阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
William grew up in a poor family in Africa. His family lived in a village with no （1） . At night, they used oil lamps for light. However, oil was too expensive for his parents to afford.
William wanted to （2） life there but he had no idea how to realize it. One day, he read a book on how to turn wind into electricity with a windmill.
“That is （3） !” Though he didn’t know what a windmill was, he decided to give it a try.
First he had to （4） all the materials. He dug through the rubbish with his cousin in the villages nearby and （5） his goal until he got what he wanted.
Then he started to make the windmill. The moment his farm work finished in the fields, he threw himself on studying the materials, staying （6） till midnight. Finally, he made it after many （7） . He fixed the windmill on the top of a wood tower to catch wind. The villagers came to look. A long wire was used to connect to a bulb to the windmill. The wind blew and the windmill （8） . To their amazement, the bulb lit up. The villagers cheered. William threw his hands in the air and jumped （9） . To produce more energy, he built another windmill for his village.
Bored into poverty, William didn’t give up in the face of difficulties. He kept reading, taught himself and lit up the whole （10） .
（1）
| A． |
gas |
B． |
water |
C． |
Internet |
D． |
electricity |
（2）
| A． |
protect |
B． |
improve |
C． |
create |
D． |
understand |
（3）
| A． |
amazing |
B． |
surprised |
C． |
worried |
D． |
important |
（4）
| A． |
buy |
B． |
invent |
C． |
collect |
D． |
borrow |
（5）
| A． |
stuck to |
B． |
went over |
C． |
looked into |
D． |
learn about |
（6）
| A． |
calm |
B． |
awake |
C． |
relaxed |
D． |
free |
（7）
| A． |
tells |
B． |
excuses |
C． |
failures |
D． |
meeting |
（8）
| A． |
fell |
B． |
flew |
C． |
opened |
D． |
turned |
（9）
| A． |
excitedly |
B． |
hurriedly |
C． |
carefully |
D． |
worriedly |
（10）
| A． |
team |
B． |
club |
C． |
school |
D． |
village |
It is a thousand kilometers across that desert (沙漠) . The road is nearly good all the way.
Sometimes there is deep sand. A driver must then put his foot down hard and drive through! There are three small ___ along the way. Tom reached the first place, at 10 p.m. He had his ____ in a little restaurant there. It was a warm night in August. Tom wanted to ____ through the night.
He left the restaurant at 11:30 and drove over two hours. There wasn’t the moon, but the ___ were wonderful. There was nothing else on the road. Tom thought, ‘It’s an empty desert. Not a tree. Not a house. Not a man.’ He could __ the endless, white road in the cars’ headlights. A million stars looked down on him. It was two o’clock in the morning. Tom stopped the car. He was two hundred kilometers from the ___ _ town. ‘ I will light the cooker,’ he thought, ‘ and make some tea.’ He got out of the car. He heard some sounds ten or fifteen meters ___ __. He could not see anything in the darkness. A man said, ‘ Good morning. It’s a __ __ morning, isn’t it?’ The man came forward, out of the darkness. Tom did not move. Then the man said, ‘ You’re going to ___ _ some tea, aren’t you? I often get a cup of tea at this time. It’s two o’clock. Cars always ____ __ near here at this time. Sometimes I get a meal. Now listen, and I will tell you a story. Then you will give me..’
A．cities B．hotels C．villages D．towns
A．tea B．supper C．lunch D．breakfast
A．live B．stay C．drive D．walk
A．trees B．animals C．stars D．clouds
A．see B．ride C．hear D．find
A．home B．other C．next D．last
A．about B．from C．far D．away
A．noisy B．lovely C．sleepy D．sunny
A．eat B．make C．cook D．drink
A．stop B．leave C．meet D．run
For many people, going on holidays has become part of their life. But some people are ____ about the travel price. Can we still pay for traveling spending too much money?
We talk to some people to get some useful . They all agree that making a good plan is very . They say if you want to travel by yourself, you go traveling you may want to spend less money. And then you should think about the following things.
Cheap does not always mean quality(质量). Spend some time studying about a hotel or the place you want to go.
Driving a car may not be the choice because sometimes you should pay more money for that.
Walk the further mile. You get to know a town or a city on foot as you can stop anywhere and anytime. And the locals(居民) may be your best . Sometimes they tell better stories than tour guides.
You can always the bus if you are interested in something when you travel. So if you don’t want to walk, just take the bus. You can see people’s life in the city.
A．excited B．happy C．worried D．glad
A．with B．not C．and D．without
A．advice B．idea C．plans D．piece
A．helpless B．important C．easy D．bad
A．before B．after C．if D．as soon as
A．high B．good C．low D．nice
A．good B．bad C．best D．nice
A．worse B．better C．little D．less
A．workers B．teachers C．doctors D．guides
A．get on B．get off C．get in D．get out of
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Oil is so important that it is sometimes called “black gold”. Almost half our energy from oil. We use it to run our cars and factories and to our homes, offices and schools. Many everyday things are made from oil. Your shirt may have oil in the material. The soap you your hands with might also be made from oil. Children’s plastic toys are made from oil.
Oil is to find, because it is deep under the earth. Today, however, we have many to find oil. One tool measures （测量） the pull of gravity （重力）. Places where gravity is weaker are more likely to have oil. tool measures sound waves. Sound waves travel different kinds of rocks at different speeds. We can use to find the rocks that have oil in them.
We need oil, and we are using up the oil wells we know about. we must find new ways of looking for this “black gold”. Can you do anything for it?
A．goes B．comes C．leaves D．stays
A．build B．protect C．heat D．hot
A．wash B．put C．dry D．touch
A．easy B．important C．interesting D．hard
A．ways B．roads C．streets D．bridges
A．Any other B．Other C．Another D．The other
A．to B．from C．at D．through
A．them B．it C．one D．that
A．little B．lots of C．many D．a few
A．Or B．But C．So D．Also
Telling the truth is a very good habit. Here is a story of a man who did lots of bad things, but his promise to tell the truth him.
Once the man came to the prophet (先知)Muhammad (S) and said, ‘Oh prophet of Allah, I have many habits. Which one should I first?’ The prophet said, ‘Give up telling lies first and always speak the truth.’ The man promised to do so and went home.
At night the man planned to go out to steal. Before home, he said to , ‘If tomorrow the prophet asks me I have been, shall I say that I went out stealing? No, I say that. But neither can I lie. If I tell the truth, everyone will call me a .’ So the man not to steal that night.
Next day, when he was about to wine, he thought, ‘ shall I say to the prophet if he asks me what I did during the day? I cannot tell a lie, and if I speak the truth people will me, because a Muslim (伊斯兰教信徒) is not to drink wine.’ So he gave up the idea of drinking wine.
this way, whenever the man thought of doing something bad, he remembered his promise to tell the truth. Step by step, he gave up all his bad habits and became a good Muslim and a very good person.
A．killed B．saved C．reminded D．developed
A．good B．great C．bad D．daily
A．look after B．care about C．put off D．give up
A．getting B．leaving C．arriving D．returning
A．himself B．herself C．itself D．themselves
A．where B．how C．when D．which
A．needn’t B．shouldn’t C．can’t D．might not
A．chef B．doctor C．thief D．member
A．continued B．decided C．refused D．forgot
A．make B．sell C．store D．drink
A．What B．How C．Which D．When
A．love B．teach C．notice D．hate
A．allowed B．asked C．invited D．provided
A．By B．On C．In D．As
A．hardly B．always C．never D．Sometimes
Friends play an important role in our life. Most people hope that their friends will always be there. They __ friendship to last forever. __ , even the best friendship can end.
As time goes by, many friendships end because of a(n) ___ in personality or way of life. The friendship slowly loses importance and finally___ .
Tommy wrote, “I didn’t even know the friendship was over until I caught myself thinking of Alan as a former friend.”
Peter explained. “We __ seeing each other less and less. The friendship was just over.”
Sometimes friendships___ suddenly from a disagreement or move to another place.
Alice said, “The end of our friendship was a gradual thing. I moved from one side of the city to the other. Since then we ___ made a phone call. We met less and less. At last our friendship ended.”
Jack said, “ When I moved to Seattle after college, our friendship died. Both of us were always___ _ with new jobs, so we didn’t keep __ touch with each other. Our friendship was so dead that I didn’t call him __ _ I went home.”
Yet the biggest problem to a friendship is change. Lillian Rubin in her book Just Friends say, “Generally it’s ___ _ that friends will accept each other if they both remain what they were when they met, or change in similar directions. If they change or grow in different ways, the friendship most likely __ lost.”
No matter why, when, or how friendships end, there is always __ pain of loss. When nothing can be __ to keep the friendship, it is important to forget the pain. Then move on __ _ new friendships.
May new friendships bring you pleasure and happiness!
A．hope B．expect C．decide D．prefer
A．Unfortunately B．Luckily C．Then D．So
A．interest B．experience C．change D．Suggestion
A．forgets B．disappears C．appears D．improves
A．finished B．practiced C．continued D．started
A．break down B．break away C．break off D．break in
A．often B．seldom C．always D．never
A．struggling B．satisfying C．pleased D．fed
A．at B．by C．on D．in
A．even if B．while C．before D．since
A．strange B．true C．false D．impossible
A．will be B．is C．will D．to be
A．little B．some C．any D．no
A．thought B．checked C．carried D．done
A．to ask for B．forming C．to build D．beginning