Unit 6 Ancient stories 知识点题库

— No pains, no gains.

    Tolstoy, the great Russian writer, liked to walk about in a railway station near his home. One day when he was walking up and down as usual, looking at people getting on and off the 1, he heard a lady 2 after him, “Hey, you old fellow, go and fetch my handbag in the 3  room which I left there.”

    Tolstoy 4 there. He 5 the bag up and walked quickly along the platform (站台）. At the same time the lady was waiting beside the carriage, looking  6. When at last the old man gave the bag back to her, she opened it to 7 sure nothing was missing. “Good, old man,” said the woman. “You are just as 8 as I hope. Here you are.” Tolstoy 9 the coin and put it into his pocket with a smile.

    But the woman was very 10 when she heard that he was Tolstoy, the author (作者）of the great novel WAR AND PEACE. How interesting it was!

    Library of Congress (国会）is in the United States. This library is the largest library in the world. It is 3 stories high and the book shelves in it are 500 kilometers long.

    Resources

    The library has a large collection of resources like newspapers，magazines, CDs, videos and CD-ROMs. There are also many rooms for people to meet each other or listen to music. It also has a language learning center. It gets 2,000 questions a day, and some can be answered in a few minutes. Some need more time, sometimes a few months. All workers in the library use computers to help them.

    How to join

    If you are a middle school or above, then you can come to the library and fill in a form. Don't forget to bring your ID card. You must be an American and live in the United States.

    If you have time, come along to America and take a look around for yourself!

你可以这样开始：Li Lan is writing to Mary about...

Answer:

This pair of shoes is very nice its colour.

—OK.

L=Li Ming P=Peter

L: Hello. Peter.

P: Hello, Li Ming. You look very happy today. Why?

L:

P: Wonderful! But I know little about it Do you often have this race?

L:  We have it to celebrate our Dragon Boat Festival. We don't need to go to school on that day.

P: We don't have such a festival in England.

L: Yes, it is. We also eat a kind of special food.

L:  My mum can make some for you.

P: That's very kind of you!

    Zheng He was an amazing man. He was born in 1371. Ten years later, he was caught by the army of a rich young man called Zhu Di and made to work for him. Over time the rich man saw that Zheng He was very clever and strong and they became close friends. In 1403 Zhu Di became the king of China and he asked Zheng He to join his government.

    The king wanted to learn more about the world and show other countries his power. He ordered many new ships to be built and made Zheng He their leader. Between 1405 and 1433, Zheng He led some sea trips to different parts of the world. He certainly travelled to India, Africa and the Middle East. A few people think his ships have even reached South America and Australia.

    Each trip lasted more than one year and it is believed he sailed more than 50,000 kilometres during the years of his travels. Zheng He led a fleet with about 28, 000 men and over 250 ships, such as boats for food, water and even soldiers horses.

    On these trips he took many Chinese goods like silk and medicine with him to give to foreign kings or to sell for local goods. He returned from each trip with boats which were filled with expensive things such as gold and treasures, foreign guests and strange animals like a giraffe.

    It is a pity that we may never learn everything about Zheng He's travels. The Columbus of the East, Zheng He, died in 1433. After that. The new king had these trips stopped and he burned almost all the books about Zheng He's travels, because he believed the trips were unlucky and too expensive. It is only in the last 50 years that historians have begun to carefully study the adventures of great Zheng He.

—I'll have a party and I hope you can come to my party.

is that he is too lazy.