What places do you want to visit when you visit Beijing? Are you going to visit Tian'anmen Square? Are you going to visit the National Museum of China? Are you going to do shopping in Xidan? Well... these places are all on the same street. That is Chang'an Avenue.

Chang'an Avenue has a history of about 600 years. In Chinese,Chang'an means "long peace and satfety". It is a good name for Chinese people.

In Chinese history, many important events happened on Chang'an Avenue. On May 4,1919 ,more than 3,000 college students came there. They were angry about the government and the Treaty of Versailles(《凡爾賽條約》). All Chinese people knew the important event which happened there on October l,1949. On that day,Chairman Mao stood at the ros- trum(城樓) on Tian'anmen Gate and announced that new China was founded. Every person was excited to hear the words from Chairman Mao.

(　 )16. Chang'an Avenue has a history of about ______years.

A. 300　　　　 B. 500　　　　 C. 600　　　　 D. 900

(　 )17. What does Chang'an mean in Chinese?

　 　A. Long peace and happiness.　 B. Long life and safety.

　 　C. Long peace and safety.　

D. Happiness anti safety.

(　 )18. Why were the students angry?

　 　A. Because the government wanted the students Io do that.　

B. Because the government kept the students waiting for long.

　 　C. Because they hated the government and the Treaty of Versailles.

　 　D. Because they supported the government and the Treaty of Versailles.

(　 )19. When people heard of the words from Chairman Mao, they felt______.

　 　A. excited　　　　　　　　　　 B. pleased

　 C. disappointed　　　 　　　　 D. interested

(　 )20. What's the main idea of the passage?

A. It's about Chang'an Avenue.

　 B. It's about the capital of China.

C. It's about the history of Beijing.

D. It's about interesting places in Beijing.