1 . The Biggest Stadiums in the World

People have been pouring into stadiums since the days of ancient Greece. In around 80 A.D., the Romans built the Colosseum, which remains the world’s best known stadium and continues to inform contemporary design. Rome’s Colosseum was 157 feet tall and had 80 entrances, seating 50,000 people. However, that was small fry compared with the city’s Circus Maximus, which accommodated around 250,000 people.

These days, safety regulations-not to mention the modern sports fan’s desire for a good view and comfortable seat — tend to keep stadium capacities (容量) slightly lower. Even soccer fans tend to have a seat each; gone are the days of thousands standing to watch the match.

For the biggest stadiums in the world, we have used data supplied by the World Atlas list so far, which ranks them by their stated permanent capacity, as well as updated information from official stadium websites.

All these stadiums are still functional, still open and still hosting the biggest events in world sport.

·Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, Pyongyang D.P.R. Korea. Capacity: 150,000. Opened: May 1,1989.

·Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U. S. Capacity: 107,601. Opened: October 1, 1927.

·Beaver Stadium, State College, Pennsylvania, U. S. Capacity: 106,572. Opened: September 17, 1960.

·Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, U. S. Capacity: 104,944. Opened: October 7,1922.

·Kyle Field, College Station, Texas, U. S. Capacity: 102,512. Opened: September 24, 1927.

1. How many people could the Circus Maximus hold?

A．104,944.

B．107,601.

C．About 150,000.

D．About 250,000.

2. Of the following stadiums, which is the oldest?

A．Michigan Stadium.

B．Beaver Stadium.

C．Ohio Stadium.

D．Kyle Field.

3. What do the listed stadiums have in common?

A．They host big games.	B．They have become tourist attractions.
C．They were built by Americans.	D．They are favored by architects.

2 . 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。

It doesn’t impress like George Washington’s plantation on the Potomac, but Lincoln’s home in downtown Springfield, Illinois,     1     （prove）irresistible to visitors since it opened to the public. Beautifully restored（修复）to its 1860 appearance, the house was Abraham and Mary Lincoln’s home for 17 years. In 1844 they bought it     2     $1,200 and some land from Charles Dresser, who performed their     3     （marry）ceremony in 1842.

When the house was built, it was much     4     （small）than it is today. Mary’s niece wrote, “The little home     5     （paint）white.” It was sweet and fresh. Mary loved it. She was extremely pretty, and her house was a reflection of     6     （she）, everything in good taste and in perfect order.

Although Mary loved flowers,     7     she nor her husband was known as a gardener. A long- time neighbor said they never planted trees and only kept a garden for one year. Mary’s sister, Frances Todd Wallace, often came over     8     （plant）flowers in the front yard.

    9     Lincolns enlarged the house to a full two-story in 1856 to meet the needs of their growing family. Three of the four Lincoln sons were born here. After Lincoln was elected President of the US in 1861, they rented the house and     10     （sell）most of their furniture.

3 . 语法填空

The Jingshan Park    1     (locate) in Jingshan Front St. Xicheng District, Beijing. On Beijing’s Central Axis(中轴线) in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it is the imperial（帝国的） garden of the two dynasties. Many people may not know Jingshan is not a     2     (nature) mountain. So why did it appear on the Beijing Central Axis complex? And how did it come into being? It used to be part of the course of the Yongding River. Chinese ancestors     3     (use) the method of digging-a-lake-&-building-a-mountain. Since the Liao Dynasty, it     4     (pile) up for more than 700 years, then the scale of the mountain gradually formed. During the Yuan Dynasty, Jingshan was at the center, and an imperial palace was built to the south of it,     5     the Drum Tower was built to the north. Therefore, Jingshan not only became the benchmark of urban planning at that time,     6     formed a similar urban spatial pattern with Jingshan at the center. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, the imperial court greatly expanded Jingshan, while also building a pavilion on each of the five peaks. Among the five pavilions(亭阁), the Wanchun Pavilion located on    7     top of the hill and on the central axis, with a relative height of 45.7 meters, is the     8     (high) and best scenic look-out on Beijing’s north-south Central Axis.     9     (look) south from here, you can see roofs of the Forbidden City are golden yellow. Jingshan is a creation of wisdom of the ancestors. It makes use of the waste brick and soil, and     10     (clever) accumulates them into the brightest pearl in the center of Beijing in the Ming Dynasty. It not only makes up for the single layout of the Central Axis complex, but also makes Beijing even more magnificent!

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

In recent months, the China Grand Canal Museum in Yangzhou, which exhibits the history and culture of the Grand Canal,     1     (attract) a great number of visitors. Each day, the museum provides 15, 000 tickets     2     visitors to book in advance. They usually sell out on weekends, making the museum     3     popular landmark in East China.

It takes only 20 minutes     4     (get) to the museum by taxi from the Yangzhoudong Railway Station. “My passion     5     (arouse) by those passengers, so I took my children to the museum too. I never knew why it had such great charm     6     I got there.”

The museum,     7     appearance resembles a giant ship, covers 80,000 square meters and houses 14 exhibition halls. While telling its story, the museum puts an     8     (emphasize) on improving visitors’ experience. Young people can take part in a live-action role-play game designed by the museum, transporting them back to the Ming Dynasty, and     9     (immerse) them in an amazing world. “It is     10     (true) a very meaningful experience,” said a visitor surnamed Chen.

5 . The rapid and uncontrolled expansion of today’s cities is causing anxiety not only among urban planners and architects, but also experts in the field of public health. They are alarmed that the disorder of the urban expansion is robbing the population of its basic health and well-being through environmental pollution, inadequate housing and the increasing numbers of neighbors who do not know neighbors.

Beijing, a city of over 21 million residents, is an example of this social isolation. Until the early 1980s, the Chinese capital, was constructed as quantities of Siheyuan. This open structure greatly strengthened contact between neighbors, encouraged the sharing of resources, and formed close relations between families. Because of these characteristics, these structures were described as “collections of small rural villages”. Until the mid-1980s, only a few skyscrapers disrupted the harmony of the landscape. Today Beijing has the look and feel of a modern city, where these “small rural villages” have been replaced by towering skyscrapers. This striking change is not limited to outer structures; it has also dramatically changed the closeness of human relations.

Physical isolation has destroyed the local sense of solidarity (团结), and contributed to the destruction of what were once united family groups. As the distance between home and the workplace has also increased considerably, workers now find themselves devoting what was once valuable family time to exhausting commutes in overcrowded buses or subways.

The disordered growth of today’s cities can no longer be ignored. The great challenge is how to improve the quality of urban life by ensuring harmonious growth. Skyscrapers should not be the only view people can see in a city. Old-fashioned but unique architecture reflects history, character — even the culture of a city. Cities should learn from the experiences of other cities with similar characteristics. This effort requires not only the participation of urban planners but public health and environmental experts, politicians, and fundamentally, the communities themselves.

1. What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A．People in the city don’t know their neighbors.

B．Experts are concerned about housing problems.

C．Cities’ disordered development has caused problems.

D．Environmental pollution is harmful to people’s basic health.

2. What can we learn about Beijing at present?

A．People in Beijing become isolated.

B．Siheyuan in Beijing becomes precious.

C．The outer structure of Beijing becomes messy.

D．Skyscrapers make Beijing become international.

3. What does isolation in physical space probably lead to?

A．Loss the citizens’ sense of responsibility.

B．People’s freedom to enjoy the leisure time.

C．Reconstruction of the united family groups.

D．Workers being worn out on the way to work.

4. Which statement will the author probably agree with?

A．Cities should completely follow the pattern of other cities.

B．The development of a city is at the expense of its elegance.

C．Old-fashioned architectures and skyscrapers can coexist in a city.

D．Communities play the most important role in harmonious growth of cities.

6 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is special about the farm?

A．It produces traditional clothes.

B．It lies in the American countryside.

C．It shows country life in the late 19th century.

2. What does the speaker advise people to do?

A．Wear sports shoes.

B．Try using the tools.

C．Experience farm work.

3. What can children do on the farm?

A．Admire special clothes.

B．Walk dogs.

C．See farm animals.

4. What is the purpose of the talk?

A．To welcome new staff.

B．To explain some rules.

C．To attract more visitors.

7 . Many people may not find the idea of visiting Beijing's Forbidden City just to see its cultural relics(遗迹)very exciting. But what if you got to see deer there too? That certainly sounds like a better day out.

Nine deer were introduced into the Forbidden City, also known as the Palace Museum, on Sept. 26 and would make it their home until February. The beautiful animals are part of an exhibition on deer-related relics, including furniture, clothes and artworks. In ancient China, deer patterns(图案)could be seen on lots of items since lu—deer—were considered to be a lucky animal because the Chinese word shares the pronunciation(发音)of the character that means “official salary(俸禄)”.

The deer in the Palace Museum are not only to be part of the exhibition, but also to act as ambassadors(大使)to attract visitors. “It’s a better way to bring cultural relics closer to the people,”explained Wang Yamin, a deputy director at the Museum, according to ChinaDaily.

Turning itself into a zoo is the latest effort that the museum has made at introducing academic(学术的)art to ordinary people.

In 2014, for example, the museum’s online store started to offer products such as T-shirts featuring the pattern of an emperor's coat, and earphones looking like the necklaces worn by ancient officials. These products soon gained popularity on social media because they allowed people to wear a piece of history.

Two years later, the TV series MastersintheForbiddenCity(《我在故宫修文物》)lifted the mysterious veil(面纱)on the experts who work in the museum—people whose job is to repair the relics within it. And while many of us may have imagined these workers to be old and boring, they're actually quite young and interesting. Some are even in their 20s. They lead a peaceful career, although it can sometimes be dull. Workers aren't allowed to wear any make-up or do their nails(指甲)because the chemicals(化学物质)may damage the relics they're working on, for example.

Little by little, the Palace Museum is shaking off the stereotypes(刻板印象)of being an old-fashioned academic institution. As Shan Jixiang, the museum’s director, once said, “Academic research is not alien from the public’s interest. We’d like to make visiting the museum a part of people's daily lives. ”

It looks like the Forbidden City isn’t so forbidden after all.

1. What can be concluded about the deer in the Forbidden City?

A．They would stay in the museum for a whole year.

B．They are part of an exhibition as lucky animals.

C．They have been introduced to help attract visitors.

D．They were brought to the museum for an artwork study.

2. Why did the online store's products become so popular?

A．They were cheap and of high quality.

B．They combined culture with everyday items.

C．They featured mysterious patterns.

D．They were advertised on social media a lot.

3. According to MastersintheForbiddenCity, experts working in the museum________.

A．think their job is boring	B．are mostly old but experienced
C．must be careful with their work	D．enjoy working on their own

4. What's the article mainly about?

A．An interesting exhibition on animal-related relics.

B．Popular products related to ancient Chinese culture.

C．What the Palace Museum does to protect cultural relics.

D．The Palace Museum’s efforts to change its image.

8 . 阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The most special room in our house is the kitchen. When I open the door,     1     is the first thing I notice? The smell of cooking and the noise! You can often hear people talking or laughing, and the sound     2     pots and pans, because usually someone     3     (prepare) food! I always feel comfortable and at home in the kitchen it’s     4     center of family life.

In the middle of the kitchen     5     (be) my favorite piece of furniture - a long wooden table. It looks old and worn, but it’s the place where people sit and work or talk. It     6     (use) for special occasions like my grandma’s birthday,     7     we all sit around the table. It’s also used for everyday     8     (activity), like my brother’s homework. The table is always messy because everyone leaves their things on it. There are house keys, schoolbooks as well as letters     9     (mail).

In short, the kitchen is my favorite room because it’s full of life. It’s the     10     (noisy) place in the house, and I like it that way. It’s the room where I feel most comfortable and happy. And that’s why I love it.

9 . The Pacific Northwest is undoubtedly the best region for such an outdoor activity. The nature in these states is just amazing. From waterfalls to thick woods, this region is the best place for the nature lovers.

Toketee Falls

The Toketee Falls is just breathtaking. We are sure you have seen the falls on the Internet and you have fallen in love with this wonder. However, coming to the actual place will be an unforgettable experience. This is a perfect place for families, especially kids.

Carroll Rim Trail

The Pacific Northwest does not offer forests only. The Carroll Rim Trail in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon is one of the driest places in the region. But the place is equally amazing. By visiting the Carroll Rim Trail you will see the best sunsets ever, so be sure not to miss this place.

Oneonta Gorge

Oneonta Gorge is probably one of the most beautiful places in Oregon. This place provides hiking in shallow water while enjoying the incredible view of rocks covered with moss (苔藓) . It is recommended that this place should be visited in summer, since during this period the water level is the lowest. Walking in shallow cold water definitely pays off once you reach the Oneonta Gorge.

Mount Storm King

The Mount Storm King in Washington is one of the most visited places in the state. The incredible views of the mountains and the water provide a wonderful show for the nature lovers. The trail has an elevation ( 海拔) of 2, 300 feet, which means you have to come prepared. The difficult hiking is worth once you see the surroundings.

Keep this list in mind. Once you decide to see this region, you don’t want to miss these geographical features. We are sure you will regret not enjoying the wonders and the beauty of the nature.

1. Which place should a couple with 3 kids choose?

A．Toketee Falls.	B．Carroll Rim Trail.
C．Oneonta Gorge.	D．Mount Storm King.

2. What is special about Carroll Rim Trail among the 4 destinations?

A．It is the highest.

B．The falls here are wonderful.

C．The rocks are covered with moss.

D．It is the only place where you can’t play with water.

3. Which kind of people might visit Mount Storm King?

A．Those who dislike making plan.	B．Those who want to enjoy sunset.
C．Those who enjoy staying with kids.	D．Those who are tough and in good condition.

10 . Why does the woman's husband prefer to live in the city center of Dalian?

A．To experience the peace of nature.

B．To enjoy the convenience of life.

C．To avoid unnecessary expenses.