1 . 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。

A collection of tombs dating from the Han Dynasty to the Six Dynasties period were discovered in Wulong District of Southwest China’s Chongqing. The tomb dating back     1     the Western Han Dynasty was the most important among them, and more than 600 precious     2     (culture) relics such as lacquerware (漆器), wood ware, bamboo ware, pottery and bronze ware were unearthed from it. Due to     3     (fill) with water, the tomb remained undisturbed and unharmed, and the funerary objects were well-preserved.

What is exciting about this     4     (discover) is not just the large number of unearthed artifacts but also the list of burial items that indicate a precise record of burial,     5     has been verified as 193 BC,     6     (provide) clarity on the tomb’s date. A piece of unearthed jade ware shows the important position of the tomb owner. The list of burial items found in the tomb is complete and     7     (clear) records the name, quantity and size of the funerary objects.

The tomb     8     (contain) the largest quantity of lacquered wood and bamboo ware ever found at one time in the upper     9     (reach) of the Yangtze River. Based on publicly available information, it is also the earliest tomb of the Western Han Dynasty found in China with     10     clear recorded year.

5 . Like reading? Interested in Chinese classical novels? Have a look at the following four books which are we known to most Chinese as Four Masterpieces.

The Water Margin

The Water Margin, also known as All Men Are Brothers in Pearl Buck’s translation, Shui Hu Zhuan in Chinese, is along chapter novel with the Song Jiang Uprising in the late Northern Song Dynasty as the main background and type of heroic legend. It is an immortal (不朽的) novel and has inspired many storytellers. The author of the novel is generally regarded as Shi Nai’an (1296~1371).

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the first full-length historical romance novel in China. Its author is Luo Guan zhong (about 1330~1400), a famous novelist in the late Yuan Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty. Characters such as Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhuge Liang have become household names among the Chinese.

Journey to the West

Journey to the West is the first romantic chapter novel about gods and devils in ancient China. There are 100 copies of Journey to the Westin the existing Ming Publications without the author’s signature. Wu Yuxuan, a scholar of the Qing Dynasty, first proposed that the author of Journey to the West was Wu Cheng’en (1500~1582) of the Ming Dynasty.

The Dream of the Red Chamber

The Dream of the Red Chamber, also called The Story of the Stone, is said to be the greatest masterpiece of Chinese fiction. It is generally believed to be written by Cao Xueqin (about 1715~1763), a writer of the Qing Dynasty. With hundreds of persons and their stories, the story is very complex but also very interesting for its encyclopedic character(百科全书式的人物).

1. Which book should people read if they want to know something about the character Song Jiang?

A．The Water Margin.	B．Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
C．Journey to the West.	D．The Dream of the Red Chamber.

2. Who lived in the 16th century?

A．Shi Nai’an.

B．Luo Guanzhong.

C．Wu Cheng’en.

D．Cao Xueqin.

3. What column (专栏) in a magazine might the passage come from?

A．Health.

B．Literature.

C．Sports.

D．Science.

6 . 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。

For centuries London has been the center of the United Kingdom, but it was     1     (actual) an army outpost (前哨) nearly 2,000 years ago.

There     2     (be) more than six million Londoners at the very     3     (begin) of the 20th century. It was lucky     4     them that their hometown would become the largest and wealthiest city on the earth in the new century. However, wars     5     (fight) from World War Ⅰ to World War Ⅱ. Luckily, this city survived and their country became a country of “freedom and glory for mankind”, as Winston Churchill once said.

London, though badly ruined, remained a good choice for people     6     were looking for chances. In     7     1950s, a new wave of immigrants (移民) changed the face of the city. Millions of people went there in hope of     8     (find) better jobs and higher pay. Now, London is an international capital of commerce, an     9     (attract) tourist destination (目的地), a center of culture, and one of the most lively     10     (city) under the sun.

8 . Over the streets of Paris, France, rises the Eiffel Tower. An internationally recognized symbol of France and one of the most famous structures in the world, the Eiffel Tower was originally built as the entrance to the 1889 World’s Fair, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution.

More than 100 artists competed with plans for the monument, but the contract was given to Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, a bridge builder, architect, and metals expert who had already designed the framework for the Statue of Liberty. The final design required more than 18,000 pieces of iron and 2. 5 million rivets(铆钉) to construct. It took hundreds of workers more than 2 years to finish, and when it was completed in March of 1889,it was almost 1,000 feet high—more than twice the height of the pyramids at Giza—making it the tallest structure in the world at that time.

The tower was originally meant to be a temporary structure, and only stand for 20 years. Many of the people of Paris disliked the tower. They thought it was ugly, or that it was dangerous and might fall down. By the time the tower was supposed to be removed, however, people had realized that it was a valuable way to transmit wireless telegraph and radio signals, and city officials decided to keep it. It continues to be used for communications today, with more than 100 antennas(天线) on it.

The tower is completely repainted every seven years to protect it from rusting(生锈), using 60 tons of paint each time. Originally, the tower was reddish brown and the color was changed sometimes when it was repainted. These days it is painted a bronze color called “Eiffel Tower Brown”.

Today, the Eiffel Tower is the most popular paid attraction in the world, with about 7 million visitors each year. It has been the inspiration for replicas(复制品) and imitations around the world. No longer considered an eyesore, the Eiffel Tower is an icon of France and is inside the World Heritage Site that includes certain parts of Paris.

1. What was the purpose of building the Eiffel Tower?

A．To be an important symbol of the country.

B．To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution.

C．To be the exit to the 1889 World’s Fair.

D．To help France gain international recognition.

2. Why didn’t the Eiffel Tower become a temporary structure?

A．The people of Paris liked the beautiful tower very much.

B．It didn’t fall down after 20 years as it was originally designed.

C．City officials made it more beautiful and safer.

D．It was used for transmitting wireless telegraph and radio signals.

3. Which of the following about the Eiffel Tower is NOT true?

A．It was constructed with an amount of iron and rivets.

B．There are more than 100 antennas on it.

C．It is the most popular paid attraction in the world.

D．It is repainted every six years.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．An Icon of France	B．The Most Popular Attraction
C．The World Heritage Site	D．A Tower for Communication

9 . 2000 years ago, the most powerful army in the world belonged to the Romans. They conquered (占领) almost all of Europe, and parts of Asia and Africa. Life in the army was harsh. And many of the soldiers long for the comforts of home. They wanted to get married and set up families. The emperor whose name was ClaudiusⅡ, grew worried that his army was growing soft. And so he made a law that no soldier was allowed to get married.

By that time, many of the Romans were Christians (基督徒). And one of their leaders was a bishop, called Valentine. He believed that if a man and a woman fell in love with each other, they should get married. And so he decided to let soldiers get married in his church, even though it was against the law. The soldiers’ weddings were meant to be kept secret. But as you know, all secrets are hard to keep. And soon the word got out. Valentine was arrested and brought before the emperor who demanded that he stop helping soldiers to marry. When he refused, the emperor sentenced him to death.

While Valentine was in prison, the Jailer’s daughter used to bring him food. She was a young blind woman. She and Valentine used to spend long hours talking to each other. And soon they fell in love. One day, Valentine put his hand through the bars of the cell and touched the lids of her closed eyes. When she opened them again, she could see. It was a miracle. The love story didn’t continue. Unfortunately, Valentine’s execution was set for February 14th.

This took place in the year 270. And ever since, people have observed the day of February 14th called Valentine’s Day, in honor of this brave bishop.

1. Why couldn’t the soldiers get married?

A．Life in the army was full of difficulties.

B．The soldiers who got married will be punished.

C．The soldiers are not interested in marriage.

D．The emperor ClaudiusⅡ banned marriage.

2. Which of the following could Valentine agree with?

A．Soldiers shouldn’t get married in his church.

B．Two people who love each other should get married.

C．Soldiers shouldn’t get married secretly.

D．It is against social custom for soldiers to get married.

3. Why does Valentine’s Day fall on February 14th?

A．People want to get married on that day.

B．A bishop cured his beloved girl on that day.

C．Valentine’s birthday was on February 14th.

D．A bishop called Valentine was sentenced to death on the day.

4. In which part of a newspaper can you most probably read the text?

A．Geography.

B．Travelling.

C．Festival.

D．Life.

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，并填在答题卡的相应位置。

A book on China’ s war survivors    1    (release) capturing the tales from witnesses in World War II in 2015. Li Genzhi, the author of the book entitled “Wartime Civilian Workers in Tengchong”, said it is a race    2     time before they are all gone.

The book draws its interviews from Tengchong,    3     county-level city in southwest China’ s Yunnan Province, which was home to one of the    4    (bad) battlefields in the Chinese People’ s War of Resistance Against   Japanese Aggression seventy years ago.

The book tells stories of civilians     5    voluntarily transported rice and other supplies along a dangerous mountain path for the Chinese Expeditionary Force (中国远征军) in 1944 as    6    planned to reclaim the China-Myanmar border town     7     (occupy)by invading Japanese troops during the war.     8    (continue) rain made it impossible    9    (deliver) food to the Chinese troops by air. So almost 30,000 local people, mostly women,     10     (old) and children, served as porters and took around 300, 000 kilograms of rice from a village on the other side of the mountain, which is 3,000 meters high.