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第一组 A. When we say that Cambridge is a university town, we do not mean just that it is a town with a university in it. Manchester and Milan have universities, but we do not call them university towns. A university town is one where there is no clear separation between the university buildings and the rest of the city. The university is not just one part of the town; it is all over the town. The heart of Cambridge has its shops, pubs, market-place and so on, but most of it is university-colleges, faculties, libraries, clubs and other places for university staff and students. Students fill the shops, cafes, banks, and churches, making these as well part of the university., The town was there first. Two Roman roads crossed there, and there are signs of building before Roman times (earlier than A.D. 43). Cambridge became a center of learning, and the authority of the head of the university was recognized by the king in 1226. With about 8,250 undergraduates and over2,000 postgraduates, the city is a busy place in “full term” .Undergraduates are not allowed to keep cars in Cambridge, so nearly all of them use bicycles. Don’t try to drive through Cambridge during the five minutes between lectures. Your bicycle must go through a boiling sea of other bicycles hurrying in all directions, if you are in Cambridge at five minutes to the hour any morning of full term, you know that you are in a university town. 1. What is called a university town? A. A town with a university in it B. B. A university with a town in it. C. One where there is no clear separation between a university and a town.
D. One where there are both a university and a town. 2. How many students does Cambridge have? A. Eight thousand, two hundred and fifty. B. Two thousand. C. Ten thousand. D. More than ten thousand. 3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. the university is all over the town B. the town came earlier than the university C. during the five minutes between lectures, your bicycle must go through other bicycles hurrying in all directions. D. the teachers have many strange ways of making their lectures lively and interesting. 4. What’s the title of the passage? A. Cambridge—A University Town. B. Cambridge – A Centre of Learning C. Cambridge with Many Students. D. Cambridge with a Long History B The Erie Canal was the first important national waterway built in the US. It crossed New York from Buffalo on Lake Erie Troy to Albany on the Hudson River. It joined the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. The canal served as a route over which industrial goods could flow into the west, and materials could pour into the east. The Erie Canal helped New York develop into the nation’s largest city. The building of the canal was paid for entirely by the state of New York. It cost $ 7 143 789, but it soon gained its price many times over. Between 1825, when the canal was opened, and 1882, when toll charges(过运河费) were stopped, the state collected $121 461 891. For a hundred years before the Erie was built, people had been talking about a canal which could join the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. The man who planned the Erie Canal and carried the plan through was De Witt Clinton. Those who were against the canal laughingly called it “Clinton’s Ditch(沟)”. Clinton talked and wrote about the canal and drew up plans for it. He and Governor Morris went to Washington in 1812 to ask for help for the canal, but they were unsuccessful. Clinton became governor of New York in 1817, and shortly afterwards, on July 4, 1817, broke ground for the canal in Rome, N.Y. The first part of the canal was completed in 1820. As the canal grew, towns along its course developed fast. The length of the canal is 363 miles. 5. We can see that the Erie Canal ________. A. joined the Great Lakes together B. crossed New York from north to south C. played an important part in developing New York City D. was the first waterway built in the US 6. It can be inferred that ________ into the Atlantic Ocean. A. the Great Lakes flow B. the Hudson River flows C. Lake Erie flows D. the Erie Canal flows 7. Which of the following is true according to the passage? A. The Erie Canal brought profits of over $114, 000, 000. B. It’s 363 miles from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. C. The West was more advanced than the East when the canal was built. D. Many other states helped New York built the canal. 8. Which of the following is true according to the passage? A. Clinton broke ground for the canal at both ends. B. Clinton started building the canal before he became governor. C. All parts of the canal were completed at the same time. D. Construction of the canal took eight years. C Greece today is a small country in southeastern Europe. The population is about nine million, and the capital city is Athens. High mountains with rich, fertile land between them cover northern Greece. The hilly southern part is a peninsula called the Peloponnesus. Hundreds of islands surround the mainland. The largest island is Crete. No part of the nation is far from water. The Ionian Sea and the Aegean Sea carved deep bays and gulfs into the long coastline. Greece has been a seafaring nation for centuries, and Greece is very well known for its shipping industry. More than three thousand years ago, the Greek people developed a very sophisticated society. They have a great civilization, one of the greatest that the Western would have ever seen. Greek architecture, thinking and art influenced other languages, including English. For example, the English words alphabet, democracy, and arithmetic come from Greek. Today Greece is one of the most popular nations with the tourists who visit Europe. Thousands of people are attracted to the country because of its beau
