完形填空。     Thomas Edison wore __1__ caps during his life, __2__ thinking caps, the caps of many famous schools
and colleges. But the most important cap was his thinking cap. It had saved his mother"s __3__. One day
when he was a boy his mother fell ill. The doctor wanted __4__ her an operation (手术). But the light in
the room was not bright. Edison quickly __5__ his thinking cap and he found a way __6__ his mother.
Edison was good at __7__ his hands and his head. He was the most interested __8__ electricity. We can
see his __9__ everywhere because they are very common. They were __10__ by Edison"s thinking cap.

(     )1. A. much     (     )2. A. as     (     )3. A. living   (     )4. A. give   (     )5. A. take off (     )6. A. save    (     )7. A. use    (     )8. A. at       (     )9. A. inventors (     )10. A. inventing	B. many B. for   B. life     B. to give B. put off B. to save B. make   B. of   B. invent B. invented	C. a lot   C. such as   C. lives   C. to gave   C. put down C. saving   C. using C. in C. invents C. made	D. lot of     D. was like   D. alive       D. give       D. put on     D. saved       D. making     D. on         D. inventions D. making
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阅读填空。根据短文内容及单词首字母提示补全短文。
Many people think that twins are the  s  1    but they are not ! Ali and Ahmet are t  2    brothers. They  look the same in some w   3   . But in other ways they are very d   4    .    Ali and Ahmet  are athletic.Ali and Ahmet b   5   like soccer.    but Ali  plays  every  day and  Ahmet  plays   o  6    on weekends.Ahmet likes w  7     soccer games on TV but Ali likes to play soccer,  not to  watch only. Ali Ahmet are both f   8   and funny, but Ahmet is a little m  9     outgoing than Ali.    Ahmet is  also a little more serious about his homework,Ali and Ahmet are very p  10    at school.   And they  both have a lot of friends.
1._____2._____ 3._____ 4._____5._____ 6._____ 7._____ 8._____9._____10._____
阅读短文,回答问题。
Sandwich is an Englishman. He lives in the 18th century. Sandwich is rich, but he likes to played cards for money. He often play for 24 hours, and doesn"t even stop to have his meals. He orders his servants to bring him some meat and bread. He puts the meat between the two pieces of bread and holds the food in his left hand while he play cards with his right hand. People like Sandwich"d idea, and from then on they eat bread and meat as Sandwich does.       From the name of the man, Sandwich, we have the word of the food"sandwich"today.
1．Which country does Sandwich live in?    __________________________________________________________________________ 2．What does Sandwich like to do?    __________________________________________________________________________ 3．Why does Sandwich let others bring him something to eat?    __________________________________________________________________________ 4．How does Sandwich eat bread and meat when he plays cards?    __________________________________________________________________________ 5．Can you say something about the food "sandwich"?    __________________________________________________________________________
用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空(必要时加助动词或情态动词)。
She has never learned any new words by heart but has a vocabulary of more than 10,000 words. She(1)         (begin)to learn English when she was five and a half. And the most surprising thing is that she(2)       (pass)CET-4(英语四级考试)before she graduated from her primary school. Her name is Liu Yinong, a 13-year-old Junior One student in the High School Affiliated to Rennin University of China(人大附中).      Liu(3)      (ask) to learn English by her mother at the very beginning. Her big success results from her good learning habits. Since long ago, Liu(4)    (have)the habit of practicing her English listening in the morning and evening. She usually(5)     (listen) to VAO, BBC, and New Concept English(新概 念英语). As for her spoken English, she keeps on(6)      (practice)it every Friday at the English Corner. Liu said, "It"s important(7)       (carry)on practicing while learning a foreign language." Now you can understand why she is so good at English.      Now, little Yinong(8)       (get)ready for entering Harvard University(哈佛大学). She plans to learn French and German during her middle school. Then she(9)      (choose) to study another l anguage(10)       (speak)by smaller group of people. She decides to master(掌握)five languages before studying in Harvard University.      "My final goal is to be the Secretary-General of the UN(联合国秘书长). I will make a good preparation for entering the UN,"she said.
阅读理解。
Thomas Edison was a famous American scientist. He was born in 1847. When he was a child, he liked   to find out how things worked. He was in school for only three months. He asked his teacher a lot of   strange questions, Most of them had nothing to do with his lessons. The teacher thought the boy was  not bright and was not worth (值) teaching. When he told this to Edison"s mother, she took her son out of   school. As she had been a teacher, she taught him herself. The boy read a lot. Soon he became very   interested in science. At the age of ten, Edison had already built a chemistry lab (实验室) for himself.  Ever since then, he never stopped searching (探索) for new and better ways to do things.
1. Edison was born in the _____  century ( 世纪).
A. eighteenth         B. nineteenth       C. nineteen           D. eighteen
2. While he was in school, Edison _____  .
A. studied his lesson very hard       B. was often late for school     C. liked to ask questions           D. was not bright and enough to study
3. Edison learned more from _____  .
A. his mother         B. his teacher       C. other boys         D. his father
4. Young Edison was interested in _____  .
A. sports         B. playing games       C. making trouble       D. science
5. He was always searching for new and better ways to do things after he _____  .
A. read books                         B. finished school       C. built a lab                         D. was taken out of school
阅读理解。
The 26-year-old, Sui Feifei, shines in basketball games. But it is her pretty face that catches her most attention (注意). She is known as "beauty" on the basketball court (篮球场).      Sui Feifei has been on China"s women basketball team for many years, but now, she will have a new life: Playing in the WNBA (美国女子职业篮球联赛) for Sacrammento Monarchs (萨克拉门托君主队) in the US.      It"s the first time for Sui to  work  and  live  abroad. She  said she is  ready  for the challenges (挑战) ahead. She shows great confidence, and this comes mostly from her good spoken English!      When she went to get her visa (签证), she talked happily with the officer there, and even gave the officer a lesson in basketball in English!      "My best point is that I enjoy speaking-I"m never afraid to open my mouth!" She said.      Sui is outgoing. She likes speaking to any foreigner.      Off the court, Sui is a good writer. Her love of writing comes from having read widely, even kungfu stories!      Sui  writes  for  many  newspapers, but  she also  enjoys  keeping  diaries.  She  feels free to put her thoughts down on a piece of paper!      Sui looks nice but she doesn"t want to be like just for her beauty. "As for me, the courage (勇气)and wisdom you see on court shows the real beauty, not a pretty face." She once said.
1. Sui Feifei is one of the best basketball players in______.
A. England   B. China   C. Sacramento Monarchs
2. Many people know Sui Feifei because she____.
A. is not only good at basketball but also beautiful B. is the only Chinese girl playing in the WNBA in the USA C. is the most beautiful girl in China
3. The underlined word "confidence" in the third paragraph means "____"in Chinese.
A.智慧       B.勇气         C.自信
4. Sui can speak English quite well because she____.
A. often goes aboard   B. learned it hard at school C. practices it very often
5. Which of the three is TRUE?
A. Sui wants people to notice her pretty face on the basketball court B. In her spare time, Sui enjoys reading and writing. C. When she is free, Sui likes to write what she thinks on paper