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1、(1分)

O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.

1. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?

a. Lived in New York. b. Worked in a bank. c. Travelled to Texas.

d. Was put in prison. e. Had a newspaper Job. f. Learned to write stories.

A. e. c. f. b. d. a B. c. e. b. d. f. a C. e. b. d. c. a. f. D. c. b. e. d. a f.

2. People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because

A. they had surprise endings B. they were easy to understand

C. they showed his love for the poor D. they were about New York City

3. O. Henry went to prison because .

A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper

B. he broke the law by not using his own name

C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners

D. people thought he had taken money that was not his

4. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?

A. He was well-educated. B. He was not serious about his work.

C. He was devoted to the poor. D. He was very good at learning.

5. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?

A. His life inside the prison. B. The newspaper articles he wrote.

C. The city and people of New York. D. His exciting early life as a boy.

2、(1分)

One day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine. He is a teacher at one of London’s big medical schools, He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.

He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton (人体骨骼) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase (箱子). At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.

When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.

1. Who wrote the story?

A. Rupert’s teacher. B. The neighbour’s teacher.

C. A medical school teacher. D. The teacher’s neighbour.

2. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?

A. He needed it for the summer term in London.

B. He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.

C. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.

D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.

3. What happened at the airport?

A. The skeleton went missing . B. The skeleton was stolen .

C. The teacher forgot his suitcase. D. The teacher took the wrong suitcase .

4. Which of the following best tells the teacher’s feeling about the incident?

A. He is very angry . B. He thinks it rather funny .

C. He feels helpless without Rupert. D. He feels good without Rupert .

5. Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

A. The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.

B. The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.

C. The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.

D. The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert.

3、(1分)

On the evening of June 21, 1992, a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi’an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and telephoned the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel ball before though they lived in “the kingdom of bicycles.”

Robert Friedlander, an American, arrived in Xi’an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last December in New Delhi, India.

When he was 11, he read the book Marco Polo and made up his mind to visit the Silk Road. Now, after 44 years , he was on the Silk Road in Xi’an and his early dreams were coming true.

Robert Friedlander’s next destinations (目的地) were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc. He will complete his trip in Pakistan.

1. The best headline(标题) for this newspaper article would be .

A. The Kingdom of Bicycles B. A Beautiful Hotel in Xi’an

C. Marco Polo and the Silk Road D. An American Achieving His Aims

2. The hotel workers told the manager about Friedlander coming to the hotel because .

A. he asked to see the manager

B. he entered the hall with a bike

C. the manager had to know about all foreign guests

D. the manager knew about his trip and was expecting him

3. Friedlander is visiting the three countries in the following order, .

A. China, India, and Pakistan B. India, China, and Pakistan

C. Pakistan, China, and India D. China, Pakistan, and India

4. What made Friedlander want to come to China?

A. The stories about Marco Polo . B. The famous sights in Xi’an .

C. His interest in Chinese silk. D. His childhood dreams about bicycles .

5. Friedlander can be said to be .

A. clever B. friendly C. hardworking D. strong—minded

4、(1分)

Mr. Grey was the manager of a small office in London. He lived in the country, and came up to work by train. He liked walking from the station to his office unless it was raining, because it gave him some exercise.

One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger stopped him and said to him, “You may not remember me, sir, but seven years ago I came to London without a penny in my pockets, I stopped you in this street and asked you to lend me some money, and you lent me £ 5, because you said you were willing to take a chance so as to give a man a start on the way to success.”

Mr Grey thought for a few minutes and then said, “Yes, I remember you. Go on with your story!” “Well,” answered the stranger, “are you still willing to take a chance?”

1. How did Mr. Grey get to his office?

A. He went up to work by train.

B. He walked to his office.

C. He went to his office on foot unless it rained.

D. He usually took a train to the station and then walked to his office if the weather was fine.

2. Mr Grey liked walking to his office because ________.

A. he couldn’t afford the buses B. he wanted to save money

C. he wanted to keep in good health D. he could do some exercises on the way

3. Mr. Grey had been willing to lend money to a stranger in order to_______

A. give him a start in life B. help him on the way to success

C. make him rich D. gain more money

4. One morning the stranger recognized Mr. Grey, and_______

A. wanted to return Mr. Grey the money

B. again asked Mr. Grey for money

C. would like to make friends with him

D. told Mr. Grey that he had been successful since then

5. In the second paragraph, “…take a chance” means ______.

A. Mr. Gray happened to meet a stranger

B. Mr. Grey had a chance to help a stranger

C. Mr. Grey helped a stranger by chance

D. Mr. Grey took the risk that the stranger would not give back the money which he lent him

5、(1分)

Even if you are a good high-jumper, you can jump only about seven feet off the ground. You cannot jump any higher because the earth pulls you hard. The pull of the earth is called gravity.

You can easily find out the pull of the earth. If you weigh yourself, you will know how much gravity is pulling you.

Since there is gravity, water runs down hill. When you throw a ball into the air, it falls back down. Because of gravity, you do not fall off the earth as it whirls (旋转) around.

Then, can we get away from the earth and go far out into space? Now you can do it, because spaceships have been invented. Then spaceship will go so fast that it can escape (逃出) the earth’s gravity and carry you into space.

1. In this passage, the word “gravity” means.

A. the pull of everything.

B. the force of attraction(吸引) among objects.

C. the force which attracts objects towards the centre of the earth

D. the force which attracts the earth towards the sun.

2. When you slip(滑) you always fall to the ground because

A. the earth always turns round. B. the earth has gravity

C. the earth’s gravity is greater than your weight. D. you are careless.

3. Gravity is strong that

A. it can throw a ball into the air. B. it makes you jump only seven feet.

C. it can let you fly away from the earth. D. it can keep everything on earth.

4. Because of gravity,

A. water flows everything. B. we can go everywhere by ship.

C. water always flows downwards. D. fish can live in water.

5. We can get away from the earth by spaceship because

A. the spaceship goes very fast. B. the earth can’t pull the spaceship.

C. the spaceship has a strong force. D. the spaceship can jump higher than other things.

6、(1分)

An expensive car speeding down the main street of a small town was soon caught up with by a young motorcycle policeman. As he started to make out the ticket, the woman behind the wheel said proudly, “Before you go any further, young man, I think you should know that the mayor of this city is a good friend of mine.”The officer did not say a word, but kept writing. “I am also a friend of chief of police Barens,”continued the woman, getting more angry each moment, Still he kept on writing. “Young man,”she persisted, “I know Judge Lawson and State Senator (参议员) Patton.” Handing the ticket to the woman, the officer asked pleasantly , “Tell me, do you know Bill Bronson.”

“Why, no,”she answered.

“Well, that is the man you should have known,”he said, heading back to his motorcycle, “I an Bill Bronson.”

1. The policeman stopped the car because_____

A. it was an expensive car

B. the driver was a proud lady

C. the driver was driving beyond the speed limit

D. the driver was going to make trouble for the police

2. The woman was getting more angry each moment because _____.

A. the policeman didn’t know her friends

B. the policeman didn’t accept her kindness

C. the policeman was going to punish her

D. she didn’t know the policeman’s name

3. The policeman was _______.

A. an honourable fellow B. a stupid fellow

C. an impolite man D. a shy man

4. The woman was _______.

A. kind-hearted

B. a person who depended on someone else to finish her work

C. trying to frighten the policeman on the strength of her friends’ powerful positions

D. introducing her good friends’ names to the young officer

5. The policeman _______.

A. had no sense of humor (幽默) B. had s sense of humor

C. had no sense of duty D. was senseless

7、(1分)

Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission(录取) to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She was so determined that she taught school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling.

In 1849, after graduation from medical school. she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon(外科医师) , but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.

Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital , she also set up the first medical school for women.

1. Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?

A. She couldn’t get admitted to medical school

B. She decided to further her education in Paris

C. A serious eye problem stopped her

D. It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States

2. What main obstacle(障碍) almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming for a doctor?

A. She was a woman.

B. She wrote too many letters.

C. She couldn’t graduate from medical school.

D. She couldn’t set up her hospital.

3. How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?

A. Eight years B. Ten years C. Nineteen years D. Thirty-six years

4. According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blacekwell,

except that she ______.

A. became the first woman physician

B. was the first woman doctor

C. and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children

D. set up the first medical school for women

5. Eilzabeth Blackwell spent most of her lift in _______.

A. England B. Paris C. the United States D. New York City

8、(1分)

In today’s age of fast travel, the world seems a smaller place---- and to some people, a less exciting place, Fifty years ago only a few English people and holidays abroad, People who didn’t travel thought of other countries as very far away and different. For example, people thought the French all eat garlic(大蒜), the Italians all eat spaghetti(细条实心面). and the Americans all drink Coca Cola, These definite(明确的) ideas of other nationalities are called stereotypes(陈规老套) . But do we have the same stereotypes today? People travel more, we all watch the same TV programmes, and ideas travel quickly too. Nowadays everyone eats garlic and spaghetti and drinks Coca Cola. Everyone listens to the same music. wears the same fashions(流行式样) , buys the same cars. They just do it in a different language!

1. Now the world seems to be exciting.

A. bigger and more B. smaller and more

C. smaller and less D. bigger and less

2. Fifty years ago, English people travelled abroad.

A. many B. few C. only some D. a few

3. People thought of other countries as .

A. near and different B. near and the same

C. remote and very different D. remote and the same

4. Nowadays, people’s ideas of other nationalities .

A. have changed B. are the same C. are different D. are almost the same

5. We don’t have the same stereotypes because people _______.

A. travel more B. watch the same TV programmes

C. watch different TV programmes D. travel more and watch the same TV programmes

6. The best title for this passage would be .

A. A Big World B. A Small World

C. An Exacting World D. An Interesting World

9、(1分)

We are used to the idea of aging in ourselves. We are so used to this that it comes as a surprise to find that there may be some animals that do not age. Sea anemones(海葵) are an example. Some have been kept for nearly a century without showing any signs of lifelessness. Some kinds of sea worms can even “grow backwards.” If kept in the dark and given nothing to eat, they get steadily smaller, They finally end as a ball of cells(细胞) looking rather like the egg from which they came. Under good conditions the ball will turn back to a worm and start growing again. One could probably keep them growing and un-growing again and again.

1. Some sea worms grow smaller when they ______.

A. lose weight B. live in the darkness

C. are under good conditions D. don’t eat and are kept in the dark

2. According to the passage, some sea animals ________.

A. will die when they become a ball of cells B. do not grow old

C. will die without food D. will stop growing any time they want

3. According to the passage, which of the following statements in NOT true?

A. We can keep certain kind of sea worm growing and ungrowing again and again.

B. Human beings will grow old and die.

C. An anemone is a king of sea worm that can grow backwards.

D. Some anemones will live nearly a hundred years.

4. The underlined word aging in the first sentence means ______.

A. growing old B. the age of a person

C.getting younger D. un -growing

5. This passage is mainly about ______.

A. sea animals B. cells C. aging D. anemones

10、(1分)

Now I’d like to talk to you about your final exam. The exam will be held next Thursday, the last day of the exam week. Remember to bring two of three pens in case you run out of ink. And unlike the midterm exam, this test will not include multiple --- choice questions; it will consist entirely of essays(文章). You’ll have to answer three of the five essay questions. The exam will be comprehensive (全面的), which means you’ll be responsible for all of the subject matters we covered in class this term, I would suggest you review your midterm exam as well as textbooks and your class notes. The final exam will count as 50 percent of your grade of the course. The research project (项目) will count as 20 percent and the midterm exam 30 percent. I’ll be in my office almost all day next Tuesday. If you run into any problems, please drop in. Good luck to you and I’ll see you on Tuesday.

1. When will the final exam take place?

A. On Tuesday B. On a Wednesday C. On a Thursday D. On a Friday

2. What will be included in the exam?

A. There will be only multiple-choice questions.

B. The exam will contain both multiple-choice and essay questions.

C. The exam will have an oral and a written section.

D. There will be only essay questions.

3. Why does the teacher call the exam comprehensive?

A. It will be easy to understand.

B. Students will be tested on all the material discussed in class.

C. It will cover topics from a wide variety of subjects.

D. Students must complete all parts of it.

4. The underlined phrase run into probably means .

A. go into B. meet somebody unexpectedly

C. come up against something with force D. come across

5. When was this talk most likely given?

A. During the first week of class B. During midterm week

C. On the last day of class D. On the last day of exam week

11、(1分)

When Dean Arnold got his first job, he was miserable (痛苦的), Each time he went to work, he coughed and he couldn’t breathe. Working in a bakery(面包房) when you are allergic to (对…过敏) flour can be painful.

But Arnold stayed with the National Biscuit Company for ten years. He was a businessman and he helped them improve production. At last his health problems became too serious. He left and formed his own company.

With his wife and mother, he founded Arnold Bakery. They tried new recipes (配方). changing the kind and amount of flour used. This enabled Arnold to work there without too much pain. The bread, made with unbleached flour (标准粉), was baked in a brick oven (烘炉).

They began by baking two dozen loaves. The bread was sold door to door for fifteen cents a loaf. Winning customers to his unusual, old-fashioned bread took time. But Arnold, struggling against his allergy, built his bakery into one of the largest in the United States.

1. A good title for this passage would be .

A. A Sick Baker B. A Brick-oven Bread Baker

C. An Old-fashioned Baker D. How to Overcome Allergy

2. Dean left the National Biscuit Company because he .

A. suffered from allergy to flour B. didn’t like the job

C. wanted to make more money D. wanted to form his own company

3. During his stay in the National Biscuit Company, .

A. he founded Arnold Bakery

B. he tried a new method of baking

C. he helped the company improve their production

D. he became successful in his business

4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Arnold’s bread was baked in a brick oven.

B. Arnold’s bread was made with unbleached flour.

C. Arnold’s bread was sold at a low price.

D. Arnold’s bread was of poor quality.

5. From the passage we can conclude that Arnold was .

A. determined B. brave C. unusual D. unhealthy

12、(1分)

When we see well, we do not think about our eyes very often. It is only when we cannot see perfectly that we realize how important our eyes are.

People who are near-sighted can only see things that are very close to their eyes, Everything else seems blurry(=unclear). Many people who do a lot of work, such as writing, reading and sewing become near—sighted. Then

People who are far-sighted suffer from just the opposite problem. They can see things that are far away, but they have difficulty in reading a book unless they hold it at arm’s length. If they want to do much reading ,they must get glasses, too.

Other people do not see clearly because their eyes are not exactly the right shape. They have what is called astigmatism (散光). This, too, can be corrected by glasses. Some people’s eyes become cloudy because of cataracts (白内障). Long ago these people often became blind. Now, however, it is possible to operate on the cataracts and remove them.

Having two good eyes is important for judging distances. Each eye sees things from a slightly different angle (角度). To prove this to yourself, look at an object our of one eye; then look at the same object out of your other eye. You will find the object’s relation to the background and other things around it has changed. The difference between these two different eye views helps us to judge how far away an object is. People who have only one eye cannot judge distance as people with two eyes.

1. We should take good care of our eyes .

A. only when we can see well

B. only when we cannot see perfectly

C. even if we can see well

D. only when we realize how important our eyes are

2. When things far away seem indistinct(模糊不清) , one is probably .

A. near-sighted B. far-sighted

C. astigmatic D. suffering from cataracts

3. The underlined word suffer in the third paragraph probably means .

A. experience B. imagine

C. feel pain D. are affected with

4. Having two eyes instead of one is particularly useful for .

A. seeing at night B. seeing objects far away

C. looking over a wide area D. judging distances

5. People who suffer from astigmatism have .

A. one eye bigger than the other

B. eyes that are not exactly the right shape

C. a difficulty that can be corrected by an operation

D. an eye difficulty that cannot be corrected by glasses

13、(1分)

Grandma was a wonderful story-teller, and she had a set of priceless, individually (独特地) tailored stories with which American grandparents of her day brought up children. There was the story of the little boys who had been taught complete, quick obedience (服从). One day when they were out on the grassy plain, their father shouted. “Fall down on your faces!” They did, and the terrible prairie(草原) fire swept over them and they weren’t hurt. There was also the story of three boys at school, each of whom received a cake sent from home. One saved his, and the mice ate it; one ate all of his , and he got sick; and who do you think had the best time? —Why, of course, the one who shared his cake with his friends.

1. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Children should obey their parents quickly.

B. Children should share with others.

C. The author remembers many of her grandma’s wonderful stories.

D. The grandma’s stories helped teach the children morals and good manners.

2. Which of the following details supports the main idea of the passage?

A. The children were saved from the fire because they followed directions.

B. Grandma told a story of three boys at school.

C. Each of the three boys got a cake sent from home.

D. The big prairie fire soon spread over to the village.

3. Which of the following statements is true?

A. The author was saved from the fire.

B. The author was brought up from his grandmother.

C. Grandma was good at telling children stories.

D. Grandma told stories to children just for fun.

4. All of the following were not praised by the author except ___________.

A. the boy who shared his cake with others

B. the boy who ate up all his cake by himself

C. the boy who kept the cake for the future

D. the boys who didn’t obey their parents

5. According to this passage, the underlined word tailored probably means __________.

A. measured B. specially prepared C. cut 　　　 D. invented

14、(1分)

The most important use of drifting (漂流) bottles is to find ocean currents. When the position and direction of currents are known, ships can use the forward movement of a current or stay away from currents that would carry them off their course. Benjamin Franklin was one of the first to use bottles in the study of currents. He wondered why British mall ships needed a week or two longer than U.S. ships needed in order to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Franklin thought the Gulf Stream (墨西哥湾流) might explain this difference.

Franklin talked with captains of U.S. ships. He found that they knew each turn of the Gulf Stream. They used the current in every possible way. From his talks with the captains. Franklin made his first map of the Gulf Stream. Then he checked his map by using sealed (密封的) bottles. The map that he finally made is still used, with only a few changes, today.

1. Why are drifting bottles used?

A. To determine the position of a ship. B. To find the direction of a current.

C. To predict the direction of a ship. D. To carry message across the ocean.

2. What led Franklin to talk with U.S. captains?

A. U.S. ships were longer than British ones.

B. British ships could sail the Atlantic faster than U.S. ones.

C. U.S. ships could sail the Atlantic faster than U.S. ones.

D. U.S captains knew more about maps.

3. What did Franklin make after his talks with U.S. captains?

A. A map of the Gulf Stream. B. A map of the Atlantic Ocean.

C. A map of ocean currents. D. A map of his first voyage.

4. What did Franklin do in order to make an exact map?

A. He compared his own map with other maps. B. He talked with many U.S. captains.

C. He used drifting bottles to check his map. D. Both B and C.

5. The underlined word current in the first paragraph means ______.

A. a stream of water B. a course of events

C. the flow of electricity D. the situation of the present time