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　　Nobel prizes are well known throughout the world. However, do you know  1 about Alfred Nobel and his life?

　　A Nobel Prizes is one of the most  2 regarded international honours a person  3 receive. These prizes were  4 for Alfred Nobel, a Swedish scientist and millionaire. The  5 Nobel Prizes were  6 in 1901, five years after Nobel's  7 . Many famous people  8   the world  9 given Nobel Prizes for their achievements. There are five  10 prizes:  11 in science,  12 chemistry, physics, medicine or physiology(生理学) , one for literature (文学) , and the peace prize. Each prize has three parts. The first part is a gold medal. Second, a  13 of a Nobel Prize is given a diploma(证书)  14 that he has got the prize. The third part of the prize is a large  15 of money.

　　But  16 did the prizes start?

　　Alfred Nobel was a  17 . He invented dynamite (火药) and developed detonators (雷管) for dynamite . As  18 of these two inventions, he became a very rich man. He  19 part of his money to do business in oil. He was  20 and became even richer. However.  21 his great wealth, Nobel was not a happy man. He  22 married or had children.  23 , he was sick for a large part of his life. Nobel  24 away at the age of sixty-three in 1896. He  25 all he had to a group of people who managed the Nobel Foundation (基金会) . The Nobel Foundation holds Nobel's money and gives the prizes.

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　　Cross was what people call a mysterious man. We had 1 him for over 5 years, ever 2 he became a member of our modest club, but he had a 3 of keeping his private (私人的) 4 to himself. We knew his 5 , though he did not ever invite us to his house, 6 his age too, but those are only unimportant matters of this kind. It 7 that he did not have to 8 for a living as we did, 9 our various ways. He had once told of an inheritance (遗产) 10 he managed to live comfortably. He was not, 11 , a man of luxurious (奢侈的) habits: he was not expecially 12 and he did not even 13 a car. At the age of forty-five he was 14 unmarried.

　　Cross disappeared suddenly from our 15 and soon we came to 16 the first really solid 17 about our mysterious man. From 18 that appeared in the newspapers with 19 of a man, who was, 20 , our Cross, we knew that he was a most skilled thief, operating mainly in the London area; and that he had practised this profession (职业) for many years, until he was caught and sent to prison.

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　The habit of chewing gum（咀嚼口香糖）has lasted for more than a century．Millions of people all 　1 　the world chew billions（兆）of pieces of gum every year．

　Chewing gum 　2 　popular in the United States mainly 　3 　of the work of one man, William Wrigley, 　4 　for many years was the head of the Wrigley Company． 　5 　Thomas Adams first began his experiment in about the 　6 　1870．It was he who first 　7 　the gum softer and more pleasant to chew．But it was not until Wrigley joined the 　8 　in about 1890 that people everywhere began to 　9 　up the habit of chewing gum．　

　Wrigley liked to do 　10 　in a big way．In his first year, he borrowed money and 　11 　more than a million dollars in advertising(做广告)．For years, there 　12 　a large Wrigley's advertisement on every streetcar in the United States． 　13 　complained(抱怨)that they could not go 　14 　without seeing Wrigley's name． Wrigley even 　15 　, free of charge, States．Finally he began to advertise that it was good for health to chew gum, that it 　17 　the nerves(神经), and that it helped to keep the teeth clean．

　He 　18 　give the gum free to every child in the United States on 　19 　second birthday．He employed（雇佣）young 　20 　who,in long, orange-striped（有桔色条纹的）dresses would go from city to city in groups of 　21 　or five, stand at street corners and give free samples(货样) of chewing gum to every person who passed by． 　22 　this way each woman gave away about five thousand 　23 　of wrigley's gum every day．As 　24 　of this 　25 　advertising, people in the United States began to buy more and more chewing gum．

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。

    In the autumn every leaf that falls to the ground in the wind tells a story. Little holes in the leaf may tell us that 1 during its 2 insects came to make holes in it. Small light-coloured spots 3 across its face may show the troubles the leaf has had. The leaf, 4, tells us a very special story. The story it tells is about a caterpillar (毛毛 虫), the leaf miner. Do you see those small lines 5 the leaf? Notice, 6 the longer line, that one end is very narrow but the other is 7. During the summer a very small insect 8 the leaf and 9. Later a tiny caterpillar came from the egg and began eating its way through the leaf. As it 10 inside the leaf, eating along the way, the caterpillar grew larger and larger. Finally it made a tunnel to the leaf's surface and turned into a grown-up insect with wings. The winding lines we see 11 across the leaf are the tunnels 12 the leaf-miner caterpillar.

    Looking for leaf-miner tunnels is very interesting. They can 13.　　 Look for them on 14 of plant, including garden plants, roadside　　 grass. If you discover a leaf with a leaf-miner tunnel in it, take a　　 magnifying glass (放大镜) and 15 the end of the wide part of the　　 tunnel. You may be able to see the holes where the leaf-miner ate its way to the surface of the leaf and entered the outside world.

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1 —25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个最 佳答案。　　

　　    One summer night Ludwig Van Beethoven (贝多芬) took a walk in the　　 suburbs (郊区) of Bonn. Suddenly the night breeze brought to his ears　　 the notes from a piano. He stopped 1 carefully and found 2 was his "F Sonata" 《F调奏鸣曲》. He 3 the music and came to a small house. There 4 the window he saw a girl 5 a very old 6; a youny 7 was making shoes　　 8 her. He pushed the door 9 and went in. The host 10 him warmly and　　 told him that the girl was his sister, 11 was blind but very 12 of　　 music. They could not 13 to send her to a master. So she was only　　 trying to play 14 music she heard the neighbour 15. She knew it was a　　 work of a great 16. Beethoven was very much 17.

　　     Suddenly the candle was blown out. Moonlight 18 on the 19 slender　　 figure (苗条的身材). Beethoven felt he could no longer restrain (克制) himself and said he would play 20 music for them. He played so 21 that the brother and sister were amazed (使惊讶). But before they had time　　 to ask him to play another 22 Beethoven was gone. Beethoven went 23 and　　 wrote 24 he had just 25. That was his famous "Clair de Lune"　　 (《月光曲》)

 1. A.listen　　B. to hear　　C. hear　　   D. to listen   ［　　］  2. A. that　　 B. one　　　　C. it　　　　 D. this　　　　［　　］  3. A. to follow　　 B. followed 　　C. follow　　　　D. following　　　　　　　　　　　　  ［　　］  4. A. through　　 B. out　　  C. passing　　 D. past　　  ［　　］  5. A. playing　　 B. to play　　C. played　　D. play　　  ［　　］  6. A. music　　   B. violin　　 C. song　　  D. piano　　 ［　　］  7. A. girl　　　　B. lady　　   C. man　　   D. boy　　   ［　　］  8. A. from　　　　B. beside　　 C. against　　D. to　　   ［　　］  9. A. open　　　　B. opened　　 C. opening　　D. to open  ［　　］  10. A. accepted   B. received 　　 C. got　　　　D. pleased　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  ［　　］  11. A. which　　  B. whom　　   C. who　　   D. that　　  ［　　］  12. A. glad　　   B. like　　   C. fond　　  D. care　　  ［　　］  13. A. able　　   B. want　　   C. afford　　D. support   ［　　］  14. A. a few　　  B. some　　   C. several　　D. many　　 ［　　］  15. A. to play　　B. playing　　C. played　　 D. play　　 ［　　］  16. A. writer　　 B. poet　　   C. composer   D. singer   ［　　］  17. A. moved　　  B. moving　　 C. move　　   D. to move  ［　　］  18. A. struck　　 B. shone　　  C. shines　　 D. strikes  ［　　］  19. A. Beethoven's　　 B. brother's 　　 C. girl's　　　　  D. other　　　　　　　　　　　　   ［　　］  20. A. some　　   B. a few　　  C. many　　  D. little　　［　　］  21. A. hard　　   B. wonderfully　　 
    C. happily　　 D. excitedly        　　　　　　　　　　［　　］  22. A. one　　　　B. music　　   C. work　　   D. piece   ［　　］  23. A. out　　　　B. in　　　　  C. home　　   D. on　　  ［　　］  24. A. which　　  B. what　　　　C. that　　   D. as　　  ［　　］  25. A. played　　 B. heard　　   C. wrote　　  D. learned ［　　］

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　　Few countries  1 admit officially that they employ (雇佣) spies.However, from time to time , a spy is caught and  2 sometimes gets a glimpse (瞥见)of what  3 behind political scenes.Spies are seldom shot these days.They are often  4 and imprisoned (监禁).If a spy is important enough , he is sometimes handed back to an enemy country in exchange for  5 important spy the enemy have caught.

　　 6 people have the opportunity (机会) to witness (目睹)such exchanges ,  7 they are carried out  8 .

　　 9 cold winter morning on December 17 last year , a small blue car  10 a bridge in a provincial (乡间的) town in northern Germany .Three men  11 in heavy black coats got out and stood on the bridge.While they waited there , they kept on looking over the side.Fifteen minutes later , a motor-boat sailed  12 and drew up by the river bank.Three men got out of boat and looked up at the bridge .The men on the bridge silently walked  13 the stone steps  14 the river bank .No words were spoken when they met the men from the  15 .After a while , the motor-boat moved  16 and  17 returned to the bridge.Now only  18 of them  19 black coats.The third was dressed in a light grey jacket.Anyone who had been watching the scene might not realize that two master (重要的) spies had been  20 on that cold winter morning.

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　　About 150 years ago, a musician sat quietly at a corner in Vienna while his new symphony was played for the first time. At the end, he __1__ the audience to know that they were clapping wildly. He was totally deaf. The musician was Beethoven, one of the greatest __2__ who ever lived.

　　Beethoven wrote about 300 pieces of music. He wrote some of his most beautiful pieces __3__ he became deaf. It is hard for anyone to be deaf. But probably it is __4__ for a composer than anyone else. Think of not being able to __5__ the music you have written. Even as a child, Beethoven did not have a __6__ life. His father, who was a singer in Born, Germany, drank a great deal, and was __7__. When the boy was only four, his father decided to __8__ a musician of him. Hour after hour Beethoven had to __9__ on the violin and clavier. Whenever he did not work hard, his father was __10__.

　　 It is a __11__ that the boy did not __12__ music. He learned so fast that he was able to make a __13__ when he was only 11. When he was 17, the great musician Mozart praised him. A few years later, Beethoven went to Vienna to __14__ with Haydn. Soon he was writing a great deal of music__15__.

　　Beethoven had an ugly face and a __16__ temper. But he also had a great deal of __17__. The wealthy people of Vienna ___18____ him time after time to their homes. They forgave him when his temper flared up. Illness made him deaf when he was only 31. During the ___19___ of his life, he was often ill. He was often worried about money, too.

  Beethoven wrote long compositions and short ones, gay ones and sad ones, gentle ones and __20___ ones. his nine symphonies are all his masterpieces.

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　　It's an age-old saying: Men are from Mars; women are from Venus. Males and females 1 different behaviors almost 2 birth. Researchers say these behaviors are due to 3 differences in brain structure and activity. Studies show men are better at hitting targets(靶子) and solving math problems 4 women are better at memorizing words and 5 faces. Why the differences?

　　A test of the brain's electrical activity (EEG) shows that women 6 use both sides of their brain while men rely more on one. Scientists 7 know that the two sides of the brain control different functions--one controlling the sense of space, 8 , the other controlling 9 Some researchers 10 that the different ways men and women use their brains 11 from ancient times, when cave men hunted and women 12 the children. Men had to have good 13 . Women had to talk to the kids.

　　Whatever the 14 , the battle of the sexes 15 And although their brains are constructed slightly differently, men and women may be 16 capable. They may simply 17 different abilities. Take a couple arguing over the location of their car in a parking lot. The man might use his sense of 18 to find it, while the woman relies on her memory of landmarks. 19 of them find the car. But chances are, they'll still 20 who's the better driver and who's better at finding the way home.

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　　One day in September we were doing repair work on my parents'old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter's wedding. We had to 1 a great climbing plant that had grown 2 a roof beam（房梁），so that we could repair the roof and 3 the walls.

　　When my husband was taking the plant away, he found the 4 of a blackbird that had made its home in the leaves. He then 5 something 6 among that mass of earth and straw of the nest. He broke the earth around it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his 7 , saw glittering gold. It was a child's bracelet（手镯）. He ran into the house to 8 me.

“You won't believe that the 9 blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we 10 to feed on,”he said, “but they also want their children to 11 in a cradle of gold!”

　　When my daughter came over on the eve of the 12 , we told her about this 13 occurrence（发生的事）.

　　“Don't you remember, mother?”she said with a loud 14 .“When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I 15 a few days later while out playing in the yard? It was this one!”

　　As the bracelet no longer 16 its owner and was dirty, I decided to take it into my safekeeping.

　　In December of the following year, the young couple's baby son was baptized（受洗礼）. Among the 17 the newborn baby received, I placed his mother's bracelet, now shining like 18 . I hope that if my grandson 19 loses it, one of the 20 that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby.

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　　Fred Mundy enjoyed life. He loved adventure and the great outdoors, especially riding his motorcycle.

　　One day, Fred decided to 1 a motorcycle race. The race was to run on a dangerous course through 150 miles of rough 2 .

　　Fred was a proud man, he wanted to 3 the race. So, to save 4 , he only took along a small 5 of water, some apples, and a few pieces of bread.

　　The race began. Fred got off to a good 6 . But somewhere along the way, he rode a 7 turn. He became lost in a wilderness（荒原）of sand and rock--a lonely place 8 the temperature can 9 top 40 degrees centigrade!

　　A 10 party was organized, and planes were brought in, soon the searchers began 11 something: Fred's motorcycle, footprints in the sand, even his empty can. 12 they couldn't find Fred.

　　The searchers could not 13 this. Why didn't Fred try to signal the airplanes above? Why didn't he 14 marks for the searchers to 15 ? It was almost as if he didn't 16 to be found.

　　Twelve days 17 the race, the searchers found Fred's body. And near it, they found his bright orange helmet（头盔） 18 under a small bush. It seemed to be hidden so that 19 couldn't be seen from the air.

　　Perhaps the researchers were right. Maybe Fred didn't want to be found. Why? Because he was a proud man. He was trying to find his own way out of the desert. But he never 20 it. Fred Mundy had lost his race with time.

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