1 . History has some very special and influential qualities about it. It is a _______ of what has happened in the past, and the really interesting thing is that much of history has repeated itself time and again. It allows us to learn from the past, both the _______ made and the successes achieved.

One of the _______ of history is that it allows us to know how famous people _______ when they were faced with challenges in their life. _______ these challenges happened at a certain time in the past or in a different country or culture, all of them can teach us something _______.

Take the story of Thomas Edison and how many times he _______ while on the road to finally inventing the light bulb, for example. He could be held up as an example of a person who _______ stopped trying. I am sure he was _______ by those difficulties but he did not let them stop him. He had a ________ and he just kept trying until he reached success.

Or, think about the story of Abraham Lincoln who ________ to become President of the United States even though he suffered personal losses. Most of us only know about his success. In fact, his life was notan easy one. His story makes us keep moving forward no matter what ________ we have in life.

These true history stories will make you stop to reconsider ________ or going after your dreams even though you may not think you have the courage or the ________ for now to get what you have always wanted. They could help you make decisions and ________ when you have no idea what to do. They could inspire you to be all that you can be.

1.

A．note

B．record

C．chance

D．belief

2.

A．mistakes

B．jokes

C．agreements

D．challenges

3.

A．events

B．periods

C．problems

D．advantages

4.

A．studied

B．reacted

C．competed

D．explored

5.

A．Although

B．Because

C．Unless

D．Whether

6.

A．clear

B．subsequent

C．special

D．useful

7.

A．failed

B．watched

C．escaped

D．travelled

8.

A．also

B．often

C．still

D．never

9.

A．shocked

B．beaten

C．discouraged

D．controlled

10.

A．job

B．dream

C．duty

D．power

11.

A．happened

B．prepared

C．pretended

D．managed

12.

A．directions

B．improvements

C．permissions

D．difficulties

13.

A．passing by

B．giving up

C．setting off

D．calming down

14.

A．ability

B．habit

C．goal

D．choice

15.

A．introductions

B．conversations

C．judgements

D．impressions

2 . The Double Seventh Festival, also known as the Qixi Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival. Here is a beautiful story _______ it.

Long，long ago, there was a young man named Niulang(Cowherd), One day, he_______a   beautiful girl- Zhinu( Weaver girl)， the Goddess s seventh daughter. She had just run away from the_______ heaven(天国) to look for fun on Earth. Zhini soon_______Niulang, and they got married without telling the Goddess. Niulang worked in the field and Zhinu wove(织布) at home. They_______a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. Unluckily, the Goddess soon found out the fact and_______ Zhinii to return to heaven. After Zhini left， Niulang was _______upset. With the help of his magic cow,Niulang flew to heaven with his children to look for his wife. The Goddess discovered this and was very_______Taking out her hairpin(发簪), the Goddess created a wide river in the sky to separate(分开) the two_______. From then on, Niulang and Zhini had to live________ on the two sides of the river. However,their true love________ all the magpies(喜鹊) in the world, ________once a year tens of thousands of   magpies would fly up to heaven to make a bridge- the bridge of magpies for the couple to meet each other. At last, the Goddess allowed ________ to meet each   other on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month. That's________the Double Seventh Festival started. Today,   it is a great________for Chinese young people to express their love.

1.

A．through

B．behind

C．with

D．after

2.

A．met

B．told

C．thanked

D．missed

3.

A．boring

B．interesting

C．same

D．different

4.

A．looked forward to

B．parted with

C．turned down

D．fell in love with

5.

A．knew

B．lived

C．stayed

D．gave

6.

A．promised

B．waited

C．ordered

D．helped

7.

A．yet

B．ever

C．quite .

D．still

8.

A．angry

B．sorry

C．excited

D．satisfied

9.

A．friends

B．lovers .

C．parents

D．children

10.

A．back

B．away

C．halfway

D．apart

11.

A．surprised

B．changed

C．touched

D．protected

12.

A．so

B．but

C．though

D．because

13.

A．him

B．her

C．us

D．them

14.

A．how

B．when

C．what

D．where

15.

A．day

B．way

C．lesson

D．habit

3 . Dr. James Naismith is known worldwide as the inventor of basketball, one of the world’s greatest sports ever.

James Naismith was born in 1861 in Ontario, Canada. After graduating from McGill University in Montreal, Naismith first _____ as Kansas Jayhawks’ athletic director. Then the young man _____ on to the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, the USA in 1891, where the sport of basketball was _____.   In Springfield, Naismith was faced with the _____ of finding a sport that was suitable to play inside during the Massachusetts _____ for the students, when it was too cold to go outside. Naismith _____ to create a game of skill for the students instead of one that only _____ strength. He needed a game that could be played _____ in a relatively (相对地) small space.

Naismith _____ to work. The first game ball was a soccer ball. The first baskets were peach baskets that Naismith cleverly thought of ______ on the wall. From there, the history of basketball began. ______, there were 9 men in each team, but the objective (目标) was still the ______ — to pass the ball to other ______ of your team and put the ball into the opposing team’s net, or basket. From there, basketball ______ rapidly like wildfire. During 1895, high schools and colleges began to play the game, and by 1898, the ______ Basketball League had been founded. After the first game was played, Naismith ______ 13 rules, but many more were yet to come.

______ the creation of basketball, James Naismith had ______ in other fields, mainly in sports physiology and what we would today ______ sports science. Naismith watched his sport, basketball, ______ to many nations and in 1936 basketball became an event at the Berlin Olympics. Today basketball has grown to become one of the world’s most popular sports.

1.

A．served

B．appeared

C．competed

D．remained

2.

A．rushed

B．escaped

C．moved

D．advanced

3.

A．developed

B．born

C．enjoyed

D．preferred

4.

A．fact

B．decision

C．plan

D．problem

5.

A．spring

B．summer

C．autumn

D．winter

6.

A．decided

B．pretended

C．refused

D．agreed

7.

A．cared about

B．hunted for

C．relied on

D．devoted to

8.

A．indoors

B．outdoors

C．upstairs

D．downstairs

9.

A．expected

B．hoped

C．began

D．offered

10.

A．tying

B．hanging

C．decorating

D．climbing

11.

A．Strangely

B．Originally

C．Surprisingly

D．Similarly

12.

A．different

B．uncertain

C．routine

D．same

13.

A．friends

B．players

C．students

D．relatives

14.

A．marched

B．increased

C．recovered

D．spread

15.

A．first

B．best

C．oldest

D．last

16.

A．broke

B．understood

C．created

D．followed

17.

A．Instead of

B．In addition to

C．Thanks to

D．In spite of

18.

A．experiments

B．preparations

C．hobbies

D．achievements

19.

A．call

B．study

C．discuss

D．examine

20.

A．devoted

B．related

C．introduced

D．added

4 . The newspaper has been a part of our daily life for several centuries. It has been a way for the public to be informed of _____ events that are occurring around the world. Newspapers have _____ great changes over the course of history. Some of the _____ newspapers date back to Ancient Rome where important announcements (公告) were carved in stones and placed in highly populated areas, _____ in this way citizens could be informed of the announcements.

For centuries, many changes have _____ The biggest one was the use of the printing press. This change _____ the production of the newspaper, and the number of papers available to the public greatly increase       D. At the same time the change made it _____ for people to purchase one. These developments led to a (n) _____ in the newspaper industry where several different newspapers started to appear in big _____ , publishing morning, afternoon and evening editions. These papers ______ readers news, the weather and other features that informed and ______ them.

Over the course of time, however, newspaper costs continued to rise and the number of newspaper buyers continued to ______ This led to a vast reduction in the number of newspapers and newspaper editions at every market. ______ , with the increase in the use of ______ , the public no longer needed the newspaper for its source of ______ Other media such as radio, television and the Internet started to ______ the paper as an information source.

In recent years, newspapers and other media have ______ to the changing technology environment by starting to offer ______ editions to cater to (满足需要) the needs of the public. In the future, more ______ will be surely paid to the Internet, social media and other electronic methods. However, the newspaper and the industry ______ have a place in the world.

1.

A．interesting

B．important

C．strange

D．political

2.

A．experienced

B．created

C．suffered

D．escaped

3.

A．best-known

B．nicest

C．earliest

D．simplest

4.

A．unless

B．since

C．once

D．though

5.

A．come by

B．made up

C．broken out

D．taken place

6.

A．sped up

B．put up

C．ended up

D．took up

7.

A．respectable

B．fashionable

C．agreeable

D．affordable

8.

A．silence

B．pause

C．boom

D．arrival

9.

A．cities

B．families

C．villages

D．factories

10.

A．provided

B．offered

C．published

D．advertised

11.

A．described

B．satisfied

C．motivated

D．followed

12.

A．fail

B．leave

C．form

D．fall

13.

A．After all

B．For sure

C．At last

D．In addition

14.

A．technologies

B．computers

C．televisions

D．telephones

15.

A．knowledge

B．information

C．pleasure

D．ability

16.

A．copy

B．match

C．replace

D．regard

17.

A．adapted

B．adopted

C．opposed

D．agreed

18.

A．latest

B．traditional

C．modern

D．online

19.

A．money

B．attention

C．energy

D．time

20.

A．still

B．neither

C．again

D．even

5 . How did poetry begin?

Poems can make you feel emotions, like anger or sadness, depending on the words and how they are put together. That is the ___ of poetry.

Poetry ___ even before humans knew how to read and write, ___ back to around 3000 BC. Some of the earliest poetry was recited or sung, and was used as a way to record and pass down historical and religious stories and cultural ___ from one generation to the next. Since writing was not ___ then, certain sounds and rhymes were used to make these stories ___ and therefore, memorable.

There are ___ three types of ancient poetry. The first was an epic (史诗) or long narrative poetry usually about a(n) ___ event. The second type was lyric (抒情的) poetry or poetry that ___ personal feelings. Finally there was drama or stories written in verse and usually ____ like Greek tragedies and Shakespeare’s plays.

The____ of the printing press (印刷机) in the 15th century brought poetry to the common people. This was ____ by several major literary period, during which poetry ____ dramatic changes. It started with Europe’s Renaissance period from the 14th to the 16th century, which first helped poetry and poets like Shakespeare and Sir Walter Raleigh become ____.

The Romantic period saw personal poems that expressed a poet’s joys, hopes, and sorrows ____ a conversational tone. Then came the Victorian era, which saw the ____ of structured poems and the birth of modern “____ verse” poetry. American poet Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass is ____ to be the first example of free verse poetry.

Modern poetry is a ____ of all of these styles. We still see rhymes in children’s poems and in the popular African American styles of hip hop and rap music, which are a ____ of rhymed poetry put to a musical beat.

1.

A．style

B．power

C．tone

D．basis

2.

A．existed

B．survived

C．worked

D．mattered

3.

A．turning

B．looking

C．keeping

D．dating

4.

A．differences

B．influences

C．traditions

D．origins

5.

A．practiced

B．learned

C．trained

D．required

6.

A．mysterious

B．interesting

C．concrete

D．difficult

7.

A．mainly

B．eventually

C．specially

D．widely

8.

A．typical

B．abstract

C．romantic

D．historical

9.

A．expressed

B．explained

C．avoided

D．limited

10.

A．sorted out

B．tried out

C．acted out

D．curried out

11.

A．benefit

B．invention

C．education

D．pattern

12.

A．divided

B．transformed

C．contributed

D．followed

13.

A．went through

B．got over

C．gave up

D．let out

14.

A．public

B．particular

C．popular

D．perfect

15.

A．with

B．at

C．on

D．in

16.

A．end

B．start

C．strength

D．source

17.

A．simple

B．short

C．oral

D．free

18.

A．referred

B．considered

C．chosen

D．treated

19.

A．concept

B．combination

C．variety

D．number

20.

A．form

B．performance

C．change

D．result

6 . When Mt. Vesuvius (维苏威火山)erupted in 79A.D.，it _______ the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

The first _______were the people of Pompeii, who, returning of their city when the eruption had eased, dug down through the_______ of their buried homes and salvaged what they could of their furniture and belongings. The _______ they drove through the solidified ash can still be seen in places. But a time came _______ Pompeii and Herculaneum were forgotten. Throughout the Middle Ages these two buried cities were not disturbed, and it was not until 1709 _______ an Austrian prince sank a shaft at Herculaneum and then, by _______ of underground tunnels, robbed the city of its treasures.

In 1729, systematic excavation began on the _______ site, but King Charles Ⅲ of Naples merely excavated the site to _______ archaeological specimens (考古标本) for his collection. A few years later, an accidental find at Pompeii led to excavations there; at first by tunneling, but afterwards by the actual uncovering of the city.

From the end of the ________ century to the present day, digging has gone on ________ continuously, though slowly, and often with ________ resources. Perhaps this slowness has not been entirely a(n) ________，since it has resulted in large, untouched sections of both cities being left ________ for modern, scientific excavation. ________ techniques have improved so much in the last fifty years that a site can now reveal far more archaeological ________ than before.

Today most of ________ and a substantial section of Herculaneum have been cleared. They are the best known archaeological sites ________， and the most wonderful. For here, and nowhere else on earth, are ancient cities in which life did not die out but was suddenly ________.

“Behind these walls,” as one writer has said, “lies an ________ Italian town, stilled in a moment of time. To enter the gates of this city is to walk 2, 000 years into the past.”

1.

A．destroyed

B．repaired

C．built

D．identified

2.

A．explanation

B．excavations

C．pronunciation

D．affection

3.

A．beliefs

B．relief

C．roofs

D．bottoms

4.

A．tunnel

B．room

C．area

D．top

5.

A．when

B．which

C．if

D．who

6.

A．it

B．those

C．this

D．that

7.

A．meaning

B．to mean

C．means

D．mean

8.

A．different

B．same

C．ample

D．alternative

9.

A．protect

B．sharpen

C．obtain

D．applaud

10.

A．eighteenth

B．eight

C．eighteen

D．eighth

11.

A．practically

B．finally

C．successfully

D．specially

12.

A．a few

B．few

C．little

D．less

13.

A．disadvantage

B．advantage

C．analysis

D．revision

14.

A．preserved

B．accelerated

C．assumed

D．faded

15.

A．Affectionate

B．Formal

C．Archaeological

D．Dizzy

16.

A．information

B．botany

C．category

D．significance

17.

A．London

B．Pompeii

C．New York

D．Egypt

18.

A．in Europe

B．in Asia

C．in Africa

D．in America

19.

A．overlooked

B．sobbed

C．interrupted

D．arrested

20.

A．skilful

B．ancient

C．patient

D．effective

7 . Nine 1700-­year-­old brick tombs have been discovered in northwest China’s Xinjiang. Experts say that they can_______valuable clues for the research of exchanges(交换；交流) between the central Chinese government at that time and_________Western Regions.
It is the_______time ancient tombs with typical characteristics of China’s main Han nationality have been found in the Uygur ethnic region(自治区).
_________from Beijing, Shanxi and Xinjiang concluded that the tombs were_________between the middle and late third century and fourth century.
The tombs were unearthed during the_______of a road earlier this year in Kuqa county, 740 km from Xinjiang’s capital Urumqi and part of the_______Qiuci State. Qiuci State, which_______between the second century BC and 860 AD, was one of the 36 states in the Western Regions.
The tombs would help archaeologists with research into the political, economic and cultural _______between the Central Plains government and states in the west, and on the cultural________of the Central Plains on the Western Regions.
Archaeologists from the Xinjiang institute have dug nine tombs since August 22, __________bodies of more than 30 people, some ancient________and more than 60 pottery(陶器) jars. It is thought there are another three tombs to be________.
The people buried in the tombs were________either people from the western regions deeply influenced by the Han culture or the Han residents(居民)in the __________.1.

A．tell

B．provide

C．show

D．represent

2.

A．nearby

B．middle

C．faraway

D．few

3.

A．second

B．last

C．first

D．near

4.

A．Scientists

B．People

C．Officials

D．Archaeologists

5.

A．built

B．found

C．buried

D．studied

6.

A．construction

B．destruction

C．digging

D．repair

7.

A．ancient

B．big

C．far

D．near

8.

A．appeared

B．disappeared

C．lies

D．existed

9.

A．exchanges

B．businesses

C．development

D．studies

10.

A．model

B．atmosphere

C．influence

D．change

11.

A．finding

B．destroying

C．studying

D．protecting

12.

A．paper

B．silk

C．pearls

D．coins

13.

A．moved

B．dug

C．studied

D．picked

14.

A．surely

B．probably

C．certainly

D．nearly

15.

A．west

B．country

C．region

D．tomb

8 .        The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish from each other a lot. This is because the culture systems are two separate systems __1__.
       The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are gestated (孕育) by _2__. In China, the mother river is the Yellow River __3_ the Indian one is the Hindu River. These two cultures were _4___ for several thousand years and formed their own styles. Then in the Tang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture _5___ went overseas to Japan, _6___ into the Japanese society and _7__ the Japanese culture nowadays. Though a bit different from the Chinese one, it __8__ to the same system.
       When the two mother rivers gave birth to the eastern culture, another famous culture was __9__ on the Mesopotamian Plain (美索不达米亚平原) — the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. And these two are well­-known as the __10__ of the European culture. _11___ the Chinese culture, the European one also __12__ waters. When the colonists of England __13__ in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn’t __14_ from the European one a lot.
       At the same time, the __15__ of the language systems adds to the cultural differences. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic (象形文字的) languages while the Western languages are __16__ based on the Latin system, for example, the one I’m using to write this paper.
       Other factors like human race difference _17___ as well. However, _18__ the far distance and the steep areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom _19__ until recent centuries.__20__ they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference (干扰) from the other.1.

A．above all

B．on the whole

C．in all

D．in no case

2.

A．mountains

B．plains

C．lakes

D．rivers

3.

A．or

B．for

C．while

D．when

4.

A．developed

B．improved

C．created

D．protected

5.

A．suddenly

B．quietly

C．gradually

D．naturally

6.

A．mixed

B．changed

C．decided

D．forced

7.

A．expanded

B．interrupted

C．influenced

D．shaped

8.

A．comes

B．belongs

C．amounts

D．adds

9.

A．brought up

B．carried out

C．given out

D．picked up

10.

A．result

B．sign

C．base

D．content

11.

A．Via

B．Except

C．With

D．Like

12.

A．affected

B．spread

C．crossed

D．formed

13.

A．joined up

B．went up

C．broke down

D．settled down

14.

A．come

B．suffer

C．result

D．differ

15.

A．difference

B．development

C．appearance

D．feature

16.

A．properly

B．part

C．simply

D．mostly

17.

A．last

B．count

C．reduce

D．change

18.

A．in terms of

B．due to

C．as to

D．in case of

19.

A．transform

B．display

C．communicate

D．distinguish

20.

A．Furthermore

B．Meanwhile

C．Therefore

D．However

9 . The Canadian people are made up of different national races.The first _______ settlers of the country were the Indians.

It was said that the Indians entered this continent _______the Bering Strait(白令海峡) and Sea from eastern Asia at most 10,000 years_______. When Europeans first_______the country, Indians were living in most of areas_______forests.There were only_______Indians in the provinces, near the Atlantic Ocean.

The second group of people to enter Canada _______ the Eskimos.They _______ the Bering Strait from Asia less than 3,000 years ago.There are few_______of their early movements.The first white settlers in Canada were the________.They came in greatest________to Quebec,but also to Nova Scotia,________they cleared farms on the southern side of the Bay of Fundy.The French built their castles at Quebec City, and cleared farms out of the forests in the area.   ________the time of the British conquest(征服) in 1763,there had been about 60,000 Frenchmen in Canada, ________chiefly between Quebec and Montreal.There were not many British in Canada________American Revolution drove large numbers northward.

Throughout the 19th century,________British people came to Canada.The descendants(后代) of these people ________ England, Scotland and Ireland now make________about half of the population.Around the ________of the century people came in increasing numbers from Europe and the largest numbers came ________Central and Eastern Europe—Germans, Czechs, Poles,Rumanians and Ukrainians.

1.

A．famous

B．well­known

C．known

D．news

2.

A．through

B．into

C．on

D．across

3.

A．early

B．more

C．ago

D．long

4.

A．reached

B．left

C．flew to

D．shipped

5.

A．protected

B．covered by

C．like

D．covering

6.

A．few

B．packs of

C．a number of

D．a few

7.

A．are

B．is

C．were

D．was

8.

A．crossed

B．walked

C．passed

D．swam

9.

A．notes

B．records

C．signs

D．speeches

10.

A．British

B．Indians

C． Frenchmen

D．American

11.

A．deal

B．members

C．areas

D．numbers

12.

A．who

B．which

C．whom

D．where

13.

A．By

B．In

C．At

D．On

14.

A．to live

B．living

C．lived

D．live

15.

A．when

B．after

C．until

D．since

16.

A．thousand of

B．thousands of

C．thousands

D．thousand

17.

A．in

B．to

C．near

D．from

18.

A．up

B．of

C．from

D．by

19.

A．year

B．change

C．turn

D．day

20.

A．from

B．in

C．over

D．up