Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed. Paper provided an important way to communicate with knowledge.
Paper was first made in China about 2,000 years ago. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100. After that, the foresty countries of Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States because the most important in paper-making. Today Finland makes the best paper in the world. And it has the biggest paper industry in the world.
When we think of paper, we think of newspapers, books, letters, envelopes, and writing paper. So paper plays an important role in our lives.
Paper is very good for keeping you warm. Houses are often insulated(隔热)with paper. You perhaps seen homeless men sleep on a large number of newspapers. They are insulating themselves from the cold. In Finland, in winter it is sometimes 40 degrees below zero. The farmers wear paper boots in the snow. Nothing could be warmer.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
1. What did the invention of paper mean? It meant _________.
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A．more people could be educated |
B．more books could be printed |
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C．paper is one of the most important products |
D．Paper was invented by man. |
2.When was paper made in southern Europe?
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A．Before 1100. |
B．After 1400. |
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C．After 1100. |
D．Before 1400 |
3.Which country makes the best paper?
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A．Norway. |
B．Canada |
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C．The United States. |
D．Finland. |
4. What’s the meaning of the sentence “Nothing could be warmer.”?
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A．Books are warmer. |
B．Newspapers are warmer. |
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C．Paper is the warmest. |
D．Houses are the warmest. |
5.What’s the main idea of the passage?
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A．The invention of paper. |
B．The best paper |
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C．The paper-making |
D．The uses of paper. |
University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and it’s one of the top university in the world. There is no clear date when the university started, but teaching began at Oxford in some forms in 1096 and developed quickly from 1167.
There are 39 independent(独立的) colleges at Oxford, attracting students and learned men from across the world. There are over 100 libraries for the students and learned men to use. At University of Oxford, they also provide a number of money for the best students. Of course, if you want to study here, first you have to reach a certain level of English language.
College life at Oxford is very exciting but busy. The groups of college provide a friendly and welcoming home for students while the college are strict with students about their studies. Many Chinese students are studying here. The number of Chinese students at the university has grown quickly over the past 10 years.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
1.How many libraries are there at Oxford?
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A．Only 100 |
B．Just 100 |
C．More than 100 |
D．less than 100 |
2.What do you have to do first if you want to ask fir studying at Oxford? You have to__________.
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A．be independent |
B．pass a certain level test of English language |
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C．study English hard |
D．be the best students |
3. How’s the college life at Oxford? It’s full of ________ and has ________.
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A．excitement; much school work to do |
B．excitement; no school work to do |
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C．attraction; no school work to do |
D．attraction; a little school work to do |
4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
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A．The college aren’t strict in studies. |
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B．Only because of 39 dependent colleges, thousands of students come here to study. |
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C．The university of Oxford is the most important and successful one in the world. |
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D．The university of Oxford provides a number of money for most students. |
5.What’s the best title for the passage?
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A．The College Life |
B．The Famous Learners at Oxford |
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C．The Chinese Students at Oxford |
D．The University of Oxford |
Once a circle missed a wedge(楔子). The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly. It admired the flowers along the way. It chatted with grasses. It enjoyed the sunshine. It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on searching. Then one day the circle found a piece that fit perfectly. It was so happy. It put the found piece into itself and began to roll. Now it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to notice the flowers or to talk to the grasses. When it rolled so quickly, it realized how different the world seemed. Then it stopped, left the found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.
The lesson of the story , I suggested, was that in some strange sense we are more whole when we are missing something. The man who has everything isn’t in some ways a whole man. He will never know what it feels like to yearn(渴望), to hope, to come true the dream of something better.
根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）误(F)。 （共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
1. At first, the circle couldn’t roll fast, because it wanted to chat with the grasses.
2. The circle didn’t find the missing piece at last.
3. When it was a perfect circle, it rolled too fast to notice the flowers or to talk to the grasses.
4. The circle stopped by the side of the road and enjoyed the sunshine.
5. In some days, a man still will be perfect even if he misses something.
A green life sometimes just needs a good idea like sharing cars. It’s a new way of thinking. You can use a car but you don’t need to own it. Now the idea of “ car sharing” has become 51 in many countries.
As we know, most cars 52 in garages for much time. In fact, we drive our own cars 53 one or two hours a day on average(平均). When we don’t use them, we have to pay for parking and 54 things. That costs too much money. To 55 money, some people come up with the idea of “ car sharing”. If we share a car, we’ll only 56 when we use it.
Now many people are starting to do car sharing. In Switzerland, almost 40,000 people have 57 it. Japan is also trying to make 58 popular around the country.
Car sharing is the beginning of a new idea in 59 . It is also very for us to travel everywhere 60 buying a car. Do you love to share a car with others?
1.A. popular B. interesting C. funny
2. A. are washed B. are driven C. are parked
3. A. as far as B. as long as C. as much as
4. A. other B. others C. another
5. A. make B. save C. find
6. A. spend B. cost C. pay
7. A. joined B. covered C. dropped
8. A. time saving B. money saving C. car sharing
9.A. fashion B. transportation C. family
10. A. without B. with C. by
—I lost my pet pig, but it came back yesterday.
—As the saying goes: an old horse knew the way.
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A．塞翁失马 |
B．老马识途 |
C．马失前蹄 |
D．马到成功 |
The first question was difficult, but the rest were pretty easy.
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A．休息 |
B．安定 |
C．其余的 |
D．停止 |
