In the 16th century, breakfast was only to break one"s fast(随便吃一点). But 200 years later it had
become a large meal, not just for family, but for numbers of guests as well. It was a social(社会的)event. It began at 10 a.m. and lasted until 1 p.m. Then breakfast began to be less popular. It became,
instead, a lighter meal and was taken at a much earlier hour. By 1850 it had been pushed back to 8 a.m. and became a family meal.
Dinner, however, went to the other way. In the 16th century it was eaten at 11 a. m. Years later, it
had moved to the early afternoon, then to 5 p.m. By 1850 dinner time had reached 7 p.m. Lunch is a
recent idea. It first appeared as a snack to fill the gap(间隙) between breakfast and dinner.
B. after 1890
C. since 1890
D. by 1890
B. Dinner took the same way with breakfast
C. Dinner is different from breakfast
D. Dinner is the same with breakfast
B. 18th
C. 16th
D. 19th
B. what people eat for dinner
C. the history of supper
D. the history of the three meals
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Five Olympic mascots were announced exactly 1000 days before the Beijing Olympic opening
ceremony. The long-anticipated mascots represent four of China"s most popular animals—the fish, the
panda, the Tibetan antelope and the swallow. The fifth mascot is the brightly burning Olympic flame.
Each of the mascots has a repeated two-syllable name. This type of name is a traditional way of
showing affection for children in China. BeiBei is the fish, JingJing is the panda, HuanHuan is the Olympic
flame, YingYing is the Tibetan antelope and NiNi is the swallow. The first characters of their two-syllable
names read "Beijing Huanying Ni," or, in English, "Welcome to Beijing."
The five elements of nature, including the sea, forest, fire, earth and sky are found in the mascot"s
origins and headpieces. These special headpieces also display the folk and culture of China. Each mascot
also symbolizes a different blessing —prosperity, happiness, passion, health and good luck.
It is the first time more than three mascots will share the important duty of representing their host
country. Han Meilin, chief of the mascot design team explained that, "China has such a rich culture that no
single mascot could possibly represent it! That is why we chose to produce five mascots instead of one."
Called the "Five Friendlies," the figures embody(体现) the Chinese people"s hope for peace and
friendship in the world and the spirit of the Olympics, representing not only multi-ethnic(多民族的)
cultures of China, but also the traditional Chinese philosophy of harmony between humans and nature.
In order to help Beijing 2008 spread its theme of One World, One Dream to every continent, the Five Friendlies reflect the deep desire of the Chinese people to reach out to the world in friendship through the Games - and to invite every man, woman and child to take part in the great celebration of human union in
2008.
B. Prosperity, Happiness, Passion, Health and Good luck.
C. New Beijing, New Olympics.
D. One World, One Dream.
B. No single mascot could represent China.
C. The five mascots represented the culture of China.
D. They would reflect the desire of Chinese people.
B. One of the five mascots YingYing stands for the Olympic flame.
C. Beijing announced its five 2008 Olympic mascots just 1000 days before the big event.
D. The five mascots express affection for Chinese children by two-syllable names.
B. The theme of 2008 Beijing Olympics - One World, One Dream.
C. The significance of five 2008 Olympic mascots - the Five Friendlies.
D. How the Five Fantastic Mascots came into being.
B. Chinese multi-ethnic cultures, philosophy of harmony between humans and nature and five elements
of nature.
C. Chinese people"s hope for peace and friendship in the world and the spirit of the Olympics.
D. The deep desire of the Chinese people to reach out to the world in friendship through the Olympics.
culture are passed on to different generations through tradition or social learning. From this view point,
all human groups have a culture. Culture exists in agricultural as well as industrialized societies.
Culture is necessary for the survival and existence of human beings as human beings. Practically
everything humans know, think, value, feel, and do is learned through taking part in a socio-cultural
system. This statement is well supported by some well-written cases. Here is one of the cases of children
growing up apart from human society. In the province of Kidnaper in India, the director of a children"s
home was told by local villagers that there were "ghost(鬼)" in the forest. Upon looking into the case, the
director found that two children, one about eight years old and the other about six years old, appeared to
have been living with a pack of wolves in the forest. These children were the ghosts described by the
local people. In his diary, the director describes his first view of Kamala(as the older child was named)
and Amala(the name given to the younger child).
Kamala was a terrible-looking being-the head, a big ball of something covering the shoulders. Close
at its heels there came another terrible creature exactly like the first, but smaller in size. Their eyes were
very bright and sharp, unlike human eyes. They were very fond of raw meat and raw milk. Gradually, as
they got stronger, they began going on all fours, and afterwards began to run on all fours like squirrels.
Children learn human language in the same way they learn other kinds of human behavior by taking part
in a cultural community. They learn a certain human language as well as certain kinds of human behavior
through their membership in a certain cultural community.
B. Amala and Kamala were raised in forest by ghosts
C. human beings will not grow up human unless they are raised by human beings in human culture
D. culture refers only to the high art and classical music of a particular society
B. They were two squirrels, Amala and Kamala, who ran on fours.
C. They were two young wolves, Amala and Kamala, whose eyes were bright and sharp.
D. They were two children, Amala and Kamala, who were growing up in a children"s home.
diary?
B. They started walking with their four feet.
C. They began going with their four hands.
D. They started walking with both their hands and feet.
B. Culture and Human Behavior
C. Culture and Language Learning
D. A director"s Diary
1840, American presidents elected in years ending in zero have been noticed to die in office. William H.
Harrison, the man who served the shortest term, died of a kind of deadly illness several weeks after he
took office.
Abraham Lincoln was one of the four presidents who were murdered. He was elected in 1860, and
his death came just five years later.
James A Garfield, a former Union Army general from Ohio, was shot during his first year in office
(1881) by a man to whom he wouldn’t give a job.
While in his second term of office (1901), William McKinley, another Ohioan, attended the
Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, New York. During the reception, he was killed while shaking hands
with some of the guests.
Three years after election in 1920, Warren G. Harding died in office. Although it was never proved,
many believed he was poisoned.
Franklin D. Roosevelt had been elected four times (1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944), the only man to
serve so long a term. He had suffered from poliomyelitis(小儿麻痹症)in 1921 and died of the illness in
1945.
John F. Kennedy, the last of the line, was shot in 1963, only three years after his election.
B. 1928
C. 1890
D. 1846
B. Warren G. Harding
C. William McKinley
D. William H. Harrison
B. Only presidents from the state of Ohio have died in office.
C. President Abraham Lincoln died in the year of 1865.
D. Franklin D. Roosevelt completed four times as president.
B. 6
C. 5
D. 4
Fact box: New Zealand
Position: South of the Equator (赤道);
Nearest neighbor: Australia, 1600 km away.
Size: Two main islands - North Island and
South Island, 268.680 sq. km together
Population: 4 million
Capital: Wellington
Languages: English and Maori
Mountains, volcanoes, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, forests,
beaches. Both islands are mountainous. In fact, only 30%
of New Zealand is flat.
Most people live on North Island.
Eighty-five percent of New Zealanders are
white men, whose great grandfathers came
from Europe.Ten percent are Maoris. The
Maoris came to New Zealand from the
Polynesian islands probably around the
tenth century. Europeans started to
arrive in New Zealand about 200 years ago as farmers and traders.
When the Maoris first arrived in New Zealand, they lived in
villages and were excellent fishermen, hunters and farmers.
About 50 years ago many Maoris started to live and work
in large cities and took jobs in government, industries, medicine and education. They are proud of their culture and are determined to keep many of the customs which are part of their way of life.
B. There are four million white people.
C. It’s about 1600 km south of the Equator.
D. Nearly 1/3 of the country is plains.
B. 200 years ago.
C. 85 years ago.
D. 50 years ago.
B. Developing farming skills.
C. Keeping their own culture.
D. Taking up government jobs.
阅读理解
Section One
The city is an accumulation (积累)of human civilization. Just as the American social philosopher
(哲学家) Lewis Mumford put it, it is a special system which, fine and compact(简洁的), has been
designed to preserve the fruits of human civilization. Many Western languages have developed their
versions of the term “civilization” from the same Latin (拉丁语的) word “civitas”(meaning “city”), and
it is by no means a coincidence(巧合). The city has played a significant role in the perfection of
order in human society.
Section Two
The emblem, showing the image of three people ? you, me, him/her holding hands together,
symbolizes the big family of mankind. Inspired by the shape of the Chinese character “世”
(meaning the world), the design conveys the organizers" wish to host an Expo which is of global
scale and which displays the various urban cultures of the world.
Section Three
Created from the inspiration of Chinese character “人”, the design roots deeply in Chinese culture.
It tells the world the eternal core (永恒的核心) and theme of Shanghai World Expo will be always
human. The mascot(吉祥物) “Haibao” will become the messenger for the theme of
World Expo 2010 Shanghai China “Better City, Better Life”.
The basic structure of the Chinese character “人” in which each stroke(一笔,一划) supports
each other also shows the concept that the beautiful life should depends on mutual-help. If the human
are willing to support one another, the harmony among human, nature, and society will be available.
Such an urban life will be nice.
Haibao’s confident smile is expressing his sincere greeting from China ? “World Expo 2010
Shanghai China welcomes you!”
1. Section One mainly tells us about ______.
A. the part cities play in human civilization
B. the development of the word “city”
C. why the Expo is held in Shanghai
D. where human civilization originated
2. The underlined word “it” in Section One refers to ______.
A. the civilization
B. the philosopher
C. the word
D. the city
3. Which correctly matches the sections with the pictures described in the passage?
4. The second paragraph in Section Three explains how the creation is connected with the _____ of
the Chinese word “人”.
A. story
B. meaning
C. shape
D. usage
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