问题 阅读理解
It was on a warm day last summer. I was walking by the sea. The waves came and went. But I didn’t see them. I was lost in my thoughts.
A row of small holes soon caught my eyes. They lay in the sandy earth by the side of a road. In a minute I would have stepped on them.
What are these holes? I wondered. It had an answer soon. A fat, hairy insect crawled up from the earth. It had a wide tail. It was using the tail to dig in the ground.
The insect moved round and round in one spot(地点). Soon it had made another hole. When it was finished, the insect hid at the bottom. It covered its head with sand.
By now my thoughts of the early morning had gone. This new hole and the insect were all my world. So I sat quite still by the side of the road. And I waited.
As I watched, a small ant crossed the road. It passed my foot, and then it crossed the sandy earth. In a little while it reached the edge of the hole. I saw it start to fall in. The ant tried to turn back. But it couldn’t.
And then I knew. I knew why the holes were there. For just then the fat insect came up out of the hole. It ate the ant who was trapped there.
Later I learned the insect’s name. It’s called ant lion. It digs holes to catch ants.
I’ll never forget that day. The holes looked so small to me. But to the ant and the ant lion they were the whole world.
I took my walks by the sea that summer. But I never again learned as much as I did on the one.
小题1: What did the ant lion use to dig holes?
A.Its tailB.Its feet.C.Its headD.Its whole body
小题2: Why did the ant lion hide in the hole?
A.To keep the sun awayB.So no one would catch it.
C.So the ant wouldn’t see itD.To keep warm.
小题3: Why did “I” sit down by the side of the road?
A.To thinkB.To eat her lunch
C.To watch the little holesD.To catch ants.
小题4:Why did the ant lion dig the holes?
A.To play a gameB.To catch its food
C.To hide its eggsD.To hide from its enemy
小题5:Why did “I” never forget that day?
A.Learned somethingB.Had a nice time
C.Saw the ant lion whenever she took a walk
D.Felt sorry for the ant.
答案

ACCBA

综合题

阅读材料,回答问题:

材料一、理查德·桑内特在他的著作《肉体与石头》中将希腊城市概括为“声音的力量”,指出古希腊城市的特点就是通过各种设计让人们发出自己的声音。

材料二、雅典城邦的公民大会会场位于“阿果拉”。宗教生活、司法活动、戏剧表演和商业活动在“阿果拉”举行,甚至知己朋友和哲学家们也在此相聚,相互探讨哲学问题。许多大型的市政建筑物都分列在“阿果拉”周围。议事会厅是雅典城市议事会的召开之所,位于“阿果拉”的西边,在长方形或正方形的建筑内,设有多个小房间,供人们进行讨论;陪审法庭则是雅典的陪审团审判案件的场所,也位于“阿果拉”中,有许多案件在这里进行审判。在“阿果拉”也往往设有开放的柱廊,这里成为人们谈论政治、经营商业、探讨哲学甚至举行会议和审判的场所。

材料三、雅典规定20岁以上男性公民都有资格参加公民大会,城邦的重大事项,诸如战争和媾和、选举官吏、终审法庭诉讼等都要经过公民大会成员举手表决。尽管公民大会不可能每次都由全体公民参加,但是会场一般都座无虚席。大会一般都由祈祷、杀猪献祭仪式开场,与会者可以自由发言或进行激烈辩论,然后再做出决议。正如伯里克利所说:“我们的制度所以名为民主制度,是因为它不是顾全少数人的利益,而是顾全多数人的利益”。为了引导公民做出倾向于自己观点的决议,政治家们充分展示自己的演说才能。而为了清除那些有可能建立僭主政治的人,雅典人天才地发明了  “陶片放逐法”,在公民大会上,公民们可以用陶片投票将其罢职和驱逐。这种方法发明后,僭主西庇阿斯的外孙西帕科斯、显赫家族的麦加克勒斯以及著名政治家阿里斯提德都先后被放逐。

(以上三则材料摘编自赵立行教授在东方讲坛·上海博物馆的讲演《古希腊人的公共生活》)

问:(13分)

(1)推断材料二中的“阿果拉”是什么地方?(1分)

(2)材料三对雅典公民大会的描述反映了雅典民主政治的哪些特征?(2分)

(3)以雅典为例,说说古希腊城市的设计让哪些人发出了自己的声音?那些声音有什么作用和历史意义?(10分)

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