For the 17 years my life was very happy. Then the first sad thing happened. My mother became very ill, and soon she knew that she was dying. Just before she died, she asked Elizabeth and me to go to her room. She held our hands and said, “Victor and Elizabeth, my children, I’m very happy because you love each other, and because one day you’ll get married. Everyone in the family loves you, Elizabeth. Will you take my place in the family, my dear? I can die happy if you look after them when I have gone.”
My mother died and we were very sad, because we loved her dearly. Elizabeth was brave and helped us; her sweet smile gave us some happiness in the unhappy days after my mother’s death. The time came for me to go to university. I didn’t want to leave my sad family, but we all knew that I should go. It was hard to leave, too, because the parents of my good friend Henry would not let him go to university with me. So I had gone alone.
On my first day at university I met my teacher, Professor Waldman, who was one of the greatest scientists in the world. He gave a wonderful talk to all the students who were starting at the university. He ended his talk by saying, “Some of you will become the greatest scientists of tomorrow. You must study hard and discover everything that you can. This is why God made you intelligent—to help other people.”
After the professor’s talk, I thought very carefully. I remembered the storm when I was 15; I remembered how the lightning had destroyed the tree. From then on, I wanted to use electricity to help people, and I wanted to discover the secrets of life. I decided to work on these two things.
I started to work the next day. I worked very hard and soon Professor Waldman and I realized that I could learn to be a very good scientist.
The professor helped me very much, and other important scientists who were his friends helped me, too. I was interested in my work and I did not take one day’s holiday during the next two years, I did not go home, and my letters to my family were very short.
After two years, I had discovered many things and I built a scientific machine that was the best in the university. My machine would help me answer the most important question of all. How does life begin? Is it possible to put life into dead things? To answer these questions about life I had to learn first about death. I had to watch bodies from the moment when they died and the warm life left them. In the hospital and in the university, I watched the dying and the dead. Day after day, month after month, I followed death, so it was a dark and terrible time.
I built a tall mast about 150 meters high, which is higher than the tallest building in the city, to catch lightning and send the electricity down to my machine in the lab. I believed I could use that electricity to give life to things that were dead.
Then one day, the answer came to me. Suddenly I was sure that I knew the secret of life.
【小题1】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

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1 The money I have saved is s_____________ for buying a big house

2 His report was pretty good on the whole but he ________(忽视) the most important details.

3 Moyan is well-known for his ___________(独特的)writing style.

4 The thief felt g_________ of stealing some money from the old couple

5 Is that Mr Smith speaking? I’m calling to i_________ you of the meeting next Friday.

6 I’m afraid I can’t attend the meeting because I have to attend my brother’s wedding ________(仪式)

7 It’s reported that five people were badly i_________ in the accident and were sent to hospital immediately.

8 The doctors a__________ to save the dying patient but failed.

9 No one can p_________ what will happen tomorrow.

10 She is b________( 禁止) from driving for 12 months .

The world of the science-fiction 3-D film Avatar is so perfect that the line between fact and fiction has become somewhat blurred （模糊）．

       Movie-goers have admitted being annoyed by depression at not being able to visit the planet Pandora．Set m the future when Earth's resources have been used up, director James Cameron's film tells the story of a company trying to exploit a rare mineral on a new planet．The humans M with the natives - a peace-loving race of 7-foot-fall．blue-skinned creatures called the Na’vi, who exist in perfect harmony with nature．

       Fans have flooded the Internet with their confused feelings．On the site Avatar Forums （论坛）the topic "Ways to deal with the depression of the dream of Pandora not being able to come true has more than 1．000 posts．In a similar forum, Louis, one use, wrote: "When I woke up this morning after watching Avatar for the first time yesterday, the world seemed grey．It just seem．so meaningless．I still don't really see any reason to keep doing things at all．I live in a dying world．On the Avatar site Naviblue, a fan calling himself, Jorba has even asked others to join him in starting a real Na'vi tribe．

       This fantasy world．with its wonderful plants and animal life, is brought to life by using impressive special effects．Many people believe that 2Q10 is the breakthrough year for the technology helped by 3-D movies such as Avatar．"It has taken the best of our technology to create this virtual world and real life will never be as perfect as it seen．on screen．It．makes real leal seem more imperfect．"

1．What is the best title of the text?

       A．A blockbuster movie: Avatar

       B．The Avater effect: movie-goers feel depressed after watching Avatar

       C．2010: a breakthrough year for 3-D movies

       D．Pandora: a perfect world

2．We can infer that Louis ______ after watching the film Avatar．

       A．will cherish his present life more

       B．feels disappointed about the real world

       C．will intend to create a real Na'vi tribe

       D．is proud of living on the earth

3．thanks to the success of Av'atar,        .

       A．3-D technology will probably develop quickly in 2010

       B．most people look forward to living on another planet

       C．many more science-fiction films will be made in the coming years

       D．people have become more realistic about life

4．The underlined word "virtual" probably means _____.

       A．unreal              B．true                     B．perfect                D．practical

5．According to the passage the natives on the planet are      .

       A．not harmony with the nature                 B．blue-haired race

       C．peace-loving creatures                   D．fond of fighting with human race

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阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项．

　　An old man called his doctor, lawyer and minister to his deathbed.“They say you can't take it with you”, the dying man said.“I've got three envelopes with $30000 in each one. I want each of you to take an envelope, and just when they put down my casket(棺材), you throw in the envelopes.”

　　When the old man was buried, each man threw in his envelope. On the way home, the minister confessed(忏悔), “I needed money for the church, so I took out $ 10 000 and threw in only $ 20 000 into the grave.”

　　The doctor said, “I, too, must confess. I'm building a new house. I took $ 20 000 and threw in only $ 10 000.”The lawyer said,“Gentlemen, I'm ashamed of you. I threw in a check (支票) for the full amount.”

1．We can infer that the old man ________.

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A．didn't like money at all

B．cared much for money

C．was careless

D．wanted to leave all his money to his children

2．How much money was thrown into the grave altogether?

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3．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

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A．The three men didn't do what they had been told to.

B．The doctor and the minister threw less money into the grave than they should have.

C．The old man died and was buried in the end.

D．The lawyer did not take any money.

4．The underlined word“ashamed”in this passage most probably means “________”.

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