1 . The Silk Road was an ancient trade route (古代贸易路线) that connected (连接) the East and the West together. It is more than six thousand miles from Asia to Europe. The Silk Road got its name from the silk.
Few traders went along the Silk Road. The route was too long. There were also difficulties along the way. In some places, people along the road didn’t think the traders were right. Some countries would not let traders from other countries go through their countries.
Traders thought of an idea. They made staging points (中转站) on the Silk Road. They put their goods (货物) at one point. Then they traveled to another point. There, they would give the goods to the next group of drivers.
Traders from the East brought silk, gold and other useful things to the West. People wanted to have treasures from far-off lands very much.
More goods were moved along the Silk Road. Ideas from other lands were moved, too. They heard new languages. Knowledge about science was passed along.
1. It is more than ________ from Asia to Europe.| A．5,000 miles | B．6,000 miles | C．6,000 kilometers | D．5,000 kilometers |
| A．Because the road was too long and there were many difficulties. |
| B．Because they didn’t know how long it was. |
| C．Because it was ended in Europe. |
| D．Because people along the road thought they were wrong. |
| A．The Asian. | B．The European. | C．The traders. | D．The countries. |
| A．many countries were kind to traders | B．some traders worked in the staging points |
| C．clothes were brought from the West to the East | D．people wanted to have silk and gold from Europe |
| A．Traders had many difficulties along the Silk Road. |
| B．Goods were moved along the Silk Road. |
| C．Knowledge were passed along the Silk Road. |
| D．The Silk Road connected the East and the West. |
2 .
It was very cold that night. At about 11:40, a few passengers were talking and playing cards, but most people were getting ready for bed or were already asleep. For Frederick Fleet, he had something more important to do than sleep. High up in the “crow’s nest (桅杆瞭望台)”, he was watching the sea. It was quiet and the stars were shining (闪耀).
The Titanic changed direction (改变方向) right away, but it was moving too fast. The ship was still turning when it hit the iceberg.
Lots of people lost their lives that night.
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| A．Then Frederick saw something. |
| B．There were over 2, 200 people on it. |
| C．Unluckily, a long hole opened along its side under the water. |
| D．Frederick was one of the 705 lucky people who survived (幸存). |
| E．The Titanic was the largest and most expensive ship of its time. |
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.
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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 . New York City isn't the biggest city in the world, but it is the biggest city in the USA. Most Americans live in much smaller cities and towns, but almost 8 million people live in New York. Why did so many people come to live in one place?
A look at the city shows us that New York City has a very good port(商埠). The Dutch(荷兰) settlers (new comers) wanted to use it for business. In 1626, the Dutch paid(付钱) the Indians twenty-four dollars for the island of Manhattan. Its Dutch name was New Amsterdam. Then the British took the land in 1664 and changed its name to New York.
The United States became an independent(独立的) country in 1783, and New York was its capital for a short time. The city became so crowded that some people moved out to other areas (places). But more people from everywhere went on coming into the city every day.
1. Which of them is the biggest city in the United States?| A．New York. | B．Washington. | C．New Amsterdam. | D．Chicago. |
| A．New York has the largest population in the United States |
| B．New York is as beautiful as a picture |
| C．New York is a developing city |
| D．they think it is a good place for business |
| A．24 thousand dollars. | B．24 dollars. | C．8 million dollars. | D．24 million dollars. |
| A．sixteen century | B．the seventeenth |
| C．the eighteenth century | D．the nineteenth century |
| A．much about Dutch |
| B．how the Dutch took New Amsterdam |
| C．some of the history of New York |
| D．how the people from different countries come to the USA |
8 . Vienna is a beautiful old city on the river Danube. It's the capital city of Austria and the centre of European classical music. From 1750 a lot of composers and musicians came to study and work in Vienna. Strauss and Mozart were two of the most important composers.
John Strauss, the younger was born in 1825. He made his first appearance conducting his own orchestra at the age of 19. He was even more successful and popular than his father. After the death of the elder Strauss, he united his group with the orchestra his father had made famous. Between 1871 and 1897 he composed 16 stage works for Viennese theatres. He wrote more than 400 waltzes and his most famous one was The Blue danube.
Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria, in 1756. Before he was six he played not only the piano, but also the violin and the organ. His father started training him so early that by age six, Mozart was performing for the Kings and Queens of Europe. By eight, Mozart was writing his own symphonies. He wrote his first opera at the age of 12 and hundreds of beautiful pieces of music for the classical orchestra. Mozart completed over 600 works in all. Mozart was very famous and successful. He died in 1791.
1. Which is right according to this passage?| A．Vienna is the centre of European music. |
| B．From 1750 a lot of singers came to study and work in Vienna. |
| C．John Strauss wrote over 400 waltzes. |
| D．Mozart began to play the piano at the age of 6. |
| A．In 1867. | B．In 1844. | C．In 1762. | D．In 1873. |
| A．Yes, he was. | B．Yes, he did. |
| C．No, he didn't. | D．No, he wasn't. |
| A．35. | B．53. | C．39. | D．26. |
| A．Mozart was writing his own symphonies at the age of 12 |
| B．Mozart was even more successful and popular than his father |
| C．Mozart wrote hundreds of beautiful pieces of music for the classical orchestra |
| D．Strauss and Mozart were the most important singers in Vienna |
Australia and the United States are about the same in size, and their western lands are both not rich in soil. It was on the eastern coast of Australia and America that the English first settled, and both colonies soon began to develop towards the west. However, this westward movement took place more because the English were searching for better land than because the population was increasing. The newly colonized western part of both countries developed quickly after gold was discovered in America in 1849 and in Australia two years later.
Although the development of these two countries has a lot in common, there are some great differences as well. The United States gained its independence from England by revolution (革命) while Australia won its independence without having to go to war. Australia, unlike the United States, was firstly turned into a colony for English prisoners and its economic development was in wheat growing and sheep raising. By 1922, for example, Australia had fifteen times more sheep than it had people, or almost half as many sheep as there are people today in the United States. Yet, although there are these and other main differences, Australia and the United States have more in common with each other than either one has with most of the rest of the world.
1. Who turned Australia into a colony?
| A．Britain. | B．Several European countries. |
| C．The United States of America. | D．None of the above. |
| A．the population was increasing rapidly in the east |
| B．the English thought there might be richer land there |
| C．gold was discovered there |
| D．fewer people lived there |
| A．the population (人口总数) in Australia was greater than that of the United States |
| B．there were more sheep in Australia than in the United States |
| C．Australia had one fifteenth (十五分之一) as many people as sheep |
| D．the United States had twice as many sheep as people |
| A．won its independence by peaceful (和平的) means |
| B．did not discover gold until the late 1840s |
| C．was the last and biggest continent (大洲) to be discovered |
| D．was not rich in gold in its western part |
