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(A).Marco
Polo
It is difficult to imagine what
the world was like in 1254. Europe
was
living in an age that we call the Medieval Period
(
中世纪
). It was
a
time of many wars.
It
was
in
that
time
that
Marco
Polo
was
born
in
Venice,
Italy.
Life
in
Venice
was
d
86
from
life
in
most
of
Europe.
Venice was a city of beautiful
buildings and water canals
(
运河
). Many businessmen
did business in Venice. Marco
Polo
?
s father and uncle were
businessmen. They had
traveled to a
far-off country called Cathay. (Cathay is now
called China.) There they
had friends
with
the
great
ruler,
Kublai
Khan(
忽必烈
). He i
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them to
return to Cathay.
When Marco
Polo was seventeen years old, he began a journey
to China with his
father and uncle.
They sailed the Indian Ocean and crossed the
desert and mountains
of Asia on camels.
The journey to China took three years.
Kublai
Khan
greeted
the
Polos
and
sent
them
lots
of
gifts.
He
was
especially
impressed
(
留印象
)
with
Marco,
who
could
speak
four
l
88
including
Chinese and
others.
Khan
sent
Marco
on
many
trips
t
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China.
On
these
trips,
Marco
saw many amazing
things
that
he had
never seen in Europe, such
as coal used
as fuel, paper money
i
90
of coins, and
papermaking and printing processes. Marco made
many
notes about life in China.
After almost twenty years in China, the
Polos began their journey home to Italy.
Kublai Khan gave them many gifts of
ivory, silk, jewels, and jade.
When
they returned to Venice, they found their city at
war. Marco Polo was put in
prison. He
spent his time w
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a
book about his years in China. The book
is
called
Descriptions
of
the
World.
It
became
the
most
p
92
book
in
Europe.
Because of the book, many people in Europe learned
about life in China.
答案：
86. different
87.
invited
88. languages
89.
through/
throughout
90. instead
91. writing
92. popular
(B)
Li Ming has
studied
in the UK for nearly two years
now. But he?ll never forget
his first
few weeks of living in a different country.
The Food
In China,
I
?
ll eat almost anything.
But I remember the first food I tasted at school
in England. We had this soup and it
tasted of n
86
at all. In
China, our food is
quite salty, but we
like it because the salt
m
87
it taste nice. A friend advised
me to try so
me cheese and
biscuits. I thought biscuits were the same as
?cookies? in
America but I was wrong.
Again, I felt disappointed at the taste of the
biscuits and the
cheese was really
sour.
Introductions
In
China
when
you
for
the
first
time,
you
shake
hands. I was so
s
my
friend?s
mother
gave
I
left
his
house.
I
felt
so
and I know my face went
moment.
T
89
meet
someone
sometimes
88
when
me
a
kiss
when
embarrassed
very
red
at
that
When I want to go anywhere in China, I
just take my bicycle. Here in England, I
have
to
get
a
bus
everywhere.
It
?
s
really
confusing
b
90
buses
don
?
t
stop
automatically like they
do in Beijing. You have to put your hand out, ring
the bell or
press the signal button.
答案：
86. nothing
87.
makes
88. surprised
89. Transport
90. because
91. presents
92. often
(C)
It may be
possible to enjoy a higher standard
(
标准
) of living if you have a
small
family. There are clear
advantages to having a small family. H____86____,
there can
also
be
serious
disadvantages
if
it
is
a
small
family.
The
parents
have
big
responsibilities
(
责任
)
of
raising
children
by
themselves
if
they
have
no
help
from
other
family m____87____. Today, it is quite common for
both parents to work full
time
in
order
to
pay
for
the
basic
cost
of
living
of
family.
When
the
parents
come
home, they are often
very t____88____ from a hard day at work. Still,
they have to
take care of the children,
cook, clean, wash clothes, shop, etc.
When there is only one parent, of
course the responsibilities of looking after the
children are much h____89____ for him
or her. They have to work out all the things
by themselves. They just hope that
everything goes right every day. More and more,
people in small families have been
trying to create their own extended families
(
大家
庭
) to meet
their needs. They often try to develop a net-work
of friends and neighbors
to
be
part
of
their
self-created
extended
family.
For
example,
small
families
may
celebrate
holidays
t____90____
and,
if
there
are
children,
they
may
share
responsibilities of child raising. Your
child might go to a
neighbor
?
s h____91____ or
apartment
after
school
on
certain
days,
and
then
you
would
do
something
in
e____92____
to
help
your
neighbor
out.
Many
of
these
arrangements
are
very
successful and helpful
for those families.
答案：
However
members
tired
heavier/harder
together
house
exchange
(D)
Different
weather
makes
people
feel
different.
It
influences
health,
intelligence
(
智力
) and
feelings.
In August, it is very hot and
wet in the southern part of the United States.
People
there have heart trouble and
other kinds of health problems such as headache
and sore
throat etc. during this month.
In the Northeast and Middle West, it is very hot
at some
times
and
very
cold
at
other
times.
People
in
these
states
have
more
heart
trouble
because of the c____86____ weather in
February or March.
The weather can
influence intelligence. For example, scientists
gave a report in
1983 that a group of
student
s?
IQs were very high
when a very strong wind came, but
after
the strong wind, their IQs were 10% lower. The
wind can h____87____ people
have
more
intelligence.
Very
hot
weather,
on
the
other
hand,
can
make
it
lower.
Students often get worse on exams in
the hot months of the year. So in China students
usually have the entrance exams for
higher e____88____ in June fo
r it is
not so hot.
This year junior high
school students in Shanghai will have the exam in
the middle of
June.
Weather
a____89____
has strong
influence on people
?
s
feelings. Winter may be
a bad time for
thin people. They usually feel cold during the
months. They might feel
unhappy during
cold weather. But fat people have a hard time in
hot s____90____. At
a temperature of
about 18
o
C, people become
stronger and feel best.
Low air
pressure (
压力
) may make
people f____91____. People leave more bags
on buses and in shops on low air
pressure days.
Are
you
feeling
sad,
tired,
unhappy
or
hard
to
remember
things
today?
If
you
have one of the above
feelings, it may be c____92____ by weather because
weather
influences
people
?
s health,
intelligence and feelings.
答案：
changeable
help
education
also
summer
forgetful
caused
(E)
Wonder why
you can get angry so easily while your friend
smiles all the time?
It?s
p
___86___ because you both have
different personalities(
性格
)
.
Personality
is
also
about
how
people
think,
behave,
and
react
(
反
应
)
to
e__87____ around them
from day to day.
So what
makes people think and behave in certain ways?
Part of the reason is that people are
born like this. A baby gets its blood type,
genes
（基因）
and
other physical
things when it?s still
inside its mother. These things
may
help decide what the baby will be l__88____.
But
one?s
personality
doesn?t
stop
here.
Family
life,
school
learning
and
lif
e
experience
can also make you the person you are.
This doesn?t m
ean
it?s
i
__89____ to
change
your personality. You can always try to
make
yourself better. Don?t get too
worried
about
your
weak
points.
Just
a__90____
them.
This
is
a
good
way
to
start
making
changes.
If you don?t know how to make
friends, find out why. Is it because you are too
s___91___?
Tell
yourself
to
smile
at
people.
Start
talking
to
people
using
warm
greetings.
Don?t
give
yourself
a
hard
time
about
it
all.
It?s
not
easy
to
change
life
h___92___
in one night. Keep
working at it. One day you?ll see that you can
turn over
a new leaf and be a new one.
答案：
86.
probably/possibly
87.
everything
88.
like
89.
impossible
90.
accept
91. shy
92.
Habits
(F)
It
?
s
not easy for us to
forgive(
原谅
) someone who has
ever hurt you or made you
disappointed.
H
86
, several
new studies say
that
it could
be
good for
your
health. When you think of forgiveness,
you probably don
?
t think of
it as a healthy or
medical problem. On
the other hand, studies p
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that something
like anger
can change your well-
being(
身心状况
).
When
cartoon characters like the Incredible Hulk get
angry, they change colors
and
often
get
special
power.
In
the
real
w
88
,
anger
is
less
obvious.
Scientists
say
anger
can
be
harmful
to
your
physical
and
mental
health.
Two
new
studies
seem
to
show
the
s
89
idea.
The
studies
find
that
people
who
are
able to
forgive feel less stress, less back pain, and less
depression.
They also have fewer
headaches, l
90
blood
pressure(
血压
), and fewer
problems
on
sleeping.
So
it
doesn
?
t
m
91
if
your
anger
is
caused
by
the
traffic
or
other
things.
Learning
to
let
it
go
is
important.
Ways
such
as
d
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breath can help you a lot, or just ask
yourself if it
?
s worth
hurting yourself by staying
angry
with
someone
else.
Forgiveness
does
not
mean
that
you
simply
accept
what
happened and say
it
?
s OK.
Instead,
it
?
s a way of making peace
with
yourself about
what
happened in the past.
答案：
86.
However
87.
prove
88.
world
89.
same
90.
lower
91.
matter
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