Zheng He was an amazing man. He was born in 1371. Eleven years later, he was caught by the army of a rich young man called Zhu Di and made to work for him. Over time the rich man saw that Zheng He was very clever and strong and they became close friends. In 1403 Zhu Di was made the King of China and he asked Zheng He to join his government.
The King wanted to learn more about the world and show other countries his power. He ordered many new ships to be built and made Zheng He their leader. between 1405 and 1433, Zheng He led seven sea trips to different parts of the world. He certainly travelled to India, Africa and the Middle East. A few people think his ships have even reached South America and Australia.
Each trip lasted between two and four years and it is believed he sailed more than 50,000 kms during the years of his travels.Zheng He led a fleet with 28,000 men and over 300 ships, such as boats for food, water and even soldiers' horses.
On these trips he brought with him many Chinese goods like silk and medicine to give to foreign kings or to sell for local goods. He returned from each trip with boats filled with expensive things such as gold and treasures, foreign guests and strange animals like a giraffe.
It is a pity that we may never learn everything about Zheng He' s travels. The Columbus of the east, Zheng He, died in 1433. After that, the new king, had these trips stopped and he burned almost all the books about Zheng He's travels, because he believed the trips were unlucky and too expensive. It is only in the last 50 years that historians have begun to carefully study the adventures of great Zheng He.Why did Zhu Di want Zheng He to sail to many different countries?
A. To learn more about the world.
B. To bring new countries under the control of China.
C. To show other countries his power.
D. Both A and C.What do we know about Zheng He from the passage?
| A．He travelled to India and Africa. |
| B．Each trip lasted six years. |
| C．When he died, he was 72 years old. |
| D．He was a great king. |
Which of the following did Zheng He take to foreign countries from China?
| A．Gold | B．Treasures | C．Giraffes | D．Silk. |
After Zheng He died, ___________
| A．nobody remembered him |
| B．almost all the books about his travels were burned |
| C．the new king thought these trips were lucky |
| D．sea trips to other countries lasted 50 years. |
What's the best title of this passage?
| A．The King's Seven Sea Trips |
| B．Zheng He's Travels to Western Countries |
| C．Zheng He, the Columbus of the East |
| D．Zhu Di, the Great King |
Robots have been designed to do many things-play music，work in hospitals，but run a restaurant? There are two robot receptionists(接待员) and six robot waitresses and waiters in the Dalu Robot Restaurant in Jinan，Shandong．One hundred customers can eat in the restaurant at a time．Two of the robots serve drinks，while the other four serve the food． Not all the work in the restaurant is done by them．There are also people working there，especially in the kitchen．The cooks are humans because the robots don’t have the skills to cook．Robots can play music．
Six robots work in the Dalu Robot Restaurant．
No people work in the kitchen．
Only a few customers can eat in the restaurant at a time．
The robots can’t cook delicious food．
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A) LiYugang dresses like a woman and sings like a bird. He won the third prize in CCTV’s Star Road in 2006. He sings folk songs. However, he seems to have the spirit of Mei Lanfang. In fact, the young man had learnt something from Mei Lanfang’s students. People in China usually don’t like cross-dressing(反串). But people are really surprised at Li’s beauty and grace when he sings and dances.
B) Do you know who invented QQ? It was Ma Huateng. He was born in Guangdong in 1971. He chose computer science when he entered Shenzhen University in 1989. He worked as a computer programmer for a company in Shenzhen for five years after he graduated in 1993. Later he left the company and started his own company in 1998.
C) Yue Fei was a famous hero of Southern Song Dynasty. He was born in a poor family in Henan Province. He was very brave and won many battles with his soldiers. But Qin Hui killed Yue Fei for Mo Xuyou. Later a temple about Yue Fei was built in memory of him at the foot of Qixia Ling by the West Lake, in Hangzhou.Who did Li Yugang once learn from according to the passage?
| A．Mei Lanfang. | B．Mei Lanfang’s students. |
| C．Mei Yanfang’s students. | D．Mei Lanfang’s friends. |
The underlined word “grace” means____________ in Chinese.
| A．粗犷 | B．做作 | C．傲慢 | D．优雅 |
From the passage, we know Yue Fei_____________.
| A．was not born in a rich family |
| B．was not brave |
| C．killed Qin Hui |
| D．built a temple |
Ma Huateng set up his own company when he was____________.
| A．18 | B．22 | C．27 | D．42 |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Li Yugang invented QQ. |
| B．Ma Huateng used to work as a computer programmer for a company. |
| C．Li Yugang won the first prize in CCTV’s Star Road. |
| D．Yue Fei seldom won battles with his soldiers. |
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The Lantern Festival is a Chinese festival. It has a long history. People celebrate it on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year(农历). It is one of the biggest holidays in China. Some days before the festival, people begin to make lanterns. People make lanterns in the shape of different animals,vegetables,fruits and many other things.People also write riddles(谜语) on the lanterns. It’s very interesting. Then on the evening of the Lantern Festival, all the lanterns are hung up. People go outside to enjoy the lanterns and guess the riddles on them. Often you can see lion and dragon dances. Everything is very interesting and everyone is very happy.The Lantern Festival is a festival ____________.
| A．in the USA | B．in England |
| C．in China | D．in India |
What do people begin to make before the Lantern Festival?
| A．Dumplings. | B．Lanterns. |
| C．Masks. | D．Rice dumplings. |
When are all the lanterns hung up?
| A．On the evening of the Lantern Festival. |
| B．On 15 January. |
| C．On New Year’s Day. |
| D．At the Spring Festival. |
What do people do at the Lantern Festival?
| A．Play “trick or treat”. |
| B．Eat dumplings. |
| C．Make pumpkin lanterns. |
| D．Guess the riddles on the lanterns. |
How do people feel on that day?
| A．Sad | B．Full | C．Tired | D．Happy |
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We drink tea every day. But more than three hundred years ago most of the people in Europe did not know anything about tea. Some people had heard about it, but very few of them knew what to do with it.
There is a story about an English sailor(航海家). He went to countries in the east,the west and the south. He had been to India and China. One day he came home and brought some tea as a present for his mother. She told her friends about the present and asked them to a “tea party”. When her friends came to the “tea party”, the old woman brought out some tea leaves and asked them to eat. Of course, nobody liked the tea leaves.
At that time the sailor came in. He looked at the table and said,”Mother, what have you done with the tea?”
“I boiled it as you said.”
“And what did you do with the water?’
“I threw it away, of course.” answered the old woman.
“Now you may throw away the leaves,too.” said her son.Most of the people in Europe ___300 years ago.
| A．drank tea every day | B．knew everything about tea |
| C．knew nothing about tea | D．liked to eat the tea-leaves |
One day the English sailor brought his mother some tea from ___.
| A．countries in the west | B．countries in the south |
| C．India or China | D．a tea shop in England |
The sailor's mother asked her friends to her house, because ___.
| A．the sailor told her to. |
| B．she liked to show off (炫耀) |
| C．she wanted to ask her friends what to do with the tea |
| D．she wanted to taste the tea together with her friends |
At the "tea party",___.
| A．all the woman's friends spoke highly of (高度评价)the tea. |
| B．nobody knew what to do with the tea |
| C．the woman didn’t eat the tea-leaves |
| D．the woman gave her friends each a glass of tea water |
What mistake（错误） did the old woman make? She ___.
| A．boiled the tea |
| B．did as the sailor said |
| C．threw away the water |
| D．didn't throw away the tea-leaves |
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A) LiYugang dresses like a woman and sings like a bird. He won the third prize in CCTV’s Star Road in 2006. He sings folk songs. However, he seems to have the spirit of Mei Lanfang. In fact, the young man had learnt something from Mei Lanfang’s students. People in China usually don’t like cross-dressing(反串). But people are really surprised at Li’s beauty and grace when he sings and dances.
B) Do you know who invented QQ? It was Ma Huateng. He was born in Guangdong in 1971. He chose computer science when he entered Shenzhen University in 1989. He worked as a computer programmer for a company in Shenzhen for five years after he graduated in 1993. Later he left the company and started his own company in 1998.
C) Yue Fei was a famous hero of Southern Song Dynasty. He was born in a poor family in Henan Province. He was very brave and won many battles with his soldiers. But Qin Hui killed Yue Fei for Mo Xuyou. Later a temple about Yue Fei was built in memory of him at the foot of Qixia Ling by the West Lake, in Hangzhou.Who did Li Yugang once learn from according to the passage?
| A．Mei Lanfang. | B．Mei Lanfang’s students. |
| C．Mei Yanfang’s students. | D．Mei Lanfang’s friends. |
The underlined word “grace” means____________ in Chinese.
| A．粗犷 | B．做作 | C．傲慢 | D．优雅 |
From the passage, we know Yue Fei_____________.
| A．was not born in a rich family |
| B．was not brave |
| C．killed Qin Hui |
| D．built a temple |
Ma Huateng set up his own company when he was____________.
| A．18 | B．22 | C．27 | D．42 |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Li Yugang invented QQ. |
| B．Ma Huateng used to work as a computer programmer for a company. |
| C．Li Yugang won the first prize in CCTV’s Star Road. |
| D．Yue Fei seldom won battles with his soldiers. |