The Vikings, whose ancestors came from Scandinavia, were the first Europeans
Later a man, Biarni set sail from Iceland in search
In the year 1002, Leif, Eric the Red’s son, followed Biarni’s directions and sailed to
2 . Wearing sports clothes, many Chinese people will go outdoors happily with their families or friends on March 12. They are just planting trees on this special day―China's Arbor Day （中国植 树节）.
When it comes to China's Arbor Day, we can't help thinking of Mr. Ling Daoyang. He was born in 1888. When he worked as an English teacher in Beijing, he got a chance to study forestry （林业）at Yale University. After graduating in 1914, he returned to China and became a famous expert in forestry science. In 1915, he advised that the Qingming Festival should also be China's Arbor Day. His suggestion was welcomed by most people. In 1929, National Arbor Day was moved to March 12, the day Mi. Sun Yat-sen passed away, who did much to support forestry.
In 1979, March 12 was officially announced as China's Arbor Day. Since then, thousands of trees have been planted all over China, making our country much more beautiful.
China's Arbor Day is educational for all of us. It reminds us that we should protect our earth and thank our old generations, who planted green, hope and joy for us.
1. According to the text, people often go outdoors on March 12 to_______________.| A．do sports | B．study English | C．find jobs | D．plant trees |
| A．A farmer. | B．A student. | C．A teacher. | D．A worker. |
| A．To show interest in the season. | B．To show respect to Sun Yat-sen. |
| C．To make use of people's free time. | D．To make progress in agriculture. |
| A．In 1888. | B．In 1914. | C．In 1915. | D．In 1979. |
| A．The studies of China's Arbor Day. | B．The activities of China's Arbor Day. |
| C．The demands of China's Arbor Day. | D．The meanings of China's Arbor Day. |
3 . To bring the Olympic spirit to developing nations in the late 1990s, the Olympic Committee allowed a small number of “wild card” athletes to join the Games. But because they didn’t have to go through any qualifying rounds to compete, when they arrived, not all of the competitors were prepared. One such athlete was a swimmer from Equatorial Guinea named Eric Moussambani. When Moussambani arrived at the 2000 Sydney Games, he’d only been training for the 100-meter freestyle for about eight months. He’d also never been in an Olympic-size pool and had never raced more than 50 meters. Regardless, he was determined to represent his country.
The three wild-card athletes were given their own race, and Moussambani was next to the other two swimmers from Niger and Tajikistan. When the official called the swimmers to begin the game, both of Moussambani’s competitors were disqualified for false starts. Left to swim by himself, Moussambani dove in and dog paddled, breathing for air and moving his arms and legs. Halfway through the race, the situation looked so serious that the audience seriously worried he was drowning.
When Moussambani finally passed the finish line and pulled himself from the water, the applause thundered. His final time was 1:52.72 - more than twice that of swimmers in the previous race. But Moussambani couldn’t have been happier. He told reporters, “I’ m going to jump and dance all night long in celebration of my personal success.”
Moussambani’s courage and determination made him an Olympic celebrity (名人). He kept training for the 2004 Games and even got his time down to a respectable 57 seconds.
1. What can we infer about “wild card” athletes?| A．They arrive late. | B．They are well-prepared. |
| C．They are the best athletes. | D．They are from developing countries. |
| A．He lost in the race. | B．He swam unskillfully. |
| C．He failed at the beginning. | D．He disappointed everyone. |
| A．Extremely excited. | B．Quite ashamed. |
| C．Very disappointed. | D．Pretty calm. |
| A．Smart and flexible. | B．Patient and careful. |
| C．Brave and determined. | D．Optimistic and modest. |
4 . Last year marked the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. There were events around the world in memory of those who died in the conflict. We have picked out three of them in European countries. Let's take a look.
Belgium
In a park, the famous Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen had an exhibition called Coming World, Remember Me. The work consisted of 600,000 individual(个别的) clay sculptures, one for each person killed during the World War. In the center of the exhibition was a big egg made of clay, symbolizing a new world.
UK
In a small town called Aldridge, almost 100 houses in one street were covered with 24,000 poppies and statues of soldiers. They stood for the men from the area who had been killed in the war. The flowers were chosen because of a poem written by the Canadian doctor John McCrea in 1915. They made people think of fields of blood.
France
The British artist Guy Denning arrived in La Feuille, a small town in the northwest of France, to stick life-size drawings of soldiers who never came back home. Armed with glue and a brush, Denning stuck his drawings carefully on walls. Before long 112 men, mainly young adults, were brought back to mind, if not to life.
1. What do we know about Coming World, Remember Me?| A．It's the name of an exhibition. | B．It's a film about World War I. |
| C．It's a work standing for peace. | D．It's a sculpture made of clay. |
| A．The British people preferred them. | B．They showed the cruelty of war. |
| C．A Canadian doctor suggested them. | D．The fields were filled with them. |
| A．A memorial to the dead soldiers was built. |
| B．112 wounded soldiers in the war were helped. |
| C．Drawings of some dead soldiers were put up. |
| D．Young adults were encouraged to join the army. |
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John Snow suspected that the second theory was correct but he needed evidence. So when another outbreak hit London in 1854, he was ready
6 . After Aida’s parents fled war-torn Bosnia for Sweden in the early 1990s, they put their five-year-old daughter in a school full of native Swedes and made sure she studied hard to get ahead. It
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| A．studied | B．worked | C．failed | D．embarrassed |
| A．program | B．choice | C．challenge | D．success |
| A．space | B．purpose | C．knowledge | D．money |
| A．declining | B．increasing | C．spreading | D．raising |
| A．content | B．process | C．principle | D．system |
| A．join | B．join in | C．attend | D．take part in |
| A．possibly | B．likely | C．entirely | D．generally |
| A．intend to | B．trend | C．devote to | D．tend to |
| A．apply | B．equip | C．perform | D．make |
| A．rank | B．range | C．view | D．goal |
| A．one another | B．the other | C．each other | D．any other |
| A．right | B．strength | C．weakness | D．pride |
| A．shortened | B．loosened | C．enlarged | D．extended |
| A．government | B．school | C．committee | D．university |
| A．managers | B．operators | C．assistants | D．secretaries |
| A．opportunity | B．wonder | C．news | D．complaint |
| A．Stricken | B．Guided | C．Driven | D．Confused |
| A．curious | B．ambitious | C．anxious | D．eager |
| A．against | B．with | C．or | D．in |
| A．hope | B．convenience | C．respect | D．comfort |
