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1.______all languages change when cultures
2._______ with one another. The English spoken
between AD 450 and 1150 was quite 3. _____from the
English spoken today. It was based more on 4._____
than the English we speak at present. Later,it became less
like German. One big change in English 5.________
happened when The American Dictionary o f the English
Language, which gave American English spelling a
separate 6.______,came 7. ______. Now India has a
very large number of English speakers. This is because
English became the language for 8. ______ and education
during 1765 to 1947,when Britain ruled India. English is
also spoken in many other countries in Africa and Asia,
such 9. _____ South Africa, Singapore and Malaysia.
The number of people learning English in China is also
increasing 10.______.

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1. Actually 2. communicate 3. different 4. German 5. spelling
6. identity 7. out 8. government 9. as 10. rapidly

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阅读理解。     How does a place become a World Heritage Site (世界遗产) ? It takes a lot of people to decide.
      If a country wants one of its places to be on the World Heritage List, it has to ask UNESCO (联合
国教科文组织 ) .The place must be important and special.UNESCO put the Great Wall on the list in
1987,because it said,it was a great part of Chinese culture and beautifully made to go with the land.When
a country asks,it must also make a plan for taking care of the place.
     The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO talks about different places and decides whether to put
them on the list. The committee meets every June. Many experts help the committee to decide.
       After a new place goes on the list,UNESCO gives money to help keep it looking good.If a place is
in serious danger,it may be put on the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger. UNESCO gives special
care and help to those places.
      Countries have to give UNESCO regular reports about places on the list. If UNESCO thinks a country isn"t taking good care of a place,the site will be taken off the list. 1. What does the passage imply?        A. Becoming a world heritage site takes hard work.
B. A place with beautiful scenery is often on the World Heritage List.
C.  A place which is taken good care of is often on the World Heritage List.
D. The Great Wall became a World Heritage Site for its long history.2. If a place successfully becomes a World Heritage Site,the country ______.       A. can ask UNESCO for more money and help
B.  should continue to take special care of it
C. won"t take trouble of caring for it
D. will try to put it on the List of World Heritage Sites in danger 3. The passage mainly discusses___.

A. the important role played by the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO
B. how the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO protects a World Heritage Site
C. how the Great Wall became a World Heritage Site
D. how a place becomes a World Heritage Site

4. The purpose of putting a place on the World Heritage List is to _____. A. attract more tourists from other countries
B. get more money and help from cther countries
C. have it taken better care of
D. make it known to other countries

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阅读理解。     The year is 2094.  It has been announced that a comet(彗星) is heading towards the Earth.  Most of
it will miss our planet,but two pieces will probably hit the southem half of the Earth.
     On 17 July,a piece four kilometers wide enters the Earth"s atmosphere with a massive explosion.
About half of the piece is destroyed,but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed
of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the sea bed.  Huge waves are created and spread
outwards from the hole.  The wall of water,a kilometer high,rushes towards southem Africa at 800
kilometers an hour. Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned.
     Before the waves reach South America,the second piece of the comet lands in Argentina.
Earthquakes and volcanoes are set off in the Andes Mountains.  The shock waves move north into
California and all around the Pacific Ocean.The cities of Los Angeles,San Francisco and Tokyo are
completely destroyed by earthquakes.  Millions of people in the southem half of the earth are already
dead,but the north won"t escape for long.  Because of the explosions,the sun is hidden by clouds of dust,
temperatures around the world fall to almost zero. Crops are ruined.  The sun won"t be seen again for
many years. Wars break out as countries fight for food.  A year later,no more than 10 million people
remain alive.
     Could it really happen? In fact,it has already happened more than once in the history of the Earth. The
dinosaurs were on the Earth for over 160 million years.  Then 65 million years ago they suddenly
disappeared.  Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of object in space.  The dinosaurs
couldn"t live through the cold climate that followed and they died out. Will we meet the same end?1. What is mainly described in the passage?A.  A historic discovery.
B.  An event of imagination.
C. A research on space.
D. A scientific adventure.2. When the first piece hits the South Atlantic,it causes_________.A. an earthquake
B. damages to cities
C. an Earth explosion
D. huge waves3.  Why can"t the northern half of the earth escape for long?    A.  Because the land is covered with water.
B.  Because the light and heat from the sun can not reach the earth.
C.  Because people there can not live at the temperature of zero.
D. Because wars break out among countries.4. By giving the example of dinosaurs,the author tries to prove_____.A. animals could not live in the cold climate
B. what happened 65 million years ago was an invented story
C.  the human beings will die out in 2094
D. the Earth could be hit by other objects in space

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阅读理解。      When you cross over the border from England into Wales you don"t have to show your passport but
you do notice a difference immediately.  All the road markings and signs are shown in two
languages-English and Welsh. Not all visitors to Britain know that other languages are spoken here.
There"s the Gaelic language in Scotland and a few people speak Comish in the southwest of England,but
the most widely spoken language in the UK apart from English is Welsh.
      Perhaps the first Welsh word you"ll see on the road into Wales is ARAF. There"s a helpful English
translation next to it-SLOW.  As you can see,Welsh looks quite different to English.  It sounds very
different too.  If you think English
pronunciation is difficult,try this: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogery-chwymdrobwllantysiliogogogoch.
       That"s the name of a small town in Wales and,in English,it means "The church of Saint Mary in the
hollow of the white hazel tree near the rapid whirlpool and the church of Saint Tysilio near a red cave".
      Welsh looks and sounds so different from English because it"s a Celtic language. Celtic cultures still
exist around the edges of the UK-in Wales,Scotland and Northem Ireland and also in parts of France.
  For hundreds of years,almost everyone in Wales spoke Welsh but nowadays there are only about
500,000 Welsh speakers-about 20% of the population.
       So is Welsh dying out? Not at all.  Nowadays all school children in Wales study Welsh and many
choose to go to an all Welsh-speaking school. You can get public information in Welsh,speak Welsh in
court or take a course at university in Welsh.  People surf the Net in Welsh,keep up with friends on
Facebook and write blogs in Welsh.
         And by the way," Croeso i Cymru ! "  means "Welcome to Wales"-I hope you"ll be able to visit
one day.1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?   A. Only English and Welsh are spoken in Britain.
B. Welsh has its roots in the same culture as English.
C. Welsh is the second most widely spoken language in the UK.
D.  All visitors know other languages are also spoken in Britain.2. The writer gives the name of a small town in order to _____. A. show that the small town"s name is very strange
B. show that learning Welsh is great fun
C. tell us that Welsh is widely used in Wales
D. tell us that Welsh is difficult to pronounce3. It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that _____. A. Welsh still plays an active part in Wales in daily life
B. most British children go to an all-Welsh school nowadays
C. Welsh is mostly used in court in the UK
D. Welsh is likely to disappear soon

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  Section One
         The city is an accumulation of human civilization.  Just as the American social philosopher Lewis
Mumford put it,it is a special system which,fine and compact,has been designed to preserve the fruits of
human civilization. Many western languages have developed their versions of the term "civilization" from
the same Latin word "civitas" (meaning "city"),and it is by no means a coincidence. The city has played a
significant role in the perfection of order in human society.
      Section Two
      The emblem(会徽) ,showing the image of three people-you, me, him/her holding hands together,
symbolizes the big family of mankind.Inspired by the shape of the Chinese character" (meaning the world),
the design conveys the organizers" wish to host an Expo which is on a global scale and which shows the
various urban cultures of the world.
      Section Three
      Created from the inspiration of Chinese character ",the design roots deeply in Chinese culture. It tells
the world the eternal core(永恒的核心) and theme of Shanghai World Expo will always be the human.
The mascot "Haibao" will become the messenger for the theme of World Expo 2010 Shanghai China
"Better City, Better Life".
      The basic structure of the Chinese character " in which each stroke supports each other also shows
the concept that the beautiful life should depend on mutual help (互相帮助). If humans are willing to
support one another,the harmony among human,nature,and society will be available. Such an urban life
will be nice.
       Haibao"s confident smile is expressing his sincere greeting from China"World Expo 2010 Shanghai
China
     Welcomes you ! "1. Section One mainly tells about __________.A. the part cities play in human civilization
B. the development of the word "city"
C. why the Expo is held in Shanghai
D. where human civilization originated2. The underlined word "it" in Section One refers to ____________.    A. the civilization
B. the philosopher
C. the word
D. the city3. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

4. In Section Three,the second paragraph explains how the creation is connected with the_______of the
Chinese word". A. story
B. meaning
C. shape
D. usage5. The underlined word "stroke"in the second paragraph of Section Three means____. A. one of the ideas a word has
B. a line made by a writing tool
C. a member of a family or the society
D. a person who has met with trouble

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阅读理解。     Facial expressions carry meaning that is determined by situations and relationships. For example, in
American culture (文化) the smile is in general an expression of pleasure. Yet it also has other uses. A
woman"s smile at a police officer does not carry the same meaning as the smile she gives to a young child. A smile may show love or politeness. It can also hide true feelings. It often causes confusion (困惑)
across cultures. For example, many people in Russia smiling at strangers in public to be unusual and even
improper. Yet many Americans smile freely at strangers in public places (although this is less common in
big cities). Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong places; some Americans believe that Russians don"t smile enough. In Southeast Asian culture, a smile is frequently used to cover painful feelings. Vietnamese people may tell a sad story but end the story with a smile.
     Our faces show emotions (情感), but we should not attempt to "read" people from another culture as we would "read" someone from our own culture. The fact that members of one culture do not express
their emotions as openly as do members of another does not mean that they do not experience emotions.
Rather, there are cultural differences in the amount of facial expressions permitted. For example, in public
and in formal situations many Japanese do not show their emotions as freely as Americans do. When with
friends, Japanese and Americans seem to show their emotions similarly.
     It is difficult to generalize about Americans and facial expressiveness because of personal and cultural
differences in the United States. People from certain cultural backgrounds in the United States seem to be more facially expressive than others. The key is to try not to judge people whose ways of showing
emotion are different. If we judge according to our own cultural habits, we may make the mistake of
"reading" the other person incorrectly.1. What does the smile usually mean in the U.S.?A. Love.
B. Politeness.
C. Joy.
D. Thankfulness.2. The author mentions the smile of the Vietnamese to prove that smile can ___ .A. show friendliness to strangers
B. be used to hide true feelings
C. be used in the wrong places
D. show personal habits3. What should we do before attempting to "read" people?A. Learn about their relations with others.
B. Understand their cultural backgrounds.
C. Find out about their past experience.
D. Figure out what they will do next.4. What would be the best title for the test?A. Cultural Differences
B. Smiles and Relationship
C. Facial Expressiveness
D. Habits and Emotions

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