【推荐1】Besides the famous Great Wall and Tian’anmen Square, what other places do you want to visit in Beijing? How about going to some interesting museums? You can learn a lot while having fun.

	Bees are very small, but the China Bee Museum is quite large. There are about 600 bee specimens (标本) in the museum. There is also a great bee-keeping exhibition. Want to learn more about where honey (蜜) comes from and how it is made? Go check it out! Ticket Price: Free.
	If you love watermelon, then you will feel at home at the Beijing Watermelon Museum. It lies in the Watermelon Research Institute (研究所). Most of the exhibits are about how different kinds of watermelons are developed and grown. Visitors can also see many paintings and other art works about this summer fruit in the museum. Ticket Price: ¥20.
	Diabolo (空竹) is one of the most popular outdoor activities in Beijing. It’s a two-headed top (陀 螺). You can throw it up and catch it with a string (细绳) which is tied between two sticks. The Beijing Diabolo Museum has more than 400 diabolos. It also teaches many diabolo skills. You can learn how to play with the diabolo yourself. Ticket Price: Free.

根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。
1. How many bee specimens are there in the China Bee Museum?

A．About 400.

B．About 500.

C．About 600.

2. What can visitors learn about at the Beijing Watermelon Museum?

A．The methods to develop and grow watermelons.

B．The methods to make watermelon art works.

C．The methods to make watermelon honey.

3. What can visitors do at the Beijing Diabolo Museum?

A．Learn many diabolo skills.

B．Dra w paintings about diabolos.

C．Make diabolos by themselves.

4. According to the passage, what can we know about these three museums?

A．The three museums are all free to enter.

B．We can learn a lot while having fun in the three museums.

C．The three museum are in different cities of China.

5. Where can we read the passage?

A．In a sports magazine.

B．In a travel magazine.

C．In a science magazine.

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“As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything. Seeing the children’s happy faces, I’m happy, too.” said Carlos Domingo, an old woman of 62. “I often played computer games in my free time before. Now I help older people learn how to use computers,” said another volunteer at the age of 18.
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1. Who can be a volunteer?

A．Children.	B．Old women.
C．Anyone aged 12-70.	D．Parents.

2. What do volunteers want to get when they help others?

A．Money.	B．Computers.
C．Everything.	D．Nothing.

3. Carlos Domingo does volunteer work with __________.

A．animal lovers	B．children
C．her parents	D．older people

4. We can read this passage ___________.

A．in a newspaper	B．in a storybook
C．in a picture book	D．in a textbook