The Little Prince, written by Anoine de Saint-Exuper, tells the story of an unlikely friendship. The story is about prince from another planet who meets the book's' narrator(旁白者), pilot. The Little Prince is one of the most (75) _______read stories, as well as one of the world's most translated books. It can be read today in over 250 languages. It was voted the best book of the 20 century in France. The story of the book has been The Little prince produced in many different forms over the years. They (76) ________record radio and TV broadcasts, musicals plays, movies and more.
The book's French author wrote it in 1942 during World War II. This was two years after Germany invaded (侵略) Saint-Exupery's home country of France. Much of Europe had been (77) ________and it was a time of great sadness. The author himself once crashed his plane in the Sahara Desert. He later decided to set his famous story in the same (78) ________.Shortly after the story begins, the narrator crashed in the desert. He soon realized he only had enough water to last week. While working on his plane, he saw a golden-haired boy coming toward him. The narrator discovered that the child was an alien prince. The prince explained that he became (79) ________on his planet and decided to visit others and make friends. Over the next seven days the two went on to learn some precious lessons and understand the importance of friendship. Other roles in the story also stand for various people in today's society. Most people consider The Little Prince a children's book. (80) ________the great story has many important lessons for adults, too. The writer wove(编写) beautiful adventure story of friendship, love and duty. 75. A. exactly 76. A. include 77. A. arranged
B. widely
C. rarely C. invent C. destroyed C. exhibition
D. properly D. imagine D. observed D. location D. lonely D. On average
B. improve B. followed B. building B. calm B. After all
78. A. mountain 79. A. active 80. A. In fact
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C. honest C. For example
B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage(选择最恰当的选项完成短文)(12分)
Most of the boys want to be explorers, and the two brothers are among them. For Ollbie and Harry. life is an adventure. For the past several years, the brothers have been working to 75 a list of 500 challenges and experiences.
“The idea came about actually from the boys, \
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one day if they could come up with some cool things for us to do as a family. They 76 some impossible ideas firstly, like going on a trip to Mars, International Sausage Day and all kinds of 77 kids requests. They built the list to a hundred, then kept finding new things they wanted to go and try... until it got up to 500. \on the brothers' Facebook page .
So far, they have built an igloo(圆顶小屋), explored the wilderness, and sent their Lego men to the depths of the ocean and into outer space. Perhaps their biggest adventure is playing out right now on the high seas. Last year, Ollbie and Harry's\ from the Scottish coast. It sailed across the North Sea to Scandinavia. It then began a ride on a Norwegian boat and was launched again. _79 ,they had equipped the toy ship with a tracking device(跟踪器), It allowed the brothers to know every step of the sailing well. But the battery on the tracking device is becoming weak, so Harry and Ollbie hope a passing ship notice their boat and is able to recharge its battery, allowing the trip to continue.
‘I want it to go to Australia because that would be halfway around the world, and there's lots of beaches there. \Ollbie said.
\ 80 , Harry replied, \would be China because we all love China. \reach China.
75. A check B choose C complete D write 76. A heard B suggested C practised D managed 77. A strange B shy C useless D careful 78. A went out B carried out C turned out D set out 79 A However B As a result C In fact D For example 80. A impression B hesitation C conclusion D decision
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B. choose the best answer and complete the passage (选择最恰当的选项完成短文）：（12分）
“Hi John:\I hope you'll come. Here is the ticket. Don't forget!\I asked myself. Mary was not such a kind of girl. She was quite common one. I had never seen her wearing colorful clothes. In fact, she really did not know how to dress up. What a terrible thing \
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I arrived at the hall with the ticket, found my (76)________and sat down. Her performance was the seventh one. I knew I would have a (77)________time before her turn, for l had no sense of art, but her performance was worth watching, no matter how long I would wait. Time went (78)________. I tried my best not to fall asleep.
Just then, came the words, \large as possible, fearing to lose anything. Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary appeared. She (79)________with a sweet smile, looking like a pretty butterfly flying ...I could hardly believe my eyes.
After the performance was over, I waited for her at the gate. “Hi!” She stood in front of me with her crystal(水晶)shoes. \
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At that time, I realized that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella. 75. A) possible B) lucky C) funny 76. A) way B) room C) gate 77. A) wonderful B) short C) hard 78. A) quickly B) slowly C) safely 79. A) walked B) skated C) danced 80. A) I B) you C) she
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B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文)（12分）
The Digital Black Hole
Libraries around the world still hold copies of books printed hundreds of years ago. Will e-books still be read by us in hundreds of years' time ? Librarians are (75)_________ the fact that digital information and digital books are disappearing. Technology is always changing, and even now , we cannot get information typed in programs we used ten or fifteen years ago . Is digital data in danger of disappearing into a digital black hole?
Amazingly, we still have copies of the first collection of William Shakespeare's 36 plays(威廉·莎士比亚的36部戏剧）,The First Folio. That's not bad for a book that's nearly 500years old . The Folio was (76)_________ in 1623 . Around 800 copies were printed and 234 known copies still survive today.
Books are easy to store and we don't use any special equipment to read them. But what about the documents(文件）kept on your computer now? Will people be able to read them in800,500 or even 10 years' time? Documents we
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D) careful D) seat D) relaxing D) easily D) stood D) it
stored on discs(磁盘）ten or twenty years ago can't be (77)_________ on our 21st century laptops. What about all your digital photographs? Every second, thousands of them are uploaded to social media. What will happen to them? Will they be lost in a few years' time ?
Music is in danger of being lost, too. We have to think of new ways to store it. We must copy this music or find the best way of storing it for future generations.
When a website closes down, all the information on it is deleted. It's gone (78)_________ . It has disappeared into the ' digital black hole'. Organizations have understood this problem. In 2004, the British. Library started to keep important websites for future generations, just like paper-based literature. In the event of a digital black hole, it could all disappear. The only (79)_________ is to print it all out and keep physical copies.
With all the amazing new digital technology available to us today, we still have to rely on the centuries-old technology of printing. For now, printed copies are still the 80 way to store information. 75. A. surprised at B. satisfied with 76. A. translated
C. responsible for D. worried about
C. improved D. destroyed C. opened
D. ignored
B. published
B. expected
77. A. wasted 78. A. forever 79 A. contact 80. A. cheapest
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B. instead B. solution
C. nowadays D. again C. difficulty D. decision C. quickest
D. safest
B. newest
B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文): (12分)
When you imagine a new way of doing something and then find a way to do it, you are being creative. Generally, there are three steps to being creative. They are:
Step 1 Gaining knowledge and skills of how things are done
A solid knowledge and skills help you understand how to do something. Knowing when and how to apply this knowledge comes from studying how others have done things in the same situation. Think about learning to play the piano. In this step you learn how to read music and (75) the keys are on the piano. You also practice playing.
Step 2 Learning to (76) the way that people do those things
Practicing how others do something will bring what you have learned and the practice of it together. Repeating
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