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(I)、 Many men tried to fly like birds. They made wings for themselves, usually of feather and tried to fly (1)______ moving their arms as a bird (2)______ None of them was successful. A bird has a very light body but very strong wing muscles. A man on the contrary has a (3)______ body and not very strong arm muscles. A man will never fly like a bird. His muscles are not (4)______. He can only fly properly in a plane with an engine. There is a kind of plane that doesn't have an engine. It (5)______ a glider. It's pulled into the air, rather like (6)______ a kite. If there is a good wind, it can (7)______ into the air and sometimes cover long distances. Some men didn’t find sitting in a glider (8)______. They wanted to glide by (9)______ wings, like the "bird men" of old time. But the wings of the modern "bird men" were different. They were straight and strong. They weren’t (10)______ feathers.
1. A. by B. through C. with D. in
2. A. movesB. does C. has D. looks
3. A. strongB. light C. heavy D. big
4. A. strong enoughB. enough strong
C. light enough D. hard enough
5. A. is spoken B. is said C. is calledD. is named
6. A. flyB. flying C. to fly D. putting
7. A. rise B. raise C. runD. rush
8. A. so excitedB. too excited
C. exciting enough D. very excited
9. A. beingB. doing C. having onD. wearing
10. A. made from B. made intoC. made of D. make of
答案: ABCACBDADC
(II)、 Everybody talks about the weather in England and this is not (1)______. It (2)______ from minute to minute, so it's always interesting. Someone once said that other (3)______ have a climate, but England just has weather! Tom was amused by all this talk at first, but he gets used to it now.
Last week Tom really (4)______ why everyone is so concerned about the weather. You call never be certain what's going to happen. (5)______ it was spring, there was a very heavy snowfall. As usual, no one (6)______it. The pipes in many houses froze; trains (7)______ to run; cars got stuck: there were many accidents on the roads; lots of people slipped on the icy pavements (人行道) and got hurt. The weather forecast (预报) was very bad. Everyone complained (抱怨) "What terrible weather we (8)______! Haven't seen anything like it!" and so on. And then, suddenly, the sun (9)______ out, the snow melted (溶化) and it was spring (10)______.
1. A. amusingB. surprisingC. excitingD. interesting
2. A. goes B. becomesC. getsD. changes
3. A. countriesB. placesC. citiesD. continents
4. A. understood B. sawC. feltD. got
5. A. SinceB. ThoughC. BecauseD. For
6. A. expected B. thought C. knewD. touched
7. A. failedB. fellC. stopped D. began
8. A. see B. getC. haveD. like
9. A. roseB. cameC. disappearedD. appeared
10. A. tooB. as wellC. alsoD. again
答案: BDAAB AACBD
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