D. how much money has been made from building high buildings

27. What did the Bangkok Post newspaper advise people to do?

A. Plant more trees. B. Keep the city clean.

C. Stop pumping groundwater. D. Keep building more high buildings.

28. The best title for this passage may be .

A. Ways to Protect Bangkok B. Bangkok Is Going Down

C. Tall Buildings in Bangkok D. Floods Appeared in Bangkok

C

29. We can see this ad .

A. at a library B. at a cafe C. at school D. at home

30. On Monday we can go for lunch at .

A.10:30 B.11:45 C.12:30 D. 14:30

31. Yomay get free bottles of wine on .

A. Saturday noon B. Saturday evening C. Sunday morning D. Sunday evening

32. How much did Mr. Brown and his 8 - year - old son have to pay for dinner last Sunday?

A. $ 10. B. $ 11. C. $ 17. D. $ 18.

D

Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Italy. He is best known as an artist today. One of his famous paintings is called Mona Lisa. However, Leonardo had many other natural abilities. He was also a great inventor. Many of his inventions have become important in modem day life.

Although Leonardo hated war, he invented many different machines used for war. His most special invention was the machine gun, which was produced and used in war many years later.

Leonardo was a strange man. He didn’t eat any meat, which was unusual in those times. He never published his ideas and scientific discoveries. He usually used mirror writing, which looks like writing in a mirror, starting from the right side of the page and moving to the left.

We have very little of his work today. Leonardo finished only a few of his paintings. He left many unfinished because he thought they were not perfect. No one in his life time knew how great Leonardo was. We now believe, however, that he was one of the cleverest men the world has ever known.

33. According to the passage, Leonardo is not only an artist but also .

A. a writer B. an inventor C. an engineer D. a musician

34. What was Leonardo’s most special invention?

A. The machine gun. C. The mirror writing. B. The cutting machine. D. The flying machine.

35. Leonardo was strange because .

A. he didn51 eat any vegetables B. he usually used mirror writing

C. he liked to publish his discoveries D. he enjoyed drawing flying machines

36. From the passage, we can learn that Leonardo was very .

A. lonely B. humorous C. serious D. clever

E

In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.

In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.

When yogo to England, yowill see that some English people usually take an umbrella or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but yoshould not laugh at them. If yodon’t take an umbrella or a raincoat, yowill regret later in the day.

37. Why do people in England often talk about the weather?

A. Because the weather gets a little cold.

B. Because they often have very good weather.

C. Because the weather is warm just like in spring.

D. Because they may have four seasons in one day.

38. When does it begin to rain heavily?