Question

 The ancient city is in Kngyao county,Shanxi Province. The city wall was first built during the Zhou Dynasty. Since 1997，it has been listed as a World Heritage Site. Now Pingyao city is the only one in China completely protected as it was built hundreds of years ago.

  The perimeter(周长)of this square city is 6. 4 km-long and the city wall is the earliest and largest city wall in China. It is 12m-high with a width of 5ms. The wall was built with earth and covered with bricks. Outside the city wall there is a river, 4m-wide and 4m-deep.

  There are several gates of the city，two each on the east and west and one each on the south and north side. All the gates have two doors each. This has given the city the name " Turtle City" with the two gates on the south and north standing for the head and tail of the turtle and four gates on the east and west as the four legs. The doors on the south and north stand opposite each other, like the head of the turtle extending (延伸)out and two wells just beyond southern gate are like a turtle's two eyes.

  Located on the trade route between Beijing and Xi'an，Pingyao developed into a trade center where the local people set up the nation's earliest banks. These banks were the first in China to use checks.

  Several old courtyards have been turned into museums，and most of them are homes and offices of Pingyao's old banks. One of the most unusual aspects(方面)of a visit here is realizing that this place was very important to China's financial(金融的)history.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

(   ) 1. How many gates are there in Pingyao city?

A. Four. B. Five.

C. Six. D. Seven.

(  ) 2. Which gate in Pingyao city stands for the head of the turtle？

A.   The gate on the north.

B.   The gate on the south.

C.   The gate on the east.

D.   The gate on the west.

( ) 3. It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that      

A.    old banks in ancient Pingyao city used checks only

B.    museums in Pingyao city are now used for bank offices

C.    Pingyao city was one of the largest cities in ancient China

D.    Pingyao city played an important role in ancient China's finance

(  ) 4. The passage mainly talks about      

A.   the ancient city—Pingyao

B.   China's ancient financial center—— Pingyao

C.   the city wall of Pingyao

D.   the museums in Pingyao

(  ) 5. What does the writer think of Pingyao?

A.   It's a culture center.

B.   It's a trade center.

C.   It's a place of interest.

D.   It's an ancient capital.

Answer 1

l.C根据第三段首句可推测平遥共有6个门。

2. B根据第三段第三句可知南门代表龟首。

3. D综合分析可知，这两段介绍了平遥在古代中国的商业和金融发展史上的重要地位。

4. A综合分析文章可知，本文主要介绍了平遥这座古城。

5. B从第四段可知，平遥在古代中国发展为贸易中心。