完形填空。     Leonardo da Vinci was a great artist. He lived in   1   in the fifteen

完形填空。     Leonardo da Vinci was a great artist. He lived in   1   in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. He painted some
of   2   pictures in the world. Mona Lisa is a good example of his works. He   3   painting Mona Lisa in 1503.
     Da Vinci loved science and   4  . He used darkness and light in a clever way in the painting. And a person
can   5   see that there is a lot of geometry (几何学) in Mona Lisa. The face of Mona Lisa is   6   many circles
and round shapes like balls. Even her   7   can be seen as a small part of a large circle.
     The woman in the painting is   8   on a balcony ( 阳台)? and mountains can be seen behind her. Da Vinci
loved to study rocks and mountains,   9   we can see these in his other paintings.
     The woman is sitting with her knees to the side. He hands are held together  10  her. This way of sitting is
now used by many artists when they are painting a picture of a man or woman.

(     )1. A. China      (     )2. A. less famous (     )3. A. forgot     (     )4. A. math       (     )5. A. early      (     )6. A. used for   (     )7. A. cry        (     )8. A. lying      (     )9. A. so         (     )10. A. under	B. Italy       B. more famous   B. began       B. music       B. easily      B. worked out  B. tears       B. walking     B. but         B. behind	C. Japan             C. the least famous  C. allowed           C. English             C. safely                C. put away          C. smile           C. sitting        C. or                C. next to	D. Canada             D. the most famous           D. remembered         D. chemistry          D. happily              D. made of         D. sadness            D. reading            D. until                D. in front of
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People often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius of his age. There are only a few men in all of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be pleased only because someone said he was a genius. "There is no such thing as genius," Edison said. He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work.      But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them.      Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasure.      Edison could not understand how anyone could not be interested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what idea he had about life. "Work," he answered, "Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier." He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.
1. According to Thomas Edison, what"s genius?
A. Hard thinking. B. Hard work. C. Useful dreams. D. Useful inventions.
2. After exploring the secrets of nature, Edison always tried to _______.
A. write down what he had learnt B. carry out a new experiment C. make them useful in life D. share them with others
3. Edison could not understand _______.
A. how anybody enjoyed life B. how anybody loved working C. why anybody loved thinking D. why anybody was tired of life
4. The last sentence in the passage means that _______.
A. Edison was born to be a great inventor B. Edison was able to live another 100 years C. Edison was ready to make his 100 th invention D. life was too short for Edison to work for human beings
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When Wayne Mix was a child in the 1930s, his family sent him to a school for the deaf and blind. He learned American Sign Language. With American Sign Language, deaf people use their hands to communicate. They can spell words with their fingers, or they can use signs for whole words. Wayne communicated with teachers and friends in sign language. He graduated at the age of 20. In those days, people who were deaf did not get jobs and were not part of the community (社区), so Wayne went back to the family farm. His family did not know sign language, so Wayne communicated a little by making simple motions (手势) with his hands. He was never able to tell them his thoughts and feelings.      Wayne"s father died in 1971. There was no place for Wayne to live, so they sent him to Mountain Meadows nursing home. He was only 51 and much younger and healthier than the other people in the nursing home, but he was treated like the 80 and 90-year-old people because he did not hear or speak. No one knew that Wayne was able to use sign language.      Twenty-nine years passed slowly and silently for Wayne. Then one day he saw a visitor using sign language with her deaf mother during a visit to the nursing home. He walked up to them and signed, "I"m Wayne Mix."      Suddenly everything changed for Wayne. He found many people who knew sign language. These-people communicated through sign language, e-mail, television with subtitles and a special telephone that prints (打印) the words that are spoken. It was a whole new world for Wayne. Now he could tell people his feelings, his needs, and his thoughts.      The people in Wayne"s town were sad about the thousands of days in Wayne"s life when no one knew that he could communicate. They wanted to help Wayne to do some of the things he always wanted to do. The workers at the nursing home found out that as a young man he loved to swim, and" he loved to see pictures of dolphins swimming. When he started signing again, they asked him where he wanted to go. "Water." Wayne signed.      Mountain Meadows workers had an idea. "Let"s send Wayne to Sea World in San Diego. "They told other people in town about their idea. Many people in Wayne" s . town and in other states gave money to help Wayne make the trip. The people at Sea World were very kind to Wayne. They let him swim with the dolphins and help them feed all the sea animals. Newspapers wrote about Wayne, so many people gave money to buy him a special TV and a telephone set. These were things Wayne never knew about before.
1. How did Wayne Mix communicate with his teachers in the school?
A. In American Sign Language. B. By drawing pictures. C. By spelling words on their hands. D. By making simple "motions.
2. Why did Wayne Mix go to live in the nursing home?
A. Because his family moved to another town. B. Because nobody in his family knew the sign language. C. Because his family was not able to provide him a room to live in. D. Because he like to talk with the old people living in the nursing home.
3. How did Wayne"s life change after he met a visitor using sign language in the nursing home?
A. He told the visitor who he was. B. His life stayed the same as before. C. He could send e-mails and make telephones to his new friends. D. He could "talk" with people, telling them his needs and feelings.
4. Why did people feel sad after Wayne began to communicate with others again?
A. Because he was sent to the nursing home at a young age. B. Because he failed to communicate with his family for such a long time. C. Because he was not able to communicate with others while he could. D. Because they were not sure how to look after Wayne later on.
5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Wayne tried to find a job after he graduated from the school but failed. B. Many people gave money to buy Wayne a special TV and a telephone set. C. The nursing home workers sent Wayne to a Sea World to swim. D. Wayne Mix lived in silence all his life though many people helped him.
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Gloria is a famous hostess of a TV station. When she was 15, she happened to walk into a bookstore in her hometown and began looking at the books on the shelves. The man behind the counter, John Smith, asked if she"d like a job. She needed to start saving for college, so she said yes.      Gloria worked after school and during summer vacations, and the job helped pay for her first year of college. During college she would do many other jobs: she served coffee in the student union, was a hotel cleaner and even made maps for the Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most satisfying jobs.      One day a woman came into the bookstore and asked Gloria for books on cancer. The woman seemed anxious. Gloria showed her practically everything they had and found other books they could order. The woman left the store less worried, and Gloria has always remembered the pride (自豪) she felt in having helped her customer (顾客).      Years later, as a television hostess, Gloria heard about a child who was born with problems with his fingers and hand. His family could not afford an operation, and the boy lived in shame, hiding his hand in his pocket all the time.      Gloria persuaded (说服) her boss to agree to let her do the story. After the story was broadcast, some doctors called, offering to perform the operation for free.      Gloria visited the boy in the hospital after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his repaired hand and say, "Thank you." What a sweet sense of satisfaction Gloria felt!      At Smith"s bookstore, Gloria always realized she was working for the customers, not the store. Today it"s the same. The TV station pays her, but she feels that she should work for the people who watch the programmes, helping them understand the world better.
1. When did Gloria get her first job?
A. A few years before college. B. Several years after college. C. When she was studying at college. D. When she was working in the TV station.
2. In which part-time job did Gloria feel the happiest?
A. Cleaning in the hotel. B. Selling books in the bookstore. C. Serving coffee in the student union. D. Making maps for the Forest Service.
3. What does the word "she" in the third paragraph refer to (所指)?
A. The boss. B. The woman. C. Gloria. D. The doctor.
4. How did Gloria help the child get the operation he needed?
A. Her boss agreed to raise money. B. She paid for the operation herself. C. She allowed the boy to show on TV. D. Her news report affected some doctors.
5. What particularly gives her the feeling of pride?
A. Helping people through her work. B. Reporting interesting stories. C. Being able to do different jobs well. D. Paying for her college education herself.
Charles，Isabel，Alex，Tara和Toby五个人都爱好体育。现在他们正打算从事各自喜欢的项目。 请仔细阅读第56--60题中的个人情况说明，然后从A到E的五个项目中，选出符合各人要求的最佳 选项。
1. Charles works in the city center and wants to take up a sport that he can often do during his lunch break.     He enjoys a game in which he can play with his workmate on the desk to relax. 2. Isabel, aged 17, is a Chinese girl who studies in the US now. She never misses any matches played by     Houston Rockets. She hopes to follow in Yao Ming"s steps. 3. Alex likes water sports very much. He is good at showing different styles, such as butterflies, frogs and    so on. Believe it or not, he can dive under water for 2. 5 minutes. 4. Tara comes from America. Now she teaches English in a middle school in Beijing. In her free time, she    would like to go in for a traditional sport so that she can learn more about China. 5. Toby is a student in charge of PE lesson in Riverside Middle School. These days he is training hard for     the coming sport meet. He wants very much to break the school record of 175cm.
A                         B                           C                D                E 1._______2._______3._______4._______5._______
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DENVER, COLORADO-What does it take to be a hero? In the case of live Denver children, it only takes a cry for help. Here"s the story of these five heroes as Gary Lewis, the man they helped, tells it.      "I like to work on my old car. It"s my hobby. I wanted to put a new transmission (传动装置) in the car. I put the car up on blocks (大块木头) because I wanted to get under it. I was trying to get the old transmission out when suddenly the car moved forward and fell off the blocks. It came down on my chest. I couldn"t breathe."      "I tried to shout for help for about five minutes, but I almost could not breathe. Could anyone hear me? Was I going to die? Then all of a sudden I heard some little children from the neighbourhood. They were running to the car and saying,"What happened, sir?""      ""Get help, please. I can"t breathe," I told them. One of the children ran to his house and told his mom to call 911. Then, before I knew what was happening, all of the children were around the car. They used every muscle (肌肉) in their bodies to lift (抬起) the car, and I was able to get out from under it."      Lewis got out from under the car with just a few cuts. He didn"t even have to go to the hospital. "These children are my heroes," he says. "I don"t know how they did it, but I am lucky to be alive."      Raymond Brown, father of two of the children, is very proud of them. "We try to teach them to do the right thing. This shows we"re doing it the right way, I guess," he says.
1. The car fell off the blocks because _____.
A. the children pushed it B. it moved forward by itself C. Gary Lewis moved the blocks D. it was driven by someone.
2. Gary Lewis couldn"t breathe because _____.
A. there was a heavy car on top of him B. he was running very fast C. he had a bad cold D. he was working too hard
3. Lewis was able to get out from under the car when _____.
A. the children worked together to lift it up a little bit B. Raymond Brown came and pulled him out C. he pushed the car forward D. the police came to his help