13、When he moved to Germany in _______, he was already in _______.

A. the fifties, his sixty                                      B. fifties, his sixties

C. the fifties, his sixties                                    D. fifty, sixty

12、直到这次期中考试后他才意识到英语非常值得学。（It, worth）

二、选择题

（每空？ 分，共？ 分）

11、务必确保你要学会游泳，因为这有可能意味着生还是死。（Make sure）

10、据说在北京举办的奥运会开幕式很受欢迎。（receive）

9、据说在北京举办的奥运会开幕式很受欢迎。（receive）

8、我已经告诉过你我做出这道题的方法。（way）

7、我发现要在一小时内写一遍八百字的文章是很困难的。（it）

6、 

81. _________

The Italians have an old saying “y dolce far niente”. The words mean it is sweet or enjoyable to do nothing. On weekends and during holidays, many of us enjoy doing nothing. But most of the time, we have to work and to keep our jobs and we must work hard. Our employer will not like it if we do nothing.

82. _________

American workers often call their employers “bosses”. The word “boss” comes from the Dutch word “baas” meaning master. Sometimes company bosses are called the brass. They are also sometimes called “ top brass” or “brass hats”. Experts disagree about how the strange expression started, but they may have come from Britain. Leaders of the 19^th century British army wore pieces of metal called oak leaves on their hats. The metal brass has a color similar to that of gold. So a leader or a commander came to be called a member of the brass or he might have been called a brass hat or even the top brass.

83. _________

By the 1940’s, the expression had spread beyond military leaders. It also included civilian officials. A newspaper in the American city of Philadelphia used the term in 1949. It called the most important police officials top brass. Other expressions that mean boss or employer have nothing to do with brass or hats. One of these is “ big cheese”. A cheese is a solid food made form milk. The expression probably started in America in the late 19^th century. Some experts believe it comes from a word in the Persian or Urdu languages. Cheese, the meaning is a thing. So the meaning of “big cheese” may be a big thing.

84. ________

Other experts say the word cheese and its expression was really in incorrect way of saying chief. The word chief means leader. So the expression may mean big leader. An employer usually does not object to being called boss. But most workers would not call their employers big cheese, top brass or brass hats to their faces. These words are not really insulting（侮辱）but neither do they show great respect.

85. _________

Employers also have expressions to describe their workers. One of them that describe a good worker is that he or she works like a Trojan. This expression probably comes from the ancient writings of the great poet Homer. He wrote about the Trojans who lived in the city of Troy. He said Trojans worked very hard to protect their city. Now the expression is often used to describe an employee who work hard for a company. A loyal, hardworking employee is said to work like a Trojan. So be happy if your company’s brass hats say you work like a Trojan. They may consider you valuable enough to increase your pay.

5、It was a dark November day in 1895. In a laboratory at the royal University of Wurzburg, in western Germany, a 50-year-old physics professor, Wilhelm Roentgen, performed what looked like a type of magic. He placed a glass vacuum（真空）tube inside a black cardboard box and applied a high-voltage current（高压电流）. He suddenly noticed that, on a bench nearby, a piece of paper coated with a chemical substance began giving off an strange light. Over the following two weeks, Roentgen performed a series of experiments that proved the existence of a form of electro-magnetic（电磁的）radiation he called X-rays.

His astonishing discovery has led to a deeper understanding of the physical world----in particular, to the field of medical diagnosis（诊断）.

X-rays are widely used in medicine to make radiographs or X-rays pictures of the bones and internal organs of the body to see whether diseases exist, such as broken bones or lung diseases.

A radiograph is made by passing an X-rays beam through a patient’s body onto a piece of photographic film. The bones takes in more of the rays than do muscles or other organs, so the bones throw the sharpest shadows on the film.

Improvements over the past century----from fluoroscopy（荧光透视法）to CT scans---- have made X-rays technology an invaluable tool of medicine.

78. At the beginning of the passage, Prof. Wilhelm Roentgen was _______.

A. performing an entertaining program                            B. playing magic

C. doing some experiments                                            D. None of above

79. When Prof. Roentgen placed a glass vacuum tube in a black box and applied a high-voltage current, he _______.

A. saw a bench nearby

B. noticed a piece of paper on a nearby bench begin to burn slowly

C. noticed a piece of paper on a nearby bench begin to give out strange light

D. noticed a piece of paper was coated with a chemical substance

80. The bones have clearer shadow on the photographic film than do muscles or other organs, because ______.

A. the bones are harder than them

B. the bones can help absorb more rays than them

C. the bones can block more rays than them

D. X-rays cannot pass through the bones

4、The people who lived in Italy and northern Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries were the first people to think of themselves as belonging to an era（时代）. It was the Renaissance（文艺复兴）, a period of renewed interest in learning after the Middle Ages.

The motto（座右铭）of the Renaissance was “A man can do all things if he wills,” and the man who fulfilled that motto more than any other was Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci was good at portraiture, a new art form that described people as individuals. His painting of the “Mona Lisa” remains the most famous portrait ever done.

But Leonardo was also a skilled architect and engineer, who designed a submarine, helicopter and airplane, long before those inventions were ever built. Hundreds of drawings and thousands of pages in his notebooks proved his interest in astronomy, anatomy，botany, geology, and above all mathematics. He was interested in city planning and sanitation and was reportedly a gifted musician.

Since the Renaissance, the term “Renaissance man” has been applied to（适用到）others, who, like Leonardo da Vinci, excelled in many various fields. Thomas Jefferson is perhaps the best example. He, too, was a born musician and architect as well as botanist, philosopher, writer and third President of the United States.

75. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. The motto of the Renaissance was “A man can do all things.”

B. Leonardo da Vinci made the most achievements among people during the Renaissance.

C. Portraiture was a new art form of painting pictures.

D. “ Mona Lisa” is among the most famous portraits in history.

76. “Renaissance man” means _______.

A. any person during the period of Renaissance

B. any person who makes great achievements in some certain field.

C. any person who experts at many different fields during the Renaissance

D. any person who experts at many different fields ever since the Renaissance

77. Which of the following is NOT the common interest to Leonardo da Vinci and Thomas Jefferson?

       A. Music                             B. Sanitation          C. Architecture                     D. Botany