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单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

1．我哥哥在大学学习建筑学。

My brother is learning              in that university.

2．我们今天下午购物吧？那家新开的商店里有许多吸引人的东西。

Shall we go shopping this afternoon? There are many            things in the new shop.

3．他考试前很紧张，所以他考得不好。

He felt rather            before the exam, so he didn’t do well.

4．我们明天有机会互相交换看法。

We’ ll have an opportunity to            views tomorrow.

5．由于污染，水面上漂浮着很多死鱼。

As a result of pollution, there are many dead fish            on the water.

6．他在电话上一开口我就听出来了。

I            him on the phone the moment he spoke.

7．没有科学技术，我们不可能发展我们国家的经济。

We can’ t develop our national            without science and technology.

8．周末我偶尔与家人去看电影，但不经常。

I            go to the cinema with my family at the weekend, but not often.

9．据说这种新产品采用了纳米技术。

It is said that this new kind of product has            Nano-technology.

10．因为女儿还没回家，母亲一直焦虑地看着窗外。

As her daughter hadn’ t returned home, the mother was looking            out of the window all the time.

The easy way out isn't always easiest. I learned that lesson when I decided t

o treat Doug, my husband of one month, to a special meal. I glanced through my cookbook and chose a menu which included homemade bread. Knowing the bread would take time, I started on it as soon as Doug left for work. As I was not experienced in cooking, I thought if a dozen was good, two dozen would be better, so I doubled everything. As Doug loved oranges, I also opened a can of orange and poured it all into the bowl. Soon there was a sticky dough(面团) covered with ugly yellowish marks. Realizing I had been defeated, I put the dough in the rubbish bin outside so I wouldn't have to face Doug laughing at my work. I went on preparing the rest of the meal, and, when Doug got home, we sat down to Cornish chicken with rice. He tried to enjoy the meal but seemed disturbed. Twice he got up and went outside, saying he thought he heard a noise. The third time he left, I went to the window to see what he was doing. Looking out, I saw Doug standing about three feet from the rubbish bin, holding the lid up with a stick and looking into the container. When I came out of the house, he dropped the stick and explained that there was something alive in our rubbish bin. Picking up the stick again, he held the lid up enough for me to see. I felt cold. But I stepped closer and looked harder. Without doubt it was my work. The hot sun had caused the dough to double in size and the fermenting yeast(酵母)made the surface shake and sigh  though it were breathing. It looked like some unknown being from outer space. I could see why Doug was so shaken. I had to admit what the “living thing” was and why it was there. I don't know who was more embarrassed(尴尬)by the whole thing—Doug or me.

1. The writer's purpose in writing this story is  ________ .

A. to tell an interesting experience

B. to show the easiest way out of a difficulty

C. to describe the trouble facing a newly married woman

D. to explain the difficulty of learning to cook from books 

2.Why did the woman's attempt at making the bread turn out to be unsuccessful?

A. The canned orange had gone bad.

B. She didn't use the right kind of flour.

C. The cookbook was hard to understand.

D. She did not follow the directions closely. 

3.Why did the woman put the dough in the rubbish bin?

A. She didn't see the use of keeping it.

B. She meant to joke with her husband.

C. She didn't want her husband to see it.

D. She hoped it would soon dry in the sun. 

4.What made the dough in the bin look frightening?

A. The rising and falling movement.          B. The strange?looking marks.

C. Its shape.                             D. Its size. 

5.When Doug went out the third time, the woman looked out of the window because she was  ________ .

A. surprised at his being interested in the bin

B. afraid that he would discover her secret

C. unhappy that he didn't enjoy the meal

D. curious to know what disturbed him 

Was Princess Diana murdered? The verdict（判决）is no according to an inquiry（调查）held into the cause of her death over the last six months.

The big question was whether the deaths of Diana and her boyfriend Dodi A1 Fayed in a deadly car crash in 1997 had been accidental, or whether there was some kind of conspiracy（阴谋）to have them killed.

Dodi’s father Mohamed A1 Fayed, owner of London’s world-famous department store Harrods, has insisted for the last decade that the pair were murdered by spies of the British state who did not want them to marry. But his theories now look to have been blown out of the water.  The court found that Princess Diana and her boyfriend were not murdered but killed due to the “gross, carelessness” of her driver and the paparazzi（偷拍的摄影记者）. Her driver was drunk at the time of the crash and the paparazzi had been running after their car.

So is this the end of the Diana story? British taxpayers may hope so. The inquiry has cost them about ￡10m（140m RMB）. “Thank God it’s over”, was the headline in The Guardian newspaper. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown said it was time to “draw a line” under the death of the Princess. But Mohamed AI Fayed has refused to accept the judgment. He says the result will come as a “blow” to millions of his supporters around the world, and has not ruled out starting another investigation.

Whatever happens, next, the special place Princess Diana has in the hearts of people around the world is not likely to be forgotten.

1. According to the text, the inquiry focuses on _______.

A. what caused the deaths of Diana and her boyfriend   B. who were the paparazzi

C. how much British taxpayers paid for the case       D. whether the driver was drunk then.

2. By saying the underlined “his theories now look to have been blown out of the water”, the author means that ________.

A. Mohamed lacks confidence in the case   B. Mohamed feels disappointed at the result

C. Mohamed’s idea seems to be believable  D. Mohamed’s idea possibly proves to be wrong

3. Similar to The Guardian newspaper, UK Prime Minister ________.

A. felt sorry for the deadly car crash       B. questioned the purpose of Dodi’s father

C. stood for the court’s judgment         D. blamed the paparazzi for their bad behavior

American parents usually think that their child should not have more pocket money than the children with whom he regularly connects, even if they are wealthier．But neither are children expected to compare with the richer if a large family, heavy responsibilities, or other conditions make it necessary to give a child less spending money than is customary （惯例的）in the neighborhood．

Whatever the pocket money is, its entire use is not controlled by the parents, because a child learns to use money correctly only through dealing with it himself．If a seven-year-old child gets a quarter as a week pocket money and is made to put it all in his piggy bank to save it up, he gets no idea what the real use for the money is．He gets the shiny coins and they soon disappear．

The idea of a bank account is too early for so small a child, although he can be made to understand and enjoy saving his coins—not all of them, only a part of what he receives—to buy something he especially wants．By the time he is eight he is old enough to take part in the opening of his own savings account, parents may take him to the bank, open a savings account for him and encourage him to put a certain quantity or any checks he receives as gifts into the bank and watch his bank savings grow as entry by entry（存入） is made．

He will be saving, earning, and spending suitable quantities all along in order to learn how to manage money and to keep him in a favorable position with his friend．The boy who can't join his fellows in a sweet shop once in a while, because he has to save every cent he gets or earns for some big unknown project his parents have chosen for him, is a sorry child．

1.Choose the best exolaration for the underlined part in the second paragraph.

    A．It is a kind of bank run by children．

    B．It is a contralre in the shape of a pig for saving coins.

    C．It is a certain place in which pigs are raise．

    D．It is a bank whose building looks like a pig

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

    A．Most of the rich people in America give children much pocket money．

    B．American children usually have their bank accounts until they are eight．

    C．American parents seldom care for their children's spending money．

    D．American children begin to learn how to manage money when very young．

3.Suppose an 8-year-old child receives 10 dollars as his birthday gift, he may probably ____．

    A．spend the money on the things he wants

    B．compare the gift with that of his friend

    C．have most of it saved in the bank

    D．put all the money in his piggy bank

4.Why does the writer think the boy is a sorry one if he saves every cent he gets or earns?

    A．Because he can not manage his money and is kept himself in an unfavorable position

    B．Because he can not join the fellows in a sweet shop once in a while

    C．Because he can not learn the use of money through spending it himself

D．Because he can not have any other choice but save, earn of spend money