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Paper was first made in the year 105. It was made by a Chinese named Cai Lun.
For over 500 years paper was made only in China. People in Japan learned of paper around the year
600. As years went by, people in other places began to make paper.
The lead pencil is not made of lead. It is made of graphite. People found graphite in 1564. They
thought it was a kind of lead. Today we still call pencils "lead pencils". The first pencils were made by
putting strings around sticks of graphite.
The first wooden pencils were made by Kasper Faber in Germany in 1761.
Erasers like those we use today were first made in France by a man named Magellan in 1752. It was
Hyman L. Lipman who first put eraser on the ends of pencils. And that is how the pencils came to be.
B. About 400 years.
C. more than 500 years.
D. 495 years.
B. later than Japan
C. as early as Japan
D. as late as Japan
B. lead
C. sticks
D. strings and graphite
B. a Frenchman
C. a German
D. an American
B. Graphite isn"t a kind of lead.
C. The first wooden pencils were made in Ger many.
D. Hyman L. Lipman made the first erasers.
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 (the first Olympic mascot) |  |  |  |  |
| 20 th | 23rd | 26 th | 27 th | 29 th |
| 1972 | 1984 | 1996 | 2000 | 2008 |
| Munich(慕尼黑) | Los Angeles | Atlanta | Sydney | Beijing |
| Germany | America | America | Australia | China |
| Europe | North America | North America | Occania | Asia |
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| In the early nineteenth century , people did not use stamps(邮票). They had to pay postage(邮费) when they received letters. Sometimes they didn’t want to receive a letter at all, because they had to pay money for it . They were unhappy about this. The postage was high at that time, because the post offices had to send many people to get the postage. Rowland Hill was a school teacher in England. He was the first to think of using stamps in the 1850s. He thought it would be much easier for people to use stamps. They could go to the post offices to buy stamps and put them on envelopes(信封) before they sent the letters.  The post offices could just put seals(印记) on the stamps so that people could not use the stamps again. In this way, the post offices did notneed to send postmen to get the postage. It only needed fewer postmen to send letters. 1. Did people use stamps in the early nineteenth century? _______________________________________________________________________ 2. What did the people have to do when they received letters? _______________________________________________________________________ 3. Why was the postage high at that time? _______________________________________________________________________ 4. When did Rowland Hill think of us  ing stamps?_______________________________________________________________  ________5. What did the post offices put seals on the stamps for? _______________________________________________________________________ | ||||
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| Every country has its own way of cooking. American people have their way of cooking, don"t they? Most people in the United States like fast food, but if you think that American people don"t like cooking, you are wrong. It"s true that most Americans eat fast food for their breakfast and lunch, but they also think cooking is interesting. Parents see the importance of teaching their children how to cook, and most Americans say that home cooked meals are the best. Americans have their own way of cooking. For example, baking (烘烤) is the most popular way of cooking in America. Most American families have ovens. American cooks pay attention to (注意) the balance of food. In planning a big meal, they try to cook meat, a few vegetables, some bread and often some sweet food. They also like to make the meal look beautiful. There are many kinds of food of different colors, so the meal is healthy and looks beautiful, too. | ||||
| 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 | ||||
| 1. Most Americans . | ||||
| A. don"t like cooking B. cook food in the morning C. eat fast food D. like having a picnic | ||||
| 2. Most Americans . | ||||
| A. don"t eat fast food for their breakfast or lunch B. have fast food for their breakfast or lunch C. like to eat fast food for supper D. don"t have breakfast or lunch | ||||
| 3. is the most popular way of cooking in the USA. | ||||
| A. Baking B. Cutting C. Frying D. Boiling | ||||
| 4. How does an American cook balance different kinds of food? | ||||
| A. He cooks a lot of meat. B. He cooks meat, vegetables, bread and sweet food for a big meal. C. He makes the food delicious. D. He cooks a lot of vegetable. | ||||
| 5. Which is right according to the passage? | ||||
| A. The meal looks beautiful because the food is in different colors. B. American people do not like to cook food at home. C. American parents do not like to teach their children to cook. D. Most people in the United States don"t like fast food at all. | ||||
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| In Western countries, people always have a Christmas tree on Christmas Day. The tree is always green and beautiful. On Christmas Eve, people dance and singaround the tree happily. There is a beautiful story about the Christmas tree. Long long ago, a poor farmer met a child on a snowy and windy Christmas Eve. The child was cold and hungry,and the farmer gave him some food to eat. After that the child wanted to thank the farmer, so he put a stick into the earth and left the stick to the farmer. Just after the child left, the stick became a tree, and there were many beautiful presents hanging on the tree.The farmer knew at that time that the child was God"s messenger Now,decorating (装饰)Christmas trees has become an important part of Christmas. Westen people decorate Christmas trees with colorful lights, stars, flowers,dolls...People also put the presents for their family members under thetree. | ||||
| 1.What color is the Christmas tree? | ||||
| A.White. B.Orange. C.Green. D.Blue. | ||||
| 2.How was the weather when a poor farmer met a child? | ||||
| A.Snowy and windy. B.Rainy and windy. C.Sunny and hot. D.Wet and warm. | ||||
| 3.What did the farmer give the boy? | ||||
| A.Some clothes. B.Some food. C.Some money. D.Some books. | ||||
| 4.The boy left________to the farmer. | ||||
| A.the doll B.the light C.the flower D.the stick | ||||
| 5.From the passage, _______ has become an important part of Christmas now. | ||||
| A.Eating delicious food B.Visiting some friends C.Decorating Christmas trees D.Buying more presents | ||||
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| The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the symbols of the United States. It is in San Francisco,California.It links the San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean （太平洋） The bridge is surely one of the most beautiful bridges in the world, and also one of the tallest bridges. The span （跨度）of it is 4,200 feet, and is 8,981 feet long. It was designed by architects （建筑师）Irving and Gertrude Morrow. The bridge was started building in 1934, and was finished in1936. Orange is the color of the bridgd. The designers choose the color because it goes well with the natural environment ofthe bridge. If people come to America by ship, they will see the Golden Gate Bridge first. It is almost the West Coast"s "Statue ofLiberty( 自由女神像)". It is something that every tourist should visit. | ||||
| 1. Where is the Golden Gate Bridge? | ||||
| A. In England. B. In America. C. In China. D. In Australia. | ||||
| 2. The underlined word“links”means“____” in Chinese. | ||||
| A．停止 B．雕刻 C．连接 D．靠近 | ||||
| 3. How long is the Golden Gate Bridge? | ||||
| A. About 8,981 feet. B. About 1,936 feet. C. About 1,934 feet. D. About 4,200 feet. | ||||
| 4. What color is the Golden Gate Bridge? | ||||
| A. Blue. B. Yellow. C. Red. D. Orange. | ||||
| 5. The Golden Gate Bridge is the first attraction for many people coming to America ______. | ||||
| A.bycar B byplane C. by sea D. by train |