Just 28 years ago，Berlin was a city divided into two by the Berlin Wall．How excited people were as the Berlin Wall came down．Since then，Berlin has become one of the coolest cities in Europe．Here are the main reasons why I think Berlin is cool．

First，Berlin has cheap hotels and everyday objects （物品）．You needn't worry about spending too much money when visiting Berlin．

Second，Berlin knows how to give parties，and there is a festival here every month of the year．Perhaps the most famous is the Berlin International Film Festival （the BIFF）．

Third，Berlin has beautiful buildings of its own．The Brandenburg Gate is one of the city's most famous buildings．It's the symbol （象征） of more than 200 years of history．The TV Tower is as good as the

Eiffel Tower in Paris and the London Eye．

Lastly，Berlin is a city of living art．Artists can create works of art on the sides of buildings．

If you want to visit a European city with culture，cheap objects and lots of colours，Berlin is the place to be．What are you waiting for？Get to Europe's coolest city before anyone else discovers it

26．The Berlin Wall came down in　　．

A.1969．

B.1979

C.1989

D.1999．

27．The writer does NOT tell us that　　 in Berlin．

A．everyday objects are cheap

B．how often a festival is held

C．people know how to give parties

D．in which month the BIFF is held

28．According to the 4th paragraph（段落 ），　　great buildings of Berlin are mentioned．

A．two

B．three．

C．four

D．five

29．The writer suggests that we　　．

A．create works of art

B．choose Berlin as the city to visit

C．build some towers like the Eiffel Tower

D．discover a cooler city than Berlin to visit

30．Which is the best title （题目） for the passage？　　

A．Berlin's festivals

B．Berlin﹣﹣﹣a really cool city

C．Berlin's beautiful buildings

D．Berlin﹣﹣﹣a city of living art．

Every year on my birthday since I was 11，a white gardenia （栀子花） was sent to my house．No card ever came with it．Calls to the flower shop were not helpful at all．After some time I stopped trying to find out the sender's name and was just pleased with the beautiful flower，in soft pink paper．

I couldn't stop imagining who the giver might be．Some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming（幻想）about the sender．My mother encouraged these daydreams．She'd ask me if I had been especially kind to someone．Perhaps it was one of my classmates．Perhaps it was the old man who I once helped．As a girl，I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy that I had met．

A month before my high school graduation（毕业），my father died．I was so sad that I became completely uninterested in my coming graduation dance，and I didn't care whether I had a new dress or not．My mother，in her own sadness，would not let me miss （过） any of those things．She wanted her children to feel loved．In fact，my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia：lovely，strong and perfect．

My mother died ten years after I was married．That was the year the gardenia stopped coming．

（1）The writer received　　on her birthday since she was 11．

A．a white gardenia

B．a card

C．a card and soft pink paper

D．a gardenia and a card

（2）The writer was very　　 when she was imagining who sent the flower．

A．happy

B．sad

C．worried

D．nervous

（3）It can be inferred （推断） from the passage that　　．

A．the writer didn't get a new dress for the dance

B．the writer probably joined in the graduation dance

C．the writer's father died ten years earlier than her mother

D．the writer's father received a gardenia on each of his birthdays

（4）The writer got the gardenias from　　 on her birthdays．

A．her classmate

B．the old man

C．the boy

D．her mother

（5）The passage mainly talks about　　．

A．what a gardenia meant

B．what a girl dreamed about

C．how a mother loved her children

D．how a daughter missed her father．

Lots of students know what a marathon （马拉松赛跑） is， but perhaps they don't know what a triathlon is． The triathlon is a sport that has three parts ﹣ swimming， bicycling and running． It is not an easy sport， but a man named Joe Salter is very good at it． A few months ago， he finished a special triathlon ﹣ he juggled （抛起接住） three balls all the time during the triathlon． That is to say， he kept on throwing and catching three balls while he was swimming， riding a bicycle and running．

31﹣year﹣old Joe is from Florida， the USA． He loves juggling and he started at the age of 8． Joe did well in juggling． Later， he got the idea to do a triathlon and juggle at the same time to make it more fun． Many juggling fans laughed at his idea and thought it was just a joke． But Joe didn't give up and he kept practising it． Because of his hard work， he made it at last．

Talking about his triathlon， Joe said swimming was the hardest part． "lt was difficult and complex（复杂的），" he said． "I basically only used my legs， so it took quite a lot of work． Also， swimming in open water made it a little harder． It was not like in a pool．"

（1）According to the writer， the common triathlon　　．

A． is a difficult sport

B． is more famous than the marathon

C． includes the three parts and juggling

D． includes the marathon and swimming

（2）Joe's triathlon was special because　　 during the triathlon．

A． he picked up three balls

B． he played juggling

C． he carried his bicycle on his shoulder

D． he threw away all his balls

（3）Many juggling fans thought Joe's idea　　．

A． could not be realized

B． should not be laughed at

C． should be realized as soon as possible

D． could make triathlon more exciting

（4）The underlined part "made it" in the 2nd paragraph probably means　　．

A． forgot

B． failed

C． succeeded

D． left

（5）Swimming was the hardest part for Joe mainly because　　．

A． he swam in open water

B． his swimming skills were bad

C． he was very tired when swimming

D． he almost could only swim with his legs

A man got a new car and he was very proud of it．One day，when he came back home，he saw his three﹣year﹣old son happily hitting the new car with a toy（41）　　．He broke off the paint on the car．The man was so（42）　　that he ran to his son，took away his hammer（锤子） from him，and used

the hammer to hit the boy's（43）　　as hard as he could for punishment．The poor boy cried（44）　　but his father didn't care at all．

When the father calmed down，he took his son to the（45）　　as soon as he could．Although the

doctor tried to save the broken bones，he had to （46）　　the fingers from both of the boy's hands

in the end．

When the boy （47）　　in the hospital and saw his hands，he innocently （天真地） said，

"Daddy，I'm sorry about your car．"Then he asked，"But when are my fingers going to grow back？"The

father felt very sad and regretted this very much．

Think about this story when someone steps （踩）（48）　　your feet and you want to argue （争吵） with him．Think first before you（49）　　your patience with someone．Cars can be broken，

（50）　　bones and hurt feelings often can't．So always remember：excusing is greater than argument and think before you act!

A：Hi，Lingling．This is Tony speaking．Are you getting ready for Spring Festival？

B：（51）　　．We're quite busy now．

A：（52）　　？

B：I'm making big red lanterns．（53）　　？

A：Yes，I like them very much．They are very beautiful．Is your father helping you？

B：（54）　　．He's still at work．

A：What's your mother doing？

B：She is cleaning the house and putting things away．

A：Oh，I know you're busy preparing for the festival．Well，wish you a happy Spring Festival．

B：（55）　　．