1 . Canada is a very large country. It is the second largest country in the world. By contrast (相比较) it has a very small population. There are only about 29 million people there. Most Canadians are of British or French origin, and French is an official language of Canada as well as English. About 45% of the people are of British origin, that is, they or their parents or grandparents, etc, come from British. Nearly 30% are of French origin. Most of the French-Canadians live in the province of Quebec.
Over the years, people have come to live in Canada from many countries in the world. They are from most European countries and also from China, besides other Asian countries. However, Canada was not an empty country when the Europeans began to arrive. Canadian-Indians lived along the coast, by the rivers and lakes and in forests. Today, there are only about 350,000 Indians in the whole country, with their own languages. In the far north live the Inuits (因努伊特人). There are only 27,000 Canadian-Inuits. Their life is hard in such a difficult climate.
1. About ______ live in Quebec.| A．30% of the French-Canadians | B．45% of the Canadians |
| C．29,000,000 people | D．8,700,000 French-Canadians |
| A．Chinese and Inuits | B．French and English |
| C．Indian and French | D．English and Chinese |
| A．血统 | B．后裔 | C．先驱 | D．起源 |
| A．England | B．China and some other Asian countries |
| C．France | D．some other countries except France and Britain |
| A．45% | B．30% | C．1.2% | D．0.09% |
Terracotta Army it is amazing sight in Xi’an. There are more than 8, 000 statues
3 . For archaeologists (考古学家) in Israel, eight prehistoric ostrich (鸵鸟) eggs-thought to be between 4,000 and 7,500 years old-proved as valuable as treasure when they were dis-covered near an ancient fire pit in the Negev, a desert region in the south of the country.
They were discovered during an archaeological excavation (挖掘) in the agricultural fields of Be’er Milka, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced on Thursday. The eggs’ location suggests that they were collected by the prehistoric (史前的) desert nomads (游牧民) who used the campsite, according to a press release from IAA, and further lab analysis will provide more information about their uses and ages. Although the nomads did not build permanent structures at this site, the finding allows us to feel their presence in the desert. The campsites were covered by sand, keeping the eggs exceptionally well-preserved.
Ostriches were common in the region until they became extinct in the wild during the 19th century. Their eggs were beautifully decorated and were prized items during the Bronze and Iron Ages (青铜和铁器时代). As well as being used as decorative items, ostrich eggs were also used as a source of food. One ostrich egg has the nutritional value of about 25 normal chicken eggs.
While ostrich eggs are not uncommon in excavations, the bones of the large bird are not found. This may indicate that in the ancient world, people avoided dealing with the ostrich and were content with collecting their eggs.
1. What did archaeologists find in Israel?| A．Ostriches. | B．Burnt tools. | C．Ostrich eggs. | D．The bones of ostriches. |
| A．The trees. | B．The fire pit. | C．The campsites. | D．The sand. |
| A．To provide shelter for them. |
| B．To protect agricultural fields. |
| C．To get food or decorations. |
| D．To do some research on them. |
| A．Ostrich eggs have high nutritional value. |
| B．Ostriches were found near an ancient fire pit. |
| C．People tended to hunt ostriches as food sources. |
| D．Ostriches were common in Israel in the 20th century. |
Many people are confused about the
In the 16th century, the nearby country of Wales
Even though the four countries which
Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet. With strong support from the government and the
6 . For late 19th-century North Americans and Europeans, a display of tableware (餐具)could reveal much about someone’s social position, as the wealthy took great care to get different kinds of forks for everything. Before the 18th century, people of all classes usually ate with a knife and a spoon.
The fork’s path to the table was hard-won and slow. In ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, forks were used for slicing food into pieces or lifting meat from a pot or fire.
Following a reduction in size, the fork appeared to have entered dining areas in the courts of the Middle East and Byzantine Empire by the eighth and ninth centuries, and became common among wealthy families there by the tenth century. Early in the 11th century, it appeared in various pieces of European art. In the late 11th century, St.Peter Damian from Ostia wrote about a Byzantine princess who used forks and regarded her dying of a disease as punishment for such “luxury”.
The fork’s slow conquest of Europe was carried out from Italy. Motivated by the same concerns for hygiene(卫生)，forks were bought by wealthy Britons，inspired by Queen Victoria, who regarded fork use as a sign of good manners.
The fork’s introduction to North America dates back to 1633, when John Winthrop, a founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, was gifted a set of forks. The Industrial Revolution strengthened the fork’s presence on dining room tables as production of flatware became less expensive. Writing in 1896 inSocial Eriquere，Maud C. Cooke declared the fork had finally conquered the knife in America and “any attempt to give the knife importance at table is looked upon as an offense(冒犯)against good taste.”
1. What can we learn about forks from paragraph1?| A．They were used improperly in the 18th century. |
| B．They had many different types in the 19th century. |
| C．They were popular in Europe before the 18th century. |
| D．They led to North American’s rise in social position. |
| A．To eat food. | B．To decorate tables. |
| C．To cut food. | D．To create works of art. |
| A．St.Peter Damian. | B．Thomas Coryate. |
| C．Queen Victoria | D．Maud C.Cooke. |
| A．The appearance of flatware |
| B．The start of the Industrial Revolution. |
| C．John Winthrop receiving forks as presents. |
| D．Maud C.Cooke writing Social Etiquette. |
A strong earthquake hit Tangshan, China on 28 July, 1976. The deadly quake broke out at 3:42 a.m.,
Soon after the quake, 150,000 soldiers
Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its
8 . Doubling as educational centers and conservation centers, museums play an important role in the protection of
Today, many museums are among the most visited
The word museum
Earliest museums were private collections and were only accessible to a narrow circle of people. They displayed
In 1683, an Englishman named Elias Ashmole donated the contents of his wonder room to Oxford University, forming the
Today, the importance of public institutions is stronger than ever before.
| A．tourism | B．architecture | C．religion | D．culture |
| A．form | B．vary | C．respond | D．improve |
| A．sites | B．states | C．palaces | D．entrances |
| A．critically | B．roughly | C．barely | D．slightly |
| A．escapes | B．benefits | C．originates | D．differs |
| A．newly-built | B．knowledge-based | C．carefully-chosen | D．theory-guided |
| A．common | B．familiar | C．similar | D．rare |
| A．cared about | B．served as | C．referred to | D．relied on |
| A．basis | B．structure | C．destination | D．position |
| A．raise | B．train | C．admire | D．educate |
| A．special | B．scientific | C．private | D．regular |
| A．featured | B．indicated | C．celebrated | D．inspired |
| A．Opposite to | B．Instead of | C．In addition to | D．Thanks to |
| A．digitize | B．industrialize | C．organize | D．localize |
| A．introduce | B．engage | C．identify | D．select |
Hanfu is the
According to legend, it
The ancient Hanfu culture is an important part of the ancient traditional culture,
Nowadays, Hanfu is
10 . Baron Pierre de Coubertin was a Frenchman. At his time sports were not taught in French schools. De Coubertin believed that sports should go hand in hand with studies. He had an idea. His idea was to begin the Olympics all over again.
Sports teachers of other countries liked de Coubertion’s ideas. So in 1896, the modern Olympic Games were held in Athens（雅典）, Greece. Since then the Olympics have been held once every four years, except three times, when there were wars.
Before the start of the Olympic Games, runners carry lighted torch（火炬）through many nations towards the stadium（运动场）where the games will be held. These sportsmen are from different countries. Yet they work together to carry the Olympic torch. It is passed from runner to runner. When the last runner enters the stadium, he or she places the torch in a special（专门的）basin filled with oil. It catches fire. It is then, only then, that the Olympic Games can begin.
The Olympic flame（火焰）burns throughout the games. It is the flame of peace.
1. Before 1896 French schools didn’t teach_____ .| A．maths | B．history |
| C．sports | D．physics |
| A．was the first man to start the Olympic Games |
| B．helped start the modern Olympic Games |
| C．believed that sports were less important than studies |
| D．failed to begin the modern Olympic Games |
| A．1915 | B．1924 |
| C．1896 | D．1904 |
| A．a foot race | B．a jumping contest（比赛） |
| C．field sports | D．a boxing（拳击）match |
