单词拼写（共10小题；每小题一分，满分10分）

1.It is a great ________ for China to develop the fastest computer in today's world.(荣誉)

2.A collection of rare books is on __________ at the city library.(展览)

3.He keeps a bottle of champagne __________ behind a pile of books.(隐藏)

4.He felt ________ about spending so little time with his children.(内疚的)

5.Mrs. Fenn tried to f_________ the boy into telling her who had broken her window.(恐吓)

6.We didn’t think the new album would be such a big ______(风行一时之物)

7.The older __________ still recalls the horrors of World War II.(一代人)

8.Only when we realize the importance of helping each other can we be devoted to building a ___________society.(和谐的)

9.In spite of her f_______, most of her teachers and classmates still like her.(缺点)

10.There was no e__________ that either driver had been drinking.(证据)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从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。
My father was a highly educate, intelligent gentleman. He could debate or discuss for hours on almost any topic and hold your   31  in the process. I thought there was nothing be wasn’t   32 to do.
A few days before my younger brother’s 7^th birthday, Dad planned to assemble(装配) a new   33  as a special birthday surprise. After nearly an hour of  34  the instructions, Dan was still unable to   35 the new bike together. Later he  36  the paper of instructions,   37 up his tool box, and decided to take the bike back to the local toy store and pay extra   38 to have it correctly assembled there.   39 an idea came to him, as he called out to Lovett, the quiet little man who cut our grassland.
“Lovett, have you ever assembled a boy’s bicycle?”
As Lovett walked towards the bike, Dad handed him the  40 . Lovett handed it back to him, saying, “No ,thanks. I can’t read. When you can’t read, you have to  41  .” Less than 15 minutes later, the new bicycle was   42  assembled, with no  43  parts remaining. Dad shook Lovett’s hand, patted him on the back, thanked him, and hid the bike.
On the night after my brother received his shiny new gift, Dad announced at the family dinner table what had happened several days earlier. He took great  44  in telling it over and over again-be used it as an example of thinking.      
He did not prefer to illiteracy(文盲) , but strongly taught us to use our  45 , The joke was on my father,   46 he was able to turn it into a learning tool, and I liked him even more after that incident. I also gained a new   47  for Lovett. To me he had   48 been the old yard man who didn’t   49  much, but after that day, he seemed to smile broader, even walk taller, It’s amazing what a real nod of   50  can do to lift people up.
31．A．attention             B．belief                  C．view                   D．breath
32．A．willing                B．lucky                  C．able                    D．sure
33．A．toy                     B．bicycle                C．computer             D．boat
34．A．reading               B．reviewing            C．examining           D．searching
35．A．bring                  B．get                      C．put．                  D．give
36．A．folded up            B．looked through    C．turned to             D．devoted to
37．A．brought               B．added                  C．set                      D．picked
38．A．money                B．effort                  C．service                D．tax
39．A．Thus                   B．Then                   C．Since                  D．Though
40．A．tools                   B．rites                    C．orders                 D．instructions
41．A．exchange             B．admit                  C．learn                   D．think
42．A．Partly                 B．fully                   C．hardly                 D．largely
43．A．separate              B．different              C．major                  D．spare
44．A．delight                B．action                 C．care                    D．risk
45．A．resources             B．knowledge           C．heads                  D．hands
46．A．so                       B． or                     C．but                     D．and
47．A．reward                B．regard                 C．relief                  D．respect
48．A．never                  B．regard                 C．ever                    D．often
49．A．show                  B．say                     C．care                    D．earn
50．A． approva1           B．agreement           C．affection1            D．altitude

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Edwin Powell Hubble was born in 1889 in Marshfield , Missouri . He spent his early years in the state of Kentucky . Then he moved with his family to Chicago , Illinois . He attended the University of Chicago . He studied mathematics and astronomy .
He was a member of the University of Chicago championship basketball team in 1909 . He was also an excellent boxer . Several people urged him to train for the world heavyweight boxing championship after college . Instead , he decided to continue his studies . He went to Queen’s College at Oxford , England . At Oxford , Hubble studied law . He was interested in British Common Law , because his family had come to America from England many years before . He spent 7 years at Oxford .
In 1913 , Hubble returned to the United States . He opened a law office in Louisville , Kentucky . After a short time , however , he decided he did not want to be a lawyer . He returned to the University of Chicago . There , once again , he studied astronomy .
Hubble watched the night sky with instruments at the university’s Yerkes Observatory . His research involved a major question astronomers could not answer : What are nebulae（星云）?
In his research paper , Hubble said the issue could be decided only by more powerful instruments . And those instruments had not yet been developed .
Soon after , Hubble bagan working with a larger and more powerful telescope at Mount Wilson . Its mirror was 250 centimeters across . It was the most powerful telescope in the world for 25 years .It had the power Hubble needed to make his major discoveries .
From 1922 on , Edwin Hubble began examining more and more distant objects . His first great discovery was made when he recognized a Cepheid variable star . It was in the outer area of the great nebula called Andromeda . Cepheid variable stars are stars whose brightness changes at regular periods .
Hubble’s discovery ended a long dispute . He proved wrong those who believed nebulae lay inside the Millky Way . And he proved that nebulae were galaxies themselves . Astronomers now agree that far distant galaxies do exist .
72. Why did Hubble close his law office ?
A. Because it could not bring him fortune .
B. Because he was tired of office work .
C. Because he wanted to be devoted to astronomy .
D. Because he couldn’t control himself sometimes .
73. The larger and more powerful telescope at Mount Wilson_______.
A. belonged to the state of Kentucky
B. was once the most powerful
C. cost Hubble all his money
D. was of little help to Hubble’s research
74. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Edwin Powell Hubble ?
A. He studied law for three years at Oxford , England .
B. He corrected people’s wrong idea about nebulae .
C. He made some important discoveries at Mount Wilson .
D. He showed little interest in sports while studying astronomy at college .
75. Cepheid variable stars’ brightness can be described as__________.
A. changeable       B. fixed          C. weak           D. colorful

Who is there among us who hasn’t dreamed of having his or her own small (maybe , several years later , even big )business , and having wonderful freedom , both from a boss and from the time clock ; the freedom to make up our own rules for our work , and our own plans —arranging our own hours of work ? That way work would be both painless and fun. Or, so we imagine.

Well, in fact it isn’t quite as simple as that. Yes , it is true that being the boss has its satisfactions and that you can arrange your working hours freely if you own your own small business . But in those early years of starting your own business, you shouldn’t think of a free day, not to mention flying off for a month’s vacation. It is not unusual for new business owners to work seventy or eighty hours a week , and if there is a day off , that day might need to be devoted to accounting (算账).

But this negative picture doesn’t destroy the beautiful hopes. The possibility of getting something wonderful in return—both material and mental—continues to drive that large number of people who start up small businesses each year in the United States.

1.From the first paragraph, we know that everybody hopes  ________ .

2.Most new business owners have to  ________  .

3.The expression “negative picture” most probably means “  ________ “.

4.The beautiful hopes will never be destroyed because  ________ .

Who is there among us who hasn’t dreamed of having his or her own small (maybe , several years later , even big )business , and having wonderful freedom , both from a boss and from the time clock ; the freedom to make up our own rules for our work , and our own plans —arranging our own hours of work ? That way work would be both painless and fun. Or, so we imagine.
Well, in fact it isn’t quite as simple as that. Yes , it is true that being the boss has its satisfactions and that you can arrange your working hours freely if you own your own small business . But in those early years of starting your own business, you shouldn’t think of a free day, not to mention flying off for a month’s vacation. It is not unusual for new business owners to work seventy or eighty hours a week , and if there is a day off , that day might need to be devoted to accounting (算账).
But this negative picture doesn’t destroy the beautiful hopes. The possibility of getting something wonderful in return—both material and mental—continues to drive that large number of people who start up small businesses each year in the United States.
【小题1】From the first paragraph, we know that everybody hopes  ________ .