Marie Sklodowska was the daughter of a Polish teacher．She was a very intelligent little girl; she could read when she was only four years old．Her father taught science at a school in Warsaw．Marie went to his school when she was fourteen years old．She was very interested in science and mathematics, and liked to help his father in his laboratory．She was a very good student and left school with a gold medal.
Marie wanted to be a scientist like her father．In 1891 her sister Bronya invited her to go to Paris．There she began to learn science and mathematics at the famous university of the Sorbonne．At first Marie could speak only a little French, but he worked hard and soon passed her examination．In Paris Marie met another scientist Pierre Curie, and in 1895 she married him.
In 1898 both the Curies decided to investigate the radioactive elements in pitchblende．The Austrians gave them a lot of pitchblende for their work, and the Curies began to experiment with it slowly and carefully．They worked hard for four years, and at last Marie obtained a very small piece of radioactive element—radium．It weighed only one tenth of a gramme, but it was pure radium and it shone with a wonderful light．The new element was valuable to science, but it was beautiful too.
1.Which of the following statements is true?
A．Marie left a gold medal because she was a good student.
B．Marie left school because she was a good student.
C．Marie received a gold medal because she was a good student
D．Marie left school because she wasn’t a good student.
2.Marie’s father ______ in Warsaw.
A．was an English teacher B．learned science at a school
C．was a science teacher D．taught Polish at a school
3.In 1891 Marie could ______.
A．speak only a little Polish B．not speak French at all
C．speak only a little science D．speak only a little French
4.In Paris Marie met ______.
A．another science B．another scientist
C．another scientific work D．scientific labs
5.The radium ______ one tenth of a gramme.
A．shone B．experimented C．obtained D．weighed
Do you love American country music? If you do, come to Nashville．It’s the home of American country music.
Nashville is the capital of the state Tennessee．Here you don’t have to go to the big auditoriums (音乐厅) to enjoy the country music．In the open air restaurants or on the streets, you can always hear the beautiful and sweet sounding folk music．All the singers are young and they play their guitars while they sang．The songs they sing are so touching that, if you listen attentively, you can feel they are singing with their souls rather than with their voices.
Shops selling music records and tapes can be found everywhere in Nashville．Many records are made by famous singers and they are sent to many countries all over the world.
The folk songs most of the singers sing come from the rural areas in the southern United States．The songs often describe the situations of those days and the feeling of the country people．They often sing in praises of heroism and true love.
1.The passage is mainly about ______．
A．Nashville B．the country music
C．pop singers D．American young people
2.From the passage we know that Nashville is ______.
A．a village B．a small town C．a capital city D．a big city
3.To enjoy the country music, you can go to ______.
A．the big auditoriums B．the open air restaurants
C．the streets D．all of the above
4.What is the meaning of the underlined word “heroism” in the last paragraph?
A．乐观主义 B．英雄主义 C．爱国主义 D．社会主义
5.According to the passage which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．The folk songs can impress you deeply.
B．Not all records are made by famous singers.
C．The folk songs are sung only in praises of true love.
D．Shops that sell music recorders and tapes can be found everywhere in Nashville．
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world．But 1a few of them are very 2．English is one of these．Many, many people use it, not only in England and the USA, but in other parts of the world．About 200 million people speak it as their own language．It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a 3language．Millions of people are trying to do so.
Is 4easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different 5．Have you ever 6the ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines?
“Learning English in six months, or your 7back…”“Easy and funny? Our records and tapes 8you master your English in a month． 9your first day your 10will be excellent．Just send…”Of course, it never 11quite like this.
The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue．We should 12that we all learned our own language well when we were 13．If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult．Imagine 14a small child does．He listens to what people say．He tries what he hears．When he is using a language, talking in it, and 15it all the time, just imagine how much 16that gets.
So it is 17to say that learning English is easy, because a good command （掌握； 精通）of English 18upon a lot of practice．And practice needs great effort and 19much time．Good teachers, records, tapes, books and dictionaries will work． 20they cannot do the student’s work for him.
1.A．not B．quite C．only D．very
2.A．difficult B．important C．necessary D．easy
3.A．native B．foreign C．useful D．mother
4.A．this B．that C．it D．which
5.A．questions B．problems C．ideas D．answers
6.A．found B．watched C．noticed D．known
7.A．knowledge B．time C．money D．English
8.A．make B．help C．let D．allow
9.A．From B．On C．Since D．After
10.A．spelling B．grammar C．English D．pronunciation
11.A．happened B．knew C．seemed D．felt
12.A．know B．remember C．understand D．think
13.A．students B．children C．babies D．grown-ups
14.A．what B．which C．who D．whose
15.A．using B．thinking C．trying D．practicing
16.A．time B．money C．language D．practice
17.A．hard B．easy C．funny D．silly
18.A．depends B．tries C．has D．takes
19.A．uses B．takes C．gets D．costs
20.A．And B．But C．So D．So
-- Jane Gooddall is a great woman.
-- ______．She has done so much to protect chimps everywhere.
A．Good idea B．Congratulations C．I think so D．The same to you
Email, as well as letters, ______ an important part in daily communication.
A．is playing B．have played C．are playing D．play
Look, dark clouds are gathering．It is ______ to rain soon.
A．perhaps B．maybe C．likely D．probably
