Ⅲ. 完形填空(20分)

Bessic Coleman was born in the USA. Her family was　1　. She was in college for only one year. She had to　2　because she did not have enough money to finish her studies. But during that year, she learned about　3　. She read about the first flight of the Wright Brothers and the first American woman pilot, Harriet Quimby. Bessic often thought about what it would feel like to fly like a bird.

4　the age of 23, Bessic Coleman went to Chicago. There, she did some ordinary(普通的)jobs. But she wanted to do something more important. She decided to learn　5　to fly planes. She soon found　6　was almost impossible to get into a flight school. Which flight school would admit(接受)a　7　woman?

Bessic learned that she would have a better chance in Europe. So she began to study　8　at a language school.

After World WarⅠ, Bessic Coleman went to France. She went to the famous　9　school in northern France. She learned to fly in a plane there. She　10　seven months of flight training and in 1921 got her international permit(许可证)to fly in France. She became the first black woman ever to have an international pilot’s license(执照).

1. A. rich   B. poor   C. big    D. small

2. A. leave   B. come   C. arrive   D. stay

3. A. singing       B. jumping

C. flying        D. driving

4. A. With   B. To    C. For    D. At

5. A. where  B. when   C. how    D. why

6. A. that   B. this    C. it   D. there

7. A. beautiful       B. smart

C. white        D. black

8. A. English       B. French

C. Chinese        D. Japanese

9. A. art        B. flight

C. language       D. dance

10. A. finished       B. provided

C. missed        D. changed

Ⅳ. 阅读理解(10分)

William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth. He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.

He was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor(演员)when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582, he married a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins. In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he did between 1588 and 1592.

At twenty-eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599. He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He earned almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.

At the age of forty-nine, Shakespeare retired(退休)and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.

1. Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except ______ .

A. Hamlet       B. Macbeth

C. Romeo and Juliet    D. Man and Superman

2. Shakespeare decided to be an actor in ______ .

A. 1578    B. 1582

C. 1599    D. 1616

3. In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon ______ .

A. with his wife      B. with his daughter

C. with his wife and children   D. alone

4. Shakespeare got much money from ______ .

A. writing        B. plays

C. acting        D. retirement

5. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Shakespeare had two children.

B. Shakespeare wrote both plays and poems.

C. Shakespeare left his money to the Globe Theatre.

D. Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languages.