B

After the coming of Europeans to the Americas, Indians were forced to change their way of life.Yet the influence of native American culture is still felt throughout the United States.

Many of the foods commonly eaten in the United States today were first grown by American Indians. Among these foods are corn, wheat and sweet potatoes, peanuts, pumpkins, tomatoes, and certain beans and berries. Native Americans also discovered ways to use herbs and other plants as medicines.

Native American inventions, such as canoes, ponchos and parkas(风雪衣), hammocks (吊床) and snowshoes are still in use today. Other marks of Indian culture were left in American place names. The state of Alaska, for example, takes its name from a native American word meaning “great land”.

Today nearly 1.5 million native Americans live in the United States. Some still preserve the ways of their ancestors, speaking Indian languages and keeping alive their legends,art forms, and customs. Other native Americans keep few of the old ways, but remain proud of their  people’s contributions to American history.Americans have come to appreciate the beauty of Indian crafts(工艺). Many artists find inspiration in traditional Indian designs. Many Indian values, too, have become widely held.Americans today believe that the land, air and water are precious resources (资源) that must be carefully protected. As one government official wrote recently:

We have slowly come back to some of the truths that the Indians knew from the beginning. People need to learn from nature, to keep an ear to the earth, and to refill their spirits in frequent contact with animals and wild land.

60. What does “native Americans” refer to in the passage?

A. Europeans settling in the Americas.             B. People born and living in America.

C. American Indians.                           D. Ancestors of Americans.

61. What influences Americans most according to the passage?

A. Agriculture of native Americans.                    B. Ancient Indian medicines.

C. Native American inventions.                D. Indian languages.

62.The underlined word “inspiration” (in Paragraph 5) means_______.

A. confidence    B. creative ideas     C. power      D. good advice

63.Which of the following best shows the Indian values?

A. Americans should preserve the ways of Indian ancestors.

B. Native Americans are still making contributions to American history.

C. The resources offered by nature should be carefully protected.

D. Native Americans knew the truths long before Americans do today.

      There are warm tropical regions all over the globe, but only the Indians of the South American rain forests have formed the habit of sleeping in the open air. Long before they made painful acquaintance (相识) with Europeans, they had invented something that was unique on earth: the hammock.

     Nobody really knows who first had the bright idea of making sleeping in the air the symbol of untroubled rest. The Indians see the hammock as a “gift of heaven (上天)”, something given to them a very long time ago.

      In it the Indians pass away hot noon hours, napping or chatting. Swinging it to and fro (来回摆动) creates a cooling breath of air and keeps away insects. They work and play in hammocks, are born and die there.

     Hung like a suspension bridge between heaven and earth, a hammock is dry while the soil is damp and is safe from most wild animals.

      Hammocks have the advantage over beds in that they are easy to transport and take up very little space when they have been rolled up(卷起) . Indians never go on a journey without their hammocks, not even to their plantations.

76.The word hammock in this passage means _______.

A. a suspension cage which can be swung to and fro in the air

B. a seat hanging by two ropes from the branch of a tree

C. a suspension bridge in the South American rain forests.

D. a net hung between two supports and used as a bed.

77. When was the hammock invented and by whom?

A. The Indians had invented the hammock long before they came to South America.

B. The Indians had invented the hammock long before the Europeans came to South America.

C. The Europeans invented the hammock after they made acquaintance with the Indians.

D. The Europeans had invented the hammock before they went to South America.

78. Indians swing the hammock to_______.

A. pray to heaven for a gift       B. keep away flies, mosquitoes and other insects

C. keep away wild animals        D. all asleep quickly

79. According to the passage, hammocks _______.

A. cannot be rolled up                B. are difficult to transport

C. are never brought to the plantations   D. can be kept dry while the ground is wet

80. The passage is about _______.

A. the Indian way of living                      B. tropical regions

C. Indians' gift for the Europeans           D. a portable bed

C
Where do you want to travel this year? What are some of your favorite vacation spots? See some places we have picked as the top destinations for 2010．
● Sri Lanka
The island feels like one big tropical zoo: elephants roam freely, water buffaloes （水牛） idle in paddy fields and monkeys swing from trees．And then there's the beautiful coastline．Among the most scenic is Nilaveli Beach in the Tamil north．Vacationers can lie on poolside hammocks （吊床） under palm trees or swim in its crystal-clear waters．Or they can order cocktails at the Nilaveli Beach Hotel．
● Shanghai
Following up on Beijing's successful Olympics, Shanghai is expecting 70 million visitors to its World Expo．From May 1 to Oct．31, more than 200 nations and regions will turn a two-square-mile site by the city's Huangpu River into an architectural playground: Switzerland will be represented by a building shaped like a map of that country, while England is in the celebrated hands of the designer Thomas Heatherwick．However, by contrast, the United States pavilion might be mistaken for a suburban （郊区的） office park．
● Copenhagen
Last year, thousands of environmentalists challenged world leaders in Copenhagen for the climate summit, but the Danish capital has already emerged as one of the world's greenest, and maybe coolest, cities．In Copenhagen, long, flat roads all have bicycle paths where locals cycle around the city．Away from all the modernism and the happy cyclists, cultural thrill-seekers are being attracted to the district of Norrebro, where the city's young crowd the cafes and galleries or dance in local clubs until the early hours．
64．According to the passage, visitors to the place with natural beauty can have ______．      
A．a vacation on the palm beach                                                      
B．a great time in busy local clubs                                                             
C．a feast for the eyes of architectural wonders                                                      
D．a chance to see an environmentally friendly city
65．Which of the following statements is TRUE about the 2010 World Expo?               
A．Millions of people will visit Shanghai in seven months．                     
B．Switzerland has built something that looks like a map of the world．                                
C．The building of England is designed by Thomas Heatherwick．                                                                
D．The US pavilion reminds people of downtown New York．
66．This passage is probably printed on the ______ page of a newspaper．                  
A．real estate    B．entertainment     C．travel     D．weekend
67．Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?                          
A．A Trip to the World Expo                  B．The Places to Go in 2010                     
C．Join the Copenhagen Climate Summit    D．The Most Visited Travel Destinations

Americans have taken over from the Indians many things besides their continent! Where did corn, potatoes, tomatoes, chocolate and maple sugar come from? The Indians. Who invented moccasins, snowshoes and hammocks? The Indians!

A list of the tools, plants, materials and designs we owe to the Indians would include hundreds of items. But there is something far more familiar, something that is always at hand. It is used daily by every American: a large vocabulary of Indian words.

Potato, tomato, chocolate, moccasin and hammock came into English from Indian languages. So did cocoa, tobacco, maize (an Indian word for corn) and succotash. Some words have changed on the way. Potato, for example, comes from a word that sounds like “batata”. Cocoa began as “cacahuatl”.

Some meanings have also changed. The long Indian word from which succotash comes means “something broken off in bits”. Indian women often varied their dishes by mixing bits of one food with another. White men who ate an Indian dish of mixed lima beans (青豆) and corn began using the Indian word to mean this particular mixture.

Put on your moccasins and take a walk in the country. If it is a cold day and you wear a mackinaw, your jacket will be as Indian as your shoes. But mackinaw came from “michilimackinac”, the Indian name of a place where a fort (集市) served as a trading post. Bright-colored blankets or jackets bought at the post soon became known as “mackinaws”.

Early white visitors to the continent found Indian words useful for the things new to them. But some Indian sounds, such as the “tl” at the end of many words, were hard to say. That is why “coyotl” became coyote and “tomatle” became tomato.

Some words simply seemed too long. So, “musickwautash” became succotash and “rockahominy” became hominy.

1.The first two paragraphs may serve as a(n)     .

A. explanation    B. introduction    C. comment    D. background

2. Which of the following has been changed for easier pronunciation?

A. Batata        B. Chocolate     C. Tomatle     D. Rockahominy

3. Some words have changed because       .

A.  they are too long

B.  nobody can use them

C.  the things they refer to have disappeared

D.  they are too difficult for people to write

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A.  How Indian traditions affect us.

B.  Why Indian words were changed.

C.   Things we owe to the Indians.

D.  Indian words all around us.

B

After the coming of Europeans to the Americas, Indians were forced to change their way of life.Yet the influence of native American culture is still felt throughout the United States.

   Many of the foods commonly eaten in the United States today were first grown by American Indians. Among these foods are corn, wheat and sweet potatoes, peanuts, pumpkins, tomatoes, and certain beans and berries. Native Americans also discovered ways to use herbs and other plants as medicines.

   Native American inventions, such as canoes, ponchos and parkas(风雪衣), hammocks (吊床) and snowshoes are still in use today. Other marks of Indian culture were left in American place names. The state of Alaska, for example, takes its name from a native American word meaning “great land”.

   Today nearly 1.5 million native Americans live in the United States. Some still preserve the ways of their ancestors, speaking Indian languages and keeping alive their legends,art forms, and customs. Other native Americans keep few of the old ways, but remain proud of their  people’s contributions to American history.Americans have come to appreciate the beauty of Indian crafts(工艺). Many artists find inspiration in traditional Indian designs. Many Indian values, too, have become widely held.Americans today believe that the land, air and water are precious resources (资源) that must be carefully protected. As one government official wrote recently:

   We have slowly come back to some of the truths that the Indians knew from the beginning. People need to learn from nature, to keep an ear to the earth, and to refill their spirits in frequent contact with animals and wild land.

60. What does “native Americans” refer to in the passage?

   A. Europeans settling in the Americas.              B. People born and living in America.

   C. American Indians.                            D. Ancestors of Americans.

61. What influences Americans most according to the passage?

     A. Agriculture of native Americans.                     B. Ancient Indian medicines.

     C. Native American inventions.                 D. Indian languages.

62.The underlined word “inspiration” (in Paragraph 5) means_______.

A. confidence    B. creative ideas     C. power      D. good advice

63.Which of the following best shows the Indian values?

   A. Americans should preserve the ways of Indian ancestors.

   B. Native Americans are still making contributions to American history.

C. The resources offered by nature should be carefully protected.

D. Native Americans knew the truths long before Americans do today.