Catherine Ⅱ had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St. Petersburg __________ she spent her summers.

A．where                                B．which

C．that                                  D．at which

An exhibition of paintings __________ at the museum next week.

A．will hold                              B．is to be held

C．are holding                            D．are to be held

A new cinema __________ here. They hope to finish it next month.

A．will be built                            B．is built

C．has been builk                          D．is being built

—When will you come to see me, Dad?

—I will go to see you when you __________ the training course.

A．finish                                B．are finished

C．will finish                              D．are finishing

Mr. White __________ at 8:30 for the meeting, but he didn’t show up.

A．should have arrived                     B．should arrive

C．had arrived                            D．should be arriving

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The Great President

As the f   1.  of the republic, the president had many good q   2.. Before coming to p  3. , he was a g   4.  lawyer. He was willing to selflessly help everyone who turned to him. He accepted no fee to offer legal g   5.  and opinions to those who were out of work or uneducated. Later, believing all mankind to be e   6. , he d   7.  himself to stopping the unfair anti-black laws.  He set up the Black Youth League and was voted to be the leader. However, though he kept peaceful principles without v  8. or terror, his mean enemies still blew up his house and a  9.  his relatives, and he himself couldn’t escape being s   10.  to 30 years in prison.

Four years ago, I felt lucky after escaping one of those terrible 2-mile runs. I hated running; it was just something that   1  came easily to me. At that time, if you had told me that I would one day run a marathon, I’ d have told you honestly that I had a better   2  of winning the lottery（彩票）.

The turning   3  came when I met Mrs. Green. She was fifty years old, going through chemotherapy（化学疗法）for her cancer, and still managed to run 30 miles a week. I thought that if Mrs. Green could run 6 miles at a time, I could run at least two. In February, in cold weather, I started a 2-mile   4  around my neighborhood. Two months later, I   5  the running for the first time. I felt very tired, but I felt happy.

Over the next several years, I continued to push each run for a few   6  minutes, slowly building my endurance（耐力）. I didn’t need to  7  against other runners, for my most important competitor was myself.

After continuing to   8  myself, I knew it was time to step my training up. I   9  I would train for the Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon.

The race day   10  came, and I was filled with excitement and worry. It was final time to see what I was made of. The   11  ended up surprisingly. I did   12  through the last few miles, but after my running, there was no doubt in my mind that I’d finished. As I   13  the finish line, I experienced the strongest sense of   14  and happiness I had ever had in my life. I am now a marathoner.

As John Bingham once said, “The miracle（奇迹）isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the   15  to start.”

1.                A．never          B．always          C．usually   D．often

2.                A．belief          B．suggestion       C．chance   D．hope

3.                A．situation        B．stage           C．case D．point

4.                A．race           B．walk           C．hike D．ride

5.                A．closed         B．changed        C．finished  D．considered

6.                A．perfect         B．extra           C．actual    D．basic

7.                A．compete        B．go             C．speak    D．argue

8.                A．treat           B．interest         C．challenge D．enjoy

9.                A．forced         B．decided        C．doubted  D．seemed

10.               A．certainly        B．immediately     C．frequently D．finally

11.               A．experience     B．moment        C．walk  D．reward

12.               A．look           B．live            C．travel D．struggle

13.               A．toured         B．moved         C．crossed   D．stopped

14.               A．touch          B．pride          C．humor    D．belonging

15.               A．courage        B．ability          C．choice    D．thought

In high school, George Lucas didn’t do much work because he spent all his time dreaming about racing cars.

Just a few days before graduation, George was driving home from the library in his Fiat; he prepared for a left turn by looking in the minor. But as he started the turn, he heard the sound of another car, a blowing horn（喇叭）, and the speeding Chevy hit the driver side of his car. The little Fiat turned over four or five times before it was stopped by a big tree. Luckily, George did not die in the accident, but his recovery was slow and he needed months of physical treatment. He would never be able to race ears now.

The accident really changed George’s life. He decided there must be some reason he survived, and made up his mind to get his act together and make something out of his life. He decided to go to university and developed an interest in reading and writing. He got on quite well in his studies. He didn’t quite forget about racing cars. At that time instead of driving race cars, he began filming them.

You may have seen one or all of George Lucas’s most famous films from the Star Wars series or the Indiana Jones trilogy. Not only has George produced movies, but also he has helped invent and develop new technologies to modernize the movie industry.

Today, Lucas, who earns as much as ＄3.0 billion, is one of the American film industry’s most successful directors and producers.

1.What was George Lueas’s life like in high school?

A．He was the best race ear driver.

B．He did very well in his school subjects.

C．He didn’t spend much time on his studies.

D．He was one of the worst students in school.

2.We can learn from this passage that __________.

A．George’s Fiat was not seriously damaged

B．the Chevy driver didn’t break the traffic law

C．George was seriously injured in the accident

D．the Chevy driver wasn’t injured in the accident

3.The greatness of George Lucas mainly lies in his __________.

A．earning a great deal of money

B．directing several famous movies

C．making movies about racing cars

D．making the film industry more modern

Knott’s Berry Farm is the nation’s oldest, and first, theme park and draws around five million visitors each year. Knott’s Berry Farm hardly had a very good start. Arriving in Southern California in the 1920s, the Knott Family farmed about 20 acres of land and finally started a restaurant called Mrs. Knott’ s Chicken Dinner Restaurant. Mrs. Knott’s food became well known and her husband Walter built a Ghost Town as a way of entertaining waiting customers. Today Knott’s Berry Farm has 165 rides, shows, attractions and restaurants. For more than 80 years, Knott’s Berry Farm has been entertaining families and visitors from around the world.

There are six different themed areas with rides and attractions in Knott’s Berry Farm. Fiesta Village throws attention to California’s Spanish heritage（遗产）. Indian Trails is similar to Fiesta Village but with an accent on Native American legends, crafts, music and dancing. The heart and soul of Knott’s, Ghost Town is an 1880s California Boom Town with cowboys, gunfights, and a real steam train. The Boardwalk makes people think of Southern California beach. Wild Water Wilderness is an 1800s-style park with water rapids and a magical journey into Native North America. For Peanuts fans, Camp Snoopy is a six-acre children’s wonderland with 30 rides and attractions. Knott’s Berry Farm is in Buena Vista, Orange County, California. It is about half an hour from downtown Los Angeles and 10 minutes from Disneyland. Knott’s Berry Farm is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the week. The park is open on Saturdays from 10 a. m. to 10 p.m. and from 10 a. m. to 7 p.m. on Sundays. During the summer months, the park is open later. The theme park is closed on Christmas Day.

1.The first paragraph is mainly about Knott’s Berry Farm’s __________.

A．attractions                            B．history

C．services                              D．prices

2.Besides Indian Trails, you can also experience Native American culture in __________.

A．Fiesta Village                           B．the Boardwalk

C．Wild Water Wilderness                   D．Camp Snoopy

3.What do we know about Knott’s Berry Farm from the passage?

A．It is in Northern California.                B．It is open all the year round.

C．It has eight themed areas.                 D．It is not far from Disneyland.

Animals Can Sense Natural Disasters

Among the dead in South Asia’ s tsunami（海啸）were many tourists at Sri Lanka’ s national wildlife park at Yala. But very few of the park’s animals — elephants, buffaloes, monkeys and wild cats — appear to have died. There are theories that animals can sense natural disasters and run away to safety.

First, it’s possible that the animals may have heard the quake before the tsunami hit. The underwater burst produced sound waves known as infrasound（次声）. Humans can’t hear infrasound, but many animals including dogs, elephants, tigers and pigeons can.

A second early warning sign the animals might have sensed is ground vibration（震动）. The great quake would have produced vibrational waves known as Rayleigh waves. These vibrations move through the ground like waves moving on the surface of the ocean but faster. They travel at ten times the speed of sound. The Rayleigh waves would have reached Sri Lanka hours before the water hit. Mammals, birds, insects and spiders can sense Rayleigh waves. So the animals at Yala might have felt the Rayleigh waves and then run to higher ground.

But what about humans? While we can’t hear infrasound, we can feel it, although we don’t necessarily know we’re feeling it. We also experience Rayleigh waves by special sensors in our joints（关节）, which exist just for that purpose. Sadly, it seems we don’t pay attention to the information when we get it. Maybe we screen it out because there’s so much going on before our eyes and in our ears.

1.Why did few animals at Yala die when the tsunamis that caused a huge number of human deaths hit?

A．Because human beings cannot hear the infrasonic sound.

B．Because the animals were staying at a higher place in the park.

C．Because the animals were able to run much faster than human beings.

D．Because the animals might have picked up the danger signals and ran away.

2.Which of the statements about “Rayleigh waves” is true?

A．Rayleigh waves can be felt both by animals and human beings.

B．Rayleigh waves, just like infrasonic sound, can only be felt by animals.

C．Rayleigh waves are vibrational waves that usually cause quakes or tsunamis.

D．Rayleigh waves move on the ocean surface at a speed ten times that of sound waves.

3.According to the passage, which of the statement is true?

A．We can’t feel the infrasound so we can’t be informed of the danger.

B．We ignore the information of tsunami’s coming even though we can also get it.

C．We were so busy on our minds that we feel neither infrasound nor Rayleigh waves.

D．We can feel Rayleigh waves and infrasound so we can escape the danger like animals.