The Spring Equinox(春分)is the fourth of the 24 solar terms(節(jié)氣). It is not only important in China, but also in many other___________around the world. It is a public holiday in Japan.In Iran, it is known as the Iranian New Year.

The Spring Equinox is the best time for people to_________. The adults can admire flowers and the children can fly kites in the open air. Besides, there are also activities that have been kept over centuries, such as balancing eggs.

Earth is supposed to be more balanced(平衡的)on this day. It’s usually_____________to balance an egg. But on the Spring Equinox, it is believed that there are some special forces that can help.

However, this isn’t true._________you are patient enough, you can actually balance an egg on its end any day of the year.

But balancing eggs is still an interesting_________for people on the Spring Equinox. Do you want to give it a try?

【1】A.countriesB.citiesC.villages

【2】A.stay at homeB.go outsideC.balance eggs

【3】A.easyB.importantC.difficult

【4】A.IfB.WhetherC.Unless

【5】A.changeB.examinationC.tradition

— She 　　　 to Hainan.

A. did; went B. does; went C. did; go D. do; go

【題目】

What is art？This question has confused great thinkers for centuries. In fact, there is disagreement about exactly what art is. Most of us would agree that Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is art, but what about a video game? One dictionary states that art is making objects?Images or music, etc. that are beautiful or that express certain feelings.This, however, could be regarded as too general a definition（定義）. Marcel Ducharap With his bicycle wheel.

Art is usually divided into two areas: fine art, such as painting, music and sculpture （雕塑）and applied art （實用美術(shù)），such as fashion design, furniture making and gardening. According to Aristotle, fee art is something which has a conceptual function.（概念功能）. He noted that artists produced objects, drama and music which showed their emotions and ideas rather than just trying to offer a true image of nature. Andy Warhol, the American artist famous for his Pop Art in the 1960s, once said, “An artist produces things that people don't need to have.This is the biggest difference between fine and applied art. Applied art requires an object to be functional as well as beautiful.

In the twentieth century, however, artists began to challenge the accepted idea of art. The French artist Marcel Duchamp changed peopled understanding of what sculpture was by mounting a bicycle wheel upside down on a stool in 1913 and calling it art. In 2002, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama created an art work that required the public's involvement. In this work, visitors were asked to cover a white room that had white furniture and objects in it, with many colorful sticker dots （圓形貼紙）.He once said, “Everything an artist produces is art”.

Today, we can see examples of art all around us which are not expensive, many towns and cities have public art which can be enjoyed by all. Some museums, like the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, have no entrance fee. Others are free for children and students.

Street art is also popular in different neighborhoods around the world.

Art can make our ordinary, everyday lives a little more special. This idea may not work for all art, but perhaps we can agree that it is a goal towards which all artists should work.

【1】What question has confused great thinkers for centuries?

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【2】What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

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【3】What does applied art require according to this passage?

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【4】When did artists begin to challenge the accepted idea of art?

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【5】What’s the writer’s opinion on art?

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You're not the same person you were as a child. You're not even the same personyou were five years ago. We don't just mean your personality. While we'd love tostart a never-ending discussion over the “true self”，we're here to talk about thecells（細(xì)胞）in your body.

Do you know how your fingernails and hair are constantly growing and replacingthemselves? The same thing happens almost everywhere in your body. Your outerlayer of skin makes way for fresher skin, and inside your veins（血管），blood cells turn over to make wayfor fresh blood. It's probably no surprise that these types of cells are short-lived, even some of the mostseemingly permanent（永久的）parts of your body replace themselves over time-including your bones.

Strong as your bones might seem, the cells they're made of won't last a lifetime. Bones are masters at rebuilding themselves, which is why most broken bones can heal on their own into the right shape.

Bones have special cells called osteoclasts（破骨細(xì)胞）whose job is to break down bone, even if itisn't broken, and send the minerals into the blood stream. This may sound frighteningly like your bonesare wearing away, but your body knows what it's doing. As osteoclasts break down bone, osteoblasts（成骨細(xì)胞）build up new bone to replace the old. By the end of each year, about 10 percent of yourentire adult skeleton will have been rebuilt through this process.

If 10 percent of your bone breaks down every year, it must take about ten years to renew 100percent of your skeleton. That would be a great guess, and it lines up nicely with the medical myth thatthe human body's cells are fully replaced every seven years, but the body is a bit more complex. That10 percent is just an average-some bone grows faster than that, and some grows slower. While someparts of your bone will turn over quickly, other parts will stick around for decades. In fact, most bonecells could live as long as 50 years.

So before you get wrapped up in an identity crisis（危機(jī)）about the cells in your body disappearingon you, know that you can lose some hair and you can cut your nails, but the bones of you aren't goinganywhere-at least not very soon and not all at once.

【1】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. All the cells in our body are the same ones that we were born with.

B. Our blood cells are constantly growing and replacing themselves.

C. It must take about 10 years to rebuild 100 percent of our skeleton.

D. Osteoblasts can break down skin and also rebuild it over time.

【2】The underlined words "wearing away" probably mean“＿＿”．

A. building upB. taking offC. dying outD. turning on

【3】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Our skeleton seems permanent but renews itself over time.

B. It is not surprising that some cells in our body are short-lived.

C. There are two types of cells in our bones: osteoclasts and osteoblasts.

D. We are not the same person we were five years ago because of personality.

A. nothing B. anything

C. something D. everything

A. to care for B. care about

C. to care about D. care for

A. sad B. happy C. excited D. interested

A. What date B. What day

C. What’s the date D. What’s the day

--- It’s _____ pen.

A. a B. an C. the D. /

A. wait B. help C. expect D. afford