语篇理解

　　Mr．Frank shot well and once he had come in fourth(得第四名) in a competition．

　　Then he went to a big city on business．There he joined the local rifle club．The club had a very good team, which used to take part in a lot of important shooting competitions．One of these took place while Frank was with them．But one of the members of the club's team suddenly fell ill just before the match．The captain had heard of Mr． Frank．He therefore invited Mr．Frank to take the sick man's place．

　　Mr．Frank felt greatly happy to be asked to shoot for such a good team, but he also felt very nervous, because he was afraid of making a fool of himself．

　　In fact, he was so nervous that he could not keep his hands from trembling while he was shooting, with the result that he did very badly in the competition．When he took his score card to his captain, he said: “After seeing my score, I want to go outside and shoot myself．” The captain looked at the card for a few seconds and then said, “Well, you’d better take two bullets with you if you want to do that．”

(1) Mr．Frank once ______ in a competition．

[　　]

A．joined the fourth team

B．took the fourth place

C．was the fourth to start shooting

D．shot with the other three

(2) Why did Mr．Frank feel nervous to be asked to shoot for the team? Because ______．

[　　]

A．actually he was not good at shooting

B．he thought the captain and the other members would fool him

C．he was afraid of losing face before so many good shooters

D．he would lose a lot of money if he should fail

(3) When Frank said, “After seeing my score, I want to go outside and shoot myself”, he meant to say that ______．

[　　]

A．he want to practice shooting all by himself

B．he wanted to find out the reason for his failure

C．he was too ashamed of himself to remain inside and face the captain and the other members

D．he wanted to kill himself with the rifle

(4) By saying “You had better take two bullets with you if you want to do that”, the captain actually meant to say ______．

[　　]

A． “We haven't got so many bullets for you to practice shooting．”

B． “You can't improve your shooting with only one bullet．”

C． “You can't improve you shooting with only one bullet．”

D． “I don't believe you can keep your hands from shaking this time．”

(5) According to this passage, which of the following is wrong?

[　　]

A．He fired several shots and they all missed the target．

B．The captain wasn't satisfied with Frank and laughed at him．

C．In the big city Frank was admitted to the local rifle club．

D．Frank could have done better in the competition．

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　ZHUHAIChina will soon put a person into space and become the third nation in the world to have manned spaceflight, a tap Chinese aerospace(航空航天)official said on November 5.

　　A manned launch(发射) was not far off, Vice President Hu Hongfu of China Aerospace Science Technology Corp(CASTC)told a news conference at the third Zhuhai Air Show.“It will not be long before Chinese astronauts can ride locally - made spaceships into space,”Hu said. The official gave no timetable but said it would happen“at beginning of the 21^st century.”

　　The former Soviet Union and the United States have been putting people into orbit since the early 1960s, but other nations have not considered the challenge worth following.

　　China has already built and sent up its own satellites for communications and weather forecasting. The new communication satellites would help to encourage the country's broadcasting industry, Hu said.

　　But the company, which includes over 130 aerospace agencies, said the lifting ability and success rate of China's space - launches were almost equal in quality to those of other countries.

　　China would gradually close the distance between its country's space industry and that of other nations. He added that they were willing to send up commercial satellites for Taiwan.

　　On China's plan to end up manned spaceflights, Hu said China had made important development after the successful launch in November last year of the country's first experimental spaceship, Shenzhou. “The whole project is in the research stage and a lot of work needs to be done,”Hu said.“We need to have more tests of the unmanned spaceship.”

　　China last year announced a four-step manned spaceflight plan with the aim of setting up a spacestation served by a spaceship travelling between two places.

1．The underlined word“they”here probably refers to ________.

[　　]

A．the Soviet Union and the USA

B．over 130 aerospace agencies

C．Russia and China

D．Russia and the USA

2．The main idea of the 7^th paragraph is ________.

[　　]

A．we haven't tested the manned spaceship

B．before we send a manned spaceship, we should carry out many tests

C．though we tried once, we need to do more tests of the unmanned spaceship

D．sending up a manned spaceship can show a country's scientific level

3．Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word“close”?

[　　]

4．The writer wrote the passage to ________.

[　　]

A．tell us the present situation of China's aerospace technology

B．remind us what we should do compared to other countries

C．find out the reason why China falls behind

D．tell us that China will send up its manned spaceship soon

完形填空

　　Last June my brother 1 a car. He had had an old Scooter before, but it 2 several times during the spring. “What you want is a second-hand Mini,” I suggested, “If you give me the money,” he said,“ 3 one tomorrow,” “I can’t give you the money,” I replied, “but what about Aunt Myra. She must have enough. We 4 her since Christmas but she always hints（暗示）that we 5 go and see her more often.”

　　We told our parents where we were going. They weren’t happy about it and asked us not to go to ,So 6 .But later that same day something strange 7 .A doctor 8 us that Aunt Myra 9 into hospital for an operation.“ 10 go and see her ,” said my mother. “You two go today, but don’t mention（提及）the money.”

　　When we 11 Aunt Myra 12 “I’ m not seriously ill ,” she said, “but the doctor insists that 13 to drive my car. You can have it if you promise（允诺） 14 me to the seaside now and again.”

1. 

[　　]

A. wanted to buy 　B. wanted buying

C. liked to buy 　 D. liked buying

2.

[　　]

A. was breaking sown 

B. was breaking up

C. had broken 

D. had broken up

3.

[　　]

A. I get 　B. I’ m getting　 C. I am to get 　D. I’ ll get

4.

[　　]

A. are not seeing 　　B. haven’t seen

C. didn’t see　　　　D. don’t see

5.　

[　　]

A. should 　B. shall 　C. would 　D. will

6.

[　　]

A. that we haven’t 　B. that we didn’t

C. we haven't 　　　　D. we didn't

7.

[　　]

A. occurred（发生） B. took the place 

C. passed 　　　　　D. was there

8.

[　　]

A. rang for telling 　B. rang to tell

C. rung for telling　 D. rung to tell

9.

[　　]

A. had gone　 B. had been 

C. has gone　 D. has been

10 .

[　　]

A. we may not all　 B. we can't all

C. All we can't 　　D. All we may not

11.

[　　]

A. have come there 　B. were arriving

C. got there 　　　　D. came to there

12.

[　　]

A. was seeming quite happily 

B. was seeming quite happy

C. seemed quite happily 

D. seemed quite happy

13.

[　　]

A. I’ m getting so old 

B. I’m getting too old

C. I get so old 

D. I get too old

14.

[　　]

A. taking 　　B. bringing 

C. to take　　D. to bring

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项。

Beijing plans to send up manned spaceship

　　ZHUHAI-China will soon put a person into space and become the third nation in the world to own manned space flight, a top Chinese aerospace (航空航天) official said on November 5.

　　A manned launch was not far off , Vice President Hu Hongfu of China Aerospace Science Technology Corp(CASTC) told a news conference at the third Zhuhai air show. “It will not be long before Chinese astronauts can ride locally-made spaceships into space,” Hu said. The official gave no timetable but said it would happen “at the beginning of the 21st century.”

　　The former Soviet Union and the United States have been putting people into orbit since the early 1960s, but other nations have not considered the challenge worth following.

　　China has already built and sent up its own satellites for communications and weather forecasting. The new communication satellites would help to encourage the country's broadcasting industry, he said.

　　But the company, which includes over 130 aerospace agencies, said that the lifting ability and success rate of China's launch spaceships were almost equal in quality to those of other countries.

　　China would gradually close the distance between its country's space industry and that of other nations. He added that they were willing to send up commercial satellites for Taiwan.

　　On China's plan to send up manned space flights, Hu said China had made important development after the successful launch (发射) in November last year of the country's first experimental spaceship, Shenzhou.

　　“The whole project is in the research stage and a lot of work needs to be done,” Hu said. “We need to have more tests of the unmanned spaceship.”

　　China last year announced a four-step manned space flight plan, with the aim of setting up a space station served by spaceship traveling between the two places.

1．The underlined word “they” here probably refers to ______.

[　　]

A．the former Soviet Union and the USA

B．over 130 aerospace agencies

C．Russia and China

D．Russia and the USA

2．The main idea of the last paragraph but one is _____.

[　　]

A．we haven't done any test of the manned spaceship

B．before we send manned spaceship, we should carry out many tests

C．though we tried once, we need to do more tests of the unmanned spaceship

D．sending up manned spaceship can show its country's scientific level

3．Which of the following is close to the underlined word“close”?

[　　]

4．The writer wrote the passage to ______.

[　　]

A．tell us the present situation of Chinese aerospace technology

B．remind us what we should do compared to other countries

C．find out the reason why our homeland fall behind with America

D．make us know that Beijing will send up manned spaceship