EBay, Amazon and Wal-Mart are popular websites ___ people can sell goods to each other.
A. where B. which C. when D. whose
Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventy-five, he gave £ 12,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children’s playground.
As a result of his kindness, many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy—five. Johnson had a sense of humor. He liked whisky and drank some each day. “I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening.” he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.
The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy-five and had a daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.
1. Johnson became a rich man through _________.
A. doing business.
B. making whisky.
C. cheating.
D. buying and selling land.
2. The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson __________.
A. had no children.
B. was a strange man.
C. was very fond of children.
D. wanted people to know how rich he was.
3.Many people wrote to Johnson to find out __________.
A. what kind of whisky he had.
B. how to live longer.
C. how to become wealthy.
D. in which part of the neck to have an injection.
4. The newspaperman ____________.
A. should have reported what Johnson had told him.
B. shouldn’t have asked Johnson what injection he had.
C. was eager to live a long life.
D. should have found out what Johnson really meant.
5.When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening, he really meant that ______.
A. he liked drinking a glass of whisky in the evening.
B. he needed an injection in the neck.
C. a daily injection in the evening would make him sleep well.
D. there was something wrong with his neck.
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
The computer, which was used to simplify difficult sums, began 31 a calculating machine in France in 1642. Then it developed into an analytical machine. After 32 (program) by an operator 33 used cards with holes, it could produce an answer quicker than any person. Later, Alan Turning wrote a book about how a computer could be made 34 work as a “universal machine”. From then on, the computer grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. By the 1940s, it had grown as large as a room and this reality worried the designers. 35 , with its memory 36 (improve), the computer was made smaller. First, the memory was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result, the shape of the computer 37 (total) changed from a large machine to a PC and then a laptop. Connected by 38 network, the computer was able to share its knowledge 39 others through the World Wide Web. Since the 1970s many new applications of the computer 40 (find) in communication, finance, trade and many other areas. The computer has become a devoted friend and helper of the human race.
完形填空(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从16-30各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
One of the most important events in the Olympic Games is the Marathon race. It _ 16_ one of the great events in Greek history.
In 490 B.C .about 10,000 Greeks fought _ 17_ the Persian army at a place _18__ Marathon. It is said that the Persians were ten times as many as the Greeks .However , __19_ the brave attack of the Greeks , the Persians were badly beaten and _20__ away from the plain of Marathon . When the Persians had run away, a soldier, who was the most famous _ 21 _in Athens, was ordered to carry the good news to the city _22_ full speed.
Although he had fought through the battle and received many wounds, the soldier at once started off towards the _23_ city. It was twenty-six miles _24__ the plain of Marathon to the marketplace of Athens, where the elders of Athens had gathered waiting for news. He ran and ran __25_ hills and across plains. As he went on, his lips became dry and he breathed hard. But he thought of the _26__ of the people of Athens __27_ hearing the news, and he ran harder than ever.
The elders of Athens heard a great shout and saw a soldier staggering (蹒跚)towards them . "Rejoice! Rejoice! We won!" gasped the soldier, and fell down __28__ .
In __29_ of this noble soldier, the Marathon race _30__ the athletes run this same distance became an event in the Olympic Games.
1. |
A. came from |
B.came about |
C. came out |
D.came round |
2. |
A. in |
B. against |
C. for |
D. with |
3. |
A. call |
B. calling |
C. to be called |
D. called |
4. |
A. in |
B. with |
C. by |
D. because |
5. |
A. taken |
B. made |
C. driving |
D. driven |
6. |
A. player |
B. runner |
C. soldier |
D. officer |
7. |
A. in |
B. by |
C. on |
D. at |
8. |
A. far |
B. distant |
C. away |
D. off |
9. |
A. to |
B. from |
C. in |
D. at |
10. |
A. above |
B. across |
C. through |
D. over |
11. |
A. sadness |
B. joy |
C. anger |
D. surprise |
12. |
A. on |
B. in |
C. from |
D. with |
13. |
A. dead |
B. death |
C. died |
D. dying |
14. |
A. remember |
B. front |
C. honour |
D. the hope |
15. |
A. by which |
B. from which |
C.through which |
D. in which |
读写任务(25分)
阅读下面的短文,然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
A grand memorial service was held Wednesday ,October 28, 2009. in central Hubei Province to honor three college students who died rescuing two children from the Yangtze River on October 24.Thousands of people holding chrysanthemum flowers went to the Jingzhou Memorial House to see off the teenagers, all 19-year-old students from the Yangtze University based in Jingzhou City.
The trio were Chen Jishi, He Dongxu and Fang Zhao. More than 10 students from the Yangtze University formed a ladder with one student holding another's arms to rescue the two boys in the river on the afternoon of October 24. One of the students lost his grip on his classmates and all of them were in danger. Several members of a winter swimming team nearby came to help. Chen Jishi, He Dongxu and Fang Zhao were swept away in the torrent, but others were saved. People touched by their selfless act had donated more than 500,000 yuan ($73,206) to their relatives as of Wednesday, Zhang said. Millions of Internet users made online comments on major news portals to show their grief.
"I am also a college student. I feel sorrow for you," said "Liu Zhuoya," from northwestern Xi'an City. However, some questioned the sacrifice. "Sacrifice three and rescue two, is that worthwhile?" asked "Tiaozhantianya" on the forum of www.163.com. "Rescue can not be blind as they could not swim."
写作内容:
1.以约30个词概括短文的内容要点;
2.以约120个词就“救人是否要考虑自身安全?”的主题发表看法,内容包括:
(1)当别人有难时,你是否会马上伸出援手?为什么?
(2)救人时是否要考虑自身的安全?(可以举例说明) (3)假如你当时在场,你会怎样做?
[写作要求]
1. 可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点,也可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不得引用原文中的句子;
2. 文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
[评分标准]
概括准确,语言规范,内容合适,篇章连贯。
【写作情景】
为配合2009联合国气候变化大会,你校请来了中山大学李教授为同学们做讲座。假设你是《学生双语报》通讯员,请用英文写一则通讯稿报道这场讲座的情况。
【写作内容】
1. 讲座的主要内容:
1毫无疑问,地球在变暖,这正是人类活动引起的;
2看起来一些自然灾害,如严重的风暴、旱涝、疫病和物种消亡应归咎于全球变暖;
3同时,近年来世界许多地区的冬天气温趋于上升,其中大气污染是导致这一结果的主要原因;
4除非我们净化环境,否则人类可能无法生存。
2. 讲座的效果 ……
【写作要求】
1使用五个句子表达全部内容;
2开头已给出,不计入句子数。
To express support for the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, our school held a lecture given by Professor Li from Zhongshan University. Professor Li presented us with wonderful pictures and graphs to clarify global warming. Here are the main points of the lecture.