A 90-year-old Kenyan grandmother has become the world's (old) elementary school student. Ms Sitienei, also
(know) as "Gogo", is from a small village in Kenya. She is studying at the local school. Ms Sitienei has spent most of her life
(help) to deliver babies. She wants to be able to read and write so that she can pass on her skills. She never had a chance to be educated when she was a child because her parents
not afford to send her to school.
she expects most is to set an example to younger people and inspire all the children in her village
(study).
When she (apply) to the school, school headmaster Mr Kinyanjui accepted the student with some
(hesitate). But now he is happy that Gogo is at the school and is very proud of her. Mr Kinyanjui said, "She is doing pretty well considering her age. I can say I have seen a big difference in this school
she came."
"I want to say to the children of the world, especially girls, that education will be your wealth," Ms Sitienei said. " education, you can be whatever you want — a doctor, a lawyer or a pilot."
阅读填空（共1小题）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
I'm Jan Hasek, _____ old miner from the Czech Republic．In April 1945 I
______ (hear) something explode at midnight．I got up and
_______ (run) outside．The sound came from a mine
_____hadn't been used for a long time．Suddenly I saw some German soldiers
_____the light of the moon．They were taking wooden boxes from trucks and putting
______in the mine．
A week later I decided _____ (go) and see for myself．To my surprise the entrance
_____ the mine was closed．Some people say that the Amber Room and some gold
___________ (bury) in the mine．I think it might be so,
_________ the Amber Room has never been found．
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者括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题纸1～10的相应位置上。
My friend Herbert has always been fat, but things got so bad recently he decided to go
a diet. He began his diet a week ago. First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods that were forbidden. The list included most of the things Herbert loves: butter, potatoes, beer, milk, chocolate and sweets. Yesterday I paid him
visit. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Herbert was still as fat
ever. He
(lead) me into his room and
(hurried) hid a large parcel under his desk.
was obvious that he was very embarrassed. When
(ask) what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk. His
(explain) was that his diet was so strict that he had to reward
occasionally. Then he showed me the contents of the parcel. It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的的正确形式。
Woman: Our design class is really interesting. Don't you think so?
Man: Yeah, I like Professor Vargas, sometimes he goes too fast, and I feel like I'm missing something. There's a lot we have
(remember).
Woman: True. There are a lot of details about all the different styles.
Man: Yeah, there are Art Nouveau, and Art Deco, and Art Moderne... I have a hard time (keep) it all straight.
Woman: I know what you mean.
Man: For example, it seems to me Art Deco and Art Moderne are the same things.
Woman: Well, it's somewhat confusing. They were both popular in 1930s although Art Deco came a little before Moderne. I think Professor Vargas
(say) Art Deco started at an exhibition in Paris in 1925. Let me check out my notes. Right, Art Deco was a popular international art design movement from 1923 until the 1940s,
(affect) the decorative arts such as architecture and
(industry) design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts and film.
Man: So, they were about the same time. It's one thing that gets confusing. thing is, they seem so similar that it's hard to see why they're
(consider) different styles.
语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
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者括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题纸标号为1～10的相应位置上。
I was a previous typist in a post office. Because I couldn’t tolerate ________(type) any more postage bills or postcodes on a typewriter every day, I resigned. With a greedy motivation of making big money, I took up working __
_____ a business representative for the G.E Ecology Company, ___
____ produced goods by recycling useful materials from our dustbins. My new job left me good ___
_____(impress) in many aspects except ___
_____ the working timetable was full of traveling by jets.
Once, when speeding __________, our jet was swallowed by a thunderstorm, which destroyed our GPS receiver and made us lose sight__
____ the directions. A _
_______(constant) flashing light showed that our jet was in danger. A steward instantly asked us to put on masks and fasten the __
______(safe) belts, and then pressed a button to switch on the escaping capsule. It slid sideways out of the opening at once and landed in a desert area safely. __
____(lack) food and tablets, we were nervous and uncertain .
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Today I’m here to tell you about the survival course I and all other scientists have to go through when we arrive in the Antarctic , and this is they call field training .
The first day’s training was the construction of snow shelters . We ( divide ) into three teams
four persons in each team . Each team went for a different type of shelter . The Canadian
( choose ) the snow shelter type ; the New Zealanders dug through a pile of snow and we decided to dig a hole in the ground . We
( foolish ) thought it would be the easiest . So we set to work and after
( dig ) for a couple of hours , it was beautiful , deep and long
unfortunately far too wide .
else succeeded with their efforts but we had to announce
( fail ) , for we couldn’t get enough snow
( build ) a roof . So in the end all we had was a deep hole and that’s how we came to sleep outside at night in one of the coldest places in the world .