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After that, they began to make small marks on sticks and bones. This helped them count bigger numbers. They used them to count things like the days of the month, the a
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2 . News Flash
| Florence, Italy An art show opens About 130 sculptures（雕塑）, paintings and drawings by artist Donatello will be on show in Florence. Donatello was born in the 14th century. He was a famous artist at the time. It is the first exhibition（展览）to show all Donatello’s most famous works together. |  |
| Al Jafr Basin, Jordan An ancient shrine（神庙）found A team of Jordanian and French scientists have found a 9, 000-year-old shrine in the south of the country. The shrine had two carved（雕刻）standing stones with human-looking figures on them. The shrine is still in good condition. |  |
| Athribis, Egypt Ancient “lines” found  Researchers found written lines on pottery（陶器）around 2, 000 years ago in Athribis, Egypt. Researchers think teachers made those children with poor performance write the lines. The pottery was one of 18, 000 pieces of pottery, including school texts and drawings. | |
| Germany Mystery over a statue（雕像） On 12 February, scientists in Germany made a report. The report showed the secret of a small statue. The scientists found the small statue in a river in northeastern Germany. They made a study and believed that people used the statue to weigh how heavy something was. |  |
| A．About 700 years old. | B．About 2, 000 years old. | C．About 18, 000 years old. |
| A．In Egypt. | B．In France. | C．In Jordan. |
| A．in an ancient school | B．in an ancient hotel | C．in an ancient restaurant |
| A．Scientists found an old statue. |
| B．Scientists found an ancient shrine. |
| C．Scientists showed the secret of a statue. |
| A．Science. | B．History. | C．Geography. |
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?2. Who came to London to look for jobs in the 1950s?
3. Why didn’t the restaurant workers have time to learn English?
4. When did British-born Chinese start to have a better education?
5. What is the main idea of the passage?
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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
Downton Abbey is not a real place,
Highclere Castle in the
Why did people
But as we know from the story of Downton, the
Today, many country houses are open to
Some of the houses were sold and
And some are used for making films and TV programs like Downton Abbey.
5 . These days, girls of all ages wear miniskirts. Miniskirts make female feel free, young, and beautiful. But they were thought to be horrible and in bad taste only about fifty years ago.
Miniskirts were made popular by English maker Mary Quant in the 1960s, and soon became an important part of most girls’ wardrobes.
But it wasn’t an easy process for miniskirts. In the 1970s, before women’s liberation movement(女权运动) became popular, some high schools had rules about the 1eogth of the skirt. If it did not touch the floor when the girl kneeled on the ground, the skirt was not long enough. Miniskirts were so short that people at that time didn’t see them as ladies’ clothes. They were thought to be the fashion choice of bad girls and not allowed in business places.
As people’s mind changed in the 1980s, office ladies were finally able to wear miniskirts at work. So when you are wearing your miniskirts this summer, remember it is not just a fashion sign, but also a part of women’s liberation history.
1. What did people think of miniskirts about fifty years ago?| A．Miniskirts could make people young and free. |
| B．Miniskirts made people like ladies. |
| C．Miniskirts were thought to be in bad taste. |
| D．Miniskirts were important in girls’ lives. |
| A．most girls had wardrobes for putting their miniskirts. |
| B．many girls liked wearing miniskirts. |
| C．there were special wardrobes made for miniskirts. |
| D．wardrobes were full of miniskirts. |
| A．the fashion choice of bad girls | B．ladies clothes |
| C．right for business places | D．long enough |
| A．In the 1960s. | B．In the 1970s. | C．In the 1980s. | D．In the 1990s. |
| A．still not popular among office ladies | B．only for summer |
| C．just the women’s liberation history | D．not only a fashion sign |
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请阅读下面这篇文章，根据所提供的信息，回答5个问题。要求所写答案语法正确、语义完整，并把答案写在答题卡指定的位置。
Have you ever been to Hawaii? Hawaii has always been a magic name to people who like traveling. People from all over the world dream of seeing the beautiful islands in the middle of the ocean. I always have one of their dreams to watch the sun going down. The sun drops like a ball of fire into the sea, and it drops so quickly that you can even see it moves.
About two thousand years ago, the first people went to Hawaii in a very small boat. They found the beautiful white sand beaches and the waving palm trees（棕桐树）. But it was difficult for people to go to Hawaii at that time. And there were no big hotels like the ones today. Now people can get to Hawaii in different ways. More and more people go to Hawaii. So lots of nice big hotels have been built in recent years. However. the scenery in Hawaii hasn’t changed much. The white sand beaches and the waving palm trees are still there.
People often have a peaceful time taking a walk along the water in the morning. At night, they get together to hold parties, chatting with each other, singing and dancing. Children like to play games. So if you’re thinking about relaxing yourself. Hawaii is surely the first place for you to choose.
1. Has Hawaii been a magic name to people who like traveling?2. When did the first people go to Hawaii?
3. How did the first people go to Hawaii?
4. Why have lots of nice big hotels been built in Hawaii in recent years?
5. What do children like to do in Hawaii?
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请根据要求完成短文写作，并将作文写在答题卡指定的位置。
假如你是Li Hua，你和父母曾经去过某地度假。请以“A Wonderful Trip to _____________”为题，写一篇短文。内容包括：
（1）度假的时间、地点；
（2）介绍度假的地方及旅游经历；
（3）你的感受。
作文要求：
（1）不能照抄原文;不得在作文中出现学校的真实名称和考生的真实姓名。
（2）语句连贯, 词数70个左右。
A Wonderful Trip to
1. Willis Tower is located .
| A．in Chicago | B．in New York | C．in Seattle |
| A．1，080 feet | B．1，145 feet | C．1，451 feet |
| A．about two years | B．about four years | C．about six years |
| A．1974 | B．1981 | C．1999 |
| A．in building shows | B．in movies | C．in dictionaries |
9 . People have been painting pictures for at least 30,000 years.
The earliest pictures were painted by people who hunted animals. They used to paint pictures of the animals they wanted to catch and kill. Pictures of this kind have been found on the walls of caves in France and Spain. No one knows exactly why they were painted there. Perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals. Or perhaps human beings have always wanted to tell stories in pictures.
About 5,000 years ago, the Egyptians and other people in the Near East began to use pictures as kind of writing. They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas, and also to represent the sounds of their language. The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet (字母表).
The Egyptians used to record information and to tell stories by putting picture writing and pictures together. When an important person died, scenes and stories from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried. Some of these pictures are like modern comic strip stories. It has been said that Egypt is the home of the comic strip. But, for the Egyptians, pictures still had magic power. So they did not try to make their way of writing simple. The ordinary (普通的) people could not understand it.
1. Why were pictures of animals painted on the walls of caves in France and Spain according to the passage?| A．Maybe the hunters loved animals. |
| B．Maybe the hunters wanted to be artists. |
| C．Maybe the pictures could be helpful to the painters. |
| D．Maybe the pictures could stop the hunters telling stories. |
| A．hear | B．watch | C．symbolize | D．build |
| A．Human beings have been painting pictures for less than thirty thousand years. |
| B．The earliest pictures can be found in Europe. |
| C．People in Far East have used pictures as kind of writing for five thousand years. |
| D．The Egyptians invented today’s English alphabet. |
| A．Picture writing and numbers together were used to record information and tell stories by the Egyptians. |
| B．An important Egyptian could be studied through the walls of the place where he was buried. |
| C．Egypt is the home of the modern comic strip books. |
| D．Ordinary people can easily understand the Egyptian’s way of writing. |
| A．An encyclopedia. | B．A science book. | C．A fashion magazine. | D．A newspaper. |
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. |
| A．Some foreigners. | B．A student and his friends. |
| C．The local government. | D．Some teachers. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
①How Darayya’s library helps people. ②The situations and problems in Darayya.
③How Darayya’s library was started. ④What makes Darayya’s library special.
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