Once upon a time, a rich man wanted to make a trip (旅行) to another town. He tried not only to take things to sell but also to take money to   1   things with. He   2   to take ten servants with him. They would   3   the things to sell and the food to   4   on their trip. Before they started, a little boy ran up to   5   and asked to   6   with them.

       The rich man said to the little boy, “Well,  7   may go with us.   8   you are the smallest, the thinnest and the weakest of all my   9  , you can’t carry a   10   load (担子). You must   11   the lightest one to carry.” The boy thanked his master and chose the biggest load to carry. That was bread.

“You are   12  .” said his master, “That is the biggest and the heaviest one.” The boy said   13   and lifted the load gladly.

       On the trip they walked for days and at last they got to the town. All the servants were tired   14   the little servant. Do you know   15  ? Most of the bread was eaten during the trip and a little was left when they arrived at the town.

1. A. eat                   B. buy                     C. change                     D. get

2. A. decided          B. liked                  C. hoped               D. tried

3. A. take               B. bring                 C. carry                   D. borrow

4. A. cook                 B. eat                    C. buy                      D. drink

5. A. them             B. the servants(仆人)       C. the road       D. the rich man

6. A. stop                     B. stay                  C. go                      D. talk

7. A. you               B. he                     C. I                         D. they

8. A. Since                 B. If               C. Because              D. But

9. A. family            B. guests                    C. servants            D. things

10. A. heavy          B. light                C. small                 D. difficult

11. A. eat        B. choose               C. pick up        D. understand

12. A. brave           B. right                C. clever        D. foolish

13. A. sorry           B. nothing               C. angrily         D. good-bye

14. A. besides B. of                          C. except        D. with

15. A. who            B. him                     C. that                   D. why

Louis Pasteur

  Louis Pasteur, one of the world's great scientists, was born in 1822, and died in 1895.While still a young boy, Louis Pasteur made his decision to become a scientist. He spent much of his life time studying the diseases of cattle, chickens and other tame animals. His wife learned to help him with his work. Almost everyone knows that Pasteur is the man responsible for finding a way of preventing milk from spoiling (变质). Not many people know he was the first to imagine and to prove that air we breathe is full of germs (细菌). One of his greatest successes was finding a treatment for people and animals to prevent a disease called rabies (狂犬病). Louis Pasteur won many honors and could have got large amount of money. But Pasteur preferred to live simply. The real happiness of this unusual man came from his work. Louis Pasteur did so well in his life that the French government took up his work and created the Institute Pasteur in the year 1888.

40. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A. Pasteur was a scientist and doctor as well.

B. Pasteur lived for less than seventy years.

C. Everybody knows that Pasteur succeeded in finding a way of preventing milk from spoiling.

D. Pasteur's wife was of some help to him in his work..

41. From the passage, we know that Pasteur lived a simple life. This is because ________.

A. he earned little money.

B. he cared much about money.

C. what he really enjoyed was a simple life.

D. of all mentioned above.

42. Why were many honors given to Louis Pasteur?

A. Because he was the greatest scientist in the world.

B. Because he spent much of his life time studying the diseases of people .

C. Because he lived simply.

D. Because he was a rare success as a scientist.

43. Pasteur could have got large amount of money if he had___________.

A. cared much about it.

B. made more discoveries.

C. lived a better life.

D. achieved more successes.

44 .To Louis Pasteur the real happiness in his life was to __________.

A. study  B. work  C. get large amount of money     D. raise tame animals

  Since my retirement from teaching music in 2001, I have spent a good deal of time painting as an artist. I actually began drawing again in the summer of 1995 when my father died, so perhaps I was trying to recover from the loss of my father, or maybe it was just that it brought back memories of him. In any case, I drew pen and ink animals and landscapes(风景画) much influenced by Krenkel and St. John for five years.

  For some strange reason, I had been waiting until my retirement to start doing watercolors again, but as soon as I walked out of the school door for the last time I picked up my brushes and rediscovered Andrew Wyeth, who quickly became my favorite artist. I had looked through all the art books I had on my shelves and found his watercolors to be the closest to how I thought good watercolors should look. So I painted landscapes around Minnesota for three years and tried out many other types of painting. However, watercolors remained my first choice, and I think I did my best work there, showing my paintings at a number of art exhibitions.

  Art is now together with my piano playing and reading. There is a time for everything in my world, and it is wonderful to have some time doing what I want to do. As Confucius once said, “At seventy I can follow my heart’s desire.”

36.   What is the text mainly about?

A. Learning to paint in later life.                   B. How to paint watercolors

C. An artist-turned teacher                  D. Life after retirement

37.   The author started drawing again in 1995 because _____.

A.he hoped to draw a picture of his father

B.he couldn’t stop missing his father

C.he had more time after retirement

D.he liked animals and landscapes

38.   We can infer from the text that the author _____.

A.had been taught by Krenkel and St. John

B.painted landscapes in Minnesota for 5 years

C.believed Wyeth to be the best in watercolors

D.started his retirement life at the age of seventy

39.   How does the author probably feel about his life as an artist?

A. Very enjoyable.                                     B. A bit regretful.

C. Rather busy.                              D. Fairly dull.

If you see someone drowning, speed is very important. Once you get him out of the water, if he isn't breathing, you have four minutes before his brain is completely destroyed. Support his neck, move his head back and press his chin upwards. This stops the tongue blocking the airway in the throat and is sometimes enough to get him breathing again. If that doesn't work, start mouth-to-mouth breathing. Press his nostrils (the two holes at the end of your nose, through which you breathe and smell things) together with your fingers. Open your mouth and take a deep breath. Blow into his lungs until his chest rises, then remove your mouth and watch his chest fall. Repeat twelve times a minute. Keep doing until professional help arrives.

  To bring a child back to life, keep your lips around his mouth and gently blow into his mouth. Give the first four breaths as quickly as possible to fill the blood with oxygen. If, in spite of your efforts, he starts turning a blue-grey colour, and you can feel no pulse, then pressing is the last chance of saving his life.

  With arms straight, rock forwards, pressing down on the lower half of the breastbone. Don't be too hard or you may break a rib. Check how effective you are by seeing if his color improves or his pulse becomes independent to your chest pressing. If this happens, stop the pressing. Otherwise continue until rescue arrives.

31 .If you want to save someone drowning, you __________.

A. have to pull off his clothes first .

B. should try to get him out of water as quickly as possible.

C. should first make out who he is.

D. ought to throw a life coat to him first .

32. Once a person stops breathing, it means ___________.

A. you have no more than 4 minutes to bring him to life again .

B. his brain is completely damaged.

C. he has passed away.

D. there is no way to save his life.

33 .To press his chin upwards is a way to _____________.

A. keep the tongue from blocking the airway in the throat.

B. prevent the tongue from stopping the airway in the throat.

C. wipe the tongue out of the throat.

D. see if he can possibly be saved.

34 .If the drowning boy has no pulse,_____________.

A. press his chin upwards is enough to get him breathing.

B. blow air into his mouth is sure to save his life.

C. press his nostrils together with your fingers can work.

D. press is the last chance of saving his life.

35. Which of the following statement is true?

A. Don’t stop pressing his chest, if the drowning man starts breathing again.

B. If you see someone drowning, you must give him mouth-to-mouth breathing.

C. If a man does not breathe for four minutes, his brain will be completely destroyed.

D. When pressing, you can do it as hard as you can.

The first newspapers were written by hand and put up on walls in public place. The earliest daily newspaper was started in Rome in 59 BC. In the 700’s the world’s first printed newspaper was published. Europe didn’t have a regularly published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.

  The first regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published once a week. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant (每日新闻). It came out in March 1702.

  In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But not long after it was first published, the government stopped the paper. In 1704, John Campbell started The Boston Newsletter (波士顿新闻通讯), the first newspaper published in the American colonies. By 1760, the colonies had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1,800 daily papers in the United States.

  Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation (发行量) in the world. But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Dhimbun (朝日新闻).It sells more than 11 million copies every day.

26. The first daily newspaper came out in _____.

  A. 59 BC    B. 700’s    C. 1609    D. 1620

27. The first regular published newspaper in Europe was printed in _____.

  A. England   B. Germany   C. France    D. Sweden

28. The first printed newspaper in America came out in _____.

  A. Washington  B. New York  C. Boston   D. New Orleans

29. Today there are about _____ daily newspaper printed in the United States.

A. 1621    B. 1704     C. 1760   D. 1800

30. Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The first regularly published newspaper in the English language was

printed in Amsterdam.

  B. English language newspaper sells more than 11 million copies every day.

C. Europe didn’t have a regularly published newspaper in 1608.

D. The first daily English newspaper came out in March 1702.

It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get education. 1 , it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The 2 between schooling and education suggested by this is important.

Education is 3 , compared with schooling. Education knows no edges. It can take place 4 , whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the 5 learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning out of class.  6 the experience of schooling can be known in advance, education quite often produces surprises. A chance talk with a 7 may lead to a person to discover how 8 he knows of another country. People obtain education from 9 on. Education, then, is a very 10 and unlimited term. It is lifelong experience that starts long 11 the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s entire life.

Schooling, on the other hand, is a 12 experience, whose style changes 13 from one way to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at the same time, take 14 seats, use similar textbooks, do homework, and 15 , and so on. Schooling has usually been limited by the edges of the subjects being taught.

1. A. Then          B. However   C. Thus        D. Therefore

2. A. difference      B. importance      C. use       D. problem

3. A. unexpected    B. endless       C. countless  D. simple

4. A. anywhere       B. anywhere else  C. somewhere   D. somewhere else

5. A. part-time    B. public       C. standard     D. strict

6. A. If           B. Because     C. So         D. Though

7. A. neighbor    B. friend       C. foreigner   D. teacher

8. A. wonderful      B. well       C. greatly      D. little

9. A. babies         B. grown-ups      C. women      D. men

10. A. long          B. broad        C. narrow      D. short

11. A. that          B. when     C. after     D. before

12. A. basic         B. strict       C. final     D. irregular

13. A. unusually      B. differently   C. little       D. frequently

14. A. large         B. new        C. fixed      D. small

15. A. take exams  B. hold exams     C. mark papers     D. read papers

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