2 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

Chinatown is the name of an area (地区) in the middle of London. It is a large Chinese community (社区) with a lot of Chinese restaurants, Chinese supermarkets and shops. Do you know its history?

In the 1950s, it was a poor area and everything was very cheap. At the same time, the world rice market became bad and thousands of farm workers in Hong Kong lost their jobs. They began going to London to look for work. They found jobs in the restaurants in this area.

These restaurant workers often worked 17 hours a day and had no time to learn English. As more Chinese arrived, more shops and businesses grew up. Women came to join their husbands and children came to join their fathers. The community grew, and Chinatown was born.

In the 1970s and 1980s, British-born Chinese started to have a better education (教育) and this brought economic (经济的) success to the area. Many families moved out of Chinatown, and there was more space for businesses. Chinatown soon became a popular place for tourists.

Now everyone knows about London’s Chinatown. During the Chinese New Year, the streets are seen with flags and thousands of Chinese go into the streets. For most time of the year though, Londoners and tourists go there mainly for the food in the Chinese restaurants. The best restaurants are the ones where the Chinese eat.

1. Was Chinatown rich in the 1950s?
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2. Who came to London to look for jobs in the 1950s?
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3. Why didn’t the restaurant workers have time to learn English?
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4. When did British-born Chinese start to have a better education?
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5. What is the main idea of the passage?
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3 . What we have been aware of is that people from Italy speak Italian and people from Russia speak Russian. But have you ever wondered the reason why people speak Spanish in so many South American countries? Do you know why the brilliant footballers of Brazil speak Portuguese? And why is French the first language of some people in Canada? The answer is that all these countries belonged to European empires at one time. The next question is: how did these empires begin? To answer that question we have to probably go back to the 15^th and 16^th centuries, the golden age of European explorers.

Although this period is known as the golden age of European explorers, it was not the beginning of European exploration. As you probably know, Marco Polo travelled a long way to China at the end of the 13^th century and some people say that the Vikings discovered America long before Columbus set sail in 1492. However, it is during this “golden” period that some famous voyages took place. Columbus' voyage to America is the best known voyage of exploration, but Ferdinand Magellan sailed round the world in this period, and Spanish explorers such as Central and Pizarro reached South America. Cortez defeated the Aztecs in what we now know as Mesico and Pizarro defeated the Incas in what we now know as Peru. The roots of the Spanish empire were established and that is why he Spanish language is so widely spoken in Central and South America today.

根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。
1. When is the golden age of European explorers?

A．The 15th century	B．The 16th century.
C．The l3th century.	D．The 15th and 16th centuries.

2. Which is not the voyage of exploration taking place during the golden period?

A．Columbus sailed to America.

B．Marco Polo travelled to China.

C．Ferdinand Magellan voyaged round the world.

D．Cortez and Pizarro reached South America.

3. Who defeated the Aztecs in what we now know as Mexico?

A．Pizarro.

B．Cortez.

C．Incas.

D．Columbus.

4. According to the passage，some countries in America didn't use to belong to       

A．Portugal.

B．Spain.

C．Canada.

D．France.

5. From the passage，we can know that .

A．Many countries in South America have been influenced by European countries

B．The period of the 15th and 16th centuries was the beginning of the European exploration

C．European explorers occupied some American countries in a peaceful way

D．Ferdinand Magellan's voyage round the world is not famous at all

4 . Beautiful pictures of mountains and forests, clear skies, flying birds, wild animals, silly faces — you can find them all in one place. _______? On a postcard! Have people always sent postcards? No! Before postcards, people _______ sealed (密封的) letters.

The _______ for the first decorated (装饰的) postcard came to John P. Charlton in 1861. He thought a simple card _______ a border would be a great way to send a note. Then in the late 1800s, postcards which had pictures on them _______. By law, people had to write their note on the front—on the picture! The back was _______ for the address. Several years later, England allowed a divided-back (背面隔开的) postcard. Then people could write their _______ on the back left side. And they put the address _______. During the early 1900s, the golden age of postcards, people around the world were more and more _______ picture postcards. In 1908, Americans alone mailed over 677 million postcards.

Today, postcards are the ________ most popular collection in the world after stamps and coins. You can always see or get a lot of newly-designed postcards, especially on New Year's Day.

1.

A．How

B．When

C．Why

D．Where

2.

A．liked

B．hated

C．found

D．lost

3.

A．advice

B．picture

C．idea

D．card

4.

A．above

B．with

C．under

D．for

5.

A．happened

B．changed

C．ended

D．appeared

6.

A．even

B．only

C．still

D．ever

7.

A．note

B．word

C．address

D．letter

8.

A．on the front

B．on the back

C．on the left

D．on the right

9.

A．surprised at

B．interested in

C．expected by

D．worried about

10.

A．first

B．second

C．third

D．fourth