2 . What is a museum? A museum is a good place to keep ______ and beautiful things. A museum may be a place to learn about science. A museum can be a place _____ art of humans or animals.

What is inside a museum? Some museums _____ old cars and airplanes. _____ museums have pictures and sculptures. Others have rocks and old bones. One museum even has ______ coal mine inside!

Many cities have museums. Some very small _____ have museums， ____ . Indianapolis has a _____ museum. Children do not have to pay to get in. Children often go to the museum. They like _____ at the dinosaur bones. They see a white bear ten feet tall，They go inside an old log cabin（小木屋）. On Saturday，Indianapolis children can ______ talks about animals and trees.

1.

A．new

B．old

C．Good

D．important

2.

A．for

B．in

C．about

D．on

3.

A．has

B．have

C．there is

D．there are

4.

A．A bit

B．A little

C．Much

D．Many

5.

A．the

B．an

C．a

D．/

6.

A．homes

B．towns

C．villages

D．countries

7.

A．too

B．also

C．either

D．neither

8.

A．adults

B．people's

C．children's

D．boy's

9.

A．see

B．to see

C．look

D．to look

10.

A．listen

B．listening

C．hear

D．hearing

3 . The Silk Road is a historically important international trade route between China and the Mediterranean(地中海). It began during the Western Han Dynasty and has been a bridge between East and West for over 2,000 years.
The ancient road started from Chang’an(now Xi’an) and ended in Eastern Europe, near today’s Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. It was about 6,500 kilometers long and went across one-fourth of the earth.
The Silk Road got its name in the 19th century because Chinese silk used to be carried along this road. Silk, jade, ceramics and iron went west to Rome. And from the west came glass, gems and food like carrots.
The Silk Road was very important to both China and the rest of the world. It was more than an ancient international trade route. Besides trade, knowledge about art science and literature, as well as crafts and technologies was shared across the Silk Road. In this way, languages and cultures developed（发展） and influenced（影响） each other.
Today，China is trying to build the“21st Century Marine（海洋的）Silk Road”．With the help of APEC held in Beijing in November 2014, the dream of One Belt One Road   (the “Silk Road Economic（经济的）Belt”and “21st Century Marine Silk Road”)（“一带一路”） is coming true.
1. The underlined word “route” in Paragraph 1 probably means

A．方式

B．路线

C．成就

D．关系

2. When did the Silk Road begin?

A．In the 19th century	B．In the 18 th century
C．During the Western Han Dynasty.	D．During the Eastern Han Dynasty

3. How long was the ancient Silk Road?

A．It was about 6, 500 meters long.

B．It was about 5,000 kilometers long.

C．It went across one-third of the earth.

D．It went across one-fourth of the earth.

4. Why was it named the Silk Road?

A．Because Chinese silk was carried along this road.

B．Because Chinese silk was made along this road.

C．Because things were traded from market to market along this road.

D．Because the ancient traders bought and sold things along this road.

5. It can be inferred（推断） from this passage that

A．the Silk Road was only an ancient international trade route

B．many new silk roads have been built by the Chinese government so far.

C．the Silk Road was a very important line of communication connecting（连接）East and West

D．the Silk Road prevented the development of languages and cultures between East and West.

4 . Cambridge is a small city in the east of England, and it has about 100,000 people. There are lots of old buildings and churches. It is famous for Cambridge University.

London is the capital of the UK, with seven million people. And it is bigger and busier than Cambridge. London is in the south of England and the River Thames there is very famous. The river is about 336 kilometres long. London is an old city, with a history of over 2,000 years. It’s famous for Big Ben and the Tower Bridge.

In the north of England there are some lakes and mountains. The mountains are about 1,000 metres high. In the west of England, there are lots of small villages along the seaside. It’s never too hot in summer or too cold in winter there.

1. London is in the       of England.

A．east

B．west

C．south

D．north

2. Cambridge is famous for       .

A．its university

B．its long history

C．its clock tower

D．its bridge

3. London is over              years old.

A．100,000

B．2,000

C．336

D．1,000

4. The River Thames is about       kilometres long.

A．100,000

B．2,000

C．336

D．225

5. You can see       in the north of England.

A．some lakes and mountains	B．some villages
C．some old buildings	D．some churches

5 .

A road is just like a bridge between two places. The Silk Road has been a bridge between East and West. But the Silk Road is not a single route! It is a series of trade and cultural transmission routes. From the time Zhang Qian opened up the world-famous Silk Road during the Han Dynasty, until the Yuan Dynasty, it enjoyed a history of about 1,600 years.

     This ancient road begins at Chang’an (now Xian), and it reaches Dunhuang, where it divides into three, the Southern Route, Central Route and Northern Route. And then it ends in Eastern Europe, near the Mediterranean Sea (地中海). The Silk Road is about 6,500 kilometers long. It goes across one-fourth of the planet. In fact, there is another trade road which is called the “Silk Road on the Sea” in the southwest of China.

The Silk Road was very important to both China and the rest of the world. Besides trade, knowledge about science, arts and technologies were shared across the Silk Road. The Four Great Inventions of China was introduced to the West and Chinese also knew about the religions of the West. In this way, languages and cultures developed and influenced each other.                           Today, places along the Silk Road are great places of interest, such as the Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an and Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu.

41题完成句子；42～43题简略回答问题；44题找出并写下全文的主题句；45题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. The Silk Road is about ______________________
2. When was the Silk Road opened up?
   ________________________________
3. Where does the Silk Road end?
   ______________________________
4. ________________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________

6 . 完型填空
Yoga(瑜伽) is a kind of sport , It is very ____ around the world now. Everyone can do yoga. It's good _____ both men and women.
_____ do people like yoga? It's ____ to say. The short answer is that yoga helps you to _____ in good health. For many people, this answer is enough(足够的), _____ there's more if you are interested.
Yoga _____ in India about 5,000 years ago. At that time, people wanted to be free, _____and live a long life , so this kind of exercise was born. Yoga is a Sanskrit (梵语的) word and it ____ "to join together". There are_____ parts in yoga: exercise, breathing and thinking . Yoga can make you feel better…1.

A．easy

B．important

C．popular

D．interesting

2.

A．in

B．for

C．with

D．at

3.

A．Why

B．How

C．Where

D．Which

4.

A．hard

B．different

C．heavy

D．little

5.

A．take

B．make

C．turn

D．keep

6.

A．so

B．but

C．or

D．because

7.

A．begin

B．begins

C．began

D．beginning

8.

A．healthy

B．warm

C．busy

D．useful

9.

A．shows

B．means

C．plans

D．brings

10.

A．many

B．two

C．few

D．three