Ⅵ.完形填空(15分)

When we talk about the universe,we 36 the earth,the sun,the moon and the stars,and the space   37 them.Scientists have always wanted to know more about the universe.

Years 38 they knew many things about the moon.They knew 39 it was and how far away it was from the earth. 40 they wanted to know more about it.They thought the best way was to send    41 to the moon.In 1969,two Americans landed on the moon.

The moon is about 384 000 kilometres away from the earth.A plane cannot fly to the moon because the air 42 only 240 kilometres away from the earth.But something can fly even when there is no 43 .That is a rocket(火箭).

44 does a rocket fly?There is gas(气体)in it.When the gas is made very 45 inside the rocket,it will rush out of the end of rocket,so it can make the rocket 46 the sky.

Rockets can fly far out into space.Rockets with people in them 47 the moon.Several rockets without people in them have 48 to another planet(行星)much farther away than the moon.One day rockets 49 be able to go to 50 place in space.

36.A.know                   B.mean

C.say                D.point

37.A.without              B.behind

C.between               D.over

38.A.before              B.after

C.later               D.ago

39.A.how long              B.how heavy

C.how wide              D.how big

40.A.So               B.Because

C.After               D.But

41.A.men               B.satellites

C.spaceships              D.news

42.A.gets               B.reaches

C.arrives               D.stays

43.A.air               B.space

C.cloud               D.smoke

44.A.Where              B.When

C.How               D.What

45.A.cook               B.cold

C.hot                D.warm

46.A.to run out of             B.run out of

C.to fly up into              D.fly up into

47.A.have been to              B.have gone to

C.have been in               D.have gone in

48.A.visited              B.flown

C.risen               D.fallen

49.A.can               B.may

C.need               D.would

50.A.any                B.some

C.a                 D.the

Ⅶ.阅读理解(20分)

A.阅读下面短文,选出可以完成句子或回答所提问题的最佳选项。

A

Happy Children’s Day!

Come and see the Indian elephants and the tigers from America.The bears are waiting to meet you,and the monkeys from Thailand are waiting to throw things at you.The lovely dogs from Austraila are waiting to laugh at you,and the giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on you.

Tickets：         Time：

Adults：￥60        June 1~June 2

Children：free         9：00a.m.~7：00p.m.

Keep the park clean!

Do not touch,give food or go near the animlas.

The safari park

51.How many kinds of animals are talked about in the poster(海报)?

A.4.           B.5.          C.6.            D.7.

52.Mr.and Mrs.Brown will take their twins aged 6 to the park.How much will the tickets be together?

A.￥60.           B.￥120.        C.￥180.              D.￥240.

53.Visitors can do the following things EXCEPT________.

A.giving some food to the tigers

B.watching the bears playing games

C.laughing at the dogs from Australia

D.taking some pictures

B

In the United States,headmasters and teachers discipline(惩罚)students in several ways.The teacher often writes to or calls the student’s parents.Sometimes students have to stay at school for one hour.If a student behavers(行为)very badly,the headmaster can stop the student having classes.The student can’t come to school for one,two or three days.Mr.Lazares,the headmaster of a middle school in Ohio,did not like to do so.When he didn’t let the students come to school,they were happy.“A three-day holiday!”They thought.

One day,a boy was in Mr.Lazares’s office.The boy was not behaving well in class.Mr.Lazares telephoned the boy’s parents.“If you come to school with your son,I won’t stop him having classes,”he said.The boy’s father came to school and went with his son to every class.Other students looked at the boy and his father.The boy was embarrassed(难为情).After that he behaved better.And of course other students behaved better,too.

Now headmasters all over the USA are trying Mr.Lazares’s idea.They,too,think that student behave better when parents come to school.

54.What does a headmaster usually do to the student if he behaves very badly?

A.Writes to the students’ parents.

B.Lets the student stay at school for an hour.

C.Calls the student’s parents.

D.Stops the student having classes for several days.

55.When a student wasn’t having classes for several days,he was________.

A.happy         B.angry         C.worried         D.afraid

56.What did Mr.Lazares do when his students were not behaving well in class?

A.Tried to talk to them.

B.Sent them home.

C.Telephoned their parents to come to school and go to classes with them.

D.Had them stay in his office.

57.Why did the other students behave better,too?

A.They didn’t like to have classes with the boy’s father.

B.They didn’t want their parents to come to school.

C.They were afraid of teachers.

D.They were afraid of Mr.Lazares.

B.阅读短文,根据短文内容,在其后的句子中填上恰当的词,每空一词。

Many,many years ago,there were great forests on the earth.The trees died.They fell down,lay on the ground and became covered with earth.The trees of the old forests lay under the ground.The trees lay there for thousands of years.After a long time the wood was changed.It  became black and hard.It became coal(煤).Coal is not only used for burning.It is also used for many other things.For example,we can get beautiful colour from coal.The matters to colour the walls of rooms are from coal.Coal is the most useful thing in the world.

58.Most of the earth was________with trees many________ago.

59.The________trees under the ground could be changed into________.

60.Coal is used for________and many other________.