考試報(bào)-9年級(jí).

1、 很久以前，瑪雅文化繁盛一時(shí)，雖然失落了，但很久以前，瑪雅文化繁盛一時(shí)，雖然失落了，但是仍給我們留下了很多神秘的東西。讓我們一起了解是仍給我們留下了很多神秘的東西。讓我們一起了解一下瑪雅文化吧！一下瑪雅文化吧！ In 1841, a book was published which amazed the world. It was called “Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan (恰帕斯、尤卡坦旅行恰帕斯、尤卡坦旅行事件事件)”. The author John Loud Stephens had just

2、 returned from a long, difficult and dangerous journey through the thick rainforest of southern Mexico and Guatemala. He had once been there with Frederick Catherwood, an architect and artist, to search for the remains of a lost civilization known as the Mayas. Very little was known about the Mayas

3、at that time, but Catherwoods drawing in the book showed unbelievable cities with temples, pyramids and other buildings as impressive as those of their northern neighbours, the Aztecs. These cities, however, were abandoned (遺棄遺棄). The citizens had disappeared almost a thousand years before. Since th

4、at time, far more has been learned about this outstanding civilization. The Mayas had a highly developed system of government and of agriculture, as well as an extremely accurate system of measuring time. They were also wonderful engineers capable of moving huge blocks of stone long distances and cu

5、tting them to accurate shapes and sizes. And yet although the Mayas knew about the wheel, they never used it. Neither did they use metals other than copper (銅銅). What is even more surprising is that they suddenly abandoned many of their cities and built new ones in the jungle. Some time around AD900

6、, the Mayan civilization collapsed (崩潰崩潰). By the year 1200, their last great capital, Chichen Itza, was deserted. Who were these strange people and the even stranger gods they worshipped (崇拜崇拜)? What brought about their sudden and mysterious (神秘的神秘的) collapse? Some writers have tried to prove that

7、the Mayas had contact with visitors from space and even that they themselves came from another planet. Some people believe that their civilization came to an end because the Mayas never developed a proper resistance (抵抗抵抗) to local germs (病菌病菌) and diseases. All we really know is that when the first

8、 Europeans appeared off their coast in 1517, this great and mysterious culture was only a memory. Foreign tourists wore costumes (服裝服裝) similar to those worn by emperors during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and danced at Jingshan Park in the centre of Beijing last month. “China has overtaken Spain on

9、 the list of the worlds top tourism destinations, becoming the third largest attraction,” a senior tourism official said at the weekend. Chinas appearance in the top three was its first. It followed France, which had 78.95 million arrivals, and the United States, which had 60.88 million, according t

10、o the United Nations World Tourism Organization. The Pudong New Area plans to build new commercial facilities and revamp (改建改建) two traditional towns near Shanghai Disneyland. In the next five years they will increase tourism by keeping amusement park visitors on its side of the Huangpu River. Other

11、 facilities, such as a shopping centre that will include the countrys biggest outlet mall, are also listed on Pudongs new commercial development plan. The government plans to remove the rice paddies around the future Disneyland site and build high-end tourist sites with a“l(fā)ocal flavour” to keep amus

12、ement park guests in Pudong. 倫敦掀起了一場(chǎng)自行車運(yùn)動(dòng)來緩解上下班高倫敦掀起了一場(chǎng)自行車運(yùn)動(dòng)來緩解上下班高峰期的交通壓力。倫敦交通局（峰期的交通壓力。倫敦交通局（Transport for London）希望這一新的交通改革能徹底改變市民）希望這一新的交通改革能徹底改變市民和游客在倫敦出行的方式。和游客在倫敦出行的方式。 In London, there is always a lot of traffic. To solve this problem, the government has decided to have a bike revolution. It

13、 has decided to provide 6,000 bikes for the local people to rent. This activity aims to make people ride bikes more so as to deal with the traffic problem. So far, more than 12,000 people have accepted the idea. Some of them ask for more than one key. Although there are not enough bikes for these pe

14、ople, Transport for London said that people would not face a shortage (短缺短缺). People can get these bikes at special docking stations (對(duì)接站對(duì)接站). There are about 315 docking stations across the city. More than 12,450 keys have already been handed out to the locals, but only 6,000 keys can be used now. One key costs 3, and the cost of using the bike is 1 for an hour. The cost per hour increases as the hours increase, so it will cost 50 if you rent th