It was a cold winter night when the police officer Lee and the detective Smith were walking back to the police station. They saw a robber ____ an old woman on the road. Lee and Smith ran over to the robber immediately.

The robber saw them and ran away as ____ as he could. Lee and Smith followed him for a long distance______the robber rushed into an underground station. Lee and Smith ran into the station and ______to find him. It was quite dark outside that night, so they couldn't _____the robber clearly. But they remembered _____ his body shape was like.

When they went in, they saw six men in the station._____of them had the similar build as the robber. Lee looked at them_______, one by one.

The first man was quarreling with______ underground station worker. He seemed to be very upset. The second one was watching the light   ____ the first man and the worker. It seemed he was quite worried about them.

The third one was quietly reading a newspaper. His face ____ behind the newspaper.

The fourth one was running to warm ____ up, as it was cold in the station.

The fifth one was waiting for the underground. He looked at his watch _____ times. He seemed to be in a hurry.

The sixth man______was in a big coat was sitting on a bench and shivering.

Lee finally found out which one the robber was. He whispered to Smith, ^“,Look! The robber wanted   ____ up his panting （气喘吁吁）by doing this."

1.

A．attacks

B．was attack

C．attacking

D．to attack

2.

A．fast

B．faster

C．much faster

D．the fastest

3.

A．when

B．until

C．if

D．because

4.

A．try

B．tried

C．trying

D．tries

5.

A．see

B．sees

C．saw

D．seeing

6.

A．that

B．why

C．what

D．how

7.

A．None

B．Neither

C．Both

D．All

8.

A．care

B．careful

C．carefully

D．careless

9.

A．a

B．an

C．the

D．/

10.

A．with

B．from

C．among

D．between

11.

A．hide

B．hid

C．was hidden

D．has hidden

12.

A．herself

B．he

C．his

D．himself

13.

A．several

B．few

C．little

D．any

14.

A．which

B．who

C．what

D．whose

15.

A．cover

B．covers

C．covered

D．to cover

A farmer had a donkey.   One day it fell into a deep dry well. The poor animal cried for hours. The farmer tried hard to pull it out but________   Finally, he decided the animal was too old, so it just wasn't worth it to try to ______ it. So he invited his neighbors to help him bury（埋葬）the old donkey in the well so that it would make him end its pain.

They each took a shovel （铲子）and began to cover the ________ with dirt. Realizing what was happening, the donkey felt upset and cried sadly and loudly. But as more dirt fell into the well, slowly it became _______. The farmer looked down into the well, and was _______ by what he saw. When the dirt hit its _______ ,   the donkey shook it off and took a step up on the new layer of dirt. As the farmer neighbors continued to put dirt on top of the animal, it would shake it off and _______a step up. Soon, the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and_______ quickly.   Everyone was amazed   and   shocked. It seemed that it would bury it at first, but it actually helped it________ later.

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to get out of the well is to stop________, and not to let the dirt cover you, but to shake it off and take a step up. Each one of our troubles in life is a stepping stone. We can deal with difficulties just by not stopping, never giving up!

16.

A．failed

B．ref used

C．agreed

D．worked

17.

A．drive

B．push

C．feed

D．save

18.

A．farm

B．room

C．well

D．pond

19.

A．sad

B．quiet

C．angry

D．noisy

20.

A．mad

B．frightened

C．bored

D．surprised

21.

A．eyes

B．tails

C．back

D．legs

22.

A．move

B．fly

C．watch

D．change

23.

A．went on

B．went down

C．ran away

D．ran over

24.

A．happily

B．strangely

C．patiently

D．successfully

25.

A．sleeping

B．crying

C．laughing

D．dancing

“With one more world championship, I can apply for the Guinness World Records（吉尼斯 世界纪录）,"said Chen Yongning, a 93-year old ping pong lover in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Red Star News reported on April 2,2019. With 80 years of experience and a racket that he bought from a stationery shop for 15 yuan, Chen won World Veteran Championships in 2016 and 2018.

"I'm not tired. I play with my hands and arms, and my feet don't move," said Chen after playing ping pong for 40 minutes with a younger player Ye. "Chen is physically strong. He can usually play several games with us," said Ye, explaining that Chen is energetic, though he is troubled by backache.

Chen started to play ping pong when he was 13 years old. While he was playing with friends in his school playground, the headmaster saw Chen very carefully follow the rules of a game he was playing, while the other children tried to play tricks on each other. The headmaster called him over, gave him a ball and rackets, and asked Chen to play with him. Chen didn't know how to play ping pong at the time, so he just followed the headmaster’s lead. Ever since that moment, Chen said, he had fallen in love with it.

As he grew up, Chen worked in Shanxi Agricultural College (now Shanxi Agricultural University), where there were excellent ping pong facilities. He sharpened his skills and took part in various competitions in his spare time, winning a number of local medals.

Chen has a son and a daughter. Both of them love their father and are successful in their own fields. One of them will go with Chen to the 20th World Veteran Championships which will be held in France next year.

Chen has already decided he won’t stop playing ping pong unless he is 100 years old.

26. How many world championships has Chen Yongning won?

A．1

B．2.

C．3.

D．4.

27. The underlined word "energetic" in Paragraph 2 means.

A．strong and active.

B．patient and helpful.

C．friendly and confident.

D．brave and funny.

28. The headmaster asked young Chen Yongning to play ping pong because ________.

A．he wanted to help Chen win the game.

B．he wanted to make friends with Chen.

C．Chen loved to play ping pong with him.

D．Chen carefully followed the rules of a game when playing.

29. Which is the following is true according to the passage?

A．Chen Yongning worked as a ping pong player.

B．Chen Yongoing used to join in many kinds of competitions ・

C．Chen Yongning learned to play ping pong at the age of 12.

D．Chen Yongning will go to France with his children next year.

30. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Client dream came true.	B．Chen's advice to be a good player.
C．An introduction of Chen Yongning.	D．The achievement of Chen Yongning・

Would you like to live in a city where buildings turn the lights off for you, and self-driving cars will find the nearest parking space themselves? Although it might sound a lttle far from you, living in a "smart" city like this could happen sooner than you think.
Great changes have taken place in towns that we have lived in for centuries, while completely new cities are being built. One such place is the city of Songdo. Every home there will have a "telepresence system(远程遥控系统)-- allowing users to control the heating and locks, take part in video meetings, and receive education, health care and government services. Around the city, escalators ( 自动扶梯 ) will only move when someone is on them, and offices and schools will all be connected to the system.
The great mind behind Songdo is from the company Cisco. In fact, technology companies around the world such as IBM, Siemens and Microsoft are already in the business.
   About 75% of the world's population will live in cities by 2050, so cities will need to be more modern to deal with the coming problems. Making cities smarter is one way out, and I think this will in turn make cities greener, said Dan Hill, head of a research company.
31. According to the text, living in a "smart" city ______

A．is not a green way	B．will be far from you
C．will soon become true	D．is completely impossible

32. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．A city of the future.	B．A meeting in Songdo.
C．A plan to build a house.	D．A report on public health.

33. Which company offers the great mind to build Songdo?

A．Cisco.

B．IBM.

C．Siemens.yagnoOLED

D．Microsoft.

34. Dan Hill thinks that making cities smarter is one way to______.

A．drive people out of cities

B．control the world's population

C．develop his own company

D．solve the cities' coming problems

35. Which of the following might be the best title for the text?

A．Future Education

B．Smart Cities

C．Government Services

D．Famous Companies

             New research has found the longest living animal on Earth with a backbone is a shark.

The research, published in Science Magazine, found the Greenland shark is the longest living animal with a backbone in the world. The gray-colored sharks live in the cold water of the Arctic and are named after Greenland, the world's largest island. After examining one of these sharks, scientists decided it was born in the icy water about 400 years ago and died out recently.

          An international team of biologists and physicists was able to estimate （估计）the ages of 28 dead female Greenland sharks by studying the lenses of their eyes. It is a new way to learn the age of an animal. Eight of the sharks were probably 200 years old or more, and could even have been 300 years old. That would make them older than some whales, which earlier were believed to have been the oldest animals at about 211 years old, according to the Associated Press.
          This discovery also means that Greenland sharks can live more than three times longer than humans. Many people these days can expect to live into their eighties. African elephants average about 70 years. The oldest of the Greenland sharks the scientists studied was nearly 5 meters long. It was thought to have been 392 years old when it was caught four years ago. However, because the testing method is so new, it is not exact.
            The study's lead expert is Julius Nielsen, a marine biologist from Denmark. He says the 392 number could have an error range （误差范围）of 120 years in either direction. That means the shark was probably born sometime between the years 1500 and 1740, with 1620 being the most likely.
          "It's an estimate. It’s not a determination, “Nielsen said. "It is the best we can do."
            Even at the lowest age, the shark would have been 272 years old when it died and still would be the longest-living animal with a backbone, Nielsen said.
          “I don't know why they get so old, but I hope someone will find out, "Nielsen said.
36. According to Science Magazine, the Greenland shark______.

A．is the longest living animal on earth	B．seldom lives in the cold water of the Arctic
C．is an animal with a backbone	D．still lives in the icy water now

37. A new way to learn the age of a female animal is________       .

A．to estimate it by a biologist	B．to examine its skin
C．to study the lenses of its eyes	D．to discover the place of its birth

38. The discovery means if people live into eighties, the shark might live into____years old.

A．almost 200

B．less than 211

C．over 320

D．at least 450

39. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The oldest of the Greenland sharks was nearly five meters long.

B．It can make sure that the oldest Greenland shark was 392 years old.

C．Julius Nielsen says the 392 number could have an error range of 120 years.

D．Julius Nielsen has tried to estimate the probable time the shark was born.

40. The author will probably write about______ after the last paragraph.

A．the discovery of why sharks get so old	B．the living habits of the sharks
C．the reasons why sharks disappeared	D．the bad side of the sharks