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“I did it last night. You see,” he said. “I dug a deep hole next to the rock and the rock rolled down into the hole by itself. Then I covered it with the earth.” 1. What happened in the village one day? ________ fell down from the mountain. A. A little boy B. A big rock C. The strongest menD. Some people 2. The strongest men in the village could do nothing about the rock because . A. they were lazy B. they were strong enough C. the rock was too big D. they thought someone else could 3. When the villagers heard the boy’s words, they felt ________. A. happy B. sad C. surprised D. afraid 4. The next morning, the people in the village found ________. A. the boy lost B. no rock on the road C. the rock was still there D. the boy was digging a hole 5. From the story, we know that sometimes children are ________ than men. A. stronger B. cleverer C. more interesting D. more careful ( B ) The English language is different from any other language. Yet English words do not stay the same. The language is always changing. We need new words for new inventions and new ideas. Different words come into use, or older words are used in a new way. English can change by borrowing words from other languages, “tomato” was borrowed from Mexico, the word “coffee” came from Turkey, and “tea” came from China. Now new space and science words are being borrowed from other countries, too. New words are also made by adding two words together. “Postman” and “grandfather” are words made up of two parts. Sometimes new words are shorter forms of older words. The word “photo” was made from photograph by cutting off the end of the longer word. “Plane” was made by cutting off the front part of airplane. “Smog” was made by using only the first two and last two letters from the words “smoke” and “fog”. The names of people and products can become new words. Our sandwich was named after a man named “Sandwich”. 6. The English language needs new words ________. A. to make it more beautiful B. to make up some stories C. to keep up with other languages D. for new inventions and new ideas 7. The passage makes you think that ________. A. all the new words are borrowed from other languages B. languages do not stay the same all the time C. the English language has more words than other languages D. all older words are used in a new way 8. On the whole, the passage is about ________. A. borrowing words from other languages B. naming new products C. the development of the English language D. the old English 9. The word “coffee” is an example to show that ________. A. the English language is always changing very fast B. English can change by borrowing words from other languages C. English is not as perfect as some other languages D. sometimes new words are shorter forms of older words 10. Which of the following is true? A. New words in the English language come into being in different ways. B. New English words must be longer than the older ones. C. All the languages except English always stay the same. D. None of the languages in the world are changing. ( C ) Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn’t easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin(小提琴) in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer. One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room. Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin. On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was very surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror(镜子) that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces. Merlin’s idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates? 11. The passage is mainly(主要地)about ________. A. a careless man B. a wonderful dream C. the birth of roller skates D. the birth of violins 12. People thought Merlin was a dreamer because he ________. A. dreamed day and night B. liked making things C. was an interesting man D. was full of strange ideas 13. Merlin wanted to ________, so he put wheels under his shoes. A. play the violin well B. arrive at the party sooner C. be taller than the others D. surprise the people at the party 14. What did the writer want to tell us in the last paragraph? A. Merlin made a lot of trouble. B. Roller skates should be improved. C. The people were angry with Merlin. D. Merlin was strong enough to break the mirror into pieces. 15. Which of the following is true? A. Nothing happened to Merlin at the party. B. Merlin made a surprising entrance that day. C. No one noticed Merlin when he entered the room. D. Merlin couldn’t sleep well because he dreamed a lot. 【试题答案】 Ⅰ. 1. ability 2. curious 3. snatched 4. tracks 5. platform 6. saved 7. printed 8. sentific 9. inventions 10. operator Ⅱ. 1. wonderful 2. development 3. inventors 4. playing 5. dreamy 6. herself 7. grateful 8. telegrapher 9. was born 10. carefully Ⅲ. 1. D 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. A Ⅳ. 1. A 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. A Ⅴ. (A) 1. B 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. B (B) 6. D 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. A (C) 11. C 12. D 13. D 14. B 15. B (责任编辑：admin) |