任务型阅读。
                                                           (A)

choose, admit, fire, build, old

      Mike showed postcards from the palace to his friends. He said that some buildings were    1    than
 other buildings. There were some    2    in the palace so some buildings had to be    3    again. Then Mike
  pointed out a stream which runs around the palace. There are seven bridges over the stream. Mike's
 friends wanted to know if he chose the postacards himself. Mike    4    that the woman at the store
 helped him choose some of them. The store had so many different postcards that he spent a lot of
 time    5    them.
                                                              (B)
     Thomas Edison found a new job-fixing (修理) machinesin New York. He could not only fix the old
machines but also make new ones. The boss liked Edison's new machines. He bought the new machines
and he paid Edison $40 000. Edson used the money to build a shop in New Jersey. He had many people
working for him.  But he worked more than others. Can you imagine what Edison's life was like after he
invented the electric lamp (电灯)? Many things had to be invented and built before electric lamps could
really be used by a U. Everything which was needed had to be thought of and built by Edison and his men.
They did things like testing new machines, putting wires (线) underground, fixing lights and so on. He
seemed to be everywhere at the same time.
任务1:用方框内所给单词的适当形式填空,每空一词。
1. _____  2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____
任务2:根据英文释义及首字母提示,拼写单词。
6. e_____ here and there
7. i_____ think of something as probable (可能的), form a picture in mind
任务3:同义句转换。
He could not only fix the old machines but also make new ones.
He could    8    fix the old machines    9    make new ones.
任务4:根据短文内容简答问题。
10. Who thought of and built everything which was needed?
    _______________________________________________

根据所给的词、汉语提示、词语释义或首字母写出单词,使句子意思完整正确。

1. All the tourists shouted “__________” when they saw pyramids, one of the seven __________ in the world. (wonder)

2.If the doctor does a small_______    (operate) on him, he will be all right soon.

3.My cousin will go to the USA for_______(far) study with his classmates next year.

4. Everyone should help those _______(home) people after the earthquake.

5. It is well-known that smoking can be ________   (harm) to our health.

6. I am sorry. You pronounced this word ________    (correct).

7. There’re so many people in the room. It’s _____     (hope) for us to get inside.

8. When I passed the driving test, I thought I was the_______(luck) person in the world.

9. Do you know how long the new airport has been in ________(serve)?

10.The course covers many topics, ___________(include) travel and hotels.

11. The team’s           (finish) time will be recorded.

12. The text _________(it) is not easy, but it is interesting and educational

13. The question is too hard. He is           (able) to work it out.

14.My brother ____________ (be) to England twice.

15.The curtains ____________ (rise) just now and the host came on stage.

16.A charity show ____________ (hold) in the school hall next week.

17.I’m happy ____________ (invite) to your birthday party by you.

18.Ways ____________ (find) to make waste water clean since two years ago.

19.These magazines mustn’t ___________ (take) out of the reading room.

20.The printers _____________ (use) to put the words and pictures onto paper.

21.Computers are useful to us. But some students only use them________(play) games.

22.He ______(teach) in the school in the past.

But over the past four years he__________(work) on the farm.

23.I will tell you as soon as he________(get) to Beijing.

24.We_______(visit) the Olympic Centre at 9 p.m. yesterday evening.

25. The books _______ (sell)well . They  ______________(sell) out already.

26.Neither of the twins___________(ride) a horse in the past ten years.

27.Yang Liping  ___________ (know) to everyone as an excellent dancer.

28.We shouldn’t drive at high __________ (速度). It’s too dangerous.

29.I was once c__________to be a host of a charity show.

30.Millie is a shy girl. She doesn’t like to speak loudly in p__________.

31.Class is over. Let’s have a b__________, boys and girls.

32.He took out the c__________ and took some photos of the sunset.

33.—Where’s Mr. Green? —He has gone to attend an____________(国际) meeting.

34. The heavy snow ____________(影响) many southern parts of China last year.

35. It’s important to_____________(教育) the young students.

36.Some scientists are doing lots of ____________ (研究) on the problem.

37. After the         ___ (治疗), the old man could see again.

38. —Shall we go to London for a holiday?

   — Oh. I think it’s a good c        for her to practise her spoken English.

39. Please speak loudly, the old man is a bit d ___________ .

40.Our monitor has been asked to g_______us into a team of eleven to play football against Class Seven.