In 1608, an Englishman named Thomas traveled in Italy. He liked the country and 1 down everything
interesting. But he found one thing 2 interesting than the others. In his diary Thomas wrote: " 3 the
Italians eat meat, they use small forks. They do not eat with their hands because, as they say, people do not
always have 4 hands."
Before he went back to England, Thomas bought a few 5 .
At home Thomas had a dinner party to show the forks to his friends. When the steak (牛排) was brought
out, he took out a fork and wanted to 6 the steak as the Italians did in Italy. His friends were 7 when
they saw this. He told them what the fork was. They all said that Italians were very strange people because
the fork was not easy to use at all. Thomas tried to prove that his friends were 8 , so he began to show
that it was easy to use the fork. But the first 9 of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor. His friends
began to 10 at him and he had to take the fork away.
People in England began to use forks only fifty years later. |
( )1. A. broke
( )2. A. less
( )3. A. Why
( )4. A. clean
( )5. A. knives
( )6. A. use
( )7. A. worried
( )8. A. honest
( )9. A. piece
( )10. A. scream | B. wrote
B. much
B. When
B. big
B. dishes
B. eat
B. bored
B. correct
B. kilo
B. look | C. went
C. even
C. Which
C. dirty
C. forks
C. make
C. tired
C. wrong
C. pound
C. shout | D. put
D. more
D. Where
D. safe
D. plates
D. cut
D. surprised
D. clever
D. packet
D. laugh |
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| 任务型阅读。 | Julia Hill, an American woman, was born in 1974. She was 23 years old when she discovered that a
company wanted to cut down part of a forest in California. In the forest there were lots of redwood trees.
One of the trees was 70 metres tall and 1,000 years old.
Julia wasn"s happy about this. She traveled to California and climbed up the tree. If I sit in the tree,"
she said, "the company can"t cut it down." At the beginning, Julia planned to stay in the tree for two weeks.
She lived in a small treehouse and her friends were very helpful-they cooked food for her every day. She
used her mobile phone to talk to her family and to news reporters. She stayed in the tree day and night.
Environmental organizations supported her, but other people weren"t on her side and they tried to stop
her. The company used a helicopter that stayed near her treehouse for a long time. The helicopter was
very noisy and there was a lot of wind. Julia didn"t like it, but she stayed in the tree.
In the end, she was successful. The company agreed not to cut down the redwood. Finally, after two
years and eight days in the tree, Julia Hill climbed down and walked on the ground again. She and her
friends were very happy.
1. How tall and how old was the tree Julia Hill stayed in?
The tree was _____ tall and _____ old.
2. 将画线句子翻译成汉语。
__________________________________________________.
3. 判断正误。
( ) The company agreed not to cut down the redwood.
4. How long did Julia Hill stay in the tree?
__________________________________________________.
5. Why did Julia Hill stay in the tree?
__________________________________________________. | | 完形填空。 | Many objects that people use each day started with a simple idea. These objects have often changed
the way we 1 . Some help us to do a job more 2 . Others fill a need or solve a problem.
In 1858, Lipman had such an 3 . He took out a pencil, a piece of paper, 4 an eraser. Then he
began to write. Sometimes he needed to 5 a word. Each time he had to search under his books and
papers to 6 the eraser." I wish my eraser would stay in one 7 !" he said.
Then Lipman had his simple idea. He 8 a groove (凹槽) in one end of the pencil. He glued (粘牢)
the eraser into the groove. Lipman had solved his problem. Later he thought that others might like to have
such a pencil. So he sold his 9 . Some pencils with erasers were 10 . His design earned $ 100000. | ( )1. A. study
( )2. A. easily
( )3. A . article
( )4. A. so
( )5. A. spell
( )6. A. look
( )7. A. place
( )8. A. marked
( )9. A. books
( )10. A. wonderful | B. live
B. correctly
B. aim
B. and
B. read
B. see
B. desk
B. prepared
B. pencil
B. expensive | C. sleep
C. carefully
C. idea
C. but
C. write
C. watch
C. book
C. cut
C. design
C. colourful | D. walk
D. normally
D. action
D. as
D. change
D. find
D. hand
D. invented
D. eraser
D. common | | 阅读理解。 | What will you be doing when you are 26 years o1d? Studying at university or working for a living? Take
a look at what Albert Einstein was doing at the age of 26.
100 years ago, Einstein was working in Switzerland. His hobby was physics. Without much money or
help, he wrote five papers (论文) for a physics magazine. Three of these greatly changed the study of
physics and our understanding of space, time, light and matter (物质). His most famous work is on the
Theory of Relativity (相对论). Einstein was given the Nobel Prize (诺贝尔奖) for it is discoveries. Although
he did many other things later, 1905 has been called Einstein"s "Year of Wonders (奇迹)". It has been 100
years since then. Because of this, the UN has named 2005 me World Year Of Physics.
Fifty years after Einstein"s death, a question is asked, "Will there ever be another Einstein?" It may take a
1ong time. After all, Einstein was born more than 200 years after Sir Isaac Newton, another great scientist.
Besides, physics is a different field (领域) now, and education is different, too. Even if you can"t be the
next great scientist, it is still helpful to remember some of the things that made Einstein great. He thought
independently (独立地) and read widely. He left us with a formula (公式) for life: If A is a success in life,
men A=X+Y+Z.X is work; Y is play; and Z iskeeping your mouth shut. | | 1. What was the field of Einstein"s study? | | [ ] | A. Physics.
B. Wonders
C. Success in life.
D. Relativity. | | 2. The year 1905 is known as Einstein"s "Year of Wonders"" because _____. | | [ ] | A. Einstein was working in Switzerland in 1905
B. Einstein was 26 years old in l905
C. Einstein made some very important discoveries in 1905
D. Einstein studied physics in l 905 | | 3. Why hasn"t there been another scientist as great as Einstein? | | [ ] | A. Because the study of physics is not enough.
B. Because it is hard to make important discoveries as Einstein did.
C. Because people don"t work hard any more.
D. Because physics is getting more and more difficult. | | 4. The UN has named 2005 me World Year of Physics because _____. | | [ ] | A. Einstein is 100 years old this year
B. Einstein has been dead for 50 years
C. There have been other great discoveries after Einstein"s death
D. 1905 has been called Einstein"s "Year of Wonders" | | 5. What does Einstein"s formula of success mean? | | [ ] | A. Success means years of hard work.
B. Success means all study and no play.
C. Success means working hard,relaxing and not talking too much.
D. Success is a secret that nobody knows. | | 阅读理解。 | The word "Hello" may be used more often than any other word in the English language. Everyone in the
USA and other countries uses this word.
Thomas Edison is believed to be the first person to use "Hello" on the telephone soon after the world"s
first telephone was invented.
At first people began their words on the telephone with "Are you there?" They were not sure if a
telephone could really carry voices.
Edison was a man with few words. He wanted to save time. The first time he picked up the phone, he
was very busy. He trusted (信任) the telephone as he invented it himself. He was sure someone was there
and only said "Hello".
From then on, "Hello" is often heard when you pick up the telephone. | | 1."Hello" may be used _____. | | [ ] | A. only in the USA
B. only in England
C. in many countries
D. in English-speaking countries except the USA | | 2. From the passage we can learn that Edison _____. | | [ ] | A. didn"t like the word "Hello"
B. didn"t know the word "Hello"
C. had nothing to do with the word "Hello"
D. might be the first one to use "Hello" on the telephone | | 3. At first people said "Are you there?" because _____. | | [ ] | A. they didn"t trust the telephone
B. they didn"t know each other
C. they couldn"t see each other
D. they wanted to ask each other questions | | 4. Edison was a man of few words. It means _____. | | [ ] | A. he knew few words
B. He could say few words
C. He didn"t like to talk much
D. He had few friends | | 5. Edison was sure someone was there because _____. | | [ ] | A. he could see the person
B. he knew the person
C. he invented the telephone and trusted it
D. he had just met the person | | 完形填空。 | In the Tang Dynasty (朝代), there was a famous poet 1 name was Li Bai. He was born in a poor
family. And he died 2 1762 AD. When he was young, he didn"t like reading.
Once, he saw an old woman 3 an iron pestle (杵) when he was 4 from the school. Li Bai was
very 5 . He asked 6 that for?
The old woman said she would grind the iron pestle into a needle (针). Li Bai 7 , "The pestle is so
thick, and when can it be ground down to a needle?" The old woman smiled , "My boy, where there is will,
there is a way!" The pestle is thick, but if I grind it every day, it can be ground down into a needle 8 .
Am I right?"
Li Bai thought to him self, "what she said is right. Nothing in the world is 9 if I set my mind in it.
It is all the same to the study. If I put my heart into it, can"t I study well?"
Li Bai understand the truth. After that, he studied diligently (勤奋). At last he became a famous poet,
and 10 a good name for more than a thousand years. | ( )1. A.who
( )2. A.in
( )3. A.grind
( )4. A.on his way home
( )5. A.surprise
( )6. A.what she was doing
( )7. A.stopped
( )8. A.in the end
( )9. A.easy to
( )10. A.left | B.whose
B.on
B.ground
B.on his way to home
B.surprised
B.why she was doing
B.wondered
B.at the end of
B.hard to me
B.gave | C.that
C.at
C.drinding
C. in his way to home
C.surprising
C.what was she doing
C.liked
C.by the end
C.easy for me
C.showed | D.which
D.of
D.grinds
D.in his way home
D.surprises
D.why was she doing
D.played
D.to the end
D.hard for me
D.put |
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