任务型阅读（10分）
The sea has always interested man. From it he can get food, minerals, and treasure. 1 But he could not go far beneath its surface.
2 However, he is not a fish. He must breathe air, so he can’t stay under the water’s surface for any length of time. To explore deep water, man faces even more dangers and problems.
A diver who wants to stay under water for more than a few minutes must breathe air or a special mixture of gases. 3 He can carry a tank of air on his back and breathe through a nose and a mouthpiece. Water weighs 800 times as much as air. Tons of water pushes against a diver deep in the sea. 4
When a diver is under great pressure, his blood takes in some of the gases he breathes. As he rises to surface, the water pressure becomes less. If the diver rises too quickly, the gases in his blood form bubbles(气泡). The diver is then suffering from the bends(潜水夫病). The bends can cause a diver to double up in pain. 5
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A．His body is under great pressure. |
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B．Scientists are trying to find more about the sea. |
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C．For thousands of years, he could sail on it. |
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D．They can even kill him. |
E. He can wear a diving suit and have air pumped to him from above.
F. The water pressure can cause a diver to breathe with difficulty.
G. Man wants to explore deep into the sea.
Dear Betty,
My roommate’s family wants me to celebrate Thanksgiving Day with them in their home. I accepted the invitation, and I’m excited about going, but I’m a little nervous about it, too. The social customs in my country are different from those here, so I’m a little worried about making mistakes.
Should I bring a gift, such as candy or flowers? Should I arrive on time or a little late? At the dinner table, how can I know which fork or knife to use? How can I let the family know that I’m thankful for their kindness?
Yours,
Knowing Nothing
Dear Knowing Nothing,
It’s a good idea to bring a gift when you go to a dinner party. Flowers are always welcome, or you can bring a bottle of wine if you know the family drink it.
You should arrive on time or five to ten minutes late. Don’t get there early. If you are going to be more than fifteen minutes late, you should call and tell them.
Try to relax at the dinner table. If you don’t know how to use the right fork, knife or spoon, just watch the other guests, and follow them. If you still have no idea of what to do, don’t be shy about asking the person next to you; it’s better to ask them than to be silently uncomfortable and nervous.
If you like the food, say so. Of course, you’ll thank the host and hostess for the meal and for their kindness. It’s also a good idea to send a card to thank them the day after.
Yours,
Betty
1. Knowing Nothing wrote a letter to Betty to _____.
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A．tell Betty some good news |
B．ask for some advice |
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C．answer some questions |
D．invite her to dinner |
2.According to Betty, Knowing Nothing ______ when going to a dinner party.
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A．can only bring some flowers |
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B．can’t bring wine |
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C．should arrive on time or five to ten minutes late |
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D．should arrive twenty minutes late |
3. Betty does NOT advise Knowing Nothing to _____.
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A．relax at the dinner table |
B．watch the other guests |
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C．ask the person beside him |
D．keep silent at table |
One night last February, a seventeen-year-old Duffy drove home along a winding road, he saw a strange light thrown against the tree. “I knew it wasn’t the moon”, he said. “I drive this road all the time and I notice little things out of place.”
Duffy stopped his car and got out to examine. Below him far down in the deep valley lay a broken car with its headlights on. Thirty minutes earlier, a man had driven off the edge of the road, which has no guardrail. His car fell and rolled end over end, landing on its top more than two hundred feet below.
Duffy rushed to call for help, then returned and got down to reach the injured driver. Snow covered the valley and the temperature was below freezing. After struggling back up the cliff, Duffy took off his jacket and shirt and wrapped the injured man in time, along with the blankets from his car.
Life-saving deeds are starting to become usual action for Duffy, the oldest of seven children. When he was 12, he saved his ten-year-old brother from drowning. Two years ago, his three-year-old sister ate rat poison, and Duffy cleaned out her mouth, make her drink milk to protect her stomach and called doctors.
“We have tried to teach the children good values, and it looks like we have got some reward for it.” His father says.
1. The strange light came from ________.
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A．The bright moon. |
B．Duffy’s car. |
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C．The broken car in the valley |
D．an unknown place |
2. The phrase” landing on its top” means the car lay_________.
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A．on the top of the cliff |
B．with its wheels upward |
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C．with its head upward |
D．on the road as usual |
3.From the above article, we can see Duffy has saved ________ at least.
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A．two |
B．three |
C．four |
D．five |
4. “We have tried to teach the children good values” may probably mean Duffy’s parents often tell their children_________.
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A．to help people in danger |
B．how to save people’s lives |
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C．to remember the value of the car |
D．how to do business |
This is a true story from Guyana. One day, a boy took a piece of paper from a box. He made a paper ball and pushed it into his nose. He couldn’t get it out. He ran crying to his mother. His mother couldn’t get the paper out, either. A week later, the paper was still in the boy’s nose. His nose began to have a bad smell.
So his mother took the boy to a hospital. The doctor looked up at the child’s nose, but she couldn’t get the paper out. She said she had to cut the boy’s nose to get the paper out.
The boy’s mother came home looking sad. She didn’t want her child to have his nose cut. The next day she took the boy to her friend Sidney who lived in a house with an old lady called May. May wanted to see the child, so the child let her look up his nose.
“Yes, I can see it,” May said. “It will be out soon.”
As she spoke, she shook some black pepper on the child’s nose. The child gave a mighty sneeze and the paper flew out. His mother was surprised. May told his mother to take the boy to the seaside for a swim, for the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smell.
So the lucky boy didn’t have to go to the hospital to have his nose cut.
1. After the boy pushed a paper ball into his nose, ____.
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A．he took it out |
B．his mother took it out |
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C．he did nothing but cry |
D．he tried to take it out but failed |
2.The paper ball stayed in the boy’s nose for ____.
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A．at most seven days |
B．less than seven days |
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C．more than seven days |
D．exactly seven days、 |
3. Which of the following is TRUE?
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A．The doctor helped to take the paper ball out of the boy’s nose. |
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B．May succeeded in taking the paper out. |
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C．The boy’s mother found some black pepper to solve the problem. |
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D．The boy had to have his nose cut at last. |
4.The boy should be taken to the seaside for a swim because ____.
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A．he needed to learn to swim |
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B．the sea water would stop the bad smell of his nose. |
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C．the sea water would wash out the paper ball. |
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D．he needed a rest |
The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff they call “books”.
I was going to have my examination the next day. “When can I go to bed?” I asked myself. I didn’t answer. In fact I dared not.
The clock struck twelve. “Oh, dear!” I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go to bed!” We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one. I was quite desperate now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.
1. The underlined word “wretched” in Paragraph 3 probably means ____________.
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A．happy |
B．disappointed |
C．unhappy |
D．hopeful |
2.Reviewing his lessons that night didn’t help him because ____________.
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A．it was too late at night |
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B．he was very tired |
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C．his eyelids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open |
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D．he hadn’t studied hard before the examination |
3.What do you suppose probably happened to the author the next day?
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A．He went to a church to pray again. |
B．He passed the exam all by luck. |
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C．He failed in the exam. |
D．He was punished by his teacher. |
4.The best title for the passage would be ____________.
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A．The Night Before the Examination |
B．Working Far into the Night |
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C．A Slow Student |
D．Going Over My Lessons |
完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn’t know what she could do and wanted to ___1__. She was tired of fighting and fighting. One problem had been settled, but __2___ appeared.
Her father, a cook, took her into the __3___. He poured water into three pots and boiled it. After the water came to a boil, he put some ___4__ in the first pot, eggs in the second and coffee in the last. He waited for them for a few minutes __5___ any words.
The girl closed her mouth and waited, impatient and __6___ by what her father was doing. After about 20 minutes, her father ___7__ the stove, took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took the eggs and put them in another bowl. After that he ___8___ the coffee into a cup. Turning back to his ___9___ , he asked, “Sweetheart, what do you see?”
“Carrots, eggs and coffee,” she replied.
Her father asked her to __10 the carrots. She did and felt that the carrots were ___11___.
__12__ he asked her to take the eggs and break them. After peeling them, she felt the eggs were hard.
Last, her father asked her to smell the coffee.
She asked, “What does this _13___, Father?”
He __14_ that each of the things had felt the same unfortunate fate. They were all boiled in ___15___, but with a ___16___ result. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after being boiled. The fragile eggs became _17___ after cooking. Coffee grounds were very unique. They could change the water.
“___18___ one are you?” asked her father. “When calamity（不幸的事） __19___ on your door, what will your ___20__ be? Are you carrots, eggs of coffee?”
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