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1、精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 1 Before the print was brought to England in 1476, everything was written by hand. The few people who knew how to write were trained in schools set up by the church. Those who made a living by writing for other people were called scribes誊写员 ； The work of scribes was not easy

2、. Much of it had to be done fast in order to meet the needs of the King. the church and traders. Most of the writing was in Latin拉丁 ,but some of it was in the English of the day. And no one was quite sure how some English words should be spelled. One problem was that several letters were written wit

3、h short vertical strok （竖笔） that all looked like each other. Among them were the letters , i, u, v, m and n, Thus .five straight lines in a row might stand for uni nui uvi or mii. As a result .reading was sometimes difficult, especially when the writing was done in a hurry. The scribes solved解决the p

4、roblem in part, by changing the letter u to o when it came before m. n or v. This is how sum and cum came lo be written as some and come. At some point, too, the scribes seemed to have decided that no English word should be ended by u or v. Thus, in time an e was added to such words as live, have, d

5、ue and true. It was added, but not pronounced. 36. Which of the following is true according to the passage. A. Everything has been written by hand in English since 1476. B. More than 500 years ago no people made a living by writing for other people. C. The church set up schools to train scribes befo

6、re 1476. D. Scribes in England worked only for kings and traders. 37. Which of the following is false. A. Often the scribes had to work with great speed. B. The spelling of some English words was changed. D. Some scribes of the day were quite sure about the spelling of many English words. 38. Someti

7、mes people couldnt read easily_. A. because there were too many us and v s in sonic English words B. because most of the writing was in Latin C. when the writing was in English D. When tile writing was done hurriedly 39. The scribes changed u before m to o because A. the change helped them write fas

8、ter B. the change made reading easier C. um and om had the same pronunciation D. om was the right order 40. It is believed that some scribes thought A. it important to add an e to every English word B. the letter e at the end of any word shouldnt be pronounced C. it natural to change the spelling of

9、 sonic Latin words D. an English word should be ended neither by n nor by v I Mans First real inventions, and one of the most important inventions in history, was the wheel. All transportation and machine in the world depend on it. The wheel is the simplest yet but perhaps the most remarkable 值得留意的

10、of all inventions. Because there are no wheels in natureno living thing was ever created with wheels. How, then, did man come to invent the wheel. Perhaps some early hunters found that they could roll the carcass 尸体 of a heavy animal through the 1 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 1 页,共 9 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - -

11、- - forest on log more easily than they could carry it. However, the logs themselves weighed a lot. It must have taken a great prehistoric 史前的 thinker to imagine two thin slices 薄片 of log connected at their centers by a strong stick, this would roll along just as the logs did and axle came into bein

12、g, and with them the first carts. 41. The wheel is important because _. it was mans first real invention B. all transportation depends on it C. every machine depends on it D. both B and C 42. The wheel is called _. A. simple B. complicated C. strange D. unusual 43. It was remarkable of man to invent

13、 the wheel because _. it led to many other inventions man had no use for it then C. there were no wheels in nature D. all of the above 44. The wheel was probably invented by _. A. a group of early hunters B. the first men on earth a great prehistoric thinker D. the man who made the first cart 45. Th

14、is selection says that the first wheel may have been a _. A. ground piece of stone B. heavy log C. piece of mental D. slice of log J In 1865 the famous French author Jules Verne wrote two books. One was entitled From the Earth to The Moon and the other was entitled Around The Moon. In these books Ju

15、les Verne described man landing on the moon. In 1969 man actually did land on the moon. Many of the details of the real moon landing had been described with amazing accuracy in Jules Verne s books. For example, Jules Vernes spaceship initial of 36,000 feet per second. Apollo 11s initial speed was 35

16、,533 feet per second. Last, Jules Verne spaceship took 87 hours, 13 minutes, and 20 seconds to reach the moon. Apollo 11 took 103 hours and 3 minutes. The door of Apollo 11 opened at exactly 10:56 p.m. on July 20, 1969, and a man stepped out onto the surface of the moon. Jules Verne had predicted it

17、 with great accuracy over hundred and four years earlier. 46. What Verne described in “ From the Earth to the Moon” is similar to the 1969 Apollo 11 landing on moon in _ ways. A. three B. four C. two D. five 47. The underlined word “ entitled” refers to _.A. made B. created C. named D. given a right

18、 K If you go to Brisbane, Australia, you can easily get a small book called Discover Brisbane free. The book tells you almost everything in Brisbane: the restaurants, the shops, the cinemas, the streets, the buses, the trains, the banks, etc. Here is something about banks on page 49: ANZ Banking Gro

19、up Cnr. Greek & Queen Sts-228 3228 Bank of New Zealand 410 Queen Street- -221 0411 Bank of Queensland 229 Elizabeth Street-229 3122 Commonwealth Banking Group 2 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 2 页,共 9 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 240 Queen Street-237 3111 National Australia Bank Ltd 225 Adelaide Street-221 6422

20、Westpac Banking Corp 260 Queen Street-227 2666 Banking hours are Mon.-Thu. 9:30 am to 4pm. Fri. 9:30 am to 5 pm. All banks close Sat. Sun. & Public Holidays. Australia has a decimal currency（十进币制） with 100 cents to the dollar. Notes available are $100, $50, $20, $10, $5 Gold Coins are $2 & $1 Silver

21、 coins are: 50, 20, 10 & 5 cent Copper coins are: 2 & 1 cent 48. You can find ANZ Banking Group on _. A. Queen Street B. Elizabeth Street C. the corner of Greek Street and Queen Street D. the corner of Queen Street and Elizabeth Street 49. _ seems to be the most important street in Brisbane. Greek S

22、treet B. Elizabeth Street C. Queen Street D. Adelaide Street 50. On Saturdays, you can go to _ to put your money in or take your money out. A. ANZ Banking Group B. Bank of Queensland C. National Australia Bank Ltd D. no bank 51. In Australia, the banks have their longest service hours on _. A. publi

23、c holidays B. Sundays C. Saturdays D. Fridays L Who is there among us who hasnt dreamed of having his or her own small maybe, several years later, evebig business, and having wonderful freedom, both from a boss and from the time clock: the freedom to make up our own rules for our work, and our own p

24、lanes - arranging our own hours of work. That way work would be both painless and fun. Or, so we imagine. Well, in fact it isnt quite as simple as that. Yes, it is true that being the boss has its satisfactions and that ycan arrange your working hours freely if you own your own small business. But i

25、n those early years of starting your own business, you shouldn think of a free day, not to mention flying off for a months vacation. It is not unusual for new business owners to work seventy or eighty hours a week, and if there is a day off, that day might need to be devoted to accounting. But this

26、negative picture doesnt destroy the beautiful hopes. The possibility of getting something wonderful in return - both material and mental - continues to drive that large number of people who start up small businesses each year in the United States. 52. From the first paragraph, we know that everybody

27、 hopes _. A. to rule others B. to be his or her own boss C. to get a time work D. to be free from work 53. Most new business owners have to _. A. work more than 10 hours a day B. devote himself to accounting C. fly to some places in the world D. have a day off in a week “ _” . 54. The expression “ n

28、egative picture” most probably means A. a terrible experience B. a poor picture C. limited freedom D. unpleasant situations 3 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 3 页,共 9 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 55. The beautiful hopes will never be destroyed because _. A. people love beautiful things by nature B. people have a

29、strong desire to seek personal gains C. small businesses make big money each year in the US D. small businesses have advantages over big companies M Giving backing Fair Way The Westborough High School golf team had taken the official photos with the state prize. The other teams, disappointed, were o

30、n the bus heading home. And then Westborough instructor Greg Rota noticed something wrong on one of the score cards. A 9 had been recorded as a 7. They were not the state prize winner; Wobum High had won. “ No one would have known, ” said Wobums instructor, Bob Doran. For Rota, it wasnt difficult de

31、cision: “ The prize wasnt ours to take.”Coin Stars “ College students are lazy, but they also want to help,” says University of Pennsylvania graduSo she made it easy, placing cups in rooms where students could leave their spare coins, and handing out cups to first-year students to keep in their room

32、s. Her “ Change for Change” effort has collected charities慈善机构 , which were decided upon by students. Never Forgotten A school in Massachusetts received a $9.5 million check from Jacques LeBermuth. But it took officials several days of digging to discover his connection to the school. Records showed

33、 the on hard times, he was offered free room and board. LeBermuth became a trader, owned shares of AT&T and lived off the earnings until he died, at age 89. 56. What did Greg Rota probably do in the end. A. Took photos of Doran B. Had meeting with Doran C. Returned the prize to the organizer D. Apol

34、ogized to Wobum High school 57. Greg Rotas decision shows that he was _.A. honest B. polite C. careful D. friendly 58. The underlined word “ change” in the second paragraph means _.A. Idea B. Decision C. Cups D. Coins 59 What did the school officials do after receiving the check from Mr. LeBermuth.

35、A. They tried to find out why he gave them the money. B. They went to Belgium to pay their respects to him. C. They dug out the records that were buried underground. D. They decided to offer their students free room and board. 60. Jacques LeBermuth gave the money to the school because _. A. the scho

36、ol asked for it B. He had no need for that much money C. the school had helped him in the past D. He wanted to be remembered by the students N New York, September 15. During a heavy rainfall last night a bus carrying 42 passengers slipped off the road on Highway 28, killing 36 of the passengers and

37、the driver. A spokesman for the Highway Patrol 巡逻队 which arrived at the scene shortly after 11:30 p. m. estimated 估量 that the accident had happened about half an hour before. The injured and the dead were sent to the nearest town of Valley View. At the point where the accident happened the road has

38、a three-lane 三条行车线 highway with many curves 4 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 4 页,共 9 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 弯道. Cause of the accident has not been fully found out. 61In consideration of what caused the accident, one should pay attention to _. Athe careless driver Bthe nearest town of Valley View CHighway

39、28 Dthe road with many curves 62It was very likely that the accident happened _. Aafter 11: 30 p. m. Bin the city of New York Cat or about 11: 00 p. m. Din the town of Valley View 63How many people died in the accident. A37 B36 C43 D42 O The United States is a large country. From the East Coast to t

40、he West Coast it is about 3, 000 miles wide. The Atlantic Ocean is on the East Coast and the Pacific Ocean is on the West Coast. Canada is the country to the north of the United States and Mexico is the country to the south. There are many rivers in the United States. The most important ones are the

41、 Mississippi River and the Missouri River in the central part of the country, and the Colorado and Columbia River in west. There are 50 states in the United States today. The American people are of almost every race in the world. This is because of immigrations from abroad throughout American histor

42、y. The population is now over two hundred million. English is the common language. The largest city in the United States is New York. It is on New York Bay and at the mouth of the Hudson River. 64. It is about 3, 000 miles wide _. A. from Canada to Mexico B. from the East Coast to the West Coast C.

43、from the Atlantic Ocean to the East Coast D. from the Pacific Ocean to Canada 65. “ The American people are of almost every race in the world,” means _.A. the American people include nearly all the races of the world B. there are several main races in the United States C. the American people are mad

44、e up of the white and the black people D. the American people consist of only one race 66. What do you know about New York. A. It is the capital of the United States. B. It is in the central part of the country. C. It is the largest city in the United States. D. It is at the mouth of the Missouri Ri

45、ver. 67. New York is _. A. in the central part of the U. S. B. on the West Coast C. at the mouth of the Mississippi River D. at the mouth of the Hudson River 68. Which of the following pictures shows the right positions of Canada and Mexico. C= Canada M Mexico P In the United States, it is not usual

46、 to telephone someone early in the morning. If you telephone early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. So it is with the telephone calls made after 11:00 pm. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he may think that its a matter of