When we heard the gun fire, we all stood still and shook with _______.
A. fear B. a fear C. fears D. the fear
The room ______ white last year is my study.
A. to be painted B. being painted C. painted D. having been painted
---_______ leave at the end of this month.
--- I don’t think you should do that until ____ another job.
A. I’m going to; you’d found B. I’m going to; you’ve found
C. I’ll; you’ll find D. I’ll; you’d find
Young visitors to museums often complain(抱怨)about having museum feet，the
tired feeling one gets after spending too much time in a museum．A case of museum feet
makes one feel like saying：“This is boring．I could have done the painting myself．
When can we sit down? What time is it?
Studies of museum behavior show that the average visitor spends about four sec．
onds looking at one object．For young visitors，the time call be even shorter．Children
are more interested in smells，sounds，and the“feel’’of a place than looking at a work of
art．If they stay in a museum too long，they will feel tired and become impatient．
To avoid museum feet，try not to have children look at too many things in one vis-．
it．It is reported that young visitors get more out of a visit if they focus on no more than
nine objects．One and a half hours is the ideal(理想的)time to keep their eyes and
minds sharp，and their feet happy.
65．When a child gets“museum feet”,he or she feels ．
A．bored B．interested C．pleased D．angry
66．To attract more children，museums should offer more ．
A．reading materials B．works of art
C．1ively things D．comfortable shoes
67．Children can benefit most from a visit to a museum if they spend .
A．1ess than 4 seconds looking at 1 object
B．a whole morning focusing on 19 objects
C．the time together with their parents
D．1.5 hours focusing on 9 objects
68．What’s the passage mainly about?
A．The cause of museum feet and how to avoid them．
B．How to build better museums for children．
C．How to prevent children from getting museum feet．
D．Why more children get museum feet than adults．
Amanda Clement grew up in Hudson，South Dakota．Baseball was always her fa—
vorite sport．Once in a while her brother Hank and his friends would let her play first
base in their games．More often，however，they asked her to umpire(裁判)for them，
because they knew her calls would be fair and there would be no arguing．
One day in 1904，Amanda and her mother traveled to Hawarden，Iowa，to watch
Hank play for the home team against Hawarden．When they arrived at the ball field，
two local teams were waiting to play a preliminary(预备)game．The umpire hadn’t ar—
rived，so Hank argued that the teams should let his sister serve as umpire．The players
finally agreed．
Amanda，then sixteen and standing five feet，ten inches tall，made perfect calls．
She was so good that players for the main game asked her 10 umpire for them and even
offered to pay her．Thus，at sixteen，Amanda Clement became the first paid female
baseball umpire on record．She is honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown，
New York．
61．Hank and his friends often asked Amanda to umpire for them because
A．they wanted to make her happy
B．she called them brothers
C．no one else wanted to do it for them
D．she knew the rules well and was fair
62．Amanda went to Hawarden in order to
A．serve as umpire
C．make money
B．watch her brother play
D．help the local teams
63．Amanda most probably learned how to umpire a baseball game .
A．in her P．E．classes at school B．in an umpire training school
C．by watching and playing the games D．from her mother，a baseball umpire
64．Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A．Amanda Clement．First Female Umpire
B．A Family of Baseball Fans
C．Baseball Games in Hawarden，Iowa
D．The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown
完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，
选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When 1 was twelve years old，my family were the first black people to move into an
a11-white part of Grand Rapids，Michigan．Many of our new36_weren’t very welco—
ming. Some of the adults said 37 that we should return where we came from．The
38 sometimes threw stones at me or 39 me home from school．
Most of my teachers 40 ignored me，but not Dorothy Bean，my history teach—
er．Miss Bean was angry at how badly 1 was being 41 ，but she didn’t say this to
me．Miss Bean showed showed her 42 for me by teaching me just like anyone else．43
being unnoticed，1 was given a 44 to show that 1 was smart．Miss Bean was the first
teacher who ever made me 45 for myself． She insisted on knowing what I thought
about difficult 46 ．Was Thomas Jefferson right to buy Louisiana from France?
Why?She 47 me to have an opinion and to be able to 48 it up．Miss Bean was
teaching me that thinking for oneself was the real 49 to Success in learning.
One day，when 1 was not 50 in class，Miss Bean suddenly threw an eraser at
me．Unbelievably，the eraser hit me right on the hand and 51 my pencil flying．The
whole class was 52 at first，then started laughing．This incident became famous in
the school and， 53 it happened to me，the students wanted to get to 54 ，So
that's the story of how Dorothy Bean made me her target，and how I became just anoth—er 55 in school．
36．A．friends B．relatives C．fellows D．neighbors
37．A．kindly B．pitifully C．angrily D．anxiously
38．A．seniors B．children C．enemies D．elders
39．A．drove B．took C．helped D．carried
40．A．hardly B．simply C．suddenly D．widely
41．A．taught B．fooled C．picked D．treated
42．A．dislike B．thanks Crespect． D．gifts
43．A．Instead of B．In memory of
C．In case of D．In spite of
44．A．question B．chance C．test D．place
45．A．care B．100k C．work D．think
46．A．exams B．history C．questions D．books
47．A．persuaded B．forced C．allowed D．expected
48．A．back B．set C．shut D．give
49．A．notice B．key C．attention D．attitude
50．A．looking up B．paying attention
C．reading aloud D．getting along
51．A．sent B．found C.saw D．kept
52．A．moved B．calmed C．worried D．shocked
53．A．when B．once C．because D．whether
54．A．ask B．know C．punish D．admire
55．A．kid B．problem C.teacher D．example
