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1、AWelcome 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 【56】 The celebrity（名人）f
2、ootwear 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 offootwear extremely interesting.Room 2 Most of our v
3、isitors are amazed and 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 As well as shoes and boots the mus
4、eum also exhibits shoe shaped objects. The variety is unbelievable. For example , there is a metal lamp that resembles a pair of shoes, and Greek wine bottles that like legs!The footwear Library People come from all over the world to study in our excellent footwear library. Designers and researchers
5、 come here to look up Information on anything and everything related to the subject of footwear.56. Where would you find a famous singers shoes?A. Room1. B. Room 2.C. Room3. D. The Footwear Library57. All exhibits in each room . A. share the same theme B. have the same shapeC. are made of the same m
6、aterial D. belong to the same social class58. 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 Footw
7、ear Library for data.59. The purpose of the text is to get more people to . A. do research B. design shoesC. visit the museum D. follow celebritiesBThink 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 s
8、ources（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 u
9、sed 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
10、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 fo
11、rever. 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 armiesB. have a history of more than 2800 yearsC. used to supp
12、ly power to radio in remote areasD. have rarely been used since electricity was discovered61. 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 rediscov
13、ered in the 1970s is that .A. wind power is cleanerB. it is one of the oldest power sourcesC. it was cheaper to create energy from wind D. the supply of coal and gas failed to meet needs63. What would the author probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?A. The advantage of wind power.B. The des
14、ign of wind power plants.C. The worldwide movement to save energy.D. The global trend towards producing power from wind.CAmerican 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
15、 changing.After World War , 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
