| child, come, one, big, shout, fight, final, message, they, danger |
In 490 BC there was a big war between the Persians and the Greeks.
Persia was a strong country, much
The Greeks could not wait and attacked the Persian army.
He arrived at the city gates very tired. “Great news. We won!” he
2 . There is a true story about the invention of Chinese chess. The story happened 2, 200 years ago. In order to bring down the Qin dynasty after the death of Emperor Qin Shihuang, the peasants fought against the government. Among them, the two strongest armies were led by Xiang Yu and Liu Bei. In order to decide who would become the new emperor, there was a great final battle between them. The battle field was along the Chu River. Finally, Liu and his army won the battle. So he became the emperor. People invented Chinese chess in memory of the famous battle.
根据短文内容，完成下列句子，每空一词。
1. There is a true story that
2. In order to bring down the Qin dynasty after the death of Emperor Qin Shihuang, the peasants fought
3. In order to decide who would become the new emperor, there was a great final battle
4. Finally, Liu and his army
5. People
3 . Paper was developed by a Chinese man named Cai Lun. Before that, people used wooden boards or bamboo to write on. Writing on those materials required a lot of time and effort. The bamboo boards were tied together to form books. These books were very heavy. later, silk and cotton were also used for writing, but as these were very expensive, they could only be used by rich men and were out of reach for common people. A new material had to be found. To solve this problem, Cai Lun thought about it for a long time, and did a lot of experiments.
Finally, he had made paper. It could be used for writing. When the emperor heard about this in the year 105 B.C., he gave Cai Lun a large reward.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正（T）误（F）。
1. Paper was developed by a Chinese people.
2. People could use bamboo for writing books at that time.
3. During Cai Lun’s time, even common people used the silk and cotton to write on.
4. Cai Lun thought about how to make paper for a long time.
5. The emperor gave Cai Lun a large reward in the year 105 B. C.
4 . 请根据以下内容写一篇关于瓦斯科·达·伽马的英语短文
 | 人物 | 瓦斯科·达·伽马( Vasco da Gama) |
身份 | 著名探险家，第一个从欧洲航海到印度的人 | |
经历 | 1497年，乘船前往印度十个月后，抵达了印度南部的一个城市，试图与该城市的领袖建立贸易关系，但未成功。1499年回国，并带回了许多与当地人交换回来的宝物。后来又三次前往印度 | |
成就 | 开辟了欧洲通往印度的贸易航线 |
注意：词数80个左右，已给出部分不计入总词数。
Vasco da Gama, a famous explorer, was known as the first man to sail from Europe to India.
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5 . Today, most countries use coins（硬币）and paper money to buy things. But before the metal coins and paper money, people used a lot of unusual things for money. In one part of the world, for example, people used shark’s teeth for money. On the Pacific island of Santa Cruz, people used feathers（羽毛）as their money, and they were the lightest money ever used. Stones were the money of the people from the Pacific island of Yap, and they were the heaviest money ever had. In addition, people in one area even used the hairs from elephants’ tails for money.
Although the oldest coins are over 2500 years old, no one knows when people started using metal coins for money. People first used very valuable metals, such as gold and silver, to make coins. They stamped （压印上）the shape（形状）of a person or an animal on each coin to show its value. But in China people used iron coins as money. Because these coins weren’t worth very much, people had to use many of them to buy things. It was not convenient to make them everywhere, so the government started making paper receipts. People took these receipts to banks and changed them for coins. This was the first example of paper money.
1. According to the passage, people used __________ before they had coins and paper money.| A．shark’s teeth, feathers and hairs from people |
| B．shark’s teeth, seashells and hairs from people |
| C．shark’s teeth, stones and hairs from people |
| D．shark’s teeth, feathers, stones and hairs from elephants |
| A．shark’s teeth | B．hairs from elephants |
| C．stones | D．feathers |
| A．it was cheap | B．it was easy to carry |
| C．it was heavier than metal | D．the government didn’t have any metal |
| A．at banks | B．at watch houses |
| C．at teahouses | D．at government offices |
| A．The history of money | B．The use of money |
| C．The importance of money | D．Different countries’ people use different money. |
Nobody knows how people began to use fire. But there are
Today people know how to make a fire with matches. Children sometimes
Be careful with fire, and it will
| A．warm | B．interesting | C．cool | D．cold |
| A．also | B．too | C．either | D．neither |
| A．many | B．much | C．a little | D．no |
| A．over | B．about | C．of | D．on |
| A．worked | B．studied | C．learned | D．lived |
| A．lent | B．made | C．brought | D．went |
| A．enjoy | B．like | C．don’t like | D．become |
| A．after | B．late | C．since | D．then |
| A．can | B．many | C．will | D．must |
| A．help | B．tell | C．thank | D．know |
The first Christmas trees in America were set up by German immigrants(移民) in the 1820s. Now at Christmas time decorated trees stand in about two-thirds of American homes. The modern American tree is usually covered with colored balls and strings of colored lights.
1. The passage is mainly about .
| A．how people in the past enjoyed Christmas |
| B．when people began to enjoy Christmas |
| C．Christmas trees |
| D．Christmas history |
| A．In the sixteenth century in Germany. |
| B．In the seventeenth century in Germany. |
| C．In the eighteenth century in America. |
| D．In the nineteenth century in America. |
| A．圣诞树 | B．落叶树 | C．常青树 | D．杨树 |
| A．they liked to use it to decorate the house |
| B．they thought green trees were powerful |
| C．they wanted to put little presents on the trees |
| D．they wanted to have a party around the trees |
| A．People now decorate the Christmas trees with the same things as they did in the old days. |
| B．We may call a Christmas tree "evergreens" now. |
| C．Christmas trees have power. |
| D．Germans people brought the custom of using Christmas to America. |
