完形填空(每空l分，共l0分)。
Thomas Edison was born in 1837. He was a famous American ______. When he was a child, he liked to find out how things worked. He was in school for only three months. He asked his teacher many strange questions. Most of them had ______ to do with his lessons. The teacher thought the boy was not ______ and was not worth ______. When he told this to Edison’s mother, she ______ her son out of school. As she had been a teacher, she taught him at home. The boy read ______, soon he became very interested ______ science when he was ten, Edison had already built a chemistry lab for ______. Ever since then, he never stopped _____ for new and better ways ______ things.
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完型填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
A Fool’s Day falls on 1st of April. People _1_forget the significance （意义） of the day.
In March 1980, I was 2at Durham University with seven other Chinese students. I had 3 to go to another university after graduation and had 4 application (申请) forms to several 5 . Every morning I arrived at the porter’s office (传达室) and waited my fate. But no 6 came.
On April 1st, as I was eating my 7 , Huang came in , with a toothbrush(牙刷)8 in his hand. 9 fearing that he might forget the important news , he passed me the 10 . “Morning , Wu,” he said , “I saw Mr. G this morning. He told me that a letter had arrived in his office for you from Manchester University, and asked you to go and get it 11 possible.” I jumped with 12 .
I even didn’t 13 my breakfast and rushed to Mr. G’s office but he wasn’t14 . I then went to the secretary’s room and 15 everything to her. She opened Mr. G’s room. I looked at everything. There didn’t seem to be a letter for me. “If he had asked you to pick it up from here,” said the secretary , “ he would have put it in 16 or simply left it to me.”
Greatly 17 , I walked out of the room and 18 the secretary lock it. 19 the secretary’s eyes 20 . “Sorry,” she said. “It’s April Fool’s Day!”
A sometimes B. never C. always D. seldom
A．staying B．working C．visiting D．studying
A．continued B．planned C．went D．remembered
A．returned B．taken C．brought D．sent
A．people B．colleges C．cities D．offices
A．application B．report C．reply D．chance
A．dinner B．lunch C．supper D．breakfast
A．still B．even C．yet D．already
A．Because of B．As if C．After D．While
A．message B．sign C．letter D．notice
A．if B．as soon as C．when D．as fast as
A．the news B．the letter C．joy D．luck
A．take B．finish C．eat D．have
A．anywhere B．in C．at D．away
A．asked B．tells C．explained D．answered
A．the office B．his desk C．the room D．an obvious（明显的） place
A．disappoint B．disappointed C．disappointing D．disappointment
A．watched B．noticed C．saw D．got
A．Quickly B．Strangely C．Finally D．Suddenly
A．closed B．opened C．brightened D．darkened
In China，more and more middle school students are getting 56sleeping time than before．Most students sleep less than nine hours every night, because they have much homework to do．Some homework 57by their teachers，and some by their parents. Also, some students don’t know 58to save time．They are not 59enough while they do their homework, so it 60them a lot of time．Some students spend too much time 61TV or playing computer games．They stay up very late．Some students have to get up early every morning 62weekdays to get to school on time by bus or by bike． It can be a long way from home to school．
Schools and parents should cut down some of the homework 63our children can enjoy more than nine 64sleep every night for their health．For children, we should make best use of our time. When we have enough time for sleeping，we will find 65much better for both our study and health.
( )A．that B．this C．It
My _____problem is that I’m too busy．When 1 was young，I used to have so much time，but these davs I get up early and stay in school all day．Then I go ____ home and eat dinner．Before I started high school，I used to _____ a lot of time playing games. but now I have to study all day．and I_____ have time for concerts．I really_____my old days．
( ) A．bigger B．biggest C．smallest
( ) A．right B．toC．just
( ) A．pay B．spend C．take
( ) A．sometimes B．hardly ever C．always
( ) A．hope B．thank C．Miss
The 2010 Winter Olympic Games will take place in Vancouver and Whistler(惠斯勒) from February 12 to 28. As the world’s _____ athletes will compete there, Canada is preparing for it well.
It will be broadcasted(播出) in Canada’s two _____languages——English and French. Billions of television viewers worldwide will ______ the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Athletes from more than 80 ______ will compete in 86 medal events over 17 days. Then the Paralympics(残奥会) will _____ from March 12 to 21. Canada has _____ millions of dollars preparing. Thousands of spectators will visit the country. Canada will be _____ it all.
The building of Olympic gyms began in 2005. Opening and closing ceremonies will be held indoors, at BC Place Stadium. It’ll ______55,000 seats. Some competitions, ______ ski, and bobsled, will take place in Whistler. It’s a ski village. During the Games, roads will be closed. More than 15,000 policemen will work to ______ the peace throughout the Games.
The United States is the only country to host the Winter Games four times. Team USA hopes 2010 will be a golden year.
A．worst B．best C．cleverest D．tallest
A．special B．unusual C．official D．ordinary
A．watch B．notice C．look D．hear
A．cities B．towns C．villages D．countries
A．run B．begin C．stop D．end
A．paid B．took C．cost D．spent
A．full of B．ready for C．worried about D．afraid of
A．give B．serve C．hold D．host
A．with B．including C．as D．so
A．keep B．make C．let D．protect
Jenny was my grandmother’s sister and she was an amazing woman. She was born in 1901 andin 2000. It was a pity that she didn’t live to celebrate（庆祝）her 100th birthday,
she had a good,long life.
She had already been a professional before many women had jobs.She taught in Africa for many years. Then she moved to Malaysia and taught English there for a few years. At that time,people didn’t tralvel
a plane, so she had to travel there by ship. It took her three months
from England to Malaysia in those days. In 1947,she traveled by plane for the first time. This made traveling
easier and quicker. She continued to teach around the world until she was 75 years old.
Jenny really loved teaching and she was also good at telling stories. I always loved to hear her her stories. They were
interesting that I would like to listen to her when I was free. It was
that she could remember everything even though she was so old. I think it was because she never stopped
.My grandmother’s sister was really an amazing woman.
A.death B.dieC.died
A.but B.andC.or
A.singerB.teacherC.manager
A.on B.atC.by
A.to sailB.sailingC.to fly
A.too B.muchC.more
A.talk toB.talk withC.talk about
A.so B.suchC.very
A.boringB.relaxingC.amazing
A.work and thinkB.working and thinking C.to work and think