1 . People often remember what they were doing when they
Robert Allen is now over 50, but he was a school pupil at that time. “I was at home with my parents,” Robert remembers. “We were eating dinner in the kitchen when we heard the news on the radio. The news reporter said, ‘Dr. King died just 10 minutes ago.’ My parents were
More recently, most Americans remember what they were doing when the World Trade Center in New York was taken down by
This was a day Kate Smith will never forget. She remembers
2 . Who “discovered” America? And who managed the first successful sail around the world in history?
Well, our textbooks have the answers: they are Italian sailor Christopher Columbus and Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
However, China’s great explorer, Zheng He（1371-1435）, may well have beaten the European explorers and sailed around the world first. The life and achievements of the great sailor are shown in a 59-episode TV drama.
Zheng was an officer of the Ming Dynasty’s Yongle Emperor. In 1405, the emperor asked Zheng to visit the “Western Seas”, which referred to the seas and lands west of the South China Sea.
Zheng traveled with 62 ships filled with silk, porcelain and 27, 800 men. The biggest ship was 126 meters long and could take the weight of 7. 000 tons. In the following 28 years, Zheng made another six successful journeys. He visited over 30 countries.
Since most of the records of Zheng’s voyages have been lost many historians（历史学家）believe Zheng’s achievements have been underestimated（低估）. British writer Gavin Menzies, who spent 14 researching the movements of the Chinese fleet, explained it was Zheng who first sailed around the world, in his book, 1421, The Year China Discovered America.
While Menzies was doing the research, he said he was shown a map, dated 1459, which included southern Africa and the Cape of Good Hope. Yet the Cape was not “discovered” by da Gama until 1497. On the map was a note about a voyage round the Cape in 1420——and a picture of a Chinese ship.
“What nobody has explained is why the European explorers had maps. Who drew the maps?” he asks in his book. “There are millions of square miles of ocean. It required huge fleets to chart them. If you say it wasn’t the Chinese, then who was it?”
1. What did Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan and Zheng He have in common?| A．They were all great explorers. |
| B．They were born in the same period. |
| C．They were all the officers of the Ming Dynasty. |
| D．Their life and achievement were featured on CCTV 8. |
①He saw a map with southern Africa and the Cape of Good Hope.
②Records of Zheng’s voyage have been lost.
③The European explorers had maps before exploration.
④The map was dated in 1459.
⑤A picture of a Chinese ship on the map.
| A．①②③⑤ | B．①③④⑤ | C．①②③④ | D．②③④⑤ |
| A．the European explorers drew the map |
| B．the European explorers gave their maps to the Chinese |
| C．the huge European fleets charted the map |
| D．the Chinese are most likely to discover America |
| A．Great European Explorers | B．Successful Journey |
| C．Who Discovered America | D．A Research on Western Seas |
3 . The Silk Road is the name of different roads that connected Europe, Africa and Asia long ago. It
Businessmen travelled along the Silk Road to carry silk, of course.
Along and around these ancient paths（小路）, many fascinating（吸引人的）and mysterious stories happened.
It is said that Roman soldiers who
During its
In modern times, the old Silk Road route（路线）are still used, but now they are crossed
| A．name | B．named | C．is named | D．was named |
| A．a | B．an | C．the | D．/ |
| A．reach | B．reached | C．was reached | D．was reaching |
| A．for | B．from | C．in | D．since |
| A．We | B．Our | C．They | D．Their |
| A．other | B．others | C．another | D．the other |
| A．lose | B．lost | C．to lose | D．losing |
| A．live | B．living | C．to live | D．lived |
| A．marry with | B．marry for | C．married | D．is married with |
| A．the busiest | B．busy | C．busier | D．busiest |
| A．meet | B．to meet | C．met | D．to meeting |
| A．and | B．but | C．or | D．so |
| A．on | B．in | C．by | D．through |
| A．is | B．are | C．were | D．was |
| A．On the way | B．By the way | C．In this way | D．To this way |
4 . 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.
Besides silk, the Chinese also sold tea, salts, sugar, porcelain（瓷器）and spices.
Traders travelled in large caravans. They would have many guards with them.
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.
| 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. |
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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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。
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A Wonderful Trip to
6 . 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. |
7 . Thousands of years ago, people didn’t live in cold places because they don’t know how to keep themselves warm.
Nature is our friend. It helped us discover (发现) fire when lighting hit a forest and stared a fire.
But people still didn’t know how to make fire themselves. When they get fire from the forest, they tried to keep it burning.
But later, they found different ways to make fire. For example, they made fire by burning wood or rubbing two pieces of stone together.
Today, it’s easy for people to make fire because we have matches, lighters and different kinds of heaters.
| A．If it went out, they had to wait for years. |
| B．The skin kept them warm. |
| C．We can make fire at any time we need. |
| D．People took some of this fire to their homes. |
| E．Later, they learned how to make clothes. |
Polynesians live on islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Maori are Polynesians, and they live at the southern end of Polynesia in New Zealand.
The Maori arrived in New Zealand from other Polynesian islands over a thousand years ago.
In the late 18th century, Europeans came to live in New Zealand. At that time, there were perhaps 250,000 Maori in New Zealand. Over the next 100 years, wars and diseases killed many Maori. By the end of the 19th century, there were only about 40,000 Maori left.
Many Maori were afraid that they might lose their traditions and language, too. But this did not happen.
Today the Maori population is increasing. There are about 500,000 Maori in New Zealand. Most live like other New Zealanders.
Maori culture is also alive and well. At the center of Maori culture is the “marae”. This is a special place for ceremonies and meetings. Today the number of marae in New Zealand is increasing. Many of the new marae are in the cities.
Today most New Zealand cities have yearly Maori festivals. Among the festival activities are competitions in speaking, dancing, and singing. Children often practise for the festival for months.
| A．They were the first people to live in New Zealand. |
| B．But they are keeping the Maori language and traditions alive. |
| C．Now people in the cities can meet and learn about their Maori traditions. |
| D．Then all the Maori in the area arrive to watch the competitions and see who wins. |
| E．During the 19th century, the Maori also lost much of their land to the Europeans. |
Today, most people in Western cultures expect to eat meals with their own set of tableware. People use plates to hold their food and drink only from their own glasses. But Europeans didn’t always eat this way.
In the 1500s, members of the royalty and nobility（皇室与贵族）used knives to cut meat. Since they hardly had their own plates and bowls, they would eat the slice of meat off the tip of the knife. They would use shared spoons to eat soup and would dip bread or their fingers into gravy（调味汁）. There were a few eating rules. For example, if you had a bone left in your hand after eating a chicken leg, you were expected to throw it politely under the table.
When some of the Europeans settled（定居）in the North America, they brought this eating style with them.
While the new settlers were sharing cups and dipping their fingers into bowls of food, royalty and nobility in Europe were starting to increase their tableware. They were also starting using a set of manners to go with their new knives, forks, spoons, plates, etc. They started to think that sharing cups or plates were unclean and even impolite. Their new manners made them feel higher than the lower classes.
By the 1700s, these new customs had spread to rich American settlers. As new landowners, they wanted to have a higher class than they would have had in Great Britain. They bought their own tableware and brought them to America.
By the late 1800s, mealtime manners had changed for everyone. As the American middle class grew, they needed more tableware to show that they were rich. There was also a new system of manners by this time. Though it was difficult to understand, it had a great effect on people’s everyday life.
1. Which of the following was considered impolite in the 1500s?| A．Getting gravy with one’s fingers. | B．Having soup with shared spoons. |
| C．Eating meat off a knife tip. | D．Keeping the bones in one’s hand. |
| A．wanted to feel higher than the royalty |
| B．hated to share cups and plates again |
| C．wanted to feel higher than the lower class |
| D．made more money in America than in Britain |
| A．The tableware. | B．The mealtime. |
| C．The American middle class. | D．The new manner system. |
①The European royalty shared their spoons, plates and bowls at first.
②The American middle class grew and needed more tableware.
③Some Europeans moved to North America with their eating style.
④New American landowners bought more tableware.
⑤The European royalty started to increase tableware.
| A．③①⑤②④ | B．①⑤③④② | C．①③⑤④② | D．③⑤①②④ |
10 . Diamonds are the most famous and valuable jewel (珠宝) in the world. It is difficult to cut a diamond because it is the
When a volcano (火山)
There are not many places that
The earliest known diamonds were found in India many centuries ago. But most of the world’s diamonds now come from the Congo, Tanzania and South Africa.
1.| A．weakest | B．simplest | C．hardest | D．darkest |
| A．value | B．colour | C．light | D．smell |
| A．secretly | B．widely | C．hardly | D．quietly |
| A．active | B．special | C．relaxed | D．missing |
| A．mark | B．time | C．step | D．chance |
| A．important | B．difficult | C．happy | D．possible |
| A．cut | B．slowed | C．washed | D．turned |
| A．borrow | B．produce | C．spend | D．collect |
| A．talked about | B．picked up | C．took away | D．died of |
| A．stayed | B．built | C．returned | D．brought |
