阅读理解. 2011 is a special year all the people in Shenzhen. The 26th World Universiade will be held i——青夏教育精英家教网—

    Chinatown is the name given to an area in the middle of London. It is just be- tween Leicester Square and
Shaftsbury Avenue. .Gerrard Street is at the center and is the most important street in the area.  There is a
large Chinese community (社区) with a lot of Chinese restaurants, Chinese supermarkets and shops in this
street.
    In the 1950s, it was a poor area and everything was very cheap. At the same time, the world rice market
changed and thousands of farm workers in Hong Kong lost their jobs. They began arriving in London to look
for work.  They found jobs in the restaurants in this area. Many British people liked Chinese food, and the
restaurants were popular.
     These restaurant workers often worked 17 hours a day and had no time to leam English. As more Chinese
arrived, more shops and businesses grew up. Wives came and joined their husbands and children came and
joined their fathers. The community grew, and Chinatown was born.
In the 1970s and 1980s, British-bom Chinese started to have a better education and this brought economic
(经济的)  success to the area.  Many families moved out of Chinatown, and there was more space for
businesses.  Gerrard Street became a street only for visitors and was soon a popular place for tourists.
     Now everyone knows about London's Chinatown. During the Chinese New Year, the streets are seen with
flags and thousands of Chinese go into the streets. For most of the year, though, Londoners and tourists go
there mainly for the food in the  Chinese restaurants. The best restaurants are the ones where the Chinese eat.

1. Is this Chinatown in the middle of London?
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2. Was the area rich or poor in the 1950s?
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3. Why did the restaurant workers have no time to learn English?
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4. When did British-bom Chinese start to have a better education?
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5. What are the main points about Chinatown in this passage7?
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     The oldest stone buildings in the world are the pyramids. They have stood for nearly 5000 years, and it
seems likely that they will continue to stand for thousands of years yet. The most famous of these are the
"Step" pyramid and the "Bent" pyramid.
     Some of the pyramids still look much as they must have done when they were built thousands of years
ago. Most of the damage (破坏) has been at the hands of men who were looking for treasure or, more often,
for stones to use in modern buildings. The dry climate of Egypt has helped to preserve the pyramids, and their
very shape has made them less likely to fall into ruin (废墟). These are good reasons why they can still be
seen today, but perhaps the most important is that they were planned to last forever.
     It is most likely that plans were made for the building of the pyramids because the plans of other large
works have fortunately been preserved. But, there are no writings or pictures to show us how the Egyptians
planned or built the pyramid themselves. As a result, we are only able to guess at the methods used.
However, one thing is certain: there must have been months of careful planning before they could begin to
build. The first thing they had to do was to choose a suitable place. You may think this would have been easy
with miles and miles of empty desert around, but a pyramid could not be built just anywhere. Certain rules
had to be followed, and certain problems had to be overcome.
     The pyramid had to be on the west side of the Nile, the side on which the sun sets. This was for religious
reasons. The pyramid also had to stand well above tho level of the river to protect it against the regular floods.
The pyramid could not be too far from the Nile, however, as the stones to build it needed to be carried in boats
down the river to the nearest point. Water transport was, of course, much easier than land transport. The
builders also had to find a rock base which was not likely to crack under the great weight of the pyramid.
Finally, the pyramid had to be near the capital, or better still, near the king's palace so that he could visit it
easily and personally check the progress being made on the final resting place for his body.

1. Most of the damage to the pyramids has been caused by _______.

A. stones
B. rivers
C. weather
D. men

2. What's the meaning of the underlined word preserve?

A. Damage.
B. Protect.
C. Build.
D. Cover.

3. What was the first thing people had to do before they could begin to build?

A. To follow the rules.
B. To draw the pictures.
C. To choose the right place.
D. To find the workers.

4. To protect a pyramid from floods they could have built it a long way from the Nile, but _______.

A. it had to be built on the west side of the river Nile where the sun sets
B. it was difficult to find a large enough rock base so far from the fiver
C. this would have been impossible because of religious reasons
D. this would have made it very difficult to transport the materials

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