Ⅰ.阅读理解
Garden building is considered an important part of Chinese culture.Some people say that if you have never walked through a Chinese garden, you cannot say that you have really visited China.
Traditional Chinese gardens are located in North China in such places as the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City. In larger imperial gardens, the main buildings are connected by an imaginary line in the middle on the northsouth axis (轴). Other features of imperial gardens are coloured paintings, manmade hills and lakes.
Most private gardens are found in the south, especially in cities south of the Yangtze River. Private gardens were mostly built at one side or at the back of houses. Around the beautiful scene are small open areas with beautiful shaped doors through which visitors can enjoy sights. They are open on all sides and are often near water so that the whole scene can be enjoyed. Suzhou，known as home to gardens, displays the most and the best Chinese traditional private gardens. Different parts of it are examples of the garden styles of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
The landscape gardens contain a number of pleasant natural scenes and some fairy tales. The ancient Chinese used to call the garden landscape “Jing”， which means “Scene” in English. Good examples include the ten West Lake scenes in Hangzhou, the twentyfour Slim West Lake scenes in Yangzhou and the eight Daming Lake scenes in Jinan.
语篇大意：本文主要介绍了中国的园林建筑，风格各异，特色万千，都是中国园林文化中不可缺少的一部分。
1．The passage mainly tells about ________.
A．an important part of Chinese culture
B．the characteristics of different styles of Chinese garden buildings
C．where foreigners can find Chinese gardens
D．how to appreciate Chinese gardens
答案：B
解析：主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本篇文章组织有序，每一段都有鲜明的主题句来表达每段的主题思想，即：各种风格的中国园林的特色。
2．Which of the following is NOT a feature of imperial gardens?
A．There is an imaginary northsouth axis in the middle of gardens.
B．There are manmade hills and lakes in the gardens.
C．They were built because of some fairy tales.
D．They have coloured paintings.
答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据文章第二段可知，其中A、B、D三项都是文中提到的皇家园林的特点，只有C项不是。
3．In the third paragraph, the underlined word “They” refers to________.
A．private gardens B．beautiful scenes
C．the houses D．rivers and lakes
答案：A
解析：词义猜测题。通过对“They”这个词所在的上下文进行分析可知，该词指的是私人园林。
4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Chinese people often invite foreigners to visit a Chinese garden.
B．The landscape gardens reflect different styles of Song，Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
C．People enjoy private gardens more than other two styles.
D．All three kinds of gardens make up important parts of Chinese culture which is appreciated by the people all over the world.
答案：D
解析：推理判断题。文中讲到各种园林各有特点，都是中国园林文化不可缺少的一部分，故D项正确。
