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Do you doubt______ he’ll leave all his money upon his death to his mother school?

A. whether B. that C. if D. which

On the day of a big event, many people came to Big Bend Mountain to watch. John Henry and the salesman stood side by side. Even early in the day, the sun was burning hot.

The competition began. John Henry kissed his hammer and started working. At first, the steam-powered drill worked two times faster than he did. Then, he started working with a hammer in each hand. He worked faster and faster. In the mountain, the heat and dust were so thick that most men would have had trouble breathing. The crowd shouted as clouds of dust came from inside the mountain.

The salesman was afraid when he heard what sounded like the mountain breaking. However, it was only the sound of John Henry at work. Polly Ann and her son cheered when the machine was pulled from the tunnel of the mountain. It had broken down. Polly Ann urged John Henry to come out. But he kept working, faster and faster. He dug deep into the darkness, hitting the steel so hard that his body began to fail him. He became weak, and his heart burst.

John Henry fell to the ground. There was a terrible silence. Polly Ann did not move because she knew what had happened. John Henry’s blood spilled over the ground. But he still held one of the hammers. “I beat them,” he said. His wife cried out, “Don’t go, John Henry.”“Bring me a cool drink of water,”he said. Then he took his last breath.

His friends carried his body from the mountain. They buried him near the house where he was born. Crowds went there after they heard about John Henry’s death.

Soon, the steam drill and other machines replaced the steel-drivers. Many laborers left their families to look for work. They took the only jobs they could find. As they worked, some sang about John Henry.

1.What does the big event mentioned in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A．John Henry’s work on a machine.

B．A competition between John Henry and a salesman.

C．John Henry’s work with his hammer and the steel.

D．A competition between John Henry and a drill.

2.The underlined word “tunnel ”in Paragraph 3 probably means “ ”.

A．flat ground

B．big rock

C．underground passage

D．hard metal

3. What happened to John Henry when he fell to the ground?

A．He was tired and had to have a rest.

B．He had heart trouble and was dying.

C．He was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.

D．He was injured slightly and was bleeding.

4.What do we know about John Henry?

A．He won the competition finally.	B．He was buried under the mountain.
C．He loved his work very much.	D．He said nothing before his death.

5.What can we infer from the passage?

A．Humans can never beat machines.	B．John Henry was regarded as a hero.
C．Laborers hated machines very much.	D．It was easy for laborers to find work.

III.语法填空（共10题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在标号为31—40的空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Tyler was born infected with HIV; his mother was infected. When he was 5, he had a tube surgically (adv. 如外科手术般地) inserted in a vein in his chest. This tube was 31 (connect) to a pump, which he carried in a small backpack on his back. 32 times, he also needed extra oxygen to support his breathing.

Tyler was 33 (will) to give up one single moment of his childhood in spite of this deadly disease. Those 34 knew him wondered at his pure joy in being 35 （live）and the energy it gave him. Tyler’s mother often made jokes on him by telling him that he moved so fast that she needed to dress him in red. That was, when she looked through the window to check on him playing in the yard, she could quickly find him.

In the end, he grew quite ill and 36 (fortune), so did his HIV-infected mother. When 37 became clear that he wasn’t going to survive, Tyler’s mother talked to him about death. She comforted Tyler 38 telling him that she was 39 (die), too, and that she would be with him soon in heaven.

A few days before his death, Tyler singed me to his hospital bed and whispered, “I might die soon. I’m not 40 (scare). When I die, please dress me in red. Mom promised she was coming to heaven, too. I’ll be playing when she gets there, and I want to make sure that she can find me.”

During his life Dr James Naismith worked as a doctor, taught P.E and wrote several books. While he never thought it very important, Dr Naismith is today best known for one thing. He was the inventor of basketball.

Dr James Naismith was born in Canada in 1861 and his first job was at a special sports school in the USA. One day the school principal told James he was having a problem with the students. Because of heavy snow, the students could not go outside. He told James that they needed a sport the boys could play indoors and gave the teacher two weeks to think of something.

It was on the very last day that James came up with his idea. The “birth of basketball” is said to be on December 21, 1891, when two teams from the school played the first game. It was quite different from the basketball games of today. It had 9 players on each team and footballs were used instead of basketballs. Soon after, the game changed to 5 players on each side, using special “basketballs” through nets.

Although Dr Naismith did not live to see basketball become the worldwide game it is today, in 1936, just three years before his death, basketball became an Olympic sport at the Games in Berlin.

1.

Which of the following things did Dr James Naismith NOT do?

A. Teach P.E in school. B. Write some books.

C. Work at a hospital. D. Take part in the Olympic Games.

2.

In which season did Dr Naismith invent basketball?

A. Summer. B. Winter. C. Spring. D. Autumn.

3.

Why is December 21 thought to be the birthday of basketball?

A. It was on this day that Dr Naismith came up with his idea for basketball.

B. It was the day on which Dr Naismith was born.

C. It was the day on which Dr Naismith was asked by his boss to invent a new game.

D. It was on this day that the first game of basketball was played.

4.

At the time of Dr Naismith’s death, which of the following was true?

A. Basketball was already a worldwide game.

B. Basketball was played with 9 players on each side.

C. Basketball was an Olympic sport.

D. Basketball was still played using footballs.