1、 3 ， the Nile，Egypt is a big country with the second largest population 4 AfricaAs a land rich in beauty，history and culture，ancient Egypt left behind many 5 for the worldThe solar calendar（日历）we use today actually 6 EgyptAround 4，000 BC，Egyptians used a calendar that was 365 days longThey had twelv
2、e months made of 7 days eachAnd they made the left five days a festivalEgyptian characters（文字）are some of the 8 characters in the worldIt looks like our oracle bone inscriptions in ancient ChinaTheir characters 9 many others，including the Latin alphabet（字母表）we use today When it came to 10 science，Eg
3、yptians left us mummies，which we try to see how they kept a 11 body for such a long timeEgyptians covered bodies with a special saltThis makes the 12 dry, which keeps it looking lifelikeSome mummies are more than 2,000 years old Today，many people are 13 interested in this crazy landScientists have f
4、ound more than 130 pyramids in Egypt， 14 a research in National GeographicThe biggest is the Great Pyramid of Khufu in GizaIt is about 138.8 metres 15 ， which is almost as tall as a 40 story buildingThe Great Pyramid of Khufu is the most famous ancient wonder of the world that still stands today 1.
5、A. onB. insideC. behindD. in front of2. A. mountainsB. canyonsC. waterfallsD. pyramids3. A. riverB. roadC. coastD. mountain4. A. atB. inC. nearD. around5. A. coinsB. messagesC. forestsD. treasures6. A. got toB. came fromC. returned toD. looked for7. A. 28B. 29C. 30D. 318. A. oldestB. funniestC. ugli
6、estD. longest9. A. recordedB. attractedC. influencedD. described10. A. musicalB. medicalC. physicalD. educational11. A. deadB. sillyC. weakD. smooth12. A. headB. faceC. bodyD. stomach13. A. yetB. stillC. everD. never14. A. such asB. thanks forC. all overD. according to15. A. tallB. wideC. longD. dee
7、p二、阅读理解阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。A There was once a poor woman with the only sonThe boy said he wanted a new coatThe mother left for the market，feeling very sad，because she didnt have enough money to buy a coat On the way home，she found a piece of wood and gave it to her son to play withLater
8、that day, the boy went outside to playAlong the road，he saw an old woman cryingThe old woman was trying to start a fire to cook some food，but she didnt have any woodHearing that，the boy gave her his piece of woodThe old woman gave him a piece of the bread she had made Then，further down the road，the
9、boy met a pot makers wife and her crying childThe boy asked her what was wrongThe woman said she had no food to give to her hungry childThe boy gave the woman the piece of bread，and she gave him a potThe boy walked on Before long，he saw a husband angry with his wifeHe asked the couple what was wrong
10、 with themThey said，“We have broken our pot and have nothing to cook food inThe boy gave his pot to them，and they gave the boy a new coat The boy ran home to tell his mother how he had at last got the thing he had wanted（1）The right order of the things the boy got from others is . A、wood-a pot-a coa
11、t-bread B、wood-bread-a pot-a coatC、a coat-wood-breada pot D、bread-wood-a pot-a coat（2）The boy got what he wanted because A、his mother loved him very much B、he got help from the old womanC、the couple bought a coat for him D、he was always ready to help othersB I cant help thinking about the face of th
12、at little beggar girl all the timeI can see the glad light filling her eyes when I laid the dime（一角硬币）in her little dirty hand How much I had thought of that dime，too! Grandpa gave it to me a whole month ago，and I had kept it ever since in my red box upstairs；but those sugar apples looked so beautif
13、ul，and were so cheaponly a dime apiece（每个）一that I made up my mind to have one I can see herthe beggar girl，I meanas she stood there in front of the store，in her old dress，looking at the chocolates laid all in a rowI wonder what made me say, “Little girl，what do you want? How she stared at me，just as
14、 if nobody had spoken kindly to her beforeI guess she thought l was sorry for her, for she said“l was thinking how good one of those gingerbread rolls would taste，I havent had anything to eat today Now，I thought to myself, “Mary Williams，you have had a good breakfast and a good dinner this day，and this poor girl has not had a mouthful
