1 . The history of the school bus can date back to 1886 when the Wayne Works company made horse-drawn carriages (四轮马车) known as “ school wagons” or “kid hacks” in Indiana.
In the early 1900s, the car industry was beginning to develop fast.
In 1927, a man built the first bus that primarily used steel. Before long, Wayne Works introduced the first all-steel school bus body with safety glass windows.
Many new national standards were created, determining everything from seating designs to the famous yellow color that school buses still sport today. The reason why the color was chosen was simple.
A.Horses were easy to control. |
B.Not all chose to paint their buses yellow. |
C.Yellow is quite eye-catching to human beings. |
D.Before then, many children simply walked to school. |
E.Now, school buses have had many more improvements. |
F.Still, parents were increasingly concerned for children’s safety. |
G.This gave Wayne Works a great opportunity to improve its carriages. |
In China, 2024 is the Year of the Dragon, or “loong,” as is known in Chinese. This creature appears on many cultural artifacts
Unlike Western dragons,
For thousands of years, the Chinese have respected the loong,
At a historical site in Liaoning Province, a stone sculpture of a loong was discovered in 1994.
Paper-making is a reflection of ancient Chinese wisdom,
The
With the growing popularity of Xuan paper in recent years, the industry has expanded
Counted among the “Ten Great Chinese Paintings”, the famous historical scroll painting “Emperor Taizong Receiving the Tibetan Envoy (使团)”, created by renowned painter Yan Liben (601—673),
In the
Princess Wencheng brought not only Tang Dynasty customs and practices, but also a large group of
In addition to well-known artworks such as this painting, the exhibition also featured a large number of cultural relics
The exhibition showcased
The ancient Olympic Games began in the year 776 BCE.
Chinese athletes have also made important
6 . In 1968 a grave dating from about 1100 was uncovered near Hattula, in Finland, Little remained of the occupant’s skeleton, but the inhumation included two swords and a knife. Such grave goods would normally suggest said occupant was a man. The skeleton was,
This would be noteworthy enough. But a re-examination of the remains, just published in the European Journal of Archaeology by Ulla Moilanen of the University of Turku and Elina Salmela of the University of Helsinki, suggests the truth may be yet more
In 1968 working out the
Most people have two sex chromosomes (染色体): XX in women and XY in men. Find DNA from a Y-chromosome in a skeleton and the chances are the body was
Having an abnormal number of sex chromosomes is rare, but not vanishingly so. The particular
While Dr Salmela was working all this out, Ms. Moilanen and her team had another look at the grave. They confirmed that it was a
A.therefore | B.what’s more | C.nevertheless | D.for instance |
A.intensified | B.confirmed | C.dismissed | D.encouraged |
A.complicated | B.engaging | C.unpleasant | D.frightening |
A.in question | B.at large | C.by comparison | D.with doubt |
A.composition | B.age | C.sex | D.origin |
A.distinct | B.unidentified | C.alike | D.broken |
A.female | B.old | C.young | D.male |
A.cooperation | B.authority | C.institute | D.adventure |
A.restored | B.extra | C.missing | D.dominant |
A.requirement | B.interest | C.combination | D.emphasis |
A.inspirations | B.lessons | C.inferences | D.comparisons |
A.eliminate | B.monitor | C.imitate | D.generate |
A.rejected | B.concluded | C.recalled | D.confessed |
A.high-status | B.secret | C.religious | D.peaceful |
A.conclusion | B.evidence | C.respect | D.solution |
With a history of more than 2,000 years, the Silk Route dates back to Han dynasty. Through this route, the Chinese highly qualified silk made
Throughout all these years, many great figures have made significant
8 . Thatbyinnyu (达宾纽佛塔) is the tallest pagoda in Bagan, with seven storeys and a history of over 800 years. Over the course of hundreds of years, it has been
A team of
The rainy season is approaching. Two days ago, the roof of the pagoda began to
Once the rainy season is over, China’s
A.protected | B.restored | C.weathered | D.recognized |
A.damage | B.length | C.abuse | D.facilitation |
A.flood | B.drought | C.eruption | D.earthquake |
A.revision | B.restoration | C.review | D.redesign |
A.rainy | B.windy | C.snowy | D.dry |
A.painting | B.stimulating | C.repairing | D.composing |
A.machine | B.crane | C.equipment | D.hand |
A.passion | B.patience | C.inspiration | D.refreshment |
A.leak | B.crack | C.collapse | D.break |
A.copy | B.seal | C.narrow | D.examine |
A.big | B.tiny | C.cheap | D.local |
A.shape | B.formation | C.performance | D.design |
A.beyond | B.before | C.behind | D.after |
A.application | B.appreciation | C.assistance | D.appointment |
A.informally | B.initially | C.primarily | D.officially |
In 432 B.C., as the cities of Athens and Sparta
In the history Of Greece, the ancient Greek historian Thucydides, who fell victim to the disease and survived, wrote that “people in good health were attacked
Months later, the disease finally became less intense and for a brief period the Athenians were relieved, but it would strike twice more, forcing Athens to yield to Sparta in 404 BCE and ending Athens’ rule in ancient Greece. The history of mankind
More than 500 pieces of relics
Tang Fei, chief of the Research Institute, said, “The new discoveries demonstrate once again that the imagination and
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