Question

  Shanghai is a modern city. It likes new things. However, Shanghai is also a city with a hundred years' 1 So there is a question* if Shanghai likes new things，what should it do with 2 things?

The government thinks a modern city should have both old and new things. The Waibaidu Bridge is an example. People built it over one hundred years ago. When it 3 , the government decided to spend a lot of money rebuilding(重建)it. The government did this 4            it believed that the city needed to remember its history.

There are also some people working to 5         historical (歷史性的)things. Jeffrey Wong is one of them. When he retired (退休) from Canada ， he 6 to Shanghai ， his hometown ， and started to collect old houses. He believed that old houses were a( n) 7 part of Chinese history so he tried his best to save them. He took the materials of the old houses to other places and 8 them.

You can also help to remember the past. Get a 9 and take photos of old things. Ask old people to tell you stories about Shanghai's 10  . It is really an interesting thing.

(   ) 1. A. skills    B. progress

      C. history    D. time

(   ) 2. A. poor    B. old

        C. dirty    D. bad

(   ) 3. A. fell down    B. made up

      C. set up    D. fell off

(   ) 4. A. if    B. though

      C. because    D. so

(   ) 5. A. find    B. hide

      C. save    D. hold

(   ) 6. A. walked    B. returned

       C. wrote    D. traveled

(   ) 7.A. important    B. simple

      C. difficult    D. small

(   ) 8. A. dropped    B. bought

      C. cleaned    D. sold

(   ) 9. A. bell    B. present

      C. camera    D. radio

(   ) 10. A. past    B. pictures

       C. plans    D. future

Answer 1

1. C

2. B本句意為"上海喜歡新事物，那么怎么處理舊的東西呢？"

3. A fall down意為"倒塌"。

4. C

5. C save意為"挽救"。

6. B return to意為"回到某地"。

7. A

8. C

9. C

10. A本句意為"讓老年人告訴你一些關(guān)于上海過去的故事"。