1 . As I travel across China, I hope to learn as much as I can about the Chinese people, your history, and your dreams for the future and I hope to help the Chinese people understand more of America’s history, the lessons the American people have drawn from it, and the dreams we hold for the 21st century.
I believe both Chinese and Americans aspire(立志, 有热望) to many of the same things — to provide for our families, to teach our children, to build our communities, to protect our Earth, to shape our own futures, and pass brighter possibilities on to our children.
There may be those here and back in America who wonder whether closer ties and deeper friend ship between America and China are good. Clearly, the answer is yes. We have a powerful ability to help each other grow. We can learn much from each other. And as two great nations, we have a special responsibility to the future of the world. The steps we take over the next week can lead to far greater strides for our people in the years ahead.
Here in this city of your magnificent history, we must always remember that we, too, are ancestors(祖先). Someday our children and their children will ask if we did all we could to build just societies and a more peaceful world. Let our monument be their judgement that we did that. Let our progress include all people, with all their differences, moving toward a common destiny.
Let us give new meanings to the words written in the ancient Book of Rites, what you call the Li Shi: When the great way is followed, all under heaven will be equal.
1. It becomes clear from the passage that _______.| A．both China and America are the most powerful countries in the world |
| B．both China and America should do something for the future of the world |
| C．both China and America are great countries with a long history |
| D．both China and America can provide their children with good education |
| A．America will encourage their children to learn the Chinese history. |
| B．The speaker is in the city with the magnificent Chinese history. |
| C．Both Chinese and Americans share some desires and interests. |
| D．The speaker wants Chinese to understand more of American history. |
| A．in the city | B．on the platform |
| C．at the ceremony(仪式) | D．in China |
| A．scientist | B．statesman |
| C．businessman | D．professor |
2 . Can you imagine living without cars, computers or telephones? Some people in the rainforest and mountains of Venezuela and Brazil do just that. One tribe, the Yanomami, has lived the same way for thousands of years. They only have numbers for one, two and more than two, and they have never invented the wheel. But they have also been called some of “the last free people on earth.”
In the late 1920s, researchers found a tribe of people untouched by modern society. This was the first reported meeting with the Yanomami, who were living deep within the South American jungle.
Scientists agree that their location deep in the forest helped their culture unchanged. Until recently, most Yanomami still lived in isolated regions. Everything they needed came from the rain forest. They hunted, fished and farmed the land. Then a discovery brought the outside world to them. And along with it came deadly changes.
Gold was discovered in Yanomami in the 1970s. By 1987, around 80, 000 miners had moved into the area. In a fight to take over the land, they killed some Yanomami. They also brought into new sicknesses, including the common cold and malaria. Today over 62 percent of Yanomami show signs of malaria.
Just as deadly were the results of mining, including polluted streams and cleared forests. Within just seven years their population fell by 20 percent.
Today governments and international organizations are looking for ways to protect the Yanomami. The Brazilian government has reserved a large area of land for the tribe. And in 1990, Brazil ordered all the miners out of Amazon region. Yet these things might not be enough. Gold is so valuable that miners keep going back and harming the Yanomami's way of life.
1. When was the existence of the Yanomami first discovered?________.| A．In the 1970s | B．In the late 1920s | C．In 1987 | D．In 1990 |
| A．The Yanomami is the only remaining "untouched" people on earth. |
| B．Most Yanomami know the exact meaning of the number 8. |
| C．The Yanomami learned to use wheels long before. |
| D．Before miners arrived, the Yanomami had never suffered from malaria. |
| A．They starved to death | B．They were killed in the fight |
| C．Their living environment was destroyed | D．They were killed by the new illnesses brought by miners |
| A．The discovery of gold is beneficial to the Yanomami |
| B．Gold mining made no difference to the Yanomami |
| C．Miners are a great threat to the protection of the Yanomami |
| D．Nowadays no miners remain in Amazon Region |
What’s in a name?
According to the British history, Wales is the first country to be joined to the Kingdom of England, which happened in the 16th century. Later, Scotland and Ireland
