The Silk Road is the name of different roads that long ago connected Europe，Africa and Asia．People reached these different places along these roads．Scientists believe people began to travel the Silk Road about 3000 years ago．By the time the Chinese silk trade became important in the world．The Silk Road covered almost 6500 kilometers．It went from Rome to China，which is from the West to the Far East．
Merchants travelled along the Silk Road to carry silk，of course．They also carried and traded other things like spices （香料），cloth，jewels and gold．
Along and around these ancient path（小路），have come many fascinating and mysterious stories．
It is said that Roman soldiers who lost a war travelled through central Asia．They decided to live somewhere near the ancient Chinese villages．Some of these Romans married local Chinese women and the legend of the blond﹣haired，blue﹣eyed tribes of China was started．
Some historians believe that the people of Kashmir were taken away from their country Israel．They were prisoners （俘虏） of war almost 2800 years ago．People say that these people travelled along the Silk Road．They kept their Jewish way of life for a long time．
During its busiest period，the Silk Road allowed people from many different cultures and countries to meet each other and mix．The Silk Road allowed the sharing of valuable things and new ideas．It included people and trading goods from different areas．All these peoples travelled the Silk Road．And they shared goods，stories，languages，and cultures．
In modern times，the old Silk Road routes（路线） are still used，but now they are crossed by trains instead of camels and horses．There is even silk route museum in Jiuquan in China．It has over 35，000 objects from all along the Silk Road．In this way，China protects the history of many countries and peoples．
66．It is clear that ．
A．the Silk Road was divided into Europe，Africa and Asia
B．Roman soldiers would like to travel along the Silk Road
C．people could travel to different countries along the Silk Road
D．people shared only silk on the Silk Road
67．The underlined word "Merchants" in the passage probably means ．
A．foreigners
B．businessmen
C．soldiers
D．prisoners
68．According to the passage， ．
A．the Silk Road began with the wars
B．the Silk Road covered almost 6500 kilometers in China
C．people began to travel the Silk Road about 3000 years ago
D．people from Israel were not included among people on the Silk Road
69．The old Silk Road routes are still used because ．
A．there are many old stories about them
B．the historians and scientists think highly of them
C．China will make good use of the Silk Road again
D．people can keep on traveling and trading along them
70．The best title for the passage can be ．
A．Stories along the Silk Road
B．Silk Route Museum
C．Trade for Silk
D．The West and the Far East．
One evening as I was leaving the store，I noticed a man with a very old sleeping bag going through the garbage can nearby．He pulled out fast food trash bags and inspected all that was in the thrown away bags，but he never stopped anyone to beg for money or anything eles as they entered or left my store．After he went through the entire trash can，he carefully cleaned up the area and wrapped up the food he found in the dirty hamburger wrapper．My heart literally hurt for him．
I decided to help him．I got out of my car and asked him if I could buy him something to eat．He thanked and，followed me to the fast food place around the block．I bought him the biggest meal they had on the menu．He didn't ask for anything and the only request was a big glass of hot sweet tea to go with his meal．When I brought him the food，he was so thankful．He told me how much he appreciated the meal．
I wanted to give him some money．He shook his head．I asked him if I could buy a few meals and put it on a gift card for him．He agreed．
As I handed him the gife card，he broke down crying．He told me that he prayed for me today．I wasn't sure what he meant （I was guessing he was praying for me for what I did for him ）so I thanked him．
"NO，I prayed that God would send someone to buy me a hot meal today …and be sent you!" Tears traced down his checks．
I didn't know what to say …I always pray over my food，but I've never prayed for a meal．I've never doubted that I wouldn't be able to eat …Tears began to fill my eyes．Oh my …how blessed am I…Maybe God used me to answer this man's prayer．
Everybody has a story though I didn't know his，but I had done what God wanted me to．God put him in my path …I knew he did．I took him to my office．
33．The man that writer saw outside his store was possibly a
A．beggar
B．homeless man
C．street cleaner
D．hamburger lover
34．Why did the man brerk down crying when he got the gift card？
A．He had finally talked to God．
B．He could have a new sleeping bag
C．He finally got what be needed．
D．He wanted to have some hot meals
35．According to the passage，what kind of person was the man？
A．A polite，careful person with few words．
B．A lonely，serious person with a trash bag
C．A nice，lonely person with a sleeping bug
D．A friendly，careful person with little money
36．What did the writer most probably do in his office？
A．He gave the man some money
B．He gave the man another big hot meal
C．He asked the man to pray for him
D．He invited the man to work in his store．
The film Alice Through the Looking Glass is on．Millions of people go to cinemas to see it．The little girl Alice，with long hair of gold，is alive in people's mind again after the film Alice in Wonderland was shown in 2010．
These two popular films were adapted from the novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking﹣Glass Both of them were written by Lewis Carroll，a famous English writer，who himself was as interesting as his books．
Lewis Carroll was a math teacher and talented writer．In 1856，he met Henry Liddell and his three lovely daughters．His friendship with the family became an impotrant part of his life over the following years．He liked the girls very much，especially the youngest one，Alice Liddell．He often told stories to make them happy．One day he took the girls to a boat trip．To make the time more enjoyable，he began a story about the adventure of a little girl named Alice in Wonderland．Many other strarge characters such as the Mouse，the March Hare，the Cheshire Cat and the Queen of Hearts were brought to this wonderful world too．
Alice Liddell loved the story and she begged Carroll to write it down for her．After Carroll finished the manuscript of the sotry Alice's Adventures in Wonderland，he gave it to the girl as a Christmas present．When the book was published shod"in 1865．it was an immediate success，and soon was famous around the world．
29．The films Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass were from
A．Henry Liddell's adventure
B．Lewis Carroll's life stories
C．three girls'trip experience
D．two novels by Lewis Carroll
30．Lewis Carroll was three lovely daughters' ．
A．friend
B．teacher
C．relative
D．coach
31．Lewis Carroll wrote down the story he told on the boat trip bccause ．
A．he thought it was a very interesting story
B．he could improve the story and publish it
C．Alice enjoyed the story and asked him to do so
D．Alice thought others also wanted to read the story．
32．According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE？
A．Carroll finished the book and gave it to the three girls
B．The two novels became famous after the films were shown
C．Carroll created Alice and many strange characters in his stories
D．The friendship between Carroll and the Liddells lasted until 1856．
Wikipedia is an online free encyclopedia．There are more than 38 million articles about society，history，culture，music，science，technology，geography and so on．On this website，people can find articles about almost everything in the world．Wikipedia has also developed 292 language versions for people to read in their own languages．
Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger started this encyclopedia project on 9th March，2000．It was called Nupedia at first．and all the articles were written and checked by experts．Wales thought that the websitc should be a place where its users could not only find information but also share what they knew．So they tried to use a wiki systen（wiki is a Hawaiian word"wee kee wee kee"which firstly meant"quick"）．On 10th January，2001，they began a new project to improve Nupedia．On 15th January.2001，the new online encyclopedia named Wikipedia was set up．Wikipedia achieved a great success．
According to the Alexa Traffic Rank report on 22nd May，2016，Wikipedia is the seventh most popular website in the world．Every single user helps to make this popular free encyclopedia．
26．Wikipedia is ．
A．a book
B．a library
C．a report
D．a website
27．Wikipedia was set up on ．
A.9th March，2000
B.10th January，2001
C.15th January，2001
D.22nd May，2016
28．What can pepole use Wikipedia to do？
A．To read novels．
B．To search for information
C．To listen to music．
C．To read Alexa Traffic Rank．
What is the difference between a fear （害怕）and a phobia？You might have a fear of dogs if you have ever been bitten by one．However，if you avoid walking down streets where you think there might be a dog，you may have a phobia，which is a strong unnatural fear．If the fear has started to change a person's life，he or she probably has a phobia．Different surveys say that between 10and 80percent of us have at least one phobia．
You can probably guess what some of the most"popular"phobias are．Flying may be the safest way to travel，but many people are scared of doing it．Fear of heights is also very common．For example，Spider﹣Man actor Tobey Maquire can't stand high places．However，Tobey is not afraid of spiders that most people are afraid of．Rupert Grint，who plays in the Harry Potter movies，is in fear of spiders．"In one scene of the movie，we come into the large spider's hole，and there we meet a spider that is the size of an elephant and really scary because he has these hairs．I'm really scared of spiders．"he said．
．For example，cats are very cute for most of us，but not for such powerful people in history as Alexander the Great and Napolean Bonaparte．Actor Nicole Kidman says，"I'm not scared of snakes or spiders，but I'm scared of butterflies．Sometimes when I came home from school，the biggest butterfly you had ever seen would be just sitting on our front gate．I would climb over the fence，move slowly to the side of the house，or do anything to avoid having to go through the front gate．"Clowns （小丑）are not so funny for actor Johnny Depp，whose childhood memory of the"painted faces and fake smiles"still makes him scared．Some other weird （怪诞的）phobias，including chewing gum，old doors or windows and footsteps，also fear some famous persons，such as Orah Winfred，Billy Boband Sigmund Fred．
42．Rupert Grint who acted in Harry Potter is scared of ．
A．dogs
B．snakes
C．spiders
D．butterflies
43．Which of the following behaviors can be a phobia for these persons？
A．Cathy dislikes keeping a pet cat at home．
B．Victor can not sleep well before the exams．
C．Linda feels very tired climbing the mountains．
D．Doris shouts crazily whenever hearing footsteps at night．
44．Which of the following is the best for" "in Paragraph 3？
A．Some people have phobias that are more unusual
B．No research has been reported what causes the phobias
C．Doctors say that most phobias can be treated successfully
D．Common things are much easier to cause phobias
45．We can infer （推断）from the passage that ．
A．people are born with phobias
B．phobias are common in our daily life
C．famous people are easier to get phobias
D．phobias do not influence people's life at all．
Laurence Kim Peek was born in Salt Lake City，Utah，on November 11，1951．It was clear from an early age that he was not like other children．A medical scan （扫描）showed that the two halves of his brain were not connected in the usual way．As a result，Laurence developed an amazing memory．He started to read when he was two．He used to read books and put them back on the shelf upside down to show that he had finished them．He remembered everything he had read．
He memorized quite a lot of information on subjects such as history，geography，sports，music and literature．He also had an unbelievable ability with numbers and dates．
To read more quickly，he read the left page with his left eye and the right page with his right eye．By reading the two pages at the same time，it took him less than an hour to read a whole book．By the age of 30，he had memorized around 12，000books．
However，he did not develop so well in other areas．He could not walk until he was four，and he had problems putting on his clothes and shoes．His social skills were poor，and he was extremely sensitive （敏感的） about meeting new people．In 1984，Peek and his father met Hollywood movie writer Barry Morrow．Morrow was fascinated by Peek and began to write a new play about Peek's experiences．The result was Rain Man，a movie that won an Oscar for Best Picture in 1988．This changed Peek's life．He got used to being the center of attention．He became more self﹣confident （自信的）．He appeared on TV and traveled around the country with his father to develop awareness （意识） of his condition．Sadly，Peek died of a heart attack in 2009．
38．The writer tells us Peek was a man with in the first three paragraphs．
A．a weak ability
B．an amazing memory
C．a great dream
D．a common brain
39．The underlined word"This"in Paragraph 4refers to" "．
A．he couldn't walk until four
B．he met the famous movie writer
C．his social skills were poor
D．Rain Man won an Oscar for Best Picture
40．It can be learnt from the passage that ．
A．Both halves of Peek's brain were not connected at all
B．Peek was weak in remembering numbers and dates
C．Peek could read books in an unusual way
D．Peek never felt comfortable with his fame
41．The best title of this passage is most probably ．
A．The real"Rain Man"
B．A special experience
C．Ways of becoming famous
D．An unbelievable movie actor．