1. _______________________ the teacher thought highly of the students' performance, (doubt)

毫无疑问，老师对同学们的表演评价很高。

 From Daban, we move to another ancient small town,Loulan. Daban town is famous for girls and windmills, while Loulan is a myth(神话)in the desert.

  Two thousand years ago,beside the beautiful and rich Luobu Lake,there lay Loulan ancient city of the Silk Road. Businessmen from every country gathered here and there were dancing parties. Everything showed that people in Loulan lived a rich life then.

  However, two thousand years later, this rich land suddenly disappeared from the map of China. Then it became an area covered with sand and dead tree trunks.

  Loulan was first "discovered" by a Swedish man in 1900. People from America, Britain, Japan and Sweden, all set foot here. Then in the 1930s, a Chinese named Huang Wenbi came to Loulan for the first time. He visited and studied this area and found many relics that were beautifully and carefully made.

  It is recorded that the ancient city of Loulan was the capital of Loulan Kingdom during the Han and Jin Dynasties(朝代），and covered an area of some 100 ，000 square metres. Inside the city,there are the ruins of government offices, temples and other old buildings. Outside the city,there are some dried rivers and much farmland. In the past century many things have been dug out there including Han Dynasty coins，mirrors and many things from Greek and Roman. All these things show that a lot of business between East and West once took place there.

  Lying on the northwest of the Lop Nur area,the Loulan Kingdom is now a lifeless area with endless "forests" of mounds(小丘)which aren't easily seen in other parts of the world. Its mystery has been attracting so many people from so many countries.

(   ) 5. The first person who set foot in Loulan in the 20th century is      

A. a European    B. an American

C. an Englishman    D. a Japanese

(   ) 6.Before Loulan disappeared,      

A.     a lot of business between East and West had taken place there

B.     people from America and Japan had set foot there

C.     a lifeless area with lots of mounds could easily be seen there

D.     no Europeans had visited the ancient country
(   ) 7. We can infer from the passage that      

A.     Loulan was destroyed by the terrible weather there

B.     wars made Loulan disappear

C.     foreigners came to Loulan and destroyed it

D.     how Loulan disappeared is still unknown to us
(   ) 8. A good title for this passage might be      

A.     Famous Town, Daban

B.     Business in Ancient Loulan

C.     Ancient City in the Desert

D.     Cities in Old Times of China

  Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas"，Machu Picchu is probably the most fa?miliar symbol of the Inca Empire(印加帝国）.It was built around the year 1450, but abandoned (遗弃）a hundred years later,at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Forgotten for centuries, the site was brought to worldwide attention in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, an Amer?ican historian. Since then,Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction. It was an?nounced a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. It is also one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. But it has recently come to light that the site may have been discovered and robbed secretly as early as in 1867 by a German businessman, Augusto Beras.

  7,000 feet above sea level and located on a small hilltop between the Andean Mountain Range, the majestic city rises above the Urabamba Valley below. Then a huge wall,the Tai-wan-kai, handrails are all seems to be naturally formed in the same precipice. Machu Picchu is surrounded by tropical jungle. Separated into three areas―farming,urban, and religious(宗教的）一the structures are arranged so that the function(功能）of the buildings matches the form of their surroundings. The agricultural terracing and ditches(梯田和沟渠）take advantage of the nat?ural slopes(斜坡)；the lower areas contain buildings occupied by farmers and teachers, and the most important religious areas are located at the crest of the hill，over-looking the fresh green Urabamba Valley thousands of feet below.

  Hikers,tourists, and the early explorers describe similar emotions as they'climb their way through the Inca Trail. Many call the experience magical and say the area creates a wonderful green paradise, making it a must for anyone who travels to Peru.

(   ) 1. Augusto Berns was said to      

A.     report his find to the government at the first time

B.     be the first one who discovered the ruins of Machu Picchu

C.     help make Machu Picchu a UNESCO World Heritage Site

D.     work together with Bingham on research about Machu Picchu

(   ) 2. The underlined word "crest" in the second paragraph can be best replaced by

A. bottom    B. centre C. valley    D. top
(   ) 3. The three areas of Machu Picchu were arranged mainly according to      

A.     the quality of soil

B.     the number of people

C.     the need of transportation

D.     the landform and social ranks

(   ) 4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A.     New Seven Wonders of the World

B.     A Brief Introduction to Machu Picchu

C.     Who Found "The Lost City of the Incas"

D.     Why Machu Picchu Became a Hot Tourist Site

 A Good Friend，a Second Self

  I couldn't believe my ears when I heard my name called for the leading role in our high school play. Mrs. Dermitt, my drama teacher, had been looking for someone to play an ener?getic boy in a comedy. Luckily for me,she thought that I could handle the1

  That afternoon my friend Kevin and I talked 2about the play. Although Kevin hadn't been 3 for a part on stage，his job with the set crew was important to the success of the play. I told him I was a little 4 because I had a lot of lines to memorize.

  "You can do it，" he said. I knew I could 5him：we had been friends since the third grade, and we 6 a good team.

  Preparations for the play moved at a rapid pace. While working hard with the set crew,Kevin 7 spent hours helping me learn my lines. He often said my lines with me by silently moving his lips. We 8 that he could probably play my part as well as I could.

  Three days before the 9 night, everything was ready for the performance. But when I woke up 10 a fever and sore throat on the day of the play，the entire production came to a sudden 11 Everyone in the drama department was worried, 12 there was no way I could perform. The play was 13 to open in fewer than six hours，and we had no time to cancel. I tried to think of a way to 14 . Then it hit me―Kevin knew the 15 as well as I did. I called Mrs. Dermitt to give her my 16 . Within a few short hours, Kevin stood on stage in costume and make-up. The amusing lines he had 17 with me so many times made the crowd laugh and cheer. In a strange turn of events, Kevin and I had 18 the day for everyone by working as a team.

  Of course，I was terribly disappointed to have 19 my chance in the spotlight，but I was extremely 20 to have such a good friend.

(   ) 1. A. part    B. play     C. band    D. crew

(   ) 2. A,calmly     B. seriously    C. excitedly D. anxiously

(   ) 3. A. called    B. chosen    C. invited    D. trained

(   ) 4. A. upset    B. bored       C. nervous    D. confused

(   ) 5. A. count on    B. tend to   C. talk with    D. agree with

(   ) 6. A. joined    B. founded     C. took    D. made

(   ) 7. A. also    B. only         C. still    D. simply

(   ) 8. A. expected    B. debated     C. agreed    D. joked

(   ) 9. A. final    B. special       C. opening    D. greeting

(   ) 10. A. with    B. from       C. in    D. by

(   ) 11. A. change    B. turn      C. stop    D. end

(   ) 12. A. for    B. but           C. and    D. so

(   ) 13. A. likely    B. ready     C. sure    D. due

(   ) 14. A. pass    B. help       C. care    D. face

(   ) 15. A. steps    B. lines        C. points    D. cases

(   ) 16. A. introduction  B. instruction   C. explanation   D. suggestion

(   ) 17. A. scanned    B. grasped       C. practiced    D. presented

(   ) 18. A. valued    B. saved       C. left    D. kept

(   ) 19. A. offered    B. avoided      C. risked    D. missed

(   ) 20. A. successful    B. thankful     C. trustful    D. hopeful

1. 对该人物的简单介绍Thomas Edison，美国人,一名伟大的科学家与发明家，发明了电灯泡。曾经被老师认为是一个很差的学生,后来通过自己的努力，成为了一名伟大的人。他的名言：Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

2. 喜欢该人物的理由

3. 从该人物身上得到的启示  

生词提示

diligent勤奋的creative有创造力的bulb灯泡

  As a teenager in 1972 ，Bill Gates boasted that he would be a millionaire by the time he was 20. While he did not quite achieve that goal,only 15 years later he was a billionaire. And by 1992 ，as head of the Microsoft company, he became the richest man in America with assets(资产)of approximately $6.3 billion.

  Born in Seattle，Washington on 28 ，October 1956 ，Gates was named William Henry after his father and grandfather. From the beginning, he was an extremely energetic and intelligent(聪明的)child. He had read the entire world book encyclopedia(百科全书)by the age of nine. His favorite subjects at school were science and maths and his favorite past time was "thinking".

  Gates first started to play with computers at the age of 13，when one was installed(安装)at his school. At that time,computers were large,awkward(笨重的)machines. Operators were re?quired to learn complex(复杂的)computer languages before the machines could be used. Even then,a great deal of time and effort was needed to perform the simplest functions. Before long,Gates was an expert at working the school's computer. After his graduation from secondary school, Gates was accepted by the three top universities in USA一Princeton, Harvard and Yale. He chose Harvard and began classes there the next autumn, majoring maths. But he was still ob?sessed(痴 迷)with computers and spent as much time in the computer laboratories as he did in the lecture halls.

  By 1975, Gates and a partner, Paul Allen, had developed a software called BASIC. This was not the first program ever created，but its inventors were the first to decide that people who wanted to use it should pay for it.

BASIC was a success because until it came along there had been no efficient way of getting computers to carry out instructions. Although he had not yet completed his degree, Gates left university and went to work full time for the new company he had formed called Microsoft.

  His next project(项目)was the software program that made him famous and very rich. It was called DOS,short for Disk Operating System, and it was purchased(购买)by IBM in 1980. Today it is the operating system used in more than 14 million personal computers around the world.

  As chief executive officer(首席执行官)of Microsoft, Gates is known as a bright man,but one who is not easily satisfied. He is quick to criticize(批评)his staff and hates to be questioned about decisions he has made. He was regarded as a loner, an unfashionable boring computer nut,until his marriage to Microsoft manager Melonda French on New Year's Day 1994. Yet to most people now,Gates is a person who is,in spite of his great wealth, humble(谦恭的)and ordinary. He spends his money carefully, he eats in fast-food restaurants and flies economy class
(经济舱).And when praised for Microsoft's great success, he has been heard to say, "All we do is put software in a box and if people see it in the stores and like it，they buy it.”
(   ) 5. When he was a teenager, Bill Gates wanted to be a      

A. teacher         B. doctor

C. businessman    D. professor
(   ) 6. When Gates went to Harvard,he      

A.     was interested only in maths

B.     spent most of his time in computer laboratories

C.     developed the first computer software program

D.     divided his time between his maths studies and the computer laboratories
(   ) 7. Before the development of BASIC, ________________ .

A.     no one was interested in computer software

B.     software programs were not considered commercial(商业的)projects

C.     software programs were very expensive

D.     no one wanted to pay for computer software

(   ) 8. When the writer says "Bill was regarded as an unfashionable boring computer nut"，
he means      

A. Bill was so strong-minded that no one could change his mind

B.     the only thing that could interest Bill in his life was computer

C.     Bill was such a boring young man that nobody would like to talk to him

D.     Bill couldn't do anything else but solve boring computer problems

 Every time you visit Disney World, there's something new to see. Each time the park ex?pands ,so do your chances to spend money. How can you save? As a family guide to Disney World, I've been to the park more than 25 times with my kids,and I've developed a few money-saving tips.

  Buy the five-day All-in-One Pass even if you're visiting for fewer days,it's a deal (the pass costs $299 for visitors ages 10 and up, $183 for kids ages three to nine and is free for kids under age three). Without the pass,you'll have to pay separately for Pleasure Island and the water parks. A single trip to Blizzard Beach, for example, would cost a family of four $100.

  Dine out at lunch. The prices at some of the nicer restaurants, especially those in Epcot's World Showcase, are much lower at noontime than at dinner. It's wise to make reservations(预定)before you leave home.

  Become a Gold Card Member. For $65 ，you can get a Magic Kingdom Club Gold Card (call 1 -800-56-DISNEY). Cardholders get up to 20 percent off Disney hotel rooms, plus price breaks on character breakfasts, theme park tickets and goods from Disney stores.

   Don't pay extra to see a character. Character theme dinner shows are expensive, costing a family of four about $140, and even a character breakfast, where Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck joins you for cakes,can set you back $50. If your budget(预算)is tight, try to meet the characters inside the theme parks and at free in-park shows. You can watch the Diamond Horse?shoe show,for example, in the Magic Kingdom for no additional cost,while the similarly themed Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue needs expensive tickets.

  Wait until the end of your trip to buy souvenirs(纪念品).By then,the kids will really know what they want,and you won't waste money on expensive things. 

(   ) 1. What is the passage mainly about?

A.     How to save money when visiting Disney World.

B.     How to find good restaurants in Disney World.

C.     How to see a character in Disney world.

D.     How to buy souvenirs for children in Disney World.

(   ) 2. Which of the following can be used in place of "set you back"?

A. Offer you much. B. Save you much.

C. Cost you much. D. Pay you much.

(   ) 3. You should pay more money      

A.     if you have a five-day All-in-One Pass while you're visiting for four days

B.     if you do not make a reservation for hotel rooms in advance

C.     if you are not a Magic Kingdom Club Gold Card holder

D.     if you watch the Diamond Horseshoe Show in the Magic Kingdom.
(   ) 4. The economical way of meeting the Disney characters is      

A.     to have a character breakfast

B.     to watch the Diamond Horseshoe show

C.     to pay separately for Pleasure Island and the water parks

D.     to attend the Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue

 Working Women Over 70 Caught in the Retirement Trap At 74 ，Marie Maes is scrambling to find a work.

Even though she spent four 1 working in Colorado hospitals and Seattle nursing homes，the retired licensed practical 2 lives just above the poverty line on little more than $12 a day after she pays her rent.

  She is among a near-record and 3 number of women working well into their 70s, thanks to smaller Social Security checks，4careers，smaller pensions，longer life spans than men and bad 5 planning.

"Of course I 6to get back to work," said Maes,a direct and optimistic woman. Asked whether she considers herself poor，she replied， " I never gave it a thought，but I guess I

  Over the past 14 years，the number of women 8 in the United States between the ages of 70 and 74 nearly 9 from 324,000 to 618,000，according to the Labor Department.

  More elderly people are looking for work these days，10 city job fairs not necessarily because they want to, 11 because they need the money.

  Single older women like Maes are particularly weak. Nearly one in five of them lives in 12 ，more than three times the rate of the 13people of the same age. And many carry fewer resources into their 70s than men.

The gap suggests the nation's retirement system is 14 Maes and plenty of other women. Instead of 15 the New Mexico native for decades of hard work,it left her an empty bank account, $824 a month from Social Security and 16 to get back to work.

  Maes' 17 is not uncommon. She started work later in life, 18 less money and relied on her husband to prepare for their retirement.

  Marge Hampton， 70 ，chairwoman of a community group for older 19   ，once said，

  "We looked to the man to take care of us... Then one day we 20   and said, ' Oh my God, what is here?'"

(   ) 1. A. years    B. months     C. weeks    D. decades

(   ) 2. A. nurse    B. doctor    C. teacher    D. professor

(   ) 3. A. decreasing   B. extending  C. spreading    D. growing

(   ) 4. A. longer    B. better     C. earlier    D. shorter

(   ) 5. A. working    B. family    C. financial    D. studying

(   ) 6. A. need    B. ought      C. used    D. plan

(   ) 7. A. do        B. have       C. am    D. will

(   ) 8. A. living    B. playing    C. working    D. staying

(   ) 9. A. doubled    B. rose       C. appeared    D. grew

(   ) 10. A. taking    B. leaving     C. packing    D. visiting

(   ) 11. A. but        B. and        C. instead    D. then

(   ) 12. A. richness    B. poverty   C. danger    D. trouble

(   ) 13. A. single    B. married      C. rich    D. poor

(   ) 14. A. preventing    B. discouraging   C. failing    D. stopping

(   ) 15. A. saving    B. paying      C. prizing    D. rewarding

(   ) 16. A. pressure    B. worry      C. power    D. pleasure

(   ) 17. A. example    B. situation     C. suffering    D. optimism

(   ) 18. A. took    B. wasted        C. made    D. spent

(   ) 19. A. women    B. men           C. workers    D. nurses

(   ) 20. A. cheered up    B. picked up     C. stood up    D. woke up

10. The fact      didn't make him disappointed and he continued to set his mind on his experiment, (fail)

他数次失败的事实并没有让他一蹶不振，而是继续集中精力做实验。

9. I look forward to the day      all desires and can work without worry.(free)

我盼望有一天我能摆脱一切欲望而无忧无虑地工作。