【题目】After completing and signing it, please return the form to us in the envelope __________.

A. providing B. provided

C. having provided D. provide

【题目】Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery: giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you lack money.

This is how I experimented with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store flashes to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper. One discovery I made about giving-away is that it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though the return often comes in all unexpected form.

One Sunday morning, the local post office delivered an important special delivery letter to my home, though it was addressed to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation. More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was starting. I was told at the window that there were no boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list. As I was about to leave, the postmaster appeared in the doorway. He had overheard(无意中听到)our conversation. "Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?" I said yes. "Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get nothing but complaints."

【1】From the passage, we understand that _____.

A. the author did not understand the importance of giving until he was in late thirties

B. the author was like most people who were mostly receivers rather than givers

C. the author received the same education as most people during his childhood

D. the author liked most people as they looked upon life as a process of getting

【2】According to the author, _____.

A. giving means you will lack money

B. the excitement of giving can bring you money

C. you don’t have to be rich in order to give

D. when you give away money, you will be rich

【3】The author would make the suggestion to the storekeeper _____.

A. in writing B. in person

C. in the window display D. about the neighborhood

【4】When the author needed a post-office box, _____.

A. he had put his name on a waiting list

B. he wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation

C. many people had applied for post-office boxes before him

D. he asked the postmaster to make one for him

【题目】—What about your self-drive trip yesterday?

—Tiring! The road is being widened, and we __________ a rough ride.

A. had B. have

C. would have D. have had

【题目】The resounding film Avatar has been very popular in the UK and around the world， becoming the fastest film ever to earn 1 billion dollars(7 billion yuan) in ticket sales.

But as well as being an entertaining feast for the eyes, the sci-fi epic (叙事诗)also introduces the audience to a brand new language invented especially for the film.

The movie is set in an alien planet called Pandora which is inhabited by many strange species. The most humanoid of the planet's inhabitants are the Na'vi, and it is the struggle between the Na'vi and human invader that forms the main story of the film.

The film has been released in 2D and 3D versions.

In order to add a sense of reality to his vision of an alien race the film's director James Cameron asked a professor of language from the University of Southern California to invent a language for the Na'vi.

Professor Paul Frommer worked with James Cameron for four years to build upon the original 30 words or so that the director had already come up with for the language.

According to Professor Frommer, the most important aspect of the Na'Vi language was that it could be pronounced.

"This is an alien language but obviously it has to be spoken by human actors," Professor Frommer told the BBC, "it has to be sounds that human beings are comfortable producing."

The language currently has around 1，000 words but Professor Frommer hopes to expand it in possible sequels (续集)to the film and in video games.

The professor hopes that one day his creation will have a high level of the Klingon alien language from the Star Trek films.

"There's a translation of Hamlet into Klingon," says Professor Frommer.

"If anything happened like this with Na'Vi, I'd be delighted."

【1】 The underlined word "resounding" in Paragraph 1 means ______ .

A. later B. scientific C. hit D. surprising

【2】 Which of the following is RIGHT according to the passage?

A. A kind of new language was invented especially for the film.

B. The film Avatar is as good a film as the Star Trek.

C. The creation in Alien Language is different from that in human beings.

D. Avatar is one of the excellent films invented by Pandora.

【3】 The most challenging part in the creation of the language is ______ .

A. that Professor Frommer needs to create 1 ,000 words for the film Avatar by himself

B. that the language is based on that of the Alien planet called Pandora

C. that James Cameron introduces a new style of language to the audience

D. that an Alien language is created to be spoken by human beings

【4】 We can infer from the passage that ______ .

A. the film Avatar has been released in 2D and 3D versions

B. the most important aspect of the Na'vi language was that it could be pronounced

C. Professor Paul Frommer believes his language creation in the film Avatar is very successful

D. Professor Paul Frommer worked with James Cameron for four years for a sense of reality of the film

【题目】We are invited to a party __________ in our club next Friday.

A. to be held B. held

C. being held D. holding

【题目】They were very __________ when they heard the __________ news that he would come back in two days.

A. surprising; surprised B. surprising; surprising

C. surprised; surprising D. surprised; surprised

【题目】For breakfast he only drinks juice from fresh fruit __________ on his own farm.

A. grown B. being grown

C. to be grown D. to grow

【题目】Premier Wen Jiabao has many important __________ of state __________.

A. affairs; to deal with B. events; to be dealt with

C. incidents; to deal with D. things; to be dealt with

【题目】When Charles Stratton was five, he stopped growing. His mother took him to see the famous showman, P. T. Barnum. Mr. Barnum thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show. He hired Charles' parents along with him, and they traveled the world together.

He gave the two-foot-tall Charles a name, General Tom Thumb. He taught Tom how to sing, dance, act and tell jokes. When he felt Tom was ready to perform on stage, he made up ads. To stir up great interest, he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from England.

During the show, Tom fought battles pretendedly with tall people. He also danced upon a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall. Tom's act was very popular and brought in a lot of money. By the time Tom was an adult, he had grown very rich. He had become a billionaire at the age of twenty five.

Fortunately for Tom, Mr. Barnum added more little people to his show, and Tom became lucky in love as well. One of the little people was Lavinia Warren, a schoolteacher. Tom was able to win her love, and they married.

The ceremony and reception were the________They were attended by many rich and famous people and by about 2000 guests. Crowds filled the streets of New York to have a look at their tiny wedding marriage. The couple even met with President Abraham Lincoln on their honeymoon just before going to live in Tom's house in Connecticut.

Their wedding, which took place during the Civil War, provided a welcome escape from the sad problems of war. Not willing to let this bit of sunshine fade, communities throughout the country sponsored "Tom Thumb" weddings. In these weddings, small boys and girls, all dressed up, went through marriage ceremony for fun.

【1】The underlined words "talk of the town" means________.

A. it was in the newspaper

B. it was the most popular topic

C. people spread bad rumors about it

D. it was discussed in a city meeting

【2】What does the author think about Tom's wedding?

A. Tom and Lavinia were stupid.

B. People gave it too much of their attention.

C. It was funny and ridiculous.

D. It helped people cheer up in a dark time.

【3】What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. Weddings always make people feel full of sunshine.

B. People are always disappointed during war time.

C. Entertainment can serve an important purpose.

D. People should be married when they are small children.

【题目】______ the fire broke out, three fire engines were rushed to the spot.

A. Hardly B. Quickly

C. Immediately D. Gradually