阅读理解     George Markov was a famous writer in Bulgaria. In 1969 he suspected tha

阅读理解     George Markov was a famous writer in Bulgaria. In 1969 he suspected tha

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阅读理解     George Markov was a famous writer in Bulgaria. In 1969 he suspected that he was going to be
imprisoned or killed because one of his plays was regarded as being an attack on leaders of Bulgaria.
Markov managed to reach England and got a job with the BBC, writing something in Bulgaria.
     Some of the BBC programmes were critical of life in Bulgaria. Perhaps as a result of this, Markov
received an anonymous telephone call warning him that he would be killed. In September 1978, Markov
stopped his car in London and started to walk to his office. When he was passing a bus line, a man in the
line seemed to drop his umbrella accidently. Markov felt a sudden pain in the leg.
    When Markov reached his office, he spoke about the matter to a friend. A few hours later, he began
to feel hot. He was sent to hospital and died four days later. The doctors examined his body, and they
were puzzled about the cause of his death. Scientists were asked to help and they found a tiny metal pellet
in Markov"s leg. The scientists believed that the two holes in it must contain an unknown poison in them.
    A few weeks before Markov was "shot" with a poisoned pellet fired from an umbrella, another
Bulgarian had the same experience in France. Towards the end of August 1978, Kostov felt a sharp pain
in the back when he was leaving a railway station in Paris. He was ill for a few days but became well.
When news of Markov"s death became known, Kostov was asked to return to hospital for examination.
Doctors found a tiny pellet in his back, but it had stuck in an area from which the poison had not been
able to spread.
     The police in both countries are still searching for the reasons why both men were attacked. They
hoped to catch their attackers.

1.Which of the statement is right about the underlined word?

A. stranger        
B. well-known    
C. friendly        
D. unknown

2. Which of the following was not mentioned in the passage?

A. George Markov was working for the BBC
B. George Markov wrote many plays at that time
C. kostov  was "shot" with a poisoned pellet
D. Both kostov and  George Markov died at last

3. According to the passage, Markov"s suspicions turned out to be       

A. wrong    
B. right            
C. reasonable    
D. unreasonable

4. Who killed Markov?

A. Bulgarian  
B. not known        
C.  French      
D. British

5. We can infer that _________

A. Leaders in Bulgaria disliked  George Markov
B. The police didn"t find the person who killed George Markov
C. George Markov wrote some critical plays
D. George Markov lived in Bulgaria all his life
答案
1-5: DBBAB
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完形填空     Ebron James isn"t the first high school basketball player to go straight into the NBA, but he"s probably
the   1  . He has the body, skills and the basketball brain of an All-Star (全明星球员).
     This talent was on_2_ as he scored 41 points to take Cleveland Cavaliers (克里夫兰骑士队) to a
107-104 win over the New Jersey Nets (新泽西网队) on March 28. Aged of 19 years and 87 days,
James became the  3   player to score 40 or more in the NBA. "It was by far James" best   4   ," said
Cleveland coach Paul Silas. Known to his friends as "the king", this was the day James earned his crown
(王冠). But he was far from being a king during a childhood spent in the back streets of Akron, Ohio.
Like many other African-American basketball players, James" early years were a    5  . His mother
Gloria was just 16 when she gave birth to him; he knows nothing about his father. Mother and son battled
for everything from food to a place to live. Without help from his grandmother and neighbors, James
would    6   have died when he was young.
     This spirit of survival has served him well on court, forcing him to take any  7   he finds. "I  8   losing,
I don"t like losing," said James of his 41-point display. "I   9   the opportunity for us to win and I was  10   
to capture it." At 2.03 metres, he is no Yao Ming but this didn"t   11   him being first choice in 2003 NBA
draft. This was  12   to his strength and skill, much of which he learned from high school American
football.
     Although he has a  13  brain, James has never had to concentrate on    14  . Some people think this is
a mistake and say he should have gone to college to    15   his mind. But James is one of the lucky few
who has found fame and fortune without a diploma (文凭). On the court, he is king.
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(     )1. A. tallest    
(     )2. A. sale      
(     )3. A. oldest    
(     )4. A. performance
(     )5. A. fight      
(     )6. A. certainly  
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(     )8. A. hate      
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(     )11. A. keep      
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(     )13. A. fast      
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(     )15. A. advance  
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B. strongest  
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B. impossible  
B. game        
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B. unlucky    
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C. battle  
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C. increase
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     As a teenager in 1972, Bill Gates boasted that he would be a millionaire by the time he was 20.While
he did not quite achieve that goal, only 15 years later he was a billionaire. And by 1992,as head of the
Microsoft company, he became the richest man in America with assets (资产) of approximately US$
6.3 billion.
     Born in Seattle, Washington on 28, October 1956, Gates was named William Henry after his father
and grandfather. From the beginning, he was an extremely energetic and intelligent (聪明的) child. He
had read the entire world book encyclopedia (百科全书)by the age of nine. His favorite subjects at
school were science and maths and his favorite past time was "thinking".
     Gates first started to play with computers at the age of 13,when one was installed (安装) at his
school. At that time, computers were large, awkward (笨重) machines. Operators were required to
learn complex (复杂的) computer languages before the machines could be used. Even then, a great deal
of time and effort was needed to perform the simplest functions. Before long, Gates was an expert at
working the school"s computer. After his graduation from secondary school, Gates was accepted by the
three top universities in   USA -- Princeton, Harvard and Yale. He chose Harvard and began classes
there the next autumn, majoring maths. But he was still obsessed (占据, 心思) with computers and spent
as much time in the computer laboratories as he did in the lecture halls.
     By 1975,Gates and a partner, Paul Allen, had developed a software called BASIC. This was not the
first program ever created, but its inventors were the first to decide that people who wanted to use it
should pay for it.
    BASIC was a success because until it came along there had been no efficient way of getting computers
to carry out instructions. Although he had not yet completed his degree, Gates left university and went to
work full time for the new company he had formed called Microsoft.
     His next project (项目) was the software program that made him famous and very rich. It was called
DOS, short for Operating System, and it was purchased (购买) by IBM in 1980.Today it is the operating system used in more than 14 million personal computers around the world.
      As chief executive officer (首席执行官) of Microsoft, Gates is known as a bright man, but one who
is not easily satisfied. He is quick to criticize ( 批评) his staff and hates to be questioned about decisions
he has made. He was regarded as a loner an unfashionable boring computer nut until his marriage to
Microsoft manager Melonda French on New year"s Day 1994.Yet to most people now, Gates is a
person who is, in spite of his great wealth, humble (谦恭) and ordinary. He spends his money carefully,
he eats in fast-food restaurants and flies economy (经济) class. And when praised for Microsoft"s great
success, he has been heard to say, "All we do is put software in a box and if people see it in the stores
and like it, they buy it."

1. When he was a teenager, Bill Gates wanted to be a ____.

A. teacher
B .doctor
C. businessman
D. professor

2. When Gates went to Harvard, he____.

A. was interested only in maths.
B. spent most of his time in computer laboratories
C. developed the first computer software program
D. divided his time between his maths studies and the computer laboratories

3. Before the development of BASIC,_____.

A. no one was interested in computer software
B. software programs were not considered commercial (商业的) projects
C. software programs were very expensive
D. no one wanted to pay for computer software

4. When the writer says "Bill was regarded as an unfashionable boring computer nut" ,he means_____.

A. Bill was so strong-minded that no one could change his mind
B. the only thing that could interest Bill in his life was computer
C. Bill was such a boring young man that nobody would like to talk to him
D. Bill couldn"t work out the boring computer problems

5. Most people think Gates is_____.

A. a crazy person
B. a person obsessed with making money
C. someone who spends money freely
D .a quite common, normal person
完形填空。
      Born in London to a writer and an engineer with a passion for car racing, Goodall received
their daring and imagination     1   that, along with her curiosity, would    2     her well in her future
occupation.She was     3    at seven by the stories of Dr Dolittle, the scientist who could talk to
animals. And with her stuffed toy chimpanzee(黑猩猩) by her side, the young girl spent hours
studying worms in the garden, hens in the henhouse, and whatever insects she could find.
     After she graduated from high school in 1952, Goodall worked as a secretary at Oxford
University.     4    then she knew she wanted to go to Africa.
     In 1957 she was invited to Kenya to visit a friend, where she    5     the world-renowned
anthropologist(人类学者) Louis S.B. Leakey. Goodall"s enthusiasm     6     him and he    7   
 her as an assistant. Leakey later     8    her to a two-year research project studying chimpanzees
in Gombe.
     It was a difficult     9     to send a young woman, with neither a college degree nor scientific
   10    on such a    11     task. Leakey had trust in her, but his colleagues    12     the young woman
would fail. Goodall    13      them wrong. Goodall tried hard to observe the chimpanzees and to be
    14    in return. Eventually, the chimps    15    to regard "this white-skinned ape" as their friend.
Goodall made a number of    16      discoveries and collected more information about chimps than
all other scientists   17    She found that chimps used tools to dig ants out of their hills for food.
Goodall found that chimps experience a wide    18      of emotions like anger and grief as humans
do. Her discovery was a     19    breakthrough. Among her famous works are: My friends: the Wild
Chimpanzees
(1967), and In the Shadow of Man (1971). These, along with her     20     films, TV
specials and articles, made her one of the best-known scientists of the 20th century.
(     )1.A. quantities        
(     )2.A. use                
(     )3.A. inspired          
(     )4.A. So                
(     )5.A. met                
(     )6.A. influenced        
(     )7.A. fired              
(     )8.A. suggested          
(     )9.A. idea              
(     )10.A. work              
(     )11.A. interesting      
(     )12.A. prevented        
(     )13.A. said              
(     )14.A. observed          
(     )15.A. lived            
(     )16.A. surprising        
(     )17.A. gathered together
(     )18.A. numb er          
(     )19.A. small            
(     )20.A. number            
B. qualifications
B. teach        
B. required      
B. But          
B. visited      
B. impressed    
B. hired        
B. advised      
B. determination
B. study        
B. demanding    
B. protected    
B. announced    
B. watched       
B. grew          
B. amusing      
B. put together  
B. amount        
B. large        
B. numerous      
C. qualities  
C. help        
C. requested  
C. And        
C. helped      
C. affected    
C. used        
C. promoted    
C. decision    
C. job        
C. amazing    
C. predicted  
C. proved      
C. seen        
C. developed  
C. shocking    
C. added      
C. sum        
C. unforgettable
C. countable  
D. necessities
D. serve      
D. acquired    
D. Even        
D. interviewed
D. effected    
D. helped      
D. recommended
D. thought    
D. training    
D. astonishing
D. perfected  
D. made        
D. glanced    
D. increased  
D. interesting
D. calculated
D. range      
D. significant
D. few        
阅读理解。
     Erik Weihenmayer was born with an eye disorder. As a child his eyesight became worse and then,
at the age of 13, he lost his sight completely. However, he did not lose his determination to lead a full
and active life.
     Erik became an adventurer. He took up parachuting, wrestling and scuba diving. He competed in
long-distance biking, marathons and skiing. His favorite sport, though, is mountaineering.
     As a young man, Erik started to climb mountains. He reached the summit of Mount McKinley in
1995 and then climbed the dangerous 1000-metre rock wall of EI Capitan. Two years later, while
climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Kenya with his girlfriend, they stopped for a time at 13,000 feet above
sea level-in order to get married. In 1999, he climbed Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in South
America.And then, on May 25, 2001, at the age of 33, Erik successfully completed the greatest
mountaineering challenge of all. He climbed Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world.
     Erik invented his own method for climbing mountains. He carries two long poles: one to lean on
and the other to test the way ahead of him. The climber in front of him wears a bell to gu ide him.
Erik is a good team member. He does his share of the job, such as setting up tents and building
snow walls.
      Although he could not enjoy the view, Erik felt the excitement of being on the summit of Everest.
He hopes that his success will change how people think about the blind."When people think about
a blind person or blindness, now they will think about a person standing on top of the world."
1. When was Erik born?
A. in 1968
B. in 1995
C. in 1967
D. in 1969
2.What was unusual about his wedding?
A.He got married on the summit of Mount McKinley.
B.He got married when climbing Mount Everest.
C.His wedding was held after he prepared a lot.
D.His wedding was held at 13,000 feet above sea level.
3.What is Erik"s special method for climbing a mountain?
A.He takes his girlfriend with him.
B.He does his share of the jobs.
C.He uses two long poles to help himself.
D.He keeps a good team around him.
4.Which of the following adjectives can NOT be used to describe Erik?
A.brave
B.determined
C.stubborn
D.optimistic
5.Which of the following shows the right order of what happened?
a.He topped Mount McKinley.
b.He became blind.
c.He challenged Mount Everest.
d.He reached the peak of Kilimanjaro.
e.    He climbed the rock wall of EI Capitan.
A.b, e, d, c, a
B.b, a, e, d, c
C.a, b, e, d, c
D.b, e, a, c, d
     Inventor, physicist, surveyor, astronomer, biologist, artist… Robert Hooke was all there and more.
Some say he was the greatest experimental scientist of the 17th century. In the course of his work, he
cooperated with famous men of science like Isaac Newton, and the great architect, Christopher Wren.
     Hooke"s early education began at home, under the guidance of his father. He entered Westminster
School at the age of 13, and from there went to Oxford, where he came in contact with some of the best
scientists in England. Hooke impressed them with his skills at designing experiments and inventing
instruments. In 1662, at he age of 28, he was named Curator of Experiments at the newly formed Royal
Society of London- meaning that he was responsible for demonstrating(展示) new experiments at the
society"s weekly meeting. Hooke accepted the job, even though he knew that the society had no money
to pay him!
     Watching living things through a microscope was one of his favourite pastimes(消遣). He invented a
compound microscope(显微镜) for this purpose. One day while observing a cork(软木塞) under a
microscope, he saw honeycomb-like structures. There were cells -the smallest units of life. In fact, it was
Hooke who invented the term "cell" as the boxlike cells of the cork reminded him of the cells of a
monastery(修道院).
     Another achievement of Hooke"s was his book Micrographia, which introduced the enormous
potential(潜力) of the microscope. It contains fascinating drawings of the thing he saw under the
microscope. The book also includes, among other things, ideas on gravity, light and combustion(燃烧)
that may have helped scientists like Newton when they were developing their own theories on these
phenomena(现象).
     Hooke made valuable contributions to astronomy too. A crater(火山口) on the moon is named after
him in honour of his services to this branch of science.           
1. We can infer from paragraph 2 that Hooke is ____________.
A. friendly      
B. sociable      
C. creative      
D. helpful
2. Which is the possible reason why Hooke accepted the job as Curator of Experiments?
A. He liked designing experiments.
B. His family needed his support.
C. He wanted to please the famous scientists in England.
D. His parents couldn"t afford his education.
3. The cell got its name because of __________.
A. its use      
B. its shape    
C. Hooke"s favourites    
D. Hooke"s experiences
4. Which of the following is true according to the text?
A. Hooke went to Oxford in 1645.
B. Hooke was well paid in the Royal Society of London.
C. Hooke made a contribution to medicine.
D. Hooke"s book Micrographia may have helped Newton.
5. The last paragraph is to prove that _____________.
A. Hooke was the greatest experimental scientist of the 17th century
B. Hooke was good at making discoveries
C. Hooke"s contributions were not limited to one field
D. Hooke was one of the greatest astronomers