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您的姓名：*  一、单项填空（每题2分，40分） 1. --- There is a notebook on the desk. Mary, is it yours? --- Oh, yes, it’s ______.* 4. I believe learning after class is as ______ as learning in class.* 6. --- Who helped you repair your bike? --- ______! I repaired it all by myself.* 9. My grandma ______ dinner when I got home yesterday.* 10. I will call you as soon as I ______ the tickets to the movie Harry Potter VII.* 13. My life ______ a lot since the beginning of Grade Nine.* 14. In the past, this kind of machine ______ cutting paper.* 15. --- Do you know ______ in the last Art Festival? --- By practicing every day.* 20. — Look here, please. Who can do this problem? — I ______, Miss Li.* 二、完形填空（共24分，每小题2分） “Everything happens for the best.” Whenever I faced disappointment, my mother would say this to me. After I graduated from 35_____ in 1932, I decided to find a job in radio as a sports announcer (广播员). I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every station. But 36_____, I was refused every time. At one station, a kind lady told me that 37_____ stations wouldn’t hire an inexperienced person and 38_____ that I try my luck at smaller stations. Following her advice, I went back to Dixon, where I had grown up. There were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, and my father said a newly-opened store wanted a local athlete to work for it. I applied for the job, but I was refused 39_____. “Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me. Dad 40_____ me the car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, told me they had already 41_____ an announcer. As I left his office, my 42_____ boiled over. “How can I become a sports announcer if I can’t get a job in a radio station?” I asked aloud. While I was waiting for the elevator, I heard someone 43_____. It was MacArthur. “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. 44_____ my performance, he offered me a chance to work there. On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words: “If you 45_____, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous (先前的) 46_____.” 三、阅读理解 A  49. What is Xu Lifei’s big interest?* B Charlie was about to climb into bed when he found there was a light on in his garden shed (工棚). Then he noticed some people who were busy stealing (偷) his things. He called the police right away. The policeman asked: “Are there any thieves (小偷)in your house?” Charlie replied “no” and explained what was happening. The police said: “All patrol cars (巡逻车) have gone out, and a policeman will go to your house when one is free.” Charlie hung up, waited 30 seconds, and then called the police again. “Hello, I just called a short while ago because there were people stealing things from my shed. I want to let you know that they’re not a problem anymore because I’ve just shot every one of them.” Charlie then hung up the phone. In five minutes, three patrol cars, dozens of policeman and an ambulance arrived at his house. Of course, the police caught the thieves. One policeman said: “I thought you said that you shot every one of them!” Charlie replied: “I thought you said there were no patrol cars free!” 50.What did Charlie notice before he climbed into bed?* 51. How many patrol cars came to Charlie’s house in the end?* 52. What happened to the thieves at last?* C DO you have a lucky number? What is it? Many people have a special number that they hope will bring them good luck. In Chinese culture, some numbers are believed to be lucky or unlucky based on the Chinese word that the number sounds similar to. For example, the word for the number 8 sounds similar to the word for “making a fortune”. So, people consider it a very lucky number. Some people will even spend a lot of money to have 8s in their phone numbers or vehicle license plate (车牌照) numbers. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics began at 8:08 p.m. on August 8, 2008. The number 9 is also a lucky number because of its connection to the emperors of China. There were nine dragons on emperors’ robes (龙袍) and Chinese myth held that the dragon has nine children. The number 9 also stands for “long lasting”. That’s why a man always proposes to a woman with 99 or 999 roses. So what’s a “bad luck” number in China? It might be 4. Many Chinese people see 4 as a “bad luck” number because it sounds similar to the character for “death”. Because of this, many buildings skip the fourth floor, and simply call it the fifth floor. In Hong Kong, some buildings even skip all floors numbered with 4, such as, 4, 14, 24, 34 and all 40-49 floors. Some buildings also skip the 13th floor, as this is considered an unlucky number in many Christian countries. As a result, a building whose highest floor is 50 may have only 35 physical floors. 53. How do lucky or unlucky numbers come in Chinese culture? They come mostly of __.* 54. What can we learn from the passage?* 55. What is the passage mainly about?* D The webs that spiders build to catch insects seem weak. However, the strength of spider thread is greater than steel. Webs can even stand up to very strong storms. Now a team, headed by Markus Buehler, a scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has worked out why the spider web is so strong. It is not just the strength of the thread, but the clever design of the web. The key to a web’s success is its ability to keep its shape and strength even after some of the threads break, says Buehler. The scientists found the thread itself has the ability to become softer or firmer. So it can hold different types of heavy things and bear a localized damage (损坏). This localized damage can simply be repaired, rather than replaced, or even left alone if the web continues to work as before. Buehler’s research is mostly theoretical (理论上的), based on computer modeling of material properties (特性) and how they respond to stresses. But in order to test the findings, he and his team literally went into the field. They tested actual spider webs by poking and pulling at them. In all cases, damage was limited to the immediate area they disturbed. In tests, scientists also used three other strong materials made into the same webs. The spider thread was six times stronger than any other material. More surprisingly, when the scientists took away up to 10 percent of the threads from different places, the web didn’t become any weaker. Actually, it became up to 10 percent stronger. The spider web’s clever design gives scientists many new ideas. The findings might be used not just for physical objects such as safer buildings, but also in the design of networked systems. For example, a computer experiencing a virus attack could be designed to shut down at once, before its problems get worse. “It’s a really good chance,” said Buehler. “It may give us some new ideas for engineering.” 56. Where does the strength of the web threads come from?* 57. Which word is closest in meaning to the word “disturb” in the 3rd paragraph?* 58. How many different experiments did Buehler’s team do to test their findings?* |
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