阅读理解。 The name of Macau comes from the word Magao (A-Ma Temple), which were - 高中英语试题 - 超级试练试题库

阅读理解。     The name of Macau comes from the word Magao (A-Ma Temple), which were shrines (圣地)
dedicated to Mazu, a holy sea goddess worshiped by Macau people. It was said that when the Portuguese
people first came here in the middle of sixteenth century, one of the officers asked a fisherman the name
of the land. The man misunderstood the officer"s question, and answered "Magao"- the name of A-Ma
Temple in front them.
     Many people wonder how Macau is spelled. Is it "Macao" or"Macau"? Both are actually correct. Macao
is Portuguese, and this is the official spelling backed by Macau SAR Government. Macau is English, that"s
how they spell it in the U.S. and other parts of the world. However, most publications use"Macau" as the
preferred spelling.
     Members of the Southern Song Dynasty and some 50,000 followers were the first recorded inhabitants
(居民) of the area, seeking shelter in Macau from invading Mongols in 1277. They were able to defend
their settlements and establish themselves there.
     The Hoklo Boat people were the first to show commercial interest in Macau as a trading center for the
southern provinces. During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1643), fishermen migrated to Macau from various
parts of Guangdong and Fujian provinces and built the A-Ma Temple in which they prayed for safety on
the sea.
     Chinese fishermen have been living and working in the Pearl River Delta for more than four thousand
years. The small peninsula and islands that came to be called Macau were first settled by the Portuguese in
the sixteenth century.
     In 1998, Chinese (Cantonese) was given official status and the same legal power as Portuguese, the
official language. The Chinese government assumed sovereignty over Macau on December 20, 1999, ending
329 years of Portuguese rule.1. We can learn from the text that the name"Macau "______.A. is named after a sea goddess
B. is first called by the Portuguese
C. is only used in publications
D. is given by a fisherman2. Which is the correct order of the things that happened in Macau?
a. Portuguese people first came to Macau.
b. The fishermen of Guangdong and Fujian migrated to Macau.
c. The first recorded inhabitants established themselves in Macau.
d. the A-Ma Temple was built in Macau.A. c, b, d, a
B. d, c, b, a
C. b, c, a, d
D. a, c, b, d 3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? A. Both Chinese and Portuguese are official languages in Macau.
B. The A-Ma Temple was built in honour of a holy sea goddess.
C. The inhabitants in Macau mainly made their living by fishing before the 16th century.
D. Macau didn"t belong to China until December 20, 1999. 4. Members of the Southern Song Dynasty went to Macau in order to ______.A. show commercial interest in Macau
B. find a good place for fishing
C. get away from their enemies
D. establish Macau SAR there

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阅读理解。     Announcers on China Central Television (CCTV) will need to do some fast talking to replace the
popular English acronyms (首字母缩略词) they"re now forbidden to use. Shanghai Daily reports that
"anchors at China Central Television [CCTV] have been banned from saying the English acronyms NBA,
CBA, GDP, and the like in their programs."
     The replacement for those handy acronyms? Chinese presenters must use the full Chinese name,
standardized by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.
     Although CCTV (oops, we mean China Central Television) presenters must already have a score of at
least 94 in their government-rated oral Mandarin proficiency exam (普通话等级考试), saying the full name
of organizations like the CBA or WTO-10 and 6 character"s long separately-is sure to challenge even the
most skillful anchors. CCTV sports anchor Sun Zhengping tells Shanghai Daily, "A full Chinese explanation
of the English acronyms must be followed if my tongue slips. It is a little trouble but a necessary one because
not every audience member can understand the acronyms."
    Although the government isn"t giving any official explanation for the shift, it is believed to have to do with
a proposal (提案) by Huang Youyi, director of the China International Publishing Group, at March"s NPC
meeting. In his speech, Huang said, "With more and more publications mixing Chinese with English, measures
and regulations should be adopted to avoid English invading Chinese. If we don"t pay attention and don"t take
measures to stop the expansion of mixing Chinese with English, Chinese won"t be a pure language in a couple
of years."
     Although China is far from the first country to take measures to protect local languages (the French and
Québécois beat them to it by a long way), acronyms are more about saving time than they are about corrupting
a language, we would think. Good luck to the CCTV anchors. 1. CCTV anchors have to "do some fast talking" because they can no longer _____. A. speak as slowly as they like
B. mix English into Chinese
C. use shortened Chinese expressions
D. have so much time for their program 2. When Sun Zhengping said "if my tongue slips", he meant "if I _____". A. habitually use an English acronym
B. speak a little bit too fast
C. make a mistake in pronunciation
D. say something impolite or improper 3. What"s Huang Youyi"s proposal? A. Using full English names instead of short forms.
B. Translating Chinese terms into proper English.
C. Avoiding Chinese words mixing into English.
D. Keeping our mother tongue as a pure language. 4. What"s the main idea of the last paragraph? A. China has fallen behind in the matter.
B. The ban is not necessary.
C. Chinese shouldn"t be corrupted.
D. CCTV anchors will have a hard time.

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完形填空。     Chinese troupes will perform the 1st Spring Symphony ( 交响乐 ) in China; Dynasty 1900 by the
National Theatre Company of China; Kun Opera Shi Wu Guan ( Fifteen Strings of Coins ); Yue Opera
Butterfly lovers.   1 200 educational art   2 will be organized during the season to provide opportunities
for 100,000 people to   3 with artists.
     Various   4 will be arranged around the Olympic Games. They   5 the World Tenors ( 男高音) Concert
by five world famous tenors on 6 August, 2008,   6 the "Piano Night in China," featuring 10 world famous
   7 , including Lang Lang, on 19 August.
     The   8 will also highlight (使显著)   9 Chinese arts, 10   Peking Opera and  11  local operas. On  12
there will be the Peking Opera Quelling The White Bone Demon (San Da Bai Gu Jing );Kun Opera Gongsun
Zidu; Chuan Opera Jin Zi; Huangmei Opera Mei Ren Jiao and 13 .
     The operas Turandot and Madame Butterfly 14   by Giacomo Puccini will be adapted by the NCPA for
the   15   season. The performances are  16 to pay tribute to ( 赞颂 )the artist on the 150th  17 of his birth.
     "The 1st Spring Symphony in China" has attracted attention  18   professionals and the public.  19   the
42 orchestras nationwide, 29 will perform in the National Centre or the Performing Arts. There will be a
Chinese masterpiece in  20 concert.

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(     )1. A. Much more
(     )2. A. education
(     )3. A. stay
(     )4. A. shows
(     )5. A. include
(     )6. A. but
(     )7. A. scientists
(     )8. A. days
(     )9. A. modern
(     )10. A. not only
(     )11. A. good
(     )12. A. playground
(     )13. A. others
(     )14. A. created
(     )15. A. old
(     )16. A. written
(     )17. A. year
(     )18. A. to
(     )19. A. About
(     )20. A. whole

B. Many of
B. studies
B. communicate
B. meetings
B. have
B. and
B. leaders
B. month
B. new
B. for example
B. various
B. lake
B. ours
B. worked
B. current
B. said
B. scene
B. on
B. Above
B. complete

C. Many more
C. events
C. keep
C. pictures
C. research
C. so
C. pianists
C. week
C. excellent
C. but also
C. interesting
C. stage
C. theirs
C. raised
C. new
C. designed
C. performance
C. beyond
C. In
C. each

D. More than
D. organizations
D. live
D. games
D. discuss
D. or
D. scholars
D. season
D. traditional
D. such as
D. funny
D. theatre
D. anothers
D. asked
D. ancient
D. heard
D. anniversary
D. from
D. Of
D. single

完形填空。

     A young girl, Hattie, stood outside a small church from where she had been turned away because it
was too crowded. A kind pastor carried her   1    and found a place for her to sit in the back. He also told
her they could build a   2   Sunday school by raising money.
     The pastor didn"t see   3    again until he heard from her parents some two years later. Hattie had sadly
died and her parents called for the kind-hearted pastor, who had treated their daughter   4 to handle the
final arrangements. As her poor little body was   5 , a worn and wrinkled purse appeared in front of them.
Inside was found 57 cents and   6 , reading "This is to help to build the little church bigger   7    more
children can go to Sunday school."
     For two years she had saved for this offering of   8 . When the pastor   9 read that note, he knew
immediately what he would do.   10   this note and the cracked, red pocketbook to the pulpit, he 11 the
story of her unselfish love and devotion.He challenged his deacons (助祭) to get busy and raise enough
money for the larger building.    12   the story doesn"t end there!
     A newspaper learned of the story and   13   it.It was 14   by a rich man who offered them a parcel of
land worth many thousands.When told that the church couldn"t pay so 15  , he offered it for a(n) 16
payment.
     Church members made large donations.Checks 17 from far and wide.Within five years the little girl"s
18 had increased to $250,000.00,Her unselfish love had paid large shares.
     When you visit Philadelphia, look up Temple Baptist Church, with a  19 capacity of 3,300.In one room
may be seen the 20 of the sweet face of the little girl, whose 57 cents made such remarkable history.

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(     )1. A. away
(     )2. A. new
(     )3. A. Hattie
(     )4. A. fairly
(     )5. A. buried
(     )6. A. a note
(     )7. A. in case
(     )8. A. money
(     )9. A. hopefully
(     )10. A. Carrying
(     )11. A. stated
(     )12. A. So
(     )13. A. published
(     )14. A. discovered
(     )15. A. much
(     )16. A. $1,000
(     )17. A. filled
(     )18. A. gift
(     )19. A. sitting
(     )20. A. memory

B. off
B. larger
B. children
B. badly
B. hidden
B. a letter
B. now that
B. love
B. tearfully
B. Holding
B. announced
B. But
B. interviewed
B. heard
B. little
B. 57-cent
B. paid
B. help
B. covering
B. picture

C. inside
C. higher
C. church
C. well
C. burnt
C. a purse
C. even if
C. friendship
C. quietly
C. Seizing
C. spoke
C. And
C. broadcast
C. read
C. more
C. nothing
C. ran
C. idea
C. seating
C. bill

D. out
D. modern
D. school
D. equally
D. moved
D. a box
D. so that
D. donation
D. excitedly
D. Catching
D. told
D. Or
D. released
D. watched
D. less
D. $100
D. flied
D. thought
D. including
D. expression

阅读理解。

                                                    May: Happenings from the Past
     May 5,1884
     Isaac Murphy, son of a slave and perhaps the greatest horse rider in American history, rides Buchanan
to win his first Kentucky Derby. He becomes the first rider ever to win the race three times.
     May 9,1754
     Benjamin Franklin"s Pennsylvania Gazette produces perhaps the first American political cartoon (漫画),
showing a snake cutsin pieces, with the words" Join or Dic" printed under the picture.
     May 11,1934
     The first great dust storm of the Great Plains Dust Bowl, the result of years of drought (干旱), blows
topsoil all the way to New York City and Washington, D.C.
     May 19,1994
     Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, former first lady and one of the most famous people of the
1960s, died of cancer in New York City at the age of 64.
     May 24, 1844
     Samuel F.B Morse taps out the first message, "What Hath God wrought," over the experimental
long-distance telegraph line which runs from Washington, D,C, to Baltimore, Md.

1. We know from the text that Buchanan is _____.

A. Isaac"s father
B. a winning horse
C. a slave taking care of horses
D. the first racing horse in Kentucky

2. What is the title of the first American political cartoon?

A. Join or Die
B. Pennsylvania Gazette
C. What Hath God Wrought
D. Kentucky Dorby

3. In which year did the former first lady Jacqueline die?

A. 1934
B. 1960
C. 1964
D. 1994

4. Which of the following places has to do with the first telegram in history?

A. Washington, D.C.
B. New York City.
C. Kentucky.
D. Pennsylvania.

Cloze.

     The British love to think of themselves as polite, and everyone knows how fond they are of their "pleases"
and "thank you". Even the simplest business such as buying a train ticket requires   1   seven or eight of these.
Another   2   of our good manners is the queue. New-comers to Britain could be forgiven for thinking that
queuing rather than football was the   3   national sport. Finally, of course, motorists generally stop at crossings.
But does all this mean that the British should consider themselves more polite than their European neighbours?
I think not.
     Take forms of address (称呼) for example. The average English person-  4   he happens to work in a hotel
or department store-would rather die than call a stranger "Sir" or "Madam". Yet in some European countries this
is the most basic of common address. Our   5 "you" for everyone may appear more democratic, but it means
that we are forced to seek out complicated ways to express   6 . I am all for returning to the use of "thee" and
"thou" (Thee and thou are old-fashioned poetic words for "you"); "you" would be   7   for strangers and
professional relationships.
     And of course, the English find touching and other shows of friendship truly terrifying. Have you noticed
how the British   8   ever touch? Personally, I find the Latin habit of shaking hands or a friendly kiss quite
charming. Try kissing the average English person, and they will either take two steps backwards in horror ; or,
if their escape is   9  , you will find your lips touching the back of their head. Now what could be  10  than that?

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