题目内容
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For years I wanted a flower garden. I would spend hours_ _1___ of different things I could plant that would look nice together.
But then we had children, five children! I was too busy _2____ care of them to grow a garden.
Money was always_3____ . When my children were _4____, one of them would want something that cost too much, and I’d get annoyed and say, “ Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn’t grow on__5___, you know.”
Finally, all five got through college and were off on their own. I started thinking again about having a __6_____.
I wasn’t sure, though. I mean, gardens do cost money.
Then, one spring morning, _7____ Mother’s Day, I was working in my kitchen. __8____, I heard a car come. I looked out of the window and there was a new tree, planted right _9____ the yard.
There was a money tree in my yard! There were dollar bills, one hundred of them, all over that tree.
That was three years ago. My garden is now very pretty, just the way I wanted. I __10___ what my children did for me, and then I get tears in my eyes every time.
1. A. to think B. think C. thought D. thinking
2. A. taking B. to take C. taken D. took
3. A. short B. long C. enough D. large
4. A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
5. A. houses B. trees C. lands D. fields
6. A. tree B. garden C. window D. kitchen
7. A. in B. for C. on D. at
8. A. Luckily B. Unluckily C. Certainly D. Suddenly
9. A. in B. in front of C. behind D. near
10. A. think of B. think about C. think up D. think over
In Chicago, a computerized system has been developed that controls(管理)traffic on the city’s 235 miles of seven expressways. Now one—a controller—can follow the movement of Chicago’s traffic by looking at a set of lights. The system uses electric sensors(感应器) that are built into each expressway, every half a mile. Several times a second, the computer receives information from each sensor and translates it into green, yellow or red lights on a map in the control room. A green light means traffic is moving forty-five miles an hour, yellow means thirty to forty-five miles an hour, and red means heavy traffic—cars standing still or moving less than thirty miles an hour.
“See that red light near Austin Avenue?”the controller asked a visitor.“That’s a repair truck fixing the road, and the traffic has to go around it.”At the Roosevelt Road entrance to the expressway, the light kept changing from green to red and back to green again.“A lot of trucks get on the expressway there,”the controller explained.“They can’t speed up as fast as cars.”The sensors show immediately where an accident or a stopped car is blocking the traffic, and a truck is sent by radio to clear the road. The system has lowered the number of accidents by 18 percent. There are now 1.4 deaths on Chicago’s expressway for each one hundred million miles traveled, while in other parts of the county there are 2.6.
Traffic experts say that the Chicago system is the “coming thing”.Systems like Chicago’s are already in use on some expressways in Los Angeles and Houston.“Chicago has taken the lead,”said New York City’s traffic director and he added,“Chicago’s a good example.”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并在答题卡上按要求作答。
1.The passage is mainly about ________ on expressways in Chicago.
A. the traffic control system B. the movement of the traffic
C. the electric sensors D. the traffic lights
2.When the cars move under 30 miles an hour, ________ on the map in the control room.
A. the red light appears B. the red light turns yellow
C. the yellow light appears D. the green light turns red
3. According to the passage, we may learn __________.
A. some visitors are traveling on the expressway
B. there is no heavy traffic on Chicago’s expressways
C. the traffic on Chicago’s expressways is well managed
D. the number of accidents in the US has dropped by 18%
4.In Paragraph 2 the underlined word “it” refers to ___________.
A. the red light B. the truck that needs repairing
C. the traffic D. the truck that is fixing the road
5.The writer writes the article mainly by _________.
A. giving reasons and results B. giving examples and explaining them
C. describing what he thinks D. asking and answering questions
Gordon Williams’s hobby may seem strange to people when they meet it for the first time. But it is a traditional craft(手艺).He builds model ships inside old bottles.
Gordon has always loved ships, especially sailing ships from the old days. His interest in this hobby began many years ago when he visited a museum in Ottawa, Canada, where there was a display of model ships in bottles. Gordon thought the display was wonderful. But he wondered how the craftsman got the ship through the thin neck of the bottle. Gordon decided to find it out.
He found an old master craftsman who was willing to teach him the necessary skills. First, Gordon takes an old bottle. Then he puts in a layer of putty(一层油灰),carefully shaped and painted it look like the sea. Next he builds the ship. To get the ship through the neck of the bottle, Gordon holds down the masts(桅杆).Once the ship is inside the bottle, he takes a long, thin tool to raise the masts.
Gordon has completed well over one hundred models. His wish is to build bigger model ships, such as aircraft carriers. This will be more challenging, as he will have to build the ship actually inside the bottle. His hobby certainly needs time, patience and a steady hand.
1.What’s their opinion when people first meet Gordon’s hobby?
A. Useful. B. Traditional. C. Interesting. D. Unusual.
2.How did Gordon become interested in this hobby?
A. He met a craftsman who would like to teach him.
B. He saw a show of model ships in bottles.
C. He had a journey to Canada.
D. He has collected many sailing ships.
3.For Gordon, the most difficult step that he wanted to learn was _______.
A. to shape the bottle like a ship
B. to paint the layer of putty like the sea
C. to get the ship through the neck of the bottle
D. to put the layer of putty into the bottle
4.Which of the following pictures shows the last step of Gordon’s work?
5.Gordon’s new plan is more challenging because he will _______.
A. build a bigger model ship inside the bottle
B. build more than one hundred ships
C. put a bigger model ship inside the bottle
D. make an aircraft carrier
When I was at university，I studied very hard．But a lot of my friends did very little work．Some did just enough to pass exams．Others didn’t do quite enough．Fred Baines was one of them．He spent more time drinking in the Students’ Union than working in the library．
Once at the end of the term，we had to take an important test in chemistry．The test had a hundred questions. In my room the night before the test，Fred was watching TV．Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test．But on that night he looked perfectly calm．Then he told me of his plan．“It’s very simple．There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty correct to pass the test．I’ll take a coin into the examination room．I haven’t studied a chemistry book for months，so I’ll just toss the coin．That way，I’m sure I’ll get half the questions right．”
The next day，Fred came happily into the exam room．As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour he marked down his answers．Then he left，half an hour before the rest of us．
The next day，he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor．“Oh，good，”he said，“Have you got the result of the test?”The professor looked at him and smiled，“Ah，it’s you，Baines．Just a minute．”Then he reached into his pocket and took out a coin．He threw it into the air，caught it in his hand and looked at it．
“I’m terribly sorry，Baines，”he said，“You failed!”
1.This story mainly wants to tell us ________．
A．chemistry is really hard to learn
B．there were too many questions for students to prepare for
C．good exam results needs hard study
D．tossing a coin can not always decide the result
2.Fred Baines was one of those who ________．
A．did just enough to pass the exam
B．didn’t work hard enough for their studies
C．had too much other work for the Students’ Union
D．were quite good at passing exams
3.Fred came happily into the exam room because ________．
A．he had got ready for the exam
B．he knew the answers already
C．the other students would be behind him
D．he had his way to finish the exam
4.The chemistry exam in fact ________．
A．was not very hard
B．took the other students an hour to finish
C．had more than one hundred questions
D．needed to be done by tossing a coin
5.The professor tossed the coin to tell Baines that ________．
A．he was satisfied with his way for the exam
B．he wanted to make friends with him
C．his way for the exam would never work
D．the exam result depended on the coin
Dear Tom
How are you? I'm at a new school this term. And I'm writing to you about my school now. My new school is big and nice. There are one thousand and four hundred students and one hundred and forty teachers at my school. I like the teachers. They are very kind to me. My classmates are very friendly, too. They teach me Chinese and I teach them English.
There are trees, flowers and green grass at my school. They are very beautiful. Behind my school there is a small river. The water in it is quite clean. We can swim in it.
We have no classes on Saturdays or Sundays. Sometimes I go to play football or basketball with my classmates. Sometimes I stay at home and watch TV. Sometimes I go to shops with my father and mother. We all like China.
Please write to me soon!
Yours
Jack
1.Jack is at a/an ________ school.
A. English B. Chinese C. small D. Japanese
2.There are ________ students and ________ teachers at Jack's school.
A. 1,400; 104 B.1, 040; 104
C. 1,400; 140 D.1, 040; 140
3.Jack's teachers ________.
A. teach him English very well
B. only teach him Chinese and English
C. don't like him at all
D. are quite good to him
4.Jack ________ his new classmates.
A. doesn't get on well with B. doesn't like
C. makes good friends with D. is going to learn English from
5.Which is TRUE?
A. Jack goes to school every day.
B. Jack doesn't have classes every day.
C. Jack has no classes only on Saturdays.
D. Jack has no classes only on Sundays.
