阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

There was a very special teacher who made a far –reaching difference in my life

Fall ,1959,the first day of class at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School was about begin .“Who”,I asked a senior , “is Mrs McNamara,my 10th grade English teacher?”He just _31  and said something about my being in __32__Soon ,I understood what he meant. Mrs. McNamara had a pattern of ___33___that she repeated again and again. We would have a literature reading task for_34__. The next day ,when we came to class, there would be two or three topics on the blackboard ____35____ to the homework reading. We were_____36__to write an in –class essay about one of the topics. The following day ,she would ___37__thd corrected and graded essays and each person would be called ___38__ to stand in front of the class and to _____39____ his\her essay. The class were required to criticize(评论)that essay, ___40__the grade of everyone in class would be reduced

The first time that I_41__her read–write–criticize method, I had not ___42to do the homework and had written something without knowing what it meant. _____43___the extreme embarrassment I suffered, standing before my classmates, _____44____myself. No one laughed at me, no one would be ___45_____enough ,or foolish enough, to do that in Mrs. McNamara’s class. The embarrassment came from ___46_____and along with it came a strong ____47____not to let it happen again

Mrs. McNamara kept all of our written work in files, it was easy to see the ____48____in writing that had occurred. What was not so easy to see was the inner transformation that had taken place, at least for me. What Mrs. McNamar______49_____me to do was to see myself as others see me and, having done that, I could improve myself. And I _____50__. Thank you, Mrs. McNamara.

A. nodded    B. laughed      C. apologized  D. shouted Ks

A. trouble    B. sorrow       C. danger       D. anger Ks5

A. behavior  B. evaluation  C. activity      D. thought Ks5u

A. review     B. performance      C. practice      D. homework

A. added      B. related       C. contributed D. advised Ks5u

A. expected  B. persuaded   C. allowed      D. advised Ks5u

A. collect     B. return C. send    D. receive Ks5u

A. on purpose      B. at first C. by chance   D. in turn Ks5u

A. talk through    B. hand over   C. read out     D. show off Ks5u

A. so  B. and     C. but     D. or

A. tried      B. adopted      C. examined   D. experienced Ks5u

A. undertaken    B. attempted   C. examined   D. experienced Ks5

A. remember     B. attempted   C. bothered     D. hesitated

A. playing jokes on   B. making a fool of       C. trying a trap for of    D. taking advantage

A. brave     B. careless      C. proud  D. selfish Ks5u

A. above    B. within C. behind       D. below Ks5u

A. tendency       B. preference  C. determination        D. sense Ks5u

A. improvements      B. pains   C. difficulties  D. advantages Ks5u

A. trusted     B. invited     C. forced    D. permitted

A. did    B. could    C. had    D. would

Several different stories are told about the origin of Saint Valentine’s Day.One legend dates as far back as the days of the Roman Empire.According to the story,Claudius,the Emperor of Rome,wanted to increase the size of his army.He knew that it would be easier to get young men who were not married to join.Therefore he made a rule that no young man could marry until he had served a certain number of years in the army.

A priest(牧师) named Valentine broke the rule and secretly married a great many young people.Finally,Claudius found out about Valentine and put the priest in prison,where he remained until his death on February 14.

After his death,Valentine was made a saint(圣人),and the day of his death was named Saint Valentine’s Day.It became the custom for lovers to send each other message on this day.Now Saint Valentine’s Day is a time for people to send one another greeting of many kinds.

February 14,Valentine’s Day,is sweethearts’ day,on which people in love with each other express their tender(温柔的) emotions.

People sometimes put their love message in a heartshaped box of chocolates,or a bunch of flowers tied with red ribbons(带子).Words of letters may be written on the flower covered card,or something else.Whatever the form may be,the message is almost the same:”Will you be my Valentine?”

1.Valentine was put in prison because    .

A.he secretly got married         B.he didn’t serve in the army

C.he married many young people secretly   D.he broke the laws

2.According to the rule,   .

A.no young men could get married unless they were old enough

B.young men could marry if they served in the army for several years

C.no one could get married without the emperor’s permission

D.young men could marry only in the army

3.This passage mainly tells us about    .

A.how Valentine died         B.the Emperor of Rome

C.how Valentine’s Day is celebrated     D.the origin Valentine’s Day

4.February 14 is chosen as Valentine’s Day because    .

A.lovers express their tender emotions on this day

B.people want to remember Valentine

C.people send one another greetings of many kinds on this day

D.people want to fix a date for lovers to express their emotionse

 

For more than twenty years scientists have been searching for signs of life on other planets. Most of these searches have been done over the radio. The hope is that someone on outer space may be trying to get in touch with us. Scientists also have sent radio and television messages on spaceships travelling through space, on the chance that someone may be receptive to such messages.

Scientists are using powerful radio telescopes to listen to signals from about 1,000 stars, all within 100 light years of earth. In addition, they will scan the entire sky to “listen” for radio messages from more distant stars. Using a computer, they will be able to monitor more than eight channels at one time. Scientists are looking for any signal that stands out from the background noise.

Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy(银河星系), scientist find that five percent are like our sun. Perhaps half of them have a planet like earth. Such a planet would be a reasonable distance from the star for temperatures to be right for the evolution of life. Based on the inhabitable (that can be lived in) planets in our galaxy, most scientists agree that chances are likely that one or more of these planets supports some life.

However, many scientists wonder whether intelligent life exists on other planets. Some believe that twenty years of searching without any intelligible message shows that no one is out there. They say that the evolution of intelligence comparable to ours is unlikely.

Other scientists believe that our search hasn’t been long enough to rule out the possibility that intelligent life exists in our galaxy. Although our sun family is about 20 billion years old. In that time, some scientists think it is likely that civilizations much more advanced than ours have developed. Perhaps these civilizations send us no signals; perhaps we have not recognized the signals they have sent us. If we hope to find intelligent life, these scientists believe that we have to keep looking.

1. According to the passage, how many planets in our galaxy might be inhabitable?

A. 5 billion.       B. 10 billion.

C. 15 billion.       D. 200 billion.

2. The first paragraph in this passage is mainly about      .

A. how scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets

B. why scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets

C. where scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets

D. when scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets

3. The underlined word “monitor” in the second paragraph means “     ”.

A. find  B. follow  C. check  D. form

4. Which of these statements is TRUE based on the information in the passage?

A. The earth is one of the oldest planets in our galaxy.

B. Most scientists believe that there is intelligent life on other planets.

C. Scientists are trying different ways to find signs of life on other planets.

D. Scientists don’t believe that there might be life on other planets.

 

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