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    第一节：阅读理解（共35小题；每小题2分，满分70分）
    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
    It has long been known the ancient Egyptian rulers, or pharaohs, were buried with great ceremony and lavish treasures that were to be used in the other world.
    Unfortunately, until 1922 no remains of any of the pharaohs or their treasures had ever been found. In that year, however, an archaeologist named Howard Carter and his sponsor, Lord Carnavon, were at last successful. They found the tomb of King Tutankhamen, who was buried 3,200 years ago. King Tut’s tomb was the first fully preserved burial site to be uncovered in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. The two men found the tomb to contain wonderful treasures. Gold figures and magnificent furniture decorated with gold were found in the myriad of secret rooms and tunnels within the pyramid.
    The only disappointment for Howard Carter came when he found that King Tut’s body was nothing but dust. Apparently a mistake had been made when the king’s remains were mummified (使成木乃伊). Carter did, however, find 143 pieces of jewelry within the mummy case, mostly made of gold and precious stones.
    Actually, despite all the publicity about the remarkable finds in his tomb, Tutankhamen’s reign (统治时期) as pharaoh was short and relatively uneventful. He died when he was just 18 years old.
    There is an interesting story that goes along with King Tut’s tomb. According to legend, a powerful curse was placed in it. This curse was to descend on anyone uncovering Tutankhamen’s burial place. Not very long after the discovery, Lord Carnavon, along with several of the workmen, died suddenly.
    1．The subject of this passage is              .
    A．the Valley of the Kings    B．the discovery of King Tut’s tomb
    C．King Tut’s accomplishments   D．Howard Carter, archaeologist
    2．Which statement is true according to this article?
    A．Not until King Tut’s tomb was found did people realize that Egyptian pharaohs
    were buried with great ceremony and lavish treasures.
    B．The first grand burial site of the ancient Egyptian rulers was built 3,200 years ago.
    C．Historically, Tutankhamen’s reign was not very much important.
    D．The writer feels it a pity that Lord Carnavon and several of the workmen died
    because of the curse.
    3．It seems clear that King Tut        .
    A．was a great military leader      B．thought a great deal of himself
    C．was afraid of dying  D．was killed by his enemies
    4．If you have a myriad of something, you have          .
    A．many       B．some C．few   D．several
    5．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
    A．King Tut’s Tomb     B．The Egyptian Tombs and Treasures
    C．King Tut’s body      D．The First Pharaoh’s Treasures

    小题1:B
    小题2:C
    小题3:B
    小题4:A
    小题5:A
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    B．Because he thought men without wives could be better soldiers.
    C．Because there wasn’t enough food for so many people.
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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解



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    C
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    D. It is too old to be used again.
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    A. The local people are short of culture knowledge.
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    小题1:This passage mainly discusses_______.
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    B．air pollution
    C．water pollution
    D．what people are doing to prevent environmental disasters
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    C．caused more deaths than sicknessesD．could have been avoided
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    B．didn’t know that their water was becoming dangerous to drink
    C．tried to stop companies from dumping their waste products into the canal
    D．didn’t mind that chemical companies were dumping waste products into the canal
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    小题1: The Chinese sailing boat arrived in London            .
    A．before she sailed to AfricaB．in the nineteenth century
    C．hundreds of years agoD．in the twentieth century
    小题2:The boat was considered unusual because           .
    A．it was a small wooden boatB．it carried Chinese silk and tea
    C．it had travelled fifteen thousand milesD．it looked strange in several ways
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    A．The distance round the earth measures less than thirty thousand miles.
    B．The Chinese Emperor gave silk and tea to the English Queen as gifts.
    C．The Chinese boat came to London by accident.
    D．The Chinese people were not good at sailing in dangerous seas.
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    A．carried silk, tea and other goods to England
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    73.The passage mainly tells us_______.      
    A. what two parallel lines look like on paper
    B. why a curved line can appear to be straight
    C. where the secret of the Parthenon Temple lies
    D. when the columns of the Parthenon look curved
    74.Which of the following is close in shape with the steps of the platform?
    A.                B.           C.       D.
    75.What can we infer from the passage?
    A. The Parthenon is a famous historic building.
    B. The Greeks knew a lot about optical illusions.
    C. The ancient Greeks were people of intelligence.
    D. Curved lines can meet somewhere above a building.

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    70．What happened first?
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    C．The city of Rome was founded       D．London became the center of an empire
    71．Which of the following is not true?
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    B．Londinium became the center of an empire after Roman Empire fell apart.
    C．We may see some remaining parts of Roman Empire in North Africa.
    D．In Europe 27 countries had the same laws.

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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解


    E
    In 1789 the US. government passed a law which said that the land of the American Indians could never be taken from them without their agreement. One hundred years later, however, the Indians only had a very small part of the land that originally belonged to them. How did this great injustice occur?
    After 1812 white settlers began to move west across North America. At first, the settlers and the Indians lived in peace. However, the number of settlers increased greatly every year, and slowly the Indians began to see the white settlers as a danger to their survival. To feed themselves, the settlers killed more and more wild animals. The Indians, who depended on these animals for food, had to struggle against starvation. The settlers also brought with them many diseases which were common in white society, but which were new for the Indians. Great numbers of Indians became sick and died. Between 1843 and 1854 the Indian population in one area of the country went down from 100,000 to 30,000.
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    B．the law which was passed in 1789 by the US government was not successfully carried out
    C．in the 19th century no injustices were done against the Indians by the US government
    D．the majority of white settlers were openly opposed to the law passed in 1789
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    A．The Indians believed that killing too many wild animals had disturbed the balance of nature.
    B．The government began to have a better understanding of the Indians in the 1850s.
    C．Between 1843 and 1854 about 70,000 Indians were killed in the battle.
    D．The whites carried serious diseases into where the Indians lived.
    74．It is implied in the passage that______.
    A．the Indians had many great successes in the Indians war
    B．the Indians had no doubt that they would win the war
    C．after the war the Indians stayed where they were before
    D．the Indians were too weak to win the struggle
    75．The last sentence of the passage______.
    A．serves as the author's comment on the historical event described above
    B．gives the reader the impression that injustice is everywhere in the US
    C．makes a conclusion that such events talked above will never happen again
    D．brings about the topic that how the US government will deal with the problem

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