2 . The Silk Road went from China to Eastern Europe. It went along the north of China, India, and Persia and ended up in Eastern Europe near today’s Turkey and the MediterraneanSea（地中海）.

It was called the Silk Road because one of the major products traded was silk cloth from China. Chinese silk was soft and of high quality so people throughout Asia and Europe loved it very much.     1     Even the Romans called China the “land of silk”.

Besides silk, the Chinese also sold tea, salts, sugar, porcelain（瓷器）and spices.     2     This was because it was a long trip and traders didn’t have a lot of room for goods. They bought goods like cotton, ivory, wool, gold, and silver.

Traders travelled in large caravans. They would have many guards with them.     3     Most of the road was through dry land, so camels were popular animals for transport.

Although there was some trade between China and the rest of the world for some time, the silk trade developed quickly during the Han Dynasty which ruled from 206BC to 220AD.     4     During this time the Mongols controlled most of the trade road, and Chinese traders travel safely. Moreover, traders had a higher social position during the Mongol rule.

    5     It not only helped to develop trade between different countries, but also helped ideas, culture and inventions to spread across the world.

A．The Silk Road was important.

B．The Chinese sold silk for thousands of years.

C．Most of the goods were expensive.

D．Travelling in a big group like a caravan（大蓬车，商队）helped in protecting themselves.

E．Later, under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, trade from China along the Silk Road was fully developed.

3 . 阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框中所给的词中选最恰当的 10 个，并用其适当形 式填空，并将答案填写到答题卡的相应位置。每个词只限用一次。

but, south, house, build, cook, rich, become, money, even, anyone

Why are so many British people interested in historical (历史的) television programs like Downton Abbey ( 《唐顿庄园》) ? Maybe because they want to see how both     1     and poor people lived years ago. Or is it because they like looking at the beautiful buildings people lived in—the country     2    ?

Downton Abbey is not a real place,     3     the house they used for the program is real.

Highclere Castle in the     4     of England was a castle (城堡) 900 years ago, but in the 9th century (世纪), people changed (改变) it into a house.

Why did people     5     country houses? Probably because they wanted other people to see how much money they had. These houses often had lots of furniture(家具) and paintings, as well as servants (佣人)     6    , clean and look after the family and guests (客人).

But as we know from the story of Downton, the     7     of the families who lived in these houses did not last.

Today, many country houses are open to     8    . People pay money to take a look inside.

Some of the houses were sold and     9     hospitals, schools, hotels, and     10     prisons (监狱).

And some are used for making films and TV programs like Downton Abbey.

4 .

In Darayya, a city in Syria, here’s a library and it has 15,000 books on almost every subject you can think of. However, it is different from any libraries you know: It is a secret underground library, and only people in Darayya know where it is.

Over the years, war has shaken Darayya badly. Every day, houses are bombed and people are killed. Stores are closed one after another, and so are schools. To help the kids in Darayya with their learning, Anas Ahmad, a 19-year-old student, and his friends decided to build a library. They built the library under the ground to keep it safe from bombing. But it is dangerous to collect books for the library. Often, Ahmad and his friends look for books in houses that were bombed. They need to be careful because they may be killed in another bombing.   

You may ask, “In a place like Darayya, would people be interested in books?” “Just like the body needs food, the mind needs books,” says one library user. In the library, people enjoy their time of reading and forget about the terrible world above, so their life doesn’t seem so hard. Through reading, they are able to dream of a better life after war.

1. What are the books in Darayya’s library on?

A．Every subject.

B．War and Peace.

C．Science and arts.

D．Animals.

2. Who built the library?

A．Some foreigners.	B．A student and his friends.
C．The local government.	D．Some teachers.

3. How does the library get all those books?

A．The teachers give away their books.

B．The students buy books from different countries.

C．The volunteers send books to the students every year.

D．The students collect books from houses that were destroyed.

4. Why do people go to the library even during the war?

A．It’s safe to stay there.	B．The teachers give lessons there.
C．They find hope by reading.	D．They can get free lunches there.

5. In what order does the writer put his ideas in the passage?
①How Darayya’s library helps people.        ②The situations and problems in Darayya.
③How Darayya’s library was started.          ④What makes Darayya’s library special.

A．③﹣①﹣②﹣④

B．④﹣②﹣③﹣①

C．①﹣④﹣③﹣②

D．③﹣②﹣④﹣①

6 . The Silk Road is the name of different roads that long ago connected Europe, Africa and Asia. People reached these different places along these roads. Scientists believe people began to travel along the Silk Road about 3,000 years ago. When the Chinese silk trade became important in the world, the Silk Road covered almost 6,500 kilometers. It spread from Rome to China, that is to say from the Western Europe to the Far East. Traders traveling along the Silk Road carried silk, of course, they also carried and traded spices（香料）, cloth, valuable stones, gold and so on.

There is a famous old story along the old road. It is said that Roman soldiers who lost a war traveled through Central Asia. They decided to live somewhere near the ancient Chinese village of Liqian. Some of these Romans married local Chinese women and the story of blue-eyed villages of China started.

During its busiest period, the Silk Road allowed people from many different cultures and countries to meet each other and mix. The Silk Road allowed sharing valuable goods（货物）and new ideas. These included people and trading goods from the Mediterranean（地中海的）, Persian（波斯的）, Magyar（马扎尔的）, Armenian（亚美尼亚的）, Bactrian（大夏的）, Indian and Chinese areas. All these peoples traveled along the Silk Road, and they shared goods, stories, languages, and cultures.

In modern times, the old Silk Road routes（路线）are still used, but now they are crossed by trains instead of camels（骆驼）and horses. There is even a Silk Route Museum in Jiuquan in China. It has over 35,000 objects from all along the Silk Road. In this way, China protects the history of many countries and peoples.

根据文章内容，判断句子正（T）、误（F）。
1. The Silk Road has a history of about 3,000 years.
2. Some Roman soldiers lost the war because they married local Chinese women.
3. Nowadays, the Silk Road routes are still crossed by camels and horses.
4. According to the passage, we can infer（推断）ancient Chinese along the Silk Road might be able to speak different languages.
5. All the objects in the museum in Jiuquan in China are from our country.

7 . In ancient Egypt, women did not go to work. They stayed and worked at home. Many Egyptian men were farmers. Some men were builders or fishermen. Other men worked as artists. Some other important persons did not do any farming.

The weather in Egypt was very hot. Ancient Egyptians did not wear many clothes. Men, women and children often wore simple robes made of thin cloth. On their feet they wore light open shoes. People including women, shaved hair from their heads to keep cool.

Children in ancient Egypt grew up to do the same jobs as their parents. Girls stayed at home with their mothers. They learned to look after the home. Boys worked with their fathers. They learned to do jobs their fathers did. They only went to school to learn to write if they wanted to become a scribe.

Many of the games played by ancient Egyptians are similar to games we still play today. Children played racing and jumping games. They also played ball games and with wooden toys. Older children played a game like chess.

The king of Egypt (the pharaohs) hand enough power to master their country. The people thought that pharaoh was a god. He owned everything. Everyone had to do what he told them to do. The pharaohs built huge tombs. When a pharaoh dies, he was buried in the tomb. The tombs were often in the shape of pyramids. When a pharaoh was buried, he was surrounded by treasure and by things to help him in the next world, such as food, clothes, furniture and weapons.

1. ________
2. ________
3. ________
4. ________
5. ________

9 . Today there are policemen everywhere,     1    . A few old men used to protect the city streets at night and they were not paid.

About 300 years ago, London was starting to get bigger and more and more people began to live there.     2    . There were so many thieves (小偷) who stole money in the streets that people stayed in their homes as much as possible.

In 1750,     3    . They were like policemen and were called “Bow Street Runners” because they worked near Bow Street.

Fifty years later, there were 120 “Bow Street Runners”,     4    . So in 1829, the first London Police Force was started with 3,000 officers.     5    , but a few rode horses. Until 1920 all the police in London were men.

Today, London police are quite well paid and for the few police officers who still ride horses, the pay is even better than for the others.

A．but London had become very big and needed more policemen

B．The city was very dirty and many people were poor

C．Most of the men worked on foot

D．but in 1700, London had no policemen at all

E．Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people to stop thieves