Saturday 28 April, 2001: Dennis Tito was setting off on his holiday. Mr. Tito’s journey was  certainly unusual! So was the transport he chose, and the price of his trip.
The 60-year-old multi-millionaire from New York was sitting on board a Russian spaceship.  He was on a journey to the International Space Station. It might have been a routine trip for the  two astronauts who were traveling with him, but for him it was certainly no ordinary journey.  Dennis Tito was the first tourist ever in space, and he had paid the sum of $20 million to go there.  As the spacecraft left the earth’s atmosphere, Tito drank a glass of fruit juice to celebrate and  looked down at the earth’s blue-green surface. Two minutes later, he was sick. Luckily it was  only a minor problem. He soon recovered, and from then on enjoyed a smooth journey. When he  arrived at the space station, there was a big smile on his face. “A great trip!” he commented. “I  love space.”
For a long time space travel was something for heroes. But all this is going to change.  Companies like ProSpace are investing large amounts of money in space travel. They want space  and space travel to belong to the public, not just governments. There are other plans, like voyages  through space from one side of the world to the other. Maybe we will be able to depart from New  York at nine o’clock in the morning, and arrive an hour later-- in Tokyo! Such a schedule would  allow the business traveler to return to New York on the same day, and still have eight hours for a  meeting!
【小题1】Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A.Business TravelersB.Space TouristsC.A Space ExplorationD.A Frightening Adventure
【小题2】According to the passage, Dennis Tito   .
A.enjoyed his trip very much B.was too sick to eat anything in space
C.suffered a lot during the tripD.didn’t think the trip was worthwhile
【小题3】Which of the following statements is tree according to the passage?
A.Tito was the first American tourist in space.
B.Tito contributed all of his wealth to his space trip.
C.Tito visited the Russian Space Station during his trip.
D.Space travel has become a routine for Tito since then.
【小题4】It can be expected from the passage that   .
A.space travel will belong to the public instead of governments
B.airplanes will some day reach the speed of space vehicles
C.can will be able to circle the earth within less than an hour
D.travel between two places on earth will be made through space

One Christmas Eve, my husband made his way home from work.  26 , he worked the entire day but let his stuff go 27  so that they could be with their families.

He drove down the street and made the 28  towards our home. On one side of the road, an old man stood, drenched to the bone (被雨淋得湿透了), with his hand 29. The rain had been  30 heavily that day. My husband stopped, and asked him where he was 31 . He wanted to go about five miles past our home, but my husband still told him to 32 . My husband chatted with him, drove 33  our house and took him home for his Christmas Eve.  34  turned out that this poor man was what we now 35  as a “slow learner” and the only job he could get to  36  him and his elderly mother was at the bakery near where my husband worked. He worked from 5 a.m. until 1 o’clock in the  37 . Not only that, but that poor man had been standing there trying to get a ride on Christmas Eve for about 5 hours 38  my husband picked him up. 39  else would give him a ride because they didn’t want to get their seats 40.

Over the years my husband  41  to give him a ride home whenever he saw him trying to get a ride. When he passed 42 , my husband went to his funeral. 43  my husband didn’t know his family, they knew of him. Even his twin sister who  44  in the state of Washington knew who my husband was and everyone thanked him for his 45  toward one who had so little.

An act of kindness can make another person’s day, or even their life.

1.

A.As well

B.As usual

C.If possible

D.If so

 

2.

A.early

B.nowhere

C.altogether

D.late

 

3.

A.corner

B.change

C.crossing

D.turn

 

4.

A.moved

B.raised

C.arisen

D.risen

 

5.

A.pouring

B.flowing

C.dropping

D.pointing

 

6.

A.wandering

B.staying

C.going

D.working

 

7.

A.get out

B.get off

C.get down

D.get in

 

8.

A.past

B.for

C.from

D.near

 

9.

A.What

B.That

C.It

D.We

 

10.

A.round up

B.refer to

C.conclude with

D.name after

 

11.

A.protect

B.satisfy

C.defend

D.support

 

12.

A.morning

B.afternoon

C.evening

D.night

 

13.

A.before

B.after

C.because

D.while

 

14.

A.Someone

B.Anyone

C.Everyone

D.No one

 

15.

A.tight

B.wet

C.cosy

D.free

 

16.

A.persuaded

B.claimed

C.continued

D.appointed

 

17.

A.down

B.away

C.by

D.out

 

18.

A.Although

B.Whether

C.Since

D.Before

 

19.

A.traveled

B.arrived

C.remained

D.lived

 

20.

A.wealth

B.efforts

C.kindness

D.attention

 

对话填空(阅读下面对话,掌握大意,并根据所给首字母的提示,在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整正确形式,使对话通顺。共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)

L: I’m terribly sorry to trouble you, but I’d like to ask you some questions.  

O: Please go (76)a________.                                         

L: I find English really difficult to learn. It’s (77)u_________ that I have worked

hard but have achieved so little.                   

O: In what way?

L: Remembering new words is rather difficult. I looked at the vocabulary but I couldn’t remember them. It is (78) o_______ that I have no

(79) g______ for English.           

O: I don’t think so. Things may not sound like what you say. You’d better try different (80)w_____ to remember them and try

to make it interesting. For example, you can write the words on a card in English on one side and Chinese on the (81)o_____.                          

L: And how I can (82)i_____ my reading ability?                      

O: Well, as(83)f_______ that, you should do a lot of reading. You know practice

makes perfect. If time(84)p_____, you can read novels written by some                  

famous(85)w_____ such as Mark Twain, Charles Dickens and so on.

L: Thank you. I’ll have a try.

O: Gook luck with your English study in the future.

 

76.__________

77.__________

78.__________

79.__________

80.__________

81.__________

82.__________

83.__________

84.__________

85._________

 

One Christmas Eve, my husband made his way home from work.  36 , he worked the entire day but let his stuff go  37  so that they could be with their families.

He drove down the street and made the  38  towards our home. On one side of the road, an old man stood, drenched to the bone (被雨淋得湿透了), with his hand  39 . The rain had been  40  heavily that day. My husband stopped, and asked him where he was  41 . He wanted to go about five miles past our home, but my husband still told him to  42 . My husband chatted with him, drove  43  our house and took him home for his Christmas Eve.  44  turned out that this poor man was what we now  45  as a “slow learner” and the only job he could get to  46  him and his elderly mother was at the bakery near where my husband worked. He worked from 5 a.m. until 1 o’clock in the  47 . Not only that, but that poor man had been standing there trying to get a ride on Christmas Eve for about 5 hours  48  my husband picked him up.  49  else would give him a ride because they didn’t want to get their seats  50 .

Over the years my husband  51  to give him a ride home whenever he saw him trying to get a ride. When he passed  52 , my husband went to his funeral.  53  my husband didn’t know his family, they knew of him. Even his twin sister who  54  in the state of Washington knew who my husband was and everyone thanked him for his  55  toward one who had so little.

An act of kindness can make another person’s day, or even their life.

1.

A.As well

B.As usual

C.If possible

D.If so

2.

A.early

B.nowhere

C.altogether

D.late

3.

A.corner

B.change

C.crossing

D.turn

4.

A.moved

B.raised

C.arisen

D.risen

5.

A.pouring

B.flowing

C.dropping

D.pointing

6.

A.wandering

B.staying

C.going

D.working

7.

A.get out

B.get off

C.get down

D.get in

8.

A.past

B.for

C.from

D.near

9.

A.What

B.That

C.It

D.We

10.

A.round up

B.refer to

C.conclude with

D.name after

11.

A.protect

B.satisfy

C.defend

D.support

12.

A.morning

B.afternoon

C.evening

D.night

13.

A.before

B.after

C.because

D.while

14.

A.Someone

B.Anyone

C.Everyone

D.No one

15.

A.tight

B.wet

C.cosy

D.free

16.

A.persuaded

B.claimed

C.continued

D.appointed

17.

A.down

B.away

C.by

D.out

18.

A.Although

B.Whether

C.Since

D.Before

19.

A.traveled

B.arrived

C.remained

D.lived

20.

A.wealth

B.efforts

C.kindness

D.attention

 

 

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D. It takes several weeks before the manuscripts are published.

53.The underlined part “be reproduced” probably means “__________”.

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