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The Old Town of Lijiang, lying in the northwest of Yunnan Province, is one of the most     1    (fame) ancient towns in China. The architecture (建筑) of the Old Town of Lijiang is attractive for the    2     (combine) of several cultures, and its ancient water-supply system still works    3     (effective) today.

The Yulong Snow Mountain    4     (serve) as the source of the rivers and springs. This town is made up    5    three parts: Dayan Old Town, Baisha housing cluster, and Shuhe housing clusters. These settlements (定居点)     6     (surround) by water present the mixture of local cultures, folk customs and traditions over several centuries.

It    7     (design) as a town around the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. From 1253 on, the Naxi people of Lijiang developed    8    unique social system, customs and culture of their own. In the 18th century, the Qing Dynasty rulers carried out a policy of    9     (culture) interaction, and the Naxi people adopted the customs of the Tibetan peoples    10    Han peoples. Despite several earthquakes, most of the old town keeps its original structure.

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Cusco is a popular destination for     1     (tourist), because of its unique place in the history of South America. Cusco     2     (be) the capital city of the Inca Empire     3     was the most powerful in South America until the 1500s. There are two     4     (especial) interesting things to admire about the Inca     5     (civilize). The first is the roads and paths they built     6     (connect) their important cities. These Inca roads were made     7    of two north-south high ways and many small roads crossing the mountains east to west. The roads were for soldiers and their     8     (office). Second, the Incas built wonderful cities full of     9     (amaze) architecture-but there were no markets in these cities. One of     10     (interest) questions of history is how the Incas lived without shopping.

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Rising up in the countryside of Jiangxi Province, Mount Lushan was once one of the famous cultural     1     (center) of ancient China. In fact, its historical importance meant that it     2     (honor) as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996.

Located about 20 kilometres south of Jiujiang City, it runs eastwards to the Mufu Mountains. Dahanyang Peak, the highest peak of Mount Lushan,     3     (rise) 1, 474 metres above sea level. To the north, it offers    4     (impress) views of the Yangtze River, while to, the south it overlooks Poyang Lake.

As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, a well-known Taoist leader,     5     (name) Zhang Daoling travelled to the mountain. During the Jin Dynasty, the Donglin Temple was built on the mountain by a person called Huiyuan. From then on, many temples began coming up across the mountain, until there were over 300 of them.

However, Mount Lushan didn’t become truly famous until the Song Dynasty. During that time, it was rebuilt by Zhu Xi,    6    was the founder of Neo-Confucianism (理学). Due    7     his efforts, this place became one of the Four Great Academies of China. By the 19th century, it had become into an     8     (extreme) large place, with its own temples, study halls, and libraries. Overtime, countless writers and artists have sung the mountain’s praises,    9     (leave) over 900 works of art.

Nowadays, with its beautiful l views and famous temples, the mountain range is     10     popular tourist attraction.

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Yingge Dance, a traditional folk art     1     (combine) dancing, Chinese martial arts, and Chinese opera, is popular in the Chaoshan area of Guangdong province in South China. Yingge,     2     is written with the characters for “hero” and “song”, means heroic song in Chinese and Yingge dancers, as     3     (they) name implies, are the avatars of heroes. The dancers each hold a pair of short sticks and strike the sticks with force to create strong beats —     4     artistic display of masculinity. In 2006, the Puning Yingge Dance     5     (list) among the first batch of national intangible cultural heritages in China.

    6    , as young people move out of the villages, so are local folk arts gradually disappearing all around China. In Puning, Yingge is still danced during holidays such as the Lunar New Year and its performers are generally amateurs — farmers who have put down their tools and put on costumes. Some of the parts are passed     7     in the family, from father to son, and so far some villages     8     (start) giving performers a basic salary.

    9     (dress) in colorful clothes and wearing heavy makeup, ordinary villagers have created a song of cultural confidence. The     10     perform), a must-watch for the local people, graces the village square one more time.

7 . 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 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.

There is a famous old story along the old road. It is said that Roman soldiers travelled through central Asia. They started to live somewhere near the ancient Chinese village of Liqian. Sortie 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. How many kilometers did the Silk Road cover?

A．About 3000.

B．Nearly 6500.

C．Almost 2000.

D．Over 35,000.

2. Which of the following goods is not mentioned in the passage?

A．Silk.

B．Cloth.

C．Gold.

D．Tea.

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A．Valuable things could not be sold along the Silk Road.

B．The Silk Road allowed people from different countries to mix.

C．Ancient Chinese along the Silk Road maybe able to speak different languages.

D．The objects in the museum in Jiuquan in China are from all along the Silk Road.

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

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

8 . Where does the Thames go in the end?

A．The south of the country.

B．The North Sea.

C．The west of the country.

10 . 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。

Standing on the edge of the mountain, I’m above the Arctic Circle, where in summer the sun is     1     (bright) shining for 24 hours a day. Spreading out before me,     2     (branch) of the Rapa River flow through the valley below. Being in such a beautiful and wild place makes me feel blessed     3     (be) alive.