Leonardo da Vinci(1452-1519) ___ birds kept in cages in order to have the pleasure of setting them free.

A.is said to be buying

B.is said to have bought

C.had said to buy

D.has said to have bought

One thousand dollars a month is not a fortune but would help cover my living _______.

A.bills                          B.expenses                    C.prices                        D.charges

—It was really very kind of you to give me a lift home.

—Oh,don’t mention it.I _______ past your house anyway.

A.was coming                                                  B.will come

C.had come                                                     D.have come

Most people want to know how things are made.They honestly admit,however,that they hardly know a thing when it comes to understanding how a piece of music is made.Where a composer(作曲家) begins,how he manages to keep going—in fact,how and where he learns his trade—all are covered in complete darkness.The composer,in short,is a man of mystery(神秘).

One of the first things the common man wants to know about is the part inspiration(灵感) plays in a composer’s work.He finds it difficult to believe that composers are not much interested in that question.Writing music is as natural for the composer as eating or sleeping for all.Music is something that the composer happens to have been born for.

The composer,therefore,does not say to himself:“Do I feel inspired?”He says to himself:“Do I feel like working today?”And if he feels like working,he does.It is more or less like saying to himself:“Do I feel sleepy?”If you feel sleepy,you go to sleep.If you don’t feel sleepy,you stay up.If the composer doesn’t feel like working,he doesn’t work.It’s as simple as that.

What would be the best title for the text?

A.Composer:a man of mystery

B.Practice makes good music

C.Relation between sleeping and music

D.Music:product of nature

The words “covered in complete darkness” underlined in Paragraph 1 most probably mean _______.

A.difficult to be made                                       B.without any light

C.black in color                                               D.not known

Most people seem to think that a composer _______.

A.finds it difficult to write music

B.considers it important to have a good rest

C.should like to talk about inspiration

D.never asks himself very simple questions

The author will most probably agree that composers _______.

A.are born with a gift for music

B.are people full of mystery

C.work late at night for their music

D.know a lot about eating and sleeping

语音知识(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其画线部分与所给单词的画线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1.stop

A.lose                          B.woman                      C.shock                        D.rose

2.breathe

A. thick                        B.southern                    C.mathematics                     D.method

3.ground

A.house                        B.country                            C.group                        D.cough

4.center

A.ocean                        B.decide                       C.cause                        D.socialist

5.animal

A.ache                         B.anything                    C.advance                     D.anxious

It is no doubt that once ____ this city, you’ll find that there is so much surprise waiting for you to discover.

     A. visit       B. visiting C. visited  D. to visit

Between the two generations, it is often not their age, _________ their education that causes misunderstanding.

   A. like         B. as          C. or            D. but

There is nothing more I can try ______ you to stay, so I wish you good luck.

   A. being persuaded   B. persuading      C. to be persuaded     D. to persuade

－ What do you think of the movie?

－ It’s fantastic. The only pity is that I __________ the beginning of it.

A.  Missed          B. had missed       C. miss             D. would miss

Peter ______ be really difficult at times even though he’s a nice person in general.

A. shall                        B. should                      C. can                          D. must