1 . 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。

bring     as     they     Chinese     go     hundred     across     is     easy     about

    1     a Chinese student, you must know something     2     the Silk Road.

Long ago, traders (商人)     3     treasures from the East to the West. These treasures, like silk and spices (香料), were not goods to get     4    . Many people wanted     5     and it was a good way to become rich.

The Silk Road     6     not a real road. It was a route (路线) between the East and the West. It went through     7    , Turkey, and Greece. Some traders travelled over land and others sailed     8     the sea. There was danger (危险) along both routes. Traders who     9     over the land used camels and horses. First, the traders crossed the desert (沙漠). Then, they climbed over mountains. After that, the traders still had     10     of miles to go.

2 . Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services.     1     When they work, they usually get paid in money.

Most of the money today is made of metal or paper. But people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells. Shells were not the only things used as money. In China, cloth and knife were used.     2     Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used as money in parts of Africa.

The first metal coins were made in China.     3     People strung them together and carried them from place to place. Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. The first coins in England were made of tin.     4     Later some countries began to make coins of gold and silver.

But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive.     5     They began to use paper money. The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today.

Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。

A．They were round and had a square hole in the center.

B．Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money.

C．In the Philippine Islands, rice was used as money for a long time.

D．People use money to buy food, furniture, books and hundreds of other things they need or want.

E．Sweden and Russia used copper to make their money.

3 . 根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。
A: Hi, Judy.     1    ?
B: Hi, Dennis. I read a book this morning.
A:     2    ?
B: It’s about the invention of paper money.
A:     3    ?
B: It was invented in the 11th century in China. And the money was called “jiaozi”. From the book, I learned Sweden people made the first European banknotes in 1661.
A: Really? It’s much later than China. Chinese people are very great!
B: Yes.     4    .
A: Like what?
B: Paper, silk, chopsticks and so on.
A: Wow! There are many inventions in China.     5    .
B: Yes, I agree with you. They have greatly improved our life.

4 . How do we know the time? A clock, a watch or a mobile phone can help us. However, many years ago there were no clocks and knowing the time was not so easy. Over the centuries people have developed different ways of telling the time.

About 5, 500 years ago, the Egyptians invented the sun clock. This was a tall stone building. Its shadow(影子)showed the movement of the sun. So people were able to know midday. The Egyptians made a sundial about 3,500 years ago. It was smaller than the sun clock and could let people know the time for half a day. On cloudy days or at night it was impossible to tell the time with a sun clock or a sundial. Water clocks not were the first clocks not to use the sun. The idea is simple. Water flows(流动) from one bottle to another. When the water reaches a certain level, it shows the hours. The Egyptians used water clocks about 3,400 years ago. These clocks were popular in the Middle East and China. But they failed to make people know the exact time.

In the 13th century, the mechanical clock was invented. This was more exact, but it was expensive to make one. Over the next few centuries it was developed. For example springs(发条) were added around 1500. This enabled people to get the correct time and allowed clocks to be smaller. In 1927, the first quartz watch was developed. Clocks became cheaper to make. It’s also cheaper for ordinary people to own a clock. People began depending on them more and more to run businesses, markets and so on. More recently, in 1956, came the digital clock. And nowadays satellites send our mobile phones the time to the exact second.                                        

There has been a lot of progress in timekeeping. Clocks are always changing but some things never change. Many of us sill have trouble getting out of bed on time and not being late for school or work.

1. According to the passage, we can’t use a ________ tell the time on a rainy day.

A．water clock

B．sun clock

C．digital clock

D．mechanical clock

2. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “ordinary” in the third paragraph?

A．现代的

B．特殊的

C．富有的

D．普通的

3. How many kinds of clocks are mentioned in the passage?

A．Four.

B．Five.

C．Six.

D．Seven.

4. Which of the following shows the structure(结构)of the passage?
(①= Paragraph 1 ②= Paragraph 2...)

A．	B．
C．	D．

5. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．The importance of time.	B．The development of timekeeping
C．The inventions of clocks.	D．The history of a digital clock.

5 . Maybe you have the experience of wearing caps. Do you know     1     the cap was invented? The cap was invented long ago. Chinese caps shows their own national cultures. When men reached the age of 20, they began to wear caps. It was the first time that they had worn caps. At that time,     2     was a ceremony called “Guanli”, showing that they had grown up.

But the cap in ancient China was not the same     3     that of the present. In the Han Dynasty, the shape of the cap was similar to that of today. A cap must match with a headband. People     4     were from lower classes could only wear a headband.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Wushamao appeared in the official clothes. “Mian” appeared earlier than “Guan”. “Mian”     5     specially used by the emperor.

6 . China is the home of tea, which has more than 4000 years of history. Among the three main drinks—tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by the largest number of people in the world. Tea from China, along with silk and porcelain, began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago.

The words for “tea” in different languages came from the Chinese character “cha”. The English word, “tea”, sounds similar to the pronunciation of it in Xiamen. The Russians call it “chai’i”, which sounds like “chaye”(tea leaves). The Japanese character for tea is written exactly the same as it is in Chinese.

Tea leaves are produced mainly in the south of China because of the mild climate and rich soil there. Longiing, Pu’ er, Wulong and Tieguanyin are all famous tea. Over the past centuries, Chinese people have developed their unique tea culture. Tea is also a popular topic in dances, songs, poems and novels.

1. What kind of drink is drunk by the largest number of people in the world?

A．Coffee.

B．Cocoa.

C．Tea.

D．Milk.

2. Tea began to be known by the world more than ______ years ago.

A．4000

B．3000

C．2000

D．1000

3. In which country, the word for tea sounds like “chaye”?

A．America.

B．Russia.

C．Japan.

D．Britain.

4. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A．The Chinese and Japanese characters for tea are the same.	B．Three kinds of tea are mentioned in the passage.
C．Tea leaves are produced mainly in the north of China.	D．Tea isn’t a popular topic in poems and novels.

5. What is the best title for the article?

A．The History of Tea

B．China’s Tea Culture

C．Tea Drinking in China

D．All Kinds of Tea in China

7 . Do you play video games with really cool pictures? Or watching action movies with amazing special effects? Thanks to advanced technology, modern animation(动画片) can create better images(图像). They move around the screen at high speed. We experience animation in so many different forms, from the cartoons on our TVs to the emojis(表情符号) on our smartphones. But animation is nothing new. In fact, people have been trying to bring images to life for hundreds of years.

The earliest animation began in the seventeenth century with an equipment called the magic lantern. In the nineteenth century, other equipments were developed that created movement when viewers turned them. By the beginning of the twentieth century, artists around the world were developing short animated films using hand - drawn animation. The painter would create thousands of drawings for only one carton!

Through the twentieth century, animators continued to develop different methods. By the 1980s, digital animation was being developed. It quickly took over traditional methods. Because it allowed cartoons to be produced in less time and with less money. Today advanced digital animation methods aren't just used in cartoons or video games, but also to create special effects in films. Animation has become so advanced that sometimes we can't find differences between it and reality!

1. Modern animation can create better images because of___________.

A．excellent directors	B．wonderful painters
C．advanced technology	D．smartphones

2. How long do people bring images to life?

A．For a whole century.	B．For three centuries.
C．Since the seventeenth century.	D．For hundreds of years.

3. When were short animated films developed?

A．In the seventeenth century.	B．In the eighteenth century.
C．At the end of the nineteenth century.	D．In the early twentieth century.

4. The advanced digital animation methods are used in the following fields except___________.

A．cartoons

B．handwriting

C．video games

D．films

5. The passage mainly talks about___________.

A．the history of the animation	B．the meaning of the animation
C．the future of the animation	D．the achievement of the animation

8 . Twelve animal head statues of the Chinese zodiac are well-known treasures from Yuanmingyuan, or the Old Summer Palace.     1     Anglo-French troops(英法联军) broke into the Old Summer Palace in 1860, a number of valuable things, including twelve animal head statues, were taken away.

    2     Nov.13, 2019, the red bronze horse head statue returned to Beiing. It was handed over to the National Cultural Heritage Administration in Beijing.

The return of it will encourage more people,     3     at home and abroad, to better protect the cultural heritage of our country.

In the past 70 years, the Chinese government and many other people     4     made an effort to look for the lost Chinese ancient things from overseas. Because of their efforts, the horse head statue is     5     seventh of the twelve animal head statues to be returned from overseas.

9 . China was the first country in the world to use paper money. During the Northern Song Dynasty（960-1279）, traders came up with a paper replacement for the heavy copper（铜的）coins.     1    After being used more often in trading. it was gradually accepted as a form of payment.

We've come a long way since the first paper banknote was printed. In fact, it's quite possible that you might not even have any paper money in your pocket right now. Why?     2    Is it possible that we might completely get rid of paper money one day?

Some countries are moving closer to that possibility.     3    However, the country's own government has warned people to hang on to some of their cash in case of a cyber-attack（网络攻击）or war.

It is obvious that there are both advantages and disadvantages to going cashless. On the one hand, it's quite convenient, and there's no risk of losing your money if your wallet is stolen or lost.     4     It's also harder to control your spending when you're paying with “invisible（隐形的）” money.     5    

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺、内容完整。

A．In Sweden, for instance, cash takes up just 1.3 percent of the country's GDP, as most people use bank cards.

B．These early banknotes were called jiaozi.

C．In the end, it's probably best to keep some cash at home-just in case.

D．Because you have WeChat Wallet and Alipay.

E．On the other hand, there is the possibility that hackers（黑客）could break into your bank account.

10 . Archaeologists(考古学家) have long     1     interested in the origins(起源) of Chinese civilization for so long. On May 7, Chinese archaeologists announced important findings at the Shuanghuaishu site(双槐树遗址) in Gongyi, Henan Province. The site     2     the capital city of the ancient Heluo Kingdom. This provides key proof of the origins of Chinese civilization, Xinhua reported.     3     an area of 1.17 million square meters, the Shuanghuaishu site is located on the south bank of the Yellow River. It is one of China’s biggest archaeological discoveries of the 21st century.

    4     large number of relics(遗迹) dating back 5,000 to 7,000 years have been found at the site. Experts believe     5     the civilization lived near the Shuanghuaishu site is indeed the root of Yellow River culture. It can be called the “embryo(萌芽) of early Chinese civilization”.