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----- Why did Sarah want a house that kept getting bigger? The reason seemed to be that Sarah was afraid of dying. She thought she would die when the house was finished, so she made certain that it never finished.
Sarah Winchester’s plan seemed to have worked because she lived to be 83 years old. Finally, her house finished.
1. What did Sarah keep doing her house?
A) Making it cleaner. B) Making it quieter.
C) Making it bigger. D) Making it more beautiful. 2. The story says that Sarah’s house had ________.
A) 7 floors B) 40 floors C) 160 floors D) 3 floors 3. Who did the work on Sarah’s house? A) Sarah herself and other workers. B) Sarah’s children and other workers.
C) Carpenters and plumbers and other workers. D) Engineers and other workers.
4. How long did the work on the house continue?
A) For 7 years. B) For 38 years C) For 83 years. D) The story doesn’t tell 5. Sarah’s house was finally finished ________.
A) when she moved in B) when she spent all her money C) when she died D) when she was seriously ill
（三） BADCB
We live in the ―Computer Age.‖ Just 35 years ago, computers couldn’t do much.
They were huge and costly. They used a lot of energy. Only a few people were interested in them. Today computers are smaller and cheaper. They can do some amazing things.
Computers have become important for many reasons. They work faster than humans and make fewer mistakes. They can ―remember‖ huge amounts of information. A computer can solve millions of problems in a few seconds. A person might need years to solve the same number of problems.
Computers are used in nearly every kind of work. Police use them to check on stolen cars. Companies use them to keep track of supplies. Planes and trains are guided by computers. So are telephone calls and traffic lights. Small computers are being used in schools and homes. In 1981 there were 30,000 computers in our classrooms. Today there are over 700,000 computers in our classrooms.
The use of computers in growing. More computers will mean more jobs for many people. People will needed to run and repair them.
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1. Computers weren’t popular at first because ________.
A) no one could understand them B) they were too big and expensive C) they used no energy D) they had too many wires 2. Compared with a person, a computer ________. A) works faster B) speaks louder
C) remembers less D) makes more mistakes 3. The passage says that computers are now in ________.
A) kitchen B) phone booths C) stores D) classrooms 4. According to the story, What kind of work will grow? A) Flying planes. B) Building traffic lights. C) Fixing computers D) Repairing telephones. 5. How many computers are used in classrooms today? A) About 500,000. B) More than 700,000. C) About 50,000. D) More than 60,000.
（四）ACDCC
Each May the quiet city of Indianapolis is jammed with people. They come to watch the ―Indy 500.‖ This 500-mile race is the most famous of all auto races.
The motor race track is on the spot where an old farm once stood. A man named Carl Fisher bought the land in 1909. The car was a new invention at that time. Hardly anyone took the idea of car racing seriously. Yet Fisher pushed ahead with his plan to build a track.
In two years the track was finished. It took 450 workers, 300 mules, and seven giant steamrollers to do the job. First, the ground was made perfectly flat. Then gravel was spread over the two-and-a-half-mile track. The top layer was made of crushed stone and tar. Grandstands to hold 15,000 people were build.
The first races at the track were a disaster. The road broke under the speeding autos. Dust and rocks flew into drivers faces. There were several accidents. Some drivers and even some fans were killed.
Auto racing might have ended after that. But Carl Fisher promised to make the track safer. This was done by paving it with 3,000 bricks. Safer grandstands were also built. Now they hold 300,000 fans who attend the race each year. 1. What kind land was the auto track built on?
A) Farmland. B) Park land. C) City land. D) Swamp land. 2. In 1909, most people hadn’t seen any ________.
A) roads B) mules C) car races D) farmers 3. The trace tack was covered with ________.
A) tar and grass B) wood and stone C) tar and plastic D) stone and tar 4. What happened at first races?
A) No one showed up. B) Cars ran out of gas. C) People were killed in accidents. D) Auto racing ended. 5. The race track was paved with bricks to make I t________. A) quicker B) bigger C) safer D) faster.
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四，完形填空
(1)
When I was growing up, I was embarrassed to be seen with my father. He was ___1__ crippled and very short, __2__ we walked together, his hand on my arm __3__balance, people would stare. I would __4__ struggle at the unwanted attention. __5__ he ever noticed or was bothered, he never let on.
It was difficult to take our steps together-- __6__, mine impatient – and __7__ that, we didn’t say much as we went along. __8__ as we started out, he always said, ―You fix the speed. I will try to change my speed and keep up to yours.‖
Our __9__ walk was to or from the subway on which he traveled to work. He went to work sick. He almost never __10__ a day, and would arrive in time at the office even if others could not. A matter of pride.
1. A) probably B) nearly C) severely D) likely 2. A) after B) and when C) and D) when 3. A) for B) with C) to D) before 4. A) directly B) formally C) anxiously D) inwardly 5. A) Although B) If C) As D) While 6.A) his was halted B) his halted C) his halting D) his was halting 7. A) instead of B) except for C) in place of D) because of 8. A) But B) Once C) Unless D) Since 9. A) apparent B) usual C) current D) relative 10. A) considered B) regarded C) missed D) forgot
(2)
When snow was on the ground, it was impossible for my father to walk, even with help. At such times my sisters or I __1__ pull him through the streets of Brooklyn, N.Y., on a child’s wagon with steel runners to the subway entrance. __2__ there, he would cling __3__ the had-rail until he reached the __4__ that the warmer tunnel air kept __5__ ice. In Manhattan the subway station was the basement of his office building, and he would not have to go outside again __6__ we met him in Brooklyn on his way home.
__7__ I think of it now, I am amazed at how much courage __ 8__ must have taken for a grown man to experience such shame and stress. And __9__ how he did it—without bitterness or complaint.
He never talked about himself as a(n) __10__ of pity, nor did he show any envy of the more fortunate or able. What he looked for in others was a ― good heart‖, and if he found one, the owner was good enough for him.
1. A) should B) would C) could D) might 2. A) Once B) Since C) till D) After 3. A) in B) with C) to D) of 4. A) deep B) low C) down D) lower 5. A) far from B) free of C) aware of D) worthy 6. A) until B) as C) while D) where 7. A) Because B) However C) When D) And
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8. A) which B) this C) that D) it
9. A) about B) at C) by D) for 10. A) matter C) issue C) account D) object
It was dusk when the young Marine walked into the entrance lobby of Kings county Hospital. A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside.
―Your son is here,‖ she said to the old man. She had to repeat the words several times __1__ the patient’s eyes opened. The medicine he had been given because of the pain __2__ his heart attack made his eyes __3__ and he only dimly saw the young man __4__ Marine Corps uniform standing outside the oxygen tent. He __5__ his hand. The Marine __6__ his strong fingers around the old man’s limp ones, squeezing a __7__ of love and encouragement. The nurse brought a chair, so the Marine could sit by the bed.
Nights are long in hospital, __8__ all through the night the young Marine sat there in the dimly-lit ward, __9__ the old man’s hand and __10__ words of hope and strength. Occasionally, the nurse urged the Marine to rest for a while. He refused.
1. A) when B) after C) before D) since 2. A) for B) from C) through D) upon 3. A) adequate B) boring C) weak D) remote 4. A) with B) by C) on D) in
5. A) extended B) absorbed C) contributed D) displayed 6. A) depended B) applied C) wrapped D) passed 7. A) permission B) message C) request D) behavior 8. A) but B) however C) so D) so that 9. A) hold B) holding C) held D) holds 10. A) offered B) to offer C) offer D) offering
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