【正文】 probably find the passage? A.On the last Sunday of December.C.About 30 people go to the race every year.（4）When is the Desert Festival in Tunisia every year? A.The race goes on for 6 kilometres.C.They watch the camel racing.（3）Which of the following is TRUE about the dog sledding race according to the passage? A.They wear red clothes.C.green buildings（2）What do people do on Red Wednesday in Iran? A.C.paradess Day, you can see the following EXCEPT ________________. A. The Desert（沙漠） Festival in Tunisias party time in Quebec City, Canada. The Quebec Winter Carnival is all about outdoor fun. It starts from the end of January and ends in mid February. Quebec Winter Carnival in Canada Red Wednesday in Irans an important holiday in Ireland. This holiday is to remember Saint Patrick. He did good things for the people of Ireland. Saint Patrick39。 Ireland is an island country. It39。 Saint Patrick39。二、閱讀理解6．閱讀理解 根據(jù)常識可知，蒸汽機(jī)有很大的作用，所以人們是感謝他的，故選D。C：chose，選擇。A：asked，詢問。故選B。 （14）句意：但是他繼續(xù)嘗試，最后他達(dá)到了他的目標(biāo)。D：wrong，錯誤的。B：new，新的。 （13）句意：但是每次他都學(xué)到新東西。try out，嘗試，固定搭配。修飾比較級用more，故選A。A：much B：more C：most D：a bit。情態(tài)動詞后接動詞原形，其余選項(xiàng)都不可以，故選C。C：must，必須，情態(tài)動詞。A：many，很多，修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)。questions，問題，可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，所以用too many修飾，故選C。C：too many，太多，后接可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)。A：so much，如此多，后接不可數(shù)名詞，用在be之后。根據(jù)常識可知，水蒸氣是熱水變的，故選B。C：asks，詢問。A：makes，制作。根據(jù)下文How did the steam get under the lid then?可知，水蒸氣使蓋子上下移動，所以此空應(yīng)該說的是水蒸氣，故選C。C：steam，蒸汽。A：water，水。根據(jù)nothing和water可知，這兩個東西是矛盾的，所以應(yīng)該是轉(zhuǎn)折的關(guān)系，故選A。C：or，或者，表示選擇。A：but，但是，表示轉(zhuǎn)折。He looked under the lid, but he could see ，他看著蓋子下面，但是什么都沒看見，所以推測他應(yīng)該是在自言自語，所以是問他自己，故選C。D：his，他的，形容性物主代詞。B：him，他，賓格。 （5）句意：男孩問他自己。 （4）句意：什么使它上下移動呢？make sb do sth，使某人做某事，固定搭配。 （3）句意：他正在看火并且思考某事。根據(jù)下文He was watching the fire可知，他正在看火，所以此空也要用現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時，為was doing，過去分詞可以做定語修飾名詞，故選B。C：names，命名，動詞name的單數(shù)形式。A：name，名字，動詞。 After that people all over the world, men and women, old and young, knew his name and 15 him for his first steam engine.1. A. nameB. namedC. namesD. naming2. A. sitB. sitsC. sittingD. sat3. A. wonderB. wonderedC. wonderingD. want to know4. A. moveB. movingC. to moveD. moved5. A. heB. himC. himselfD. his6. A. butB. andC. orD. until7. A. waterB. lidC. steamD. teakettle8. A. makesB. turnsC. asksD. orders9. A. so muchB. so manyC. too manyD. too much10. A. manyB. mostC. mustD. more11. A. muchB. moreC. mostD. a bit12. A. triedB. carriedC. workedD. found13. A. difficultB. newC. seriousD. wrong14. A. tryB. tryingC. triedD. to try15. A. askedB. calledC. choseD. thanked【答案】 （1）B；（2）C；（3）C；（4）A；（5）C；（6）A；（7）C；（8）B；（9）C；（10）C；（11）A；（12）A；（13）B；（14）B；（15）D； 【解析】【分析】文章大意：主要介紹了詹姆斯瓦特發(fā)明蒸汽機(jī)的故事。 The idea grew with him as he grew into a man. He 12 out this idea and failed, then tried again and failed again. But each time he learned something 13 . Some people laughed at him. Don39。 Well, if the steam es from a lot of water it must be 11 stronger. Why can39。 Well, my dear, it es out of the hot water. The hot water 8 it. His grandmother was beginning to think that the boy was asking 9 questions.s only 7 . she said. You can see it ing out of the teakettle. Water, my childnothing 6 water. Grandma, what39。s home. He was watching the fire and 3 about something. A teakettle was over the fire. Soon the lid（蓋子） began to move up and down.5．完形填空 根據(jù)As we enjoyed our coffee可知此處用enjoyed，故選D。（15）句意：喝完咖啡他就離開了。根據(jù)全文可知無家可歸的人不知道誰給他們的咖啡。根據(jù)常識可知咖啡是昂貴的，故選B。（13）句意：他沒有丟失臉面來要一杯昂貴的咖啡。（12）句意：僅僅想想這個男的想要什么。；；；。take...off意思是把......從......拿下來，故選C。根據(jù)全文可知這些需要幫助的人不用支付錢，故選D。（9）句意：這個人喝了咖啡，然后沒有付錢離開了。；；；。根據(jù)句意可知是當(dāng)喝咖啡時，一個人進(jìn)來了，故選A。（7）句意：當(dāng)我們正在喝咖啡時，一個看起來像是無家可歸的人進(jìn)來了。作者和朋友沒有遇見這樣的事情，所以是不同尋常的一些事情。根據(jù)three cups of coffee三杯咖啡可知兩人付了三杯的錢，故選D。根據(jù)句意可知兩人是來點(diǎn)咖啡喝咖啡的，故選B。（4）句意：當(dāng)我們?nèi)匀辉谀抢飼r，另外兩個人進(jìn)來了，點(diǎn)了三杯咖啡。（3）句意：他被提供了一杯咖啡但是付了兩杯的錢。；；；。根據(jù)the waiter put a piece of paper on the wall saying A Cup of Coffee.可知一杯咖啡放在了墻上，故選B。（1）句意：“來兩杯咖啡，一杯放在墻上。 It39。cup of coffee. 14 asking or knowing who was giving him this cup of coffee, he only looked at the wall, placed an order, 15 this man wanted. He didn39。 Now it was no surprise for usthe matter was very 11 . The people of this town showed great respect for those people who needed help. The waiter served a cup of coffee to this man with 8 . The man had his coffee and left without 9 . We were amazed to watch all of this as the waiter 10 While we were still there, two other men entered and 4 three cups of coffee, two on the table and one on the wall. They had two but paid for 5 . This time also, the waiter did the same thing. It was 6 unusual for us.and noticed that he was served one cup of coffee 3 he paid for two. As we enjoyed our coffee, a man entered and sat beside us. He called the waiter over, saying, Two cups of coffee, one of them there on the 1 .4．完形填空look up，查找；agree with，同意；give up，放棄，均不合題意，故選C。根據(jù)固定搭配 deal with 根據(jù)空格前后表達(dá)的意思相反，可知要用表示轉(zhuǎn)折的詞，所以用but，故選B。fatter，更胖的；weaker，更虛弱的；smaller，更小的，均不正確，故選C。（13）句意：通過找到自己的勇氣去相信自己，在腦海中我已經(jīng)變得更加強(qiáng)大。根據(jù)to believe in myself ，可知前半句是找到勇氣。anything，任何事；everything，每件事；nothing，沒什么，均不符合語境，故選D。（11）句意：他們告訴我只要從自己的錯誤中有所收獲，在一些事情上失敗并不是什么大事。（10）句意：他們非常信任我，告訴我我可以成功地做任何事情。（9）句意：在老師和朋友們的幫助下，我已經(jīng)改變了許多。根據(jù)后半句 let them know how I feel， 可知應(yīng)該填想法，擔(dān)憂的事情。knew，知道；asked，問；studied，學(xué)習(xí)，研究，均不符合語境，故選C。（7）句意：我太在乎別人是怎么看我的。about，介詞，后接賓語從句，而賓語從句中缺少主語，所以用代詞what，什么，做賓語從句的主語。happy，快樂的；old，老的；clever，聰明的，故選A。（5）句意：我過去常常是一個安靜的、害羞的女孩，不想要展示自己的內(nèi)在自我。（4