【正文】 would control an arm on the outside, became the first windshield wiper. Today we benefit from(受益于) countless inventions. Can you imagine driving without Garrett A. Morgan’s traffic light?34. By talking about “traffic light” and “windshield wiper”, the writer wants to say that countless inventions are __________________.A. advantageous, because their inventors are famousB. advantageous, though their inventors are less famousC. not useful, because their inventors are less famousD. not useful, though their inventors are famous35. Professor Joan McLean’s course aims to __________________.A. add colour and variety to students’ school lifeB. inform students of the windshield wiper’s inventionC. carry out the requirements by Mountain UniversityD. prepare students to try their own invention36. The passage leads us to believe Tommy Lee’s invention of the unbreakable umbrella was __________________. A. not finally accepted by the umbrella producer B. inspired by(受啟發(fā)) the story behind the windshield wiper C. because of his dream of being caught in a rainstorm D. not connected with Professor Joan McLean’s course37. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage? A. How to Help Students to Sell Their Inventions to Producers? B. How to Design a Builtin Device for Cleaning the Window? C. Shouldn’t We Know Who Invented the Windshield Wiper? D. Shouldn’t We Develop Invention Courses in Universities?第二卷（主觀題 共40分）四、詞匯運(yùn)用 (本大題共8分，每小題1分)(A) 根據(jù)句意和漢語注釋，寫出所給單詞的正確形式。1. He was too (急躁的) to listen to what I said. 2. Jim (立即) rushed out of the classroom as soon as the bell rang. 3. Do you know who was the first person to (證明) the earth is round? 4. Over 40 new books are on (減價(jià)) at 25 per cent off their normal price. （B）根據(jù)句意, 用括號(hào)內(nèi)所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。5. He was a big man in his (forty), smartly dressed in a suit and tie.6. The wallet is one of the (postman) there, he has been looking for it the whole morning.7. We need a further (discuss) to decide whether to order a new washing machine. 8. After lying in bed for three hours, I felt even (sleepy). 五、動(dòng)詞填空 用括號(hào)內(nèi)所給動(dòng)詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。(本大題共8分，每小題1分)1. The Greens (collect) more than 1000 old clocks and watches in the past 5 years. 2. The man (look) relaxed as he sat in the chair watching TV.3. Zhang Wei sent me an the day before yesterday. He (not reply) to mine for nearly 2 months. 4. If Steve finishes the job in time, he ____________ (allow) to have a twoweek off.5. Listen! How beautiful the song “You and me” (sound)! Are you familiar with it? 6.—Did you notice anybody enter the building just now? —Sorry, I (cut) down the tree in the garden.7. I think this is the very work that we must finish (help) her. 8. The news said that the scientists (pare) it with the first cloned sheep the next day.六、短文填空 先通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容和所給首字母， 在空格內(nèi)填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使短文意思完整。所填單詞在答題卷上 必須完整寫出。 (本大題共5分，) There are four people in my family. Every day my parents are very busy t 1 to make money in order to pay the high tuition(學(xué)費(fèi)）for my brother and me. They h 2 say “I love you” or send flowers to each other. Besides, my father has a bad temper(脾氣). It is easy for him to l 3 his temper when he’s very tired from the hard work. I didn’t know whether there was love between them u 4 one spring. At that time, my father suddenly got badly sick. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very w 5 as if both of them had a serious illness. After they were back, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road every day in the morning and dusk(黃昏). H 6 , after two months my father still