Rachel Carson was born in the USA on May,1907．Her mother, Maria Carson, had been a schoolteacher．She also loved nature．She showed Rachel the beauty of nature．She also taught Rachel a deep love for books．As a quiet child, Rachel liked to read and write stories．At a very early age, she decided she wanted to be a writer some day．Her story first appeared in a children's magazine when she was ten years old．
Her first books, Under the Sea Wind came out in 1941．In 1948, Miss Carson began working on another book, The Sea Around Us．She always remembered carefully when she wrote．She collected information from more than one thousand places to write The Sea Around Us．When the book came out in 1951, it won the National Book Award．It was No．1 on the best-seller list for more than a year．The Sea Around Us made Rachel Carson famous．
Rachel Carson's most famous book, Silent Spring came out in 1962．In this book, she pointed out that the use of some kinds of pesticides(杀虫剂) like DDT would cause the number of birds to decline because it would kill them as well．Finally, in November 1969, the United Sates government decided that the use of DDT must stop in two years．
Rachel Carson has been regarded as a great environmentalist(环保主义者) and writer．She will be remembered by the world．
(1)
Rachel Carson had a deep love for nature and books because of ________．
[ ]
A．
her father
B．
her mother
C．
her schoolteacher
D．
her brother
(2)
Rachel decided that she wanted to be a writer when ________．
[ ]
A．
she was very young
B．
she was in college
C．
she became a teacher
D．
she became famous
(3)
The Chinese meaning of the word “decline” in this passage is probably “________”．
[ ]
A．
增加
B．
减少
C．
维持
D．
翻番
(4)
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
[ ]
A．
Rachel Carson was a careful and serious writer．
B．
The Sea Around Us won the National Book Award．
C．
In Silent Spring Rachel said some pesticides were bad for the environment．
D．
The use of DDT was stopped as soon as the book Silent Spring came out．
18．Paul says there are many important and interesting activities ________．
A．each week
B．each month
C．each year
19．The students can find ________ in the New Student Handbook．
A．good news
B．their homework
C．the school map
20．This speech was probably made ________ of the term．
A．at the beginning
B．in the middle
C．at the end
根据所给提示，完成句子。每空一词，含缩略词。
尽管这道数学题有点难，但我相信你能解答出来。(完成句子)
Although this math problem is a bit difficult, I believe you can ________ it ________．
阅读理解。
Mozart was born on January 27th, 1756 and died(死)on December 15th, 1791．When he was young, he often had lessons with his elder sisters．He played the piano very beautifully and he could write music, too．His father took him through many different countries and he played music for lots of people in those places．But some people didn't believe that a little boy could write such(如此)beautiful music．They asked him to stay in a room by himself for a week．And somebody watched the room all the time．In that week, Mozart finished a new piece of music．After that, people believed that he could write beautiful music by himself．Mozart died when he was still a young man．During his short life, he studied music and taught music, and played music and wrote music．Though(虽然)working so hard, he could not support(养活)himself．Often he had to borrow money from his friends．But his music made other people happy, too．
(1)
According to this passage, we know that Mozart ________．
[ ]
A．
played music and wrote music
B．
never played music
C．
played music but never played for others
D．
never played or wrote music
(2)
Mozart died when he was ________ years old．
[ ]
A．
40
B．
45
C．
35
D．
34
(3)
Which of the following is not true?
[ ]
A．
His music made himself happy．
B．
Mozart's music made other people happy．
C．
Mozart often lent money to his friends．
D．
Mozart could write beautiful music．
(4)
Why did people ask him to stay in a room?
[ ]
A．
Because they wanted to teach him to write music．
B．
Because Mozart liked to stay in the room．
C．
Because his father left him in the room．
D．
Because they didn't believe he could write beautiful music alone．
(5)
Mozart could not support himself because ________．
[ ]
A．
he worked hard
B．
he spent all his money buying a piano
C．
he was very rich(富有的)
D．
he was very poor
阅读理解。
Our world is getting smaller and smaller．We can fly around the world in less than 50 hours．The newest plane can fly at 600 miles an hour．You can have breakfast in Tokyo and supper in Paris．
But hundreds of years ago, it took people a long time to go around the world．Magellan's(麦哲伦)men were the first to make that trip．They went by ship and it took them more than two years．On September 20, 1510, he left Spain(西班牙)with five ships and 240men．He was killed in the Philippines(菲律宾)．More than two years later, on December 21, 1512, only one of the five ships with just 31 men returned to Spain．Magellan's trip taught us that the world was round and that people could go around the world．
(1)
People can fly around the world in ________．
[ ]
A．
just 50 hours
B．
less than 50 hours
C．
more than 50 hours
D．
more than 40 hours 5
(2)
“You can have breakfast in Tokyo and supper in Paris．” means that ________．
[ ]
A．
people can have breakfast and supper in Tokyo
B．
people can have breakfast and supper in Paris
C．
people can have breakfast and supper both in Tokyo and in Paris
D．
the world is becoming smaller
(3)
Magellan's men were the first to make the trip around the world, which took them ________．
[ ]
A．
more than two years
B．
two years
C．
less than two years
D．
three years
(4)
The trip taught people that the world was ________．
[ ]
A．
poor
B．
rich
C．
strong
D．
round
阅读理解
There are many kinds of ball games in the world．The most popular game is football．When the important matches begin, all the audience cheer for one side or the other．
Football started in England．Now it's very popular in many countries, such as France, Germany, Italy and so on．Even children in England know a lot about football．They can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams．They can show you the photos of their favorite players．They can remember clearly the results of the most important matches．They can even expect which team will win or which team will lose．Can you believe it?
However, in China, Chinese students work hard for higher grades and they have no time for sports．The schools should have some games and matches for their students．It's good for them．
根据短文内容，从每小题A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
(1)
Which sport does the writer think is the most popular in the world?
[ ]
A．
Basketball．
B．
Football．
C．
Baseball．
(2)
The word “audience” in the first paragraph means ________．
[ ]
A．
体育馆
B．
成年人
C．
观众
(3)
According to the passage, football comes from ________．
