阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1-15各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一　　 个最佳答案。

    Of all the men who ever liked fresh air, no one like it more than James Wilson. He took long walks in the fresh air. He ran long distances in the fresh air.

　　     He played football and other games in the fresh air.

　　    He liked to climb mountains and breathe the fresh air at the top. He used to sit 1 and watch the great waves in the fresh air. He always slept with his windows 　　 2 . He had an open car with no roof, and he drove it madly through the fresh air.

　　     If Wilson entered a room where the windows were shut, he immediately opened them. He did this 3 snow was falling outside. If　　 someone else shut the windows again, he walked out of the room in a　　 manner which showed his opinions without any doubt. When he travelled by sea, he could 4 in a place on board (在船上) where the wild wind was blowing through his hair.

　　    One winter Wilson went to Finland (芬兰) on business. Good hotels in Finland 5 during the cold winter, and this winter was even colder than usual. When Wilson reached his room in the hotel, he found that the windows were closed tokeep the icy air out. He did his best to open one, but 　　 6 . It was absolutely (绝对) impossible to open it　　 because the manager had very wisely arranged that. Wilson undressed and got into bed. He was a very angry man.　　 　　

　　     The bedroom was on 12. Two or three pictures on the walls showed　　 views of some beautiful parts of Finland. There was no noise at all. The bed was really excellent, but Wilson could not sleep. He could not forget the 7 window. No fresh air! It was terrible to think of! He got 8 and tried once moreto open the window, but it was useless, and he sadly got back into bed.　　 　　

　　     At about one o'clock in the morning he was still awake (醒着) worrying about 9 in the bed room. He had turned over bed two hundred and thirty-six times. He was very hot. As he turned over for the twohundred and thirty-seventh time; one arm came out of the bedclothes and 10. His hand touched the floor. It alsotouched something on the floor. This thing was 11.An idea came into his worried mind. Angry men 12 and the shoe was in his hand in less than a second. Where was the window? He could see something that looked like glass over there. He threw the shoe through the darkness with all the force of his strong right hand.

　　     The shoe flew straight through the air and 13. A terrible sound of breaking glass 14 the bed room, but to Wilson's sad heart it seemed like the sound of sweet and beautiful music."Now I have some freshair in the room." he thought, "Now I 15".　　 Five minutes later he was peacefully asleep. He did not move formany hours.　　

1. A. by sea    B. by the sea   C. at sea    D. on the sea

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2. A. wide open    B. widely open　　

   C. open wide    D. open widely

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3. A. except for    B. even if when　　

   C. even when　　 D. besides when

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4. A. find    B. be found    C. found    D. finding

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5. A. are heated    B. is heated    C. are cooled    D. is cooled

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6. A. failed in    B. failed to　　 C. failed    D. failed not

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7. A. closed    B. closing　　 C. being close    D. to be closed

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8. A. out of bed    B. out of the bed　　 C. in bed    D. in the bed

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9. A. window    B. the window    C. air    D. the air

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10. A. hanged down under the bed

    B. hung down beside the bed

    C. hanged down near the bed

    D. hung it down below the bed

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11. A. the cap    B. a glass   C. the stone    D. a shoe

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12. A. think quickly    B. act quickly　　 C. quick act    D. quick think

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13. A. touched the glass on the middle

B. stroke the glass towards the middle

C. hit the glass in the middle

D. beat the glass against the middle

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14. A. filled with    B. filledC. full of    D. full

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15. A. don't need die    B. needn't die　　

   C. needn't to die　　 D. need to die

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　　In the 18th century New York was smaller than Philadelphia and Boston. Today it is the  1 city in America. How can the  2 in its size and importance be explained?

　　To answer this question we must  3 certain facts about geography,  4 and economics. Together these three   5 explain the huge  6 of America's most famous city.

　　The map of the Northeast shows that the four areas with the largest  7 in the region (地区) are around  8 . At these points materials  9 the sea enter the United States, and the products of the land are sent there for export across the sea.

　　We know that  10 where transportation (运输) lines meet are good places for  11 raw materials (原料) into  12 goods. This is why seaports often have cities  13 .But cities like New York needed more than their geographical location (位置) in order to become great industrial centres.  14 development did not happen simply  15 .

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    In class,I was telling my students the story 1 the hare and the tortoise. 2 the end I said: “Everybody, 3 slow and steady (稳) wins the race. Don't you think there's something to learn 4 the tortoise.”

    Sonny opened his eyes wide. “Do you 5 next time. When I'm entering 6 the 7 race, I should wish that Bily 8 Tom and Sandy would all fall 9 half-way?”

    I was shocked (着慌),“But the tortoise didn't wish the hare would fall asleep!”

    “He must have wished that.” Sonny said,“Otherwise how could he be 10 stupid to race with the hare? He knew very well that the hare ran a hundred times 11 than he himself did. ”“He didn't have 12 a wish. ” I insisted,“He won the race, by perseverance(坚持) by pushing on 13 .”

    Sonny thought for a 14 .“That's a lie! He won it because he was 15 . If the hare hadn't happened to fall asleep the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be 16 steady us you 17 or a hundred times steadier, but he'd never have won the race! That's sure. ”

    I gave 18 . Today's children are not like 19 we used 20 be, they are just hopeless.

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　　I 1 don't believe in ghosts 2 my experience at the Rose Hotel. 3 I have never seen one. But ghost stories have made me 4 uncomfortable since then. I 5 the hotel at night and asked 6 .

　　“There's nothing left,”he said “ 7 to sleep in No. 7. ”“Why not?” I said. “What's wrong with it?” I was so tired that I would have slept anywhere. “Nothing,” he said slowly. “But something happended there a few months ago. ”

　　Every old hotel has 8 strange stories, so I thought that 9 he told me about it ,the better I was willing to listen to anything for the sake of (为了) a bed to sleep in.

　　“A man came here late at night, 10 you,”, the landlord said. “I thought there was something odd about him because he kept looking 11 his shoulder while he was signing his name in the book. He asked me 12 have and I offered 13 . “ 14 a man who has said he'll kill me, ”he said suddenly, “with a knife.” He looked 15 that I thought I had better 16 him to his room. I locked the door and left him 17 . The next day we 18 him dead, with a knife beside him. “He had 19 ,” the landlord said. “Or someone else had done it. Do you mind sleeping there now you know the story?”

　　“Well, ” I said “ 20 is following me. But I wish you had told me the story in the morning. As it is ,I'll sleep here on the floor if you've get a couple of blankets. ”

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　　1 the Smith family 2 London, they 3 every day in seeing as much as 4 . Mrs Smith was most 5 shops, and bought all sorts of things that she couldn't find in the 6 in the north. The two children enjoyed 7 on the tube railways and going down the moving 8 that 9 the platforms.

　　One day they went to Hyde Park and walked along the grass to Kensington Gardens 10 bright 11 sunshine. The leaves of the great trees were turning red, brown and yellow. Birds were flying 12 , there were 13 pretty flowers and plants, and ducks were swimming about on the RoundPond. The children were much interested in the model boats 14 boys, even men, were sailing on the Round Pond.

　　Before the end of the week they had walked for miles round the city and had seen 15 . They had 16 the Tower, Westminster, Abbey, the House of Parliament, and the British Museum. In the evening they had visited cinemas and theatres. 17 they went to a concert at the Albert Hall. They were looking forward to 18 to the zoo on Sunday afternoon 19 they had arranged to meet their friends 20 they could all go together.

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　　In the 19th century many great inventions were made. Among them 1 the camera, the electric light and the radio. These all became a big 2 of our life today.

　　The first part of the 20th century 3 more great inventions. Films with sound in 1926, the computer in 1928, and jet planes in 1930. This was also a 4 when a new material was first made. Nylon (尼龙) came out in 1935. It changed the kind of 5 people 6 .

　　The middle part of the 20th century 7 new ways to make people 8 and let them live longer lives. By the 1960's most people could 9 to live to be at 10 60.

　　By this time most people had a very good life. Of course new inventions continued to be made. But man now hoped to invent 11 . The world was known to man but the stars were not. Man began looking for 12 to go to space. Russia 13 the first step. Then the United States took a step. 14 then 15 countries 16 China and Japan, have made their steps into space.

　　In 1969 man took his 17 step away from the 18 . American first 19 on the moon. This is certainly just a beginning, though. New inventions will someday 20 us to do things we have never yet dreamed of.

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　　Last week I went to the exhibition at the gallery in London. It 1 really a great art lover but I'd read some 2 review of the exhibition in the newspaper which interested me. 3 some time before it was to 4 but there were plenty of people waiting 5 . Most of them were youngish, 6 in fact there didn't seem to by any middle-aged people there 7 . All of them were waiting 8 and I joined them in the line. In the end we 9 to see the paintings. Now, I must be honest and admit that all of them were 10 to me. Although I'd bought a catalogue (目录) and spent a lot of time looking 11 at each picture, I had some difficulty in understanding what the 12 was getting at. Finally, as I was looking rather stupidly at one of the paintings and trying to 13 if it was the right way up or not, an old gentleman came up behind me and started to 14 the whole thing to me. He kindly answered all of my 15 and we talked for over an hour. Then he said he had something important to do and 16 go, so we shook hands and 17 goodbye. I went around the gallery once more and I found that I now 18 everything much better and some of the paintings seemed really beautiful. It was only as I was 19 the gallery that I found out 20 the man was I had been talking to. His self-portrait was on one of the posters advertising (登广告)the exhibition.

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　　Is the world really 1 mad? The other day I was sitting in a small restaurant having a quiet drink and a talk with a few friends , 2 it suddenly 3 me that almost everyone in the restaurant was smoking. It wasn't long 4 the whole room was filled with smoke. I asked with an apology for 5 to open a 6 to stop myself 7 !

　　Nowadays air pollution is something that we hardly question any more. 8 I still can't walk down the streets in any of the big cities without 9 that people are suffering from the air pollution. It is time for the governments of the world to introduce emission (废气排出) controls on all cars and 10 the public transport system to encourage people to 11 their cars at home. A friend of mine takes flying lessons each morning and it really makes him 12 when he climbs above the smog layer (烟雾层) and looks down 13 it and things,“I'm breathing that!” This kind of 14 results from the bad management of resources. Waste things can, 15 should, be treated properly. Houses building, road construction and industrial development are all earth moving (or earth reducing) operations and can change the balances of 16 created over millions of years. I would like to 17 serious study done on all these main works 18 they are built. Also, there should be 19 national parks set up to keep the most beautiful parts of our countries in their natural 20 .

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　　With July 1 examinations. When these examinations finish, the summer holidays begin. Boys and girls will have two 2 to rest.

　　The summer holidays are 3 part of the year for most children. The weather is usually good, so that they can 4 most of their time swimming, camping（露营） 5 traveling with their parents.

　　Of course, the most enjoyable place is the 6 .Some children are 7 enough to live 8 the sea. They enjoy exceptional advantages（无可比拟的优势）.As for 9 live 10 the sea, their parents will also 11 them to the seaside 12 the holidays, for they know that a week or two at a seaside town during their summer holidays 13 their children's eager hope. In England not only 14 but also factory workers or bus drivers can take their children to seaside for their holidays. In fact during the summer holidays in August most towns are 15 .

　　Why do children like spending their summer holidays 16 ? It is because they like the sand（沙）, the sun, the cool wind and the 17 there more than anything else. Of course, there are lots of new things to see, nice things to eat, and exciting things to do, but it is the 18 of sand under one's feet, of cool wind and salt water on one's skin（皮肤）, and of the warm sun on one's back 19 make the seaside 20 it is.

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　　In 1980 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then. The report was the result of three year's 1 .

　　According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2000 is not a 2 one. The world will be more crowded because the population will continue to 3 . The population could be as large as 6300 million, almost 2500 million more than in 1975. More people would move 4 cities, especially cities in 5 countries. Cities like Cariro and Jakarta probably would each have 15 million by then. Food production will 6 , but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90％ more food than they did in 1975, but most of the increase would be in countries that 7 produce enough food for their people. Little increase in 8 in South Asia, Africa and 9 . Poor farming ways are 10 large areas of crop land, changing farms into 11 . More farmland is 12 as cities become larger and houses are built. 13 will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Much of the world's 14 could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a 15 problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2000 may be 16 . They only carried forward the situation that 17 today. By changing the situation, by setting the problem, the picture can be 18 . There is 19 time for the nations of the world to work together on a plan of action. But they warned that taking too long to make decision would greatly reduced the 20 of success.

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