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No matter where you travel in Asia, you’ll find yourself faced with a new culture. You can start your Asian exploration (探索) by visiting some of these attractive cities first.
Beijing, China
Beijing is the second largest city in China and serves as the capital. The city is so old, in fact, that almost every building has some sort of cultural or historic features — no matter how small. Getting around the city you’ll find yourself faced with amazing temples (寺庙), the largest palaces in the world, and many works of art that leave you breathless.
Siem Reap, Cambodia(柬埔寨)
Siem Reap is the capital city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia. Siem Reap has a lot of French and Chinesestyle architecture. In the city, there are traditional dance performances, silk farms, fishing villages and a bird sanctuary (保护区) near the Tonle Sap Lake. Siem Reap today, being a popular tourist attraction, has a large number of hotels and restaurants.
Kathmandu, Nepal(尼泊尔)
Situated in the heart of the Himalayans, Kathmandu, the largest city and capital of Nepal, is considered to be one of the most outstanding cities in the world today. The shopping districts are world famous and the hotels in Kathmandu are among the most comfortable in the world.
Kyoto, Japan
The city of Kyoto served as the capital of Japan from 794 to 1868. No longer the capital, it is known for being the seventh largest city in Japan. Kyoto was destroyed throughout history by fires and war. But now the city is home to more than 1.4 million people, and it presents a modern face to the rest of the world.
Every city throughout Asia has a story of its own. It’s up to you to explore them all and find out exactly what each one has to offer. Enjoy!
1. If you want to visit the biggest palaces where ancient emperors lived in the world, you can go to___________.
A. Beijing B. Siem Reap
C. Kathmandu D. Kyoto
2. In Siem Reap you can see the following EXCEPT____________.
A. Chinesestyle buildings
B. excellent art works
C. traditional dances
D. a protected bird area
3.We can learn from the passage that____________.
A. the cities are all capital cities now
B. Beijing is the largest city in China
C. one can’t find a good hotel in Kathmandu
D. all the cities have their own stories
4.The writer’s purpose in writing the passage is____________.
A. to introduce several attractive cities in Asia
B. to compare some tourist cities in Asia
C. to tell readers not to visit European cities
D. to write an advertisement about a travel company
课文语法填空
The Amber Room 1 to the great wonders of the world. It was originally 2 (design) for the palace of Frederick Ⅰ. 3 took the country’s best artists about ten years to finish it. Everyone thought ___4___(high) of its style and design. Several tons of amber as well as gold and jewels were used to make it, so no wonder it is worth a lot of money. But later, the next King of Prussia decided to give it as a gift to Peter the Great, ___5___ gave Prussia a troop of his best soldiers in 6 . Unfortunately, during the Second World War, the Nazi Germany was at war with Russia. In 1941, Germany invaded (入侵)Russia, and the Russians had no time to ___7___anything from the Amber Room except some furniture and small art objects. When the Nazis saw the Amber Room, there was no 8 that they liked it so much that they took it apart and in less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. The boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg. Since then, the whole world has been in 9 of the Amber Room. No one knows what 10 (happen) to it and whether it still exists now. Maybe it will remain a mystery forever.
单句改错
1. The patient had to have one of his legs remove.
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2. I don’t doubt whether Jane will continue to work here.
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3. The picturebook is well worthy be read.
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4. Judging from his amazing look, I knew he didn’t believe it.
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5. For a whole day they searched the lost child.
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完成句子
1. They will go home by bus rather than ________ ________ (乘火车)because of the busy transportation.
2. Little John always prefers to walk to school rather than________ ________ ________(骑自行车).
3. She enjoys dancing rather than________(唱歌).
4. They would run there________ ________(而不愿)take a bus.
5. He, rather than you, ________(be) to have a talk with the stranger.
6. He always prefers to________ ________ ________ ________ (出去玩) rather than ________ ________ ________ (待在家).
7. Future________ ________(属于)the well-educated.
8. A group of soldiers went into the woods ________ ________ ________(寻找)the missing pilot.
9. What can we do for them________ ________(回报)for their help?
10. She said they were in a dangerous position because they were in a nation________ ________(处于交战状态).
11. Be sure to spend________ ________(少于) you earn.
12. The room________ ________ ________(用……装饰) colour paper and bright lights.
13. ________ ________ ________ ________(毫无疑问) that she has failed in the driving test.
单词释义
根据语境写出句中黑体部分的汉语释义
1. One important reason why gold is so valuable is that it is rare.
2. He went through many wars and survived luckily.
3. He always keeps his word and I have no doubt that he will return my money on time.
4. The stamp is very common, so it is not worth collecting.
5. At the shop, John’s uncle let him select his own Christmas present.
6. Workers are decorating Tian’anmen Square for the coming National Day.
7. The bridge was designed by a French architect.
8. My sister is a fashionable girl, and she is always wearing fancy clothes.
9. If you had come earlier, you would have seen your former English teacher, who once taught you English.
10. As the town is close to Russia, most of its buildings are in Russian style.
单词拼写
根据下列汉语或首字母提示填写单词。
1. Most people r__________think about how and why they sleep, however.
2. When the market economy is introduced, many factories will not s__________.
3. In my younger days girls never went in for cosmetics (化妆品) and f__________dresses.
4. The novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967 but I prefer the f__________version to the latter one.
5. Ⅰ never d__________you; I was sure that you would bring me the money.
6. The patient had to have one of his legs__________(去掉).
7. We adore red. On big occasions, we like __________(装饰)our homes in red.
8. All you need to do is__________(选择)an owner and a due date.
9. They wanted __________(设计)a machine that was both attractive and practical.
10. How would your boss describe you and your work__________(方式)?
