games being played in the painting.

Children’s Games shows a busy street scene in a town long ago. The street is a wide and open space. There are no cars, so there is plenty of room to play. There are about two hundred children in the painting. Some play in groups and others play alone. They seem to be enjoying their freedom in the fresh air and their games. Some of the games are still played today.

The games in the painting do not require children to spend money on extra materials(材料). Instead, they use simple everyday objects like hats and sticks. A game might need a rope, some chalk, a hoop, a spinning top, or even a barrel. Some games are played without any toys at all. For example, one scene in the painting shows children turning somersaults(翻筋斗) inside the fence.

Even though Pieter Bruegel lived a long time ago, children today can learn an important lesson from what he painted. The painting shows us how little we need in order to enjoy ourselves. All children really need is one another. It’s not the toys or games that are found in the stores that create fun. Using our imagination can do this for us. 

1.The painting shows about ______ games.

2.The children in the painting are playing ______.

3.From the painting we learn that ______.

Pieter Bruegel was a famous artist who lived in Europe five hundred years ago. He is well known for a painting called Children’s Games. People like this painting because it is full of fun. It shows how children in Pieter’s time enjoyed themselves in different ways. In all, there are about eighty games being played in the painting.
Children’s Games shows a busy street scene in a town long ago. The street is a wide and open space. There are no cars, so there is plenty of room to play. There are about two hundred children in the painting. Some play in groups and others play alone. They seem to be enjoying their freedom in the fresh air and their games. Some of the games are still played today.
The games in the painting do not require children to spend money on extra materials(材料). Instead, they use simple everyday objects like hats and sticks. A game might need a rope, some chalk, a hoop, a spinning top, or even a barrel. Some games are played without any toys at all. For example, one scene in the painting shows children turning somersaults(翻筋斗) inside the fence.
Even though Pieter Bruegel lived a long time ago, children today can learn an important lesson from what he painted. The painting shows us how little we need in order to enjoy ourselves. All children really need is one another. It’s not the toys or games that are found in the stores that create fun. Using our imagination can do this for us. 
【小題1】The painting shows about ______ games.

Pieter Bruegel was a famous artist who lived in Europe five hundred years ago. He is well known for a painting called Children’s Games. People like this painting because it is full of fun. It shows how children in Pieter’s time enjoyed themselves in different ways. In all, there are about eighty games being played in the painting.
Children’s Games shows a busy street scene in a town long ago. The street is a wide and open space. There are no cars, so there is plenty of room to play. There are about two hundred children in the painting. Some play in groups and others play alone. They seem to be enjoying their freedom in the fresh air and their games. Some of the games are still played today.
The games in the painting do not require children to spend money on extra materials(材料). Instead, they use simple everyday objects like hats and sticks. A game might need a rope, some chalk, a hoop, a spinning top, or even a barrel. Some games are played without any toys at all. For example, one scene in the painting shows children turning somersaults(翻筋斗) inside the fence.
Even though Pieter Bruegel lived a long time ago, children today can learn an important lesson from what he painted. The painting shows us how little we need in order to enjoy ourselves. All children really need is one another. It’s not the toys or games that are found in the stores that create fun. Using our imagination can do this for us. 

1. 1.

   The painting shows about ______ games.

   1. A.
      500
   2. B.
      200
   3. C.
      80
   4. D.
      60
2. 2.

   The children in the painting are playing ______.

   1. A.
      in the street
   2. B.
      in the house
   3. C.
      on the grass
   4. D.
      at the school
3. 3.

   From the painting we learn that ______.

   1. A.
      children today need to take more lessons
   2. B.
      children can create fun by using imagination
   3. C.
      children need more toys to enjoy themselves
   4. D.
      children spend much money on everyday objects

任務(wù)型閱讀：根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容填空 (10分)

In 1896, the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece. From then on, many countries successfully held the Olympics, such as England, Germany, the U.S.A., Spain and Australia. After more than a hundred years, the Games returned to his hometown in the year of 2004. When a country hosted the Olympic Games, they always made an emblem(會徽). The emblem of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games was a white circle of olive branches(橄欖枝) in the sky.

In 2008, Beijing hosted the Olympics. Its emblem is “Jing”. It means the capital of China and it is also like a runner or dancer. The running figure(人物)of the emblem shows the spirit(精神)of the Olympics: Faster, higher and stronger.

1.The first modern Olympic Games were held in _________, Greece.

2.When people held Olympic Games, they always made an _________.

3.What was the emblem of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games?

It was a white circle of olive ____________.

4.How many years passed when Athens held the Olympic Games once again?

It was after more than _____________years.

5.The emblem of  2008 Beijing Olympic Games is ___________.

6.The spirit of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is Faster, higher and ___________.

Your Passport(護(hù)照) Please!

Mr. Hill arrives at London Airport at the end of a three-week holiday in France. Usually he wears a beard(留胡須). Since it has been hot there, he has taken it off(剃掉). But his passport photo shows him with his beard.

An office looks at the photo for a moment and says: "Will you excuse me? Please sit down. I won’t keep you long." With this, he walks away, shows the photo to a second office and says: "I know that face." The second officer looks at the passport and asks where Mr. Hill has come from. When he hears that Mr. Hill has arrived back from Paris, the second officer smiled and says: "An Englishman with a beard stole a painting in Paris on Friday, and that man just looks the kind of man ..."

Suddenly it comes to the first officer who Mr. Hill is. He returns to him and asks: "Did you teach at the No.2 . High School?" When Mr. Hill answers in surprise that he did, the first officer smiles and says: "I thought so. I'm Jack Smith. You taught me French. You haven't changed a bit."

1. Mr. Hill ____.

A. has just come back from the airport.

B. is on his way to Paris.

C. spent three weeks in Paris before he went to France.

D. has been in France for three weeks

2. Mr. Hill ____.

A. has a beard on his face but not in his photo

B. grew a beard while he was on holiday

C. has a beard in his photo but not on his face

D. took his beard off long before he went on holiday.

3. The first officer is sure ____.

A. Mr. Hill stole the painting

B. he has seen the face in the photo before

C. he knows the second officer's face

D. a man without a beard stole the painting

4. The second officer says that ____.

A. Mr. Hill stole the painting

B. a man with a beard, from France, stole a painting in English

C. an Englishman took his beard off and stole a painting

D. a man with a beard, from England, stole a painting in Paris.

5. Mr. Hill taught ____.

A. Jack Smith French at the No. 2 High School

B. Jack Smith to be a first officer

C. at the No.2 High School, in France

D. French some years ago and his name was Smith, not Hill