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Passage 1 
The 16th century, known as the "Age of Genius", was a complicated (复杂 ) and difficult time to live. Many countries fought for the power and riches of the newly discovered Americas. Men introduced new ideas which demanded great changes in older ideas. Despite these problems and possibly because of them, wonderful things were done by the greatest of men. 
It is indeed difficult to know why in some periods you find many men of genius while in others you may find few. The "Age of Genius", however, produced some of the greatest thinkers, painters, authors, and scientists. 
In Italy during the High Renaissance (文艺复兴), a period of the "Age of Genius", three famous painters started their work. They were Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael.  
Leonardo da Vinci is famous not only for his beautiful paintings but also for his talent in the sciences. One of his best - known painting is the "Mona Lisa." Michelangelo was also a man of many talents. He was an artist; he wrote poems; he drew plans for buildings; and he worked with other forms of art. His best- known work is the painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome (罗马西斯教堂). 
Raphael was known for his painting. He made well-balanced pictures out of many different actions. 

1. Another name for the 16th century is the ________. 
 A. Classical Age 
 B. Middle Ages 
 C. "Age of Genius" 
 D. Age of Renaissance 

2. To know why in some periods you find many intelligent men and few in other is __________. 
 A. an easy thing to do 
 B. a very difficult thing to do 
 C. not important 
 D. unnecessary 

3. Which of the following statements is implied in the first paragraph of the passage? 
 A. Geniuses are born talented. 
 B. Geniuses are often produced in the same age. 
 C. Fighting for the riches of the newly - discovered Americas produced geniuses. 
 D. A period during which new ideas were replacing older ideas might produce geniuses. 

4. _________ is famous for his paintings and for his talent in science. 
 A. Raphael 
 B. Leonardo da Vinci 
 C. Michelangelo 
 D. Mona Lisa 

5. Michelangelo is known for __________. 

 A. his Mona Lisa 
 B. his paintings in Sistine Chapel 
 C. his well-balanced pictures 
 D. his contributions to science 

Passage 2 
Football is, I believe, the most popular game in England: one has only to go to one of the important matches to see this. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there, shouting for one side or the other. 
To a stranger one of the most surprising things about football in England is the great knowledge of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams, he has pictures of them and knows the results of large number of matches. He will tell you who he expects will win such and such a match, and his opinion is usually as good as that of men three of four times his age. 
Most schools in England take football seriously - much more seriously than nearly all European schools, where lessons are all that are important, and games are left for the children themselves. In England it is believed that education is not only a matter of filling a boy's mind with facts in the classroom, education also means the training of character; and one of the best ways of training character is by means of games, especially team games, instead of working for himself alone. The school therefore plans games and matches for its pupils. Football is a good team game, it is good both for the body and the mind. That is why it is every school's game in England. 

6. At football matches, people often _______ one team or the other by shouting. 
 A. watch 
 B. win over 
 C. laugh at 
 D. support 

7. In England school boys seem _________ football games. 
 A. to know a great deal about 
 B. not to know much about 
 C. to know a little about 
 D. to know nothing about 

8. In the sentence "Hs is as good as that of men three of times his age", "that" means __________. 
 A. the match 
 B. the opinion 
 C. the age 
 D. the team 

9. In England, education means __________. 
 A. filling a boy's mind with stories 
 B. more than teaching of knowledge 
 C. the teaching of knowledge only 
 D. training character by means of football game