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【題目】A. Choose the best answer（根據(jù)以下內(nèi)容，選擇最恰當?shù)拇鸢福��?2分）

April 13th, 1539

Outside Mexico City

Dear Mariana,

Today we arrived safe. It was a long and dangerous trip over the ocean. The winter storms were strong. We were always a little sick from high waves.

The journey from the shore to Mexico City is also long and dangerous. There are robbers in the countryside. We will travel together with the other ship passengers, thinking we will be safer as a group. Tomorrow we will travel into the city to find our uncle.

Father says it will take a year for this letter to reach you. The trip from New Spain to Spain is very long.

Your loving brother,

Tomas

April 20th, 1539

Mexico City

Dear Mariana,

Father and I finally arrived at Mexico City. Here, old buildings are being pulled down; new ones are being built. Just around the corner from Uncle’s city house, Aztec workers are pulling down a small, beautiful pyramid. Father says it is one of the last Aztec temples.

In the center of the city, I met an Aztec boy named Carlos. He speaks a little Spanish. Carlos learns Spanish at his new school. He told me that the Spanish set up new schools for the Aztecs. There he got his new name, Carlos. He says he likes his new school but misses his old city. I wonder what this city used to be like before Cortes came.

Tomorrow we will go to Uncle’s farmland. He and father are talking about the Aztec workers that father will oversee.

Your brother,

Tomas

found v. 建立 battle n. 戰(zhàn)役 conquer v. 征服

【1】What was Tomas’ nationality?

A. Spanish. B. New Spanish. C. Mexico. D. Aztec.

【2】How was Tomas’ journey to Mexico?

A. Stormy and cold. B. Easy and safe. C. Long but safe. D. Long and dangerous.

【3】How long did it take Tomas to travel from the shore to Mexico City?

A. One day. B. One week. C. A year. D. Two years.

【4】Why did Tomas and his father come to Mexico in 1539?

A. To visit Mexico. B. To meet Carlos. C. To see the temples. D. To look for a better life.

【5】When did Mexico get its name New Spain?

A. After 1539. B. After 1519. C. In the 1300s. D. In the 1400s.

【6】What did the Spanish do to the people in Mexico in the early 1500s?

A. They taught children there English. B. They built new temples for them.

C. They destroyed the local culture there. D. They helped to feed the local people there.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】D

【5】B

【6】C

【解析】本文主要是托馬斯的1539年寫的兩篇日記。一篇記敘了從海岸去墨西哥城路途的艱辛。一篇寫了到達墨西哥城的所見所聞。

【1】題意：托馬斯的國籍是哪里？考查細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一篇日記的第三段Father says it will take a year for this letter to reach you. The trip from New Spain to Spain is very long.（父親說這封信要用一年才能到達你那里。從新西班牙到西班牙之旅很長。）可知Tomas的國籍是西班牙，故選A。

【2】題意：托馬斯'墨西哥之旅如何？考查細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一篇日記的第二段第一句The journey from the shore to Mexico City is also long and dangerous.（從海岸到墨西哥城的旅程也是漫長而危險的。）可知托馬斯'墨西哥之旅漫長而危險的。故選D。

【3】題意：托馬斯從海岸到墨西哥城旅行花了多長時間？考查細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一篇日記的日期April 13th, 1539和第一句Today we arrived safe.，可知托馬斯于1539年4月13日到達海岸，根據(jù)第二篇日記的日期April 20th, 1539 Mexico City和第一句Father and I finally arrived at Mexico City.（我和父親終于到了墨西哥城。）可知托馬斯從海岸到墨西哥城旅行花了七天的時間，故選B。

【4】題意：為什么托馬斯和他的父親1539來墨西哥？考查判斷理解題。A) To visit Mexico. 訪問墨西哥。B) To meet Carlos. 會見卡洛斯。C) To see the temples. 觀看廟。D) To look for a better life. 尋找更好的生活。根據(jù)第二篇日記第一段第三句（Just around the corner from Uncle’s city house, Aztec workers are pulling down a small, beautiful pyramid. Father says it is one of the last Aztec temples. 就在叔叔家的拐角處，阿茲特克工人正在拆除一座美麗的小金字塔。父親說這是剩余的阿茲特克神廟中的一個。）和最后一段T（omorrow we will go to Uncle’s farmland. He and father are talking about the Aztec workers that father will oversee. 明天我們將去叔叔的農(nóng)田。他和父親在談論父親將要監(jiān)督的阿茲臺克工人的事情。）可知托馬斯和他的父親1539來墨西哥就是為了尋找更好的生活。故選D。

【5】題意：墨西哥什么時候獲得新西班牙的名字？根據(jù)小知識最后一句The Spain conqueror Cortes arrived in 1519. After many battles, he conquered the Azters. Spain began to rule Mexico and named it New Spain.可知墨西哥是1519年獲得新西班牙名字的。故選B。

【6】題意：在16世紀初期西班牙對墨西哥人民做了些什么？考查綜合理解題。A) They taught children there English. 他們在那里教孩子們英語。B) They built new temples for them. 他們?yōu)樗麄兘�了新廟。C) They destroyed the local culture there. 他們破壞了當?shù)氐奈幕��?/span>D) They helped to feed the local people there. 他們幫助那里的當?shù)厝颂峁┦澄铩８鶕?jù)第二日記第二段最后兩句He says he likes his new school but misses his old city. I wonder what this city used to be like before Cortes came. （他說他喜歡他的新學校，但懷念他的舊城區(qū)。我想知道在科爾特斯來到之前這個城市曾經(jīng)的是什么樣子的。）可知在16世紀初期西班牙破壞了當?shù)氐奈幕�。故選C。