题目内容
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In a remote period of Greek history, probably around 1200 BC, a war was fought between Greece and Troy. __71__ The war ended in the destruction of Troy. Greek culture reached a high point of development in the 5th century BC. This was marked by the establishment of democracy and the boom of science, philosophy, literature, art and historical writing in Athens. The century closed with civil war between Athens and Sparta.
In the second half of the 4th century BC, all Greece was brought under the rule of Alexander, King of Macedon. __72__ At the same time, Greek culture was spread wherever they found themselves. In 146 BC the Romans conquered Greece. By that time Greek culture had firmly established itself in much of eastern and western Europe and northern Africa. There were more centers of Greek learning.
Athens was a democracy. Democracy means “exercise of power by the whole people”. But by “the whole people” the Greeks meant only the adult male citizens, and citizenship was a set of rights which a man inherited (继承) from his father. __73__
The economy of Athens rested on a huge amount of slave labour. __74__ There was harsh exploration in Greek society.
__75__ Once every four years, they had a big festival on Olympus Mount which included contests of sports. Thus began the Olympic Games. Revived in 1896, the Games have become the world's foremost amateur sports competition.
A.The Greeks loved sports.
B.The people of Troy were very brave.
C.His armies went out to conquer large areas of Europe, Asia and Africa.
D.Women, children, foreigners and slaves were not given the same rights.
E.Troy is a city on the Asiatic side of the Aegean.
F.Slaves worked on farms and in workshops and mines owned by their masters.
G.He built many wonderful palaces in his kingdom.
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第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
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In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. 71 According to the report,the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a pleasant one. 72 The population could be as large as 6300 million,almost 2150 million more than in 1985.More people would move into cities ,especially cities in developing countries.Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would each have 15 million by then.
73 Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985,but most of the increase would be in countries that already produce enough food for their people. 74 Poor farming ways are destroying large areas of crop land,changing farms into deserts.More farmland is lost as cities become larger and more houses are built.Air pollution will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil.Many of the world's forests could disappear as more and more trees are cut down.Energy will continue to be a serious problem. 75 They only workde out the situation that exists today.By changing the situation,by settling the problems,the picture can be changed.There is still time for the nations of the world to work out a plan of action.But they warned that waiting too long to make de cisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.
A.Food production will increase,but not enough to feed all the people. |
B.The report was a result of a three - year study. |
C.Later on,more reports came out one by one. |
D.The world will be more crowded because the population will continue to grow. |
E.Experts believe enough food will be produced in developing countries very soon.
F.The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 may be wrong.
G.Little increase is expected in South Asia,Africa and the Middle East.