In a Han Dynasty tomb, they found some precious jars and vases, _______ are valuable.

A. even the pieces of them              B. which even pieces 

C. even the pieces of which             D. that even pieces

 

Anyone who ever wondered why a dying plant, say, a freshly-cut red rose may appeal to a lady friend, might take some comfort in science, which once again offers us a reasonable answer to one of the world’ s great mysteries.
Beyond a common preference in people for blue, “the long history of color preference studies has been described as ‘confusing and contradictory,” write scientists Anya Hurlbert and Yazhu Ling of England’ s Newcastle University, authors of a new study in the journal Current Biology. “This fact is perhaps surprising,” they said, “though the popularity of the concept that little girls differ from boys in preferring pink.”.
But the scientists believe they have an answer to this scientific mystery, discovering women’s preference for red, hidden above the average liking for blue.
In their study, the pair quickly flashed color cards, displaying many different aspects, at 208 volunteers, mostly Britishers but with a number of Han Chinese, who moved to the United Kingdom recently. Tested in three different experiments, the researchers found out a small but significant preference for reddish colors in the female volunteers.
Puzzled, the authors realized that most of the difference between men and women came in the form of a preference for green VS red in the color cards, regardless of the other slight differences such as the slightly blue ones that everyone liked. Why might this be?
Evolution might offer an answer, they reason. Human color perception（感知）, the assessment of three separate color types-red-green-blue-in our vision is a relatively recent addition to our line of mammals.
Adding weight to their argument, they found the women who are most typically feminine（女性的）on a psychological survey also had the biggest preference for reddish colors. “My love is like a red, red rose,” wrote the Scottish poet Rober Burns in 1794.
【小题1】The scientists discovered the colour mystery that exists between men and women by _____..

A．giving examples	B．doing experiments.
C．stating causes and effects	D．interviewing volunteers.

【小题2】The word “pair” in Para.4 refers to _____.

A．man and woman	B．science and evolution .
C．Anya Hurlbert and Yazhu Ling	D．red and green

【小题3】According to the study the scientists have carried out in the passage, _____.

A．men like blue most.

B．women have preference for red besides blue.

C．generally speaking boys prefer slight pink to blue.

D．girls also love slight green.

 

三．阅读（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 ： 阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

When Han Duan started her professional career at 16, China’s national women’s football team was defeated in the final of the World Cup by the US. While she was asked to play in her first World Cup in 2003, she largely remained on the bench after the first match.

    But things have changed. Now, Han is one of the most important players in China’s team. “I can’t wait to play. Life is short. You must make the most out of it,” Han always says like that. 

    Han wants every possible honor that a football player can get — an Asian Cup, a World Cup and an Olympic medal. She has always been good at sports, especially swimming and horizontal bars. At school, she was the fastest in the 60m and 100m.

    But the reason she picked football was that she wanted to get more compliments (称赞). “Football is for boys. But I feel more fulfilled when I can do better than them and win more compliments,” she said. Later, when she entered a football school, the coach always asked Han to show others what to do.

    However, nobody can be good at everything. Han described her singing as “howling” and the only school subject she was good at was Chinese. “I was very happy every time my essay was posted on the wall for my schoolmates to read.” But Han still has some regrets about her school years. Her handwriting was terrible at school. She ever wanted to improve her handwriting but didn’t achieve much.

    “My fans ask for my signature (签名), so I’d better practice and practice. It’s not too late,” she says.

56. In the World Cup in 2003, Han Duan was a(n) ______.

A. member of the audience     

B. unimportant player

C. team captain          

D. fan of a sports star

57. What does the underlined part in the second paragraph imply?

A. Han Duan siezes every chance to learn more to fulfill herself.

B. Han Duan never wastes any of her practicing time.

C. Han Duan seizes every chance to take part in matches.

D. Han Duan has become ill and she will die quite soon.

58. According to the passage, we know that Han Duan ________.

A. has won an Asian Cup, a World Cup and an Olympic medal

B. was good at sports when she was at school

C. did very well in singing and Chinese when she was at school

D. often gets compliments because of her beautiful handwriting

59. From the fourth paragraph, it can be inferred that Han Duan most probably ________.

A. felt sad as the boys laughed at her

B. felt proud as she got compliments from others

C. felt sad as she was too strong as a girl

D. hated herself as she couldn’t do anything else well

60. What’s the best title of this passage?

A. Growth of a sports star.             B. The World Cup.

C. Honor of a football player.        D. Star of tomorrow.

 

 

 

Five Olympic mascots were announced exactly 1000 days before the Beijing Olympic opening ceremony. The long--anticipated mascots represent four of China's most popular animals — the fish, the panda, the Tibetan antelope and the swallow .The fifth mascot is the brightly burning Olympic flame.

Each of the mascots has a repeated two-syllable name. This type of name is a traditional way of showing affection for children in China. BeiBei is the fish, JingJing is the panda, HuanHuan is the Olympic flame, YingYing is the Tibetan antelope and NiNi is the swallow. The first characters of their two-syllable names read “Beijing Huanying Ni,” or, in English, “Welcome to Beijing.” 

The five elements of nature, including the sea, forest, fire, earth and sky are found in the mascot's origins and headpieces. These special headpieces also display the folk and culture of China. Each mascot also symbolizes a different blessing ---prosperity, happiness, passion, health and good luck.

It is the first time more than three mascots will share the important duty of representing their host country. Han Meilin, chief of the mascot design team explained that, “China has such a rich culture that no single mascot could possibly represent it! That is why we chose to produce five mascots instead of one.”

Called the “Five Friendlies,” the figures embody（体现） the Chinese people’s hope for peace and friendship in the world and the spirit of the Olympics, representing not only multi-ethnic(多民族的) cultures of China, but also the traditional Chinese philosophy of harmony between humans and nature.

In order to help Beijing 2008 spread its theme of One World, One Dream to every continent, the Five Friendlies reflect the deep desire of the Chinese people to reach out to the world in friendship through the Games — and to invite every man, woman and child to take part in the great celebration of human union in 2008. 

1. What’s the theme of Beijing 2008 Olympics?

A.Welcome to Beijing.

B.Prosperity, Happiness, Passion, Health and Good luck.

C.New Beijing, New Olympics.

D.One World, One Dream.

2. What did Han Meilin, chief of the mascot design team, think of the five mascots?

A.He thought highly of the five mascots.

B.No single mascot could represent China.

C.The five mascots represented the culture of China.

D.They would reflect the desire of Chinese people.

3. Which of the following statements is not true?

A.It’s for the first time that five mascots are chosen to represent their host country in the Olympic history.

B.One of the five mascots YingYing stands for the Olympic flame.

C.Beijing announced its five 2008 Olympic mascots just 1000 days before the big event.

D.The five mascots express affection for Chinese children by two-syllable names.

4. Which of the following best reflects the main idea of the passage?

A.The 29th Olympic Games will be held in Beijing in 2008.

B.The theme of 2008 Beijing Olympics — One World, One Dream.

C.The significance of five 2008 Olympic mascots — the Five Friendlies.

D.How the Five Fantastic Mascots came into being.

5. What do the five mascots — the Five Friendlies represent?

A.“Beijing Huanying Ni,” or, in English, “Welcome to Beijing.” 

B.Chinese multi-ethnic cultures, philosophy of harmony between humans and nature and five elements of nature.

C.Chinese people’s hope for peace and friendship in the world and the spirit of the Olympics.

D.The deep desire of the Chinese people to reach out to the world in friendship through the Olympics.

 

Nine 1700­year­old brick tombs have been discovered in northwest China’s Xinjiang. Experts say that they can   1   valuable clues for the research of exchanges(交换；交流) between the central Chinese government at that time and    ___2   Western Regions.

It is the    3   time ancient tombs with typical characteristics of China's main Han nationality have been found in the Uygur ethnic region(自治区)．

    4    from Beijing，Shanxi and Xinjiang concluded that the tombs were  ___5___ between the middle and late third century and fourth century.

The tombs were unearthed during the   6   of a road earlier this year in Kuqa county,740 km from Xinjiang's capital Urumqi and part of the   7   Qiuci State. Qiuci State，which   8   between the second century BC and 860 AD，was one of the 36 states in the Western Regions.

The tombs would help archaeologists with research into the political，economic and cultural   9    between the Central Plains government and states in the west，and on the cultural     10   of the Central Plains on the Western Regions.

Archaeologists from the Xinjiang institute have dug nine tombs since August 22， ___11    bodies of more than 30 people，some ancient   12   and more than 60 pottery(陶器)jars. It is thought there are another three tombs to be    13   .

The people buried in the tombs were    14   either people from the western regions deeply influenced by the Han culture or the Han residents(居民)in the    ___15   .

 

1.	A.	tell	B.	provide	C.	show	D.	represent
2.	A.	nearby	B.	middle	C.	faraway	D.	few
3.	A.	second	B.	last	C.	first	D.	near
4.	A.	Scientists	B.	People	C.	Officials	D.	Archaeologists
5.	A.	built	B.	found	C.	buried	D.	studied
6.	A.	construction	B.	destruction	C.	digging	D.	repair
7.	A.	ancient	B.	big	C.	far	D.	near
8.	A.	appeared	B.	disappeared	C.	lies	D.	existed
9.	A.	exchanges	B.	businesses	C.	development	D.	studies
10.	A.	model	B.	atmosphere	C.	influence	D.	change
11.	A.	finding	B.	destroying	C.	studying	D.	protecting
12.	A.	paper	B.	silk	C.	pearls	D.	coins
13.	A.	moved	B.	dug	C.	studied	D.	picked
14.	A.	surely	B.	probably	C.	certainly	D.	nearly
15.	A.	west	B.	country	C.	region	D.	tomb