In ancient times, silk from China found its way overland to India, the Middle East and Rome, along what became known as the Silk Road. A trading route across the sea was also
Later, the Ming Dynasty further
2 . 听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。
1. How old are the paintings?A.About 500 years old. | B.About 1,000 years old. | C.About 17,000 years old. |
A.A professor. | B.A tour guide. | C.A painter. |
A.In a cave. | B.In a hotel. | C.In a college. |
3 . 语法填空
Some inventions happen in strange ways. The potato chip is one of them.
Moon’s Lake House was
The one thing that really upset Crum was
On August 24, 1853, a customer returned his fried potatoes to the kitchen,
Now, do you know
Today, potato chips are one of Americans’
Among the many arts in China are the performing arts. Like paintings, sculptures, carvings and other physical arts, the performing arts in China have a long history. The performing arts range from martial arts like kung fu
The performing arts in China date back to ancient times
The performing arts
Chinese art has
5 . 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。
Gan De was an ancient Chinese astronomer born in the State of Qi. Along with Shi Shen, he is believed to be the first
Gan De may have been the first to describe one of the
Gan was one of the earliest practitioners of Chinese astronomy. As the earliest attempt
1. How old are the paintings?
A.About 500 years old. | B.About 1,000 years old. | C.About 17,000 years old. |
A.A professor. | B.A tour guide. | C.A painter. |
A.In a cave. | B.In a hotel. | C.In a college. |
7 . Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were two young men from Germany who loved a good story. As university students, they became interested in folktales-traditional stories that people memorized and told again and again. They began to collect traditional folktales from storytellers a over Germany in order to record old German poems and to preserve history. Many were similar to stories told in France, Italy, Japan, and other countries. Between 1812 and 1814, the brothers published two books in German. The collections became known in English as Grimm’s Fairy Tales. It includes some 200 stories, most of which were adopted from oral sources. The best-known tales include “Snow White,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” and “Sleeping Beauty”.
The Grimm brothers’ tales reflected traditional life and beliefs. For example, forests are common in Germany, and this image often appears in the Grimms’ stories. In the past, many people believed forests were dangerous places. In the Grimms’ stories, a forest is the home of evil witches (女巫), talking animals, and other magical beings.
Although most people today think of these stories as fairy tales for children, the brothers first wrote them mainly for adults. Many of their early tales were dark and a little scary. Later, the brothers changed the text of some of the original stories. They “softened” many of the tales and added drawings. Ims made them more appropriate for children. Like the early tales, though, each story still has a moral (道德准则): work hard, be good, and listen to your parents.
The Grimms believed that the most natural and pure forms of culture were based in language and history. Their work influenced other collectors, both inspiring them to collect tales and leading them to similarly believe that the fairy tales of a country were particularly typical of it.
1. What can we know about the Grimm brothers’ tales according to the text?A.They were originally intended for children. |
B.They were rewritten to be brighten and less frightening. |
C.They were collected from stories around the world. |
D.They were taken from written books of storytellers. |
A.Traditional life and beliefs. | B.German language and history. |
C.Magical forests and animals. | D.Famous people and stories. |
A.A museum guidebook. | B.A social report. |
C.A book review. | D.A culture magazine. |
The silk industry in Sichuan is one of the original points of Chinese silk culture. Sichuan brocade (蜀锦) originated from the Spring and Autumn period, and fully developed in the Han and Tang
Sichuan brocade is one of China’s four most famous branches of brocade, the others
Silk
The earliest Chinese kites
The method of making a kite can be divided into three parts. Firstly, use thin bamboo strips (条)
Although the basic method remains the same, styles of kite making are presented
10 . Following Cook’s death in 1779, the Endeavour journal of James Cook is thought to have been held by his wife Elizabeth. There is no record of the journal’s movements following Elizabeth Cook’s death in 1835 until its appearance in 1923 when it was offered at auction (拍卖) by its owners the Bolckow family of Yorkshire. The family were unable to explain how they came to hold the journal. It had apparently been in the family’s library ‘for over fifty years, having been purchased by the late Bolckow’s uncle, but from whom and in what circumstances is unknown’.
On 21 March 1923 the Australian government purchased the Endeavour journal for £5000 for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library.
The Mitchell Library, Sydney, had been chasing the journal since its discovery with the Bolckow family in 1922 before the auction, and had approached the Commonwealth Government for a financial contribution towards the purchase. Though Interim (临时的) Commonwealth Parliamentary Librarian Arthur Wadsworth had guaranteed the Mitchell that there would be no competition for the item, Kenneth Binns (to be Wadsworth’s successor) felt that the Endeavour journal was more suited to remain within the nation’s library.
Binns put forward an eventually persuasive argument that the Commonwealth could not finance the Mitchell, ‘which was, after all, a private institution’. Prime Minister Bruce telegraphed the officer in London to instruct the Mitchell Library’s Chief Librarian, already in England anticipating the auction, to bid on behalf of the Commonwealth. The Mitchell Library accepted upon the understanding that it would be the keeper of the journal until such time that the Commonwealth Government had a suitable storing place, a National Library.
Upon arrival in Australia the journal was exhibited in Queens Hall, Melbourne, for a month after which it was taken to the Mitchell Library which held it for four years, before it was removed to Canberra.
1. Who owned the Endeavour journal of James Cook at last ?A.James Cook. | B.Elizabeth Cook. |
C.The Bolckow family of Yorkshire. | D.The Australian government. |
A.Melbourne . | B.The Mitchell Library. |
C.The Commonwealth Government. | D.Canberra. |
A.Cook’s wife Elizabeth passed on the Endeavour journal to the Blockow family. |
B.The Endeavour journal was on show in Melbourne before being taken to Sydney. |
C.The Mitchell Library bought the Endeavour journal at its own expense. |
D.The National Library of Australia is in Melbourne. |
A.How the Endeavour journal came to the National Library of Australia. |
B.How the Endeavour journey came to the Mitchell Library of Sydney. |
C.How the Endeavour journey came to the Bolckow family of Yorkshire. |
D.How important the Endeavour journey is to Australian. |