In 1929, a peasant in Sichuan Province uncovered jade (玉器) and stone artifacts(手工艺品) while repairing a ditch(沟渠) located about 24 miles from Chengdu. But their significance wasn’t understood until 1986, when archaeologists unearthed two pits(大坑) of Bronze Age treasures. The discovery suggests an impressive technicality(手工技艺), said Peter Keller, a geologist and president of the Bowers Museum in California, which is currently hosting an exhibit of some of these treasures.

The treasures came from a lost civilization, now known as the Sanxingdui, a city on the banks of the Minjiang River.

“It’s a big mystery,” said Keller, who is not involved in the current study.

“Archaeologists now believe that the culture disappeared sometime between 3,000 and 2,800 years ago,” Niannian fan, a river science researcher at Tsinghua University in Chengdu, China, said.

“The current explanations for why it disappeared are war and flood, but both are not very convincing,” Fan told Live Science.

But about 14 years ago, archaeologists found the remains of another ancient city called Jinsha near Chengdu. The Jinsha site, though it contained none of the bronzes of Sanxingdui, did have a gold crown covered with fish, arrows and birds similar to golden objects found at Sanxingdui. That has led some scholars to believe that the people from Sanxingdui may have relocated to Jinsha.

Fan wondered whether an earthquake may have caused landslides that dammed the river high up in the mountains and rerouted it to Jinsha. That catastrophe may have reduced Sanxingdui’s water supply, spurring its people to move.

And some historical records support their assumptions. In 1099 B.C., ancient writers recorded an earthquake in the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, in Shanxi Province, Fan said. Though that spot is roughly 250 miles from the historic site of Sanxingdui, the latter culture didn’t have writing at the time. So it’s possible the earthquake epicenter(震中) was actually close to Sanxingdui-but it just wasn’t recorded there.

Around the same time, geological sediment(沉积物) suggest massive flooding occurred, and the later-han Dynasty document The Chronicles of the Kings of Shu records ancient floods pouring from a mountain in a spot that suggests the flow being rerouted, Fan said.

Together, the findings hint that major earthquake triggered a landslide that dammed the river, rerouting its flow and reducing water flow to Sanxingdui, Fan said.

1.In the first paragraph, the author wants to _____.

A. introduce the topic of a lost civilization

B. tel us how beautiful the jade and stone artifacts look

C. remind us to pay attention to the earthquake

D. inform us we can easily find treasures in a ditch

2.According to the passage, the following statements are true EXCEPT that ______.

A. Bowers Museum is exhibiting some of Bronze Age treasures

B. Peter Keller is the lead researcher on the study of Sanxingdui

C. some scholars think that the people from Sanxingdui may have moved to Jinsha

D. some findings support the idea that an earthquake caused a landslide, which dammed the river, rerouting its flow and reducing water flow to Sanxingdui

3.Which of the following is the most probable explanation of mystery of the disappearance of Sanxingdui’s civilization?

A. War. B. Flood.

C. Earthquake. D. Hurricane.

4.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “spurring” in the seventh paragraph?

A. Forcing. B. Allowing.

C. Supporting. D. Favoring.

5.What type of writing is this passage?

A. Science fiction. B. An official document.

C. A newspaper report. D. A research report.

英国姐妹学校的老师Dr.Smith将要来你们学校开展教学活动。来华前,他给你们年级的学生写了一封公开信,调查需求情况。

Dear students,

I'm so excited about my trip to China next month.I can't wait to see your school and give my lessons there.Just a few things I'd like to know.What do you hope to get out of these lessons?What topics do you find most interesting? And what kind of teachers do you like?

I am looking forward to your reply.

Sincerely yours,

Paul Smith

假定你是李华,请根据来信内容代表同学们写一封回信,内容包括:

1.欢迎Dr.Smith的来临;

2.回复信中提出的问题;

3.表达对他到来的期盼。

注意:

1.词数100-120字左右;

2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

Dear Dr.Smith,

My classmates and I became very excited hearing you would give us lessons.

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

After giving a talk at a high school,I was asked to pay a visit to a special student.An illness had kept the boy home,but he had expressed an interest in meeting me.I was told it would mean a great deal to him,so I agreed.

During the nine-mile drive to his home,I found out something about Matthew.He had muscular dystrophy(肌肉萎缩症).When he was born,the doctor told his parents that he would not live to five,and then they were told he would not make it to ten.Now he was thirteen.He wanted to meet me because I was a Gold-medal power lifter,and I knew about overcoming obstacles and going for my dreams.

I spent over an hour talking to Matthew.Never once did he complain or ask,"Why me?"He spoke about winning and succeeding and going for his dreams.Obviously,he knew what he was talking about.He didn't mention that his classmates had made fun of him because he was different.He just talked about his hopes for the future,and how one day he wanted to lift weights with me.When we had finished talking,I went to my briefcase(公文包)and pulled out the first gold medal I had won and put it around his neck.I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about success and overcoming obstacles than I ever would.He looked at it for a moment,then took it off and handed it back to me.He said,"You are a champion.You earned that medal.Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal,I will show it to you."

Last summer I received a letter from Matthew's parents telling me that Matthew had passed away.They wanted me to have a letter he had written to me a few days before:

Dear Dick,

My mum said I should send you a thank-you letter for the picture you sent me.I also want to let you know that the doctors tell me that I don't have long to live any more,but I still smile as much as I can.I told you someday that I would go to the Olympics and win a gold medal,but I know now I will never get to do that.However,I know I'm a champion,and God knows that too.When I get to Heaven,God will give me my medal and when you get there,I will show it to you.Thank you for loving me.

Your friend,

Matthew

1.The boy looked forward to meeting the author because .

A. he was also good at weight lifting

B. he wanted to get to the Olympics and win a medal

C. he was one of the author's fans

D. he admired the author very much

2.The underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably means that .

A. the boy never complained about how unlucky he was to have this disease

B. the boy never complained about not being able to go to school

C. the boy never complained why the author had never come to see him before

D. the boy never complained about not getting a medal

3.Matthew didn't accept the author's medal because .

A. he thought it was too expensive

B. he was sure that he could win one in the future

C. he thought it was of no use to him as he would die soon

D. he would not be pitied by others

4.What would be the best title for this passage?

A. A sick boy. B. A special friend.

C. A real champion. D. A famous athlete.

I stood up from the bench. Then I ______ my army uniform, while studying the crowd of people _______their way through Grand Central Station. I was looking for the girl whose heart I knew but whose ______ I didn’t, the girl with the rose.

My interest in her had begun thirteen months ______ in a Florida library. Taking a book off the _____, I found myself intrigued(着迷的), not with the words of the book, _____ with the notes penciled in the margin (页边空白). The soft ______ reflected a thoughtful soul and a insightful mind. In the front of the ______, I discovered the previous owner’s______, Miss May Nell.

With time and ______ I discovered her address. She lived in New York City. I ______ her a letter introducing myself and inviting her to correspond(通信). The next day I was ______ overseas for ______ in World War II. During the next year and one month we two _______ to know each other ______ the mail. Each letter was a _______falling on a fertile(肥沃的)heart. Then, I______ a photograph, but she refused. She said that if I really ______, it wouldn’t ______ what she looked like.

When the day finally came for me to return from Europe, we arranged for our first meeting—7:00 pm at the Grand Central Station in New York. “ You will ______ me,” she wrote, “by the red rose I’ll be wearing in my lapel(翻领).” So at 7:00 I was in the station looking for the girl whose heart I loved, but whose looks I’d never seen.

1.A. appreciated B. put on C. cleaned D. straightened

2.A. making B. taking C. losing D. finding

3.A. mouth B. face C. legs D. hands[

4.A. after B. later C. ago D. before

5.A. bench B. chair C. desk D. shelf

6.A. however B. so C. but D. therefore

7.A. cover B. notebook C. handwriting D. pencil[

8.A. book B. notes C. library D. station

9.A. friend B. name C. sister D. neighbor

10.A. money B. effort C. excitement D. enjoyment

11.A. got B. received C. read D. wrote

12.A. shipped B. brought C. killed D. wounded

13.A. pleasure B. travel C. service D. further education

14.A. had B. grew C. were D. wanted

15.A. in B. with C. across D. through

16.A. plant B. seed C. fire D. greeting

17.A. asked B. sent C. took D. requested

18.A. helped B. cared C. refused D. hated[

19.A. matter B. occur C. last D. continue

20.A. know B. understand C. see D. recognize

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