Module 5　课下能力提升(二十)

　　Ⅰ.阅读理解

　　This was something that I'd wanted to do since I turned 10 and began to consider myself "grown up"．Deciding where to go was difficult. I had to pick somewhere small enough that I wouldn't get too lost. This，and the fact that you can drink from age 16, made Venice a good choice for our trip.

　　The absence of cars meant that we were less likely to be run over, and the landmark of the Grand Canal made it easy to find our way around. Venice is small, so everything is within walking distance. My friend, Kat, had been there not long before, and knew the way around a bit.

　　I had planned to eat nothing but chocolate during the holiday. Instead I found myself living on spaghetti. We spent most of our days wandering around without much purpose - I have parents who like to see everything if they stay with me.

　　Our evenings were much the same, only colder. I had believed that we would meet lots of new friends, and maybe even some Italian boys, but being unable to speak a word of the language made this difficult. We found a little square filled with Italian students, but soon realized that they came here not to meet people but to drink wine with their friends. We were less disappointed by this discovery than you would have thought - it turns out that cheap wine makes an excellent replacement for friends. By the close of the second day we paid 6 to go into a church and have a look around. We visited the Peggy Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art the next day. I was surprised to find myself enjoying the art - perhaps because for the first time I hadn't been forced into it.

　　1．Why did the writer choose to travel to Venice?

　　A．Because there was something he wanted to do.

　　B．Because Venice is small and he wouldn't get lost there.

　　C．Because he began to consider himself grown up.

　　D．Because he knew the language spoken there well.

　　2．From the article, we can know that ________.

　　A．the writer liked the art all the time

　　B．the writer didn't like going to the museum before

　　C．the writer went everywhere on foot

　　D．the writer did everything alone

　　3．The writer was disappointed because ________.

　　A．he wandered around without much purpose

　　B．he paid 6 to go into a church

　　C．the Italian boys were not interested in making new friends

　　D．the absence of cars made him less likely to be run over

　　4．How many days did the trip last?

　　A．One day.　　　 B．Two days.

　　C．Three days. D．Four days.

　　Ⅱ.任务型阅读

　　As we all know, different countries have different cultures. The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot. 1.________

　　The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are fostered by rivers - the Yellow River in China and the Hindu River in India. 2.________

Then in Tang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture gradually went overseas to Japan, mixed into the Japanese society and shaped the Japanese culture nowadays. Though a bit different from the Chinese one, it belongs to the same system.