扬州2015-2016学年高三第一学期英语期末考试试卷

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　　The Toltec---as they were now called ---began to know great abundance and enjoy the

　　generous gifts of the land, as had been foretold by Quetzalcoatl.

　　“He has great powers.He has made us rich.We have not known hunger since he arrived.Where he places his eyes and hands,everything is abundance and beauty.”

　　They were happy, they were proud. At that time they all still worked at the jobs Quetzalcoatl assigned to them.

　　Tula grew. People came from far away to admire its growth. Many asked permission to settle down and enjoy its abundance,which was distributed according to the needs of the people.

　　Topiltzin was in charge of distributing the riches,under the orders of Quetzalcoatl, so that no one would want. They were all content because they all had more than they had ever had. Many worked.They were busy all day.

　　Quetzalcoatl had spent six years among the Toltecs. The house for the heart of the people was almost finished and the granaries full when he decided.

　　“There is prosperity(繁荣)and abundance in all the land.Let us extend it beyond the mountains.We shall go to the land of the Chichimecs.It is time to take my mission to them. I shall make them better,I shall make them live together,I shall gather them in towns,I shall teach them to till the land and to build their homes."

　　"Let us leave them in their land as they are now ,"Topiltzin argued,"They are savages(野蛮人);their life is violent and disorderly.They move freely,like the wind in the mountains and the plains,with nothing to keep them.Leave them where they are.There is much that we must do in our own land.

　　"I do not belong to this land alone.They are all my brothers,I am to give all of them, I shall look for them. I shall take the gods of Tula to them,"Quetzalcoatl said.

　　"Think carefully about what we shall do.You do not know them.They do not understand words. They are like savage animals,like jaguars," Topiltzin insisted.

　　"I shall go,"said Quetzalcoatl."My life must be accomplished.This time you will not accompany me because you do not have the will to go.I shall leave soon with some of my followers."

　　"Do not go with so few people! I shall accompany you with skillful warriors who are used

　　to killing Chichimecs and avoiding their traps." Topiltzin insisted.

　　"I am not going there with violence. I shall go to them as I came here,to take them the gifts of life and the doctrine of sin and redemption(原罪与救赎)."

　　"You have not spoken of sin and redemption for a long time," Tattle remarked. He had been listening attentively to the dialogue,and was then close to seventeen years of age."You have not come near the Tree you planted in the square in a long time.The Tree has no shoots,it has not grown,it looks sad and lonely."

　　"During this time,Tattle,I have often thought of it.There was confusion in my spirit.Now the Tree orders me to spread good in other lands,to make other brothers happy. It will soon have shoots."

　　66. This reading passages is most probably an account of _________________.

　　A. history B.politics C. a contemporary life D. a myth or legend

　　67.From the passage,which of the following statements in Not true?

　　A. The city of Tula owed its growth to Quetzalcoatl

　　B. Quetzalcoatl believed he had been entrusted with a sacred mission

　　C. the followers will persuade him not to go to the land of the Chichimecs

　　D.Quetzalcoatl's Tree was a symbol for him and the Toltecs

　　68.Accroding to the paasage,the prosperity of Tula________________.

　　A.was due to Toltecs's godlike behavior

　　B. occurred prior to Quetzalcoatl's appearance

　　C. was a relatively recent development

　　D.was yet to be established

　　69. When Tattle refers to Quetzalcoatl's Tree,saying that the Tre is ”sad and lonely“，he means that __________________.

　　A.the Tree is near its death

　　B.Quetzalcoatl has forgotten the Tree's significance

　　C. the Toltecs have ignored the Tree

　　D. there should have been celebrations around the Tree

　　70.The "shoots"mentioned in the last paragraph refer to ____.

　　A.the spread of Quetzalcoatl's beliefs to other areas

　　B. the Tree's growing roots and branches yet to develop

　　C.the Toltecs outlying settlements

　　D. the "savage animals,like jaguars"