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When in 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States, there was no permanent capital in which to house the government. During the Revolutionary War several different cities had served as the national capital. In addition, members of congress could not agree as to where this permanent capital should be located. Some officials wanted it in the north, others wanted it in the south. Each of the states hoped that the capital might lie within its own state lines. At last it was decided that the capital should occupy a section by itself, separate from any of the states. The place chosen was situated on the Potomac River. The land belonged originally to the state of Maryland, but Maryland agreed to the national government. The section was named the Washington. Work was begun on the new capital in 1791. in the year 1899 Congress occupied the new capital building at the same time the White House was opened as the home of all future presidents.
小题1:Before the year 1800, the capital of America had been located in _______.
A.MarylandB.Washington
C.New YorkD.several cities
小题2:Why was it decided that the capital should be separated from any of the states? Because ________.
A.the District of Columbia was on the borders of several states
B.the District of Columbia was in the center of America
C.Maryland insisted that the capital lie in its own state
D.Each of the states wanted the capital might lie within its own state
小题3:The capital was named after _______.
A.an explorer, who first found the place
B.the place where it occupied
C.the first president of the United States of America
D.a famous general who fought in the war
小题4:Presidents of the United States live in ________.
A.the capital buildingB.Maryland
C.New YorkD.the White House

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小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:D
解析

本文向我们介绍美国首都的由来。
小题1:D。事实细节题。根据 During the Revolutionary War several different cities had served as the national capital 可知答案为D。
小题2:D。推理判断题。根据 Some officials wanted it in the north, others wanted it in the south. Each of the states hoped that the capital might lie within its own state lines. At last it was decided that the capital should occupy a section by itself, separate from any of the states可知每个州都想成为首都的所在地,因此选择一个与这些州分离的地方再合适不过了,因此答案为D。
小题3:C。事实细节题。根据 When in 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States和The section was named the Washington可知答案为C。
小题4:D。事实细节题。根据 the White House was opened as the home of all future presidents 可知答案为D。
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The largest-ever chariot pit (战车坑) of relics with carts and horse bones has been discovered in Henan Province. It may lead to the uncovering of chariot pit groups that could be a key to understanding Chinese civilizations that existed more than 2,000 years ago.
Experts said the relics are dated more than 300 years earlier than the famous warriors (武士) in Shaanxi Province. What excited the experts were two other projects that located two huge pits with similar features.
“It is absolutely a miracle. These relics indicate that there could be a tomb group in this area, which is likely to be important for China’s archaeological (考古学的) studies,” said Ma Juncai, a leading relic researcher in the province.
In ancient China, carts, sheep, spoons and so on were buried to ensure that dead people had a happy afterlife. The number and quality of the sacrifices indicated the social status of the dead. The custom was carried into the Qin Dynasty. Emperor Qinshihuang’s tomb, located near Xi’an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, is accompanied by thousands of wood or clay figures of warriors and horses. The tomb is probably the most well-known.
The discovered pit measures 10.4 meters long, 8.4 meters wide and 5 meters deep. It holds 20 carts in different sizes. The smallest one is 1.05 meters long and 1.3 meters wide.
Experts think that 40 horses are likely to be found as well. Careful plans need to be made to deal with the demanding uncovering. “The clay is very weak and a small misstep can destroy the whole project. That’s why we need to take every step very carefully to protect these cherished cultural relics,” Ma said.
小题1: What’s the passage mainly about?
A.The dead people’s sacrifices in ancient China.
B.China’s archaeological studies.
C.The discovery of a large chariot pit in Henan.
D.The history of Chinese civilizations.
小题2:According to Ma Juncai, the uncovering of the three pits is a miracle because _______.
A.it shows there may be a tomb group there
B.it’s helpful in discovering Emperor Qinshihuang’s tomb
C.the relics are dated such a long time ago
D.the relics are more than 300 years older than the ones in Shaanxi
小题3:It can be inferred from Paragraph 4 that ______.
A.all dead people had sacrifices in ancient China
B.the discovered pit is the most well-known in the world
C.the discovered pit dates back to the Qin Dynasty
D.Emperor Qinshihuang wanted to maintain his power after death
小题4:Careful plans for the uncovering are needed because ______.
A.another 40 horses are likely to be found as well
B.the whole uncovering could be destroyed easily
C.experts are too busy to spare time for it
D.the government hasn’t agreed to it
小题5:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A.The discovery has drawn the leading experts’ attention.
B.A lot of cultural relics have been discovered in Henan.
C.40 horses have been discovered together with the chariot pit.
D.The discovered carts in the chariot pit are similar in size.

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The Spanish exploration was the beginning of the history of San Francisco Harbor. That long history is celebrated at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. The park’s main visitor center is only a few hundred meters from the waters of the great harbor. It is a memorial to the great ships and those who sailed them.
The visitor center holds many objects linked to the past of the great harbor. There are small ships, ship equipment, and hundreds of beautiful old photographs. Many visitors stop to look at a large painting of a huge sailing ship named the Balclutha.
Visitors who look at the painting can go out through the front door of the visitor center and see the real Balclutha. People walking near Fisherman’s Wharf often do not believe their eyes when they first see the Balclutha. Almost everyone stops and looks at the huge ship. The ship looks almost new. Several years ago, more than one million dollars was spent in repairing and painting it. Now, more than two hundred thousand people a year visit the ship.
The Balclutha is perhaps the most popular ship with visitors at the Maritime Park. However, there are also several other ships which are very important to the history of the great harbor. But not all of these ships are open to the public. One that is open is a small steam-powered workboat, called the Hercules. The Hercules was a tugboat. Until 1924 it pulled ships around the harbor.
Another boat popular with visitors is the Eureka. It was built in 1890. It is the largest wooden ship still floating today. The Eureka was a ferryboat. It carried people and cars across the bay. It did this until the Golden Gate Bridge and the Oakland Bay Bridge were built.
The park also has a very unusual looking museum. It is a large building that almost looks like a ship. The museum is filled with interesting equipment. One of the most interesting objects in the museum is a small sailboat called the Mermaid, which is only large enough for one person to sit in.
小题1:The underlined word “It” in Paragraph 1 refers to _________.
A.the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
B.the Spanish exploration
C.the main visitor center
D.San Francisco Harbor
小题2: What can we know about the Balclutha according to the passage?
A.It is the largest wooden ship.
B.It is worth about one million dollars now.
C.It is a steam-powered workboat used to pull ships.
D.The huge ship attracts lots of visitors every year.
小题3:The ships are described in the passage in order to _______.
A.show the history of the great harbor
B.tell us each ship has its own features
C.tell us which one is the most popular
D.tell us these ships’ functions
小题4: We know from the passage that ________.
A.the Eureka is still used for carrying people and cars
B.the Hercules has not been used for pulling ships since 1924
C.the Mermaid is a small tugboat that can only hold one person
D.most of the ships in the park are open to the public

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Nearly two thousand years have passed since a census decreed by Caesar Augustus become part of the greatest story ever told. Many things have changed in the intervening years. The hotel industry worries more about overbuilding than overcrowding, and if they had to meet an unexpected influx, few inns would have a manager to accommodate the weary guests. Now it is the census taker that does the traveling in the fond hope that a highly mobile population will stay long enough to get a good sampling. Methods of gathering, recording, and evaluating information have presumably been improved a great deal. And where then it was the modest purpose of Rome to obtain a simple head count as an adequate basis for levying taxes, now batteries of complicated statistical series furnished by governmental agencies and private organizations are eagerly scanned and interpreted by sages and seers to get a clue to future events. The Bible does not tell us how the Roman census takers made out, and as regards our more immediate concern, the reliability of present day economic forecasting, there are considerable differences of opinion. They were aired at the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the American Statistical Association. There was the thought that business forecasting might well be on its way from an art to a science, and some speakers talked about newfangled computers and high-falutin mathematical system in terms of excitement and endearment which we, at least in our younger years when these things mattered, would have associated more readily with the description of a fair maiden. But others pointed to the deplorable record of highly esteemed forecasts and forecasters with a batting average below that of the Mets, and the President-elect of the Association cautioned that “high powered statistical methods are usually in order where the facts are crude and inadequate, the exact contrary of what crude and inadequate statisticians assume.” We left his birthday party somewhere between hope and despair and with the conviction, not really newly acquired, that proper statistical methods applied to ascertainable facts have their merits in economic forecasting as long as neither forecaster nor public is deluded into mistaking the delineation of probabilities and trends for a prediction of certainties of mathematical exactitude.
小题1: Taxation in Roman days apparently was based on
[A]. wealth. [B]. mobility. [C]. population. [D]. census takers.
小题2:The American Statistical Association
[A]. is converting statistical study from an art to a science.
[B]. has an excellent record in business forecasting.
[C]. is neither hopeful nor pessimistic.
[D]. speaks with mathematical exactitude.
小题3: The message the author wishes the reader to get is
[A]. statisticians have not advanced since the days of the Roman.
[B]. statistics is not as yet a science.
[C]. statisticians love their machine.
[D].computer is hopeful.
小题4:The “greatest story ever told” referred to in the passage is the story of
[A]. Christmas. [B]. The Mets.
[C]. Moses. [D]. Roman Census Takers.
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For many years, no one could communicate with people who had been born without learning. These deaf people were not able to use a spoken language.
But, beginning in the 1700s, the deaf were taught a special language. Using this language, they could share thoughts and ideas with others. The language they used was a language without sound. It was a sign language.
How did this sign language work?  The deaf were taught to make certain movements with their hands, faces and bodies. These movements stood for things and ideas. A man might move his finger across his lips. This meant, “You are not telling the truth.” He might tap his chin (下巴, 下颚)with three fingers. This meant “my uncle”.
The deaf were also taught to use a finger alphabet(字母表). They used their fingers to make letters of the alphabet. In this way, they spelled out words. Some deaf people could spell out words at a speed of 130 words per minute.
Sign language and finger spelling are not used as much as they once could. Today, the deaf are taught to understand others by watching their lips. They are also taught how to speak.
小题1:The passage is mainly about ___ .
A.how the deaf communicate with others
B.teaching the deaf to speak with their mouths
C.learning how to spell words with one’s hands
D.how sign languages came into being
小题2:From the passage we can infer that ___.
A.there is still no way to communicate with the deaf
B.the deaf must have special teachers to teach them
C.in order to make a living, deaf people must make signs
D.it is not very difficult for the deaf to learn sign language
小题3:How did sign languages help the deaf?
A.It helped them learn to read
B.The deaf could understand sign languages even if they had not learned them
C.It helped them to communicate with other people
D.It helped them speak with their mouths
小题4:Which of the following sentences do you think is right according to the passage?
A.Deaf people draw signsB.Deaf people read with their fingers
C.Many deaf people now can speakD.Deaf people can hear what others say now

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The twin towns of LAUFEN/OBERNDORF


Laufen owes its former economical and cultural significance to the river Salzach,which forms a peninsula with its sharp curves(弯) there.
Laufen’s economic boom began with the salt trade and the shipping on the river.The salt—mainly coming from Hallein and Bad Reichenhall—was loaded onto bigger ships downstream,which made Laufen one of the most important ports of shipment for salt in Salzburg and Bavaria.
The archbishop(大教主) of Salzburg had given special privileges to the people who were involved in the shipping of salt on the river Salzach.
The Napoleonic Wars brought occupation and serious disturbances.They brought the sudden end to the independent state of the Duke—Archbishop of Salzburg.The end of the 18th century brought a decrease in shipping because of the general economic situation.On the 1st May 1816 Salzburg definitively became a part of Austria (Munich agreement) that’s why the Salzach became the border between Bavaria and Austria.Laufen’s suburbs Oberndorf and Altach were divided up.The number of inhabitants fell from 1392 to 809.Even the re-unification of the two towns’shipsmen’s guilds(行会) and the reorganization of 1928 could not prevent the decline of shipping which finally came to an end in the late 19th century.
小题1:________played an important role in Laufen’s economy and culture life.
A.SaltB.ShipmentC.GuildsD.Theriver Salzach
小题2:The underlined word“boom”probably means________.
A.pleasant soundsB.sudden increaseC.sudden decreaseD.trade
小题3:The main idea of this passage is mainly about ________.
A.how the economy declined in Laufen
B.the effects of The Napoleonic Wars
C.how the twin towns of LAUFEN and OBERNDORF came into being
D.the history of Salzburg

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