A. Edison tried once to make the first light bulb.
B. Edison was a very popular student at school and loved by his teachers. C. The light bulb is not Edison's invention, but he is remembered for it. D. Edison preformed his first experiment when he grew up.
B
An Irish priest (牧师) loved going fishing. It was his favourite hobby. However, the weather was so bad this year that he didn't have a chance to go fishing. It was very strange that the weather was good every Sunday. But Sunday was the day when he had to go to work. The coming Sunday was good again according to the weather report, so he called another priest and told him that he lost his voice and was in bed with the fever. He asked him to take over his work.
The priest drove fifty miles to a river so that no one would find him. An angel in Heaven was keeping watch and saw what the priest was doing. He reported it to God. He thought God would do something about it.
With the first throw of us line, a huge fish bit down the fish food. For over an hour the priest was busy running up and down the river bank to fight the fish. In the end, he landed the large size fish. It was a world record — a Salmon (鲑鱼).
The angel did not know what was happening and asked God, “Why did you let him catch that huge fish? I thought you were going to teach him a lesson.\God replied, \
( ) 31. The priest didn't go fishing this year because of ______. A. his hobby B. the bad weather C. his illness D. his strict wife
( ) 32. What did the priest say to another priest on the phone when he wanted to
go fishing?
A. He was going fishing with his family.
B. He was in bed with the fever. C. he would go to see the doctor.
D. he would stay at home and do some housework.
( ) 33. Why did the priest drive fifty miles away to go fishing? A. Because there were more fish there. B. Because that was a quieter place. C. Because no one knew him there.
D. Because there were many people fishing there. ( ) 34. The underlined word \ A. won C. collected
B. dialed D. caught
( ) 35. God said he had taught the priest a lesson, because ______. A. the priest did not know how to take the huge fish home B. the priest was afraid to see such a huge fish C. the priest had understood he was wrong
D. the priest couldn't tell anyone else that he caught a huge fish
C
Some American Indians grew corn, sunflowers, beans, and pumpkins in their gardens. To prepare a garden, they first killed trees. Some Indians put a dead fish into the hole where they planted the corn in order to provide food for the corn plant. The Indians made little progress (进步) during the thousands of years before the Europeans came. One reason for this was that horses, cows, sheep, pigs, and chickens were not found in America. Without horses, the Indians had a hard time digging up the soil, and they could only get animal food by hunting. Another reason for their lack of progress was that they did not know how to use metals to make tools. Stones and flat bones do not make good tools.
Indian hunters would sometimes hunt for days without finding anything. They
learned to follow animal tracks (足迹). They learned to listen. In order to get close to their prey, the Indians had to move quietly. When they were close enough, they could shoot their arrows. Often, the prey got away.
The Mayas were Indians. They were much more civilized (文明的) than American Indians. The Mayas were great builders. They knew how to write down their words, and some of their books still exist.
( ) 36. The dead fish in the story was used to ______. A. kill trees
B. provide food for the corn plant C. frighten animals D. keep the corn fresh
( ) 37. What does the second paragraph tell us? A. Problems the Indians had. B. How poor the Indians were.
C. Reasons for the Indians' lack of progress. D. Indian farming and hunting.
( ) 38. The Indians made tools out of ______. A. metals B. glass
C. the bones of horses and cows D. stones and bones
( ) 39. The Indians moved quietly so that they ______. A. would get close to their prey B. would not leave some tracks C. could look at wild animals better D. could follow animal tracks ( ) 40. What's TRUE about the Mayas? A. They couldn't find animals. B. They came to Europe years ago.
C. They knew how to write down their words.
D. They were less civilized than American Indians.
D
Sammy looked out of the classroom window at a bird in a tree. He saw a worm (小虫) in the bird's mouth. \worm.
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Sammy jumped and knocked his science book off his desk. Everyone in the class laughed and Sammy blushed. This was the third time today he had been caught not paying attention to the science lesson. It was just so easy to get distracted (分心的) when people read aloud from the science textbook!
It wasn't that Sammy didn't like science. He loved to learn about machines, Earth and animals. He even thought bugs and plants were great. He wanted to go outside and see how a snake lived. He wanted to watch plants growing from the ground as they did last month. He just didn't want to read about these things.
Sammy thought Mr Maxwell would surely understand. \was a bird with a worm in its mouth ...\Sammy decided that he had better stop talking before Mr Maxwell became any angrier. ( ) 41. The bird was ______ when Sammy looked at it. A. eating B. flying C. falling D. thinking
( ) 42. Mr Max well was Sammy's ______. A. English teacher
B. science teacher C. uncle D. father
( ) 43. We can know from the fourth paragraph that ______. A. Sammy didn't like science
