1 . The History of Tofu

In China	1.Over 2000years ago, there was an ancient picture which shows a kitchen scene where soya milk and tofu were being made; 2.At about AD 1500,apoem called“Ode to Tofu" was witten by Su Ping.
In Japan	1.Duinghe Nara era (奈良时代), Kento broug tofu back to Japan from China; 2. In 1489, the word "tofu" was first written in the actual Japanese characters;, 3.In 1782,a popular cooking book Tofu Hyakuchin was published.
In Western Countries	1.In 1603, a Spanish book A Cllecion of Voyages and Travels introduced how tofu was made; 2. In 1704, the book A Cllection of Voyages and Travels was published in English; 3. In 1880, tofu was first produced in France by Pillieux; 4. In 1895, tofu was made in San Francisco, US.

1. Which of the following was the earliest evidence（证据）of tofu production?

A．A book.

B．A poem.

C．A picture.

2. The word “tofu” was first mentioned in Western World in     .

A．1489

B．1500

C．1603

3. According   to   the   information   above,   tofu   was introduced in     foreign languages.

A．Four

B．Five

C．Six

2 . How do we know the time? A clock, a watch or a cell phone can help us.     1    . 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 structure.     2    . They were able to determine(测定) midday.

About 3,500 years ago, the Egyptians made a sundial.    3    . On cloudy days or at night it was impossible to tell the time with a sun clock or a sundial .

Water clocks were the first clocks not to use the sun. The idea is simple. Water flows(流动) from one container to another. When the water reaches a certain lever, it moves a lever(控制杆) and this shows the hours. The Egyptians used water clocks about 3,400 years ago. These clocks were very popular in the Middle East and China but they failed to keep accurate(精准的) time.

In the 13^th century, the mechanical clock was invented. This was more accurate, but was expensive to make. Over the next few centuries, it was developed.     4    . This improved accuracy and allowed clocks to be smaller.

In 1927, the first quartz clock was developed.     5    . 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(人造卫星) send our cell phone the time to the exact second. There has been a lot of progress in time keeping but some things never change. Many of us still have trouble getting out of bed on time and not missing appointments.

A．For example, springs(发条) were added around 1500.

B．They learned to use the shadows cast by the sun.

C．Its shadow showed the movement of the sun.

D．Clocks became cheaper to build and own.

E．However, many years ago there were no clocks and knowing the time was not so easy.

F．It was smaller than the sun clock and could measure(测量) the time for half a day.

3 . 七、阅读表达

Car Free Day encourages drives to give up their car for a day to protect the environment.

People from around the world get together in the streets to remind the world that we don't have to accept the society full of cars. It was first started by 34 cities in France and September 22 is Car Free Day. The first Car Free Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001. The slogan for the day is “If we drive for one less day, we can have one more nice day.”

Organized activities are held in many cities on Car Free Day. In Brussels, Car Free Day shall be valid (有效的) for everybody except persons with a special permit(许可征）, but they have to slow down to the speed of 30 kilometers per hour. The public transportation is free on that day. In London, they have special “green areas”. Walking, biking and public transportation are encouraged. The streets are open only to walkers, bicycles and buses from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. In Beijing, it asks drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work. More and more people are joining in the activity. In the first quarter of this year, Beijing only had 52 blue sky days, and you may see haze(雾霾) almost every day! We must do more for Car Free Day as a Beijing driver said. “We may not change the weather, but we can choose not to drive.”

But we do not want just one day and then a return to “normal” life. We should go on with Car Free Day.

1. Where was Car Free Day started first?
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2. How long should the car drivers not drive in the streets in London on Car Free Day?
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3. Who’s allowed to drive on Car Free Day in Brussels?
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4. What does Car Free Day ask Beijingers not to do every month?
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5. What was the purpose of Car Free Day?
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4 . Want to say "hello" from Disneyland? Send a postcard! Want to say "hello" from abroad? Send a postcard! Beautiful scenes (风景), wild animals, excellent buildings, silly pictures, wonderful handwriting—you can find them all in one place. Where? On a postcard! Have people always sent postcards? No. Before postcards, people like to send letters in envelopes (信封).

The idea for the first decorated postcard was first patented (取得专利) in 1861. Sending a simple postcard with decorations (装饰) would be a great way to send a note. Then in the early days, postcards with pictures appeared (出现). By law, people had to write their note on the front— on the picture! The back was only for the address. Several years later, England allowed a divided—back postcard. Then people could write their note on the back left side and put the address on the right. During the early 1900s, the golden age of postcards, picture postcards became a craze of the world. Many people love these postcards. For example, in 1908 Americans

alone mailed over 677 million postcards. Today, postcards are the third most popular collection (收藏品) in the world after stamps and coins.
1. When was the idea for the first decorated postcard first patented?

A．In 1861

B．In 1908

C．During the early 1900s

2. Where did people have to write their note by law in the early days?

A．Under the picture.

B．Beside the picture.

C．On the picture.

3. What does the underlined word "craze"mean?

A．唾弃

B．热潮

C．象征

4. What are the first two most popular collections in the world?

A．Stamps and coins

B．Postcards and coins

C．Stamps and postcards.

5. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．Letters.

B．Postcards.

C．Collections.

5 . 阅读短文，并按要求后完成各小题。

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 the Silk Road about 3000 years ago. By the time the Chinese silk trade became important in the world.The Silk Road covered almost 6500 kilometres. It spread from Rome to China, which is from the West to the Far East.

Traders travelling along the Silk Road carried silk, of course. They also carried and traded spices (香料), cloth, valuable stones and gold.

Along and around these ancient path（小路）, have come many fascinating and mysterious stories__

It is said that Roman soldiers (士兵) travelled through central Asia. They started 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 was 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 the sharing of valuable goods and new ideas. These included people and trading goods from the Mediterranean, Persian, Magyar, Armenian, Bactrian, Indian and Chinese areas. All these peoples travelled 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 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.

1. 完成句子
When people began to travel the Silk Road, the Chinese silk trade _________________in the world.
2. 完成句子
People from many different cultures and countries____________________ when traveling the Silk Road.
3. 简略回答问题 How did people use to cross the Silk Road routes?
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4. 找出并写下全文的主题句
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5. 将文中划线句子译成汉语
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6 . The Origin of Hip-hop

Have you seen a group of boys dancing hip-hop together? The music beat is usually     1    (excite) and cool! And the people dancing hip-hop seem to really enjoy     2    they are doing.

What is the real meaning of “hip-hop”? Some people say it is the movement that people make while they are dancing. That is very interesting.

The first hip-hop music came to the world at the     3    (begin) of the 1970s by DJs. Whenever people think of hip-hop, music and dance are the     4    (one) things that come out in their minds.

However, there are other things that are part of the hip-hop culture. One of them is graffiti. It is a modern art where you draw pictures and words     5     spray paint(喷漆瓶) on walls, trains or other places. Many of you may     6    (see) these things around your neighborhood so far. Some of     7    (that) works are really wonderful!

Also, there is a certain style of fashion, such as     8    (wear) casual shirts, cool sneakers, colorful caps and     9    (big) size jeans than usual, that the young people like to wear. They call it “hip-hop fashion”.

Hip-hop culture is a new style of the younger generation. They express their feelings through this culture and enjoy it. So whenever you see groups of young people dancing hip-hop and singing, just stop for     10     moment and try to understand them!

7 . 请阅读下面的一篇短文,根据所提供的信息完成下面5道小题。

Throughout history, people have been interested in knowing how language first began, but no one knows exactly where or how this happened. However, we do know a lot about languages, the language of today and also the languages of earlier times. There are probably about three thousand languages in the world today. Chinese is the language with the most speakers. English, Russian and Spanish are also spoken by millions of people. On the other hand, some languages in the world have less than one hundred speakers.

There are several important families of languages in the world. For example, most of the languages of Europe are in one large family called Indo-European. The original language of this family was spoken about 4,500 years ago. Many of the present-day languages of Europe and India are modern forms of the language of 4,500 years ago.

Languages are always changing. The English of today is very different from the English of 500 years ago. In time, some even die out completely. About 1,000 years ago, English was a little known relative of German spoken on one of the borders of Europe.

If a language has a number of speakers, or if it is very old, there may be differences in the way it is spoken in different areas. That is, the language may have several dialects. Chinese is a good example of dialect differences. Chinese has been spoken for thousands of years by many millions of people. The differences between the dialects of Chinese are so great that speakers of Chinese from some parts of China can’t understand speakers from other parts.

1. Do people know exactly where or how language happened?
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2. Where most European and Indian languages come from?
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3. What language has the most speakers in the world today?
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4. Why it is the most difficult thing for one to learn to speak Chinese?
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5. What is “dialect”?
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8 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Silk Road is the name of different roads     1     long ago connected Europe, Africa and Asia. People reached different places along       2     (this) roads. Scientists believe people       3     (begin) to travel the Silk Road about 3000 years ago. By the time the Chinese silk trade became important in the world, the Silk Road covered almost 6500 kilometers,       4     (spread) from Rome to China. During     5     (popular) and busiest period, the Silk Road allowed people from many different cultures and countries       6     (meet) each other and mix. The Silk Road allowed       7     sharing of valuable goods and new ideas. In modern times, the old Silk Road routes are still used,       8     now they     9     (cross) by trains instead of camels 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.       10     this way, China protects the history of many countries and peoples.

9 . 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 the Silk Road about 3000 years ago. By the time the Chinese silk trade became important in the world, the Silk Road covered almost 6500 kilometers. It went from Rome to China, which is from the West to the Far East.

Merchants travelled along the Silk Road to carry silk, of course. They also carried and traded other things like spices（香料）, cloth, jewels and gold stories.

Along and around these ancient paths, have come many fascinating and mysterious stories.

It is said that Roman soldiers who lost a war travelled through central Asia. They decided PDA to live somewhere near the ancient Chinese villages. Some of these Romans married local Chinese women and the legend of the blond-haired, blue-eyed tribes of China was started.

Some historians believe that the people of Kashmir were taken away from their country Israel. They were prisoners（俘虏）of war almost 2800 years ago. People say that these people travelled along the Silk Road. They kept their Jewish way of life for a long time.

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 the sharing of valuable things and new ideas. It included people and trading goods from different areas. All these peoples travelled 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 and horses. There is even silk route museum in Jiuquan in China. It has over 35000 objects from all along the Silk Road. In this way, China protects the history of many countries and peoples.

1. It is clear that__________.

A．the Silk Road was divided into Europe, Africa and Asia

B．Roman soldiers would like to travel along the Silk Road

C．people could travel to different countries along the Silk Road

D．people shared only silk on the Silk Road

2. The underlined word "Merchants" in the passage probably means __________.

A．foreigners

B．businessmen

C．soldiers

D．prisoners

3. According to the passage, __________.

A．the Silk Road began with the wars

B．the Silk Road covered almost 6500 kilometers in China

C．people began to travel the Silk Road about 3000 years ago

D．people from Israel were not included among people on the Silk Road

4. Which part of a magazine can this passage come from?

A．Sports World	B．Man and Animal
C．Popular Science	D．History and Geography

10 . 根据所给首字母填写单词，完成短文。
次北固山下（唐   王湾）
客路青山外，行舟绿水前。
潮平两岸阔，风正一帆悬。
海日生残夜，江春入旧年。
乡书何处达，归雁洛阳边。

Passing by the Northern Mountains

My boat goes by green mountains high, And passes through the river blue. The banks seem wide at the full tide; A sail with ease hangs in soft breeze. The sun brings light born of last night; New spring invades old year which fades. How can I send word to my friend? Homing wild geese, fly westward please!

People often say that spring is a s    1     of hope and energy(活力).This poem by Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wan(693-751) d    2     this hope and energy.

Wang lived during the most glorious(辉煌的) period of the Tang Dynasty. This poem is not only about spring and natural beauty, but a    3     a metaphor(暗喻) the time he lived in.

The f    4    two lines tell us that the poet is t    5     on a boat. The mountains are green and the river is blue. In the next two lines, the poet describes the open water and a hanging sail. The characters“阔” and “正”s 5 very broad and grand(宏大的)views, symbolizing the justness(公正)and social development of the dynasty.

Then the poet writes, a new sun is rising, wiping out(抹去)darkness, and the spring is c    6     ,driving the winter away. These two lines are f    7    of hope. They also show the poet’s aspirations(抱负）as a young w    8    .

The poem ends with wild geese that are flying b    9    home after a long winter. Wang hopes the wild geese can send a message to his friends and family-he is looking f    10    to a bright future for himself and for the country.