1 . With more forests being destroyed, huge quantities of good earth ________ each year.

A．is washing away	B．is being washed away
C．are washing away	D．are being washed away

2 . After a knock at the door, the child heard his mother’s voice _____________ him.

A．calling	B．called
C．being called	D．to call

3 . I couldn’t do my homework with all that noise           .

A．going on

B．goes on

C．went on

D．to go on

4 . He got up late and hurried to his office, _______ the breakfast untouched.

A．left	B．to leave
C．leaving	D．having left

5 . What do you want to be when you grow up? A teacher? A doctor? How about an ice-cream taster?
Yes, there really is a job where you can get paid to taste ice cream. Just ask John Harrison, an “Official Taste Tester” for the past 21 years. Testing helps producers to be sure of a product’s quality. During his career Harrison has been responsible for approving large quantities of the sweet ice cream –as well as for developing over 75 flavors(味道).
Some people think that it would be easy to do this job; after all, you just have to like ice cream, right? No — there’s more to the job than that, says Harrison, who has a degree in chemistry. He points out that a dairy or food-science degree would be very useful to someone wanting a career in this “cool” field.
In a typical morning on the job, Harrison tastes and rates 60 ice-cream samples. He lets the ice cream warm up to about 12 F. Harrisonexplains, “You get more flavor from warmer ice cream, which is why some kids like to stir it, creating ice-cream soup.”
While the ice cream warms up, Harrison looks over the samples and grades each one on its appearance. “Tasting begins with the eyes,”he explains. He checks to see if the ice cream is attractive and asks himself, “Does the product have the colour expected from that flavor?”Next it’s time to taste!
Continuing to think up new ideas, try out new flavors, and test samples from so many kinds of ice cream each day keeps Harrison busy but happy – working at once cool job.
1. What is John Harrison’s job?

A．An official.	B．An ice-cream taster.
C．A chemist.	D．An ice-cream producer

2. According to John Harrison, to be qualified(有资格的) in the “cool field”, it is helpful to        .

A．keep a diary of work.	B．have a degree in related subjects.
C．have new ideas every day.	D．find out new flavors each day.

3. What does Harrison do first when testing ice cream?

A．He stirs the ice cream.

B．He examines the colour of the ice cream.

C．He tastes the flavor of the ice cream.

D．He lets the ice cream warm up.

4. Which of the following is probably the best title of the passage?

A．Tasting with Eyes.	B．Flavors of Ice Cream.
C．John Harrison’s Life.	D．One Cool Job.

6 . He hurried to the station only _______ that the train had left.

A．to find

B．finding

C．found

D．to have found

7 . The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848. One of his _______ important inventions was the train. He _______ his first train when he was forty­four years old. When he was experimenting with the _______ engine on the train, he met with _______ from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. They said that the noise and the smoke would _______ cows, horses and sheep, that the _______ would burst or that the hot coals from it would _______ their houses. At that time, _______ people believed what they said.

George Stephenson _______ the people that the train could go on small __________, could pull carriages __________ goods and passengers and there was __________ to them. It was a very __________ matter for him to __________ them believe. However, after __________, he was able to do it, and the first train that __________ by Stephenson himself __________ what he had said.

The first day __________ the people along the way __________ the noises of the train __________and saw it running quickly to them，they ran back home as quickly as they could and closed their doors tightly，for they thought it a genius (妖怪)．They did not dare to come out until it had passed.

1.

A．very

B．a lot

C．most

D．much

2.

A．made

B．bought

C．introduced

D．did

3.

A．electrical

B．atomic

C．steam

D．oil

4.

A．success

B．troubles

C．people

D．pleasure

5.

A．kill

B．buy

C．interest

D．take away

6.

A．smoke

B．noise

C．driver

D．engine

7.

A．pull down

B．blow away

C．set fire to

D．pass

8.

A．most

B．few

C．only a few

D．the rich

9.

A．said

B．spoke

C．told

D．warned

10.

A．roads

B．rivers

C．steam

D．rails

11.

A．short of

B．full of

C．empty of

D．without

12.

A．no great danger

B．dangerous

C．a lot of danger

D．few danger

13.

A．easy

B．difficult

C．pleasant

D．light

14.

A．get

B．cause

C．make

D．force

15.

A．sometime

B．some time

C．a few times

D．sometimes

16.

A．was sold

B．was driven

C．was pulled

D．helped

17.

A．believed

B．seemed

C．sensed

D．proved

18.

A．of

B．when

C．while

D．for

19.

A．caught sight of

B．listened to

C．heard

D．thought

20.

A．nearby

B．in the distance

C．on the far

D．from the distance