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山东省青岛市西海岸新区2017-2018学年高一英语12月“冬学”学科竞赛测试试题（无答案） 一、完形填空（每小题1.5分） 1 When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student, I believed I could __1__ tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he 2 in class. When I took the first exam, I was 3 to find a 77, C-plus, on my test paper, 4 English was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained_ 5 . I decided to try harder, although I didn’t know what that 6 because school had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I 7 with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldn’t change his 8 . One more test before the final exam. One more 9 to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time. 10 the meaning of the word “thorough”. But my 11__ did no good and everything 12 as before. The last hurdle(障碍) was the final. No matter what 13 I got, it wouldn’t cancel three C-pluses. I might as well kiss the 14 goodbye. I stopped working head. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even 15 myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I’d have 16__with a test. A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into professor Jayne’s office. He 17__ to be expecting me. “If I gave you the As you 18 , you wouldn’t continue to work as hard.” I stared at him. 19 that his analysis and strategy(策略) were correct. I had worked my head 20 , as I had never done before. I was speechless when my course grade arrived: A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I’ve always remembered Professor Jayne’s lesson: you alone must set your own standard of excellence. 1. A. take B. discuss C. cover D. get 2. A. sought B. presented C. exchanged D. obtained 3. A. shocked B. worried C. scared D. anxious 4. A. but B. so C. for D. or 5. A. unchanged B. unpleasant C. unfriendly D. unmoved 6.. A. reflected B. meant C. improved D. affected 7. A. quarreled B. reasoned C. bargained D. chatted 8. A. attitude B. mind C. plan D. view 9. A. choice B. step C. chance D. measure 10. A. memorized B. considered C. accepted D. learned 11. A. ambition B. confidence C. effort D. method 12. A. stayed B. went C. worked D. changed 13. A. grade B. answer C. lesson D. comment 14. A. scholarship B. course C. degree D. subject 15. A. helped B. favored C. treated D. relaxed 16. A. fun B. luck C. problems D. tricks. 17. A. happened B. proved C. pretended D. seemed 18. A. valued B. imagined C. expected D. welcomed 19. A. remembering B. guessing C. supposing D. realizing 20. A. out B. over C. on D. off 2 I will always love my mother. During the last four years of her Mom fought a brave but 21 battle against cancer. During that time she lost her health, her hair, and 20 pounds. She was in and out of the hospital more times than I could count. In the end as her life’s 22 faded away we all 23 at her bedside and said goodbye. She was only 55 years old. For a long while after he death I was depressed and 24 at God. My own health 25 and I caught double pneumonia. 26 my body healed and my heart as well. It was the love of my children that 27 pulled me out of my despair and helped me to begin to live again. 28 , I continued to ask God why my Mom had to die so young. Only years later I began to 29 clearly what Mom had done in those last four years of her life. 30 cancer was beating her body, it certainly wasn’t beating her soul. Mom lived as she had 31 lived before. Even with cancer she worked outside our home and 32 the lives of her co-workers with her gentle, humor and kind spirit. She reconnected with old friends she hadn’t seen in years and made 33 memories with each one of them. She and my Dad 34 closer than I had ever seen them before. There was a 35 and a tenderness between them that moved us all. During her time with us she 36 our souls with her love and she helped us to grow 37 enough to go on without her. In her last four years Mom 38 her mission here. She showed us how to love God. She showed us how to meet death. She showed us that fear always flees in the face of 39 . She showed us that to live life is to love life, no matter how much pain you have and no matter how much time you have 40 . thanks Mom! I will always love you. 21. A. winning 22. A. energy 23. A. looked 24. A. scared 25. A. ran out broke down 26. A. In time B. shameful C. respectful D. losing B. talent C. power C. lay D. ability D. reached B. gathered B. sad C. angry D. amazed D. B. turned down C. help up B. In advance B. repeatedly C. In between C. frequently C. Still C. notice D. In turn D. eventually D. Even 27. A. immediately 28. A. Thus 29. A. expect 30. A. While 31. A. always 32. A. lived 33. A. similar 34. A. stayed approached 35. A. love wisdom 36. A. brightened polished 37. A. smart B. Just B. see D. acquire B. Since C. Once D. As D. ever D. touched D. clear D. B. almost B. devoted B. vague B. grew C. never C. supported C. special C. sat B. patience C. honesty D. B. carried C. widened D. B. considerate B. completed C. strong D. faithful 38. A. called off 39. A. drawback 40. A. spent C. made D. put off D. optimism D. remained B. encouragement C. pain B. spared C. left 二、阅读理解 （每题 2 分） A Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window. I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice. After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase. I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car. She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.” “Oh, you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?” “It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly. “Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.” I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器). For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl. Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing. At dawn, she suddenly said,” I’m tired. Let’s go now.” We drove in silence to the address she had given me. “How much do I owe you?” she asked. “Nothing.” I said. “You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered. Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto e tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.” 41. The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ______. A. show she was familiar with the city B. see some places for the last time C. let the driver earn more money D. reach the destination on time 42. The taxi driver did not charge the old woman because he ______. A. wanted to do her a favor B. shut off the meter by mistake C. had received her payment in advance D. was in a hurry to take other passengers 43. What can we learn from the story? A. Giving is always a pleasure. B. People should respect each other. C. An act of kindness can bring people great joy. D. People should learn to appreciate others’ concern. B Domestic (驯养的) horses now pull ploughs, race in the Kentucky Derby, and carry police. But early horses weren’t tame (驯服的) enough to perform these kinds of tasks. Scientists think the first interactions humans had with horses were far different from those today. Thousands of years ago, people killed the wild horses that lived around them for food. Over time, people began to catch the animals and raise them. This was the first step in domestication. As people began to tame and ride horses, they chose to keep those animals that had more desirable characteristics. For example, people may have chosen to keep horses that had a gentle personality so they could be ridden more easily. People who used horses to pull heavy loads would have chosen to keep stronger animals. Characteristics like strength are partly controlled by the animals’ genes. So as the domesticated horses reproduced, they passed the characteristics on to their young. Each new generation of houses would show more of these chosen characteristics. Modern day horse breeds come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. This variety didn’t exist in the horse population before domestication. The Shetland horse is one of the smallest breeds—typically reaching only one meter tall. With short, strong legs, the animals were bred to pull coal out of mine shafts (矿井) with low ceilings. Huge horses like the Clydesdale came on the scene around 1700. People bred these heavy, tall horses to pull large vehicles used for carrying heavy loads. The domestication of horses has had great effects on societies. For example, horse were important tools in the advancement of modern agriculture. Using them to pull ploughs and carry heavy loads allowed people to farm more efficiently. Before they were able to ride horses, humans had to cross land on foot. Riding horses allowed people to travel far greater distance in much less time. That encouraged populations living in different areas to interact with one another. The new from of rapid transportation helped cultures spread around the world. 44. Before domestication horses were ______. A. caught for sports B. hunted for food C. made to pull ploughs D. used to carry people 45. The author uses the Shetland horse as an example to show ______. A. it is smaller than the Clydesdale horse B. horse used to have gentle personalities C. some horses have better shaped than others D. horses were of less variety before domestication 46. Horses contributed to the spread of culture by ______. A. carrying heavy loads B. changing farming methods C. serving as a means of transport D. advancing agriculture in different areas 47. The passage is mainly about _______. A. why humans domesticated horses B. how humans and horses needed each other C. why horses came in different shapes and sizes D. how human societies and horses influenced each other C Dear Hamilton, We are fortunate that in such a large, high-pressure office we all get along so well. You are one of the people who keep the social temperature at such a comfortable setting. I don’t know anyone in the office who is better liked than you. You can perhaps help with this. The collection of contributions towards gifts for employees’ personal-life events is becoming a little troubling. Certainly, the group sending of a gift is reasonable now and then. In the past month, however, there have been collections for two baby shower gifts, one wedding shower gift, two wedding gifts, one funeral（葬礼）remembrance, four birthday gifts, and three graduation gifts. It’s not only the collected-from who are growing uncomfortable (and poor), but the collected-for feel uneasy receiving gifts from people who don’t know them outside the office, who wouldn’t even recognize their graduating children, their marrying daughters and sons, or their dead relatives. This is basically a kind gesture (and one that people think well of you for), but the practice seems to have become too wide-ranging and feels improper in today’s office setting. Thank you for understanding. 48. The underlined word “contributions” probably means ________. A. money B. suggestions C. reports D. understanding 49. Hamilton is expected to _______. A. show more kindness. B. discontinue the present practice C. quit being the organizer for gift giving D. know more about co-workers’ families 50. This is basically a letter of ________. A. apology B. sympathy C. appreciation D. dissatisfaction D When it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities illuminate（照亮）me and train me up for love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share. When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and “too serious” about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say:“Let’s start with a train whistle today.” We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we, too, were changing into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped. When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend, He was in despair(失望)and I was in despair. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other. For almost four years I have had remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in the other’s dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments, I often think:“Yes, I must tell….”We have never met. It is such comforting companions I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist（心理学家），who will only fill up the healing（愈合的）silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend. 51. In the eighth grade, what the author did before developing proper social behavior was to ______. A. become serious about her study B. go to her friend’s house regularly C. learn from her classmates at school D. share poems and stories with her friend 52. In Paragraph 3, “We gave London to each other” probably means ______. A. our exploration of London was a memorable gift to both of us B. we were unwilling to tear ourselves away from London C. our unpleasant feeling about London disappeared D. we parted with each other in London 53. According to Paragraph 2, the author and her friend _______. A. call each other regularly B. have similar personalities C. enjoy writing to each other D. dream of meeting each other 54. In the darkest moments, the author would prefer to ______. A. seek professional help B. be left alone C. stay with her best friend D. break the silence 55. What is the best title for the passage? A. Unforgettable Experiences B. Remarkable Imagination C. Lifelong Friendship D. Noble Companions A I built my BBS for the blog competition and disappeared for a long time. Now I just want to take it as my mood board, recording my life in another nation. It’s quite an expected and challenging chance for me to spend one year in the USA. I am a little bit dependent person and easy to miss hometown. Therefore, I need to learn how to be independent and control myself in a sense. The first challenge is cooking. I cannot cook before as we, most young people, are treated well at home and eat in canteens or restaurants, while we have to learn cooking for ourselves since it’s not easy to overcome for me to eat fast food here every day. After the master and two-year PhD studies, I have grasped the skills for doing experiments, so I can cook not that badly via those “talents”. I felt so proud with my masterpieces. The second challenge is going outside. I live in a quite small city without subway, taxi or even public bus (except school catbus). It’s quite inconvenient to live here without a car. However, I have no driving experience in China though I got the license six years ago. I don’t want to spend such a long time to practice it. My friends are very friendly and they drive me to the supermarket and go hiking with me, which makes me a little bit upset or embarrassed as a “bubble” between she and her boyfriend. On the other side, the lack of taking public transportation experience made me so confused when I first went to NYC for a conference. Fortunately, I met several nice guys and they showed me the correct ways. I am looking forward to walking or transporting around on weekends. The third challenge is overcoming loneliness. It’s hard to say why I may feel lonely even though I have Chinese roommates. I still cherish the dream last night that I went back to China even though for experiment purpose... I will work harder to realize my goal and return without any pity. 56. Why does the writer use her BBS again? A. To take another competition. B. To disappear for some time. C. To take it as a way to study. D. To keep a record of her foreign life on it. 57. How did the writer learn cooking? A. She learned cooking by herself. B. She learned cooking from a cook in a restaurant. C. She learned cooking from books at university. D. She learned cooking from her mother at home. 58. What can we learn from paragraph 2? A. The writer bought a car and practiced driving it. B. Going outside on weekends is a terrible thing for the writer. C. The writer’s friends helped her a lot when she went outside. D. The transport is quite convenient where the writer lives. 59. What kind of person is the writer? A. Positive. Weak-minded B A bullying（欺凌）incident at a primary school in County Armagh, Northern Ireland should not be brushed off as “a joke that went too far”; rather, facts should be dug out and action should be taken to prevent similar events from happening on campus again, according to experts. Dr. Lewis-Snyder, a psychologist specializing in children’s growth issues, said schools should be careful about taking bullying incidents as mere tricks. “Instead, they should work to find out the root cause of the incident in a timely manner, guide the children involved to face and handle the incident in a correct way and teach them to behave properly to avoid-similar situations,” she said. She made the comments after a mother in Armagh posted a description on Face-book on Thursday of how her 11-year-old son was bullied at school, a top school in that area. The mother wrote that her fifth-grade son was the target of bullies who threw a toilet wastepaper basket at him, striking him in the head. The boy was also fooled by his classmates, she said, bringing on acute stress disorder, a mental illness caused by severe anxiety. The mother also wrote that the school described the incident as “a joke that went too far” and that the parents of the boy who threw the basket believed their son was “just being naughty”. The article went viral, with many internet users recalling being bullied at school. Dr. Lewis-Snyder said that schools and parents must pay more attention to the ethical（道德的）development and mental health of children, rather than just looking at their academic performance. The Department for Education, together with a group of other departments, released a series of guidelines last month offering advice on how to deal with the problem. On Saturday, the school involved released a statement on its social media account saying that it had talked to the parents on both sides and would make further efforts to achieve an outcome satisfactory to all parties. 60. What can we know from the mother’s description? A. The schools didn’t take the bullying incident seriously. B. The bullying incident caused little harm to her 11-year-old son. C. The parents of the bully felt quite guilty for their son’s behavior. D. Many other students were also bullied in that school. B. Self-centered. C. Independent D. 61. What does Dr. Lewis-Snyder suggest about the bullying incidents? A. Schools should find out the fact and punish the bully seriously. B. Schools should take the responsibility to educate the students to perform properly. C. The government should take action to stop such events happening on campus. D. Parents needn’t care about their children’s academic performance. 62. What’s the social reaction to the bullying incident? A. People were indifferent to it. B. It aroused anger on the Internet. C. It caused panic among parents. D. It brought about widespread attention. 63. What can be inferred from the passage? A. Most internet users had the experience of being bullied at school. B. The school involved tried to keep the truth from the public . C. The school has taken measures to deal with the incident. D. All the school bullying incidents are caused by classmates conflicts. D A group of Chinese technicians, can be seen working hard among the watermelon fields in the blinding sunlight of Laos（老挝）every January. Two months later, these watermelons will be sent to Xi’an, the starting point of the Silk Road. Every autumn, these so-called “migratory birds（候鸟）” - technicians from Kouzhai village in southwestern China’s Guizhou province - fly to Laos to plant watermelons and return to China next spring to start their own farm work. Yang Canxi, former Kouzhai village Party chief who is also an agricultural technician, said the village was lifted out of poverty through its strength in agricultural technology. He said Kouzhai village was the first to promote small-sized watermelons in the country, and it introduced a new technology to grow watermelons from the newly generated vines after harvesting the old ones, thus doubling the sale to 13,000 yuan, ($2,190) per unit area. In 1997, an official from Laos came to Yang for agricultural training. Twenty professionals were sent to provide watermelon planting skills services there, he said. “At that time, much of the land in Laos was dry and bare except for that used to grow rice. The locals saw technicians plant watermelon and even gave them the nickname of Chinese watermelon princes”, he said. Each technician earned roughly 10,000 yuan in the first year, which was increased to 20,000 yuan a year later. “Villagers flew into my office, asking to go abroad too,” he said. The business was soon expanded to Laos where Yang Guangyue, 30, and some friends decided to begin their own business in 2013. The local credit cooperative lent them 800,000 yuan to establish a 13-hectare watermelon base in Laos, which was expected to gain roughly two million yuan a year. “Laotians were also hired to work in the watermelon fields and they learned planting skills from us,” he said. Yang Canxi said now half of the income of Kouzhai village comes from this way of working. 64. Why do the technicians fly to Laos every year? A. Because they want to enjoy the warm sunlight of Laos. B. Because they need transport watermelons from Laos to Xi’an. C. Because they go to Laos to plant watermelons. D. Because their own land was dry and bare. 65. What can be inferred from the passage? A. Both Laos and Kouzhai village benefit from planting watermelons. B. The income of the technicians doubled the next year in Laos. C. The technicians are called watermelon princes because they are handsome. D. It’s hard to expand the business in Laos. 66. What’s the best title of the passage? A. “Birds” fly out to work in Laos. B. Changes of Kouzhai village. C. Friendship between Kouzhai village and Laos. D. Watermelon planting in Kouzhai village. A The earthquake affected the students of the destroyed areas in many ways: losing parents, being scared and feeling lonely. How can we help them? Teens reporter talked with Lin Dan, the program director of the Sunshine in Your Heart Project at the Red Cross Society of China. How will the earthquake affect the teenagers mentally? They'll have feelings of fear, anger and feel they are not safe. They will find it hard to focus. They will tend to cry and shout and tremble. And they might be afraid to be alone. What will happen if they are not helped? The teenagers will find it hard to live in a balanced way. If things get worse, they might not be able to focus on their studies. They might give up on life. How can we help them overcome these problems? The first thing is to build up trust with them. Show your sympathy and sadness, and be their friends. Then you have to give them a sense of safety. Tell them that there's a solution to every problem. Thirdly, try to satisfy their psychological needs. Be a good listener if he or she needs to talk. Some of them were not directly affected by the quake but have seen images on TV and feel scared. What should they do? Talk with an adult or share their feelings with someone who might feel similar. If this doesn't help, then they should see a doctor for professional help. 67. What's the best title of the passage? A. The Scare Caused by the Earthquake B. Dealing with the Pain Left behind after the Earthquake C. How to Get a Sense of Safety D. The Psychological Needs 68. The underlined word “psychological” in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to “________”. A. mental B. physical C. material D. professional 69. From the passage, we can infer that ________. A. the scare caused by the earthquake can be relieved quickly B. seeing a doctor is the most important measure to deal with the problems C. the images on TV can also affect people and even cause problems D. to help them overcome these problems, we should always talk with them B Surviving Hurricane Sandy (飓风桑迪) Natalie Doan, 12, has always felt lucky to live in Rockaway, New York. Living just a few blocks from the beach, Natalie can see the ocean and hear the waves from her house. “It's the ocean that makes Rockaway so special,” she says. On October 29, 2012, that ocean turned violent. That night, Hurricane Sandy attacked the East Coast, and Rockaway was hit especially hard. Fortunately, Natalie's family escaped to Brooklyn shortly before the city's bridges closed. When they returned to Rockaway the next day, they found their neighborhood in ruins. Many of Natalie's friends had lost their homes and were living far away. All around her, people were suffering, especially the elderly. Natalie's school was so damaged that she had to temporarily attend a school in Brooklyn. In the following few days, the men and women helping Rockaway recover inspired Natalie. Volunteers came with carloads of donated clothing and toys. Neighbors devoted their spare time to helping others rebuild. Teenagers climbed dozens of flights of stairs to deliver water and food to elderly people trapped in powerless highrise buildings. “My mom tells me that I can't control what happens to me，”Natalie says, “but I can always choose how I deal with it.” Natalie's choice was to help. She created a website page, matching survivors in need with donors who wanted to help. Natalie posted information about a boy named Patrick, who lost his baseball card collection when his house burned down. Within days, Patrick's collection was replaced. In the coming months, her website page helped lots of kids：Christopher, who received a new basketball; Charlie，who got a new keyboard. Natalie also worked with other organizations to bring muchneeded supplies to Rockaway. Her efforts made her a famous person .Last April, she was invited to the White House and honored as a Hurricane Sandy Champion of Change. Today, the scars(创痕) of destruction are still seen in Rockaway，but hope is in the air. The streets are clear，and many homes have been rebuilt. “I can't imagine living anywhere but Rockaway,”Natalie declares.“My neighborhood will be back, even stronger than before.” 70. When Natalie returned to Rockaway after the hurricane, she found ________. A. some friends had lost their lives B. her neighborhood was destroyed C. her school had moved to Brooklyn D. the elderly were free from suffering 71. According to Paragraph 2，who inspired Natalie most? A. The people helping Rockaway rebuild. B. The people trapped in highrise buildings. C. The volunteers donating money to survivors. D. Local teenagers bringing clothing to elderly people. 72. How did Natalie help the survivors? A. She gave her toys to other kids. B. She took care of younger children. C. She called on the White House to help. D. She built an information sharing platform. 73. What does the story intend to tell us? A. Little people can make a big difference. B. A friend in need is a friend indeed. C. East or west, home is best. D. Technology is power. C What is the difference between developed and developing countries? The question is quite a difficult one. But we can compare them in two important aspects: people and economy. People In developing countries there are high rates of both birth and death. Families decide to give birth to more than one child, because many developing countries do not have the systems necessary to guarantee(保证)the life of old people. Raising more children seems to be the only way to make sure that during their later years a person will be taken care of. The situation is completely different in fullydeveloped countries. Those countries have low levels of birth and mortality. Low mortality rate is mainly because of the good health care, but low birth rate is due to the fact that supporting a family with more children is expensive nowadays. Another reason is that more and more women decide to work outside, so there is usually no time and place for a large group of children in their lives. Economy In developed countries, most industries have high levels of technological progress, while the smallest role in the country's GDP is played by agriculture. In most cases, in developing countries most GDP comes from agriculture. It is mainly due to the fact that services and many branches of industry are in the stage of development.But they have the potential to develop quickly, because they have many things to improve. Of course, the difference between developed and developing countries is not that clear, because some countries might be in the middle of great changes. When a country is in that stage, some data can define the country as a developing one, but others may show that it is a developed one. 74. What's probably the writer's attitude towards the future of developing countries? A. Negative. B. Worried. C. Optimistic. D. Doubtful. 75. This passage mainly helps us to________. A. know why developed countries develop so fast B. learn about the weak points of developing countries C. realize our responsibilities to develop our own country D. tell the differences between developing countries and developed ones 三、语法填空 （每题1分） 1 Seeing the Great Wall The Great Wall 1 (snake) more than ,000 kilometers. First built to keep out invaders, it is now a popular tourist 2 (attract). Badaling is the most famous of the five sections 3 lie near Beijing and can be accessed 2 (easy). About two hours away by bus lies Jinshanling. This well-preserved section of the wall has not been repaired since 1370! If you’re looking for a 3 (peace) walk and amazing views, this is the spot (visit). About six kilometers from Jiayuguan City in Gansu Province, you can visit Jiayuguan. It was the starting place for the section of the great wall 7 (build) during the Ming Dynasty. This pass is the best preserved 8 the Great Wall military forts （军事要塞）. The eastern end of the Great Wall is Shanhaiguan in Hebei Province. The east tower of the Shanhai Pass is called the First Pass Under Heaven. Stand near the tower to see the roaring sea on one side and the Great Wall on the 9 . Wherever you choose to visit the Great Wall, you will be 10 (amaze). It is like no other structure on Earth. 2 Have you ever seen an old movie called Three Coins in the Fountain? It is about three young American women 11) _______(search) for permanent romance in Rome and they all find it. Far-fetched Hollywood? Well, from the world history point of view, romance did, in fact, set down its roots in Rome. The word romance evolved in Latin from Roma to Romanicus of the Roman language, to the Old French romanz escrive, (12) _______ means “to write in a Romance language,” and on to the English romance. The Romance languages (13) ____________(compose) of seven groups of languages that all have Latin (14) ______ their basis. These languages include French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. The common people in ancient Rome spoke (15)________ is referred to as Vulgar Latin, an informal speech, as opposed to the classical Latin of the more educated. Most language experts agree that Vulgar Latin is the chief source of the Romance languages. Medieval Romances were tales (16) __________(write)primary in French verse about brave heroes. The notion of having a romance with another person is thought th(17) __________(develop) sometime during the Middle Ages. In the late 18 century thand on through the 19, a romance was not a love story (18) _________ a work of prose fiction that contained far-fetched, mysterious events. Romances of this period (19) _________(include) English Gothic novels like The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole. What exactly is a twentieth-century romance ? Does it have any relationship with the lively, popular novelswritten today, with their fantastic plots of love affairs? Or did the playwright OscarWilde have it right in The Picture of Dorian Gray: “ When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving (20) _________, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.” 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/40931ff1a68da0116c175f0e7cd184254b351bb6.html