The Silk Road is a historically important international trade route(路线) between China and the Mediterranean(地中海). It started 1._______(在……期间) the Western Han Dynasty and has been a 2._______(桥) between East and West for over 2，000 years.
The road started from Chang’an(now Xi’an) and ended in Eastern 3.______(欧洲的) country， near today’s Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. It was about 6，500 kilometres long and crossed one 4.________(第四) of the planet.
The Silk Road got its name because Chinese silk used to be carried along this road. Silk， jade(玉)， ceramics(陶瓷) and iron went west to Rome. And from the west came glass， gems(宝石) and food 5._______(像) carrots and sesame(芝麻).
The Silk Road was very important to both China and the 6._______(剩余部分) of the world. It was more than an ancient international trade route. Besides trade，7._______(知识) about art， science and literature， as well as crafts(工艺) and technologies was 8._______(分享) across the Silk Road. In this way， languages and cultures 9._______(发展) fast and influenced each other.
Today， along the Silk Road there’re many places of 10.______(兴趣)， such as the Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an and Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang. Now a new train line runs from Beijing across the Silk Road.
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1.Smoking is ________ to our health， so Beijing stops smoking in all public places now.
2. Zhang Hong thinks joining the English club at school is the best way ________ her spoken English.
3. Sorry， I can’t follow you. Would you please speak more ________?
4. Although some people think street performers are boring， I think they are ________ people.
5.Don’t look at me like that! I’m telling you the ________.
There are millions of people throughout the world who are either born blind or have become blind over the course of their lifetimes. It is unfair to take away the visual beauty of the world from these people. Doctor Humayun has created the world’s first bionic eye that could change the life of every blind people in the world.
Doctor Mark Humayun is a well respected professor at the Doheny Eye Institute in California. He has been working for years on creating a bionic eye that would allow blind people to see images just like a normal person does. His idea of the bionic eye is actually an eye that has been built in a small video camera.
The test results show the bionic eye has given blind patients the amazing ability to see the scientists doing the tests. But the images are still blurry(模糊的) and we need much work before the eye actually becomes a regular implant(植入物) into blind people. Humayun believes that he can go into production with the bionic eye over the next three to five years.
A closer look at the bionic eye is amazing. The patient wears a special set of eyeglasses. All the signals(信号) are passed to the implanted eye. It’s done by wireless technology. Humayun has created an invention that could change the lives of millions of people. Imagine a world in which someone would no longer fear about being blind. This could be considered a technological achievement.
1.Why is Doctor Mark Humayun well respected?
A. Because he has been working on a small video camera.
B. Because he is a professor of a famous university.
C. Because he invented a video camera for the blind.
D. Because he devoted himself to making the blind see again.
2. How about the bionic eye created by Mark Humayun now?
A. It can help the blind to see the man doing the test.
B. It has achieved an excellent effect during the use.
C. It can be implanted into the blind people’s eyes.
D. It looks much like the normal people’s eye.
3. How long will it take Doctor Humayun to produce his bionic eye?
A. For more than eight years.
B. For more than five years.
C. For three to five years.
D. For less than three years.
4.What does this passage mainly tell us?
A. The life of blind people has changed.
B. Mark Humayun becomes famous.
C. There will be no blind in the future.
D. A technological study for the blind.
Have you ever wanted to achieve something really amazing in life? Well， Greg Mortenson wanted to climb a mountain， but he ended up helping thousands of people to have a better life.
Greg’s story began with failure. In 1993， he set out to climb K2， the world’s second highest mountain. But Greg never made it to the top. After five days， he stumbled(踉跄) into the village of Korphe in northern Pakistan， injured and hungry. The kind villagers there looked after him for several days.
Greg saw that the villagers were very poor and hungry， and some of them were ill. Also， the village school didn’t have a roof(屋顶) and the children wrote on the ground with sticks， Greg knew he wanted to do something to help. “I’ll build you a school，” he told the villagers. “I promise.”
Greg went back home to the USA to raise money for the school. He even lived in the car to save money! Finally he went back to Korphe and built the school. But this was just the beginning of something bigger! Since then， Greg’s organization has built around 80 schools and runs many others in Pakistan and other countries， too.
Greg hasn’t finished yet. He does many other things to help people in poor countries. He has got many prizes， but it’s the smiles of the children he has helped that makes him happy!
Greg has just written a best-selling book about his story called Three Cups of Tea. It’s an interesting and exciting book which tells us what ordinary people can do with courage and determination(决心).
1.What was wrong with Greg when he got to the village for the first time?
A. He fell ill.
B. He was badly hurt and hungry.
C. He lost his way.
D. He failed in his business.
2.How did Greg keep his promise to build a school?
A. He raised and saved money.
B. He did business to make money.
C. He wrote a book to sell for money.
D. He borrowed money from his friends.
3. What does the underlined word “this” refer to?
A. Saving money. B. Living in the car.
C. Raising money. D. Building the school.
4.What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. Building schools can help people to have a better life.
B. We have to do something in return to those who help us.
C. Ordinary people can make a difference to people’s lives.
D. Climbing mountains is a good start to help poor people.
Bob was happy. He was at a new school， and students there were friendly. “Hi， Bob!” some students greeted him， but some students said’ “Hi， Peter!” Bob didn’t understand. He asked one student， “Why do some students call me Peter?”
“Oh， that’s easy to answer，” the student said. “Peter was a student here last year. Now he is in a different school. You look like Peter. Some students thought that you were Peter.”
Bob wanted to meet Peter. He got Peter’s address from a student and went to Peter’s house. Peter opened the door. Bob couldn’t believe his eyes. He looked really like Peter! Bob and Peter had the same colour eyes and the same smile. They had the same black hair. They also had the same birthday. And they both were adopted(领养) by two different families.
Bob and Peter found out that they were twin brothers. Soon after the boys were born， one family adopted Bob， and another family adopted Peter. Bob’s family never knew about Peter， and Peter’s family never knew about Bob.
Soon Bob and Peter’s story appeared in the newspaper. There was a photo of Bob and Peter next to the story. A young man named John saw the photo in the newspaper. John couldn’t believe his eyes. He looked exactly like Bob and Peter! He had the same black hair. He had the same birthday. And he， too， was adopted by another family.
Later John met Bob and Peter. When Bob and Peter saw John， they couldn’t believe their eyes. John looked really like them! Why did John look really like Bob and Peter? You can guess. Bob and Peter are not twins. Bob， Peter and John are triplets.
1. Some students in Bob’s new school thought ________.
A. John was Peter B. Bob was John
C. Peter was John D. Bob was Peter
2.Bob saw Peter _________.
A. at Peter’s house B. at school
C. at John’s house D. at Bob’s house
3. John knew the story of Bob and Peter from _________.
A. a newspaper B. the Internet C. his classmates D. TV
4.The underlined word “triplets” means “_________”.
A. 挚友 B. 双胞胎 C. 三胞胎 D. 兄弟
What opinions did experts have about movement and transportation throughout history? Take a look.
1. Which of the following experts was a science fiction writer?
A. Lord Kelvin. B. Lee DeForest.
C. Leonardo da Vinci. D. Jules Verne.
2. Lee DeForest’s opinion was that _________.
A. airplanes would never fly
B. no person would ever reach the moon
C. people would fly in a machine with an overhead propeller
D. people would be able to travel under water in airtight ships
3.How many experts’ opinions proved right according to the passage?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
