1 . Over ______ years ago, people from Northern Asia went to America. Today, we call these people Indians (印第安人).

The Indians went to America ______ the weather began to change. Northern Asia became very cold. Everything froze. They _______ move. How did the first Indians go to America? They walked.

Later, Columbus (哥伦布) found the New World in 1492. At first, only _______ people went there with Columbus. They travelled to America _______. Then more and more Germans and Italians went to America. Most of them took almost no money with them. They went to America to find a better life.

1.

A．thirty thousands

B．thirty thousand

C．thirty thousand of

D．thirty thousands of

2.

A．because

B．so

C．but

D．so that

3.

A．will

B．have to

C．had to

D．needed

4.

A．a little

B．little

C．few

D．a few

5.

A．by boats

B．on boats

C．in boat

D．by boat

3 . The Silk Road is the name of different roads that long ago connected(连接) Europe, Africa and Asia. People got to these different places along these roads. Scientists believe people began to travel the Silk Road about 3,000 years ago. By the time the Chinese silk trade(贸易) became important in the world, the Silk Road was almost 6,500 kilometres. It was from Rome to China, which is from the West to the Far East.

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

Today, the old Silk Road routes(路线) are still used, but now they are crossed by trains instead of camels and horses. There is 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(保护) the history of many countries and peoples.

1—2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. Scientists believe people began to travel the Silk Road _______________.
2. It has _______________ objects from all along the Silk Road.
3. How long was the Silk Road by the time the Chinese silk trade became important in the world?
_____________________________________________________________________
4. _______________________________________________________________
5. _______________________________________________________________

4 . Early in the 16th century, it was difficult for people to live without enough food. So lots of people tried hard ______ Asia to gain wealth. In order to find Asia, they had to find a way to pass South Africa based on their knowledge about all the routes. The man who finally ______ the way from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean was Ferdinand Magellan.

Magellan sailed from Seville in August, 1519, ______ five ships and about 280 men. Fourteen months later, after the cold winter on the coast of Patagonia, he discovered the channel which is now called Magellan Sraits. In November, 1520, after many months of dangers from rocks and storms, the three remaining ships seemed to come close to the success. They sailed into the ocean from the other side of South America ______.

They then continued, hoping to reach Asia But they couldn’t see any land ______ they reached the islands off the coast of Asia. What’s worse, before they arrived at ______ islands, which were later known as the Philippines, most of them had already died of starvation. While they were staying in the Philippines, Magellan ______ in a battle.

The remaining officers then had to get back to Spain. They decided to sail around Africa. After ______ difficulties, one ship with eighteen men sailed into Seville three years after leaving. They were all that survived from Magellan’s expedition, which was one of ______ expeditions in the world.

The adventure of Magellan’s expedition told us that when facing difficulties, we should not give up easily. Instead, we need to be confident of ______ and tried our best to fight against them.

1.

A．reach

B．reached

C．to reach

D．reaches

2.

A．found

B．to find

C．finding

D．founded

3.

A．for

B．with

C．without

D．by

4.

A．success

B．successful

C．successfully

D．succeed

5.

A．while

B．after

C．since

D．until

6.

A．a

B．an

C．the

D．/

7.

A．killed

B．was killed

C．killing

D．had killed

8.

A．many

B．any

C．few

D．little

9.

A．great

B．greater

C．greatly

D．the greatest

10.

A．our

B．us

C．ourselves

D．we

5 . 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.

6 . 听短文，回答下列小题。
1. Willis Tower is located 　　　.

A．in Chicago

B．in New York

C．in Seattle

2. The height of Willis Tower is　　　.

A．1，080 feet

B．1，145 feet

C．1，451 feet

3. It took　　　to build the building.

A．about two years

B．about four years

C．about six years

4. Dan Goodwin climbed up Willis Tower in 　　　.

A．1974

B．1981

C．1999

5. The building has appeared 　　　.

A．in building shows

B．in movies

C．in dictionaries

7 . Over 25 thousand years ago people from northern Asia went to America, Today, we call these people Indians.

The Indians went to America because the weather began to c    1     . Northern Asia became so c    2     that everything was turned into ice. They had to m    3    , or they would all die. How did the first Indians go to America? They w    4    !

Later Columbus found the New World in 1492 and he was k    5     for the discovery. At first o    6     a few people followed him. They t    7     to America in boats. For the next three hundred years, about 500,000 people went there. Then the number grew very q    8    . From 1815 to 1915, over thirty-two million Europeans l    9     their countries and went to the United States. The biggest groups were from Germany and Italy, These Europeans spoke many different languages. Most of them almost had no money. They went to America so that they could find a b    10     place to live in.

8 .              

The Silk Road is a historically important international trade route (路线) between China and the Mediterranean (地中海). It began     1     (在……期间) the Western Han Dynasty and has been a b    2     between East and West for over 2,000 years.

            The ancient road started from Chang’an (now Xi’an) and ended in Eastern     3    , near today’s Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. It was about 6,500 kilometers long and went across one-fourth of the planet.
          The Silk Road got its name b    4     Chinese silk used to be carried along this road. Silk, jade, ceramics and iron w    5     west to Rome. And from the west came glass, gems and food like carrots and sesame.
          The Silk Road was very important to both China and the rest of the world. It was     6     than an ancient international trade route. Besides trade,     7     about arts, science and literature, as well as crafts (工艺) and technologies was     8     (分享) across the Silk Road. In this way, languages and cultures     9     (发展) and influenced each other.
          Today, along the Silk Road there’re many places of     10    , such as the Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an and Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang. Now a new train line runs from Beijing across the Silk Road.

9 . How do we know the time? A clock, a watch or a mobile phone can help us. However, many years ago there were no clocks and knowing the time was not so easy. 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 building. Its shadow (影子) showed the movement of the sun. So people were able to know midday. The Egyptians made a sundial about 3,500 years ago. It was smaller than the sun clock and could let people know the time for half a day. 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 bottle to another. When the water reaches a certain level, it shows the hours. The Egyptians used water clocks about 3,400 years ago. These clocks were popular in the Middle East and China. But they failed to make people know the exact time.

In the 13th century, the mechanical clock was invented. This was more exact, but it was expensive to make one. Over the next few centuries it was developed. For example, springs (发条) were added around 1500. This enabled people to get the correct time and allowed clocks to be smaller. In 1927, the first quartz (石英) clock was developed. Clocks became cheaper to build. It’s also cheaper for ordinary people to own a clock. People began depending on them more and more to run business, markets and so on. More recently, in 1956, came the digital clock. And nowadays satellites send our mobile phones the time to the exact second.

There has been a lot of progress in timekeeping. Clocks are always changing but some things never change. Many of us still have trouble getting out of bed on time and not being late for school or work.

1. According to the passage, we can’t use ________ to tell the time on a rainy day.

A．water clock

B．sun clock

C．digital clock

D．mechanical clock

2. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “ordinary” in the third paragraph?

A．现代的

B．特殊的

C．富有的

D．普通的

3. Which of the following shows the structure (结构) of the passage?
(①=Paragraph 1 ②= Pargaph 2, ...)

A．

B．

C．

D．

4. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．The importance of time.	B．The development of timekeeping.
C．The inventions of clocks.	D．The history of a digital clock.