阅读理解。 The western alphabet, which is used in Europe, the Americas, Africa, A
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as in other countries, originated in the Middle East. The people who gave the world this alphabet were the
Phoneacians, a people who established colonies all over the Mediterranean, including Carthage in Africa and
Gades in Spain. In their alphabet, the letters were represented by little pictures which represented sounds. The
Phoneacian A was aelph, which means"bull", and it was made from a little picture of a bull"s head. The letter B
was beth which meant"house", and showed the round-roofed buildings which you can still see today in Syria.
The Phoneacians had contact with another nation of sailors, the Greeks, with whom they fought and traded. The Greeks also started to use the Phoneacian alphabet. They changed the names, so aelph and beth became
alpha and beta. The shapes of the letters are the same, but they have been turned sideways. If you know any
Greek, you can try turning the letters around again, and see how they look. You will see that the curve on the
right of the Greek A becomes the horns of a little bull.
Of course, the first two letters of the alphabet give it its name. Over the years there have been changes.
Latin developed an alphabet with some different letters to the Greeks, and other letters have been added since.
But really westerners are using the same system of writing which has served them so well for thousands of
years.
B. To tell the story of the western alphabet.
C. To compare the western alphabet with others.
D. To describe the order of the Greek alphabet.
B. Gades.
C. The Mediterranean.
D. The Middle East.
B. They put a curve on the letter A.
C. They changed the shape of the letters.
D. They turned the letters in a different direction.
① More letters were added to the alphabet.
② Little pictures represented sounds.
③ The letters were turned sideways.
④ The names of the letters were changed.
B. ①→③→②→④
C. ③→①→④→②
D. ④→②→①→③
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in May, and Father"s Day, on the third Sunday in June. These days are set aside to show love and respect for
parents. They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens. They give love and care. These
two days make us think about the changing roles of mothers and fathers. More mothers now work outside the
home. More fathers must help with child care.
These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother"s Day people wear carnations
which have two colors. A red one symbolizes (象征) a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is
dead. Many people attend religious services to honor parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are
dead visit the cemetery. On these two days families get together to have parties at home, as well as in
restaurants. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.
Another tradition is to give cards and gifts. Children make them in school. Many people make their own
presents. These are valued (珍爱) more than the ones bought in stores. It is not the value of the gift that is
important, but it is "the thought that counts". Greeting card stores, florists, candy makers, bakeries, telephone
companies, and other stores do a lot of business during these holidays.
B. Parents give love and care to children
C. Parents educate children to be good persons.
D. Parents pass away before children grow up
B. Fewer women worked outside the home in the past
C. Not all the children respect their parents
D. Fathers are not as important as mothers at home
B. It refers to the special clothes people wear on Mother"s Day or Father"s Day.
C. It"s a kind of flower showing love and best wishes.
D. People can wear carnations only on the second Sunday in May.
B. They made bread or pastry
C. They offer enough room for having family parties.
D. They sell special clothes for Mother"s Day and Father"s Day.
parts of British life. At least I thought so.
However, the ability to queue for long periods of time, once believed to be a traditional characteristic of
the British, is no longer tolerated by people in the UK, according to a survey done for British bank Barclays.
Once upon a time, queuing was seen as normal. During World WarⅡ, everyone had to queue up to receive
their daily supply of foods. In fact, if you didn"t stand up and wait in line with all the others, it was seen as
uncivilized (不文明的).
The famous English double-decker buses, with only one entrance, might also help explain why queuing was
seen as a part of British life. Almost always, there is queue to get on.
But perhaps the British are tired of being pushed past by the Spanish, the Italians or the French as they
queue up to get a table at a restaurant. The people of these other European countries have more than one
entrance to their buses, which explains their more relaxed attitude to the queue.
Two minutes is now the longest time most British people are prepared to stand and wait. But could it be that
the Internet, which allows us to carry out tasks quickly, is the main reason why British people are no longer
prepared to queue?
"Used to buying without delay, customers are even giving up purchases rather than wait their turn," says
Stuart Neal of Barclaycard. "Shoppers are also less likely to queue for long if the item they are buying is of low
value."
Perhaps I will have to replace "queuing" with"impatience" in my list of things I relate to the British.
B. It was a long time tradition as old as the Queen.
C. It was a product of the slow pace of life.
D. It has made the Britain different from other Europeans.
B. the Internet has changed their way of life
C. British buses have more than one entrance
D. they follow the example of foreigners
B. the British have to queue to receive food
C. the British get impatient with queuing for long
D. the British prefer to take double-decker buses
B. to compare the cultural difference between Britain and other countries
C. to report his research on the British ways of life
D. to talk about the changes in the attitude to queuing in Britain
book 1 hand. Of course, we may 2 with our guide-books the history and 3 developments of a town
and get to know them. 4 then, if we take out time and 5 in a town for a while, we may get to know it
better. When we 6 it as a whole, we begin to have some 7 , which even the best guide-books do not
answer. Why is the town just 8 this, this shape, this plan, this size? Why do its streets 9 in this particular
way, and not in any 10 why?
Here even the best guide-book 11 us. One can"t find in it the information about how a town has developed
to the 12 appearance. It may not describe the original (最初的) 13 of a town. However, one may get some
idea of what I 14 look like by walking around the town. One can also imagine 15 the town was first planned
and . Then one can learn more about in what direction the town 16 to develop.
What is the 17 of studying towns in the way? For me, it is 18 that one gets a greater depth of pleasure
by visiting and seeing a town with one"s own eyes. A 19 visit to a town may help one better understand why
it is attractive 20 just reading about it in a guide-book.
| ( )1. A. in ( )2. A. write ( )3. A. strange ( )4. A. But ( )5. A. look at ( )6. A. look at ( )7. A. ideas ( )8. A. of ( )9. A. open ( )10. A. one ( )11. A. helps ( )12. A. old ( )13. A. capital ( )14. A. used to ( )15. A. what ( )16. A. stops ( )17. A. point ( )18. A. nearly ( )19. A. costly ( )20. A. from | B. at | C. by C. tell C. separate C. Since C. stay C. look for C. feelings C. like C. begin C. other C. fails C. first C. design C. had to C. when C. starts C. problem C. generally C. group C. through | D. on D. remember D. special D. Until D. wait D. look up D. questions D. as D. move D. such D. satisfies D. present D. change D. happened to D. where D. continues D. difficulty D. hardly D. personal D. with |
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| The Great Wall of China winds across the country like a giant stone snake. It is 1,500 miles long, the Wall crosses mountains and rivers. It reaches from the ocean on the east to the desert on the west. The Chinese began their Wall more than 2,000 years ago. They worked on it for hundreds of years.The Chinese wanted to keep out their enemies. At the bottom, the Wall is 25 feet wide. At the top it is about 15 feet wide. The sides of the wall are made of stone and brick, while the inside is filled with earth. Parts of the Wall rise as high as three-storey buildings. Every 100 yards along the Great Wall there is a watchtower where soldiers used to stand to watch for enemies approaching(到来). The road on top of the Wall is wide enough for two wagons(马车) to pass. If we were to build such a Wall now, we would use modern machines. But the Chinese had to build the Wall all by hand. If the Wall were in our country, it would reach from the state of New York to Nebraska. The Great Wall of China is the longest wall ever built. | |||
| 1. The passage does not say so, but it makes you think that the Great Wall _____. | |||
| A. has a gate every 100 yards B. is used as a road today C. is still as useful today as it was D. is as high as three-storey buildings | |||
| 2. What is meant by the sentence " The Great Wall of China winds across the country like a giant stone snake. " ? | |||
| A. It stops the wind from blowing. B. It can move. C. It looks like a snake. D. It is very long. | |||
| 3. Which of these sentences do you think is right? | |||
| A. The Great Wall China was built with modern machinery. B. The Great Wall goes from New York to Nebraska. C. There are many snakes inside the Great Wall. D. The writer of the passage is an American. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Almost everyone has read about the Taj Mahal in India. It is one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. It is said that the Taj Mahal, like the Great Wall in China, is one of the seven wonders. in the world. Over three hundred years ago, Shah Jehan built Taj Mahal as a tomb for his wife. Shah Jehan wanted his wife" s tomb to be perfect. He did not care about time or money. He brought together workmen from all Asia. Altogether, over 20,000 men worked on the building, and it took them over seventeen years to finish it. The building rests on a platform of red sandstone. Four thin white towers rise from the corners of the terrace(平台),a large dome (圆屋顶) rises from the center of the buildings. Around this large dome there are four smaller domes. The building is made of fine white marbles. It has eight sides. There is an open corridor just inside the walls. From the corridor, the visitor looks through marble screen to a center room. The bodies of Shah Jehan and his wife lie in a tomb below this room. A beautiful garden surrounds the Taj Mahal. The green trees make the marble look even whiter. In front of the main entrance to the building there is a long narrow pool. If you look in this pool, you can see all the beautiful look of the Taj Mahal in the reflection from the water. Some people think the Taj Mahal is most beautiful at sunset. Then the marble picks up the color of sunset, and the building and its reflection in the pool shines like jewels. Others like it best at noon when the bright sun makes it clear and clean. Still others think it should be seen by moonlight. On nights when the moon is full, hundreds of people visit the Taj Mahal and spend the night beside the pool. When morning comes and the Taj Mahal tums from silver to gold in the early sunrise, they go away to retum, perhaps, when the moon is full again. | |||
| 1. Shah Jehan built the Taj Mahal _____. | |||
| A. for people to visit B. for pleasure C. to show off his treasure D. to place the bodies of his wife and himself | |||
| 2. The Taj Mahal in India is almost as _____ as the Great Wall in China. | |||
| A. well-known B. long C. large D. perfect | |||
| 3. How many domes are there on the building? | |||
| A. One. B. Four. C. Five. D. Eight. | |||
| 4. The pool and the garden make the building ____ . | |||
| A. colorful B. even more beautiful C. long and narrow D. clear and clean | |||
| 5. The underlined word " reflection" probably means _____ . | |||
| A. surface B. bottom C. beauty D. image |