1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个单词或括号内所给单词的正确形式。

The use of chopsticks has been     1     big part of Chinese food culture for centuries. When cooking food or picking it up, a pair of chopsticks always comes for use.

So how did chopsticks come into being? It’s said that a leader of ancient China, Dayu,     2     helped his people fight floods, invented them. In those days, people     3     (eat) only with their hands. But Dayu was busy    4     (prepare) for flood control work and often had his meals     5     the wild. In the summer in particular, he hurried to deal with unexpected accidents and didn’t want to wait to eat. The meat     6     (cook) in the pot was too hot to pick up with his hands. So one day Dayu picked up some twigs (细枝)     7     (help) him hold the meat. Then the twigs     8     (final) became the chopsticks we know today.

But of course, this is just a story. The     9     (early) chopsticks archaeologists (考古学家) have found so far are more than 3000 years old, dating back to the Shang Dynasty. The six bronze chopsticks were found in Yinxu, one of China’s oldest archaeological     10     (place), in Anyang, Henan province.

4 . King Tut, Egypt’s famous boy king, was buried with many valuable objects. A dagger (匕首)discovered in his tomb has recently attracted extra attention. Researchers have concluded that the dagger was probably made from a special material.

King Tut was only about nine years old when he became ruler of Egypt more than 3, 300 years ago. The young king died when he was just 19, His body was buried in a tomb filled with objects that people believed he would need in the afterlife.

In 1922, Howard Carter discovered Tut’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. Up to now, it was the best preserved ancient Egyptian tomb ever found. In 1925, Carter found the dagger which has a gold handle and an iron blade (刀片).The blade had confused experts because iron was hardly used at that time in ancient Egypt. In fact, it was so rare that it was considered more valuable than gold. Where did the iron for the blade come from?

Around the time of King Tut, ancient Egyptians started using a new word for iron that translates as “iron from the sky”. This led some experts to believe that the iron for the blade came from a meteorite (陨石).But studies of the dagger carried out in the 1970s and 1990s didn’t support that idea.

That’s where modern technology comes in. Researchers used a new technique to examine the blade. They discovered that it was made up of iron and other materials found in meteorites. After comparing it to several meteorites, they even found its possible match — a meteorite that landed in northern Egypt thousands of years ago.

Scientists hope the new study will lead to more discoveries about other ancient Egyptian relics, “It would be very interesting to analyze more Pre-iron Age objects and we could gain precious discoveries.” Daniela Comelli, who is a professor, said.

1. What do we know about Tut’s tomb?

A．It was perfectly kept when discovered.	B．It was built when he was 9.
C．It has a lot of iron objects in it.	D．It was the first tomb to be found.

2. Scientists paid extra attention to the dagger because________.

A．it is King Tut’s favorite object	B．its blade is made of iron
C．it was more valuable than gold	D．it leads to more discoveries

3. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 5 refer to?

A．The iron.

B．The material.

C．A meteorite.

D．The blade.

4. The researchers used modern technology to show_______.

A．more valuable objects are hidden in the tombs

B．iron is widely used in ancient Egypt

C．Tut’s dagger was likely made from a meteorite

D．ancient Egyptian objects are excellent

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。

Here is something about England. England is the largest of the four countries, and    1     convenience， it is     2    (rough) divided into three zones. The zone nearest France is called the South of England, the middle zone is called the Midlands     3    the one nearest to Scotland     4     (know) as the North. You find most of the population     5     (settle) in the south, but most of the industrial cities in the Midlands and the North of England. Although, nationwide, these cities are not as large as those in China, they have world-famous football    6    (team) and some of them even have two!     7     is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not attract visitors. For historical    8    (architectural ) you have to go to older but    9     (small) towns built by the Romans. There you     10    (find) out more about British history and culture.

6 . Let’s learn about ancient technology

Where we live is surrounded by technology.     1     And you’re probably reading this over the Internet, where the information reached you almost instantly. With all that tech surrounding us, it’s easy to wonder how ancient people got anything done.

All of our modern things, however, are based on older technologies. And those were based on still older ones. Ancient people didn’t have large machinery and equipment.     2     And ancient Egyptians built the pyramids — with huge mystery rooms inside.

Not all of these technologies were limited to modern people. The first “kitchen” flames are older still. Ancient human relatives were cooking food over fires in Europe 800,000 years ago. The first spear throwers (掷矛者) threw their weapons 279,000 years ago before modern humans existed.

    3     However, then came the discovery of 279,000-year-old stone spear in Ethiopia (埃塞俄比亚). These pushed that date back. And now it suggests even prehuman species hunted with stone spears.

Scientists have been trying to figure out how ancient people developed their tools and built their cities and monuments.     4     They are also recreating ancient techniques themselves — from rolling pyramid rocks to testing out ancient tar (沥青) recipes. Scientists detected mystery hale in Great Pyramid of Giza. Using high-tech tools normally reserved for particle physics research, scientists have found a large, hidden hole inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza.     5    

A．Ancient people are really clever.

B．Not all of these technologies are useful.

C．Yet they built monuments even bigger than Stonehenge.

D．They use modern technologies to search for Mayan cities.

E．For example, we are surrounded by skyscrapers and the Internet.

F．Scientists believed the ancient living 80,000 years ago began to throw stone spears.

G．They have made great discoveries, but there is still a lot waiting to be discovered.

7 . 阅读课文，在空白处根据英文首字母提示填入正确的单词。

The Renaissance (from the 14th to the 17th century)

New ideas and values gradually replaced old ones from the Middle Ages. As a result, painters c    1     less on religious themes. They began to a    2     a more humanistic attitude to life. An important b    3     during this period was the use of perspective by Masaccio. I    4     painters such as Leonardo da Vince, Michelangelo, and Raphael built upon Giotto and Masaccio’s innovations to produce some of the greatest art that Europe had ever seen.

Another innovation was the use of oil paints. With their deep colors and realism, some of the best oil paintings look like photographs. While painters as early as Da Vinci had used oil, this technique reached its h    5     with Rembrandt, who gained a r    6     as a master of shadow and light.

In subject matter, the emphasis increasingly s    7     from religious themes to people and the world around us. Kings, n    8    , and people of high rank wanted to p    9     accurate pictures of themselves and the people they loved. Others wanted paintings showing important historical events or stories from mythology. Finally, most c    10     wanted paintings that were beautiful and interesting to look at.

8 . Look to many of history’s cultural symbols, and there you’ll find an ancestor of Frost, the snowman in the movie Frozen. It appeared on some of the first postcards, starred in some of the earliest silent movies, and was the subject of a couple of the earliest photos, dating all the way back to the 1800s. I discovered even more about one of humanity’s earliest forms of folk art during several years of research around the world.

For example, snowmen were a phenomenon in the Middle Ages, built with great skill and thought. At a time of limited means of expression, snow was like free art supplies dropped from the sky. It was a popular activity for couples to leisurely walkthrough town to view the temporary works of chilly art. Some were created by famous artists, including a 19-year-old Michelangelo, who in 1494 was appointed by the ruler of Florence to build a snowman in his mansion’s courtyard.

The Miracle of 1511 took place during six freezing weeks called the Winter of Death. The city of Brussels was covered in snowmen—an impressive scene that told stories on every street corner. Snowmen were a reflection of people’s imagination. For the people of Brussels, this was a defining moment of artistic freedom.

If you fear the heyday of the snowman has passed, don’t worry: I’ve learned that some explosive snowman history is still being made today. Every year since 1818, the people of Zurich celebrate the beginning of spring by blowing up a snowman. On the third Monday of April, the holiday is kicked off when a cotton snowman called the Boogg is stuffed with explosive and paraded (巡游) through town. The parade ends with the Boogg being placed on firewood. After the bells of the Church of St. Peter have rung six times, representing the passing of winter, the firewood is lit. When the snowman explodes, winter is considered officially over—the quicker it is burnt down, the longer summer is said to be.

1. Why did snowmen become a phenomenon in the Middle Ages?

A．People longed to see masterpieces made of snow.

B．People thought of snow as rare and valuable art supplies.

C．Snowman-building helped develop young people’s artistic skills.

D．Snowman-building provided an easy means of artistic expression.

2. “The heyday of the snowman” in Paragraph 4 refers to the time when snowmen          .

A．were symbols of power	B．enjoyed great popularity
C．were made mainly by artists	D．were a focus of family activities

3. What does the blowing up of the Boogg in Zurich symbolize?

A．The end of spring.	B．The passing of winter.
C．The arrival of summer.	D．The start of the celebration.

4. What can be concluded about snowmen from the passage?

A．They have lost their value.	B．They vary in shape and size.
C．They were related to movies.	D．They were appreciated through history.

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    1    to be attracted to computer games and the online world... I think you should     2    . Why not..... Each statue has a different face,     3    that each one is a copy of a real soldier. The statues fill only one part of the emperor’s huge tomb, which still     4    .... However,     5    knew about the tomb or the terracotta statues until 1974, when some farmers discovered the tomb while they were digging a well.

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Come and see the Terracotta Army: more than 8,000 statues were made in the third century BCE     1     of the Chinese Emperor Qinshihuang! Each statue has a different face,     2     that each one is a copy of a real soldier. The statues fill only one part of the emperor's huge tomb, which still has not been     3    . More than 700,000 people worked for nearly 40 years to build this tomb. However, no one    4     knew about the tomb or the terracotta statues until 1974, when some farmers discovered the tomb while they    5    .