There are four great inventions from ancient China.
Compass is a great gift to the world. Before it was invented, sailors had to depend on the stars to find direction. After it was invented, the oceans were open to travel.
Paper﹣making is one of the greatest inventions. During the Western Han Dynasty (202 B.C.﹣9A.D.), paper was made in some places in China. It was developed in the Eastern Han Dynasty(25A.D.﹣220A.D.)by Cai Lun.He made paper with bark(树皮),old cloth and so on.
It is said that in the third century a Chinese man wrote about how to make gunpowder.At first,it was used for making fireworks(烟花).At the end of the Tang Dynasty,people began to use it in wars.The way of making it was brought to the Arab world and Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries.
Printing was developed in 1041﹣1048 in the Song Dynasty.A man named Bi Sheng carved characters(字符)on pieces of clay and wood.Then he put ink on them.After the characters were printed on paper,the pieces of clay or wood could be used again.This technology then spread to Korea,Japan and Europe.
(1)After was invented, the oceans were open to travel.
A. gunpowder
B. compass
C. printing
(2)At first, gunpowder was used to .
A. find direction
B. make paper
C. make fireworks
(3)Printing was developed in .
A. the Song Dynasty
B. the Tang Dynasty
C. the Han Dynasty
(4)The underlined word "carved" in this passage means .
A.切开
B.打印
C.雕刻
(5)The best title(标题) for the passage is .
A. The Four Dynasties of Ancient China
B. The Four Great Inventions of Ancient China
C. The Four Great People of Ancient China
A man lived in a village. He had an old cat at home. The cat couldn’t run fast, and shecouldn’t bite,because she was so old. One day, when she saw a mouse, she jumped and caught it. But she could not bite it. The mouse got out of her mouth and ran away.
Then the man became very angry and began to beat the cat. The cat said, “Don’t beat your old servant. I know I’m old and can’t kill a mouse. But I have worked for you for many years, and I still want to work for you. Be kind to the old, and remember what good work they did when they were young.”
When the man heard that, he realized that he was wrong.Where did the man live?
A.In a village. | B.In a city. |
C.In a factory. | D.In a hotel. |
What could the old cat do?
A.Run fast. | B.Bite. |
C.Catch a mouse. | D.Kill a mouse. |
How did the man feel when the mouse ran away?
A.Angry. | B.Happy. |
C.Afraid. | D. Sad. |
How long did the cat work for the man?
A.Several days. | B.A few months. |
C.About a year. | D.Many years. |
What happened at the end of the story?
A.The cat left home. |
B.The man realized his mistake. |
C.The man killed the cat. |
D.The man didn’t believe the cat. |
阅读下面短文,根据短文内容,判断句子的正误,正确的涂A,错误的涂B。(共5小题,每小题2分,共10分)
The war finally ended in 1945. During the next years, two great things happened-my dad came home from the army, and I was born! I was the first child, but I wasn't alone for long. In the next four years, my mother had three more boys.
It was great having a big family! The four of us were very close in age, so we played together all the time. We liked the game “policemen and thieves” best. It was exciting. Everybody always wanted to be a thief. Of course, someone had to be the policeman, and it was usually me.
Well, I have grown up now, but I still love the game. There is only one thing different. I'm a real policeman, Policeman Joe, so it's not a game any more.
判断下列句子是否符合短文内容。符合的用“A”表示;不符合的用“B”表示.Joe's father was once a soldier.
During the war his father came back home.
Joe was the youngest child in the family.
He got on well with his brothers.
He always had to be the thief in the game.
Mr Black liked hunting. When he had time, he went out hunting with his friends. One summer he said to himself, “I have never been to the mountains. This time I’ll go there to hunt tigers. That must be interesting.” So when his holidays came, Mr Black went to the station, bought a ticket and was on the train to the mountains.
He got off at a small station and walked for a few kilometres. Then he saw a farmer at the foot of a mountain. “Good morning,” Mr Black said to him. “Are there any tigers here?” “Well,” answered the farmer slowly. “There was one last year, but when it heard someone was coming to hunt tigers, it moved to another place, I think.”Mr Black wanted to hunt tigers in __________.
A. the parkB. the mountainsC. a zooMr Black went there __________.
A. by carB. by busC. by trainMr Black arrived there __________.
A. in the afternoon
B. in the evening
C. in the morningMr Black met with __________ on his way.
A. a farmerB. a wolfC. a friendWe can infer (推断) from the story that ___________.
A. Mr Black would get a lot of tigers
B. the farmer liked Mr Black very much
C. the farmer didn’t want Mr Black to hunt tigers
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If you work as a driver in the restaurant, you may ______.
A. never pay for meals
B. pay a little for meals
C. work in the afternoonIf you buy the house, you ______.
A. may pay more than ¥150, 000 for it
B. must have breakfast in the kitchen
C. may live on the south side of the cityAny customer with a Tianjin Daily of June 1, 2010 will get a small present from ______.
A. every supermarket
B. Yingbin Supermarket
C. Tianjin DailyWhen will the concert be?
A. July1, 2005
B. June 8, 2005
C. July 3, 2005If two adults and two students want to go to the concert, the tickets will cost RMB______.
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Dinner customs (习惯) are different around the world. If you are a guest in Ghana( 加纳), this information will help you a lot.
In Ghana, dinner is usually from four in the afternoon to six in the evening. But there are no strict rules (规则) about time. Whenever a guest arrives, a family offers food. When you go to a home, the person who receives guests takes you to the living room first. At this time everyone welcomes you. Then you go to the dinning room. There you wash your hands in a bowl of water. All the food is on the table.
In Ghana you usually eat with your fingers. You eat from the same dish as everyone else .But you eat from one side of the dish only. It is not polite to get food from the other side of the dish. After dinner, you wash your hands again in a bowl of water.
Most meals in Ghana have a dish called fufu. People in Ghana make fufu from the powder(粉末) of some plants. Sometimes they cut the fufu with a saw(锯子) because it is very hard. You must chew(咀嚼) fufu well, or you may get sick. You eat fufu with the fingers of your right hand only.From the passage we know that in Ghana ______________.
A. the rules for dinner time are not strict
B. dinner is always at six in the evening
C. a family offers food only at four in the afternoonIf you are a dinner guest in Ghana, the host (主人) always takes you to __.
A. the dining room first
B. the living room first
C. the garden firstPeople in Ghana usually eat ________.
A. with their spoons
B. from the other side of the dish
C. with their fingersIn fact, most meals in Ghana _______.
A. are not very hard
B. have fufu in them
C. are too hard to eatWhen you eat fufu, you’d better _________.
A. cut it with a saw
B. chew it well
C. Both A and B