【語篇解讀】 古代瑪雅人的制陶藝術(shù)非常先進。他們除了用陶器裝谷物外，還把

　　陶器看作是祖先和神的象征。

　　1.What do we know from the passage?

　　A.The art of ceramic of the ancient Maya was instructed by gods.

　　B.The Vase of Seven Gods was made by the people of Guatemala.

　　C.The ceramic art of the ancient Maya was the best in the world at that time.

　　D.Naranjo is a well­known city of Guatemala at present.

　　解析　細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段The ancient Maya mastered the art of ceramic in a manner which virtually no other culture did.可知，答案為C。

　　答案　C

　　2.Which of the following is a characteristic of the art of Maya?

　　A.Seven Gods are carved on a vase.

　　B.A vase exhibits highly religious symbols.

　　C.The artist's name is carved on the top of a vase.

　　D.here is a big white rabbit on a vase.

　　解析　推理判解題。根據(jù)第二段Like all art of Maya, this vase exhibits highly religious symbols.可知，答案為B。

　　答案　B

　　3.The ancient Maya used the Flour De Lis vase to________.

　　A.remind them of their ancestors and gods

　　B.hold water and grain or cooked food

　　C.show the importance of new birth and lie

　　D.express people's pure friendship and love

　　解析　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段Ceramics also served as reminders of ancestors and gods. The Flour De Lis Vase is a fine example of this.可推斷，答案為A。

　　答案　A

　　4.Why did the ancient Maya eat maize from the bowl?

　　A.To keep healthy.

　　B.To become God.

　　C.To be blessed by God.

　　D.To be alive for ever.

　　解析　細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段...the ancient Maya thought that as one ate the maize or the body of God from the bowl, they actually became God可知，答案為B。

　　答案　B

　　B

　　Kong Zi, also called Confucius (551-479B.C.), and socrates (469-399 B.C.) lived only a hundred years apart, and during their lifetimes there was no contact between China and Greece, but it is interesting to look at how the world that each of these great philosophers came from shaped their ideas, and how these ideas in turn, shaped their societies.

　　Neither philosopher lived in times of peace, though there were more wars un Greece than in China. The Chinese states were very large and feudal, while the Greek city­states were small and urban. The urban environment in which Socrates lived allowed him to be more radical than Confucius. Unlike Confucius, Socrates was not asked by rules how to govern effectively. Thus, Socrates was able to be more idealistic, focusing on issues like freedom, and knowledge for its own sake. Confucius, on the other hand, advised those in government service, and many of his students went out to government service.

　　Confucius suggested the Golden Rule as a principle for the conduct of life: “Do not do to others what you would not want others to do to you.” He assumed that all men were equal at birth, though some bad more potential than others, and that it was knowledge that set men apart. Socrates focused on the individual, and thought that the greatest purpose of man was to seek wisdom. He believed that the superior class should rule the inferior (下層的) classes.

　　For Socrates, the family was of no importance, and the community of little concern. For Confucius, however, the family was the centre of the society, with family relations considered much more important than political relations.

　　Both men are respected much more today than they were in their lifetimes.

　　【語篇解讀】 本文為說明文，從他們的生長環(huán)境和思想等方面，以對比的手法介紹了孔子和蘇格拉底。

　　5.Which of the following is TURE according to the first paragraph?

　　A.Socrates and Confucius had much in common.

　　B.Confucius had much influence on Socrates' ideas.

　　C.The societies ware influenced by the philosophers'ideas.

　　D.There were cultural exchanges between China and Greece.

　　解析　細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段可知答案“孔子和蘇格拉底的生活年代相隔一百年，而且在他們的有生之年中國和希臘沒有任何聯(lián)系，但是有趣的是，我們能看到這兩位偉大的哲人所來自的世界是如何影響了他們的思想，他們的思想又如何反過來影響了他們的社會�！�

　　答案　C

　　6.Socrates shared with Confucius the idea that________.

　　A.all men were equal when they were born

　　B.the lower classed should be ruled by the upper class

　　C.the purpose of man was to seek freedom and wisdom

　　D.people should not ask others to do what they did not want to

　　解析　細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句“像孔子一樣，他認為上層階級應(yīng)該統(tǒng)治下層階級。”A、D項為孔子的觀點。C項為蘇格拉底的觀點，且文中沒提freedom。

　　答案　B

　　7.What made some people different from others according to Confucius?

　　A.Family. B.Potential.

　　C.Knowledge. D.Community.

　　解析　細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第二句話“他設(shè)想雖然有些人比其他人有更多的潛能，但人生來是平等的，是知識使人不同”可知。

　　答案　C

　　8. This passage is organized in the pattern of________.

　　A.time and events

　　B.comparison and contrast

　　C.cause and effect

　　D.definition and classification

　　解析　推理判斷題。本文各段都是以對比孔子和蘇格拉底的手法寫的。

　　答案　B