Passage 11
Have you ever noticed how much a number twelve is used? 1. ___________
Aruller is a foot long has twelve inches. On a calendar 2. ___________
(日历), you can see twelve months in each year. A clock 3. ___________
face is numbered from one to twelve for the hour. Each day 4. ___________
is two times of twelve, or twenty-four, hours long. We buy 5. ___________
eggs by dozen. In a store you may have seen a dozen 6. ___________
pencils hold together by a paper wrapping or a dozen 7. ___________
oranges in a paper bag. Stores also buy things with lots 8. ___________
of twelve dozens, or by the gross. One gross is made of 9. ___________
twelve dozens, and one hundred and forty-four pieces. 10. ___________
Passage 12
It's unfair
Once there lived a man who was such lazy that 1. ___________
no job was fit him. In order to make a living he 2. ___________
went to the neighbour of his for help one day. The 3. ___________
neighbour advised to him to be a cemetery caretaker 4. ___________
(守墓人) as it was the easiest job one could find. 5. ___________
The lazy man delighted and soon became a cemetery 6. ___________
caretaker. And to everybody's surprise he gave up 7. ___________
his job three days before he got it. "It's unfair." 8. ___________
he said to the neighbour angry. "In the cemetery all 9. ___________
the others are lying still when I am the only one 10. ___________
who has to stand."
Passage 13
Before he was teacher, Bob told me what he 1.___________
would like to be a lawyer when he was at school. 2. ___________
He had worked hard at his lesson and tried to 3. ___________
enter into a famous university, but something unhappy 4. ___________
happened in his family, that made it necessary for 5. ___________
him to working for a living. As a young man, he had been 6. ___________
a bus-driver, a dustman and a salesman. But he spends 7. ___________
his spare time studying and finally became college teacher . 8. ___________
"Young people," he often said, "are full with wishes 9. ___________
and hopes after they step into the society." 10. ___________
Passage 14
That Saturday when I entered in an underpass, I 1. ___________
heard a beautiful sound. It makes me very happy. 2. ___________
It was darkness there, but I could judge where the sound 3. ___________
came from. I walked towards the corner. An old man was sitting 4. ___________
there, wears shabby clothes. He was playing erhu. "Oh, it is 5. ___________
a beggar," I thought. At that moment a man came by dropped. 6. ___________
one Yuan in the beggar box. The old man stopped 7. ___________
to say "Thank you". He then groped(摸) on the ground. 8. ___________
While he found the box, he picked up the money. He felt 9. ___________
it and smiled. What beautiful the music was! It was 10. ___________
played by a blind person. I just admired him.
Passage 15
Some day a rich man, Tom, was salvaging(打捞)something 1. ___________
from a well. Some passer ? bys asked, “What on 2. ___________
the earth have you lost?” The rich man answered, “Oh, 3. ___________
I had dropped all my property(财产)in the well.” Soon 4. ___________
a lot of people were drawn nearly. Everyone guessed, “I 5. ___________
wonder if he has lost his diamond ring or some other 6. ___________
treasure.”
All of sudden, Tom held up a key and cried out 7. ___________
to joy, “I have found it at last! I have found all 8. ___________
my property!”
Seen the key, everyone was greatly disappointed. 9. ___________
However, Tom said in a smile, “It’s a key to my safe.” 10. ___________
Passage 16
After supper Li Hua came and asked for me 1. ___________
to go and see a film with him . In our way to 2. ___________
the cinema we saw a little girl sit by the 3. ___________
roadside cry. We bought her a cake to stop 4. ___________
her crying. But when we asked where she 5. ___________
had lived she said she didn’t know. So we took 6. ___________
her to the police station and asked police to take care of her. 7. ___________
After this we went to the cinema. But when we 8. ___________
got there the movie was near at its end. 9. ___________
We have missed the movie, but we did a good deed. 10. ___________
Passage 17
Before he was a teacher, Bob told me what he’d 1. ___________
like to be a lawyer when he was at school. He had 2. ___________
worked very hard at his lesson and tried to enter 3. ___________
into a famous university, but something unhappy 4. ___________
happened in his family, that made it necessary for 5. ___________
him to work for living. As a young man, he had been 6. ___________
a bus-driver, a dustman and a salesman. But he spends 7. ___________
his spare time studying and final became a college 8. ___________
teacher. “Young people,” he often said, “full of wishes 9. ___________
and hopes after they step into the society.” 10. ___________
Passage 18
Yesterday afternoon, when I walked out the 1. ___________
school, the weather was changed. Dark clouds were 2. ___________
gathering together. I began to feel worried because 3. ___________
I didn’t have either my raincoat and my umbrella with 4. ___________
me. It soon started to rain. Just as I was hurrying 5. ___________
home, I heard anyone calling me from behind. I turned 6. ___________
round and saw it was Li Ping. He had umbrella with him 7. ___________
and offer to share it with me. He walked all the way 8. ___________
with me to my home. With Le Ping’s help, I would have got 9. ___________
wet through. How thankfully I was to his kindness! 10. ___________
Passage 19
The Industrial Revolution begin in Britain for 1. ___________
many reason. Britain had valuable minerals like 2. ___________
coal, iron, tin of copper. Its farms were able to 3. ___________
supply food for its grown population and wool 4. ___________
for its clothing industry. Many rivers, such as 5. ___________
the Seven and Trent, are suitable for boats, and 6. ___________
heavy goods could often sent by sea. 7. ___________
Many European countries in 18th century suffered from 8. ___________
wars which ravaged (劫掠)its land. Britain fought 9. ___________
its war to abroad and gained large overseas markets. 10. ___________
Passage 20
People in all countries have for years studied 1. ___________
the weather and managed to make weather forecast (预报). 2. ___________
The following is some of their findings, Sometimes 3. ___________
distant objects like hills and tall trees seemed 4. ___________
to be clear and near. This is the sign of much 5. ___________
water, that shows that rain will probably come. 6. ___________
When distant sound, such as the noise from far-off (遥远) 7. ___________
trains, are heard very clearly, wet and storm weather 8. ___________
is coming. If you will see a rainbow during rainy 9. ___________
weather, it shows that it will clear up and fine. 10. ___________
Key
Passage 1
1. much―very 2. need―needs 3. like∧our 4. 5. 6. √
7. receive―accept 8. it―them 9. on―in 10. much―more
Passage 2
1 on―in 2 may―can 3 thousands∧of 4 ∧ radio the 5 that―what
6 disappeared―disappearing 7 done―made 8 √ 9 to∧it 10
Passage 3
1. ∧classes his 2. interested―interesting 3. he ∧do would 4. finger―fingers
5. in―with 6. ∧the cup of 7. ∧smile a 8. do∧ it 9. that―what 10. √
Passage 4
1. expected―expecting 2. reached 3. usually―usual 4. ∧same the 5.
6. 7. √ 8. ∧much how I9. spend―spending 10. anyone―everyone
Passage 5
1. up―on 2. a―the 3. taking―sending 4. on―for 5. Postman―postmen
6. √ 7. brings―carries 8. ∧buy we 9. 10. ∧called is
Passage 6
1. our ∧of 2. will ―would 3. √ 4. ∧quarter a 5. in―at 6. stood―standing
7. in―on 8. a hour―an hour 9. asking―asked 10. ∧six at
Passage 7
1. it―them 2. not―no 3. √ 4. good―well 5. house―houses 6. woods―wood
7. is―are 8. ∧ health our/the 9. for―of 10. that ―to
Passage 8
1. animal→animals 2. traveled→has traveled 3. collected→collecting 4. √
5. no→not 6. the money→money 7. in→for 8. anybody about→anybody else about
9. or→and 10. I →he
Passage 9
1. mile→miles 2. which→where 3. a→the 4. 去掉for 5. are→there are
6. interested→interesting 7. Unlike→like 8. are→is 9. √ 10. for →in
Passage 10
1. danger→dangerous 2. rabbit→rabbits 3. moved→moving 4. √ 5. go→goes
6. can→cannot 7. with→by 8. there→where 9. make→making 10. goes→comes
Passage 11
1. a→the 2. is→which/that is 3. √ 4. hour→hours 5. times of→times
6. by→by the 7. hold→held 8. with→in 9. made∧of→made up of 10. and→or
Passage 12
1. such→so 2. fit∧him→for 3. the →a 4. 去掉to 5. √ 6. man∧delighted→was
7. And→But 8. before→after 9. angry→angrily 10. when→while
Passage 13
1. what→that 2. √ 3. lesson→lessons 4. 去掉into 5. that→which
6. working→work 7. spends→spent 8. 在college前加a 9. with→of 10. after→before
Passage 14
1. 去掉in 2. makes→made 3. darkness→dark 4. the→a 5. wears→wearing
6. by ∧→and 7. beggar→beggar’s 8. √ 9. while→when 10. What→How
Passage 15
1. Some―One 2. passer-bys―passers-by 3. 去掉the 4. had-have 5. nearly―near
6. √ 7. ∧ sudden―a 8. to―with 9. Seen-Seeing 10. in―with
Passage 16
1. 去掉for 2. In→On 3. sit→sitting /seated 4. cry→crying 5. √
6. 去掉had 7. ∧police →the 8. this →that 9. near → nearly 10. 去掉have
Passage 17
1. what → that 2. √ 3. lesson→lessons 4. 去掉into 5. that → which
6. ∧living → a 7. spends →spent 8. final → finally
9. ∧full → are 10. after→before
Passage 18
1. out ∧--of 2. 去掉was 3. 去掉together 4. and―or 5. √ 6. anyone―someone
7. ∧ umbrella―an 8. offer―offered 9. With―Without 10. thankfully―thankful
Passage 19
1. begin―began 2. reason―reasons 3. or―and 4. grown―growing 5. √
6. are―were 7. often∧―be 8. ∧18th―the 9. its―their 10. 去掉to
Passage 20
1. √ 2. managed ― tried 3. is ― are 4. seemed ― seem 5. the ― a 6. that ― which
7. sound ― sounds 8. storm ― stormy 9. 去掉will 10. and ∧ ―become (be)
