四. 阅读理解　(本题20分，每小题1分)

A

In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business .But he was not a good artis .So he invented a very simple camera (照相机).He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of hia garden .That was the first photo.

The next important date in the history of photography (摄影术) was in 1837.That yeat ,Daguere,another Frenchman ,took a picture of his reading room .He used a new kind of camera in a differentway.In his picture you couild see exerything very clearly ,even the smallest thing.This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.

Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way .Travellers brought back wondeful photos from all around the world .people took picture of famous buildings,cities and mountains.

In about 1840, photography was developed .Then photographers could take picture of people and moving things .That was not simple .The photographers had to carry a lot of film and other machines.But this did not stop them ,for example,some in the United Ststes worked so hard.

Mathew Brady was a famous American photographers.He took many picture of gread people .The picture were unusual beause they were very lifelike(栩栩如生的)

Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century .Some photod were nor just cooies of the real world .They showed and feelings,like other kinds of art.

(      )1.The first photo taken by Niepce was a picturte of ____________

A.his business　　　B. his house　　　　　　C. his garden

(      ).2..The Daguerrotype was____________.

A. a Frenchman　　　　B. a kind of picture　　C. a kind of camera　　 (    ) 3.If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840j, he had to__________.

A. watch lots of films　　　　　　　B. buy an expensive camera

C. take many films and something else with him.

(    ) 4. Mathew Brady______________.

A.was very lifelike　B. was famous for his unusual pictures   C. was quite strong　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　(    ) 5.This passage tells us_____________.

A. how photography was developed　     B. how to show your ideas and feelings in pictures               C. how to take pictures in the world

答案：1-----5  C B C B A

B

Name  Personal  information

Mark Twain Born in 1835 in America

a great writer

Died in 1910

His novel: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(1876)

Mother Teresa Born in1910 in Yogoslavia

A nun

Died in 1997

Opened the first Home for the dying (1952)

Won the Noble Peace Prize(1979)

Marco Plolo Born in 1254 in Italia

A traveler

Died in 1324

Wrote a book about China

Noman Bethune Born in 1890 inCanada

A doctor

Died in 1939 in China

Came to in 1938

根据表格所提共的信息选择最佳答案

(     ) 1.________was from the USA.

A. Marco Polo       B. Mother Teresa     C. Mark Twain

(     ) 2. Dr Bethune worked in China for about _________ year(s)

A. one              B. two               C.  three

(     ) 3. Marco Polo died at the age of ________.

A. sixty—nine       B. seventy             C. sixty

(     ) 4.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was written when he was ________.

A.  35             B. 31                 C. 41

(     ) 5. We should follow _________ example to help the poor people.

A. Twain’s          B. teresa’s             C. Bethune’s

答案   1——5  C A B C B

C

Miss Grey lived in a small house. She was old and did not like noise at all, so she was very pleased when her noisy neighbor moved out. A young man moved in and Miss Grey thought the man seemed to be quiet.

But at three o’clock the next morning, the noise of a dog woke her up. She thought she had never heard a dog there before. It must be the young man’s dog. So she telephoned the young man, said something bad about the dog and then hung up the telephone before he could answer. Nothing more happened until three o’clock the next morning. Then Miss Grey’s telephone rang, and when she answered, a voice said, “You telephoned me twenty-four hours ago. Now I’ve rung you up to say that I haven’t a dog.”

根据短文的内容判断下列句子的正误，正确的用“A”表示，错误的用“B”表示。

(     ) 1. Miss Grey felt sorry when her noisy neighbour moved out.

(     ) 2. Miss Grey’s new neighbour was as noisy as the old one.

(     ) 3. Some noise woke her up in the early morning.

(     ) 4. She thought the new neighbour had brought a dog with him.

(     ) 5. The young man rang up Miss Grey in the early morning, because he wanted tto punish(惩罚) her.

答案　B B A A A

D

Huaihua Foreign Language School

Lin Nan, Teacher of English

Yingfeng Street, Huaihua, China

Tel:0745-2709348  Fax:0745-2709756

E-mail: Linan@21cn.com

Bp:1240822018Zip code:418000 Daqing Children’s Hospital

Liu Hong, Doctor

12 Xingling Road, Changchun, Jilin 130027

Tel:0431-5645972

13704358529(mobile)

Fax:0431-5768904 E-mail:cclh@163.com

Red Star Farm

Zhang Hui, Farmer

Shangping Village, Zhejiang, 419100

Tel: 0745-6826194

13973098479(mobile)

Bp:1270803706

Tiantai Taxi Company

Yang Jun, Driver

235St. Tongzhi, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 31007

Tel:0571-7038385 Fax:0571-7065834

E-mail:hzyi@163.com Bp:1992301636

(     ) 1. We can learn English from ______.

A. Li Nan B. Zhang Hui  C. Liu Hong

(     ) 2. You may telephone ______ for help if your grandmother is ill.

A. Yang Jun B. Zhang Hui     C. Liu Hong