1 . The 600-year-old Forbidden City is the world’s largest palace. It___more than 17 million ___ every year. If we were to travel back to the past, this huge palace would be a ___ to us with a lot remaining to be discovered.   

The Forbidden City was surrounded by high___and a wide moat (护城河). ___ an area of 720, 000 square meters in the heart of Beijing,the Forbidden City was built from 1406 to 1420 by the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty. In the past,the Forbidden City was where the highest ___ of the country lay. Emperors were born,lived,fought and ___there. Various ___events happened there.It saw the ___ and downs of the Ming and Qing dynasties,as well as how feudal monarchy (封建帝制) ____ came to an end in China.   

The lives of the royal families were____ through many documents (文件). They ____a large amount of valuable material for today’s historical ____,as well as inspiration for literature and entertainment.   

In 1987,the Forbidden City was____ as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. For world leaders who visit China,it is a must-see tourist ____.When they pay a state visit to China,our top leader may show them around there.

1.

A．relieves

B．receives

C．guides

D．sells

2.

A．visitors

B．students

C．teachers

D．citizens

3.

A．dream

B．hope

C．wonder

D．mystery

4.

A．towers

B．walls

C．trees

D．hills

5.

A．Owning

B．Covering

C．Having

D．Taking

6.

A．altitude

B．power

C．figure

D．position

7.

A．studied

B．worked

C．gathered

D．died

8.

A．happy

B．sad

C．historical

D．national

9.

A．above

B．best

C．worst

D．ups

10.

A．finally

B．quickly

C．gradually

D．suddenly

11.

A．recorded

B．settled

C．connected

D．copied

12.

A．grasp

B．ignore

C．write

D．provide

13.

A．background

B．research

C．exam

D．survey

14.

A．treated

B．remembered

C．listed

D．honored

15.

A．palace

B．scenery

C．attraction

D．place

2 . People live in the present. They plan for the future. History, _________, is the study of the past. Given all the demands and pressures that come from living in the present and _________ what is yet to come, why bother with what has been? Given all the available branches of knowledge, why insist — as most educational systems do — on history? And why encourage many students to study even more history than they are _________ to?

Any subject of study needs to be _________: supporters must explain why it is worth _________. Like most widely accepted subjects, history attracts people who simply _________ the information and modes of thought involved. But for people who are less interested in the subject and more _________ about why they should bother with it, a clearer explanation of its purpose is required.

_________do not perform heart transplants, improve highway design, or arrest criminals. In a society that quite correctly expects education to serve useful purposes, history’s functions can seem more _________ to determine than those of engineering or medicine. History is in fact very useful, actually ____________, but the products of historical study are often less ____________ and immediate than those of other subjects.  

History helps us understand people, societies and how they____________. For example, how can we ____________ past wars (and future threats) without using historical materials? Unfortunately, major aspects of a society’s operation cannot be set up as precise experiments. ____________, history must serve, however imperfectly, as our laboratory, helping us understand who we are and why we do what we do. This, fundamentally, is why we cannot ____________ history.

1.

A．otherwise

B．besides

C．however

D．therefore

2.

A．avoiding

B．fearing

C．celebrating

D．expecting

3.

A．required

B．invited

C．forced

D．permitted

4.

A．introduced

B．explored

C．justified

D．dropped

5.

A．protection

B．attention

C．expectation

D．mention

6.

A．provide

B．receive

C．share

D．like

7.

A．doubtful

B．worried

C．thoughtful

D．certain

8.

A．Supporters

B．Historians

C．Audiences

D．Teachers

9.

A．difficult

B．sensible

C．secure

D．beneficial

10.

A．optional

B．attractive

C．accessible

D．vital

11.

A．valuable

B．interesting

C．obvious

D．instructive

12.

A．feel

B．behave

C．fight

D．live

13.

A．prevent

B．remember

C．evaluate

D．declare

14.

A．Consequently

B．Alternatively

C．Fortunately

D．Admittedly

15.

A．make up for

B．give in to

C．get close to

D．stay away from

3 . 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

4 . 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