Cambodia was in many ways similar to Laos, although it has twice the population. At another inn, we
talked with a teacher who told us that half of the people in her country couldn"t read or write. Her village
couldn"t even afford to build a school, so she had to teach outside under a large tent. When we said goodbye,
we all felt very lucky to have studied in college. Back on the road, we passed between many hills and forests.
Then we came to the plains and entered Phnom Penh (金边), the capital of Cambodia. In many ways it looked
like Vientiane and Ho Chi Minh City; it also had wide streets with trees in rows and old French houses. Unlike
Vientiane, ships could travel the Mekong River here. In the centre of the city we visited the palace and saw a
beautiful white elephant. It can only be seen outside the palace on special days. We ate an early supper and
went to see a great temple with floors made of silver.
The next morning our group slept late. We were very tired from the long bike ride the day before. Cycling
in the hills had been difficult. Now our cousins had the chance to make jokes about Wang Wei and me. Perhaps,
they said, they were the strong ones! We had lunch at a nice outdoor cafe. then rode out of the city.
Two days later we crossed the border into Vietnam. We began to see many more people, but I wasn"t
surprised. I read in an atlas before our trip that Vietnam has almost seven times the population of Cambodia.
We met a farmer who gave us directions and told us that he grows a new rice crop four times every year so
he can feed more people. He also told us that the northern part of his country has many mountains and it is
much cooler than here in the south, where it is flat. Although the flat delta made it easier for us to cycle, we
got warm very quickly. So we drank lots of water and ate lots of bananas. Soon the delta separated into nine
smaller rivers. Two days later, after we had passed thousands of rice fields, we came to the sea. We were
tired but also in high spirits: our dream to cycle along the Mekong River had finally come true.
B. they knew how to cycle down along Mekong River
C. they learnt that half of Cambodians couldn"t read or write
D. the teacher they talked with told them
a. passed thousands of rice field, then came to the sea
b. talked with a Cambodian teacher at an inn
c. had lunch at a nice outdoor cafe
d. entered Phnom Penh
e. crossed the border into Vietnam
f. visited the palace and saw a beautiful white elephant
B. dbfeca
C. bdfaec
D. bdfcea
B. A teacher.
C. A farmer.
D. A fisherman.
B. 1.3 million
C. 91 million
D. 9.1 million
B. It has twice the pobulation of Laos.
C. Ships can"t travel the Mekong River here.
D. There is a great temple with floors made of silver.
some parts of Europe. He must be in the prime of his career.
One day Hitler went to an exhibition where the works of school children were on show. He seemed to have
great interest in the exhibits-inventions as well as carvings, drawings. After having walked around the hall and
examined everything, he said he was ready to meet the young artists. And soon a group of children came into
the room to salute (向-----敬礼) him.
"Well, well. You did very good work." nodded Hitler in satisfaction. "I promise on my honor I"d satisfy you
with whatever you want. What"d you wish to be if I were your father?"
"A sailor sailing the sea." one of the boys answered.
"Good. I"ll have you join my navy and some day you will rule the oceans."
"Ask for anything? What"d you wish to be if I were your father?" he asked a second boy.
"A painter as great as Rembruant."
"Good. You are to be sent to the Fine Art School and surely you will make an even greater painter."
When Hitler caught sight of a sad-looking boy he frowned (皱眉), then quickly forced a smile,"There my
boy, in spite of my point of view towards the Jews, I"d do you a favor and your dream will come true. What"d
you wish to be if I were your father?"
The boy looked straight at the man.
"An orphan (the child who has no parents)." he murmured.
B. he wanted to make a good impression on the children
C. he liked paintings very much
D. he liked all the children
B. the boy didn"t come to the front to salute him
C. the boy didn"t want to ask for anything
D. the boy was sad-looking
B. the boy had no brothers or sisters
C. the boy hated Hitler very much
D. the boy wanted himself to be an orphan
B. The boy was both clever and courageous (勇敢的).
C. Rembruant was a great painter.
D. Hitler did not like Jews.
more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were made of wood and close together.
Over one hundred people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives.
The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King"s baker (面包师) in Pudding Lane. The baker,
with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window into the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from
the bakery into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.
By eight o"clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning
along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St
Paul"s and the Guildhall among them.
Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire, "People threw their things into the river. Many poor
people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat."
The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of
the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.
After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect (建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new
houses of stone. In fact, the streets are still narrow, but he did build more than fifty churches, among them the
new St Paul"s.
The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just
of the past.
B. the birds in the sky were killed by the fire
C. many famous buildings were destroyed
D. the King"s bakery was burned down
B. Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.
C. To show that poor people suffered most.
D. To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.
B. All the houses made of wood in the city were destroyed.
C. People managed to get enough water from the river.
D. Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down.
a. There was a strong wind.
b. The streets were not wide enough.
c. Many houses were made of wood.
d. There was not enough water in the city.
e. People did not discover the fire earlier.
B. a, b and c
C. a, b, c and d
D. a, b, c, d and e
needn"t have a lot of 1 . One way to help is to buy their monthly magazine. 2 doing this one day, I got
to 3 a young homeless man, He was often 4 the magazine at the train station.
He was a poor farmer from another country. After a while, I discovered that his 5 was close to mine.
It 6 that we were born in the same month.
I met him last year 7 after his birthday, and after congratulating (祝贺) him, without 8 , I asked if he
had had a good day. He 9 and said that he hadn"t really celebrated. I felt so 10 .
I just couldn"t bear the thought of (不敢想) this nice, young man being 11 on his 25th birthday with no
presents, no cake, nothing! So I went home and looked in my yarn (纱线) basket. 12 for me, I had enough
yarn 13 . I set to work and knitted (编织) a 14 for the young man. The yarn had become a little dirty 15
I didn"t knit very often. Then I washed the yarn so the scarf would be 16 when he got it.
I met him on my own birthday as I was going shopping. I had 17 to meet him so I had 18 the scarf and
a piece of my own birthday 19 around with me. He was very happy with these gifts and so was I. The 20
in his eyes was the best present he could have given me!
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In the early 1800"s, a boy named John lived in an orphanage (孤儿院) with several other children. Every day was 1 working and Christmas was the one day of the year 2 the children did not work and received a gift-an orange. The children 3 it so much that they kept it for weeks, and even 4 -smelling it, 5 it and loving it. Usually they tried to preserve (保护) it for so 6 that it often went bad before they ate it. This year John knew he would soon be 7 enough to leave. He would save the orange until his birthday in July. If he preserved it 8 , he might be able to eat it on his birthday. Christmas day finally came. The children were so 9 as they entered the dining hall. In his excitement, John knocked over something, causing a big 10 . Immediately the master shouted, "John, leave the hall and there will be no orange for you." John"s heart 11 . He turned and ran back to the 12 room so that the children wouldn"t see his tears. Then he heard the door open and the children entered. Little Elizabeth with a 13 on her face held out her small hands. "Here John," she said, "this is for you." As John 14 his head, he saw a big juicy 15 all peeled and quartered … Each child had sacrificed (舍弃) their own orange by 16 a quarter and had created a big, beautiful orange for him. John never forgot the sharing, love and personal 17 his friends had shown him that Christmas day. 18 that day, after he became rich, every year he 19 send oranges all over the world to children everywhere. His 20 was that no child would ever spend Christmas without a special Christmas fruit! | |||||||
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