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杨开云

一、完形填空

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1—10各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项。

The Nile River has always made life possible in the desert areas of Egypt. However, the Nile also made life___1___when it flooded. The modern Egyptian government decided a___2___could control the Nile to prevent both floods and lack of water. Work___ 3___on the Aswan Dam in 1960.

___4___, when plans were made for the dam experts quickly discovered that the great temples at Abu Simbel would be forever___ 5___. They would be under water in the new lake formed by the dam. Egypt appealed to (向……呼吁) the United Nations agency UNESCO for help. UNESCO appealed to the world.

The governments of the world___6___help and money to save the great temples. In 1964 work began to cut the temples away from the rock mountain. Each large piece was moved sixty meters up the mountain to a___7___ area. Then the huge temples were___8___rebuilt. The work was finished in 1968.

Today Abu Simbel is safe. It looks much the same as it has for the past three thousand years. It will continue to___9___the ancient king and his queen for many years to come. And it will honor the modern worlds efforts to___10___a truly great work of art.

1. A. difficult B. impossible

C. easy D. different

2. A. mountain B. lake

C. temple D. dam

3. A. began B. reported

C. failed D. finished

4. A. So B. Therefore

C. However D. Still

5. A. lost B. forgotten

C. changed D. finished

6. A. asked B. provided

C. advised D. needed

7. A. favorite B. safe

C. different D. old

8. A. quickly B. finally

C. carefully D. rarely

9. A. honor B. greet

C. welcome D. serve

10. A.doubt B. organize

___ C. save D. judge

二、语法填空

阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Easter Island, located in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, is one of the most faraway islands in the world. It belongs to Chile(智利),___ 11___is about 3,600 km (2,237 miles) east of the island. For such___12___ small island, Easter Island has a rich and complicated history. Most experts believe the island's earliest people to have been Polynesian. However, many locals say that the islands earliest people came from two different races___13___called Long Ears with fair skin and red hair, and the other called Short Ears,___ 14___were dark skinned.

The first___15___(record) European contact with the island was on Easter Sunday, April 5,1722,___ 16______Dutch sailor Jacob Roggeveen visited the island. On September 9, 1888 the island was joined to Chile .

Easter Island is best known___17___its large stone statues called Moai. Experts believe these statues date back anywhere from 400 to 1700 AD. The statues are often thought to only show big heads, but they are___18___ (actual) of entire body. However, many of the statues 19___(sink) into the earth, with only their heads showing. A total of 887 of these statues have been found___ 20______the island.

三、信息匹配

阅读下列应用文及相关信息,并按照要求匹配信息。

首先,请阅读以下世界古代奇观的简介:

A.

The Great Wall was begun more than two thousand years ago. It was built to keep out invaders. It extends about six thousand seven hundred kilometers across northern China. Today, the Chinese government is working to repair parts of the wall and protect as much of it as possible. The Great Wall of China is one of the largest building projects ever attempted. It is also the only object built by people that can be seen from space.

B.

The Coliseum in Rome, Italy was built almost two thousand years ago. The ancient Roman sports center could hold fifty thousand people who gathered there to watch public events. Experts say it is one of the finest examples of Roman design and engineering.

C.

The city of Machu Picchu in Peru includes some of the best stone work ever built. The ancient Inca people built Machu Picchu high in the Andes Mountains, northwest of the city of Cuzco. Machu Picchu is about thirteen square kilometers. Historians say it might have been one of the last places of safety for the Incas who were fleeing invaders from Spain.

D.

India is famous for its temples and buildings. The most famous is the Taj Mahal, considered one of the most beautiful buildings every built. The fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, ordered it built in Agra in sixteen thirty-one. He built it as a burial place in memory of his wife. The Taj Mahal has tiny colorful stones inlaid in white marble. The structure seems to change color during different times of the day and night.

E.

Abu Simbel was built more than three thousand years ago. It is about 280 kilometers south of Aswan on the western bank of the Nile River. It took an army of workmen and artists more than thirty years to cut the huge temple into the face of a rock mountain. In front of the main temple are four huge statues(雕像) of Ramses the Second. Each statue is about twenty meters high.

F.

Stonehenge also belongs on a list of ancient wonders. It is a circle of huge stones in southwestern England. Experts believe work began on Stonehenge about five thousand years ago. We know very little about Stonehenge. We do not even know how these huge stones were moved to the area. Much has been written about Stonehenge, but experts say they still are not sure what it was used for.

以下是旅行者信息,请匹配他们计划参观的世界奇观:

21. Mr. Smith, who comes from Rome, Italy, plans to visit Asia. He hears about a beautiful building which tells a moving story about the love between an ancient ruler and his wife.

22. Li Hua, who has been to the Great Wall several times, plans to visit an ancient wonder in Europe which has as long a history as the Great Wall.

23. Cindy, who comes from India, plans to visit an ancient temple on the bank of a famous river in Africa. The temple, in front of which there are some huge statues, is one of the greatest stone works ever built.

24. Jack will visit one of the oldest stone work ever built by people. It was made up of huge stones, but how ancient people moved the stones and why they built it remain a mystery.

25. A scientist will be sent into space. He hopes he can see an object built by human beings when he looks at our earth with his bare eyes.

四、基础写作

根据中文提示,用英语叙述和氏璧(the Jade disc of He)的故事。

[写作内容]

卞和:春秋时期,得石山中,认为珍贵,先后献之三位楚王;

楚厉王:不信卞和,砍其左足;

楚武王:不信卞和,砍其右足;

楚文王:信,命人将石加工为玉璧(a jade disc),称和氏璧;

秦始皇:公元前221年统一中国,得和氏璧,制为国玺(Imperial seal),历朝相传,但唐朝后失踪。

[写作要求]

只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。

[评分标准]

句子结构准确,信息内容完整,篇章结构连贯。