14、—What’s happened to George?

—I don’t know. He ________.

A．must have got lost       B．may have got lost

C．should have got lost   D．can’t be lost

13、His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any _____of it at all．

A．meaning        B．sense           C．idea     D．senses

12、Paper produced every year is_____ the world’s production of vehicles．

A．the three times weight of                          B．three times the weight of

C．as three times heavy as                         D．three times as heavier as

11、She has set a new record，that is，the sales of her latest book______50 million．

A．have reached                                    B．has reached              

C．are reaching                            D．had reached

10、Oil companies in the U.S are already beginning to feel the pressure. Refinery workers and petroleum-equipment-manufacturing employees are being_________.

A．laid out          B．laid off          C．laid down      D．laid aside

9、_______cancer, he felt as if the world was at an end.

A．Diagnosed with                                  B．Diagnosed as  

C．Being diagnosed with                      D．Be diagnosed as

8、Years ago, a farmer owned land along the Atlantic coast. He constantly advertised for hired _ 1 ___. Most people were unwilling to work on farms along the Atlantic．They __2___ the terrible storms that became violently across the Atlantic would destroy lives, buildings and crops. As the farmer ___3___ applicants for the job, he received a world of ___4___.

  Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age, __5___ the farmer. “Are you a good __6___?” the farmer asked him. “Well, I can sleep when the wind blows.” Answered the __7___man. Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer, __8___for help, hired him. The man worked well __9___ the farm, busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt __10___ the man’s work.

  Then one night the __11___ howled loudly in from off-shore. __12__ out of bed, the farmer grabbed a lantern and __13___ next door to the hired hand’s sleeping room. He __14__ the man and called, “Get up! A storm is coming! Tie things down ___15___ they blow away!” The little man rolled over in bed and said ____16___, “No, sir. I told you that I can sleep when the wind blows.”  Enraged by the __17___, the farmer was tempted to fire him on the spot. ___18___, he hurried outside to prepare for the storm.  To his ___19___ , he discovered that all of the haystacks(干草堆) had been covered with tarpaulins(防水油布).The doors were locked. The windows were tightly closed. Everything was ___20____. Nothing could blow away. The farmer then understood what his hired hand meant, so he returned to his bed to also sleep while the wind blew.

1．A．taxies              B．boats             C．cows             D．hands

2．A．feared              B．fought            C．met               D．approached

3．A．selected            B．examined          C．interviewed        D．observed

4．A．letters             B．refusals           C．arrivals           D．invitations

5．A．captured           B．noticed            C．approached       D．recognized

6．A．farmhand          B．cook             C．cowboy           D．mechanic

7．A．strong             B．rich               C．gentle            D．little

8．A．ready              B．desperate         C．fit               D．famous

9．A．over               B．on              C．in                D．with

10．A．satisfied with      B．tired of           C．surprised  at     D．discontented with

11．A．rain              B．snow            C．wind              D．wolf 

12．A．Walking          B．Stepping         C．Rolling            D．Jumping

13．A．rushed           B．tiptoed           C．crawled           D．walked

14．A．moved           B．shook            C．struck            D．slapped 

15．A．after             B．until             C．before            D．when 

16．A．sadly             B．quietly           C．firmly             D．sad

17．A．storm            B．wind            C．shout             D．response 

18．A．Instead          B．Therefore        C．Luckily           D．Unfortunately 

19．A．disappointment  B．amazement         C．fear              D．sorrow

20．A．washed away   B．blown away       C．broken down           D．tied down

7、There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art. Washington, D.C．has the National Gallery of Art (美术馆); Paris has the Luvre; London, the British Museum. Florida International University (FIU) in Miami also shows art for people to see. And it does so without a building, or even a wall for its drawings and paintings. FIU has opened what it says is the first computer art museum in the United States. You don't have to visit the University to see the art. You just need a computer linked to a telephone. You can call the telephone number of a university computer and connect your own computer to it. All of the art is stored in the school computer. It is computer art, produced electronically by artists on their own computers. In only a few minutes, your computer can receive and copy all the pictures and drawings.

Robert Shostak is director of the new computer museum. He says he starts the museum because computer artists had no place to show their works.

A computer artist can only record his pictures electronically and send the records, or floppy discs, to others to see on their computers. He can also put his pictures on paper. But to print good pictures on paper, the computer artist needs an expensive laser printer.

Robert Shostak says the electronic museum is mostly for art or computer students at schools and universities. Many of the pictures in the museum are made by students. Mr. Shostak said the FIU museum will make computer art more fun for computer artists because more people can see it. He says artists enjoy their work much more if they have an audience. And the great number of home computers in America could mean a huge audience for the electronic museum.

1．The main purpose of this text is to give information about     .

       A．museums throughout the world  

    B．an electronic art museum in Miami, U.S.A.

       C．art exhibitions in Florida International University 

D. latest development of computer art

2．To see the art in FIU museum, you need      .

       A．floppy discs    

    B．a computer and a printer

       C．pictures and drawings on paper 

D．a computer connected to the museum by telephone line

3．The museum was started when        .

       A．Robert Shostak wanted to do something for computer scientists

       B．Robert Shostak wanted to help computer artists

       C．art students needed a place to show their works

       D．computer scientists wanted to do something about art

4．The words “an audience” in the last paragraph refer to        .

       A．art students                           B．computer owners?

       C．exhibits in the museum               D．those who will enjoy art

6、       Italian sculptor and painter Michelangelo was one of the most remarkable artists who ever lived. Working in Rome and Florence in the early 1500s, he produced both religious and secular art that is still marveled at today. But it appears that Michelangelo could be his own harshest (苛刻的)critic(评论家).

       Michelangelo was an old, sick man when he began carving a sculpture known as The Florence Pieta (a pieta is a sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding the dead body of Jesus). He worked on the sculpture only at night, and sometimes was in such pain that he could not work at all. Michelangelo intended to have the huge, almost eight feet tall sculpture as part of his own tombstone(墓碑); included in the work was the figure of an elderly suffering man. In describing the sculpture, Michelangelo’s biographer wrote of its great “beauty and sorrow”.

       But one day, after ten years of labor, the artist suddenly turned on his work. He attacked it with a sledgehammer, chopping off arms and legs. He would have destroyed the sculpture entirely if an assistant had not dragged him away. Later, the work was repaired by another assistant, but in an imperfect way.

       What prompted(促使) Michelangelo to almost destroy one of his greatest works? Did he feel he had made a mistake in the composition or the carving? Did he discover a hidden flaw(瑕疵)in the marble? Scientists have begun studying the repaired statue, taking 3-D photos of it from every angle so that they can study its structure with a computer. Perhaps someday they will have a clue as to what motivated Michelangelo.

1．Choose a good title for this passage.

       A．The lonely life of a genius                B．An artistic mystery

       C．Beauty and sorrow                   D．Using a computer to reconstruct the past

2．Michelangelo was carving the pieta for___________.

       A．his tombstone      B．a museum           C．a private client     D．an Italian church

3．What conclusion can you draw from this passage?

       A．Michelangelo was an impatient, temperamental man

       B．Michelangelo worked in constant pain.

       C．Michelangelo ordered his assistant to repair the statue.

       D．Computer may help in resolving ancient puzzles.

4．The author of this passage quotes Michelangelo’s biographer in order to show that_______.

       A．the statue did not look to be flawed

       B．Michelangelo was unhappy with his work

       C．sometimes biographers don’t know what they are talking about

       D．Michelangelo could not stand to be criticized.

5．The word “secular” means__________.

       A．holy                                                 B．worldly(世俗的) 

       C．mediocre(低劣的)                   D．excellent

5、

1．What does the writer want to tell us        .

       A．let you pick up the coolest inventions

       B．tell you how to invent something

       C．explain to you some hi-tech inventions

       D．introduce some coolest inventions listed by time

2．Which of the inventions would Lucy, who just started college and missed her family very much, want to buy ?

       A．Hydrogen car                                     B．Hug Shirt

       C．Solid coffee                                        D．Sniffle-proof cats

3．From the text, we can see that        .

       A．the new type of cat  will probably enjoy the best sales

       B．real hydrogen-fuel-car will be available soon

       C．flying mattress is both expensive and silly

       D．many people don’t like cats because they smell

4．The only invention that has already been put on the market is        .

       A．Flying mattress                                   B．Hug shirt

       C．Solid coffee                            D．Sniffle-proof cats