Dear Earthmen,
I have enjoyed my stay on your interesting unusual planet. I think I understand the life on earth now and I would like to give you my impressions.
First of all you live in boxes. Every morning you leave your big boxes and get into smaller boxes on wheels. All these small boxes race around and around, and finally stop to rest. You then leave these boxes on wheels and go to very large tall boxes.
After testing all days you get back in your little boxes and return to your big boxes. There you sit and stare at tiny glowing boxes with moving pictures on the front.
Only one thing puzzles me. One day, I went to a football game. A bunch of angry boys fought over a little round ball. Everyone yelled for them to stop but they kept on fighting. They were angry, I suppose, about being cooped up（被关起来）in boxes all day.
Thank you earthmen for this chance to get to know you.
Gratefully,
The man from the Mars（火星）
1. The small boxes on wheels are ________.
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A. toys |
B. cars |
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C. houses that can be moved |
D. boxes in which there are wheels |
2. The tiny glowing boxes with moving pictures on the front are ______.
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A. cameras |
B. cinema screens |
C. telescopes |
D. TV sets |
3. In the football game ________.
A. the players were very angry because there was only one ball on the playground
B. the players were very angry because everyone yelled at them
C. the man from the Mars saw fighting among the angry boys
D. the man from the Mars saw a close match
4. The best title of this passage is ______.
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A. The Man from the Mars |
B. Something about Boxes |
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C. A Letter from the Mars |
D. A football Game |
5. The man from the Mars thinks _______.
A. it is interesting to live on our unusual planet
B. there are so many boxes on the earth
C. the tiny glowing boxes are moving pictures
D. the angry boys are too foolish to fight over a little round ball
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Kino, a poor fisher man, found a pearl (珍珠) which was 36 big as an egg and very beautiful. He set out for the nearest town to 37 it. He needed money very much to get 38 for his sick baby.
The news that Kino had found the pearl spread (传播) the 39 . Every man suddenly became connected with Kino's pearl, and 40 went into the dreams, wishes and hungers (欲望) of everyone. Only one person stood in the 41 and that was Kino, who became every man's 42 .
Before Kino reached the town, the pearl buyers somehow 43 he was coming and were 44 for him.
Kino walked into the first shop. An old man 45 to have a look at the pearl. The old man's heart missed a beat (跳动) when he saw the pearl, but he took 46 not to show his excitement (激动). He looked at it for a moment and then said 47 a sad smile, “I'm sorry, my friend. It's too large. Nobody's going to 48 one like this. I can give you a thousand pesos (比索) for it.”
“Go and 49 it to the other buyers, or I can ask them to come here if you 50 .” They soon came. They looked as if they didn't know 51 about the pearl. They 52 five hundred for it.
Kino 53 the pearl and left. 54 he never knew he was followed by a group of men who all had 55 with them.
36. A. so B. too C. very D. as
37. A. buy B. sell C. show D. go with
38. A. clothes B. delicious food C. sweets D. medicine
39. A. town B. village C. city D. street
40. A. they B. he C. it D. which
41. A. way B. street C. town D. dream
42. A. friend B. enemy C. follower D. boss
43. A. saw B. realized C. knew D. recognized
44. A. ready B. worried C. happy D. afraid
45. A. ordered B. suggested C. wanted D. promised
46. A. care B. notice C. attention D. place
47. A. on B. in C. with D. by
48. A. want B. get C. carry D. buy
49. A. take B. show C. give D. hand
50. A. want B. pleased C. sell D. like
51. A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing
52. A. gave B. offered C. paid D. bought
53. A. fetched B. carried C. brought D. took
54. A. But B. Though C. And D. However
55. A. pearls B. money C. guns D. nothing
. --- Would you like to join us in the game?
--- _______, but I have something important to attend to.
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--- Oh, Mozart’s story _________ well.
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