阅读理解。 Basketball is still a young sport. It"s about 100 years old. In the ye
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was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was very cold. They had to stay indoors.
Because they could not have their usual sports, they were unhappy, and some of them even got into
fights from time to time.
At last, some of the teachers at the college asked Dr. Naismith to invent a sport so that the
students might have something to play with. It was not easy to invent such a sport because it had to
be played indoors.
At first, Dr. Naismith planned to throw the ball into a box. But he couldn"t find boxes of the right
size, he had to use fruit basket instead. That is how the sport got its name-basketball.
B. what a basketball looks like
C. how the basketball sport was invented
D. why people like the basketball sport
B. already over a hundred years old
C. less than a hundred years old
D. a sport of few years
B. in many doors
C. in every house
D. inside the room
B. in the summer of 1891
C. in the fall of 1891
D. in the spring of 1891
B. the basket itself
C. the ball and the basket
D. Dr. Naismith
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newest plane can fly at 600 miles an hour. You can have breakfast in Tokyo and supper in Paris.
But hundreds of years ago, it took people a long time to go around the world. Magellan"s (麦哲伦)
men were the first to make that trip. They went by ship and it took them more than two years. On
September 20th, 1510, he left Spain (西班牙) with five ships and 240 men. He was killed in the
Philippines (菲律宾). More than two years later, on December 21st, 1512, only one of the five ships
with just 31 men returned to Spain. Magellan"s trip taught us that the world was round and that people
could go around the world.
B. less than 50 hours
C. more than 50 hours
D. more than 40 hours
B. people can have breakfast and supper in Paris
C. people can have breakfast and supper both in Tokyo and in Paris
D. the world is becoming smaller
B. two years
C. less than two years
D. three years
B. China
C. the Philippines
D. Spain
B. rich
C. strong
D. round
We can see walls everywhere in the world. But the Great Wall of China is 1 of all. The Chinese
call it " The Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wall". It is 2 more than 6,000 kilometers long. It is 6-7 meters
3 and 4-5 metres from side to side. In most places, five horses or ten men can walk side 4 side
along the top.
When you visit the Great Wall, you can"t help wondering how the Chinese people 5 build such a
great wall thousands of years ago. 6 any modern machines, it was really very difficult to build it. They
had to do all the work by hand. It 7 millions of men hundreds of years to build it.
The Great Wall has a history 8 over two thousand years. The men began to built the first parts of
it around two thousand seven hundred years 9 . Then Qin Shihuang had all the walls 10 . He
thought that could keep the enemy out of the country.
Today the Great Wall has become a place of interest. Both Chinese and people from all over the
world come to visit it.
| ( )1. A. the big ( )2. A. in fact ( )3. A. tall ( )4. A. to ( )5. A. were able to ( )6. A. No ( )7. A. used ( )8. A. of ( )9. A. before ( )10. A. joined up | B. biggest B. in the fact B. the all B. and B. be able to B. Not B. got B. on B. later B. join up | C. the biggest C. in a fact C. higher C. by C. are able to C. Neither C. took C. for C. ago C. to join on | D. the bigger D. on fact D. high D. or D. was able to D. Without D. spent D. about D. after D. to join of |
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is the name of a huge clock in London. London is the capital of England. This clock has four faces. So, no matter where you stand, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben. Each face is about the size of a double-decker (双层) bus. The hands are about four meters long. It is about the size of two people standing on top of each other. If you go to London, you may want to visit the Houses of Parliament (议会大厦). In that place, you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower. In the Houses of Parliament, you will probably hear it as well as see it. The giant clock makes such a loud noise, ding dong, ding dong. It sounds every quarter of an hour. The clock was named after a big man. He was Sir Benjamin Hall. This man did much building work in London many years ago. | |||
| 1. Big Ben is _____. | |||
| A. a double-decker bus B. a huge clock C. the short for Benjiamin D. a building | |||
| 2. The clock strikes every _____. | |||
| A. ten minutes B. fifteen minutes C. thirty minutes D. forty-five minutes | |||
| 3. Which two words mean the same as large? | |||
| A. Big and double. B. Huge and loud. C. Giant and huge. D. Giant and small. | |||
| 4. You can tell the time of Big Ben _____. | |||
| A. at the top of the clock tower B. in the Houses of Parliament C. by the huge clock hands D. on the four faces of the clock | |||
| 5. The title of this passage is _____. | |||
| A. Big Ben B. A clock C. Sir Benjamin Hall D. The Capital of England | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
 When we look to the east of Shanghai, we are sure to see a beautiful tower, especially in the evening when the lights are on. That is the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. The Oriental Pearl TV Tower is 468 meters high, the tallest in Asia (亚洲) and the third in the world. It weighs 125,000 tons. We know the weight of the Eiffel Tower in Paris is only 7,000 tons. The Oriental Pearl TV Tower can help broadcasting (广播) and TV transmission (转播). There are six high-speed elevators (电梯) in the Tower. People can go up and have a beautiful view (视野) of Shanghai. There are eleven steel (钢) balls in the Tower. They look like 11 beautiful "pearls" in the sky. The lowest one is 68 meters high and the highest pearl is called the Space Cabin. It is 343 meters high. Going up from the Space Cabin, we can reach the top of the tower. If you"d like to spend a night in the Tower, there are eleven hotels, KTV rooms and a disco hall. Today the Oriental Pearl TV Tower becomes a new symbol of Shanghai. | |||
| 1. The Oriental Pearl TV Tower is _____ according to the passage. | |||
| A. the tallest in the world B. the tallest only in China C. the tallest in Asia D. the heaviest in the world | |||
| 2. The tower is _____. | |||
| A. higher than the Eiffel Tower B. almost 470 meters high C. 68 meters high D. 7,000 tons | |||
| 3. People call the tower "The Oriental Pearl TV Tower" may be because _____. | |||
| A. it is made up of 11 steel balls B. it has 11 steel balls inside C. it looks like a pearl in the sky D. people can see 11 shining steel balls from outside | |||
| 4. People like going up the top of the Tower to _____. | |||
| A. enjoy the beautiful city B. spend a night C. have a rest D. sing and play in KTV rooms | |||
| 5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the Tower in the passage? | |||
| A. The weight of the Tower. B. The height of the Tower. C. The functions (功能) of the Tower. D. How many people visit the Tower every year. | |||
| 根据下列短文内容，在短文后的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。 | |||
| If you are tired of high buildings and wide streets, then come to Beijing"s hutongs (北京胡同). Beijing is the home to thousands of hutongs. The word "hutong" 1 from the Mongolian language about 700 years ago. They were built in the Ming and Qing dynasties (朝代). But you can still find some built in the Yuan dynasty. They are very 2 as a window to Beijing folk life in the past. Some people even 3 hutongs as the "encyclopedia (百科全书) of Beijing" or the "museum of history and culture (文 化) of Beijing". Every year, a lot of foreign 4 come to Beijing. Many of them like to visit hutongs. From it they know Beijing and the 5 of the local (当地的) people in the past better. They are very 6 in the wonderful design (设计) of hutongs. But most of the hutongs were pulled 7 , only a few 8 . For many people, it is a very sad thing. We should do our 9 to protect and 10 the hutongs, because we can learn a lot from them about history and people in ancient China. |