Beavers(水獭) were once nearly extinct (绝种的). But they have made a surprising comeback in the United States. In the early ___1___ of our country, they were seen as an easy source of ___2___ and were often___3___. Beaver pelts(毛皮) were ___4___ like money, and the fur was ___5___ priced in Europe. In 1600, there must have been about sixty million beavers in North America, some in almost every stream and river. Beavers are easy to catch because they ___6___ signs of their ___7___ everywhere. But by the late 1800, the animals were almost ___8___ to find.Two things happened to save the beaver. Beaver hats went out of style and people ___9___ laws to protect the beaver. It was___10___ that without heavers many rivers were drying up and some other animals were ___11___. With a little protection beavers began to ___12___ again. Today there are about two million beavers just in the United States. ___13___ a student in wildlife ___14___, my job had two parts: to record beaver activity each day and to record any other animals I saw at “My Place”. The colony(群) I observed ___15___ to have two adult beavers and young beavers. I had to stay ___16___ for a long time ___17___ I saw beaver. Finally, the adults came ___18___ down the stream, dragging long branches behind them. If I ___19___ them, one would have given the beaver alarm call—a loud slap ___20___ the water with its tail, and both would have dived to the safety of their home.

1.A.history

B.year

C.century

D.month

2.A.nature

B.life

C.money

D.food

3.A.saved

B.caught

C.seen

D.sold

4.A.changed

B.bought

C.cost

D.exchanged

5.A. highly

B.low

C.more

D.less

6.A.keep

B.leave

C.draw

D.cut

7.A.presence

B.tails

C.bodies

D.heads

8.A.easy

B.unnecessary

C.impossible

D.strange

9.A.resisted

B.made

C.supported

D.agreed

10.A.noticed

B.seemed

C.looked

D.suggested

11.A.disappeared

B.killed

C.disappearing

D.saved

12.A.raise

B.reduce

C.disappear

D.increase

13.A.Like

B.As

C.To be

D.To like

14.A.was known

B.was seen

C.biology

D.plants

15.A.was known

B.was seen

C.was left

D.ought

16.A.silent

B.quiet

C.still

D.calm

17.A.when

B.after

C.as soon as

D.before

18.A.swimming

B.climbing

C.running

D.walking

19.A.had known

B.had seized

C.had frightened

D.had driven

20.A.in

B.on

C.over

D.above

 

    Why do monkeys look like human beings? Many years ago the world was very ___1___ of food, because there had not been any ___2___ for several years and the crops ___3___ not grown. At last the people decided all the ___4___ food was to be stored in one place, ___5___ men on guard over it to keep thieves ___6___. The men who guarded the food were ___7___ not to eat it.

    It __8__ one day that some of the men who were __9__ to be looking after the food were found __10__ it. The people were very angry and brought them to the King to be __11__ The King said to them, “You all look __12__ and strong because you have been __13__ the food. I will give you a __14__ you will not forget. I will give you __15__ animals that look almost like men. But men will __16__ you away from their homes because you will always be __17__ to steal. You will live in cold trees in the winter __18__ we have warm fires. ” The thieves soon became monkeys and when they saw how __19__ they looked they were so __20__ that they ran away to hide in the bush.

1.A.short

B.full

C.careful

D.need

2.A.farms

B.crops

C.rain

D.seeds

3.A.had

B.was

C.did

D.has

4.A.remained

B.remaining

C.left

D.leaving

5.A.for

B.as

C.ask

D.with

6.A.stealing

B.eating

C.out of

D.away

7.A.trusted

B.hoped

C.wanted

D.kept

8.A.was happened

B.happened

C.said

D.reported

9.A.supposed

B.thinking

C.sure

D.actually

10.A.to eat

B.eat

C.eating

D.steal

11.A.punish

B.tried

C.beat

D.taught

12.A.fit

B.lovely

C.thin

D.health

13.A.guarding

B.eating

C.keeping

D.growing

14.A.book

B.word

C.beating

D.lesson

15.A.to become

B.became

C.turn

D.turned into

16.A.put

B.give

C.drive

D.take

17.A.ready

B.like

C.love

D.nice

18.A.and

B.as

C.while

D.since

19.A.angry

B.ugly

C.sad

D.pleased

20. A.ashamed

B.angry

C.hungry

D.excited

 

   Bill was a very good pilot(飞行员). He had been in the air force for several years, and had been very successful. Now he was sent to a small field in the middle of a forest, ____1__ planes were able to attack (进攻) the enemy very easily, ____2__ it was near the front line, but ____3__ to find. The forest trees were very tall and very ____4__ on all sides, so planes had to go down very quickly and then stop their falling very ____5__ before they ___6___ the ground. Only the ____7__ pilots were able to land safely, and even some of those lost their planes and ____8__ because they hit the trees on the ground.

    After Bill had arrived, he was not ____9__ until he was able to fly closer to the trees than any of ____10__ pilots, and soon all the pilots who used that field were trying to ____11__ each other at flying ____12__ over the forest. Every time one of their planes came back from the attack on the enemy, the other pilots used to run  13  and watch, to see how near the trees ____14__ pilot took it, if he succeeded in taking very near, they laughed and shouted.

    Bill soon ____15__ exactly how near he was able to go safely, and then one day he flew so close to the____16__of the trees that some of the branches ____17__ the bottom of his plane. The other men in the plane seemed rather____18__, but Bill only laughed as he landed the plane without any ____19__ in the middle of the field,____20__the other pilots on the ground shouted happily , “How silly I am! ” he said. “I forgot that the trees had grown since yesterday!”

1.A.from which

B.in which

C.on which

D.where

2.A.for

B.when

C.where

D.so

3.A.difficult

B.easy

C.tough

D.strong

4.A.old

B.near

C.close

D.secret

5.?A.showy

B.suddenly

C.quickly

D.carefully

6.A.fell

B.struck

C.landed

D.hit

7.A.young

B.best

C.old

D.able

8.A.were killed

B.were wounded

C.were shot

D.were defeated

9.A.killed

B.fit

C.trained

D.satisfied

10.A.other

B.the other

C.all the

D.others

11.A.help

B.understand

C.heat

D.see

12.A.low

B.high

C.up

D.fast

13.A.nearer

B.in

C.inside

D.outside

14.A.its

B.whose

C.their

D.a

15.A.found

B.thought

C.realized

D.learnt

16.A.nearest

B.branches

C.tops

D.leaves

17.A.touched

B.scratched

C.snatched

D.knocked

18.A.surprised

B.pleased

C.helpless

D.frightened

19.A.trouble

B.danger

C.stones

D.trees

20.A.so

B.when

C.while

D.as

 

    Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go to their offices, factories or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this____1____they have to get up earlier in the morning and reach___2___later in the evening.

One benefit of living outside London is ____3__ houses are ____4___. Even a small flat in London ____5___ a garden costs quite a lot ___6____. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country (乡村) with a garden of___7___ own.

    Then, in the country one can be ____8___ from the noise and hurry of the town. __9_____ one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep____10__at night, and, during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the___11___clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend one’s___12___time digging, planting, watering and doing many other jobs which ___13___ in the garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables ____14__, one has the reward (报偿) of a person ___15___ has shared the secrets of nature.

    Some people, however, take ___16___ in country things; for them, ___17___ lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance- halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth ___18___ if they had to live outside London. A walk in one of the parks and a visit ___19___the sea every summer is all the country they ___20___.

1.A.shows

B.expresses

C.means

D.requires

2.A.home

B.family

C.flat

D.house

3.A.because

B.that

C.the

D.all

4.A.cleaner

B.nicer

C.bigger

D.cheaper

5.A.with

B.without

C.near

D.opposite

6.A.money

B.to lend

C.to borrow

D.to hire

7.A.it’s

B.its

C.one’s

D.their

8.A.free

B.far

C.out

D.absent

9.A.If

B.Although

C.Because

D.After

10.A.little

B.less

C.longer

D.better

11.A.cold

B.arm

C.fresh

D.pleasant

12.A.day

B.rest

C.spare

D.whole

13.A.need

B.needed

C.be needing

D.are needed

14.A.come on

B.come to

C.come up

D.come over

15.A.who

B.whom

C.whose

D.which

16.A.no interest

B.an interest

C.much interest

D.great interest

17.A.health

B.happiness

C.wealth

D.future

18.A.to live

B.to spend

C.living

D.spending

19.A.for

B.to

C.Of

D.at

20.A.hope

B.wish

C.ask

D.want

 

    A certain student passed all his examinations.Then he went to college to continue his   1   .There he put down his name for a course in geography.but after the first   2   ,he did not go to it any more.

    The geography lecturer   3   that this student was always   4   and thought that the student had changed to another course,so he was   5   when he saw the boy’s name on the   6   of students who want to take the geography   7   at the end of this year.

    The lecturer had prepared a   8   examination paper,which followed his lectures very closely,and he was   9   to see how this student would answer the questions.He   10   that the boy’s answers would be very bad,but when they   11   him soon after the exam and he examined them   12   ,he was able to find only one small mistake in them.   13   this surprised him very much,he examined the paper again and again but was   14   not able to find more than that one small mistake so he   15   for the student to question him about his work.

    When the student came into the room and sat down,the lecturer said to him,“I   16   that you came to my first lecture and you have been absent from all the others.But now I have examined your   17    very carefully and I have been able to find one small mistake in it.I am   18   to know your explanation for that.”

    “Oh,I am very   19   about that mistake。” answered the student.“After the examination,I realized what I ought to have   20   .I would not have made that mistake if I had not been confused(搞乱) by your first lecture.”

1.A.classes

B.studies

C.researches

D.work

2.A.week

B.lecture

C.time

D.sight

3.A.heard

B.noticed

C.wondered

D.believed

4.A.absent

B.late

C.lazy

D.careless

5.A.surprised

B.angry

C.pleased

D.regretful

6.A.exam papers

B.list

C.desk

D.letters

7.A.subject

B.test

C.cotes

D.course

8.A.simple

B.difficult

C.secret

D.strange

9.A.sure

B.worried

C.glad

D.eager

10.A.hoped

B.discovered

C.expected

D.checked

11.A.showed

B.gave

C.handed

D.reached

12.A.hurriedly

B.carefully

C.anxiously

D.quickly

13.A.So

B.But

C.Though

D.As

14.A.still

B.certainly

C.even

D.luckily

15.A.eared

B.searched

C.sent

D.looked

16.A.promise

B.know

C.advice

D.guess

17.A.lessons

B.paper

C.notebook

D.exercises

18.A.disappointment

B.easy

C.satisfied

D.curious

19.A.sorry

B.sad

C.nervous

D.worried

20.A.done

B.made

C.written

D.got

 

    Once upon a time, bee-keepers killed their bees every autumn. Why, you __1__ ask? Well, the answer is this. To get some __2__, bee-keepers and farmers used to __3__ small wooden boxes in a corner of the farmyard. Bees would come and __4__ the box with honeycomb. __5__, there was no way of getting the honey out __6__ killing the bees. So they used to bum a chemical __7__ the box in order to kill the bees and then take the honey.

    Now, bee-keepers __8__ beehives to collect honey. In the beehive there are a number of wooden __9__ with spaces between them __10__ can be lifted out. In late summer, the squares, which are now __11__ of honeycomb, are lifted out. The squares are put in __12__ special machine and turned round and round very fast for several minutes. Turning the squares round and round __13__ this __14__ out the honey. Then the honey is collected and __15__ jars. After that the empty squares are returned to the hive for the bees to fill with honey the following year.

    Bees need food to live __16__ the winter. That’s why they make honey. Bee-keepers can do one of __17__ things. Either they can leave __18__ of the honey in the hive for the bees to eat during the winter. Or rise they can __19__ all the honey and provide the bees with a mixture of sugar and water for the bees to eat   20   .

1.A.need

B.may

C.should

D.must

2.A.honey

B.bees

C.honeycomb

D.space

3.A.put in

B.put away

C.put off

D.put out

4.A.fill

B.cover

C.supply

D.satisfy

5.A.Still

B.And

C.However

D.So

6.A.for

B.in

C.by

D.without

7.A.on

B.close to

C.in the front of

D.far from

8.A.want

B.take

C.use

D.expect

9.A.squares

B.boxes

C.Sticks

D.bowls

10.A.many

B.they

C.it

D.which

11.A.full

B.filled

C.afraid

D.emptied

12.A.the

B.a

C.another

D.不填

13.A.for

B.in

C.like

D.to

14.A.forces

B.makes

C.helps

D.drives

15.A.1ed into

B. brought into

C.poured into

D.got into

16.A.through

B.before

C.after

D.for

17.A.two

B.three

C.many

D.those

18.A.any

B.all

C.none

D.some

19.A.cover

B.remove

C.get

D.receive

20.A.since

B.then

C.too

D.instead

 

    Let’s take a different kind of trip, You know about the __1__ of Christopher Columbus __2__ America in 1492.Do you know about the __3__ voyage to the planet Mars? Five hundred years __4__ the voyage of Columbus, modern __5__ will sail to Mars. How is that __6__? We know, sailing ships travel on __7__, not through space! The __8__ have large sails of 550 feet (170 meters) in diameter (直径). They move __9__ space very slowly. They use the __10__ of radiation from the __11__, just like sailing ships use the pressure of the __12__. __13__, the ships will go 1000 miles into space on __14__ ships. Then they will spread their sails like giant __15__ and sail to Mars.

    __16__, people won’t sail the ships. The ships are large, but they are very __17__. One ship weighs only 40 pounds (18 kilos)! The sailors will __18__ on earth in control morns. __19__ will watch the ships on television screens and pilot(导航) the ship with __20__.

1.A.travel

B.trip

C.journey

D.voyage

2.A.of

B.to

C.in

D.about

3.A.space

B.Land

C.sky

D.air

4.A.before

B.after

C.in

D.during

5.A.soldiers

B.travelers

C.sailors

D.scientists

6.A, happen

B.possible

C.necessary

D.important

7.A.water

B.land

C.Mars

D.the earth

8.A.sailing ships

B.spaceships

C.voyage

D.space bus

9.A.through

B.on

C.at

D.across

10.A.ray

B.pressure

C.compression

D.stress

11.A.earth

B.moon

C.stars

D.sun

12.A.cloud

B.rain

C.wind

D.snow

13.A.At last

B.Finally

C.First

D.Then

14.A.sailing

B.rocket

C.space

D.goods

15.A.birds

B.planes

C.ships

D.trains

16.A.Fortunately

B.Unfortunately

C.luckily

D.Unlucky

17.A.heavy

B.light

C.small

D.beautiful

18.A.live

B.stay

C.stand

D.land

19.A.We

B.They

C.People

D.Planes

20. A.computers

B.compass (指南针)

C.planes

D.pilots

 

    “The headmaster wants you in his office.”

    The __1__ boy to whom friend says one of these things gets to __2__ about it and suddenly everyone around __3__ and shouts, “April Fool!” __4__ this is April 1, or All Fool’s Day.

    In Britain and in some other countries, it is __5__ to play tricks on people on that day. Children are __6__ to play harmless jokes on their friends until twelve o’clock at noon. Usually they __7__ to trick other children into __8__ foolish things. It is not only children __9__ like such jokes. Grown—ups also enjoy tricking others. Even newspapers and radios __10__ try to fool the __11__ with a clever April Fools’ story.

    Some time ago, for example, a very __12__ BBC TV programme did a ten-minute __13__ about spaghetti(意大利面条) trees in Italy. The reporter said that __14__ the recent bad weather, trees weren’t __15__ as much spaghetti as they __16__ did. He said the __17__ of spaghetti would __18__. A lot of TV viewers who didn’t know what spaghetti is made of actually __19__ the story. Some housewives hurried to buy __20__ food that was going to become in short supply.

1.A.clever

B.poor

C.good

D.excited

2.A.consider

B.fear

C.worry

D.frighten

3.A.laughs

B.speaks

C.jumps

D.quarrels

4.A.For

B.As

C.Such

D.So

5.A.easy

B.comfortable

C.moral

D.common

6.A.let

B.permitted

C.made

D.forbidden

7.A.manage

B.imagine

C.try

D.order

8.A.having

B.taking

C.making

D.doing

9.A.that

B.however

C.whatever

D.those

10.A.in time

B.at times

C.all the time

D.for a time

11.A.public

B.readers

C.listeners

D.children

12.A.famous

B.popular

C.serious

D.curious

13.A.announcement

B.show

C.news

D.report

14.A.about

B.to

C.with

D.for

15.A.planting

B.collecting

C.gathering

D.producing

16.A.normally

B.possibly

C.seldom

D.before

17.A.quantity

B.price

C.quality

D.taste

18.A.go off

B.go up

C.come down

D.come over

19.A.realized

B.accepted

C.believed

D.understood

20. A./

B.a

C.all

D.the

 

    In Canberra, there is a free market called "Trash and Treasure ",   1   anything can be bought and sold.The prices are usually very low. It is held on Sundays. A lot of people go and   2   their luck in this market.

    My home is not far from there. Sometimes I can   3   hear the   4   bargaining with the tradesmen. But I have been there to go shopping only once. I wanted to buy a television set, since I am a   5   TV viewer. But I was not lucky at that time. The first tradesman I saw was selling cassettes and recorders, which were shining under the sun and   6   were quite reasonable. It was difficult not to be tempted.I   7   one of the cassettes closely. It   8   looked new and modern. On the box, the words "TDK, made in Japan" had been beautifully   9   . The man said that the cassette was worth $5, but as a special   10   he would let me have it for $3. I shook my head and  11  a finger showing that I was willing to pay one dollar and I would buy five. Signing to me wildly, the man acted as if he found my   12   outrageous (令人不能容忍), but finally reduced the price ___13___ $ 2.Lifting my shoulders slightly, I began to walk away. A moment ___14___, he ___15___ me and thrust five cassettes into my hands. Though he kept throwing up his arms in despair, he readily ___16___ the five- dollar note I gave him. I felt especially___17___ with my wonderful bargain-until I reached home. ___18___ hard I tried, it was ___19___ to get any one of them to move in a recorder and to this day they have never recorded a ___20___ word! I’ve never seen that man again!

1.A.which

B.that

C.in which

D.there

2.A.have

B.take

C.try

D.get

3.A.even

B.ever

C.as well

D.also

4.A.businessmen

B.customers

C.strangers

D.passengers

5.A.often

B.spare

C.constant

D.program

6.A.they

B.which

C.the prices

D.the types

7.A.inspected

B.checked

C.examined

D.searched

8.A.really

B.certainly

C.entirely

D.completely

9.A.pressed

B.published

C.recorded

D.printed

10.A.favor

B.result

C.prize

D.service

11.A.held out

B.held to

C.held up

D.held off

12.A.reason

B.offer

C.idea

D.sign

13.A.for

B.at

C.to

D.by

14.A.after

B.later

C.ago

D.before

15.A.ran up

B.was after

C.ran after

D.followed after

16.A.accepted

B.received

C.gained

D.returned

17.A.excited

B.pleased

C.unexpected

D.disappointed

18.A.How

B.However

C.Whatever

D.No matter

19.A.possible

B.impossible

C.difficult

D.easy

20.A.simple

B.one

C.single

D.new

 

    You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard.At the   1   they only fight with their hands, but soon they begin   2   one another over the heads with chairs. It goes on until one of the men crashes (猛撞) through a window, and   3   thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead!

    Of course he isn’t really   4   . With any luck he isn’t even hurt. Why?   5   the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast - moving trains, who crash cars or even catch fire, are professionals. They do this for   6   These men are   7   “stuntmen” (特技演员). That is to   8   , they perform “tricks”.

    There are two   9   to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall   10    a high building. However, they do not fall on the hard ground   11   on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress (垫子).   12   when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the “glass” is made of sugar.

    Although their work depends on tricks of this sort, it also requires a   13  degree of skill and training. Often a   14   success depends on exact timing. For example, when he is “blown up” in a battle scene, he has to   15   out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.

   Naturally stuntmen are   16   paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously hurt, and sometimes   17   A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff (悬崖) a thousand feet high. His parachute(降落伞)   18   to open, and he was killed.

   In spite of (不管) all the risks, this is   19   a profession for “men only”. Men no longer dress up   20   woman when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. Nowadays there are “stuntgirls” too !

1. A.end

B.start

C.least

D.most

2. A.delivering

B.shouting

C.hitting

D.firing

3. A.falls

B.stands

C.sleeps

D.sits

4. A.ill

B.dead

C.hurt

D.angry

5. A.Because

B.While

C.Though

D.Unless

6. A.some reading

B.a living

C.some shopping

D.swimming

7. A.called

B.chosen

C.considered

D.made

8. A.speak

B.say

C.talk

D.tell

9. A.sides

B.examples

C.pictures

D.forms

10. A.to

B.on

C.from

D.over

11. A.but

B.also

C.for

D.and

12. A.Therefore

B.Again

C.Yet

D.Still

13. A.low

B.high

C.usual

D.common

14. A.stuntmen’s

B.workers’

C.women’s

D.policemen’

15. A.break

B.jump

C.take

D.sell

16. A.hardly

B.fairly

C.well

D.poorly

17. A.killed

B.wounded

C.broken

D.mistaken

18. A.ought

B.had

C.failed

D.tried

19. A.no longer

B.always

C.even

D.only

20. A.by

B.with

C.as

D.through

 

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