Ⅷ. 补全对话【共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分】

根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两个为多余选项。

A:Hi,Susan. What movie are you watching tonight?

B: 71 It's my second time watching it.

A: Man on Wire...Hmm...

B: 72

A: Yeah, I do. It's a great movie.

B: I agree. 73

A: Oh, I remember. And it was in New York. I love that city.

B:Me, too. 74

A: I'd love to ,but I have to stay at home with my mom. 75

B: Sorry to hear that.Hope your mom will be better soon.

A:Thanks. Enjoy your night.

第三部分 阅读理解【共一大题，满分40分】

Ⅸ.阅读理解【共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分】

阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A B C D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项

A

Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15,1452 in Italy. He is

best known as artist today. One of his famous paintings is called

Mona Lisa.However,Leonardo had many other natural abilities. He was

Also a great inventor. Many of his inventions have become important

in modern day life.

Although Leonardo hated war,he invented many different machines used for war. His most special invention was the machine gun,which was produced and used in war many years later.

By watching the way birds fly, Leonardo tried to find out the secret of flying. Among his sketched[素描]we can see several objects. We consider them as modern flying machines.

Leonardo spent many hours thinking about how to make good use of time. He developed ideas for labor-saving machines like cutting machines.

Leonardo was a strange man. He didn't eat any meat, which was unusual in those times. He never published[发表] his ideas and scientific discoveries. He usually used mirror writing, which looks like writing in a mirror,starting from the right side of the page and moving to the left.

We have very little of his work today. Leonardo finished only a few of his paintings. He left many unfinished because he thought they were not perfect. No one in his life time knew how great Leonardo was. We now believe, however, that he was one of the cleverest men the world has ever known.

76. According to the passage,Leonardo is not only an artist but also .

A.an inventor B. an engineer C.a writer D.a musician

77. was Leonardo's most special inventor.

A. The mirror writing B. The cutting machine C. The machine gun D. The flying machine

78.Leonardo was strange, for example, .

A.he didn't eat any vegetables B.he usually used mirror writing

C.he liked to publish his discoveries D.he enjoyed drawing flying machines

79. Leonardo invented some machines to .

A.stop the war B.help paint pictures C.watch the birds D.make good use of time

80. From the passage, we can learn that Leonardo was very .

A.humorous B.serious C.clever D.lonely

B

Some people have a very poor sense of direction. Unlucky , I am one of them. I have visited a place many times but I may still get lost there the next time.

When I was a little girl, I never dared ask strangers the way. And so I used to walk round in circle and hope that by chance I would get to the place I was going to.

Now , I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions, but I often receive helpless or even wrong information. So I try to avoid giving people wrong directions. If anyone asks me the way somewhere, I would say,"sorry, I am a stranger here."

Once on my way to work I was stopped by a man. He asked me if I could tell him the way to the F riendship Building. I gave him my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps. I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. However, I had no time to turn back and look for him. I was rushing to meet with someone at my office and I didn't want to keep him waiting.

When I just got to my office, the secretary showed in the man who had asked me for directions. Imagine how embarrassed I was and how surprised he was when we saw each other at the first sight!

81. The writer always refuses to give people directions because .

A.she's a strange to the city B.she doesn't know the people

C.she has no time to help others D.she's afraid of giving wrong directions.

82. A man stopped the writer on the way to .

A.sell her something B.ask for the time

C.make friends with her D.ask for the directions.

83. The Friendship Building is the place where the writer .

A.lives B.studies C.works D.teaches

84. The word "embarrassed" in the last paragraph means " " .

A.尴尬 B.困惑 C.激动 D.拮据

85. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The writer is too shy to give others directions

B. The writer has a very poor sense of directions

C. The writer never got lost when she was young.

D. The man was quite nervous when he saw the writer.