历史文化类 (阅读+作文)

1. 阅读与回答问题，阅读下列短文，然后根据其内容回答问题.

Halloween falls on October 31st. It is one of the most favourite holidays for children in the USA. People dress up in costumes (化妆服装) like a witch (巫婆), a ghost （鬼）or a skeleton （枯髅）. The children go to houses to say “Trick or treat!”Long ago, if a child was not good, he or she would get a trick like having a stone in his or her bag instead of some candy. Nowadays, no one gets tricks. All the children receive lots and lots of candy. Parties are also popular in the evening. People go to parties in costumes and play different games. People also like listening to ghost stories and watching scary (恐怖的) movies.

小题1: What do you know about Halloween?

小题2: How do people celebrate Halloween?

小题3: Who go to houses to say “Trick or treat!”

小题4: Which do children receive nowadays, stone or candy?

小题5: What else do people do besides going to parties and playing different games?

2. 阅读下列短文，选择正确答案.

Long, long ago people made fires from lightening (闪电). But they had to keep the fire burning, for they couldn’t start it again if there was no lightening. Later, they found out hitting two pieces of stone together could make a spark (火花). The spark could fire dry leaves. In this way they could make the fire again if it went out. Then people also learned to make a fire by rubbing (摩擦). They made a hole on a piece of wood and put a smaller stick into the hole. They turned the stick again and again. After a few minutes they got a fire.

A years went by, people learned other ways to make a fire. Sometimes they used the heat from the sun. They held a piece of glass in the right way and made a piece of paper on fire.

About two centuries ago, people began to make matches. Matches brought people a quick and easy way to make fires. Today matches are still being used, but people have more new ways to make fires. One of them is to use an electric fire starter. Of course an electric fire starter is much more expensive than a box of matches. But it is very useful.

小题1: From the text we know that a spark can _______.

A．fire any leaves B．burn anything

C．burn dry leaves D．keep fire burning

小题2:We can also get a fire by ________.

A．making a hole on a big piece of wood

B．putting a smaller stick into the hole

C．turning the stick hard for a while

D．all above together

小题3: Matches have been used ________.

A．for about two thousand years

B．for about two hundred years

C．since people began to use fire for cooking

D．since people used the heat from the sun

小题4: From the text, we know that _______.

A．electric fire starters are widely used

B．people haven’t used matches since they had electric fire starters

C．today there are only two ways to make fire

D．some forest fires happen from lightening

小题5: Which of the following is the right order of the ways to make fires that people got to know?

a. with a match

b. from the sun

c. from lightening

d. by rubbing

e. with an electric fire starter

A．a, b, c, d, e B．b, c, a, e, d

C．c, d, b, a, eD．d, a, c, b, e

3. 根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺、内容完整。

Two thousand years ago，beside the beautiful and rich Loulan Lake，there lay Loulan ancient city of the Silk Road．Businessmen from every country gathered here and there were lots of dancing parties小题1:

However，two thousand years later，this rich land suddenly disappeared from the map of China 小题2:

Loulan was first “discovered”by a Swedish man，Sven Hedin，in 1900．People from other countries all began to come here小题3: He visited and studied this area and found many relics (遗迹)that were beautifully and carefully made．

It is recorded that the ancient city of Loulan was the capital of Loulan Kingdom during the Han and Jin Dynasties (朝代)，and covered an area of about 100,000m2．小题4: Outside the city，there are some dried rivers and much farmland．In the past century，many coins，mirrors and other things from Greek and Roman have been dug out there．小题5:

The Loulan Kingdom is now a lifeless area with endless “forests”of mounds (小丘）which aren’t easily seen in other parts of the world．So people from many countries have been interested in this place．

A．All these things show that business between East and West once took place there．B．People in Loulan lived a rich life then．

C．Inside the city there are government offices and other old buildings．

D．Then it became an area covered with sand and dead trees．

E．Then a Chinese named Huang Wenbi came to Loulan．

4. 完形填空.

Many people believe that 3G mobile phones will be used in almost all everyday activities. It____that we won’t go shopping because most things will be available(可得到的) on the Internet. There will be no more____ because all texts will be available in electronic libraries. The Internet will be used to plan holidays, rent films and_____ food. Most telephone calls will be ____ by 3G