A. One Kind of Building Material
B. Factors That Influenced Modern Architecture
C. More Kinds of Buildings as a Result of Modern Life
D. The Achievements in Arc hitecture as an Art
E. Restoration (复兴) of Ancient Civilization
F. Stone and Marble Are Good Building Materials |
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The people who built Stonehenge in southern England thousands of years ago had wild parties,
eating barbecued pigs and breaking pottery.This is according to recent work by archaeologists-history
experts who investigate how human beings lived in the past.
Archaeologists"digging near Stonehenge last year discovered the remains of a large prehistoric
village where they think the builders of the mysterious stone circle used to live.The village is about
4,600 years old,the same age as Stonehenge and as old as the pyramids in Egypt.It is less than two
miles from the famous ancient landmark and lies inside a massive man-made circular dirt wall,or
"henge",known as the Durrington Walls.
Remains found at the site included jewellery,stone arrowheads,tools made of deer antlers,wooden
spears and huge amounts of animal bones and broken pottery."These finds su ggest Stone Age people
went to the village at special times of the year to feast and party," says Mike Parker－Pearson from
Sheffield University in England.
He said many of the pig bones they found had been thrown away half－eaten.He also said the
partygoers appeared to have shot some of the farm pigs with arrows,possibly as a kind of sport before
barbecuing them.
An ancient road which led from the village to the River Avon was also found.Here,the experts think,
people came after their parties to throw dead relatives in the water so the bodies would be washed
downstream to Stonehenge.
Parker－Pearson believes Stonehenge was like a cemetery where ancient Britons buried the dead
and remembered their ancestors."The theory is that Stonehenge is a kind of spirit home to the ancestors."
The recent discovery of the village within the Durrington Walls shows that Stonehenge didn"t stand
alone but was part of a much bigger religious site,according to Parker－Pearson.
People still come to worship and celebrate at Stonehenge today.They meet there when the sun sets
on the shortest day of winter and when it rises on the longest day of summer.But the days of barbecuing
whole pigs there and throwing family members into the river are a thing of the past. | | 1. What was Stonehenge according to the text? | A．A village where hundreds of people once lived.
B．A place that regularly hosted large parties.
C．A church where local villagers would get married.
D．A site where dead people were placed or remembered. | | 2．The underlined word"It" ( Paragraph 2) refers to________. | A．the villag e
B．Stonehenge
C．the pyramid
D．the dirt wall | | 3．From the text we can infer that the people who came to the village________. | A．liked to drink wine
B．knew how to hunt
C．were from Egypt
D．lived by the River Avon | | 4．What do experts think people did after the village parties? | A．Returned to live at Stonehenge.
B．Prayed for good luck in the new year.
C．Hunted farm pigs as a sport.
D．Put their dead relatives in the river. | | 5．When do people most often go to Stonehenge today? | A．When a new discovery is made.
B．At the beginning of summer and winter.
C．On the longest and shortest days of the year.
D．When they want to have a barbecue. | A. The Development of an Early Union
B. Support from the Public
C. The Decline of an Early Union
D. A Brief Comparison  between the Union and the Medieval Craft Guilds
E. Management"s Reaction to the Labour Movement
F. Reasons for starting a Union | A. When should you go there?
B. The main transportation there
C. Who usually goes there?
D. Getting around and enjoying more
E. Why do young people go there?
F. Where is it on earth in the world? | | 阅读理解 | The Parthenon in Athens is a building with a long and complex history.Built nearly 2,500 years ago
as a temple celebrating the Greek goddess Athena, it was for thousands of years the church of the
Virgin Mary of the Athenians, then a mosque (清真寺), and finally a ruin.The building was changed
and the sculptures were much damaged over the centuries.By 1800 only about half of the original
sculptural decoration remained.
Between 1801 and 1805, Lord Elgin, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, which
controlled Athens, acting with the full knowledge and permission of the Ottoman authorities, removed
about half of the remaining sculptures from the fallen ruins and from the building itself.Lord Elgin loved
Greek history and transported the sculptures back to Britain.The arrival of the sculptures in London
had a huge effect on the European public, greatly increasing interest in ancient Greek culture and
influencing contemporary artistic trends.These sculptures were acquired from Lord Elgin by the British
Museum in 1816 and since then they have all been on display to the public, free of charge.
Since the early 1980s, however, the Greek government has argued for the permanent removal to
Athens of all the Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum.They have also challenged the British
Museum Board of Trustees" legal title to the sculptures.
The British Museum, however, insists that it exists to tell the story of cultural achievement throughout
the world, from the dawn of human history over two million years ago until the present day.The museum
considers itself an important resource for the world: the breadth and depth of its collection allows the
world public to reexamine cultural identities and explore the complex network of interconnected world
cultures.
It also says that, within the context of this unparalleled collection, the Parthenon sculptures are an
important representation of ancient Athenian civilization.Each year millions of visitors admire the artistry
of the sculptures and gain insights on how ancient Greece influenced-and was influenced by the other
civilizations that it encountered(遭遇). | | 1. For most of its history people went to the Parthenon to________. | A. admire the goddess Athena
B. pray to their god
C. search for sculptures
D. learn about its complex history | | 2. The underlined "it" (in Paragraph 4) refers to "________". | A. the British Museum
B. the Greek government
C. the Parthenon
D. the British Museum Board of Trustees | | 3. What can we learn about Lord Elgin from the passage? | A. He is greatly admired in Greece.
B. He worked for the Ottoman Empire.
C. He saved the Parthenon sculptures from being destroyed.
D. He had a deep interest in Greek culture. | | 4. The author"s main intention in writing this passage is to tell________. | A. the history of the Parthenon and its sculptures
B. what people can see in the British Museum
C. why the British Museum refuses to return the sculptures
D. the influence of Greece on British culture | | 阅读理解 | Nuclear radiation from power plant leaks and bomb tests resulted in millions of fewer baby girls born
worldwide, according to a new study.
Scientists noted these types of atmospheric blasts rather than ontheground incidents like Chernobyl
(切尔诺贝利), effected birth gender across the globe.
Scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum M?nchen, Germany, analysed population data from 1975 to 2007 for
the U. S. and 39 European countries.
There was an increase in the number of baby boys relative to girls in all of the countries from 1964 to
1975. This was the case in many eastern European countries for several years after 1986.
Scientists are putting the first spike down to the atomic bomb tests of the 1960s and 1970s where
radioactive atoms were blasted into the atmosphere. Air currents caught these atoms and then distributed
them around the world.
They think the second spike is due to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in which the reactor exploded in
the Ukraine(乌克兰).
The effects of Chernobyl were felt locally and no effect was seen in the U. S., probably because it was
too far from the disaster to have an effect.
"The closer the country was to Chernobyl, the stronger the effect, " said study coauthor Hagen Scherb, a biostatistician(生物统计学家) at the German Research Center for Environmental Health in Munich.
More males were born relative to females in Belarus-the Ukraine"s neighbour-than in France.
The study is based largely on Cold Warera statistics, but the findings are highly relevant for how gender could be affected after future nuclear disasters.
And in the wake of Japan"s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident experts are predicting
another baby boy boom could come, especially on the U. S. West Coast.
Previous radiation experiments on animals may give a clue for the increase in male births. Tests showed that radiation caused damage to the X chromosome(染色体) in sperm, Dr Scherb said.
A human sperm cell contains either an X or Y chromosome, while an egg only has an X chromosome. An XY combination will become a boy, while an XX combination will be a girl. | | 1. How many nuclear radiation accidents are mentioned in the passage? | A. 1.
B. 2.
C. 3.
D. 4. | | 2. Which of the following is true according to the passage? | A. The ontheground incidents like Chernobyl, effected birth gender across the globe.
B. There was an increase in the number of baby boys in many eastern European countries
for several years after 1986.
C. The Japan"s nuclear accident will not effect the birth gender of the U. S. because of the long distance.
D. Where radioactive material has spread, women can"t give birth to children | | 3. How does radiation effect birth gender? | A. It damages the Y chromosome in sperm.
B. It stops X chromosomes and Y chromosomes combining.
C. It kills baby girls before they are born.
D. It damages the X chromosome in sperm. | | 4. What does the passage mainly tell us? | A. Nuclear age has led to millions of fewer baby girls being born.
B. Nuclear radiation has bad effects upon people"s health.
C. Worries about radiation risks.
D. Nuclear age helps reduce the world population. |
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