题目内容
If you walk slowly through downtown Helsinki during the day, taking in the splendid 19 th century buildings, white boats and noise of passing trams (有轨电车), you will start to understand why it is called a city of two colors: white and blue.
The sea is always present in Helsinki. When you take a walk over the great open space of the central square, you will hear seabirds screaming. When you take the tram, suddenly and unexpectedly, you are faced with a calm, shining blue sea. You may notice that people in Helsinki do not rush about as in other cities. Instead, they walk along the roads, politely letting other people by.
A usual way to see Helsinki for the first time is to start out by the boats. You will walk by the elderly women selling fish and vegetables in the market square and find yourself in front of a beautiful park. You may enjoy a pleasant walk in the park for a few hours and then take the tram. Trams are the perfect way to get around in Helsinki. Watching the old houses, parks, theatres, churches, shops, restaurants and people in the streets, you may have a slightly sad film feeling to it.
The pale summer nights are another wonder in the city. Following the waterfront（滨水区）of the city after sunset, you couldn’t help stopping and listening to the sweet silence, interrupted only by the screaming seabirds and leaving fishing boats.
However, in some way. Helsinki is also the most modern city in northern Europe. You will surely want to visit the white Glass Palace, the modern art museum, and all those extremely popular cafes and design stores.
Helsinki is called a city of two colors mainly because of the colors of its ________.
A．19th century white buildings and boats
B．19th century buildings and passing trams
C．white roads and blue trams
D．old buildings, boats and the sea
The best way to see most of Helsinki is to go ________.
A．by boat B．by bus C．by tram D．on foot
The 19th century buildings, the white Glass Palace and all those popular cafes and design shops show that Helsinki is _________.
A．both western and eastern B．both quiet and noisy
C．both historical and modern D．both old and new
This passage is most likely to be found in _________.
A．a story-book B．a geography textbook
C．a research report D．a travel magazine
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
One of Mark Twain’s classic novels is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It is 36 in a small American town in the 19 th century. The people in this town are very traditional and 37 a quiet life.The story is about a boy called Tom Sawyer, who lives with his aunt Polly. He is often in 38 with his aunt. Aunt Polly is very kind, 39 Tom thinks she is always trying to control him.
Tom is different from 40 children in the town. He loves adventure. He does a lot of bad things, but he never really 41 anyone. He tries very hard not to go to school, and often jumps 42 his bedroom window at night to meet his friends. He is very clever. One day, Aunt Polly asks him to do some painting, and he 43 to get all the boys in the town to do the work for him by inventing a new 44 game. It is these little stories 45 make readers want to keep reading the novel, but it is the adventures that 46 the most important part of the book.
Tom’s best friend is Huck Finn, a boy who has no home. In one adventure, they spend the night outside, and they see a man kill another man 47 . Later in the book, Tom, Huck and another boy decide to leave the town 48 they think that life there is too boring. They __49__ to an island in the middle of a river. They 50 fires, catch fish and sleep under the stars. They also make a 51 to travel up and down the river. 52 seeing the boys for days, the people in the town think that they have died. One day, when Tom cones back to his aunt’s house to leave a letter 53 that he is not dead, he hears his aunt talking about his funeral（葬礼）. 54 Tom has an idea. On the morning of their funeral, the boys run back into town and 55 their own funeral before telling everyone that they are still alive.
36. A. made B. set C. taken D. written
37. A. have B. pass C. live D. own
38. A. trouble B. silence C. peace D. war
39. A. and B. but C. still D. as
40. A. another B. others C. the others D. the other
41. A. damages B. destroys C. ruins D. hurts
42. A. out of B. into C. onto D. in front of
43. A. tries B. fails C. manages D. struggles
44. A. fighting B. painting C. touring D. sailing
45. A. which B. that C. what D. where
46. A. is B. was C. are D. were
47. A. in charge B. in advance C. in the long term D. in the dark
48. A. because B. while C. even though D. if
49. A. run into B. run away C. run across D. run out of
50. A. catch B. set C. make D. put
51. A. bike B. boat C. camel D. cage
52. A. By B. Upon C. At D. Without
53. A. writing B. telling C. saying D. meaning
54. A. Then B. Besides C. Also D. Lastly
55. A. join B. present C. participate D. attend
Believe it or not, America’s favorite snack food is the potato chip．There is a story behind how it was first made．One might think that somewhere a genius thought up the first potato chips, but it didn’t happen that way．Picture an elegant restaurant in Saratoga Springs, New York, in 1853．The Moon Lake Restaurant’s menu included French-fried potatoes, a popular food recipe brought back from France by Thomas Jefferson．These were thickly cut potatoes, fried until golden brown and crisp on the outside．One evening a guest in the dining hall felt that his potatoes were too thick and sent them back to the kitchen．The cook sliced some potatoes thinner than before and prepared them for the complaining guest．He was still not satisfied and sent them back again! By this time the cook was very angry and decided to do exactly what the dinner guest wanted：slice the potatoes as thin as possible．Then they would be so crisp that the diner wouldn’t be able to use his fork to eat them．When the paper-thin browned potatoes arrived, the diner was pleased．He was so happy with them that other guests started ordering the new potatoes．The cook’s plan to stop the dinner guest complaining didn’t turn out as expected．Soon Saratoga Chips appeared on the menu and became so popular that people wanted to take some home．The restaurant started selling small packages of the potato chips．A few years later, they were sold all over the U．S．But because the potatoes had to be peeled by hand, it was a time-consuming job and potato chips were often out of stock．In the 1920s, a mechanical potato peeler was invented and soon they were potato chips in abundance．They gradually spread all over the world and have remained popular ever since．
1．According to this passage, mass production of potato chips was made possible when ．
A．potatoes could be peeled by machines
B．potatoes were peeled by a large number of cooks
C．there was a growing demand for them
D．they first appeared in a Saratoga restaurant
2．According to this passage, the cook of the Moon Lake Restaurant ．
A．enjoyed making potato chips very much
B．planned to sell potato chips everywhere
C．wanted to silence a complaining diner
D．was pleased that other guests liked the chips
3．Potato chips have been popular in the US ．
A．for more than 200 years B．every since 1920
C．for less than 100 years D．since the 19 th century
