I sometimes wonder if old Finchley has the right personality to be a research scientist. He keeps asking when he’ll be coming back. After all, it was his own fault. Nobody tries out what has just been invented on themselves any more but Finchley. Well, he must have pumped about a thousand cc into himself before I noticed he was clearly becoming smaller.

It was funny watching him, because his clothes remained the same in size. They simply piled up around him so that he looked like a small boy in his father’s clothes. But he kept getting smaller and smaller. As my colleague Dawson and I watched him, he disappeared! All we could see was Finchley’s clothes on the floor. They looked so strange, because the lab coat was on top, shirt and trousers inside and, I suppose, underclothes inside again. It gave me a strange feeling, and I think Dawson was a bit shaken, too.

Dawson was sitting on his chair in front of a microscope he’d been using to examine a family of mites(螨). He looked through the scope kind of absently again, and was nearly scared to lose awareness when he found old Finchley waving back from the other end.

It seems as if Finchley had taken a free ride on a dust mite and landed on the land of the mite family. Of course, we didn’t know till Finchley told us later. But anyhow, as I said, Dawson nearly passed out. He jumped off his chair and pointed at the microscope, too shocked to speak.

1.It can be inferred that Finchley, Dawson and the writer have possible invented      .

A．a machine to make people small            B．a new way to study the family of mites

C．a new powerful microscope               D．some kind of medicine

2.Finchley disappeared because      .

A．he tried out what has just invented on himself

B．his father’s clothes totally covered him up

C．he took something poisonous

D．he was changed into a dust mite

3.It can probably be concluded that Finchley       .

A．will remain tiny all the time                B．is a devoted scientist

C．is not fit to be a scientist                  D．passed out there and then

4.It frightened Dawson to see Fincley         .

A．got out of his scope by accident            B．was waving through his scope

C．suddenly got lost in his clothes             D．gradually disappeared in the lad

I sometimes wonder if old Finchley has the right personality to be a research scientist. He keeps asking when he’ll be coming back. After all, it was his own fault. Nobody tries out what has just been invented on themselves any more but Finchley. Well, he must have pumped about a thousand cc into himself before I noticed he was clearly becoming smaller.
It was funny watching him, because his clothes remained the same in size. They simply piled up around him so that he looked like a small boy in his father’s clothes. But he kept getting smaller and smaller. As my colleague Dawson and I watched him, he disappeared! All we could see was Finchley’s clothes on the floor. They looked so strange, because the lab coat was on top, shirt and trousers inside and, I suppose, underclothes inside again. It gave me a strange feeling, and I think Dawson was a bit shaken, too.
Dawson was sitting on his chair in front of a microscope he’d been using to examine a family of mites(螨). He looked through the scope kind of absently again, and was nearly scared to lose awareness when he found old Finchley waving back from the other end.
It seems as if Finchley had taken a free ride on a dust mite and landed on the land of the mite family. Of course, we didn’t know till Finchley told us later. But anyhow, as I said, Dawson nearly passed out. He jumped off his chair and pointed at the microscope, too shocked to speak.
【小题1】It can be inferred that Finchley, Dawson and the writer have possible invented      .

阅读理解

　　The dark, narrow streets of London were dangerous places for a lad to wander during the ruling of Charles Ⅱ (1660-1685). Bands of hoodlums(强盗), in the pay of some ships' captains, were found everywhere. Their job was to seize as many boys as they could find and carry them off to waiting ships in the harbor. Many a pale city lad would wake up from a drugged sleep, or a blow on the head, to find himself on the high seas, bound for the New World. There he might become a farmhand, an apprentice, or perhaps a household servant.

　　Thousands of unsuspecting youths were kidnapped who were never to return to the land of their birth. The traffic in young boys became, in time, a great public scandal, and this is the way it had come about.

　　America desperately needed colonists. At first, many people had come willingly, lured by tales of quick wealth and unlimited opportunity. But once they arrived, they found it to be a far rougher place than they had imagined. It was true that, there was opportunity, but hard work was needed to make it pay off. Many of the new colonists, hoping for easy fortuned, were not used to the difficulties of hard manual labour.

　　Nor could they manage the large farms by themselves. They needed help of every sort: for planting, for harvesting, for building their houses, etc. Some few skilled workers had come and set up shops--blacksmiths, carpenters, wheelwrights(修造轮子的工匠) and such--but they, too, were in need of help. Without apprentices and laborers, they could not possibly do all the work that the colonists required.

　　British shipowners offered free transportation to all those who would come, in return for an agreement to work for seven years without wages. Thousands of immigrants accepted the offer. After seven years of service they were farmers in their own right--and needed help. So there was an increasing need for workers. When the captains could not get colonists any other way, they hired hoodlums to seize any young boys they could lay hands on.

　　Over 100000 youngsters were taken to America in this way. Kidnapping became such an open scandal that in 1682 the London Council passed a law forbidding any person under fourteen to be bound into service without the knowledge and consent of his parents.

1．What shocked the London citizens in the late 17th century?

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A．The British shipowners needed hands in their business.

B．Bands of hoodlums wandered in the dark streets of London.

C．Many young boys turned to drugs and violence.

D．Many young boys were captured and shipped to America.

2．According to the passage, many British people were willing to settle in America because _____.

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A．they were poor and desperate

B．they thought they could find jobs easily and soon make a fortune

C．they were desperately tired of the bad conditions in London

D．they learned that skilled workers were badly needed there

3．According to the passage, the colonists were in need of hands for the following reasons except that _____.

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A．many rail tracks had to be built

B．there was a lot of work on the farms

C．many houses had to be built

D．there was a lot of work in various kinds of shops

4．Why did thousands of immigrants sign the agreement to work for seven years without pay?

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A．Because they had no money to pay for their voyage to the New World.

B．Because they could become farmers in their own right after their seven-year work.

C．Because they had no land of their own when they just arrived in America.

D．Because they were kidnapped and forced to sign it.

5．We can infer from the passage that the British government passed a law in 1682 because _____.

[　　]

A．the shipowners had seized a great fortune of the country apart from the young boys

B．it intended to stop the employment of the young workers under the age of fourteen

C．the public strongly condemned the kidnapping of young boys

D．it did not want to lose a lot of its young residents

第三节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。      

Two friends and I moved into a house off campus when I was a junior at Iowa State University. We were all a bit   21   of our landlord, a rough middle-aged man. He gave us a lecture about paying the   22   on time and maintaining the house and appliances.

During the fall semester, my housemates and I threw a   23  . We sent invitations to many friends and told everyone to come to our house on Friday night. We   24   a large crowd and everyone had a great   25  . The last guests left in the wee(凌晨一两点) hours of the morning.

Exhausted, we decided to sleep in and clean the house and yard the next morning. Well, you   26   it! We were awakened about 7:00 a.m. by our   27  , who was knocking on the door. Sleepily, we let him in,   28   to incur his wrath（招致他的怒气）. Instead, he picked up a party invitation that had been   29   on the sidewalk and asked, "Why didn't you girls invite me?" He came into the house,   30   a minor repair, and spent a few minutes helping us pick up trash from the yard. We weren't quite sure what use to make of our unexpected luck, but we were thrilled that our landlord had been so   31  .

A few months later, I made a mathematical error while balancing my checkbook and my bank soon informed me that I had bounced(跳过) a   32  . I was ashamed when I discovered that it was my rent check and   33   I had to let my landlord know. I figured that he   34   my housemates and I as irresponsible after the party incident and this would   35   him right. I was certain that he would drive me away.   36  , I gathered the courage to call him and explained what had happened. He said, "I have a daughter about your age, and the same thing happened to her   37  . Would you like to wait until next month and send a   38   payment then?"

I've never forgotten our landlord's kindness and understanding. He also taught me an important lesson about not judging a book by its   39  . I'm proud to say that I have not bounced a check   40   (though I have thrown a few more parties)!

21. A. tired                  B. ashamed                   C. fond                 D. afraid

22. A. rent                    B. house                       C. price                 D. money

23. A. table                   B. party                        C. course               D. landlord

24. A. enjoyed                     B. drew                        C. wanted              D. picked

25. A. time                   B. fun                          C. joy                   D. trouble

26. A. guess                  B. are guessing              C. guessed             D. had guessed

27. A. housemate           B. neighbour                 C. parents              D. landlord

28. A. expecting            B. hoping                            C. thinking            D. considering

29. A. lain                    B. laying                      C. lying                 D. laid

30. A. took                   B. gave                        C. made                D. lad

31. A. understanding      B. annoying                  C. careful                     D. fierce

32. A. card                   B. bill                          C. account             D. check

33. A. that                    B. which                      C. what                 D. 不填

34. A. knew                  B. viewed                     C. looked                     D. thought

35. A. announce            B. show                        C. prove                D. suggest

36. A. Somehow           B. Meanwhile               C. Moreover          D. However

37. A. then                   B. once                        C. again                D. later

38. A. another               B. double                            C. same                 D. large

39. A. cover                  B. colour                      C. content              D. title

40. A. after                   B. since                        C. ever                  D. before