第1题
【B1】
A.fell
B.felt
C.feel
D.fall
第2题
56. A. fell B. felt C. feel D. Fall
第3题
Hercules
Once upon a time there was a great Greek hero, Hercules. He was taller and stronger than anyone you have ever seen. On his shoulder he carried a club and in his hand he held a bow (弓). He was known as the hero of a hundred adventures.
Hercules served a king. The king was afraid of him. So again and again he sent him on difficult tasks. One morning the king sent for him and told him to fetch three golden apples for him from the garden of the Singing Maidens(歌女). But no one knew where the garden was.
So Hercules went away. He walked the whole day and the next day and the next. He walked for months before he saw mountains far in the distance one fine morning. One of the mountains was in the shape of a man with long, long legs and arms and huge shoulders and a huge head. He was holding up the sky. Hercules knew it was Atlas, the Mountain God. So he asked him for help.
Atlas answered, "My head and arms and shoulders all ache. Could you hold up the sky while I fetch the golden apples for you?"
Hercules climbed the mountain and shouldered the sky. Soon the sky grew very heavy. When finally Atlas came back with three golden apples, he said, "Well, you are going to carry the mountain for ever. I'm going to see the king with the apples.' Hercules knew that he couldn't fight him because of the sky on his back. So he shouted: "Just one minute's help. My shoulders are hurting. Hold the sky for a minute while I make a cushion(垫子) for my shoulders."
Atlas believed him. He threw down the apples and held up the sky.
Hercules picked up the apples and ran back to see the king.
Hercules was the tallest man in the world.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
第4题
The division into two parties grew out the establishment of a Protestant Church of England in the 16th century. Because of a purely religious difference of opinion, the Puritans were separated from the broad body of the Anglican Church. The non Puritan Anglicans were on the side of the King and Church, and their supporters were called by their opponents “Tories.”The Puritans were for Parliament and trade, and their supporters were called by the “Tories”“Whigs”. The Tories and the Whigs were in power by turns for a long time. In 1833,the Tory party split into two and its name was changed to Conservative. In the 1860s the Whigs became Liberals. From that time on, the Liberals and the Conservatives were in office by turns until 1922.The policies they put into effect were sometimes different, but they were both controlled by the rich.
The working class became more and more unwilling to follow the Conservatives and the Liberals. They wanted to have their own party. So the Labor party was formed by the trade unions. After 1922 the Labor Party gradually replaced the Liberal Party to become one of the two major parties in Great Britain.
C-25.What does “it” stand for in Para 1 with underline?
A、The two party system.
B、The state machine.
C、The Parliament.
D、The capitalist state.
C-26. We can learn from what P.S Tregidgo once said that ____.
A、if there are parties in Britain, none of them will be strong enough to have control in the government
B、the more patients there are, the more likely it is that they will have the decisive say in the government
C、the two party systems contributes to the establishment of a powerful and long lasting government
D、if there are only two parties in Britain, it will be easy for the government to control them
C-27. What can we infer from the forming of the Tory Party and the Whig Party?
A、These two parties originally believed in different religions.
B、These two parties were established under the influence of different religious believes.
C、The British King and the Parliament supported different religions because they were for the two party system.
D、The British King and the Parliament were supported by different parties for political reasons.
第5题
Once the French ambassador (大使 ) in Rome was giving a ball (舞会 ) to which many important people were invited. The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs(外交部长 ) came very late. A young lady, who was well acquainted with him, saw him enter the ball-room(舞厅 ) and asked why he was so late.
“You see,” said the Minister, “there has been a little accident at the King’s palace.”
The curious young lady asked the Minister to tell her what had happened at the King’s palace.
“Oh, nothing important,” answered the Minister. “The ambassador of Brail (巴西 ), who was to be presented to the King, forgot to take his credentials(外交使节所递的国书 ) with him and was obliged to go back to his hotel to bring them. If he had left them in Brail we should have had to wait at least six months for them.”
“Is Brail so far from Rome ?” asked the lady, who knew very little geography.
“It is in the New World ,” said the Minister.
“In the New World ?” repeated the lady in great astonishment.
“Yes, in the New World,” answered the Minister in a sarcastic(讽刺的 ) tone, “which was discovered by Christopher Columbus(哥伦布 ).”
When the young lady heard this, she rushed into the middle of the ball-room and shouted as loud as she could:
“Ladies and gentlemen, have you heard the latest news? A new world has just been discovered by a certain Christopher Columbus.”
6.The Italian foreign minister came to the hall very late because _______.
a. someone was hurt in the King’s palace
b.he had had something to do at home
c. he was reluctant to come to the hall
d. he was delayed by a little accident
7. What happened at the King’s palace?
a. The ambassador left his credentials in Brail.
b. The King was late; the Brazilian ambassador had to wait for him.
c. For some reason the ambassador had to go back to Brail.
d. The Brazilian ambassador forgot to take his credentials with him.
8. Where did the ambassador leave his credentials?
a. In his office
b. In Rome
c. In the hotel
d. In Brail
9. The reason why the young lady shouted her announcement was that ________.
a. she was the hostess of the ball
b. she was well acquainted with the Minister
c. she had never heard about Columbus
d. she wanted to broadcast the surprising news
10. Her announcement showed she was ____________.
a. clever
b. thoughtless
c. knowledgeable
d. Ignorant
第6题
" Once upon a time there was a certain King who feared famine. So he ordered his men to build an enormous storehouse, which he filled with corn. Then, when it was up, made water-proof and fire-proof, the King felt happy. But one day he noticed a small hole in the roof and as he looked at it, a locust came out with a grain of corn. A minute later, another locust came out with another grain of corn. Then a third locust with another grain of corn. Then a fourth locust, flying at great speed, pushed through the hole and came out with two grains of corn. Then a fifth locust came and. . . "
"Stop, " shouted the Prince. "I can't, " answered the young man. "I must go on until I tell you what happened to each grain of the corn. " "But that will go on forever. " The Prince protested. "Exactly, " the young man replied, and he smiled as he turned towards the Prince's beautiful young daughter.
The Prince always felt regretted about story because______.
A.he had too much wealth
B.there was a terrible famine
C.all stories have ends
D.there was no story-teller
第7题
Passage Four
Dressing fashionably was very important in fourteenth-century Spain. This was especially true for any man who considered himself an aristocrat or dandy. Before going out, a well-dressed man would put on his finest boots, one of his embroidered caps and his favorite beard, dyed to match the color of his clothing.
Believe it or not, false beards were once as popular as neckties are today. Beards had for years considered a sign of strength and manhood, and the bigger and thicker they were, the better. Those unfortunates who had little facial hair were forced by custom into wearing false beards made of horsehair. Soon, however man in the Spanish fashion world was wearing them too, while many quite substantial real beards were shaved off to make way for the false variety.
By day, the fashionable dandy might wear a yellow or a crimson beard to impress his friends, but in the evening a long black beard was proper for serenading his senorita, Any color or shape of beard could be had.
However, as you can imagine, the growth of this unusual custom created many interesting problems. People with similar beards were mistaken for one another. Creditors could not find debtors, and police often arrested the wrong people, while the real villain escaped wearing their hairy disguises. The price of horsehair skyrocketed. Finally, King Philip IV of Aragon put a stop to all the foolishness by outlawing the wearing of false beards.
46. What is the passage mostly concerned with?
A. The size of beards.
B. The color of beards.
C. Varieties of false beards.
D. The custom of wearing false beards.
第8题
The division into two parties grew out of the establishment of a Protestant Church of England in the 16th century. Because of a purely religious difference of opinion, the Puritans were separated from the broad body of the Anglican Church. The Puritan Anglicans were on the side of the King and Church, and their supporters were called by their opponents "Tories". The Puritans were for Parliament and trade, and their supporters were called by the "Tories" "Whigs". The Tories and the Whigs were in power by turns for a long time. In 1833, the Tory party split into two and its name was changed to Conservative. In the 1860s the Whigs became Liberals. From that time on, the Liberals and the Conservatives were in office by turns until 1922. The policies they put into effect were sometimes different, but they were both controlled by the rich.
The working class became more and more unwilling to follow the Conservatives and the Liberals. They wanted to have their own party. So the Labour party was formed by the trade unions. After 1922 the Labour Party gradually replaced the Liberal Party to become one of the two major parties in Great Britain.
What does "it" stand for in the fourth line?
A.The two party system.
B.The state machine.
C.The Partiament.
D.The capitalist state.