This ancient city is known to the world as Angkor Wat-after its most beautiful temple, but the true wonder is the city itself, which is actually called Angkor.

  The first temples were completed in the eighth century by early Khmer(高棉)king Jayavarman and his heirs(继承人)kept building on his project.The whole of Angkor was built over a period of about 600 years.It never stopped.It was to recreate in Hindu mythology(印度神话)the Mount Mira, the Hindu Heaven.And the kings wanted to raise themselves to a god-like position and progressive kings enlarged upon it.And so it just grew and grew.Each king wanted to build another temple.They were trying to create Heaven on Earth.

  The flourishing jungle heaven they created certainly caught the attention of the neigh boring kingdom of Siam-now known as Thailand(泰国).After one hundred years of off and on battle, the Thai armies began to get the upper hand.At the end of it, the Cambodian people were worn out.Their resources had run out.The Thais had a relatively easy victory when they finally seized Angkor in 1431.But a mystery surrounded their victory.Without warning the Thai armies deserted Angkor as suddenly as they conquered it and to this day, no one knows why.

  The Royal Court(朝廷)just walked away from Angkor completely.The couple of temples were repaired and visited from time to time.But basically they just turned their back on it.And the magnificent(宏伟)city became lost in the mists(薄雾)of time.Tales of this mysterious city floated throughout the jungles of Southeast Asia for centuries.

  The locals were telling stories.There had been French naturalists through the area, but no one believed the tales.Then, in 1860 the French explorer Henri Mahout set out to find Angkor.One day he stepped into a jungle clearing and found himself walking through the imperial ruins of the ancient city.Over one hundred years later, the world is also beginning to understand the glory of Angkor.

  For being a heavenly city that transcends(超越)time, Angkor rises to number three on our list.

(1)

The passage mainly tells us ________.

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A.

the discovery of Angkor Wat

B.

the ups and downs of Angkor Wat

C.

how the Angkor Wat was built

D.

how Angkor Wat was deserted

(2)

All the kings kept enlarging Angkor Wat ________.

[  ]

A.

in the hope of being regarded as a god

B.

in order to make it a wonder in the world

C.

to show their power and wealth

D.

to show respect to the kings before them

(3)

The main reason why Angkor Wat was deserted was ________.

[  ]

A.

the Cambodian people were worn out

B.

the Cambodian resources had run out

C.

Thai armies left it so suddenly

D.

the Royal Court gave it up after it was seized

(4)

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

[  ]

A.

Thai armies forced wars upon Cambodia because they wanted to desert Angkor Wat.

B.

It was Angkor Wat that led the defeat of the war.

C.

The local tales played an important role in discovering Angkor Wat.

D.

The whole of Angkor was built over a period of about 100 years.

For the past two decades. New York has been an inspiration to other American cities. Yes, New York had a lot of crime, but somehow it also still had neigh neighborhoods, and a central area for walking. Lately, though, as far as the pedestrian (行人) issues go. New York is acting more like the rest of America, and the rest of America is acting more like the once-inspiring New York.  

As a New Yorker who has spent two years researching roads and transportation across the United States, 1 am saddened lo see our city falling behind places like downtown Albuquerque, where one-way streets have become more pedestrian-friendly two-way streets, and car lanes are replaced by bike lanes, with bike racks everywhere. Then there is Grand Rapids, Midi. , which has a walk-able downtown with purposely limited parking and is home to a new bus square. In Indianapolis, an urban walking and biking road will soon link inner-city neighborhoods something New York certainly hasn't tried.  

We have lost our golden pedestrian touch in New York mostly because we still think about traffic as though it were 1950, and we needed Robert Moses to plow a few giant freeways through town to get the cars moving again. But the fact is that more roads equal more traffic. New Yorkers always find good reasons to drive. Public transportation is dirty, time-consuming, unsafe. Walking takes too long. The children will be late for school. But choosing the car is no longer safe ― for your children who already don’t get enough exercise, for anyone’s lungs or for the future of New York as a livable place. We’ve already lost a lot of New York to traffic. If New Yorkers don’t get out of their cars soon, the city’s future residents won’t have a reason to.  

 

72.According to ihe passage, New York _____.  

A.used to be a good example for other cities to follow in road design  

B.is still an inspiration to other American cities in city design  

C.used to have a lot of crimes and the city was too crowded with cars  

D.is learning from the rest of America to improve its transportation  

73.It can be inferred from the passage that______.  

A.New York has built a road for walking and biking  

B.in Albuuuerque, the streets have become one-way streets  

C.the city of New York is now terribly crowded with cars  

D.parking is not allowed in the center of Grand Rapids, Mich.  

74.The cause of the present traffic situation in New York is that ______.  

A.New Yorkers prefer driving to walking or taking buses  

B.taking buses lakes a long lime and is not safe and clean  

C.the more roads there are, the more traffic there will be  

D.the city of New York is too big for people to walk  

75.The author of the passage suggests that ______.  

A.more freeways be built to get the cars moving again  

B.New York should have more spaces for pedestrians  

C.children in New- York schools should walk to schools  

D.New Yorkers should replace their cars with bicycles  

  

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