题目内容
From the earlier time it was well ___1___to the Peruvians that when a cut ___2____made in the thick skin of a ___3____tree, a white liquid like milk came ___4___. From this fluid (流动的) a sticky ___5_____of rubber might be made. This rubber is ___6____and wax-like when warm so that it is ___7_____to give any form.
The Peruvians ___8____the discovery that it is very good for ___9____out water. Then in the early ___10____of the century they made overshoes to ___11___their feet dry. Then a certain Mr Mackintosh ___12_____coats of cloth which were ___13____with rubber. Today Mackintosh raincoats are still ___14_____after him.
But these first rubber shoes ___15______raincoats were unpleasantly soft and sticky in ___16___. They were also stiff and very ___17____in winter. They were like wax(蜡) although they ___18____a bit stronger.
But the rubber ___19___use today has been improved. It is ___20____sticky but soft and elastic(弹性的) and strong enough for any season.
1. A. talked B. heard C. seen D. known
2. A. has B. was C. may D. will
3. A. rubber B. apple C. orange D. oak
4. A. from B. through C. out D. up
5. A. raincoat B. shoes C. border D. mass
6. A. hard B. fast C. stubborn D. soft
7. A. important B. impossible C. possible D. uncertain
8. A. made B. found C. wrote D. neglected
9. A. finding B. keeping C. making D. pouring
10. A. kind B. part C. sort D. halves
11. A. clean B. clear C. keep D. prevent
12. A. made B. found C. appeared D. gave
13. A. full B. like C. lined D. applied
14. A. looked B. named C. made D. searched
15. A. or B. and C. with D. but
16. A. today B. summer C. winter D. rain
17. A. soft B. sticky C. elastic D. cold
18. A. felt B. made C. needed D. produced
19. A. Mr Mackintosh B. the Peruvians C. we D. is
20. A. also B. always C. neither D. not
1-5 DBACD 6-10 DCABB 11-15 CACBB 16-20 BDACD
解析:
1. D。be well known 是固定短语,表示“对…了解、熟悉”。
2. B。因为“切口(cut)”可知应该是被人去做,所以是 was made。
3. A。根据下文两次出现的 rubber 可得出答案。
4. C。从上文可以得知“像牛奶一样的白色液体从橡胶树上流出来”。
5. D。从上下文可以得知“从树上流下来的液体,慢慢会变稠”,所以“粘团”就形成了,但它不能直接形成雨衣或鞋。
6. D。根据常识橡胶是“软的”。
7. C。根据前面的warm 得出答案,当变暖或加热时“能”做出任何形状。
8. A。因为“发现”是名词,不能选found,make a discovery是固定短语。
9. B。根据常识,橡胶可以“防”水,其余选项不符句意。
10. B。表示本世纪的“早期、前期”,不能选 halves,如果用 half不能用复数。
11. C。根据前面的“鞋垫”和后面的“干燥”得出答案是“保持干燥”。
12. A。根据后面的 coat 判断答案是“被做”。
13. C。指这种布料(cloth)是用橡胶“排制”而成的。
14. B。根据前面的雨衣判断可知仍然还是以他的名字“命名的”,其余选项不符句意。
15. B。根据句意,这是两个物质名词 shoes 和 raincoat 是并列的,但不能选or(或者)。
16. B。夏天天气炎热,雨衣变软,故 summer 符合语境。
17. D。根据常识,橡胶在夏天温度高时变软,相反在冬天“冷”时变硬。
18. A。根据前面的“像蜡”和后面的 stronger 得出答案是“摸起来”,表示感觉。
19. C。根据句中的时间状语 today 判断是 we(我们)使用。
20. D。根据两个相反的形容词,得出答案(not…but意为“不是…而是”)
A report by the Consumer Electronics Association says electronics are among the most popular gifts being bought this holiday season.
Jim Barry is a spokesman for the Consumer Electronics Association. He says the CEA study found that electronics represent three of the top five things on its "holiday gift wish list" this year.
JIM BARRY: "Notebook computers are at the top, followed by iPads and then e-readers. IPad is a touch-screen tablet computer and that's really the big player in that category."
The computer company Apple began selling its small, touch-screen computers in April. People use the touch-screen computers to surf the Web, write e-mails, watch movies and read books. Since the iPad's release earlier this year, several other companies have come out with their own tablet computers just in time for Christmas.
A report from the e-Marketer research group predicts that worldwide, tablet sales will reach more than eighty-one million in two thousand twelve. Still, Jim Barry says these devices are facing tough competition this year from another Christmas favorite.
JIM BARRY: "Another hot category right behind that are the e-readers. So you can read on an iPad or a touch-screen tablet, but the e-book readers are less expensive. The Kindle is the market leader there, from Amazon. But you also have the Nook from Barnes and Noble and the e-reader from Sony. And you have more and more of those e-readers coming into the market as well."
The Consumer Electronics Association report found that iPod music players are also in high demand this holiday season.
But not all of the things on the holiday gift wish list involved electronics. Clothes, cars and motorcycles also made the list. So did family togetherness and good health. And the one thing that people wanted most?
JIM BARRY: "At the top of the list was peace and happiness."
That is also our wish for you this holiday season.
【小题1】The best title of the passage is .
A.How to choose a suitable gift for Christmas |
B.iPads, E-Readers, Notebook Computers top wish lists |
C.What we should buy for our kids this holiday season |
D.How modern technology is changing the way people relate |
A.surf the Web and write e-mails |
B.watch movies and read books |
C.surf the Web and contact others on phone |
D.surf the internet and use it as an e-reader |
A.iPads are the most popular gift among all the electronics. |
B.Only the computer company Apple releases a touch-screen tablet computer. |
C.All of the things on the holiday gift wish list are electronics. |
D.There are more and more kinds of e-readers in the market. |
A.notebook computers | B.iPod music players |
C.touch-screen tablet computer | D.e-book readers |
A.people value peace and happiness more than anything else |
B.clothes, cars and motorcycles are also popular gifts for Christmas |
C.family togetherness and good health don't make the list |
D.JIM BARRY also sends their wish for us this holiday season |
【小题1】 People use money to buy food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they need or want. When they work, they usually get paid in money.
Most of the money today is made of metal or paper. 【小题2】 One of the first kinds of money was shells.
Shells were not the only things used as money. In China, cloth and knives were used. In the Philippine Islands, rice was used as money for a long time. Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used as money in parts of Africa.
The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the centre. 【小题3】 Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. 【小题4】 Sweden and Russia used copper (铜) to make their money. Later some countries began to make coins of gold and silver.
But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. 【小题5】 The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today.
Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.
A.The first coins in England were made of tin (锡). |
B.But people used to use all kinds of things as money. |
C.No one knows for certain when people began to use money. |
D.People strung (串连) them together and carried them from place to place. |
F. They began to use paper money.
G. Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services.