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1、 A. Because the prices of tulips were low.B. Because they wanted to make a fortune.C. Because tulips were introduced from abroad.D. Because tulips were beautiful and represented power. 2. It can be inferred from the passage that . greed（贪婪） was the reason why so many people were mad about tulips tul

2、ips became popular among the upper classes very slowly people who were mad about tulips bought them for appreciation when the prices were extremely high, most people planted tulips in their gardens 3. The passage is mainly about Europe in the 17th century buying and selling tulips being mad about tu

3、lips the life of the nobles and the richB The most common symbol of a nation in the modern world is also one of the most ancient. With a clear symbolic meaning, the flag in the traditional form is still used today to mark buildings, ships and other vehicles related to a country. The national flag as

4、 we know it today is in no way a primitive （原始的） artifact. It is, rather, the product of thousands of years development. Historians believe that it had two major ancestors, of which the earlier served to show wind direction. Early human beings used very fragile （脆弱的） houses and boats. Often strong w

5、inds would tear roofs from houses or cause high waves that endangered travelers. Peoples food supplies were similarly vulnerable. Even after they had learned how to plant grains, they still needed help from nature to ensure good harvests. Therefore they feared and depended on the power of the wind,

6、which could bring warmth from one direction and cold from another. Using a simple piece of cloth tied to the top of a post to tell the direction of the wind was more dependable than earlier methods, such as watching the rising of smoke from a fire. The connection of the flag with heavenly power was

7、therefore reasonable. Early human societies began to fix long pieces of cloth to the tops of totems（图腾） before carrying them into battle. They believed that the power of the wind would be added to the good wishes of gods and ancestors represented by the totems themselves. These flags developed very

8、slowly into modern flags. The first known flag of a nation or a ruler was unmarked: The king of China around 1000 BC was known to have a white flag carried ahead of him. This practice might have been learned from Egyptians even further in the past, but it was from China that it spread over trade rou

9、tes through India, then across Arab Lands, and finally to Europe, where it met up with the other ancestor of the national flag. 4. The best title for the passage would be Development of the National Flag Power of the National Flag Type of Flags Uses of flags 5. The underlined word vulnerable in para

10、graph 3 means impossible to make sure of likely to be protected easy to damage difficult to find 6. What does the author know of the first national flag? He knows when it was sent to Europe. He believes it was made in China. He thinks it came from China. He doubts where it started. 7. What will the

11、author most probably talk about next? The role of China in the spread of the national flag. The second ancestor of the national flag. The use of modern flags in Europe. The importance of modern flags.二、阅读理解（共4小题；共8.0分） New archaeological discoveries suggest that trade between Europe and Asia along t

12、he Silk Road probably began many centuries earlier than once thought. The findings, coupled with a range of scientific and historical research, could add a fascinating new page to the epic of the Silk Road. The latest and most surprising discovery is pieces of silk found in the hair of an Egyptian m

13、ummy from about 1,000 BC, long before regular traffic on the Silk Road and at least one thousand years before silk was previously thought to be used in Egypt. The official origin of East-West commerce along the road is usually placed in the late 2nd century BC when an agent of the Chinese Emperor Wu

14、di returned from a dangerous secret mission（使命） across the western desert into the remote Central Asia. The agent, Zhang Qian, travelled as far as Afghanistan and brought back knowledge of even more distant lands such as Persia, Syria and a place known as Lijien, perhaps Rome. Historians have called

15、 this one of the most important journeys in ancient times. His journey opened the way for what have been thought to be the first indirect contacts between the ancient worlds two superpowers, China and Rome. Chinese silk, first traded to central Asian tribes for war horses and to the Parthians of old

16、 Persia in exchange for acrobats and ostrich eggs, was soon finding its way through a network of merchants to the luxury markets of Rome. But the new discoveries show that Chinese silk was apparently present in the West long before the Han emperor started organized trade over the Silk Road. The rese

17、arch could change thinking about the early history of world trade and wonder the mystery of just when and how Europe and the Mediterranean lands first became aware of the glorious culture. 8. The underlined word coupled in the first paragraph could best be replaced by produced continued doubled comb

18、ined 9. The silk thread found in the hair of an Egyptian mummy suggests that Egyptians had probably travelled to China to buy silk trade along the Silk Road began earlier than once thought historical research often achieves fascinating results new light can now be thrown on ancient trading practices

19、10. Until recently most historians officially believed that trade along the Silk Road originated in the 2nd century BC extended human migration into eastern Asia began a million years ago primarily benefited the Egyptians11. Historians have always considered Zhang Qians journey important because the

20、y believe he brought back knowledge of Rome to the emperor he discovered the Silk Road he helped establish East-West trade he travelled as far as Afghanistan三、阅读理解（共5小题；共10.0分） AIDS-related illnesses have killed more than 30 million people since 1981. Thats half as many deaths as in World War II. An

21、d its not over. An estimated 1.1 million Americans are among the 33 million people worldwide who are now living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Between 1884 and 1924, somewhere near modern-day Kinshasa in West Central Africa, a hunter kills a chimpanzee. Some of the animals blood enters the hu

22、nters body, possibly through an open wound. The blood carries a virus harmless to the chimp but deadly to humans: HIV. In June, 1981, the CDC publishes a report from Los Angeles of five young homosexual men with fatal or life-threatening PCP pneumonia. First cases recognized. In 1985, Rock Hudson di

23、es of AIDS. Larry Kramers AIDS play, The Normal Heart. shocks New York audiences. In 1986, for the first time, President Reagan publicly utters the word AIDS. In 1987, Princess Diana is photographed hugging people with AIDS. Reagan makes his first speech on AIDS. Liberace dies of AIDS. Three years l

24、ater, Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe dies of AIDS. In 1988, the first World AIDS DAY is held on Dec. 1. During 1991-1992, the red ribbon is introduced as a symbol of AIDS solidarity（团结一致）. But AIDS becomes the leading cause of death in U.S. men aged 25-44 and ten years later, AIDS becomes the leading cause of death worldwide for people aged 15 to 59. In 2008, for the first time, global AIDS deaths decline. UNAIDS calculates that the global spread of AIDS peaked in 1996 at 3.5 million new infections. Deaths peaked in 2004, at 2.2 million. Yet AIDS Day 2009 b