Long ago, people in Rome(罗马)talked to one another in Latin(拉丁文)．Pupils in school learned to read and write in Latin．Books are in Latin．
Some Romans(罗马人)went to other parts of the world．They took their language with them．Soon Latin was used in many countries．It became a world language．
People in other countries did not talk in Latin the same way．In each land, they changed the language a little．As time went by, they made more changes．At last they did not talk in Latin any more．New languages had come from the old one．
People do not talk to one another in Latin today．But they still use many Latin words．You do, too．Street, wall, city, and salt are some of the Latin words we use．You are a pupil in school．Pupil is a Latin word．It means “little doll”．
(1)
Latin was used by people in ________．
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A．
Rome
B．
the United States
C．
Greece(希腊)
D．
Texas
(2)
The word in the story that means what people speak and write is ________
(3)
The story says, “People do not talk to each other in Latin today．But they still use many Latin words,” The word they means ________．
(4)
Which of the following does this story lead you to believe?
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A．
It is not good to change a language．
B．
Pupils in schools today play with dolls．
C．
Not many people can read Latin today．
(5)
What happened to Latin when it was taken to other countries?(which sentence is exactly like the one in your book?)
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A．
In each land, people talked about each other．
B．
In each land, they changed the language a little
C．
In each land, the children had to speak some Latin．
(6)
The main idea of the whole story is that ________．
Last Sunday the elephant keeper at London Zoo, Jim Robson, was killed by one of the elephants he loved．This was terrible, and it could be a big problem for the future(将来)of London Zoo-and maybe for all of Britain's city zoos．
London Zoo said that it would move its three elephants to a wild(野生的)animal park outside London．Its director-general(总经理), Michael Dioxn, said,“We are sorry that the elephants are leaving; there have been elephants at Lon-don Zoo since 1831．”
One British newspaper said that though many small animals were very interesting, most people wanted to see big animals－and most of all elephants．
London Zoo is not only losing its elephants．The tigers will also leave soon and most of the bears(熊)have already gone．Outside the elephant house at London Zoo, a woman called Mary said she hoped the zoo could keep big animals．“This is the only way the young people can see animals without travelling to other countries,”she said．
Zoos are not very good places for animals, but they can help to well keep them．Children can also learn a lot about the animals when they visit zoos．
Another visitor, a man called Alan, was very angry．“If we send them back to the wild they will die．If you take away big animals, people will stop visiting London Zoo．It can survive(继续生存)at the moment, but it won't survive in the future．”
However, Mary Rosevear, directory of the Federation(联合会)of Zoos, believes(相信)that city zoos can survive without keeping large animals．
(1)
London Zoo has kept elephants ________．
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A．
since last Sunday
B．
for about one hundred years
C．
for nearly two hundred years
D．
ever since it was built
(2)
Zoos are important because ________．
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A．
they can make a lot of money
B．
there are many animals living in them
C．
there are some big animals there
D．
they can keep animals and help children learn about them
(3)
The underlined word“it”in the passage refers to(指)________．
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A．
the elephant
B．
London Zoo
C．
the bear
D．
the wild animal park
(4)
London Zoo might face a big problem because ________．
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A．
the elephants in the zoo will be killed
B．
the elephants may also kill other people
C．
it may have fewer visitors in the future
D．
no one would like to be an elephant keeper any more
(5)
Which of the following is NOT true?
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A．
The writer hopes that big animals except elephants should be kept in London Zoo．
B．
London Zoo and the public(公众)have different ideas about where to keep the big animals．
C．
Some animals in the park are still dangerous to visitors．
D．
Some people think that the big animals will die if they are sent to the wild animal park．
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