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wide. Seen from the air, it look like a long finger. From the sea it is just like a picture we often see.
Manhattan has some wonderful sights. What is the easiest way to see them? First, get a map of New
York City, which is often supplied free at gas stations and tourists offices. You can take a bus tour, but a
better way to see the sights is to walk, and you"ll walk with your head thrown back so that you can look at
the tall buildongs rising like steep cliff(悬崖) on_____ of the streets.
It is not easy to get lost here. The streets of New York from squares called blocks. Nearly all the streets
are in the straight lines, running from east to west. Those from north to south are called avenues. Most of the
avenues and streets have only numbers. The famous fifth Avenue is the dividing line between the east and
west in Manhattan. Here you"ll see the Empire State Building. On the 102nd floor, over 1,400 feet above the
ground, it is possible for you to see the area in which one in ten of all the people in America live. You can also
look down at the other huge skyscrapers, the United Nations" buildings, the Statue of Liberty (自由女神像) in
the harbor, Broadway---the longest street in the world but not the straightest, and the greatest ships in the
world"s biggest port.
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2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
A street known as the Fifth Avenue divides Manhattan into two parts---the east and the west.
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3. Please filll in the blank in the second paragraph with proper words and phrases to complete the sentence.
(Please answer within 10 words)
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4. Which is the better way to see the sights in Manhattan---to take a bus or to walk? Why?
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5. Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.
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答案
2. The famous Fifth Avenue is the dividing line between the east and the west in Manhatttan.
3. both sides
4. To walk. Because it is easy to look at the tall buildings if you walk I the street./ because it is
difficult to look at the tall building on a bus.
5. 在距地面1400英尺高的102层楼上,你可以俯瞰整个地区,美国十分之一的人口居住在这里.
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试题【阅读理解。 Manhattan is the heart of New York City. It is really an island, which】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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he repeatedly referred to the Korean president"s wife as Mrs. Kim. By mistake, President Clinton"s advisers
thought that Koreans have the same naming customs as the Japanese. Clinton had not been told that, in Korea,
wives keep their family names. President Kim Young Sam"s wife was named Sohn Myong Suk. Therefore,
she should be addressed (称谓) as Mrs. Sohn.
President Clinton arrived in Korea directly after leaving Japan and had not changed his culture gears. His
failure to follow Korean customs gave the impression that Korea was not as important to him as Japan.
In addition to Koreans, some Asian husbands and wives do not share the same family names. This practice
often puzzles (使困惑) English-speaking teachers when talking with a pupil"s parents. They become puzzled
about the student"s correct last name. Placing the family name first is common among a number of Asian
cultures.
Mexican naming customs are different as well. When a woman marries, she keeps her family name and
adds her husband"s name after the word de (of). This affects (影响) how they fill in forms in the United States.
When requested to fill in a middle name, they generally write the father"s family name. But Mexicans are
addressed by the family name of the mother. This often causes puzzlement.
Here are a few ways to deal with such difficult situations: don"t always think that a married woman uses
her husband"s last name. Remember that in many Asian cultures, the order of first and last names is reversed
(颠倒), Ask which name a person would prefer to use. If the name is difficult to pronounce, admit it, and
ask the person to help you say it correctly.
B. introduce the topic of the text
C. describe his visit to Korea
D. tell us how to address a person
B. naming customs
C. travel maps
D. thinking patterns
B. uses her husband"s given name
C. shares her husband"s family name
D. adds her husband"s given name to hers
B. use her husband"s first name
C. ask her which name she likes
D. change the order of her names
It is a traditional festival for Chinese people. It comes from a romantic ancient Chinese story. Niu Lang and
Zhi Nv, two lovers who got separated by the Queen Mother of the Western Heavens, can only meet that night.
Thanks to this touching story, Chinese people regard the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar as Chinese Valentine"s Day. In China people also call it "Qixi".
Meanwhile, February 14 of the solar calendar is European Valentine"s Day. It is related to a moving story
too. The story goes that, there was a cruel king in ancient Rome whose name was Claudius. He forbade the
youth to get married during the wars, which made the lovers angry. There was a monk (修道士) named
Valentine who was very angry at the rule and the king. One day a couple of lovers came to his temple to ask
for help to get married. Valentine helped them. Later, many couples got married with Valentine"s help. But
Claudius knew it soon. He put Valentine to death cruelly. And that day was February 14, the year of 270.
Compared with European Valentine"s Day, Qixi is less popular in China though it is a traditional Chinese
festival. There may be many reasons. First of all, the lunar calendar is not easy to remember for most of the
young people who are used to the solar calendar. Secondly, to many businessmen, European Valentine"s Day is
not only a festival for lovers but also a good chance to make money. Most of the flower shops can sell their
flowers at a good price on European Valentine"s Day while the business drops in Qixi, because on European
Valentine"s Day lovers know more about how to enjoy it. They exchange cards, flowers and go out to date.
But most of them don"t know the culture of Chinese Valentine"s Day or how to celebrate it.
B. something about Qixi and Valentine"s Day
C. why young people prefer Western festivals
D. how Qixi is different from European Valentine"s Day
B. the government encourages people to celebrate foreign festivals
C. the costs on Qixi are higher than those on European Valentine"s Day
D. the lunar calendar is not easy to remember and people don"t know how to enjoy Qixi
B. Valentine helped a couple of lovers kill the cruel king.
C. European Valentine"s Day was named after a person.
D. Old people in China dislike young people celebrating European Valentine"s Day.
B. Chinese people should treasure traditional Chinese festivals more.
C. Qixi will also become an international festival in the future.
D. Chinese people should stop celebrating European Valentine"s Day.
accept ideas which are not 2 on obvious facts, and therefore refuses to accept authority (权威) as the only
3 for truth. He always 4 ideas carefully and makes experiments to prove them.
The rise of 5 science may perhaps be considered to 6 as far back to as the 7 of Roger Bacon, the
wonderful philosopher of Oxford, who lived 8 the years 1214 and 1292. He was probably the first in the
middle 9 to suggest that we should learn science 10 observing and experimenting on the things around us,
and he himself 11 many important discoveries.
Galileo, however, who lived more than 300 years later (1564-1642), was the greatest of several great men,
12 in Italy, France, Germany, or England, began by 13 to show how many important 14 could be
discovered by observation. Before Galileo, learned men believed that large bodies fell more 15 towards the earth
than small ones, 16 Aristotle said so. But Galileo, going to the 17 of the leaning Tower of Pisa, let fall two
18 stones and proved Aristotle was wrong. It was Galileo"s 19 of going direct to Nature, and proving our
20 and theories by experiment, that has led to all the discoveries of modern science.
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| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Washington D. C. is the capital of the United States. It"s the center of the national gov-ernment. It"s a busy, working city with a large population. But what is more, Washington is also a city of history and culture. Washington was created in 1790, when Congress (the highest law-making body of the U. S. A.) decided to place the nation" new capital in the east of the country. It was built half-way between the northern and the southern states of the America. And of course it was named after George Washington, the first President of the United States. There are many tourist sights in Washington. One of them is the White House. This is the home and office of the President of the United States. Most visitors are, however, surprised by how small the White House actually is. Washington is also a great culture city. The Library of Congress contains (包括) one of the largest library collections in the world. The Smithsonian Museum holds the nation"s largest collection of cultural materials. And me John F. Kennedy Center is a famous center of art and culture. It. has many great musical and theatre performances throughout the year. | |||
| 1. The writer mainly talks about _____. | |||
| A. Washington B. the history of Washington C. buildings and sights-in Washington D. the history and culture of Washington | |||
| 2. From the passage we know that Washington is situated(位于) in ______ . | |||
| A. the east of the U. S. A. B. the center of the U. S. A C. the east, on the middle point from north to south, of the country D. the east and half-way away from the north | |||
| 3. The White House impresses (给人印象) the people most for _____ . | |||
| A. its white color B. its size C. its history D. it is the home and office of the president | |||
| 4. The writer introduces Washington in the order of_____ . | |||
| A. general introduction, history, sights and culture B. population, history and culture C. general introduction, history, sights, buildings and culture D. history and culture | |||
| 阅读理解。 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 | |||
| 1 This date was the old mid-winter festival in pre-Christmas times, around the time of the longest night and the shortest day. Christmas in the 21st century has many traditions: Christmas trees, cards and presents. Shops can make about 60 percent f their year"s income in the three months before Christmas, so most shops get ready for it in October. 2 The first time this happened was in 1867 when Macy"s famous shop in New York, stayed open until midnight on Christmas Eve. By mid-December, almost every shop and street has a Christmas tree. 3 In the northern countries, winter is cold and dark and most trees are decorated with lights and colored glass balls give people hope that spring will come. Father Christmas is known across the world with his white hair, red coat and big bag of toys. Young children are told that he lives in the north of Finland and makes toys for them. 4 On Christmas Day a traditional meal is eaten, usually a turkey and a rich, spicy cake. Some people hate Christmas. 5 They love seeing family and friends; they also love the traditions. Love it or hate it, Christmas is a time to look back over the old year and forward to the new one. | |||
| A. This tradition was started by the Germans as early as 700 AD. B. Believe it or not. C. Since about 400 AD, Christmas Day has been celebrated. D. Others feel it is a magical and exciting time. E. The shopping centers are beautifully decorated and stay open late at night. F. It was really beautiful indeed. G. By tradition, he brings the toys to children at night, on the night before Christmas. |