1 . 完形填空（共20小题；
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的ABCD四个选项，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In the 1450s Johannes Gutenberg, a Gennan printer, developed a new printing press(印刷机)。Then single letters could be ______ in lines to create a page of text. The letters were made of metal.Each one could be ______ to different parts of the press,depending             on which words were_______ on a certain page. This was one of the most important _______ in the history of pringting.
_______, most books had been created by copying out text by hand. The____of a single book would take many hours or even days. With the Gutenberg press, ______ could be printted in several seconds, and many copies of books could be created in a few             hours.
Gutenberg's printing press was not so much an i_______, however, as an improvement of developing technologies. The Chinese were the first to use wooden blocks(木刻版)，as early as the 8th century. Then great _____was made around 1040. The movable type             was invented by Bi Sheng in China. European _______the printing methods centuries later. Another contribution to Cutenberg`s system also come from the East,______.The Chinese invented paper using ______materials,including old clothes. The kind             of the inexpensive paper was introduced into Europe in 1000 or so. This kind of paper was ____for the new European printing presses,______it took in the only ink required for the metal type.
Printing soon became an important ____in a rapidly growing world. By 1500,nearly 35,000 books were in print worldwide. But the printing press did not ______a lot for a long time. In the 19th century , however, iron _______wood in the press`s framework.             And paper became______in continuous rolls rather than more expensive single pieces. Steam engines _____the speed at which the press ran. In the late 1900s,the introduction of better presses greatly _____the time it took to turn ideas into books.1.

A．used

B．put

C．read

D．written

2.

A．shown

B．turned

C．moved

D．added

3.

A．needed

B．lost

C．collected

D．found

4.

A．challenged

B．studies

C．discoveries

D．developments

5.

A．Recently

B．Immediately

C．Previously

D．Finally

6.

A．discussion

B．production

C．instruction

D．preparation

7.

A．pages

B．ideas

C．models

D．characters

8.

A．attraction

B．expressin

C．competition

D．invention

9.

A．accident

B．research

C．progress

D．situation

10.

A．believed

B．followed

C．tested

D．required

11.

A．paper

B．wood

C．letters

D．metal

12.

A．fine

B．thin

C．heavy

D．cheap

13.

A．useless

B．special

C．good

D．impossible

14.

A．as

B．although

C．until

D．unless

15.

A．fashion

B．industry

C．trick

D．belief

16.

A．apply

B．help

C．work

D．change

17.

A．replaced

B．controlled

C．became

D．protected

18.

A．necessary

B．available

C．normal

D．valuable

19.

A．reached

B．limited

C．increased

D．kept

20.

A．made

B．allowed

C．wasted

D．reduced

2 . Many thousands of Chinese are studying at schools in the United States. And writer Liel Leibovitz says the students are following an example that began in the eighteen seventies.

Mr. Leibovitz and writer Matthew Miller joined forces to tell the story of the students in their book, “Fortunate Sons.” The book says China sent one hundred and twenty boys from 1872 to 1875 to America to learn about developments that could help modernize their country.

Mr. Leibovitz got the idea for the book about the boys a few years ago when he was traveling with his wife in China.

Mr. Leibovitz learned that Qing government sent a whole delegation (代表团) of boys to learn the ways of the West. The goal was for them to return to China and help their country.

The book says the boys received their American training in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. It must have been a very good education. Mr. Leibovitz says the first prime minister of the Chinese Republic completed this program. And so did the first engineer to build a large-scale railroad without foreign help. The same was true of the fathers of Chinese education, diplomacy and the Navy.

The book-writers had only to open some boxes containing the writings of these men to learn about them. Their notebooks, Journals, letters and postcards were in English. Mr. Leibovitz said he was lucky to have so much information from events that took place long ago.

The students returned to China after about nine years. They no longer spoke Mandarin (国语) well enough to answer questions. Police welcomed them home by putting them in jail. The young men were released after about a week. But they were given low-level jobs.

Mr Leibovitz says it took about ten years for them to rise to higher positions. He said their story continues today with large numbers of Chinese studying in the United States.

1. How many exchange children did Qing government send to America?

A．1872.	B．1875.
C．120.	D．210.

2. Qing government sent the boys to America because it       .

A．wanted them to help their country

B．lost the war

C．expected them to destroy the culture of the West

D．wanted the Western to help the boys

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

A．Many thousands of Chinese are studying at schools in America.

B．Some of the boys received their American training in California.

C．Police welcomed the boys home by putting them in jail.

D．One of the boys became the father of Chinese education.