【听力材料】

The first thing that man invented for sports was the ball. In ancient Egypt, throwing stones was children’s favorite game. But stones could hurt people. Looking for something less dangerous to throw, the Egyptians made the first balls.

At first, balls were made of grass or leaves held together by rope. Later they were made of pieces of animals’ skin with feather or other light soft things.

The Egyptians found time for peaceful games. Before long they developed a number of ball games, each with its own set of rules. Perhaps they played the balls more for training than for fun. They thought ball playing was a useful way to train young people.

答案: 6. ball　7. Throwing　8. safer　9. leaves  10. useful

Ⅱ. 单项选择(20分)

1. —Where is  my pen?

—Oh, sorry, I have taken yours　　　mistake.

A. by　　　　B. to　　　　C. with　　　　D. in

【解析】选A 。考查介词辨析。句意: ——我的钢笔在哪儿? ——噢, 对不起, 我错拿了你的钢笔。by mistake意为“错误地”。

2. The MP3 is used for　　　music.

A. listen to      B. listening

C. listening to     D. listen

【解析】选C。考查固定搭配。be used for doing sth. “被用来做某事”, listen to music听音乐。

3. The water is not　　　enough. Add some more sugar, please.

A. crispy      B. sweet

C. salty      D. sour

【解析】选B。考查形容词辨析。crispy脆的; sweet甜的; salty咸的; sour酸的。句意: 水不够甜。请再加一些糖。根据下文“加糖” 的要求可知应选B。

4. The monkey was seen　　　off the tall tree.

A. jump      B. jumps

C. jumped      D. to jump

【解析】选D。考查被动语态的用法。see sb. do sth. 意为“看见某人做某事(经常性动作、全过程)”, see是感官动词, 后跟不带to的不定式作宾语补足语, 变为被动语态时, 将省略的不定式符号to还原。

5. 　　　is believed that Edison invented the light bulb.

A. It       B. That

C. This       D. He

【解析】选A。考查固定句式。It is believed that. . . 是固定句型, 其中it是形式主语, that从句是真正的主语。

6. (2014•北京东城区期末)This photo　　　twenty years ago.

A. took      B. was taken

C. is taken      D. has taken

【解析】选B。考查动词的语态。主语photo和动词take之间为被动关系, 须用被动语态, 根据时间状语twenty years ago可以判断用一般过去时。故选B。

7. All the adults were killed in the accident, but the two-year-old boy　　　alive.

A. ordered      B. expected

C. put       D. remained

【解析】选D。考查动词辨析。order命令; expect期望; put放; remain依然; 还。句意: 所有的成年人都在事故中丧生了, 但是那个两岁的男孩还活着。