In the middle of Jiangsu province, Yangzhou is an important city in the economic circle of the Yangtze River delta(三角洲). It is m  【小题1】 up of three cities of Baoying, Gaoyou, and Yizheng, three districts of Hanjiang, Guangling and Jiangdu. It has an area of 6,638 square kilometers and a population of 4.6 million, i  【小题2】  the central area of 1,100 square kilometers with a population of 1.31 million.
Yangzhou is a cultural city with a long history and rich c  【小题3】. It has a long history of about 2,500 years since King Fu Chai of Wu dug Hangou and built Hancheng. There were three g 【小题4】 times in the history of Yangzhou. It took shape in the Han Dynasty, developed in the Tang Dynasty and reached its top in the Qing Dynasty. A number of politicians, writers and a 【小题5】 such as Li Bai, Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty and Ouyang Xiu and Su Dongpo of the Song Dynasty all served as officials or went sightseeing there and l 【小题6】 many poems describing the beauty of Yangzhou. "Eight eccentrics of Yangzhou", Yangzhou school and Yangzhou opera all enjoy special qualities. In h 【小题7】, Yangzhou was a famous and open city. In the Tang dynasty, it is the biggest city in Southeast China and one of the four ports(港口) that conducted economic and cultural exchanges with other c 【小题8】. Over 10 thousand foreign businessmen lived in Yangzhou then. Master Jianzhen went eastward to Japan to s【小题9】 China’s culture.
Yangzhou is a friendly and beautiful city suitable for people to live in. Such famous well-known sayings as “In this flowery March journeyed south to Yangzhou”, “The green city is Yangzhou”, “Only Yangzhou is suitable for people to l 【小题10】 in” give true expression to Yangzhou. In 2006, it was awarded the United Nations Habitat Award, the highest prize in the area of global habitat.

补全对话（10分）

Yangmei:  Hi,Laura!___51____

Laura:  Oh,I’ve been to many places,such as Xi’an, Hangzhou,Shanghai,Guilinand Tibet.

Yang Mei:  ___52_______

Laura:     Really? What places have you been to?

Yang Mei:  I’ve only been to Pingyao.

Laura:    ___53________

Yang Mei:  It’s in Shanxi.It’s a small place,but it has a long history.It’s one of the oldest towns in China.There you can see a well-known city wall.

Laura:     __54_______I’ve just seen a lot of natural beauties,but not much old Chinese culture yet.

Yang Mei:  ____55________

51.________  52.________  53_______  54______  55.________

“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life. “said Dr. Johnson. You can never be bored in London, because there is so much to do.

	1. The most modern place to watch a film is the London IMAX cinema, just south of the River Thames. It has a huge screen, 20m high and 26m wide.
	2. The Music house is a great place to listen to music. Most of the young people always have a great time there on the weekends.
	3. To enjoy the river, the best plan is to take a boat trip to Greenwich Maritime Museum. You'll see famous ships, and fantastic sights along the river.
	4. Harrod's is London's most famous shop, but young people think Camden market is the place to go shopping because it's cheaper and more fun.
	5. There are plenty of chances to try new food. London's restaurants have food from all over the world. Go to Chinatown for delicious food.

Entering a university is an important part of a person’s life. Today, many people go to study and train for a future job in subjects like law (法律), medicine or education. But the university is not a modern invention. It has a history that is over a thousand years.

The world’s oldest university, AL-Azhar, is in Cario, Egypt. It was first built as a mosque for religion (宗教寺院) in A.D.972. A few years later, learners and teachers began meeting in the mosque. They read and talked about the subject of law. Around 988, leaders in the city of Cario decided to open up a school for higher learning and the University of AL-Azhar was founded.
At AL-Azhar, there were many university ‘firsts’. Different subjects were set up. The earliest ones taught at AL-Azhar were in law and religion. In a course, students read and studied with the teacher, but there was also free discussion. Often, students and teachers talked about a topic (题目), and there was no ‘right’ answer. Finally, famous teachers from around the world came to AL-Azhar to teach and do deep studies on the subjects they were interested in. At the university, people studied the past, but it was also a place for exchanging new ideas.

Over a thousand years later, AL-Azhar is still an important university in the world. Its library keeps more than 250,000 of the world’s oldest and most valuable (有价值的) books. Today, many of the world’s most important universities such as Oxford and Harvard still follow the traditions started at AL-Azhar.
【小题1】From the first paragraph（段落） we know that _________.