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48. Li Na is a well-known tennis player. She is ______ not only in China, but also in many other countries in the world.
49. Do you enjoy _________ rock music?
50. You are crazy about playing basketball. _________ your cousin Victor? 51. The poor girl __________ seriously ill and died of cancer one year later. 52. I have __________ this bike for five years.
C)用所给动词的正确形式填空。
Three sea lions, who were frightened by the noise from firecrackers (爆竹) on the Eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, don't want (53) (perform) in the city of Qingdao in East China's Shandong Province.
On January 27, the four South American Sea Lions in the Dolphin Hall at the Qingdao Zoo (54) (get) a big fear from noisy firecrackers nearby. The Dolphin Hall is near the area where firecrackers and fireworks (55) (allow).
After 10 days of treatment, one is fine and is able to perform. However, the three other sea lions (56) (be) still so frightened that they don't want to return to the performing stage and they also (57) (hide) in the water when they hear any loud noise. Worse of all, sometimes they (58) ___________ (not want) to eat.
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A)阅读下面的短文，按要求回答问题(共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)。
In the town of Lampang in northern Thailand, there is an unusual group of musicians. They play many different kinds of musi~everything from traditional Thai songs to music by Beethoven. Both children and adults love this group. What makes them so popular? Is it their music? Their looks7 Yes, it's both of the things, but it's also something else: they're elephants.
These musical elephants started at the TECC in Lampang. The TECC protects elephants. It teaches people to understand and love them. And, like many zoos around the world, the TECC encourages elephants to paint.
Richard Lair works for the TECC. He loves his job there and knows a lot about elephants. He says some of the animals' paintings are very good. But, in fact, elephants hear better than they see. And so he had an idea: if elephants are smart and they have good hearing, maybe they can play music. To test his idea, Lair and a friend started the Thai Elephant Orchestra. During a performance, the elephants play a number of instruments, including the drums and the xylophone (木琴).
But can elephants really make music properly? Yes, says Lair. They are very creative. Human encourage the animals to play, but the elephants make their own songs; they don't just copy their trainers or other people. There are now CDs of the group's music which make money for the TECC. And the music these artists create is pretty amazing 59. Where are the unusual group of musical elephants from?
___________________________________________________________________________ 60. What kinds of music do the elephants play?
___________________________________________________________________________ 61. What do workers at the TECC encourage elephants to do?
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