1 . 完形填空（共15小题；
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
We have no idea about ____men first began to use salt. But we do know that it had been used in many different ways ____ the history.
For example, in many history books it is ____ that people who lived three thousand years ago ____salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt（埃及）, salt ____ keep the dead. It can keep the dead bodies ____ decay.（腐烂）
In the eighteenth century, a person who stole salt was ____ to have broken the ____ if a person was caught stealing salt, he would be thrown into ____ Books also record that in England about ten thousand people were put into prison during that century ____ stealing salt! In the year 1553, if a man took ____ than his share of salt, he would be thought to have broken the law and would be ____ punished(惩罚).
Salt was very ____ on the dinner table of a king. It was always put ____ the king when he sat down to eat. Then important visitors sat near the salt __15__ less important visitors were given seats farther away from it.1.

A．when

B．where

C．what

D．which

2.

A．throughout

B．thought

C．though

D．although

3.

A．say

B．reported

C．recorded

D．reading

4.

A．eat

B．ate

C．eating

D．have eaten

5.

A．used to

B．was used to

C．was used

D．used

6.

A．off

B．from

C．on

D．out

7.

A．think

B．consider

C．thoughtful

D．thought

8.

A．law

B．glass

C．computer

D．time

9.

A．pool

B．hill

C．prison

D．river

10.

A．because	B．because of
C．by	D．as

11.

A．more

B．less

C．fewer

D．most

12.

A．serious

B．bad

C．terrible

D．seriously

13.

A．important

B．necessary

C．clever

D．cheerful

14.

A．in the front of	B．behind
C．in front of	D．before

15.

A．when

B．as

C．however

D．while

2 . Concorde’s Birthday
CONCORDE, the world’s fastest passenger plane, will soon be over 33 years old. It first ____ on 2 March 1969 in France. Concorde was developed by both France and Britain. From 1956 these two countries had a ____ of a supersonic passenger plane. In 1962 they started to ____ together on the project. The plane ____ over 1.5 billion pounds to develop. It is the most tested plane in the history. It was given over 5000 hours of testing. Concorde flies at twice the speed of ____ This means that it ____ only 3 hours 25 minutes to fly between London and New York, compare with 7—8 hours in other passenger jets. Because of the five-hour time difference between the USA and Britain, it is ____ to travel west on Concorde and arrive in New York before you leave London! You can catch the 10:30a.m. ____ from London, Heathrow and start work in New York an hour ____! Concorde is much used by business people and film stars. Each Concorde is built at a cost of 55 million pounds. Twenty have been built so far. Air France and British Airway ____ the most. They each have seven planes.1.

A．invented

B．produced

C．flew

D．took off

2.

A．talk

B．dream

C．meeting

D．fight

3.

A．work

B．do

C．carry

D．finish

4.

A．paid

B．wanted

C．needed

D．cost

5.

A．voice

B．sound

C．noise

D．shout

6.

A．spends

B．takes

C．covers

D．travels

7.

A．possible

B．impossible

C．real

D．unreal

8.

A．plane

B．passenger

C．flight

D．airline

9.

A．later

B．late

C．earlier

D．early

10.

A．build

B．make

C．sell

D．own

3 . Do you know the game "Rock, paper or scissors"? Maybe you think it's just a simple game for children. But in fact, some adults use it to make decisions and solve their problems. It is also popular in many countries.
There are different stories about the history of the game. But many people believe the game   came from Japan, and Japanese have played it for a long time. Later it came to Europe in the middle of the 18th century. In 1842, England founded the Paper Scissors Stone Club and from then on people could get together to play the game for honor (荣誉).
There is even an international club named the World Rock Paper Scissors Club in Toronto. The club makes "Rock, paper or scissors" more and more popular. It holds the world championship (锦标赛) every year. Top players from around the world take part in it and the champion (冠军) can get a lot of money and the honor of all the fans of "Rock, paper or scissors".
1. Who use the game to make decisions and solve problems according to this passage?

A．Children.

B．Some adults.

C．Students.

D．The old.

2. Where do many people think this game came from?

A．Europe.

B．China.

C．Japan.

D．The USA.

3. From when could people get together to play this game for honor?

A．1842.

B．1841.

C．1845.

D．1846.

4. How often does the World Rock Paper Scissors Club hold the world championship?

A．Once a year.	B．Once two years.
C．Once three years.	D．Once four years.

5. What will the champion of this game get?

A．A lot of money.	B．The leader of this club.
C．Honor.	D．A and C

4 . Tea bag drinking is most Westerners' favorite way of drinking tea. Do you know how it came about?
The tea bag was invented in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan, an American tea seller. He was sending out free tea in silk bags for people to try. People put the bags together with the tea leaves into the cup and added(增加) hot water. The tea tasted good, and people thought it was easy to clean the cup. They were not happy when Sullivan started sending them loose (散的) tea again.
Sullivan realized that he had a hot new thing in his hands, and he built a machine to pack the bags. As tea bags became popular, they were changed from silk to gauze (薄纱) and later paper. In 1952, Lipton Tea made the tea bag even more popular with its invention of the four-sided tea bag. Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK, and today 85%of the tea in the UK is packed in paper bags.
However, many people still prefer loose-leaf tea.   This is because some tea companies put not very good tea in their tea bags. But for most drinkers, tea bags are still the easy and tasly way to go.
1. Who invented the tea bag?

A．An English tea seller.	B．Chinese.
C．Lipton.	D．Thomas Sullivan.

2. The tea in silk bags was welcome because________.

A．the tea in bags was free and very good

B．the tea tasted good and the cup was easy to wash

C．people were happy, with the loose tea

D．people didn't know any better way to enjoy the tea

3. The material of the tea bags is usually_________now.

A．silk

B．gauze

C．paper

D．plastic

4. The underlined sentence "Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK" probably means “_______in the UK”.

A．Tea bags soon became popular

B．Tea bags surprised everyone very much

C．Tea bags kicked the loose-leaf tea out of the market

D．Tea bags weren't allowed to be sold

5. The reading mainly talks about________.

A．the invention of tea

B．the way of drinking tea

C．the history of tea bags

D．people' s favorite tea in the world

5 . Today almost everyone knows computers and the Internet. If I ask you “What is the most important thing in your life?” maybe you will say “Computers and the Internet”.
The first computer was made in 1946. It was very big but it worked slowly.. Today, computers are getting smaller and smaller, but they work faster and faster. What can computers do? A writer has said, “People can't live without computers today.”
The Internet came a little later than computers. It is about 25 years later than computers. But now it can be found almost everywhere. We can use it to read books, send e-mails, do some shopping, play games or make friends.                      
Young men, especially the middle school students like the Internet very much. They often go into the Internet bars as soon as they are free. They make friends on the Internet and maybe they have never seen these friends. They don't know their names, ages and sex. They are so interested in making the “unreal friends” that they can't put their heart into study. Some of them play the games in the Internet bars all day and all night. Many of them can't catch up with others in many subjects because of that.
Now the government has done many things. Some ___________黑网吧)have been banned. But that's not enough. The teachers and parents are still worrying about their students and children.
We can use computers and the Internet to learn more about the world. But at the same time, we should remember that computers and the Internet could not do all the things.
1. How was the first computers?

A．It was not big.

B．It couldn't work fast.

C．It was very cheap.

D．It was no useful

2. When did people begin to use the Internet?

A．In the 19th century.

B．In the 1980s.

C．In the 1970s.

D．In the 1960s

3. Which of the following is true?

A．Computers can help people do everything.

B．Middle school students aren't allowed to use the Internet.

C．Some students have used the Internet bars to make the “unreal friends”.

D．computer isn’t good to students.

4. Which is the best title of the passage?

A．Computers and the Internet.

B．The Greatest Invention of This Century.

C．Gangster Internet Bars.

D．How to use the Internet

5. What's the meaning of the word “that” in the fourth paragraph ?

A．Students often go into the Internet bars as soon as they are free.

B．And they play the games in the Internet bars all day and all night.

C．Students are so interested in making the “unreal friends” that they can't put their heart into study.

D．All of above

6 . Do you live in a city? Do you know how cities began? Long long ago, the world had only a few thousand people. These people moved from one place to another. They moved over the land, hunting animals for food.
No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their life changed. They did not have to look for food any longer. They could stay in one place and grow it.
People began to live near one another, so the first village was established (建立). Many people came to live in the villages, and these villages became even larger.
When machines appeared, life in the villages changed again. People built factories. More and more people lived near the factories. The cities began.
Today, it’s strange that some people are moving back to small villages. Can you tell me why?
根据短文内容，判断正(A)误(B)。
1. People moved from place to place to hunt animals.
2. The story says,“No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their life changed.” In this sentence, the word “they” means people.
3. When machines appeared, life in the cities changed again.
4. All people like to live only in big cities.
5. People built factories after the cities grew big.

7 . Now, most people have watches. As we know, Switzerland（瑞士） is famous for its watches. ____ , the watch was not _ in this country. It was the British who did. Many years ago, an Englishman traveled to Italy and on his way he went ____a small town in Switzerland. This Englishman traveled in a carriage（马车） inside which there was a carriage watch. This was the ____ kind of watch. A blacksmith’s（铁匠） assistant hoped to see the watch. He ____ what it was. ____ he asked the Englishman about it. “ It is a carriage watch,” said the Englishman. “ This machine can tell the ____ but now it isn’t working.”
At once the blacksmith’s assistant decided to try to ____ it. So the traveler handed him the watch. He was very ____. So it was not surprising that he was____ in showing it right. He even remembered how it was made. As soon as the traveler had gone, he made a watch of exactly the same kind.
So the watch-making was started in Switzerland. Today Swiss watches are sold all over the world.1.

A．So

B．And

C．However

D．For

2.

A．brought

B．invented

C．came

D．appeared

3.

A．on

B．at

C．in

D．through

4.

A．earliest

B．latest

C．nicest

D．cheapest

5.

A．knew

B．wondered

C．thought

D．wrote

6.

A．Because

B．After

C．So

D．Since

7.

A．time

B．price

C．address

D．number

8.

A．repair

B．steal

C．make

D．buy

9.

A．hardworking

B．strong

C．forgetful

D．clever

10.

A．difficult

B．hard

C．glad

D．successful

8 . We drink tea every day. But more than three hundred years ago most of the people in Europe (欧洲) did not know anything about tea. Some people heard about it, but very few of them know what to do with it.

　　There is a story about an English sailor (水手) who went to countries in the east，the west and the south. He went to India and China. One day he came home and brought some tea as a present for his mother. She told her friends about the present and asked them to a “tea party”. When her friends came to the “tea party”, the old woman offered (给) them brown tea-leaves (茶叶). The old woman’s friends began to eat them. Of course, nobody liked the tea-leaves.
　　At that time the sailor came in. He looked at the table and said, “Mother, what have you done with the tea?”
　　“I boiled (煮) it，as you said.”
　　“And what did you do with the water?”
　　“I threw it away, of course.” answered the old woman.
　　“Now you may throw away the leaves, too.” said her son.
1. Most of the people in Europe ________.

A．drank tea every day 300 years ago	B．drink tea every day
C．know nothing about tea	D．like to eat the tea-leaves

2. One day the English sailor brought his mother some tea from ________.

A．countries in the west	B．countries in the south
C．India or China	D．a tea shop in England

3. The sailor’s mother asked her friends to her house, because ________.

A．the sailor told her to

B．she wanted to ask her friends what to do with the tea

C．she liked to show off (炫耀)

D．she wanted to sample (品尝) the tea together with her friends

4. At the “tea party”，________.

A．all the woman’s friends spoke highly of the tea

B．nobody knew what to do with the tea

C．the woman offered her friends some dried (干的) tea

D．the woman gave her friends each a glass of tea water

5. What mistake did the old woman make? She ________.

A．boiled the tea	B．did as the sailor said
C．poured away the water	D．didn’t throw away the tea-leaves