My brother _____ while he _____ his bike and hurt himself.

　 A. fell; was riding 　 B. was breaking; was playing

　 C. broke; wa playing 　 D. was playing; broke

Mr smith has little acquaintance_____modern poetry while he has a wide knowledge ___  painting.When it comes _____music,he has a talent_______it.

A.with; of ; to; for B.of; about; to; of        C.with; about; at; of  D.of; of; to; for

第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
For much of our life, my mother and I hated each other. I spent most of my childhood   36   with her – or trying to avoid her, as well as her bitterness, unhappiness and endless smoking. I learned how to defend myself with   37   designed to hurt her. In turn, she vowed I would have a    38   who would feel the way about me that I felt about her.
Many years later when my husband and I decided to have a child, I was   39   to have a girl. I couldn’t   40   the though of a daughter who might not love me – or who would want to   41   me. As soon as I became pregnant, I was convinced I was having a boy. In the delivery room, on my doctor putting my baby into my arms, I couldn’t wait to tell my mother I had a   42  , while “he” was a girl. At that moment, I couldn’t imagine wanting anyone but her.
43  I couldn’t forget my mother’s teasing vow, even after she died and I saw her in a more   44   light. As my daughter got older, whenever we argued, I worried we were   45   the same awful path that my mother and I had gone down.
Last summer, my daughter   46   18, the same age when my mother threw me out of her apartment for   47  . However, I was with her, planning for her first year at college. When my husband and I dropped her off at her school in New York, I finally   48   to her my biggest fear that we would end up like me and my mother. “That will never happen.” she   49  me, kissing me goodbye. Six weeks later, my husband and I returned to the campus. I   50   myself arguing with my daughter about her messy room, not  using the library and her mistake of choosing the room near the bathroom. I couldn’t stop myself. And then   51   came: “You’re just like your mother,” my daughter screamed. “I hate you.” And then she   52  .
I finally heard the words I had always dreaded. But maybe that was because I   53   them. I had always worried the bond I shared with my daughter would   54  . later that evening, we picked my daughter up to a restaurant. We ate   55  . But when we separated, I hugged her. The next morning, she called telling she loved me. There wasn’t anything to be afraid of anymore. There was just a relationship we should work on with each other.
36．A．sharing        B．playing        C．communicating   D．fighting
37．A．actions        B．activities      C．words            D．weapons
38．A．husband      B．friend          C．child           D．daughter
39．A．afraid          B．unlucky       C．uncertain       D．willing
40．A．have         B．bear         C．hold           D．afford
41．A．love         B．escape from     C．obey           D．keep from
42．A．daughter      B．son           C．baby           D．life
43．A．Furthermore    B．But          C．And           D．Or
44．A．bright          B．annoying     C．understanding    D．unfriendly
45．A．on            B．in             C．at               D．along
46．A． became       B．grew         C．went           D．turned
47．A．good         B．nothing        C．my good        D．all
48．A．presented     B．told          C．admitted        D．informed
49．A．promised     B．pardoned     C．referred         D．reflected
50．A．wanted        B．asked         C．forced           D．found
51．A．it             B．she           C．they           D．that
52．A．walked away    B．looked away     C．gave away      D．stormed away
53．A．deserved      B．demanded     C．equaled          D．appreciated
54．A．tear          B．break         C．crash           D．last
55．A．in vain        B．in general     C．in silence       D．in brief

While he was investigating ways to improve the telescope, Newton made ______ discovery which completely changed ______ man’s understanding of colour.

1. A.
   a; 不填
2. B.
   a; the
3. C.
   不填; the
4. D.
   the; a

How Americans Began to Eat Tomatoes

People have strange ideas about food. For example, the tomato is a kind of very

delicious vegetable. It is one of useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition and vitamin in it. But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grow them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous (有毒的). They called tomatoes “poison apples”.

President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President’s party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored (尊贵的) guests about the fact.

1.After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is true?

A．Americans never ate tomatoes after they began to plant them.

B．American didn’t eat tomatoes before the 19th century.

C．Even now Americans don’t eat tomatoes

D．In the 18^th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes.

2.The passage tells us that Jefferson was a President who learned to love the taste of tomatoes.

A．while he was in Paris .

B．when he was a little boy.

C．the President ’s cook.

D．the President’s wife.

3.According to the text, ________cooked the beautiful pink soup at the President ’s party?

A．the President himself.

B．A French cook

C．the President ’s cook

D．the President’s wife

4.The underlined word “cook”in paragraph2 means_______

A．厨房             B．厨师             C．厨具             D．做饭

5.From the passage we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were______.

A．people from other countries               B．from France

C．People of his own country                 D．men only