【正文】 vels out into space 2 of 186000 miles a second. This means that it 3 about minutes for sunlight to travel 4 . The light from 5 stars far out in space takes even 6 to reach the earth. 7 the great distances(距離 ) in space, scientists have used the speed(速度 ) of light 8 a measurement(測(cè)量 ) of distance. This measurement 9 a light year and is the distance that light can travel in one year. Light 10 about 6 trillion(兆 ) miles a year. 1. A. from 2. A. bu a speed 3. A. spends 4. A. from the earth to the sun 5. A. others 6. A. longer time 7. A. As well as 8. A. for 9. A. is called 10. travel B. on B. in a speed B. pays B. from the sun to the earth B. another B. long time B. For B. as B. is named B. traveling C. in C. at a speed C. costs C. from cloud to cloud C. the other C. a longer time C. Because of C. like C. called C. should travel D. to D. with a speed D. takes D. from stars to the moon D. other D. for a long time D. Since D. at D. named D. travels 九 、 閱讀理解 Mary did not understand such sentences as “She is blue today.” “He has a green thumb(大拇指 ).” “He has told a little white lie.” And she went to her teacher for help. Mary: Mrs. Smith, there is a colour in each of these sentences. What do they mean? Mrs. Smith: In everyday English, Mary, blue sometimes means sad. Yellow … afraid. A person with a green thumb grows plants(植物 ) well. And a white lie is not a bad one. Mary: Would you give me an example for “a white lie”? Mrs. Smith: Certainly. Now I give you some cake. In fact you don’t like it, but you won’t say it. Instead, you say, “No, thanks. I’m not hungry.” That’s a white lie. Mary: Oh, I see. Thank you very much. 1. Blue sometimes means sad in ____ English. A. good B. spoken C. usual D. poor 2. I don’t have a green thumb, so all my plants ____. A. die off B. grow well C. look nice D. are good 3. Tom is ____ to climb the tree. He’s yellow. A. happy B. clever C. glad D. afraid 4. He didn’t like me to know ____ of the accident. He told me a white lie. A. the reason B. the true story C. the meaning D. the answer 5. He is ____ today. He is told his father is ill. A. blue B. yellow C. green D. white 十 、 閱讀理解 Jules Verns was born in 1828. He was neither an inventor nor a scientist but he read many books about science and wrote some exciting stories about things. He thought scientists and inventors would one day be able to do the things in his stories. Years later, many of the things really happened. At the time, his stories seemed like fairy tales(神話 ). His famous books is “Twenty Leagues Under the Sea” (League here means three miles). In those days submarines(潛艇 ) had not been invented, but he wrote about an underwater ship very much like a modern submarine. The men of the submarine in the book had many strange journeys and found many strange things. 1. This passage mainly tells us ____. A. how Jules verns invented a submarine B. Jules Verns wrote many scientific books C. Jules Verns’s stories really happened later D. what the book ―Twenty Leagues Under the Sea‖ means 2. Jules Verns was ____. A. a writer B. an inventor C. a scientist D. a traveller 3. Jules Verns thought ____. A. he could realize(實(shí)現(xiàn) ) his stories B. his stories were fairy tales C. a submarine was a ship D. what he wrote would be realized by scientists or inventors 4. His book ―Twenty Leagues Under the Sea‖ ____. A. was about submarines B. was very famous C. means something under water D. helped people do work 5. The men of the submarine in the book ____. A. had never been to some places B. were scientists C. were inventors D. had been to a lot of places 十一 、 閱讀理解 English today is very different from the English spoken long, long ago. By the 12th century, the language had already changed very much. People then could not read writings from the year 700. The history of English has three parts(部分 ) —“Old English” (before the year 1150), “Middle English” (up till 1500) and “Modern English” (1500 to now). The biggest difference(不同 ) between Old, Middle and Modern English is in vocabulary(詞匯 ). Grammar(語(yǔ)法 ) has not changed greatly, but thousands of new words have e into the language. Many of these are from French. Another important change is pronunciation. It has changed so much that there are almost no words said the same way today as in Old English. 1. Today even English people themselves can hardly understand ____. A. the language B. Old English C. Middle English D. Modern English 2. By what time had English changed greatly? A. Long,long ago B. By the year 1200 C. From the year 700 D. By the 12th century 3. The period() of ―Middle English‖ is ____. 1500 to now B. from 1150 to now C. from 1150 to 1500 D. from 700 to 1500 4. Many English words of today came from ____. A. French B. vocabulary C. grammar D. the language 5. Why are there almost no words said the same way today as in Old English? A. Because there are thousand of new words. B. Because English pronunciation has changed greatly. C. Because grammar has not changed greatly. D. No one really knows why. 十二 、 閱讀理解 Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Without cars most people feed that they are poor. And even though a person is poor, he does