【语篇解读】 古代玛雅人的制陶艺术非常先进。他们除了用陶器装谷物外，还把
陶器看作是祖先和神的象征。
1.What do we know from the passage?
A.The art of ceramic of the ancient Maya was instructed by gods.
B.The Vase of Seven Gods was made by the people of Guatemala.
C.The ceramic art of the ancient Maya was the best in the world at that time.
D.Naranjo is a wellknown city of Guatemala at present.
解析 细节理解题。根据第一段The ancient Maya mastered the art of ceramic in a manner which virtually no other culture did.可知，答案为C。
答案 C
2.Which of the following is a characteristic of the art of Maya?
A.Seven Gods are carved on a vase.
B.A vase exhibits highly religious symbols.
C.The artist's name is carved on the top of a vase.
D.here is a big white rabbit on a vase.
解析 推理判解题。根据第二段Like all art of Maya, this vase exhibits highly religious symbols.可知，答案为B。
答案 B
3.The ancient Maya used the Flour De Lis vase to________.
A.remind them of their ancestors and gods
B.hold water and grain or cooked food
C.show the importance of new birth and lie
D.express people's pure friendship and love
解析 推理判断题。根据第三段Ceramics also served as reminders of ancestors and gods. The Flour De Lis Vase is a fine example of this.可推断，答案为A。
答案 A
4.Why did the ancient Maya eat maize from the bowl?
A.To keep healthy.
B.To become God.
C.To be blessed by God.
D.To be alive for ever.
解析 细节理解题。根据第四段...the ancient Maya thought that as one ate the maize or the body of God from the bowl, they actually became God可知，答案为B。
答案 B
B
Kong Zi, also called Confucius (551-479B.C.), and socrates (469-399 B.C.) lived only a hundred years apart, and during their lifetimes there was no contact between China and Greece, but it is interesting to look at how the world that each of these great philosophers came from shaped their ideas, and how these ideas in turn, shaped their societies.
Neither philosopher lived in times of peace, though there were more wars un Greece than in China. The Chinese states were very large and feudal, while the Greek citystates were small and urban. The urban environment in which Socrates lived allowed him to be more radical than Confucius. Unlike Confucius, Socrates was not asked by rules how to govern effectively. Thus, Socrates was able to be more idealistic, focusing on issues like freedom, and knowledge for its own sake. Confucius, on the other hand, advised those in government service, and many of his students went out to government service.
Confucius suggested the Golden Rule as a principle for the conduct of life: “Do not do to others what you would not want others to do to you.” He assumed that all men were equal at birth, though some bad more potential than others, and that it was knowledge that set men apart. Socrates focused on the individual, and thought that the greatest purpose of man was to seek wisdom. He believed that the superior class should rule the inferior (下层的) classes.
For Socrates, the family was of no importance, and the community of little concern. For Confucius, however, the family was the centre of the society, with family relations considered much more important than political relations.
Both men are respected much more today than they were in their lifetimes.
【语篇解读】 本文为说明文，从他们的生长环境和思想等方面，以对比的手法介绍了孔子和苏格拉底。
5.Which of the following is TURE according to the first paragraph?
A.Socrates and Confucius had much in common.
B.Confucius had much influence on Socrates' ideas.
C.The societies ware influenced by the philosophers'ideas.
D.There were cultural exchanges between China and Greece.
解析 细节理解题。根据第一段可知答案“孔子和苏格拉底的生活年代相隔一百年，而且在他们的有生之年中国和希腊没有任何联系，但是有趣的是，我们能看到这两位伟大的哲人所来自的世界是如何影响了他们的思想，他们的思想又如何反过来影响了他们的社会。”
答案 C
6.Socrates shared with Confucius the idea that________.
A.all men were equal when they were born
B.the lower classed should be ruled by the upper class
C.the purpose of man was to seek freedom and wisdom
D.people should not ask others to do what they did not want to
解析 细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句“像孔子一样，他认为上层阶级应该统治下层阶级。”A、D项为孔子的观点。C项为苏格拉底的观点，且文中没提freedom。
答案 B
7.What made some people different from others according to Confucius?
A.Family. B.Potential.
C.Knowledge. D.Community.
解析 细节理解题。根据第三段第二句话“他设想虽然有些人比其他人有更多的潜能，但人生来是平等的，是知识使人不同”可知。
答案 C
8. This passage is organized in the pattern of________.
A.time and events
B.comparison and contrast
C.cause and effect
D.definition and classification
解析 推理判断题。本文各段都是以对比孔子和苏格拉底的手法写的。
答案 B
