17. draw a conclusion得出结论。
(A)
The earliest men did not have much time for art; they faced many dangers, and
hunting for food took (1)___ almost all their time. But after many thousands of
years perhaps a million years or more they became very good hunters, and (2)___
gave them a little free time which they could use for other things. A few of
them began to paint on the walls of the caves (3)___ they lived. Many early
artists painted animals, (4)___ these were the most important things in their
lives. Animals supplied (5)___ to keep them living, and skins to keep them
(6)___.
Like painters (7)___, the early artists possibly painted for many (8)___.
Perhaps they wanted to give their cave a little brightness and color; perhaps
they had a few special ideas which they could (9)___ most easily in a painting;
perhaps they (10)___ wanted to spend a little time in a pleasant way. Many of
them believed in magic (巫术), and they often drew animals which were caught. They hoped that by
drawing these things, they would make them really appear.
People have discovered cave paintings in many parts of the world. The earliest
that we know about are in Europe. Because of the
cool weather, the early men in Europe used the caves for shelter (隐蔽处); in many warmer parts of the world this was not necessary. We know
quite a lot about the dates of the European paintings, and we believe that the
earliest ones were painted about thirty thousand years ago.
1. A. away B. back C. out D. up
2. A. this B. that C. these D. those
3. A. which B. that C. where D. when
4. A. although B. because C. if D. as if
5. A. air B. fur C. food D. water
6. A. comfortable B. warm C. beautiful D. healthy
7. A. yesterday B. today C. in those days D. at that time
8. A. people B. places C. animals D. reasons
9. A. express B. understand C. realize D. imagine
10. A. often B. quite C. just D. even
(B)
Sleep is something we generally associate with (11)___ creatures. Of course, it
is true that a lot of animals sleep, but zoologists are not certain that
primitive forms of animal (12)___ like worms and snails, ever really (13)___.
(14)___ the other hand, animals such as bears sleep for 4 or 5 months every
year.
The amount of sleep (15)___ human being needs depends (16)___, the individual
and possibly race. For example, doctors think that pre-school children need
between 10 and 12 hours a night; school children between 9 and 11 hours; and
adults between 7 and 9 hours. There are exceptional cases of old people (17)___
only sleep between 2 and 3 hours a day and (18)___ to be active and healthy.
The sleep requirements of different (19)___ also appear to be different.
Japanese people, for example, sleep (20)___ hours than Europeans.
11. A. live B. living C. lively D. alive
12. A. life B. lives C. lifes D. living
13. A. sleep B. sleeps C. sleeping D. slept
14. A. In B. At C. On D. For
15. A. the B. / C. a D. an
16. A. on age B. on the age C. in age D. for age
17. A. that they B. which C. of whom D. who
18. A. continued B. continue C. went on D. going
19. A. race B. human being C. man D. races
20. A. less B. by far less C. fewer D. much more
答案： 1. D 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. B 8. D 9. A 10.
C
11. B 12. A 13. A 14. C 15. C 16. A 17. D 18. B 19.
D 20. C
Fire can help people
in many ways. Fire can heat water, (1)____ your house, give light and cook
food. But fire can burn things too. Nobody knows (2)____ people began to use
fire. One story from Australia
tells about a man a very long time ago. He (3)____ the sun by a rope and
brought fire down.
Today people know how to (4)____ a fire with matches. Children sometimes like
to play with them. But matches can be very (5)____.
Fire kills people every year. So you must be careful (6)____ matches. You
should also learn to (7)____ fires. Fires need oxygen. Without oxygen they die.
There is (8)____ in the air. Cover a fire with water, sand, or (9)____, with
your coat or a blanket. This keeps the air from a fire and kills it.
Be careful with fire, and it will help you. Be careless with fire, and it might
(10)____ you.
1. A. brighten B. warm C. beautify D. lighten
2. A. where B. when C. what D. how
3. A. watched B. got up to C. went up to D. discovered
4. A. set B. make C. cause D. catch
5.A. dangerous B. bright C. unusual D. common
6. A. about B. to C. On D. after
7. A. lay out B. put out C. put away D. do away with
8. A. fire B. moisture C. oxygen D. substance
9. A. in general B. in particular C. in a hurry D. in an emergency
10. A. injure B. hurt C. destroy D. spoil
(B)
Here is another program in the series, "Famous Personalities (个性)." This
afternoon I am going to talk (11)____ the famous film director, Daniel Z.
Sloman. Dan Sloman doesn’t need any introduction from me. He has directed
"Goodbye to Boston",
"Pacific Story" and many other famous films. "Tell me, Dan, have
you ever directed a film in England?"
"Why, yes, Peter. I directed ’Green Years’ here."
"Oh course. How long (12)____ was that, Dan?"
"That was five years ago. That film was about life in an English
village."
"What can you remember about this (13)____, Dan?"
"Lots of things, Peter. When we were filming in the open, it usually
(14)____ to rain!"
"You rebuilt half the village, I believe, Dan."
"That’s right, Peter. We built a (15)____ over the river. We put a few
buildings. (16)____ our men were working, half the (17)____ watched us."
"Were the villagers against the film?"
"Oh, no. Many villagers (18)____ a lot of money. Thousands of tourists
came to the village. The place (19)____ famous."
"Have you ever been back to the village since then?"
"I can’t say I have, Peter. But I remember it well."
"What else do you remember about the film, ’Green Years’, Dan?"
"Well, I remember the actors, of course. In one scene we (20)____ a
thousand ’extras’."
"And you used the villagers."
"That’s right, Peter. There were 2000 men, women and children in the
village and we used a thousand of them. Every man has his price. We paid each
villager fifty pence to take part in the film."
"What about the villagers that weren’t in the film?"
"They came to watch."
"What happened then?"
"It was very funny, Peter. We couldn’t keep them out of it. We paid half
the villagers fifty pence each to act in the film. And we paid the other half
of the villagers five pounds each not to join in the film! But it was a great
scene. I’ll never forget it."
"Thank you, Dan."
11. A. to B. about C. for D. into
12. A. before B. ago C. after D. since
13. A. life B. village C. year D. film
14. A. begins B. began C. had started D. beginning
15. A. road B. way C. village D. bridge
16. A. As soon as B. After C. Before D. While
17. A. town B. city C. village D. country
18. A. made B. took C. carried D. brought
19. A. is B. gets C. became D. get
20. A. asked B. dismissed C. needed D. told
答案：1. B 2. D 3. C 4. B
5. A 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. D 10. B
11. A 12. B 13. D
14. B 15. D 16. D 17. C 18. A 19. C 20. C
While I was waiting
to enter university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job __1__ at a school
about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short of __2__ and wanting to do
something __3__ I applied (申请) , __4__ as I did so, that without a degree and with no
__5__of teaching my chances of getting the job were __6__.
However, three days later, a letter arrived, calling me to Croydon for a
meeting with the headmaster. It proved to be a __7__ journey: a train to
Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at __8__ a quarter of
a mile. As a result I arrived there, feeling toe hot to be nervous. It was
clearly the __9__ himself that __10__ the door. He was short and round.
"The school," he said, "is made up of one __11__ of twenty-four
boys between seven and thirteen." I should have to teach all the subjects
except art, __12__ he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into
__13__ groups and teach them in turn at three different __14__, and I was
__15__ at the thought of teaching maths - a subject at which I wasn’t very
__16__ at school. Worse perhaps was the idea of __17__ to teach them on
Saturday afternoon because most of my friends would be __18__ themselves at
that time.
Before I had time to ask about my salary, he got up to his __19__ .
"Now" he said, you’d better meet my wife. She is the one who really
__20__ this school.
1. A. kept B. lost C. wanted D. found
2. A. money B. time C. students D. clothes
3. A. harmful B. useful C. funny D. secret
4. A. expecting B. whispering C. fearing D. considering
5. A. material B. experience C. means D. books
6. A. nice B. great C. slight D. helpful
7. A. difficult B. pleasant C. comfortable D. short
8. A. most B. least C. last D. first
9. A. teacher B. door-keeper C. student D. headmaster
10. A. shut B. opened C. repaired D. kicked
11. A. group B. class C. dozen D. score
12. A. which B. that C. what D. this
13. A. one B. two C. three D. four
14. A. classes B. subjects C. levels D. places
15. A. excited B. angry C. glad D. disappointed
16. A. poor B. interested C. weak D. good
17. A. forcing B. having C. forgetting D. managing
18. A. watching B. studying C. enjoying D. helping
19.A. letter B. feet C. hands D. wife
20.A. runs B. starts C. observes D. likes
答案：1-5 CABCB 6-10 CABDB
11-20 BACCD 16-20 DBCBA
I went there in 1924; no local
planes in those days, so I made the trip by bus. It was a thousand kilometers,
and it 1 twenty hours. I sat by a fellow about my own age, 24. He said
his name was Karl Packey, 2 he told me 3 anything else.
He 4 me
because he had so little to say. No opinions, no memories, no tales to 5
. Had his home, his life, the war and so on left no mark at all 6 him?
It was very 7 . I was 8 when the pillows were given 9 ,
and I could politely try to sleep. I hoped I would never meet him again. The
next time I went to Fairburn was in 1974. By 10 , of course. The
president was going to “open” the new town, 11 had taken twenty－six years to be 12
. I sat next to a man of about fifty, whose face was a 13 . I guessed he
had something 14 to tell me.
The face was rough,
brown and 15 with age and worry. There were two old scars (伤痕) in his face. But 16
them, I saw 17 and power. I guessed he was the boss of 18 .
Perhaps he hadn’t expected the big job and hadn’t wanted it.
He had done it well,
no doubt. The thing had clearly 19 him the power of decision. We started
to talk…. The next two hours were for me the most interesting, adventurous,
even exciting that I remember. He kept me silent, 20 with wonder. Our
plane 21 Fairburn. I 22 his hand and thanked him for making the
journey so 23 . I told him my name. “The pleasure was 24 ,” he
said, “I was Chief Engineer here at Fairburn until last year. I built the new
town. Karl Packer is the name. Haven’t we met before 25 ?”
1. A. took B. spent C. lost D. had
2. A. but B. still C. yet D. however
3. A. hardly B. almost C. nearly D. mostly
4. A. disappointed B. pleased C. excited D. worried
5. A. say B. speak C. tell D. talk
6. A. in B. with C. for D. on
7. A. puzzling B. interesting C. exciting D. wondering
8. A. glad B. sorry C. sad D. angry
9. A. in B. up C. out D. with
10. A. bus B. land C. air D. sea
11. A. it B. that C. which D. this
12. A. built B. made C. set D. founded
13. A. book B. mirror C. picture D. window
14. A. good B. bad C. wrong D. old
15. A. cleaned B. washed C. lined D. broken
16. A. on B. above C. over D. in
17. A. success B. sadness C. fear D. failure
18. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
19. A. taught B. offered C. gave D. showed
20. A. open－mouth B.
opened－mouth C. open－mouthed D. opening－mouth
21. A. landed at B. landed in C. landed to D. landed
22. A. hit B. shook C. seized D. caught
23. A. pleasant B. pleasure C. pleased D. pleasing
24. A. my B. mine C. me D. I
25. A. somewhere B. anywhere C. nowhere D. everywhere
答案： 1－5 A A A A C 6－10 D A A C C 11－15 C A A B C
16－20 C A A A C 21－25 A B A B A
I met this guy who told me an amazing
story. He was 1 Scotland
on a motorbike by himself. One late afternoon he was on the road between Aberdeen and Elgin.
He was travelling along, miles from any village, when he saw a really 2
girl standing by the road, hitchhiking (搭车) . .Anyway, he stopped and said he would give her a 3
to Elgin. She
got on and he drove off. He said he 4 having her on the back, as it was
nice 5 . But after a time he forgot that she was there. Suddenly he 6
but he realized that he couldn’t feel her knees 7 against him! He 8
behind him but...she wasn’t there.
He said he felt frightened 9 his life! He felt cold all over. He thought
she must have 10 off the back. So he turned round and 11 back
along the road. He didn’t find her. He went to see if she had crawled (爬) into a field or something. But he didn’t find her. So he began to
think that she might have been 12 by someone else.
Anyway, he drove on towards Elgin
and didn’t see anyone 13 he came to a pub. He decided to 14 so
that he could talk to someone and he thought he ought to tell 15 . He
went into a pub and talked to the barman. He told the barman what had happened.
He said the barman didn’t seem to be at all 16 . He just carried on 17
the glasses.
Then the barman said, "You’re not the 18 person to come in here and
tell the same 19 .That girl you think you picked up 20 seven
years ago... in a motorbike accident. "
1.A. touring B. searching C. defending D. circling
2. A. poor B. attractive C. tall D. terrible
3.A. help B. lift C. service D. trip
4. A. chose B. came C. meant D. liked
5.A. business B. event C. company D. action
6.A. thought B. Considered C. rememberedD. called
7. A. pressing B. turning C. going D. running
8. A. looked B. took C. felt D. seized
9. A. out of B. in case of C. in place of D. to the best of
10. A. jumped B. kept C. kicked D. fallen
11.A. raced B. walked C. got D. watched
12.A. picked up B. searched for C. taken away D. brought back
13.A. when B. until C. although D. since
14.A. wait B. enter C. stop D. march
15.A. someone B. nobody C. the father D. the police
16.A. worried B. surprised C. moved D. satisfied
17. A. breaking B. waving C. knocking D. drying
18. A. first B. Last C. Right D. honest
19.A. story B. message C. lie D. truth
20. A. was saved B. ran away C. died D. left
答案：1-5 ABBDC 6-10 CACAD 11-15 CABCA 16-20BDAAC
The young engineer sat down on a rock and rested his head in his
hands. He would never get home; it was 1 . For weeks he had been 2 in the Northwest Canadian forest.
Now there was a terrible 3 behind his eyes, and worse of all, he had
gone 4 .
Suddenly a man 5 out of the woods, an Indian who had been hunting in the
area. Seeing the engineer’s 6 , he caught a fish in a nearby 7
and fed the sick man the 8 of the fish and some flesh from its head. 9
within a few hours the engineer’s pain was 10 . A day later he could 11
again, and the next day he had 12 recovered.
When he returned home, the engineer told the 13 to Dr Price. Not until
years later did it become a(n) 14 fact that this was just an everyday 15
doing its work. For what the engineer did, by eating fish eyes, was to 16
his vitamin (维生素).
Vitamin A’s biggest job is to keep the eyes 17 . Without A, people and
animals get night blindness and other eye problems. Without A, people can even
be totally blind. A helps to keep the skin in good 18 . A also helps 19
with bones and teeth and has to do with proper 20 of blood cells.
1. A. hopeless B. useless C. careless D. timeless
2. A. lost B. treated C. hunting D. working
3. A. scene B. illness C. pain D. heat
4. A. blind B. changed C. mad D. separated
5. A. reached B. appeared C. hid D. watched
6. A. starvation B. situation C. reality D. trouble
7. A. stream B. boat C. place D. sea
8. A. tail B. skin C. bone D. eyes
9. A. Possibly B. Surprisingly C. Fortunately D. Immediately
10. A. shown B. gone C. settled D. disappeared
11. A. see B. speak C. walk D. work
12. A. naturally B. completely C. partly D. physically
13. A. news B. result C. secret D. story
14. A. actual B. accepted C. solved D. ordinary
15. A. sight B. food C. lifeguard D. service
16. A. trust B. trade C. try D. take
17. A. looking B. rolling C. moving D. going
18. A. energy B. order C. shape D. sense
19. A. out B. off C. about D. to
20. A. growth B. search C. choice D. size
答案： 1-5 AACAB 6-10
DADBB 11-15 ABDBC 16-20 DDCAA
San Francisco is a big city which lies in
the west of the United
States very near the Pacific, where two
earth’s plates often meet and jump. So earthquake is a 1 word to hear
there. It is recorded that at least 2 big earthquakes have happened in San Francisco since the
beginning of the 3 century. One happened in 1906, the other in 1989.
The second worst earthquake 4 San
Francisco on the evening of October 17, 1989, when
people were travelling to their 5 . A wide and busy overhead road fell
onto the one 6 Many people were killed in their cars. A few 7 ones
were not hurt, but many thousands became 8
A large number of weak buildings didn’t 9 in the quake and the 10
electricity was cut off for several days, too.
Nobody but scientists can explain the 11 of earthquakes. In their
opinion, although earthquake cannot be 12 . we can do things to make
sure they do not destroy whole cities. They suggest we should not build houses
along the 13 where earth’s plates join together. We should build houses 14
instead of on sand. And the buildings have to be as 15 as possible.
Scientists are also studying earthquakes, which may someday help to save
hundreds of lives.
1. A. terrible B. sad C. usual D. funny
2. A. two B. three C. four D. five
3. A. 17th B.18th C. 19th D 20th
4. A. shook B. felt C. discovered D. moved
5. A. offices B. homes C. factories D. schools
6. A. above B. nearby C. below D. round
7. A. young B. tall C. strong D. lucky
8. A. homeless B. jobless C. friendless D. childless
9. A. put up B. go up C. stay up D. turn up
10. A. company’s B. school’s C. country’s D. city’s
11. A. story B. cause C. experience D. result
12. A. stopped B. caught C. kept D. touched
13. A. seaside B. river C. road D. lines
14. A. at sea B. on rock C. on the square D. near the city
15. A. strong B. high C. small D. cheap
答案：1. C 2. A 3. D 4. A
5. B 6. C 7. D 8. A 9. C 10. D 11. B 12. A 13. D 14. B 15. A
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