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Welcome to one of the largest collections of footwear

（鞋类）

in the world that will

make you green with envy. Here at the Footwear Museum you can see exhibits

（

展品）

from

all

over

the

world.

You

can

find

out

about

shoes

worn

by

everyone

from

the

Ancient Egyptians to pop stars.

Room 1

Room 2

【

56

】

The celebrity

（名人）

footwear

Most

of

our

visitors

are

amazed

and

section

is

probably

the

most

popular

in

the

entire

museum.

Started

in

the

1950s

there is a wide variety of shoes and boots

belonging

to

everyone

from

queens

and

presidents

to

pop

stars

and

actors!

Most

visitors

find

the

celebrities'

choice

of footwear extremely interesting.

shocked

by

the

collection

of

“special

purpose”shoes

on

exhibition

here

at

the

Museum of Footwear. For example , there

are Chinese shoes made of

Silk that were worn by women to tie their

feet firmly to prevent them from growing

too much!

Room 3

The footwear Library

As

well

as

shoes

and

boots

the

People come from

all over the world

museum

also

exhibits

shoe

shaped

to study in our excellent footwear library.

objects.

The

variety

is

unbelievable.

For

Designers

and

researchers

come

here

to

example

,

there

is

a

metal

lamp

that

look

up

Information

on

anything

and

resembles

a

pair

of

shoes,

and

Greek

everything

related

to

the

subject

of

wine bottles that like legs!

56. Where would you find a famous singer's shoes?

footwear.

A. Room1.

B. Room 2.

C. Room3.

D. The Footwear Library

57. All exhibits in each room

.

A. share the same theme

B. have the same shape

C. are made of the same material

D. belong to the same social class

58. Which of the following is true according to the text?

A. The oldest exhibits in Room 1 were made in the 1950s.

B. Room 2 is the most visited place in the museum.

C. Room 3 has a richer variety of exhibits than the other two.

D. Researchers come to the Footwear Library for data.

59. The purpose of the text is to get more people to

.

A. do research

B. design shoes

C. visit the museum

D. follow celebrities

B

Think about the different ways that people use the wind. You can use it to fly a

kite or to sail a boat. Wind is one of our cleanest and richest power sources

（

来源）

, as

well as one of the oldest. Evidence shows that windmills

（风车）

began to be used in

ancient

Iran

back

in

the

seventh

century

BC.

They

were

first

introduced

to

Europe

during

the

1100s,

when

armies

returned

from

the

Middle

East

with

knowledge

of

using wind power.

For many centuries, people used windmills to grind

（磨碎）

wheat into flour or

pump

water

from

deep

underground.

When

electricity

was

discovered

in

the

late

1800s,

people

living

in

remote

areas

began

to

use

them

to

produce

electricity.

This

allowed

them

to

have

electric

lights

and

radio.

However,

by

the

1940s,

when

electricity was available to people in almost all areas of the United States, windmills

were rarely used.

During the 1970s, people started becoming concerned about the pollution that is

created when coal and gas are burned to produce electricity. People also realized that

the

supply

of

coal

and

gas

would

not

last

forever.

Then,

wind

was

rediscovered,

though it means higher costs. Today, there is a global movement to supply more and

more of our electricity through the use of wind.

60. From the text we know that windmills

.

A. were invented by European armies

B. have a history of more than 2800 years

C. used to supply power to radio in remote areas

D. have rarely been used since electricity was discovered

61. What was a new use for wind power in the late l9th century?

A. Sailing a boat.

B. Producing electricity.

C. Grinding wheat into flour.

D. Pumping water from underground.

62. One of the reasons wind was rediscovered in the 1970s is that

.

A. wind power is cleaner

B. it is one of the oldest power sources

C. it was cheaper to create energy from wind

D. the supply of coal and gas failed to meet needs

63. What would the author probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?

A. The advantage of wind power.

B. The design of wind power plants.

C. The worldwide movement to save energy.

D. The global trend towards producing power from wind.

C

American

cities

are

similar

to

other

cities

around

the

world:

In

every

country,

cities reflect the values of the culture. American cities are changing, just as American

society is changing.

After

World

War

Ⅱ

,

the

population

of

most

large

American

cities

decreased;

however, the population shifts

（转移）

to and from the city reflect the changing values

of American society. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, city residents

（居民）

became

wealthier.

They

had

more

children

so

they

needed

more

space.

They

moved

out

of

their

apartments

in

the

city

to

buy

their

own

homes.

They

bought

houses

in

the

suburbs

（郊区）

.

Now things

are changing, The children of the people who left

the cities in

the

1950s

are

now

adults.

Many,

unlike

their

parents,

want

to

live

in

the

cities.

They

continue

to

move

to

Sun

Belt

cities

and

older

ones

of

the

Northeast

and

Midwest.

Many young professionals are moving back into the city. They prefer the city to the

suburb

s

because

their

jobs

are

there;

or

they

just

enjoy

the

excitement

and

possibilities that the city offers.

This

population

shift

is

bringing

problems

as

well

as

benefits.

Countless

poor

people

must

leave

their

apartments

in

the

city

because

the

owners

want

to

sell

the

buildings

or

make

apartments

for

sale

instead

of

for

rent.

In

the

1950s,

many

poor

people did not have enough money to move to the suburbs; now many of these same

people do not have enough money to stay in the cities.

Only a few years ago, people thought that the older American cities were dying.

Some

city

residents

now

see

a

bright,

new

future .

Others

see

only

problems

and

conflicts. One thing is sure

：

many dying cities are alive again.

does the author think of cities all over the world?

A. They are alive.

B. They are hopeless.

C. They are similar.

D. They are different.

did American city residents want to live in the suburbs after World War

Ⅱ

?

A. Because older American cities were dying.

B. Because they were richer and needed more space.

C. Because cities contained the worst parts of society.

D. Because they could hardly afford to live in the city.

ing to the 4th paragraph, a great many poor people in American cities

_______ .

A. are faced with housing problems

B. are forced to move to the suburbs

C. want to sell their buildings

D. need more money for daily expenses

can conclude from the text that ___________ .

A. American cities are changing for the worse

B. people have different views on American cities

C. many people are now moving from American cities

D. the population is decreasing in older American cities

D

It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy.

After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.

Then

one

day.

Some

visitors

from

the

city

arrived.

The

told

the

villagers

there

were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog

’

s legs. However, they did not have

enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other place.