With his attention________on the shops along the roadside，he knocked an old man down while riding to school.

A  concentrating     B．concentrated     C．to concentrate      D．concentrates

答案　B

解析　考查词组，故选B项。

（2011·安徽卷）B

Think about the different ways that people use the wind. You can use it to fly a kite or to sail a boat. Wind is one of our cleanest and richest power sources（来源）, as well as one of the oldest. Evidence shows that windmills（风车）began to be used in ancient Iran back in the seventh century BC. They were first introduced to Europe during the 1100s, when armies returned from the Middle East with knowledge of using wind power.

For many centuries, people used windmills to grind（磨碎）wheat into flour or pump water from deep underground. When electricity was discovered in the late 1800s, people living in remote areas began to use them to produce electricity. This allowed them to have electric lights and radio. However, by the 1940s, when electricity was available to people in almost all areas of the United States, windmills were rarely used.

During the 1970s, people started becoming concerned about the pollution that is created when coal and gas are burned to produce electricity. People also realized that the supply of coal and gas would not last forever. Then, wind was rediscovered, though it means higher costs. Today, there is a global movement to supply more and more of our electricity through the use of wind.

60. From the text we know that windmills              .

A. were invented by European armies

B. have a history of more than 2800 years

C. used to supply power to radio in remote areas

D. have rarely been used since electricity was discovered

61. What was a new use for wind power in the late l9th century?

A. Sailing a boat. 

B. Producing electricity.

C. Grinding wheat into flour.

D. Pumping water from underground.

62. One of the reasons wind was rediscovered in the 1970s is that             .

A. wind power is cleaner

B. it is one of the oldest power sources

C. it was cheaper to create energy from wind

D. the supply of coal and gas failed to meet needs

63. What would the author probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?

A. The advantage of wind power.

B. The design of wind power plants.

C. The worldwide movement to save energy.

D. The global trend towards producing power from wind.

【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据末段句子Today, there is a global movement to supply more and more of our electricity through the use of wind可知，接下来作者应该谈论利用风能发电的情况，因此选择D项。

Elizabeth Clay decided to go home and spend the holiday with her parents．The next day she drove her old car home along the road．   36    she found she got a flat．The 22-year-old student    37    to stop her car by the side of the road in the winter night and opened the trunk．No    38    tyre （轮胎）.

At this time, a car    39   ．Paul and Diane told Clay to    40    them to a service station near their    41   ．They arrived to see that it had no suitable tyres to    42    with her car．“Follow us home,” said Paul.

The couple called around to find a tyre．No    43   ．They decided to let her use their own car．“Here,” Paul said, handing Clay a    44    of keys, “Take our car．We    45    be using it over the holiday.”

Clay was    46   ．“But I’m going all the way to South Carolina, and I’ll be gone for two weeks,” she    47    them.

“We know,” Paul said．“We’ll be    48    when you get back, so it’s easy for you to find us．Here’s our    49    if you need to get in touch with us.” 

Unable to believe her eyes, Clay watched as the    50    put her luggage into their car and then sent her off．Two weeks later she    51    to find her old car cleaned inside and out with three new tyres and the radio    52   .

“Thank you so much,” she said．“How much do I    53    you?” “Oh, no,” Paul said, “we don’t want any money．It’s our    54   .” Clay realized that    55    it might have been their pleasure, it was now her duty to pass on their “do unto others” spirit.

A．Suddenly     B．Finally            C．Immediately                  D．Fortunately

A．afforded      B．wanted                 C．allowed                          D．managed

A．spare            B．free                       C．full                               D．empty

A．passed          B．stopped                C．paused                     D．started

A．help            B．push                      C．take                              D．follow

A．garage          B．house                   C．shop                        D．hotel

A．compare              B．match                    C．go                                D．deal

A．way            B．message               C．money                     D．luck

A．set              B．number                  C．pair                              D．chain

A．can’t                 B．shouldn’t                C．mustn’t                         D．won’t

A．satisfied             B．worried                C．astonished                D．disturbed

A．persuaded          B．advised                  C．reminded                      D．promised

A．happy                B．here                       C．away                            D．busy

A．number                     B．name C．notice                         D．visa

A．repairmen          B．cleaners                 C．friends                          D．couple

A．shocked             B．happened                C．returned                        D．came

A．produced           B．fixed                    C．tied                              D．rebuilt

A．owe                  B．lend                       C．give                              D．offer

A．wish                  B．job                       C．duty                             D．pleasure

A．until          B．unless               C．since              

D．while

Because my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one all by myself and not tell them about it till I’d got one.

I had seen an agency advertised in a local newspaper. I rushed out of the 36 in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as  37 as if I were going on the stage. Finding the 38  quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please.”

The simple atmosphere of the office 39  me. The woman looked carefully at me 40 through her glasses, and then 41  me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather 42 ,She wondered why I was looking for this sort of 43  . I felt even more helpless, when she told me that it would be 44  to get a job without 45 .I wondered whether I ought to leave,  46  the telephone on her desk rang, I heard her say:“ 47  , I’ve got someone in the 48  at this very moment, who might 49  .” She wrote down a 50  , and held it out to me, saying: “Ring up this lady. She wants  a 51  immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.”

“Oh yes,” said I — 52  having cooked for more than four in my life. I 53  her again and again, and rushed out to the 54  telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for.

I spent the next few hours 55  cook books.

1.A. bed           B house             C. agency       D. office

　　He lived his whole life as a poor man He suffered from a mental illness that led him to cut off part of his left ear in 1888 and to shoot himself two years later. But after his death, he achieved the world fame.

　　* And the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, home to the biggest collection of his masterpieces, is marking the anniversary with exhibitions throughout the year.

　　“He is a big fame like Einstein and Beethoven. He is such a great figure. We are always amazed by how popular he is and his popularity seems to be growing.” said Andreas Bluehm, the museum's head of exhibitions.

　　Van Gogh was the son of a pastor. He left school when he was just 15. By the age of 27, he had already tried many jobs including an art gallery salesman and a French teacher. Finally in 1880, he decided to begin his studies in art.

　　“Instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I have before my eyes. I use colour more freely, in order to express myself more forcibly,” he wrote in a letter to his brother, Theo, in 1888.

　　Van Gogh sold only one painting during his short life. But now his works are sold for millions of dollars. His “Portrait of Dr. Gachet” was sold for US 89.5 million in 1990. It is the highest price ever paid for a painting.

1．The second paragraph mainly tells us that ________.

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A．the Van Gogh Museum is located in Amsterdam

B．the Van Gogh Museum has the biggest collection of Van Gogh'smasterpieces

C．exhibitions will be held in honor of Van Gogh

D．the Van Gogh Museum will hold exhibitions the whole year through for Van Gogh

2．The underlined word “figure” in the third paragraph means “________”.

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3．The writer cited a part of a letter written by Van Gogh to show Van Gogh's ________.

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4．Choose the right order of the given events.

a．He worked as a French teacher.

b．He achieved the world fame.

c．He left school. d. He cut off his left ear.

e．He shot himself. f. He began studies in art.

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