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it.It is also a waste product that would otherwise be burned,and is therefore cheap.And--very much to the point in a place like California--it is st year a test conducted at the University of Nevada showed that straw-bale constructions could withstand twice the amount of ground motion recorded in the Northridge earthquake that hit Los Angeles in1994.

There are other straws in the wind:a post office in suburban Albuquerque,a school in Maryland, and an office complex in suburban Los Angeles have all been built from straw.Even California is having a rethink,and may change its rules to adapt to straw-bale Construction.As Mr.Eisenberg observes,"The lesson of the Three Little Pigs isn't to avoid straw.It's that you don't let a pig build your house."

11.By"the cards were stacked against Warren Brush",the author means______.

A)Brush disliked playing cards

B)cards were piled around Brush

C)Brush might lose the cards game

D)Brush could be in trouble

12.The underlined word"eliminated"in paragraph2most probably means______.

A)the prejudice can be removed

B)the prejudice can be ignored

C)the quality of the house can be improved

D)the quality of the house can be guaranteed

13.According to paragraph3,which of the following is NOT the advantage of using straw to build a house?

A)It can keep warm.

B)It is clean.

C)It is earthquake resistant.

D)It is wind-proof.

14.The tale of"the Three Little pigs"may illustrate______.

A)straw is the worst material to build a house

B)straw is the best material to build a house

C)the house should not be built by a pig

D)pigs are good at building houses

15.The author's purpose in writing the passage is to______.

A)show that straw can be used to build houses

B)explain how to build a house with straw

C)highlight the prejudice against straw houses

D)introduce a new building material

Passage Two

In1947a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music,dance and theatre in Edinburgh.The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.

It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness,Richard Burton,Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras(交响乐团).It became a fixed event every August and now attracts400,000people yearly.

At the same time,the"Fringe"appeared as a challenge to the official festival.Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in1947,in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform,and they did so in a public house disused for years.

Soon,groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University,and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge,Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.

Today the"Fringe",once less recognized,has far outgrown the festival with around1,500 performances of theatre,music and dance on every one of the21days it lasts.And yet as early as1959, with only19theatre groups performing,some said it was getting too big.

A paid administrator was first employed only in1971,and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to150during August itself.In2004there were200places housing1,695shows by over600different groups from50different countries.More than1.25million tickets were sold.

16.Why Edinburgh Festival held in1947?

A)To attract theatre groups in Europe.

B)To bring Europe together again.

C)To introduce symphony orchestras.

D)To honor the Second World War.

17.Who joined the"Fringe"after it appeared?