June 8Culinary (烹饪的）Historians of Washington:...

June 8

Culinary (烹饪的）Historians of Washington: Food historian Joel Denker discusses how　 certain foods acquired culinary significance and ceremonial and economic importance. 2-4 pm .Free. Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center, Meeting Room A，4805 Edgemoor Lane，Bcthcsda. 202-487-6740.

June 11

Beers of Umbria: Beer director Scott Weiss leads a tasting of Italian beers. 7:30 pm. $35,Via Umbria, 1525 Wisconsin Avenue. NW. 202-333-3904.

June 13

Wine Dinner: A special menu paired with sparkling (气泡的）wine. 6:30 pm. $75, not including tax and gratuity (小费).Wildfire. Tysons Galleria. Third Floor. 1714 International Dr., McLean. 703-442-9110.

June 14

Cooking Class: Chef Gerard Pangaud demonstrates (展示) how to make several seasonal French dishes.11 am-2 pm.$85. Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Avenue. SE. 202-549-4172.

Hot Drinks from Around the World: Participants learn about and sample drinks made from　 purple com. yak (牦牛) butter, orchid root and more. 10 am. $27. Green Spring Gardens, 4603 Green Spring Road, Alexandria.

June 18

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Gourmet Symphony: A special American cuisine-inspired menu accompanied performance by the Inscape Chamber Orchestra. VIP option available.7-9 pm. $49 Columbia Firehouse, 109 S. Saint Asaph St, Alexandria.

June 28

Sips: Cocktail reception featuring local artisans (技工）and mixologists (调酒师) benefit D.C. Central Kitchen and Martha's Table. VIP tickets also availabi 7:30 pm. $125 by

June. 11；$150 thereafter. Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave.NW.

June 29

Suppers：Fundraising　 dinners taking place in more than 35 area homes, featuring chefs Alon Shaya,Carla Hall,Tim Ma,

Amy Brandwein and more. Proceeds benefit D.C. Central Kitchen

and Martha's Table.6 pm. $600.

1.Suppose you were doing research on French cooking，you would probably want to attend　　　 .

A. Culinary Historians of Washington on June 8

B. Beers of Umbria on June 11

C. Cooking Class on June 14

D. Sips　 on June 28

2.If you　 can spend no more than 20 dollars on an event, the most likely choice is to call 　　　 .

A. 202-549-4172　　 B. 202-487-6740

C. 703-442-9110　　 D. 202-333-3904

3.The events mentioned in the article are mainly intended for 　　　 .

A. artists　　 B. historians

C. doctors　　 D. food lovers

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Not all the historians in Canada are historians of Canada. Case in point: Timothy Brook.

Brook was born and schooled in Toronto, and he now teaches in Vancouver. But he’s a historian of China, and his recent book Vermeer’s Hat seems at first to be about Holland in the period of the Dutch masters. When I met Brook recently in Vancouver, he did seem truly a global historian. Vancouver is his home, but Vermeer’s Hat has been published around the world.

Brook was just in from Oxford, UK, where he taught part of the year, by way of New York, where Vermeer’s Hat had just been given the Lynton History Prize. He was about to go to California, where he was due to lecture. Still, the author and the book---and the hat---say something fresh about Canada and the world.

“I’ve been looking at Vermeer since 1971,” says Brook. Looking at Dutch interior (室内的) scenes from the mid-1600s, he noticed maps, Chinese porcelains (瓷器), South American silver, Virginia tobacco—all marking the influences of the wide world. In Brook’s telling, Vermeer’s masterworks become doorways to the world, and not least to the largest, richest nation in the world, the China of the late Ming Empire, a field in which Brook happens to be a specialist.

Brook used global history as a way to find common ground with fellow historians. “The sixteenth century is the age of discovery, but the seventeenth century is the age of people starting to move the possibility of a global economy, intercultural relations across the globe,” he said.

It proved not hard for this Canadian historian of the world to find Canada in world history--or the world in Canadian history. In Vermeer’s 1658 painting of a Dutch soldier in a wonderful hat, the felt (毛毡) for the hat was probably made in Lachine, from French la Chine meaning China. Established in Canada by de Champlain, the town was so named because Champlain, like other explorers the French explorer Samuel was hoping to get through Canada to China.

1.Which was the line of Brook’s recent journey back home　　　　　　　　 .

A. Toronto--Oxford→ Vancouver

B. Oxford→ New York→ Vancouver

C. California→ Toronto→ Vancouver

D. New York→ California→ Vancouver.

2.Which is discussed in Brook’s Vermeer’s Hat?

A. The Lynton History Prize

B. Ways to give good lectures

C. The Ming Dynasty of China

D. A hat Vermeer wore for years

3.What can we infer about Vermeer?

A. He was a Dutch painter

B. He was a French explorer

C. He was a UK publisher

D. He was a US teacher

4.What can be suitable title for the text?

A. The Influences of masters’ books

B. An age of moving and possibilities

C. The Importance of Cultural Exchange

D. A Canadian Historian Thinking Globally

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Historians and archaeologists have defined periods of human history for centuries by the technologies or materials that made the greatest impact on society. This includes the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age. But what age are we in now? That question can be answered with one word for some researchers. Plastics.

“Plastic has redefined our material culture and the artifacts we leave behind. It will be found in stratified(分层的) layers in our trash deposits(沉积层). ” That’s according to John Marston, an archaeologist.

The wide variety of synthetic polymers(合成聚合物) would not exist if it weren’t for human action. About six billion tons of plastics have been made and spread around the planet. They have been spread from forests to oceans ever since the first plastic polymers were invented.

Plastics are one of the most significant changes that humans have made to the Earth’s makeup. Most plastics don’t easily degrade. This only adds to the problem. Recycling isn’t an adequate solution. Not all types of plastic are easily recyclable. And there are only a few recycling plants that can process all varieties of plastic.

According to Debra Winter, writer for The Atlantic, this means that many of the materials thrown into recycling bins can cross the planet several times before they are processed. They are made into rugs, sweaters, or they are used to make other bottles. Millions of tons of plastics are recycled every year, but millions more end up in landfills or the ocean. The problem has reached the point where it’s possible that in just a few decades there might be more plastic in the world’s oceans than fishes.

“Plastics have a supposed lifespan of over 500 years, so it’s safe to say that every plastic bottle you have used exists somewhere on this planet, in some form or another，” Winter writes.

The damage may already be done. It may be too late for human populations worldwide to change their plastic using ways. So the Plastic Age might soon take its place next to the Bronze Age and the Iron Age in the history of human civilization.

1.Why do people call our age the Plastic Age?

A.Because plastics are not naturally made.

B.Because humans create plastics.

C.Because plastics influence the world greatly.

D.Because historians and archaeologists think so.

2.According to the passage, how are most plastics dealt with currently?

A.They are recycled.

B.They are degraded.

C.They are thrown away.

D.They are made into bottles.

3.What is the author’s attitude to the Plastic Age?

A.Negative. B.Ambiguous.

C.Favorable. D.Unconcerned.

4.What is the main idea of this passage?

A.Plastics have ruined our environment.

B.We must stop using plastics altogether.

C.Human beings are in the Plastic Age.

D.Plastics are significant to human development.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

How can we explain the popularity of neckties? For years, fashion historians have predicted that men would45wearing ties because they seemed to have little or no function. It may be that men to them because  ties As long as world and business. leaders continue to wear ties, the young businessmen will46 them and ties will remain popular.47, neckties do have a different kind of appeal. Neckties cover the buttons of the shirt and emphasize the length of a man’s body. They also 48 color and adornment (装饰)to men’s clothing, which is often plain and serious.

Today, there are tens of thousands’ of designs of ties49. There are, ties for special 50he. am for Valentine’s Day, fireworks for the Fourth of July, and Santa Claus for Christmas. There are ties that tell you about a man’s 51  pictures of tennis rackets, motorcycles, airplanes, fishing rods, or musical instruments, to name a few. There are even ties  for different occupations such as accountants, firefighter/s, and police officers. And 52ties are becoming ever more popular. You can get ties covered with colorful frogs and bottles of beer. 53 you enjoy rock music, you can even find a tie in the shape of a guitar!

Funny or formal, wide or narrow, it’s 54that ties are going to be around for a long time.

10.

高三英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

When a Swedish ship that sank in 1628 was recovered from the port of Stockholm, historians and scientists were overjoyed with the chance to examine the remains of the past. The ship construction showed how ships were built and operated during the seventeenth century. In this way, artifacts, objects made by human beings, provided a picture of daily life almost 400 years ago.

Underwater archaeology-the study of ships, aircraft and human settlements that have sunk under large bodies of water-is really a product of the last 50 years. The rapid growth of this new area of study has occurred because of the invention of better diving equipment .Besides the Swedish ship wreck(残骸），underwater archaeologists have made more exciting discoveries such as the 5000-year-old boats in the Mediterranean Sea.

Underwater archaeology can provide facts about the past. In ancient ports all over the world are ships sunken in the past 6,000 years. There are also sunken settlements in seas and lakes telling of people’s way of life and their systems of trade in ancient times. Underwater archaeologists want to study these objects to add to the world's knowledge of history, but they have to fight two enemies. One enemy is treasure hunters who dive for ancient artifacts that they can sell to collectors. Once sold, these objects are lost to experts. The second enemy is dredging machines(挖掘机）often used to repair ports. These machines destroy wrecks and artifacts or bury them deeper under sand and mud. By teaching the public about the importance of underwater “museums” of the past, archaeologists are hoping to get support for laws to protect underwater treasures.

1.What purpose does Paragraph 1 serve in the passage?

A.To provide background information of the topic

B.To attract readers' attention to the topic

C.To use an example to support the topic

D.To offer basic knowledge of the topic

2.The aim of underwater archaeology is to  _____.

A. exploit water bodies      B. search for underwater life

C. study underwater artifacts     D. examine underwater environment

3.Underwater archaeologists are worried because_____.

A.sea hunters have better diving equipment

B.their knowledge of world history is limited

C.dredging machines cause damage to the ports

D.sold artifacts can hardly be regained for research

4.What is the main purpose of the passage?

A.To introduce a young branch of learning.

B.To discuss the scientists’ problems.

C.To explain people’s way of life in the past.

D.To describe the sunken ships.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

When a Swedish ship that sank in 1628 was recovered from the port of Stockholm, historians and scientists were overjoyed with the chance to examine the remains of the past. The ship construction showed how ships were built and operated during the seventeenth century. In this way, artifacts, objects made by human beings, provided a picture of daily life almost 400 years ago.

Underwater archaeology-the study of ships, aircraft and human settlements that have sunk under large bodies of water-is really a product of the last 50 years. The rapid growth of this new area of study has occurred because of the invention of better diving equipment .Besides the Swedish ship wreck(残骸），underwater archaeologists have made more exciting discoveries such as the  5000-year-old boats in the Mediterranean Sea.

Underwater archaeology can provide facts abut the past. In ancient ports all over the world are ships sunken in the past 6,000 years. There are also sunken settlements in seas and lakes telling of pelples way of life and their systems of trade in ancient times. Underwater archaeologists want to study these objects to add to the world's knowledge of history, but they have to fight two enemies. One enemy is treasure hunters who dive for ancient artifacts that they can sell to collectors. Once sold, these objects are lost to experts. The second enemy is dredging machines(挖掘机）often used to repair ports. These machines destroy wrecks and artifacts or bury them deeper under sand and mud. By teaching the public about the importance of underwater“museums”of the past, archaeologists are hoping to get support for laws to protect underwater treasures.

1.What purpose does Paragraph 1 serve in the passage?

A. To provide background information of the topic

B. To attract readers' attention to the topic

C. To use an example to support the topic

D. To offer basic knowledge of the topic

2.The aim of underwater archaeology is to_________ .

A. exploit water bodies              B. search for underwater life

C. study underwater artifacts            D. examine underwater environment

3.Underwater archaeologists are worried because_____.

A. sea hunters have better diving equipment　

B. their knowledge of world history is limited　

C. dredging machines cause damage to the ports　

D. sold artifacts can hardly be regained for research

4.What is the main purpose of the passage?

A. To introduce a young branch of learning.　   B. To discuss the scientists’problems.　

C. To explain people’s way of life in the past.　  D. To describe the sunken ships.

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Do you know how Uncle Sam became the popular symbol of the United States?

Some historians believe that he is based on a real person，Samuel Wilson．During the War of 1812，Wilson sold meat to American troops. Wilson labeled

the meat barrels（桶）US．This meant that it was for the army．At that time，US was not used to mean“United States”．An officer asked what the US on the barrels meant．A soldier replied，“United States”，meaning Samuel Wilson．

The Uncle Sam image（形象）today shows a man with a beard，a stars and stripes（星条旗）top hat，and a suit．Thomas Nast created this image in about 1838．It represented the government in Nast's political cartoons．Some people believe that Nast based his image on Dan Rice，a popular entertainer．Rice performed while wearing a top hat and suit．

Others think it was James M．Flagg that drew the most famous image of Uncle Sam in 1917， during World War I．It shows a serious man pointing a finger at the viewer and says“United States”．Flagg drew this enduring image to encourage Americans to join the U.S．Army．It has been used for this purpose ever since．

Today, Uncle Sam is a symbol of the United States that is recognized around the world．

1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Uncle Sam was a character created by the government of the United States．

B．Samuel Wilson，a businessman，sold meat to American troops during the War of 1812．

C．Uncle Sam was based on an entertainer to show Americans were popular people．

D．The image of Uncle Sam has been used to urge Americans to join the army since 1838．

2.The underlined word“enduring”in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to“________”.

A．long-lasting　　 B．short-lived

C．painful 　　　 　 D．scary

3.It can be inferred from the passage that___________.

A．Uncle Sam is an officer from the American army

B．Uncle Sam’s top hat and suit reflect the American flag

C．Tile Uncle Sam symbol is the best of all American symbols

D．Opinions differ about how Uncle Sam became a national symbol

4.Which of the following can best sum up the passage?

A．The name Uncle Sam was invented during the War of 1821．

B．There are many symbols of the United States，including Uncle Sam．

C．Over time，the image of Uncle Sam came to represent the United States．

D．Uncle Sam is a national symbol that is recognized around the United States．

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Do you know how Uncle Sam became the popular symbol of the United States?

Some historians believe that he is based on a real person，Samuel Wilson．During the War of 1812，Wilson sold meat to American troops. Wilson labeled

the meat barrels（桶）US．This meant that it was for the army．At that time，US was not used to mean“United States”．An officer asked what the US on the barrels meant．A soldier replied，“United States”，meaning Samuel Wilson．

The Uncle Sam image（形象）today shows a man with a beard，a stars and stripes（星条旗）top hat，and a suit．Thomas Nast created this image in about 1838．It represented the government in Nast's political cartoons．Some people believe that Nast based his image on Dan Rice，a popular entertainer．Rice performed while wearing a top hat and suit．

Others think it was James M．Flagg that drew the most famous image of Uncle Sam in 1917， during World War I．It shows a serious man pointing a finger at the viewer and says“United States”．Flagg drew this enduring image to encourage Americans to join the U.S．Army．It has been used for this purpose ever since．

Today, Uncle Sam is a symbol of the United States that is recognized around the world．

1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Uncle Sam was a character created by the government of the United States．

B．Samuel Wilson，a businessman，sold meat to American troops during the War of 1812．

C．Uncle Sam was based on an entertainer to show Americans were popular people．

D．The image of Uncle Sam has been used to urge Americans to join the army since 1838．

2.The underlined word“enduring”in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to“________”.

A．long-lasting　　 B．short-lived

C．painful 　　　 　 D．scary

3.It can be inferred from the passage that___________.

A．Uncle Sam is an officer from the American army

B．Uncle Sam’s top hat and suit reflect the American flag

C．Tile Uncle Sam symbol is the best of all American symbols

D．Opinions differ about how Uncle Sam became a national symbol

4.Which of the following can best sum up the passage?

A．The name Uncle Sam was invented during the War of 1821．

B．There are many symbols of the United States，including Uncle Sam．

C．Over time，the image of Uncle Sam came to represent the United States．

D．Uncle Sam is a national symbol that is recognized around the United States．

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

People have been making and flying kites for about 2,000 years. 1.Some historians believe it the ancient Chinese may have started kite flying 2000 years ago. It is still a popular hobby in China, Japan and Korea and in other countries of the Far East where beautifully decorated appear in different colors.

2.Simple kites are made by crossing two sticks and covering them with paper or cloth. Then you attach a string at the end. More expensive kites have frames made of fiberglass, plastic or aluminum. The name comes from a graceful bird called kite.

3.A flat kite is the oldest and simplest type of kite.　 It flies because air flows over and under the kite's wing. The pressure under the wing helps the kite lift into the air.

4.Early scientists sent kites up into the air to measure temperature at different heights. In 1752, Benjamin Franklin used a kite to prove that lightning was a form of electricity. He attached a metal key to the string of a kite. When lightning hit the kite, electricity passed down the string and Franklin got an electric shock. It was a very dangerous experiment that you shouldn't copy.

Kites were also used to develop airplanes. The Wright Brothers experimented with kites before they flew the first airplane. 5. In World War I the Germans developed a large kite that could transport people to a submarine. Kites were also used to carry radio signals over long distances.

Today most people fly kites as a hobby. Kite festivals are organized in many cities in all parts of the world.

A. Kites are made in many different sizes, colors and shapes.

B. flying kites is great fun and it is easy if you know some secrets.

C. Kites have also been used in experiments.

D. No one knows for sure who invented the kite.

E. In Japan families fly fish kites on Children's Day, May5th.

F. Stories of kites were brought to Europe till the end of the 13th century.

G. In the past, kites were sometimes used to take pictures in wars.

高三英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

Historians usually just study great things that happened in the past time, but Drew Faust has made history! On February 11, 2007, Faust was named president of Harvard University．She is the first woman to hold the position in the school’s 371-year history．

“I am a historian,” she said．“I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the past, and about how it shapes the future．No university in the country, perhaps the world, has as remarkable a past as Harvard’s．”

“And our common enterprise is to make Harvard’s future even more remarkable than its past．That will mean recognizing and building on what we already do well．It will also mean recognizing what we don’t do as well as we should, and not being satisfied until we find ways to do better．”

It is her great desire for improvement and willingness to try out new ideas that have given Drew success in a world controlled by men．“This is a man’s world, my girl, and the sooner you learn that, the better off you’ll be．” Drew Faust recalls her mother telling her this when she was young, but she didn’t buy it．

Faust grew up in a well-off family in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley in the 1950s．Even then, she was a trailblazer（先驱）．A conversation with her family’s black handyman （零工） and driver inspired her to write a letter, on school notebook paper, to President Dwight Eisenhower．

She asked that he help bring US citizens together in the south, a much divided part of the country at the time．

“Drew Faust is a historian with her eyes on the future,” said Susan Graham, a professor of Harvard．Many of the university’s schools said that they believe Harvard will have a brighter future under the leadership of Drew Faust．

1.Why does the writer say Drew Faust has made history?

A．Because she is a historian．

B．Because she was president of Harvard University．

C．Because she was the first woman to be president of Harvard University．

D．Because Harvard has a remarkable past

2.What do we know about historians?

A．They usually study great things that happened in the past．

B．They are usually presidents of universities．

C．They are usually born in well-off families．

D．They are usually women．

3.What does the underlined word “buy” in the fourth paragraph mean?

A．accept　　　　 B．expect　　 C．purchase　　　　 D．afford

4.What did her mother mean by saying “This is a man’s world, my girl．．．”?

A．To encourage her to do man’s work．

B．To tell her to do things as a girl should do．

C．To ask her to be well-off．

D．To expect her to be a historian．

5.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．Faust was born in the north of the US．

B．She wrote a letter to President Eisenhower when she became president of Harvard．

C．Faust’s desire for improvement and willingness to try out new ideas has given her success．

D．Historians just care about great things that happened in the past．

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析