1 . Welcome to our collections! We have so much for you to enjoy, explore and experience!

The LIFE Picture Collection

The LIFE Picture Collection(LIFE) is one of the most important picture files in the United States of the 20th century. From 1936 to 2000, LIFE collected more than 10 million photos across 120,000 stories. The original photos and articles were collected by Meredith, a well-known photographer who created LIFE.

LIFE works with individuals and organizations to research, show, and reproduce our pictures for new visitors. If you’re interested in teaming up with us, please check out the information on this page.

Other Collections

In addition to LIFE, we have also got a number of picture collections for you to view, including:

●DMI Collection: pictures about famous people from the late 1970s to the early 2000s.

●Dahlstrom Collection: 7000 photos of New York and the mid-Atlantic area.

●Hugo Jaeger Photographic Collection: color photos of Europe.

●Mansell Collection: works focusing on art and culture.

Using Our Content

We are happy to work with you. You are permitted to use our pictures. Please contact us for any of the following:

●Photos for book, magazine and website

●Museum and Art Show

●Research

1. What can we learn about LIFE?

A．Its photos add up to 120,000.	B．It includes many old pictures.
C．It only works with individuals.	D．Its photos were all taken by Meredith.

2. Where can the photos about well-known people be found?

A．DMI Collection.	B．Mansell Collection.
C．Dahlstrom Collection.	D．Hugo Jaeger Photographic Collection.

3. What is this text?

A．A letter.

B．A speech.

C．An Interview.

D．An introduction.

2 . Many people know that rubbish is a big problem on the Earth. What many people don’t know is that rubbish is becoming a problem in outer space too. Years of space exploration (探索) have left tons of “space junk” (太空垃圾) around the planet.

According to the reports of BBC, there are more than 22,000 pieces of rubbish in space around the Earth. And these are just the objects that are easy to see. There may be millions of smaller pieces of rubbish that we can’t see.

The pieces of space junk move around the planet at very high speeds. They move so fast that even a very small piece can become dangerous. If they crashed (碰撞) into each other, it could cause explosions that might even hurt people on the Earth. If the tiniest piece of rubbish crashed into a space shuttle (航天飞机), it could blow open a hole as big as an elephant.

To help solve this problem, countries around the world have agreed to limit the time their space tools stay in space to 25 years. Each tool must fall safely into the Earth’s atmosphere, or upper parts of the sky. There, it will burn up, and it won’t crash near the Earth.

1. What is becoming a problem in outer space?

A．Unseen things.	B．Many big holes.
C．Too much space junk.	D．A lot of explosions.

2. Why can space junk be dangerous?

A．It may kill elephants.

B．It causes air pollution.

C．It moves faster than space shuttles.

D．It may cause explosions and hurt people.

3. What have the countries agreed to do with their space tools?

A．Burn them on the Earth.	B．Limit their time in space.
C．Let them crash in the sky.	D．Make them move slowly.

3 . The Shirt of a Happy Man

Once upon a time, in a rich and beautiful country, there lived an unhappy king. He slept _________ and didn’t feel like eating. The queen and his people worried about him very much. One day, a doctor was called in to examine the king. But he couldn’t find _________ with his body. It was all in his mind. He said the king needed the shirt of a happy person to wear. Then the prime minister, the king’s banker and the palace singer were called to the palace. But they all had _________ worries. They weren’t happy, either. The prime minister thought many people were trying to   _________, then he would lose his power. The banker was afraid _________ his money. The singer said he couldn’t get freedom because he always worried about being followed by _________._______, the king’s top general was told to go out and find a happy man in three days’ time.

Two days passed, the general still couldn’t find a happy man. Everyone had their own problems. Just as he was about to give up, he saw a poor man _________ happily on the street. The general didn’t understand why the poor man was so happy, though he seemed to have _________power, money or fame. So he went up to the poor man and asked him about the reason. The poor man said he was happy because he had everything he wanted, and he didn’t want to have what he couldn’t have. Hearing this, the general was excited. The poor man was the Happy Man. So he asked the poor man to give his shirt   ________ the king. “Shirt?” said the poor man in surprise, “I don’t own any shirts!”

1.

A．badly

B．bad

C．worse

2.

A．something wrong

B．wrong anything

C．anything wrong

3.

A．much

B．a lot of

C．lot of

4.

A．take his place

B．keep his place

C．make his place

5.

A．losing

B．to lose

C．lose

6.

A．the other

B．other

C．others

7.

A．In the end

B．By the end

C．At the end

8.

A．singing

B．sing

C．to sing

9.

A．never

B．not

C．no

10.

A．/

B．to

C．for

4 . What does Robert want?

A．pair of new pants.

B．A new jacket.

C．A new sweater.

5 . Where will the man spend the afternoon?

A．At home.

B．At a park.

C．At a friend's.

6 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What’s Mark’s attitude toward his grandpa’s visit?

A．Annoyed.

B．Happy.

C．Worried.

2. Where will Mark sleep?

A．In the woman’s room.

B．In his own bedroom.

C．In the living room.

3. What’s the relationship between the man and the woman?

A．Brother and sister.

B．Son and mother.

C．Student and teacher.

7 . Join Our Sports Camp

Ever created a whole sports plan for yourself only to give up a few days later? If you’re trying to keep it, join us! The camp is 100% volunteer-run and totally non-profit.

What we’ll help you do：

·Create a plan which fits you. Start small, and then gradually increase difficulty.

·Find the time to exercise. Even if it’s only a 10-minute walk, any exercise is enough to get you started.

·Try various activities to find one that you love. After doing them more, you start looking forward to your exercise.

·Find ways to make exercising more fun. Try changing the places where you work out by playing tennis on the playground or doing yoga(瑜伽) in the gym—anything to get yourself excited to workout.

Requirements

·Ages：13-17

·Take your own equipment ·Parents must be with you for your first coming Schedule

·Weekdays 9：00 a.m.—10：00 a.m.;2：00 p.m.—5：00 p.m.

·Weekends 8：30 a.m.—10：30 a.m.;2：00 p.m.—7：00 p.m.

How to join

Click here to get information and hand in the form to our camp before 9：00 p.m. everyday!

1. What can be learnt about the sports camp?

A．It is not free of charge.

B．It welcomes parents to join.

C．It provides teenagers equipment.

D．It inspires teenagers to keep exercising.

2. When can you do exercises during the camp?

A．1：30 a.m. on Friday.	B．6：00 p.m. on Saturday.
C．8：30 a.m. on Thursday.	D．10：30 a.m. on Monday.

3. Where does the text probably come from?

A．A website.

B．A newspaper.

C．A travel journal.

D．A sports handbook.

8 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
              

feather fan                       round silk fan                                folding fan

Last year, I went to Italy as an exchange student. Before     1     (leave), I asked my mother what gifts I should choose for the teachers and the students there. Mom said that the Chinese fan was a good choice, because it is an     2     (importance) part of Chinese culture.

I went shopping and bought three kinds of Chinese fans.     3     first kind was the feather fan for the teachers,     4     was made of bird feathers. The fans I     5     (buy) for the girls were silk fans. They are also called “round silk fans”. The silk fans show paintings of beautiful women, birds or flowers. They are very popular     6     women of all ages. As for the boys, I     7     (pick) the folding fans from Rongchang, a place in the west of Chongqing. The folding     8     (fan) are made of paper and bamboo and there are great paintings and calligraphy (书法) on them.

At the welcoming party in Italy, my new teachers and classmates were all     9     (excite) to get the wonderful fans. And they were even more excited after learning about the stories and culture behind     10     (they).

9 . Meta was born in Guam, a tiny island in Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean. Like others in his family, Meta himself is not tall.

Bigger kids bullied (欺凌) him when he was young. As he _________, he couldn’t join his favorite soccer team because they thought he was too _________.

But then, Elijah was born. Elijah is Meta’s nephew (侄子). He’s also quite short. Meta started to _________ for him. Would he face the same challenges and _________ that Meta faced?

“I didn’t want him to _________ himself... but how could I do that _________ I was doubting myself?” he said in a TED speech. And so, he started to _________ himself: In what ways am I strong?

He came to _________ that one’s strength doesn’t _________ one’s size only. It is one’s character and abilities that __________ one strong.

Meta once __________ himself as a tiny kid from a tiny __________. But actually, Meta said, he should see himself as “a young __________ from Micronesia, a place rich with culture and talent.”

“And I should have seen that right next to Guam is the Marianas Trench (马里亚纳海沟), the deepest __________ on Earth,” he said. “It is a __________ so wonderful, just like the depths of our character and our abilities.”

1.

A．got up

B．sold out

C．grew up

D．gave out

2.

A．kind

B．handsome

C．heavy

D．short

3.

A．cook

B．look

C．worry

D．call

4.

A．friendship

B．work

C．difficulties

D．forests

5.

A．answer

B．doubt

C．feed

D．protect

6.

A．where

B．why

C．how

D．when

7.

A．ask

B．please

C．surprise

D．enjoy

8.

A．understand

B．hate

C．advise

D．teach

9.

A．turn on

B．depend on

C．break in

D．hand in

10.

A．wake

B．pick

C．take

D．make

11.

A．considered

B．heard

C．proved

D．served

12.

A．bottle

B．garden

C．island

D．hotel

13.

A．teacher

B．man

C．actor

D．doctor

14.

A．place

B．hill

C．space

D．stone

15.

A．school

B．world

C．hospital

D．factory

10 . The first time I saw Kai, she was sitting in my front yard, hugging my dog Harley. She and her husband Sean had just moved into a small house down the road from us. I think she was drawn to Harley’s friendly personality, just as he was drawn to hers. From the moment I talked to her, I knew Kai would make a good friend. Her smile and good cheer made me feel better just being around her. Her voice was always full of happiness.

It didn’t take long before Kai was beloved by everyone in our neighborhood. Children and adults visited her home often. Although she already had four cats, she also adopted a dog. When we visited her, she would kindly listen to all of our troubles and then say something so wise that we would leave her home with our hearts singing. Sometimes I would read the stories I wrote to her and she would always encourage me to keep writing.

All of this time, though, Kai was slowly dying from cancer. She told me the first time we talked that she was terminal. But she lived each day with such cheer that I often forgot just how ill she was. Still, she died on a cold winter day with heavy snow falling down.

During the short time we had together, I learned so much from Kai about how to truly live. She taught us so many lessons about kindness, happiness, hope and cheer.

1. What was the writer’s first impression of Kai?

A．She was quiet.	B．She was friendly.
C．She was honest.	D．She was humorous.

2. What can we learn about Kai from Paragraph 2?

A．She visited every house nearby.	B．She always told of her troubles to us.
C．She loved to read stories for children.	D．She was a good listener with wise advice.

3. What did Kai teach the writer?

A．How to stay healthy.	B．How to care for pets.
C．How to truly live.	D．How to cure an illness.