Every year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii, Italy. They see the sights that

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Every year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii, Italy. They see the sights that Pompeii is famous for ― its stadium (露天大型运动场) and theatres, its shops and restaurants. The tourists do not, however, see Pompeii’s people. They do not see them because Pompeii has no people. No one has lived in Pompeii for almost 2000 years. Once, Pompeii was a busy city of 22000 people. It lay at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, a grass-covered volcano . Mount Vesuvius had not erupted for centuries, so the people of Pompeii felt safe. But they were not.
In August of AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted. The entire top of the mountain exploded, and a huge black cloud rose into the air. Soon stones and hot ash began to fall on Pompeii. When the eruption ended two days later, Pompeii was buried under 20 feet of stones and ashes. Almost all of its people were dead.
For centuries, Pompeii lay buried under stone and ash. Then, in the year 1861, an Italian scientist named Ginseppe began to uncover Pompeii. Slowly, carefully, Ginseppe and his men dug. The city looked almost the same as it had looked in AD 79. There were streets and fountains（喷泉）, houses and shops. There was a stadium with 20000 seats. Perhaps the most important of all, there were everyday objects, which tell us a great deal about the people who lived in Pompeii. Many glasses and jars had some dark blue colour in the bottom, so we know that the people of Pompeii liked wine. They liked bread, too; metal bread pans were in every bakery. In one bakery there were 81 round, flat loaves of bread ― a type of bread that is still sold in Italy today. Tiny boxes filled with a dark, shiny powder tell us that women liked to wear eye makeup.
Ginseppe has died, but his work continues. One-fourth has not been uncovered yet. Scientists are still digging, still making discoveries that draw the tourists to Pompeii.
小题1:Why do large numbers of people come to Pompeii each year?

A．To visit the volcano	B．To shop and eat there
C．To watch sports and plays	D．To watch how Pompeiians lived

小题2:Why had so many Pompeiians remained by volcanic Mount Vesuvius?

A．The city nearby offered all kinds of fun.

B．The area produced the finest wine in Italy.

C．Few people expected the volcano to erupt again.

D．The mountain was beautiful and covered with grass.

小题3:Why did the city uncovered look almost the same as it had looked in AD 79?

A．Because Ginseppe and his men dug it slowly and carefully.

B．Because the city was buried alive and remained untouched.

C．Because scientists successfully rebuilt the city with everyday objects.

D．Because nobody had lived in the city ever since the volcano erupted.

小题4:What do we know about the Pompeiians who lived 2000 years ago?

A．They lived more or less the same as Italians now do.

B．They liked women wearing all kinds of makeup.

C．They enjoyed a good life with drinking and eating.

D．They went back to Pompeii after the eruption in AD 79.

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小题1:D
小题1:C
小题1:B
小题1:C

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This hotel in the trees is famous in the world. People, who know very little about Kenya, know of Treetops. When King George VI died, Princess Elizabeth was staying on the

Treetops, and when she came down from there, “She succeeded him as the queen of the country”. Th

is hotel in the middle of the forest shows the pleasure of Africa. When you visit it, you will be sent into the heart of the forest by hotel buses, and then a guide, with a gun to protect you against big game, will go with you to the Treetops. Before and after dinner, for the whole night if you wish, you can sit on the corridor (走廊), watching animals come to the water pool. The earliest hotel Treetops was built round a large tree on the opposite side of th

e water, but that was destroyed by fire and the new hotel Treetops, which is built round several trees, is much bigger.
The dining room at

Treetops is small, and the waiters cannot walk round to serve guests, a clever “railway service” has been invented. Guests take their food as it passes slowly in front of them, along a line in the center of the table.
There are many animals around the Treetops. When you visit them, you can see:
— Animals and their babies are waiting to greet the guests.
— Animals, enjoying the Treetops pool in the daylight.
— A long bodied, long ring tailed very active cat-like animal is a special one coming out at night.
He hunts and eats anything he can overpower, and his teeth and claws can do you harm.
— Some other animals that have a thick coating of fur to keep them warm in the cold forest nights.
— Many buffaloes (水牛) coming near to the Treetops for water and salt during the day or night.

小题1: In Paragraph One, “succeeded” means ______.

A．did what she was trying to do	B．gained her purpose
C．got a position on the death of the King	D．completed a difficult task

小题2: Which of the following description about “the cat-like animal” is NOT true?

A．It comes for food only at night.	B．It lives in the trees at Treetops.
C．Its teeth and claws can do people harm.	D．It can catch any other animal in the forest.

小题3:According to the passage. Treetops is famous in the world because ______.

A．it can show the pleasure of Americans living in Africa

B．Princess Elizabeth got to the crown when coming down from there

C．they are built round several trees to provide adventures for visitors

D．there are many animals that can be trained and become lovely pets

小题4:We can learn from the passage, that the guests ______.

A．should not play games on the Treetops	B．could enjoy their dinner as usual
C．could not sit on the corridor at night	D．should keep off the cat-like animals

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Long before the white man came to the America, the land belonged to the American Indian nations, The nation of the Cherokees lived in what is now the southeastern part of the United States.
After the white man came, the Cherokees copied many of their ways. One Cherokee named Sequoyah saw how important reading and writing was to the white man. He decided to invent a way to write down the spoken Cherokee language. He began by making word pictures. For each word he drew a picture. But that proved impossible; there were just too many words. Then he took the 85 sounds that made up the language. Using his own imagination and an English spelling book, Sequoyah invented a sign for each sound. His alphabet proved amazingly easy to learn. Before long, many Cherokees knew how to read and write in their own language. By 1828, they were even printing their own newspaper.
In 1830, the US congress passed a law. It allowed the government to remove Indians from their lands. The Cherokees refused to go. They had lived on their lands for centuries. It belonged to them. Why should they go to a strange land far beyond the Mississippi River?
The army was sent to drive the Cherokees out. Soldiers surrounded their villages and marched them at gunpoint into the western territory. The sick, the old and the small children went in carts, along with their belongings. The rest of the people marched on foot or rode on horseback. It was November, yet many of them still wore their summer clothes. Cold and hungry, the Cherokees were quickly exhausted by the hardships of journey. Many dropped dead and were buried by the roadside. When the last group arrived in their new home in March 1839, more than 4000 had died. It was in deed a march of death.
小题1: The Cherokee Nation used to live____________.

A．on the American continent	B．in the southeastern part of the US
C．beyond the Mississippi River	D．in the western territory

小题2:One of the ways that Sequoyah copied from the white man is the way of__________.

A．writing down the spoken language	B．making word pictures
C．teaching his people reading	D．printing their own newspaper

小题3: A law was passed in 1830 to__________.

A．allow the Cherokees to stay where they were

B．send the army to help the Cherokees

C．force the Cherokees to move westward

D．forbid the Cherokees to read their newspaper

小题4:When the Cherokees began to leave their lands, __________.

A．they went in carts	B．they went on horseback
C．they marched on foot	D．all of the above

小题5: Many Cherokees died on their way to their new home mainly because________.

A．they were not willing to go there

B．the government did not provide transportation

C．they did not have enough food and clothes

D．the journey was long and boring

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With the growth of the European Union and increased globalisation, English is increasingly the lingua franc a（通用语） in European businesses, and those who speak it have become the elite （精英）of the workforce．
In the past, only a few specialists in a company were needed to communicate with foreign businesses．However, in these days of multinational companies, where workers are required to communicate with other employees from several countries, a common language is essential and English has become the logical choice．
Nowadays, even blue-collar workers in many companies are required to speak English．For example, just over three years ago, a Dutch company．United Pan-European Communications （UPC）, was contracted to build a TV studio in Amsterdam．The job involved many electricians—more than the company could find in the Netherlands．There were plenty of qualified electricians in nearby France and Belgium, but the American and Dutch executives of UPC wanted everyone on the job to speak and understand the same language．So, the UPC hired British electricians and flew them to Amsterdam every Monday, accommodating them in hotels all over the city, and flying them home on Friday evenings．
Increasingly, workers who can speak English earn salaries 25-35% higher than those who can" t．They are also eligible （有条件被选中的） for a wider range of high-level jobs．
The problem is that, while the ability to speak English is fast becoming essential for getting a good job, there is a shortage of people who can speak it．According to a recent European Commission report, only about 41% of continental Europeans can speak English, and only 29% speak it well enough to carry on a conversation．Many companies are solving this problem by setting up English language schools within the workplace．English language schools all over Europe are expanding at a huge rate, and governments are looking at ways to improve English tuition in schools．
One result of this modem urge to learn English is that a generation gap is appearing． According to a European Union study, 67% of Europeans between 15 and 24 say they can speak English while only 18% of those over 55 say they can．Increasingly, all over Europe, it is the children who are leading the parents．
小题1:In European companies, workers who speak English ________．

A．find it easy to carry on a conversation	B．have an advantage over other workers
C．must be white-collar workers	D．travel to many different countries

小题2:Why did the UPC hire the British electricians?

A．There were not enough electricians in nearby France and Belgium．

B．British electricians were more qualified than those in the Netherlands．

C．The UPC wanted all the employees to speak English．

D．The UPC meant to show they were rich enough to accommodate and fly them．

小题3:What can you learn from the passage about European people?

A．More young people can speak English well than older people.

B．67% Europeans can speak English very well．

C．18% of the people over 55 can"t speak English．

D．Over half the people can speak English．

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On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln went to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery. The Civil War was still going on. There was much criticism of President Lincoln at the time. He was not at all popular. He had been invited to speak at Gettysburg only out of politeness. The principal speaker was to be Edward Everett, a famous statesman and speaker of the day. Everett was a handsome man and very popular everywhere.
　　It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Late that nig

ht, alone in his hotel room and tired out, he again worked briefly on the speech. The next day Everett spoke first. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes. His speech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the end there was little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and said , "I have failed again." On the train back to Washington, he said sadly, "That speech was a flat failure, and the people are disappointed."
　　Some newspapers at first criticized（批评）the speech. But little by little as people read the speech they began to understand better. They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deep meaning. It was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made.
　　Today, every American school child learns Lincoln"s Gettysburg Address by heart. Now everyone thinks of it as one of the greatest speeches ever given in American history.
小题1:.
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln was_________.

A．very critical

B．unpopular

C．very popular

D．very courteous （礼貌）

小题2:.
. Lincoln was invited to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery because he was_________.

A．a famous speaker

B．a very handsome man

C．President of the country

D．a popular statesman

小题3:.
It can be inferred from the text that_________.

A．Lincoln prepared his speech very carefully before he went to Gettysburg

B．Lincoln was very busy at the time and didn"t have much time to prepare his speech

C．Lincoln"s speech was full of rich words

D．Lincoln"s speech was very long

小题4:.
It was a fact that Lincoln"s speech was _________.

A．an immediate success

B．warmly applauded

C．a total failure

D．not well-received at first

小题5:.
Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Lincoln"s Gettysburg Address has deep meaning.

B．Lincoln"s Gettysburg Address is simple in style.

C．Lincoln"s Gettysburg Address is memorized by every American school child.

D．Lincoln"s Gettysburg Address is the greatest speech ever delivered in the United States.

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Women in Nazi Germany were to have a very special job. Hitler was very clear about this. This job was that they should be good mothers bringing up children at home while their husbands worked. Except for some special fields, Hitler saw no reason why a woman should work. Within months of Hitler coming to power, many female doctors, teachers and lawyers were sacked. By the start of the Second World War, very few German women were in fulltime work. From their earliest years, girls were taught that all good German women married at a young age to a proper German and that the wife’s job was to keep a good home for her working husband and to have children.
One of the earliest laws passed by Hitler once he came to power in 1933, was the Law for the Encouragement of Marriage. This law stated (声明) that all newly married couples would get a government loan (贷款) of 1000 marks. This loan was not to be simply paid back. The birth of one child meant that 25% of the loan did not have to be paid back. Two children meant that 50% of the loan didn’t need to be paid back. Four children meant that the entire loan was cleared.
What was more, as housewives and mothers, their lives were controlled. Women were not expected to wear make-up or trousers. Only flat shoes were expected to be worn. Women were discouraged from slimming as this was considered bad for child birth.
小题1:
The aim of the Law for the Encouragement of Marriage was to ________.

A．attract more young people to join the army willingly

B．make those married couples become rich quickly

C．encourage people to loan more from the government

D．encourage couples to have as many children as they could

小题2:
The underlined word “sacked” in Paragraph one probably means “________”.

A．punished

B．fired

C．killed

D．raised

小题3:
According to the passage, women in Nazi Germany ________.

A．could make up or wear beautiful clothes

B．were to have children and do housework

C．could receive a good education at school

D．were offered the equal rights as men

小题4:
Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?

A．The life of women in Nazi Germany

B．The cruel rule of Hitler in Germany

C．The marriage policy in Nazi Germany

D．Hitler — a powerful leader in Germany

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