【正文】 t. B. Because he wanted to make his father?s job easier. C. Because he wanted to sell it for money. D. Because he wanted to know how much money he should give to sellers. 40. Why were people not interested in “the Pasealine” at first?A. Because people thought it could make them lose jobs. B. Because they thought it was useless. C. Because it cost a lot. D. Because there was no programming language then. 四、 詞匯應(yīng)用 （每小題 1 分，共 12 分） He was born in 1564 in StratfordAvon. He was the son of a Stratford businessman. He went to the local grammar school. In 1582 he (1) _______ （ marry） Anne Hathaway. They (2)_____ (have)three children. We (3) _____ (know)that he left Stratford in about 1585, but no one knows where he went or what he (4) ______ (do)for the next five years. In September 1592 we know that he lived and worked in London as a playwright and as an (5)______(act) at the Globe Theatre. He was not on the actor list after 1603 so he probably stopped (6)_______(act) at this time because he was already (7)______(know) for his (8)______(write).He wrote his (9)_____(one) play, Henry VI, in 15901591. He also(10) ______(write) a large number of poems. His last play , The Tempest was finished in 1612. After that, he left London and went back (11) ___(live) in Stratford. He died in 1616. His plays (12) ______(be) very successful today. His name was William Shakespeare. .__________4 .__________5 .__________6 .__________ .__________10 .__________11 .__________12 .__________ 五、 翻譯句子（每小題 2 分，共 8 分） 用括號(hào)內(nèi)所給的單詞或短語(yǔ)，將下列句子譯成英語(yǔ)。 A Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2021. Mo, who was born in 1955 into a farmer?s family in Gaomi County in Shandong Province, is the first Chinese national to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. In his early years, life was not easy and he experienced hunger(饑餓 ). These things have influenced Mo Yan?s later writings. 60yearold Park Geunhye (樸槿惠 ) was elected (選舉 ) the new President of South Korea in December, 2021. She bees the country39。s ④ A little boy invited his mother to the first teacherparent meeting of his elementary school. To his surprise, she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother. ① she was a beautiful woman, there was a scar (傷疤 ) that covered nearly the right side of her face. The boy never asked his mom why or how she got the scar. At the meeting, other people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother, but the little boy felt embarrassed for his mom39。 3. Luckily, a man/ someone/ somebody saved us./Luckily, we were saved by someone. 4. embarrassed, moved 5. Love/ Scar/ Face/ Looks. 七、 One possible version： Sports in Our School Sports in our school have changed a lot. Now we have more than three . classes a week, and we have at least one hour to exercise every day. Students get so excited at these changes. More and more students take an active part in the ball games, running, and jumping on the playground. Our school life is being more wonderful. Doing sports is a good way to relax and keep fit. What?s more? A healthy body can help us study better and live a happier life.