7．What do most people think of the changes in American schools?

　　A．Surprising. B．Strange.

　　C．Good. D．Bad.

　　8．We may infer from the text that in the past in American schools ________.

　　A．girls only learned how to sew and cook

　　B．girls could do everything but boys couldn't

　　C．boys and girls were the same in everything

　　D．there were many differences between boys and girls

　　 The Ministry of Construction has released the names of the first group of 20 national parks, including 9 Suzhou classical gardens: Zhuozheng Garden, Liu Garden, Wangshi Garden, Huanxiu Villa, Lion Grove, Yipu Garden, Ou Garden, Tuisi Garden and Canglang Pavilion.

　　National parks refer to the famous city parks and gardens. Suzhou classical gardens are parts of China's precious cultural heritage (遗产) (all the 9 gardens are on the list of World Cultural Heritage) as well as a necessary part of the life of Suzhou citizens, not to mention they are also world-famous tourism resorts (胜地). In fact, their unique historical and cultural background serves to contribute to their ranking among national parks.

　　The earliest classical gardens in Suzhou can date back to the Song Dynasty. However, the gardens impress their visitors not only with their age-old history but also with their delicate scenes, particularly Canglang Pavilion, Zhuozheng Garden, Lion Grove and Liu Garden, the most famous four that represent different styles of dynasties of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing.

　　In 1978, an imitation（仿造物） of a Suzhou classical garden was set up by Chen Congzhou (the author of the book Suzhou Classical Gardens) in the City Museum of Art in New York, US, which was the first time ever to directly introduce Chinese ancient architecture to Westerners.

　　9．________parks and gardens are selected as National Parks in the first group.

　　A．9 B．8

　　C．20 D．4

　　10．Which of the following statements about Suzhou classical gardens is NOT true?

　　A．They are parts of China's precious cultural heritage.

　　B．They are world-famous tourism resorts.

　　C．They are a necessary part of the life of Suzhou citizens.

　　D．They came into being at the same time.

　　11．Which of the following can best explain the meaning of the underlined word "delicate"?

　　A．astonishing B．delicious

　　C．beautiful D．impressive

　　12．The first imitation of a Suzhou classical garden was set up in ________.

　　A．London B．New York

　　C．Paris D．Tokyo

　　 On November 14, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt was on a hunting trip in Mississippi while trying to settle a line(边界) problem between Mississippi and Louisiana. Being an expert outdoorsman, he liked to hunt large animals.

　　However, his hunt was going poorly that days, and he couldn't seem to find anything worthy of firing his gun. His followers, trying to help him, caught a Louisiana black baby bear for the President to shoot, but he refused. The thought of shooting a bear that was tied to a tree did not seem sporting, so he spared the life of the baby bear and set it free.

　　A famous political cartoonist for the Washington Star, Mr. Clifford Berryman, drew a cartoon titled, Drawing the Line in Mississippi, which used the story of the President refusing to shoot the bear.

　　The cartoon in the Washington Star showed Teddy Roosevelt, gun in hand, with his back turned on a pretty baby bear. Morris Michtom, owner of a Brooklyn toy store, got the idea from the cartoon and make a toy bear. Planning to use it only as a display, he placed the bear in his toy store window, and next to it placed a copy of the cartoon from the newspaper. To Michtom's surprise, he was surrounded by customers eager to buy it. He asked for and received President Roosevelt's permission to use his name for the bears that he and his wife made, and the Teddy Bear was born! Michtom soon made Teddy bears by the thousands. The money from selling Teddy bears made him, in 1903, form the Ideal Toy Company.

　　13．Why did Theodore Roosevelt come to Mississippi?

　　A．To go on a hunting trip. B．To look for large animals.

　　C．To do some outdoor games. D．To deal with a line problem.

　　14．Why did Theodore Roosevelt refuse to shoot that baby bear?

　　A．He was caring. B．He loved animals.

　　C．He was not hunting. D．It was too young.

　　15．What can we learn about Morris Michtom from the passage?

　　A．He was a far-sighted businessman.

B．He liked drawing cartoons of bears.