【正文】 lessons on all the subjects. The headmaster39。 ] 11． B． stop C． surprise D． question 答案 B [由文章情境可知，校長總是在我去上課的路上 “ 攔住 ” 我，從口袋里掏出一張寫好難題的紙條給我。由此我們可推知，如距離遠了，效果就不好。 ] 17． B． decided C． agreed D． failed 答案 D [并不是每一道難題 “ 我 ” 都能成功地解決，當 “ 我 ” 失敗時，他會露出狡黠的笑容。 1． B． classes C． areas D． subjects 答案 B [由此空后的 “ with about 25 children in each class according to age.”可知，此處是說 “ 我 ” 的學校很小，只有四個班級。 to leave C． on condition that。 at first“ 起初 ” 符合句意。t like English, but later he was very interested in it. A． For the first time B． The first time C． At first D． First of all 答案 C [句意：起初他不喜歡英語，但后來他對英語很感興趣。 to leave B． on condition if。本篇文章中他回憶了對他一生都有著深刻影響的一位小學老師。 ] 16． B． raised C． designed D． reviewed 答案 A [參考上題解析。 ] 4． What is the best title of the passage? A． Powerful Fire Cannons B． Four Inventions of Ancient China C． The Discovery of the Alchemists D． Gunpowder 答案 D [本文是圍繞火藥的發(fā)明、應用、傳播展開敘述的。 ] 12． B． troublesome C． mon D． difficult 答案 D [隨著時 間的推移，校長給 “ 我 ” 的題越來越難。s name was Ronald Broackes. He was a large fat man born with optimism. Although he was quite __6__ about rules within the school， all the students there __7__ him as he was humorous (幽默的 ) and would make them __8__ by telling small stories. He paid much attention to developing students39。someone in such a high position意為 “ 職位如此高的人 ” 。 You must________________tell him what happened. 3．我第一次見到她時，她僅僅五歲。分析句子結構可知，此處應用 with復合結構作原因狀語。t attend the important conference， and that39。 ] 5． B． though C． or D． but 答案 A [由語境可知，此處是解釋 “ It seemed that there was no subject he was not good at” 。 ] Ⅴ .閱讀理解 Along with silk and paper, gunpowder is another invention by Chinese and the Silk Road helped it spread to the West. The dating of gunpowder is as early as 850 AD. The Chinese used gunpowder to make fireworks and for signal flares. Gunpowder was also thought to have been used in medicine and in alchemy(煉金術 ). This invention seems to have been discovered in China by accident— b