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Milan （米兰）is an old city with a long history．It was set up about 2，400 years ago．Milan lies in the north of Italy．It is the second largest city in Italy．Another famous city，Venice（威尼斯），is to the east of Milan．Milan is often covered in a thick blanket of fog．There are more than 300，000 people in Milan．And it is also the biggest business center．There are two international airports in the city，and many main roads meet here．Milan is also one of the cultural centers in Italy．Leonardo da Vinci（达•芬奇）workd Milan from 1482 to 1499．The last Supper，one of his most famous paintings，was created in Milan．It can still be found here．Today，Milan atracts more and more visitors．Tourists from home and abroad can be seen here and there．If you have a chance，you can choose to visit Milan．

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It may be hard to believe，but the American Revolution（革命）﹣the war that freed the American states from British control﹣began over a cup of tea．Tea was not the only thing that caused the war，of course，but it played a very big part．

The British people's love of tea is well﹣known．When the British won control over mush of North America in the early 1700s，they brought their tea﹣drinking habits with them．Tea quickly became the continents most popular drink．As tea could not be grown locally，just as in Britain，it was shipped into the country﹣mostly from India．

In the early 1700s，the Britain government made a special deal with the East India Company，as an English trading company．They agreed that no other company was allowed to bring tea to Britain or any country controlled by Britain，including America．It was a great deal for the East India Company，since it meant that the company could decide whatever price it wanted for its products．And it always decided on a high price!

In North America，the local people did not like having to pay such high prices．Instead of overpaying for tea from the British，they turned to Dutch traders，who secretly brought tea to the country that was just as good﹣and much less expensive．Although this broke the law，the American people didn't care．They got the same cup of tea at a much lower price．

The East India Company，however，didn't like this at all．By the 1760s，they were losing millions of pounds each year to Dutch traders﹣a huge amount of money in a time when￡60a year was considered a good income．Instead of reducing their prices to compete with the Dutch，the company asked the British government for help and the government agreed．

In 1767，the British introduced new law that increased the prices of all goods which were brought into America．These laws helped make the East India Company even richer and forced local people to pay much more for everything．The American leaders asked the British government not to do so，but the British refused to listen．These unfair laws increased Americans'anger about British rule and the rest，as they say，is history．

31．In the early 1700s where did most tea drunk in America come from？ 　　

A．	China
B．	India
C．	America
D．	Britain

32．The underlined word"it"in Paragraph 3refers to 　　．

A．	the tea maker
B．	the American government
C．	the British government
D．	the East India Company

33．Why did may Americans begin to buy tea from the Dutch traderfs？ 　　

A．	The tea was much cheaper．
B．	The tea was a lot healthier．
C．	They could buy it more easily．
D．	They didn't want to support the British．

34．What did the East India Company do to stop losing money？ 　　

A．	It reduced the price of its tea．
B．	It improved the taste of its tea．
C．	It introduced a new kind of tea．
D．	It asked the British government for help．

35．What is the passage mainly about？ 　　

A．	Tea trade in eighteenth﹣century America．
B．	The relationship between America and Britain．
C．	A reason for the start of the American Revolutionary War．
D．	The introduction of British tea﹣drinking habits into America．

Wuzhen in Zhejiang is a peaceful water town．Its old houses have made it a place of interest．But last December，more than

2000 special guests，including state leaders，government officials and Internet businessmen，got together there．They were not there for trip．Wuzhen was chosen as the home of the World Internet Conference （WIC）and the second yearly WIC was held there from Dec.16 to 18，2015．

"Because it is beautiful，"explained the BBC．"It shows one of the event's big ideas：the Internet is a thing of beauty that should be shared by all human．And Wuzhen is held together

by rivers and crossed by many stone bridges．These make it similar to the Internet，too．

The key reason is the place's great use of the Internet﹣Wuzhen shows the world what a Chinese smart town looks like．A smart town uses modern technology to make all its services

better．

Wuzhen had 2 700 Wi﹣Fi signal spots then，covering almost every corner of the town．Leaving home without a wallet is just fine because online payment is encouraged in most shops．

Wuzhen also built 26 free bike rental（租赁）spots．A bike in Wuzhen can be rented simply with a smart phone．Wuzhen's public services aren't the only developing things．People's lives in Wuzhen also become smart．An online home﹣care system was put in nearly 2 000 older people's homes．Nurses will come to them right now with the help of the smart system．

61．What did 2 000 special guests arrive in Wuzhen for？ 　　

A．	Traveling．
B．	The peaceful water town．
C．	Business．
D．	The World Interne't Conference．

62．What does the BBC think of the Internet in the passage？ 　　

A．	Something like rivers．
B．	Some thing beautiful．
C．	Something like stone bridges．
D．	Some place s for traveling．

63．According to the passage we can infer （推断）that in Wuzhen 　　

A．	olde T people can be taken good care of
B．	people must go shopping with their wallets
C．	it is impossible for them to use the smart phone
D．	people can own the free bike with their smart phone

64．Why did they choose Wuzhen to hold the second yearly WIC？ 　　

A．	Stone bridges．
B．	Wi﹣Fi signal spots．
C．	Smart town services．
D．	Online home﹣care system．

65．Which is the best title for the passage？ 　　

A．	Wuzhen Gets Smart
B．	A Smart City
C．	The Most Modern Town．
D．	A Place of Interest．

Tea has a long history with more than two thousand years．It's hometown is certainly China．

At first tea was considered as a kind of good thing that could make people awake so that they could study comfortably．Many knowledgeable people thought it was helpful for their study，because their minds could keep awake after drinking too much tea．During Tang Dynasty，tea was sent to European countries first through the Silk Road．It was tea that made Chinese culture spread over in western countries．The first book about tea was The Classic of Tea by Lu Yu in Tang Dynasty．In the book，he described all the tea cultures．

However，the tea culture changed into a kind of new form Many people could ind something bad in i in Song Dynasty．Many people spent much time on it instead of thinking about the safety of their country Between the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty，plenty of people paid more attention to tea．People thought of it as the symbol of the spirit．

Nowadays，tea has become the mod gentleand comfortable drink in France．It also becomes a Helpful dink that in good for people's skin and health in England．Lots of Chinese look on tea as one of the most popular presents that they give others on important festivals．

56．Whatdidmanykowlcdgablepeoplehiakodteawhenitwsinventedatfist？ 　　

A．	Useless
B．	Difficult．
C．	Meaningless
D．	Helpful．

57．When Was tea spreed to European countries for the first time？ 　　

A．	In Tang Dynasty．
B．	In Yuan Dynasty
C．	In Song Dynasty．
D．	In Qing Dynasty．

58．Between the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty，tea was regarded as a 　　

A．	a kind of dink
B．	the symbol of the spirit
C．	C kind of culture
D．	a kind of git

59．What's the meaning of the underlined word"gentle"？ 　　

A．	A 速溶的
B．	凉爽的
C．	C 刺激的
D．	温和的

60．Which of the following about tea is true according to the passage？ 　　

A．	Lu Yu was born in Song Dynasty．
B．	Tea was invented in England
C．	Englishmen think tea is a kind of healthy drink
D．	Frenchmen like to give tea to others as presents．