| ( )1. A. restore ( )2. A. comfortable ( )3. A. promised ( )4. A. false ( )5. A. kept ( )6. A. age ( )7. A. information ( )8. A. adjusts ( )9. A. copy ( )10. A. proudly ( )11. A. ready ( )12. A. growing ( )13. A. sight ( )14. A. concerned about ( )15. A. fresh | B. rebuild B. possible B. repeated B. wonderful B. witnessed B. weight B. handwriting B. shuts B. read B. automatically B. voluntary B. contributing B. design B. approved of B. old | C. sell C. available C. followed C. actual C. recorded C. name C. style C. opens C. appreciate C. shyly C. able C. studying C. amazement C. decided on C. white | D. repaint D. changeable D. responded D. obvious D. accompanied D. height D. characteristic D. swings D. remove D. calmly D. unwilling D. working D. memory D. relied on D. original |
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| My friend Vernon Davies kept birds. One day he phoned and told me he was going away for a week. He asked me to feed 1 birds for him and said that he would leave the key 2 his front door in my mailbox. 3 (fortunate), I forgot all about the birds until the night before Vernon was going to return. What was worse, 4 was already dark when I arrived at his house. I soon found that the key Vernon gave me could not unlock either the front door 5 the back door. I was getting desperate. I kept thinking of 6 Vernon would say when he came back. I was just going to give up 7 I noticed that one bedroom window was slightly open. I found a barrel and pushed in under the window. As the barrel was very heavy, I made a lot of noise. But in the end, I managed to climb 8 and open the window. I actually had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone 9 (shine) a torch up at me. I looked down and saw a policeman and an old lady, one of Vernon"s neighbours. "What are you doing up there?" said the policeman. 10 (feel) like a complete fool, I replied, "I was just going to feed Mr Davies" birds." | |||
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| Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. In spite of the hopeless condition, two of the children, Albrecht Durer and Albert, had a dream. They both wanted to pursue their talent for art.After many long discussions, the two boys finally worked out an agreement.They would toss a coin.The loser would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings, support his brother who attended the academy.Then, when that brother who won the toss completed his studies, in four years, he would support the other brother at the academy. Tossing a coin, Albrecht Durer won and went off to Nuremberg.Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, supported his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation (轰动). By the time he graduated, he had earned considerable fees for his outstanding works. When the young artist returned to his village, the Durer family held a festive dinner to celebrate Albrecht"s triumphant (胜利的)homecoming.Albrecht drank a toast to his beloved brother for the years of sacrifice that had enabled him to complete his dream."And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your turn. Now you can go to Nuremberg to look for your dream, and I will take care of you." Tears streaming down his pale face, Albert sobbed, "No...no...It is too late for me.Look...look at what four years in the mines have done to my hands!The bones in every finger have been broken at least once, and lately I have been suffering from arthritis(关节炎)so badly in my right hand that I cannot even hold a glass to return your toast, much less draw delicate lines with a pen or a brush." To show thanks to Albert for all that he had sacrificed, Albrecht Durer painstakingly drew his brother"s injured hands with palms together and thin fingers stretched skyward.He called his powerful drawing simply "Hands", but the entire world almost immediately opened their hearts to his great masterpiece and renamed it "The Praying Hands".The next time you see a copy of that touching creation, let it be your reminder-no one ever makes any success alone! | |||
| 1.Why did the two brothers work out the agreement? | |||
| A. They were so curious as to make a joke. B. Their family couldn"t afford the academy. C. One of the brothers was supposed to go into mines. D. They wanted to support the other sisters and brothers. | |||
| 2.The underlined word "whose" in Para.2 refers to __ . | |||
| A. the Durer family"s B. the miners? C. Albert"s D. Albrecht"s | |||
| 3. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Albrecht Durer? | |||
| A. He began to earn his living after graduation. B. He did perfectly well at the academy. C. He wanted his brother to go to the academy. D. He created great masterpieces. | |||
| 4.Which of the following is the correct order of the story? a. Albrecht went to Nuremberg. b. Albert supported his brother. c. The Durer family held a festive dinner. d. Albrecht drew his brother"s injured hands. e. The brothers tossed a coin. | |||
| A. b, a, c, d, e B. a, e, c, d, b C. e, a, c, b, d D. e, a, b, c, | |||
| 5. What can we learn from the story? | |||
| A. One can achieve success simply on his own. B. Any success requires the help of others. C. It"s other people who contribute to one"s success. D. Nobody could succeed without good guidance. | |||
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| A company planning to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning the investment and the length of time for the multibilliondollar project. The Barcelonabased architects of the Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will cost $4.4 million for a threenight stay at the hotel. This price also includes an eightweek training course on an island. During their stay, guests would see the sunrise 15 times a day and travel around the world every 80 minutes.Galactic Suite Ltd"s CEO Xavier Claramunt says the project will put his company in a leading position of a new industry with a huge future ahead of it, and forecasts space travel will become common in the future. "It"s very normal to think that your children, possibly within 15 years, could spend a weekend in space" he told Reuters Television. A promising space tourism industry is beginning to take shape with construction in progress in New Mexico of Spaceport America, the world"s first facility built specifically for passengers. British industrialist Richard Branson"s space tours firm, Virgin Galactic, will use the facility to send tourists to space at a cost of $200,000 a ride. Galactic Suite Ltd, set up in 2007, hopes to start its project with a single pod (分离舱) in orbit 280 miles above the earth. "It will take a day and a half to reach the pod, and the passengers will join it for three days," Claramunt said. More than 200 people have expressed an interest in traveling to the space hotel and at least 43 people have already reserved it. The numbers are similar for Virgin Galactic with 300 people already paid or signed up for the trip, but unlike Branson, Galactic Suite says they will use Russian rockets to transport their guests into space from a spaceport to be built on an island in the Caribbean. But critics have questioned the project, saying the length of time that will be used is unreasonable and also where the money is coming from to support the project. | |||
| 1. What"s Xavier Claramunt"s attitude towards the space tourism industry? | |||
| A. Quite critical. B. Slightly worried. C. Highly optimistic. D. Fully satisfied. | |||
| 2. Virgin Galactic"s guests will be transported into space by using rockets produced in________. | |||
| A. Spain B. America C. Britain D. Russia | |||
| 3. Which of the following is one of the critics" concerns about this project? | |||
| A. It is hard to ensure the safety of tourists. B. There are many technical difficulties. C. It will be a waste of resources. D. It may lack support in money. | |||
| 4. According to the passage, traveling to the space hotel ________. | |||
| A. will soon be possible for common people B. has attracted the attention of some people C. will make a large profit for the tourist industry D. is considered an industry with a huge future by many people | |||
| 5. What"s the best title for the passage? | |||
| A. The world"s first space hotel is to open in 2012. B. The world"s first commercial spaceport is being built. C. Space tourism:a surprising new industry. D. Space travel will become common in 15 years. | |||
| 完形填空。 | |||
| It took George quite a while to find a 1 place for his car and in the end he had to leave it in a narrow street, 2 from the dentist"s(牙医). As he got out, he glanced at his 3 . His appointment was at five and he still had twenty minutes to 4 . He crossed into the square and 5 on a bench(长椅), not only to 6 the last of the afternoon sun, 7 to calm his nerves. He hated these visits 8 the dentist. As he sat there, watching the children at play and 9 to the old women talking to each other, he turned around to see a red car like his own come out of the 10 where he had parked. The car gathered speed and was soon 11 of sight. George 12 his pockets for the keys: They were not there. "My car!" he cried 13 a loud voice, which made several people stare at him. He got up and ran across the 14 and then down the narrow street. His car was not to be seen-but then he discovered it concealed(被隐藏) 15 a large one. He was relieved (使宽慰)to find his 16 , still in his car. By the time he reached the dentist"s it was already five. "I had rather an odd (奇特的) 17 ," he said to the dentist to explain his 18 . "I thought my car had been 19". "It"s quite 20 sir," said the dentist. "As a matter of fact I have only just got here myself." | |||