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　　Amascot（吉祥物）isveryimportanttoanevent.DoyouknowwhatthemascotofShanghaiWorldExpo2010is?Well,itisHaibao,ItcanbeseenalmosteverywhereinChinanow.TheinspirationofthedesigncomesfromaChineseword“ren”whichmeans"people"inEnglish.Itreallylookslikeamanputtinguphishandsandsayinghellotoeveryone.Thename,Haibao,comesfromtheChinesephrase“SiHaiZhiBao”.“Hai”meanstheseainEnglish,anditalsoimplies（隐含）thatitwasborninShanghai.“Bao’isaluckynameinChinesetraditionalculture.Thenamenotonlymeansthetreasure（宝藏）ofthesea,butalsomeansthetreasureofShanghai.　EverypartofHaibao’sbodyhasitsspecialmeaning.Forexample,Haibao’shairislikethewaveofthesea.Itssmilingfaceshowsitsfriendliness.Haibaowasdesignedbytwoartists,oneisfromShanghaiandtheotherisfromTaiwan.Thedesignisverysuccessful.ItisveryeasytorememberanditalsoshowsthethemeofShanghaiWorldExpo,“BetterCity,BetterLife’.Haibaoisconfident,lovelyandlively.Itisagoodambassador（形象大使）ofShanghaiWorldExpo.Itiswelcomingfriendsallovertheworldwithitsopeningarmsandfriendlysmile.

　　()37.What’sthemeaningofthename“Haibao”inthepassage?

　　A.Itmeansseawater.

　　B.ItmeanstheChineseword“ren”.

　　C.ItmeansthetreasureoftheseaandShanghai.

　　D.Itmeansasmilingface.

　　()38.Howmanyartistsdesignedthemascot?

　　A.Two. B.Three. C.Five. D.Eight.

　　()39.WhatisthethemeofShanghaiWorldExpo2010?

　　A.BetterCity,BetterLife. B.OneWorld,OneDream.

　　C.WelcomeHome. D.SharetheSpirit.

　　()40.WhichofthefollowingisNOTTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

　　A.Haibaohascurlyhairandasmilingface.

　　B.Haibaolookslikeamansayinghellotoeveryone.

　　C.TheartistswhodesignedHaibaocomefromthesameplace.

　　D.HaibaoisaluckynameinChineseculture.

　　四、根据情景，从方框中选择适当的句子补全对话（其中两项多余）。

　　A.That’sgreat!

　　No,Ihaven’t.

　　Yes,Ihave.

　　D.Ihopeyou’lllikethecity.

　　E.AndI'vebeendreamingofvisitingitforalongtime.

　　F.IhavenotimetovisitBeijing.

　　G.Bytheway,how’stheweatherduringthistimeoftheyear?

　　M:Linda,Idon’tthinkyou'vebeenherebefore,haveyou?

　　W:36______________________________I'vetraveledtomanyotherplacesinChina.ButthisismyfirsttimetocometoBeijing.

　　M:37__________________________

　　W:I'msureI'lllikeit.I'veheardabouttheGreatWall.38___________________________SoIcanhardlybelievethatmydreamhascometrue.

　　M:I'llbegladtotakeyoutogosightseeing.

　　W:39________________________________Thankyouverymuch.

　　M:It’smypleasure.

　　W:40___________________________

　　M:It’susuallywarmandsunny.Anditseldomrains.

　　W:SoI'vecomeattherighttime.

　　M:Ithinkyouhave.