【正文】 chicken feathersC. wanted to build a kind of balloonD. tried to fly on a large bird3. In fact, the Englishman who tried to fly _______.A. got badly wounded B. succeeded in flyingC. lost his life D. flew only 8 minutes4. The very first air passengers in the balloon were _______.A. two animals B. the MontgolfiersC. two Frenchmen D. the King and Queen5. When did two Frenchmen rise above Paris?A. In December 1783. B. In September 1783.C. In the 17th century. D. In November 1783.Passage 11Community service is an important ponent of education here at our university. We encourage all students to volunteer for at least one munity activity before they graduate. A new munity program called “One On One” helps elementary students who’ve fallen behind. Your education majors might be especially interested in it because it offers the opportunity to do some teaching, that is, tutoring in Math and English.You’d have to volunteer two hours a week for one semester. You can choose help a child with Math, English, or both. Halfhour lesson are fine, so you could do a half hour of each subject two days a week.Professor Dodge will act as a mentor to the tutors he’ll be available to help you with lesson plans or to offer suggestions for activities. He has office hours every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. You can sign up for the program with him and begin the tutoring next week.I’m sure you will enjoy this munity service and you’ll gain valuable experience at the same time. It looks good on your resume, too, showing that you’ve had experience with children and that you care about your munity. If you’d like to sign up, or if you have any questions, stop by Professor Dodge’s office this week.1. What is the purpose of the passage?A. To explain a new requirement for graduation.B. To interest students in a new munity program.C. To discuss the problems of elementary school students.D. To recruit elementary school teachers for a special program.2. What is the purpose of the program that the passage describes?A. To find jobs for graduating students.B. To help education majors prepare for final exams.C. To offer tutorials to elementary school students.D. To provide funding for a munity service project.3. What does Professor Dodge do?A. He advices students to participate in the special program.B. He teaches parttime in an elementary school.C. He observes elementary school students in the classroom.D. He helps students prepare their resumes.4. What should students interested in the tutorials do?A. Contact the elementary school.B. Sign up for a special class.C. Submit a resume to the dean.D. Talk to Professor Dodge.5. Whom do you think the passage dresses to?A. Faculty. B. Students.C. Freshman. D. Graduating students of the university.Passage 12Greek soldiers sent messages by turning their shields(盾) toward the sun. The flashes reflected light could be seen several miles away. The enemy did not know what the flashes meant, but other Greek soldiers could understand the message.Roman soldiers in some places built long rows of signal towers. When they had a message to send, the soldiers shouted it from tower to tower. If there were enough towers and soldiers with loud voices, important news could be sent quickly over distance. In Africa, people learn to send messages by beating on a series of large drums. Each drum was kept within hearing distance of the next one. The drum beats were sent out in a special way that all the drummers understood. Though the messages were simple, they could be sent at great speed for hundreds of miles.In the eighteenth century, a French engineer found a new way to send short messages. In this way, a person held a flag in each hand and the arms were moved to various positions representing different letters of the alphabet. It was like spelling out words with flags and arms.Over a long period of time, people sent messages by all these different ways. However, not until the telephone was invented in America in the nineteenth century could people send speeches sounds over a great distance in just a few seconds.1. According to this passage, the Roman way of munication depended very much upon _________.A. fine weather B. high towerC. the spelling system D. arm movements2. Which of the following statements is true?A. Neither the Greek soldiers nor their enemy could understand the message.B. African soldiers shouted from tower to tower to pass message.C. Telephone was invented by a French engineer.D. Only by using telephone could people send speech sounds quickly.3. The African way of munication sent messages _________.A. with arms.B. over a very short distanceC. by a musical instrumentD. at a rather slow speed4. The _______ way of munication made use of visible signs.A. French B. Roman C. African D. American5. Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?A. Shields and DrumsB. Audio and Visible SignsC. Ways of Sending Messages over HistoryD. Messages in Different CountriesPassage 13Soccer is played by millions of people all over the world, but there have only been few players who were truly great. How did these players get that way? Was it through training and practice, or are great players “born, not made”?First, there players e from places that have had famous stars in the past players that a young boy can look up to and try to imitate (模仿). In the history of soccer, only six countries have ever won the World Cup, three from South America and three from Western Europe. There has never been a great national team, or a really great player from North America or from Asia.Second，these players have all had years of practice in the game. Alfredo Di Stefano was the son of a socc