their family in Venice after a long journey. They 2 about strange and beautiful lands in the East.
They brought back gold and jewels.
Shortly 3 . the Polo brothers asked him to 4 a trip with them to the East. So it was 5
Marco Polo’s journey (旅行) began. During three years of travelling to 6 China, he saw 7
that were almost unbelievable to a boy from Italy. He met people who had 8 ways of living.
Some people 9 languages that he did not understand. At 10 they reached the continent of
Asia. This was 11 the year 1257. The emperor made a great feast (盛宴) in honour of the
Polos and asked Marco to live in his court. Marco Polo 12 to read, write and speak new
languages. 13 the emperor sent him to 14 western and southern part of his empire. Marco
Polo was given many soldiers and servants for his journey. Marco saw paper made by the
Chinese. People in China had 15 discovered how to print 16 paper; they had many books
and even used paper money! They burned little black rocks for 17 -later called coal. After
three years, he wrote a book about his travels, 18 most people in Europe did not 19 .
20 many years later did the world know that this man had discovered a great eastern country.
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( )2.A. talked
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( )4.A. go
( )5.A. how
( )6.A. reach
( )7.A. what
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( )9.A. spoke
( )10.A. least
( )11.A. about
( )12.A. studied
( )13.A. When
( )14.A. watch
( )15.A. first
( )16.A. in
( )17.A. heating
( )18.A. that
( )19.A. imagine
( )20A. Only
B. thought
B. before
B. take
B. when
B. get to
B. sights
B. difficult
B. said
B. most
B. of
B. researched
B. Since
B. see
B.Ssoon
B. on
B. heat
B. what
B. believe
B. After
C. from
C. told
C. after
C. get
C. where
C. arrive
C. which
C. curious
C. talked
C. last
C. not
C. learned
C. Once
C. look
C. slowly
C. about
C. irrigating
C. which
C. record
C. Since
D. to
D. said
D. ago
D. delay
D. why
D. distant
D. thing
D. constant
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D. agreed
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D. even
D. with
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D. all
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D. When
and died on July 18,1817. She began writing early in life, although the prejudices(偏见)of her times
forced her to have her books published anonymously.(匿名).
But Jane Austen is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath"s many famous local people and
visitors. She paid two long visits during the last five years of the eighteenth century and from 1801 to
1806, Bath was her home. Her deep knowledge of the city is fully seen in two of her novels, Northanger
Addey and Persuasion, which are largely set in Bath. The city is still very much as Jane Austen knew it,
keeping its streets and public buildings the well-ordered world that she described so well in her novels.
Now the pleasure of learning Jane Austen"s Bath can be enhanced (增强)by visiting the Jane Austen
Center in Gay Street. Here, in a Georgian town house in the heart of the city, you can find out more
about Bath in Jane Austen"s time and the importance of Bath in her life and work.
The Center has been set up with the help and guidance of members of the Jane Austen Society. After
your visit to the Center, you can look round the attractive shop, which offers a huge collection of Jane
Austen related books, cards and many specially designed gifts. Jane Austen quizzes are offered to keep
the children busy.
You can also have walking tours of Jane Austen"s Bath, which is a great way to find out more about
Jane Austen and discover the wonderful Georgian city of Bath. The tour lasts about one and a half hours.
The experienced guides will take you to the places where Jane lived, walked and shopped.
B. in her early teens
C. in her late twenties
D. in her late teens
B. The city has changed as much as Jane Austen knew it.
C. Bath remains almost the same as in Jane Austen"s time.
D. No changes have taken place in Bath since Austen"s time.
B. ask readers to buy Austen"s books
C. tell readers about Jane Austen"s experience
D. give a brief introduction to the Jane Austen Society
B. cards and gifts that have something to do with Austen
C. the quizzes written by Austen to keep the children busy
D. the books written by the other writers about Austen
needed fresh water and food after three months at sea. They saw an island and went on shore. On
the island there were unfriendly Indians who refused to give food to them. Columbus" men were
afraid of the Indians, but he had a clever plan. He used sign language to tell the Indians about his
mysterious (神秘的) power to turn off the light in the sky. He knew about a lunar eclipse (月蚀)
the next night because the information was in his almanac (天文历书). Columbus told the Indians,
" Tomorrow night I"ll turn off the light in the sky." But they didn"t believe him . When the eclipse
began the next night ,the Indians became very frightened . They begged Columbus to turn on the
light again , and they quickly gave him all the food and water he wanted. Immediately Columbus
and his men hurried back to the ship and sailed away in the moonless night.
B. they hoped to get supplies of food and water
C. they had never been on the island before
D. they had planned to visit it
B. were kind to
C. welcomed
D. were not kind to
B. spoke in the language of the Indians
C. drew a lot of signs
D. wrote in the language of the Indians
B. the moon
C. the stars
D. the daylight
B. were interested in Columbus" trip
C. wanted to help Columbus
D. were clever
When he died in 1931, Americans wondered how they could best show their respect for him.
One suggestion was that the nation observe a minute or two of total blackout. All electric power
would be shut off in homes, streets, and factories. Perhaps his suggested plan made Americans
realize fully what Edison and his inventions mean to them. Electric power was too important to
the country. Shutting it off for even a short time would have led to complete confusion. A blackout
was out of the question.
On the day of Edison"s funeral, many people silently dimmed their lights. In this way they honoured
the man who had done more than anyone else to put the great force of electricity at his countrymen"s
fingertips.
B.received the first American patent
C.received more patents than any other American
D.was the first American inventor
B.electric power was 100 years
C.the country realized electricity"s importance
D.he died in 1931
B.observe a few minutes of total silence
C.dim all electric lights
D.shut off all electricity for a short time
B.heard of the plan to honor him
C.first used electric power
D.tried to carry out the plan
B.it was too difficult
C.electric power was too important to the country
D.it honored only one of Edison"s inventions
grow from a young nation to the strongest industrial power in the world. Whitman was influenced
by events around him. But his poetry speaks of the inner self. He celebrated great people like
President Abraham Lincoln. He also celebrated common people.
As a young man, Whitman worked as a school teacher, a printer and a newspaper reporter.
He was thirty- six years old when his first book of poetry was published. He called it Leaves of
Grass. It has only twelve poems. The poems are written in free verse. The lines do not follow any
set form. Some lines are short and some are long. The word at the end of each line do not have a
similar sound. They do not rhyme.
One of America"s greatest thinkers and writers immediately recognized the importance of Leaves
of Grass. Ralph Waldo Emerson praised Whitman"s work. But most other poets and writers said
nothing or denounced it.
The American Civil War began in 1861. During the war, Whitman worked without pay at army
hospitals. He helped care for the wounded and dying soldiers. He sat beside these men for hours.
He brought them food and wrote letters for them. After the Civil War, Whitman worked for
government agencies. He watched the United States try to heal itself and increase democracy.
To Walt Whitman, democracy was more than a political system or idea. It was the natural form
of government for free people. Whitman believed democracy was meant to honor the rights of every
person and the equality of all people.
In 1873, Walt Whitman suffered a stroke . he spent the last few years of his life in Camden, New
Jersey and wrote more poems. Whitman was poor and weak during the last few years of his life.
He died in 1892.
B. celebrating great people
C. writing poems
D. praising common people
B.1819
C.1861
D.1873
(in Paragraph3) is most likely to tell us that ___.
B. a lot of people agreed with Emerson.
C. many poets and writers thought ill of Whitman"s poems
D. few poets and writers didn"t like talking to Whitman
B. a man of devotion
C. an honest official
D. a great politician
Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did
not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he
was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was
believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he
learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as
the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader"s surprise.
a. Lived in New York b. Worked in a bank
c. Traveled to Texas d. Was put in prison
e. Had a newspaper job f. Learned to write stories
B. c, e, b, d, f, a
C. e, b, d, c, a, f
D. c, b, e, d, a, f
B. they were easy to understand.
C. they showed his love for the poor.
D. they were about New York City
B. he broke the law by not using his own name.
C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners.
D. people thought he had taken the money that was not his.
B.He was not serious about his work.
C.He was devoted to the poor.
D.He was very good at learning.
B.The newspaper articles he wrote.
C.The city and people of New York.
D.His exciting early life as a boy.
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