Miss Gogers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them,“Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?”

　Tom at once answered,“Your brother. Because electricity travaels faster than sound waves.”“That’s every good,”Miss Gogers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gogers said.“Yes, Kate.”

　“I disagree,”Kate said.“Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o’clock here it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angeles.”

1.Miss Gogers was teaching her class_________.

A.how to telephone 　    B.about electricity 　 C.about time zone 　  D.about sound

2.Miss Gogers raised this question because she wanted to know whether______.

　A.it was easy to phone to Los Angeles

　B.her student could hear her from 75 feet away

　C.her students had a good command of her lesson about sound

　D.sound waves were slower than electricity

3.Tom thought that electricity was _________.

　A.slower than sound waves   　B.faster than sound waves

　C.not so fast as sound waves  　D.as fast as sound waves

4.Kate thought Tom was wrong because _______.

　A.clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York

　B.electricity was slower than sound waves

　C.Tom was not good at physics at all

　D.Tom’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves

5.Whose answer do you think is correct according to the law of physics?

　A. Tom’s 　     　B. Kate’s 　　C. Bath A and B 　　D. Neither A nor B

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 Albert Einstein said, “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” Once __41 __, such opportunities are like valuable diamonds hidden in the sand.

Several years ago, I spoke at a school about how we were surrounded by “___42___  ” if we could only recognize them. A man stopped by to see me, and I remembered him as somebody who had suffered through a(n) ___43___ divorce (离婚) and was examining what was most important to him. He took a small ___44___ out of his pocket. Here is what he said to me that day.

“I ___45___ on this stone when I was leaving church last Sunday. You had spoken about  ___46___ opportunities—diamonds. I put the stone in my ___47___ to remind me to look for those “diamonds” that I need. I have been trying to sell my business . On Monday morning, a man who seemed interested in ___48___ some of my stock (股票) stopped by. I thought, ‘Here’s my diamond—don’t let it ___49___!’ I sold the entire stock to him by noon. Now my next diamond is to find a new ___50___  !”

Not long afterward, he did find a new and better job. From then on, he decided to keep his stone with him all the time as a ___51___ to look for “diamonds” as he dug through the ___52___ of life.

Richard DeVos is right when he points out. “This is an exciting world. It is filled with opportunities. Great moments wait around every corner.” Those moments are diamonds that,   ___53___ left unrecognized, will be forever lost.

Are you looking for “diamonds” every day? If not, you may ___54___ pass them by! Perhaps there is a diamond of opportunity hidden in the difficulty you’re ___55___ now.

1.A.given           B.discovered            C.sent          D.made

2.A.opportunities       B.dangers           C.diamonds      D.chances

3.A.painful         B.stupid                C.normal            D.original

4.A.ball                B.stone             C.paper         D.flower

5.A.stepped         B.depended          C.fought            D.based

6.A.stealing            B.accepting         C.recognizing       D.realizing

7.A.purse           B.pocket                C.bag           D.house

8.A.selling         B.buying                C.hunting           D.casting

9.A.go off          B.give in               C.stay up       D.watch out

10.A.buyer          B.job              C.stock             D.rock

11.A.scene          B.prize             C.reminder      D.power

12.A.difficulties       B.hopes             C.characters        D.cases

13.A.unless         B.though                C.for           D.if

14.A.happily            B.easily                C.luckily           D.dangerously

15.A.expressing     B.satisfying            C.breaking      D.experiencing

It is well known to us all that a lot of rivers _______by factories.

   A.are polluting               B.have been polluting  

C.are being polluting          D.are being polluted

I feel ____to have been invited to give a speech here.

   A.honour     B.great honour     C.honoured     D.honouring

It was along the Mississippi Rever ____Mark Twain spent much of his childhood.

   A. how      B.which      C. that       D.where

--Why did the police ______________the crowd?

---Because the president’s car __________in the street.

A. break down; broke down          B. break up; broke up

C. break down; broke up             D. break up; broke down

___________ made the school proud was ___________ more than 90% of the students had

    been admitted to universities.

A．What; because   B．What; that   C．That; what    D．That; because

It was hunger that his great-grandfather amd grandfather _________.

   A.died of        B.died out       C.died down     D.died away

_______out papers to be thrown away and put the rest back.

   A. Find         B. Make       C. Sort            D. Look

---The bag looks very heavy. Do you need a hand?

   ---________. I can make it.

   A.No, thanks   B.All right    C.Never mind    D.Yes, I do