【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 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 doesn39。t really feel poor when he has a car. Perhaps(可能 ) you have heard of Henry Ford. He first started making cars in large numbers. Perhaps he didn39。t know how much the car was going to be to American culture(文化 ). The car made the United States a nation on wheels(車輪 ). And it helped make the United States what it is now. The car has bee popular in the United States. The Americans like to move around in cars. With a car people can go to any place without spending a lot of money. 1. In the United States ____. A. only rich people have cars B. no poor people have cars C. most people have cars D. only a few people have beautiful cars 2. Who was Henry Ford? ____. A. He was one of the famous car makers B. He was the most popular man in the USA C. He was the richest man in the USA D. He was the first car maker in American history 3. Henry Ford started making cars in large numbers because ____. A. he wanted to change the American culture B. he knew cars would be make only in the United States C. he thought Americans would like his cars best D. he knew more and more people would buy cars 4. Which of the following do you think is true? ____. A. There are too many people everywhere in the USA B. There are a lot of cars everywhere in the USA C. Car pollution(污染 ) is the biggest problem in the USA D. Every family more or less has a car 5. We can know from this passage(文章 ) that ____. A. cars are cheaper in the USA B. the Americans are the richest in the world C. the Americans like to move around in cars D. the USA makes the most cars 十三 、 完形填空 Football is, I do think, the most favorite game in England: one has only to go to one of the important 1 to see this. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there, 2 for one side or the 3 . To a stranger(陌生人 ), one of the most surprising things about football in 4 is the great knowledge(知識 ) of the game which 5 the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the 6 in most of the important teams, he has 7 of them and knows the results of large numbers of matches. He will tell you who he 8 will win such a match, and his ideas about 9 are usually as good as those of men three or four times his 10 . 1. A. cities 2. A. waiting 3. A. other 4. A. China 5. A. all 6. A. players 7. A. names 8. A. says 9. A. England 10. A. ide