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(独角兽). Descriptions of unicorns have been found dating from ancient times. "The great
philosopher Aristotle theorized that there were two types of unicorn-the so-called Indian Ass and the
Oryx, a kind of antelope. Unicorns are often used in the logo of a noble family, town council or university
as their special sign. Even Scotland is represented by aunicom.
According to the legend, anyone attempting to catch a unicorn had to be extremely cautious as it has
a reputation for being very fierce. A clever trick suggested by unicorn-trappers ,in order to catch this
magnificent beast without being hurt by its horn, was for the hunter to stand in front of a tree and then to
move quickly behind it as the unicorn charged. Hopefully, the creature could then be captured when its
horn was stuck in the tree.
When hollowed out and used as a drinking-cup, the unicorn"s horn was said to have the power to
offer protection against poison. It was believed that nobody could be harmed by drinking the contents
of a unicom"s horn. Right up until the French Revolution in 1789, the French court was said to have used
cups made of "unicorn" horn in order to protect the king. In addition, the horn was said to have medicina
l value,so much so that it could be sold for more than ten times the price of the same weight of gold.
What, then, was " unicorn" horn? We know at times the rhino (犀牛) was confused with this legendary
creature. A drinking-cup supposedly made of "unicorn" horn was discovered to be made of the horn of
a rhino.
B. Its horn was first used in France.
C. It was similar to the Indian Ass and the Oryx.
D. It could be the symbol of a university.
B. making use of the tree as a protection
C. hiding quickly behind the unicorn
D. having quickly behind the unicorn
B. the users of the unicorn horn
C. the price of the unicorn horn
D. the comparison between the unicom horn and the thino horn
B. the unicorn does not exist in reality
C. the unicorn is the rarest animal in the world
D. the medicinal value of the horn is appreciated
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broadcasts had found.Researchers have studied each of her messages to the Commonwealth countries
since 1952 to find out the change in her pronunciation from the noble Upper Received to the Standard
Received.
Jonathan Harrington, a professor at Germany"s University of Munich , wanted to discover whether
accent (口音 ) changes recorded over the past half century would take place within one person. "As
far as I know,there just is nobody else for whom there is this sort of
broadcast records, " he said.
He said the noble way of pronouncing vowels (元音 ) had gradually lost ground as the noble
upper-class accent over the past years. "Her accent sounds slightly less noble than it did 50 years ago.
But these are very, very small and slow changes that we don"t notice from year to year.
" We may be able to relate it to changes in the social classes, " he told The Daily Telegraph, a British
newspaper. "In 1952 she would have been heard saying "that men in the black hat " . Now it would be
" that man in the black hat " . Similarly, she would have spoken of " the citay " and " dutay " , rather than
" citee " and " dutee " , and " hame " rather than "home". In the 1950s she would have been "lorst", but by
the 1970s "lost"."
The Queen"s broadcast is a personal message to the Commonwealth countries. Each Christmas, the
l0-minute broadcast is put on TV at 3 p. m. in Britain as many families are recovering from their traditional turkey lunch(传统火鸡午餐 ) .
The results were published (发表 ) in the Journal of Phonetics.
B. she has a less upper-class accent now
C. her speeches are familiar to many people
D. her speeches have been recorded for 50 years
B. citee
C. hame
D. lorst
B. Christmas customs
C. TV broadcasting
D. personal messages
B. The Queen"s Christmas speeches on TV.
C. The changes in a person"s accent.
D. The recent development of the English language.
was the increase in population. The development of techniques, primarily irrigation and
flood control, which permitted agriculture in special areas such as the flood plain of the
Tigris and Euphrates rivers, made possible the support of large population. Once
populations reach a certain number, the older pattern of social organization breaks down
and new ones develop. Specifically the older system, whereby each individual participated
in food production and maintained a similar standard of living and whereby kinship
(家属关系) served as the basic method of social organization, was replaced by the
occupational division of labor, political and religious hierarchies (等级制度) public works
such as road and public building construction, class systems, codes of law, markets,
new forms of warfare, and urban centres. Allied with these important sociological traits
are material traits, such as monumental architecture and the development of science and,
in many cases, metallurgy (冶金学) and writing systems.
The earliest civilization, Sumer, developed in the Middle East. This was the Bronze
Age of the Old World, during which people first developed the art of metallurgy,
civilization also arose in other parts of the Old World first in Egypt, China, and India,
and later in Europe and Africa. At this time, civilization also developed independently in
the New World, in the Mexican area and in Peru and its neighboring areas.
In the Old World the Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age, which saw the rise
and fall of great empires and the shift of power from the Middle East to Greece and
Rome and then to Western Europe. In the 1700s the Industrial Age began, leading
directly to the modem civilization of today.
B. suggests that population increase is most important in the development of civilization
C. tries to explain how civilization developed in human history
D. explore the relation between agriculture and industry
B. resulted from the breakdown of old social organization
C. caused the occupational division of labor
D. was impossible without the development of agriculture
B. The Industrial Age started in the Middle East.
C. The Bronze Age developed into the Iron Age.
D. The use of metal instruments started from the Bronze Age.
in the passage?______
B. Both Western and Eastern Europe.
C. African continent.
D. Asian countries.
of cycle paths into bike highways in an effort to push more commuters (上下班往返的人) to leave their
cars at home.
Considered one of Europe’s two “bicycle capitals” along with Amsterdam, Copenhagen counts more
bicycles than people and cycling is so popular that its numerous bike paths can become congested.
Two-wheeler traffic jams are especially regular on the main Noerrebrogade thoroughfare (大街)
used by around 36,000 cyclists a day. “You have to elbow your way (挤过去) to go forward and some
cyclists aren’t always thoughtful,” complains 22-year-old university student Lea Bresell.
The creation of bike highways “comes right on time”, says Danish Cyclist Federation spokesman
Frits Bredal. “Copenhagen’s roads are overloaded with people who want to ride their bicycles in all
kinds of weather,” he says.
If in the 1960s Danes viewed the car as the symbol of freedom, the bicycle has assumed that role
today, Bredal says.
"It’s a means of transportation used by all social classes, and even politicians ride bikes,” he says.
It is on crowded Noerrebrogade - the busiest bicycle street in Europe - that city planners have
decided to build the first of Copenhagen’s environmentally friendly streets. The jammed bike paths will
be widened up to four meters on either side of the road, which will itself be reserved for buses only.
The idea is to make Noerrebrogade “Europe’s great cycling street”, says Andreas Roehl, the
Copenhagen city’s bicycle program manager who is also known as “Mister Bike”.
But Roehl is not content with making life easier for Copenhagen’s inner city cyclists: He wants to get
suburbanites (郊区居民) out of their cars and onto two wheels as well.
His goal is to increase the percentage of suburban commuters cycling to and from the city from the 33
percent it is today to more than 50 percent by 2015. Within the city, 55 percent of all commuters already
travel by bike.
Already Copenhagen stands out among other European capitals for its cycling infrastructure, counting
more than 390 kilometers of bike paths.
B. Copenhagen is planning to build highways.
C. Copenhagen is one of Europe’s two “bicycle capitals”.
D. Two-wheeler traffic jams are especially common in Copenhagen.
B. Terrible
C. Cyclists are considerate
D. Bike paths are not made full use of
B. hiking is very common in Copenhagen
C. cars will not be allowed to run on the widened Noerrebrogade thoroughfare
D. Noerrebrogade thoroughfare will be deserted
B. Almost all the suburban commuters take buses.
C. Few suburban commuters travel by car.
D. About one third of the suburban commuters travel by bike.
B. Copenhagen has the longest history among European capitals.
C. Copenhagen has the largest population among European capitals.
D. Copenhagen is the biggest in size among European capitals.
putting about the same pressure on the grourid as an average-size person sitting in a chair, the tower
wasn"t meant to stand there forever. Gustave-Alexandre Eiffel, the French engineer whose fame rested
mainly on his iron bridges, built it for the 1889 Universal Exhibition. Praised by some and denounced by
others, the tower created much argument in the 1880s. What saved it from being torn down was the
arrival of radio-as the tallest structure in Europe,it made a perfect spot to place a radio antenna
The tower,including its antenna.is 317m high. On a clear day you can see it from 65km away. An
open-framework construction, the tower unlocked the almost unlimited possibilities of steel construction,
making the way for skyscrapers (摩天大楼). Some people said it couldn"t be built, and Eiffel actually
wanted to make it go higher. For years it remained the tallest man-made structure on earth, until
skyscrapers such as the Empire State Building came into being.
We could fill an entire page with statistics (数据) . ( Its plans covered 5,400 sq. m of paper, and it
contains 2.5 million nails. ) But forget the numbers. Just stand under the tower, and look straight up. lt"s
like a rocket shooting into the sky.
In 2004 it became possible to ice-skate inside the Eiffel Tower, doing figure eights while taking in
views of the rooftops of Paris. Skating takes place on an observation platform 57m above ground. The
rink is a bit larger than an average tennis court, holding 80 skaters at once. Rink admission and skate
rental are free,once you pay the entry fee below.
B. an advertisement
C. a news story
D. a study report
B. impressed
C. spoken poorly of
D. admired
B. about the fantastic view of the tower
C. not to keep the numbers in mind
D. not to pay attention to the shape
B. The tower went high for its open steel structure.
C. A radio station stopped the tower from being destroyed.
D. Ice-skating is permitted on top of the Eiffel tower.
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