Ballpoint pens have made life easier for millions of people. At one time ____1____ did not like their students to ____2____ with them. Perhaps it was too easy. Pens can leak and it is ____3____ to spill the ink. And it is hard to write on thin or cheap paper with them.

Ladislao Brio ____4____ for a newspaper in Budapest. He spent all day ____5____ his desk. Day in and day out, he corrected ____6____ of thin, cheap paper with a pen and ink. He often had to stop to ____7____ his pen and it did not write ____8____ on the thin paper. He and his brother George  ____9____ some experiments. They wanted a pen that did not leak, with ink that did not spill. Why not ____10____ a little ball at the end?

Two Englishmen, Henry Martin and Fredrick Miles, liked the ____11____. It was the ____12____of the Second World War. The Air-Forced ____13____ a non-leak, non-spill pen for the men to write with in ____14____. Martin and Miles made and ____15____ many thousands of Biro “writing-sticks” to the Air-Force.

1． (　)A．factories　　  B．schools　　　　 C．shops　　   D．restaurants

2． (　)A．play　　　　  B．write　　　　 C．come　　　　  D．meet

3． (　)A．easy 　　　　  B．hard 　　   C．free　　　　   D．popular

4． (　)A．left　　　　  B．waited　　　　 C．looked　　    D．worked

5． (　)A．on　　　　    B．near　　　　 C．at　　　　　　 D．in

6． (　)A．mistakes　　   B．books　　   C．pages　　　　    D．diaries

7． (　)A．mend　　　　 B．fill　　　　  C．brush　　　　    D．change

8． (　)A．well　　　　    B．down　　  C．out　　　　　　  D．up

9． (　)A．kept　　　　  B．finished　　  C．began　　　　    D．studied

10． (　)A．find　　　　 B．wear　　　　 C．grow　　　　    D．use

11． (　)A．matter　　    B．result　　 &n
b
sp; C．meaning　　　　  D．idea

12． (　)A．day　　　　    B．time　　   C．break　　　　   D．year

13． (　)A．bought　　    B．took　　    C．needed　　　　 D．preferred

14． (　)A．planes　　    B．ships　　   C．trains　　　　  D．buses

15． (　)A．sold　　　　   B．lent　　   C．moved　　　　  D．passed

 

完形填空。 (每小题1分，共15分)

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

Hello, my friends, long time no see! My family and I went on a   1   trip to Europe during our recent vacation. We visited Paris, France, and London, England. Here I want to share my tour of Paris with you.

  2   we set out, we all expected (期望) a fun and interesting vacation. For my sister and me, our stay in Paris had   3   meaning. It was a golden chance(机会)   4    our French, since English and French are the two official (官方的) languages in Canada. My mom doesn’t speak French, and my sister can’t speak it very   5  (she is only in Grade Three).  So it was my duty   6   directions(方向), order food, and deal with any person-to-person communication. I was, of course, really nervous:   7    they couldn’t understand my French   8   I couldn’t understand theirs?

My   9   soon went away. The people in Paris   10   very happy to answer my questions. They listened patiently (耐心地) and carefully, and spoke slowly   11    we could understand. One gentleman was even kind enough to lead us to the hotel we were  12  .

  13   the places we visited? We visited many places in Paris. My sister liked the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe (凯旋门). My mom liked the Louvre Museum(卢浮宫) most. Her favorite painting was the Mona Lisa. Which places did I like? I liked all of them.

 14   its romantic air, people’s friendly greetings (问候) and historic buildings, Paris is a city that we will   15  forget.

1.                A．two week       B．two-week       C．two-weeks D．twos-weeks

 

2.                A．When          B．If              C．Before   D．After

 

3.                A．another        B．other          C．the others D．others

 

4.                A．practice        B．practiced       C．to practice D．practicing

 

5.                A．good           B．better          C．well D．best

 

6.                A．ask            B．answer         C．ask about D．to ask for

 

7.                A．what if         B．unless          C．because  D．instead

 

8.                A．and            B．but            C．although D．or

 

9.                A．sadness        B．happiness       C．pleasure D．worries

 

10.               A．as if           B．sounds         C．seemed   D．smells

 

11.               A．so that         B．so             C．that D．such that

 

12.                                A．looking after B．looking for

C．looking up                        D．looking down

 

13.               A．Shall we        B．What about      C．Let’s    D．Why not

 

14.               A．With           B．Without        C．Under     D．Behind

 

15.               A．always         B．often          C．never D．sometimes

 

 

Sometimes people call ours a “throwaway society”. That means that we’re always throwing away old things and buying new ones. Many times, you no longer need something, but someone else may just need to buy one. For example, if your baby doesn’t like his toy car any longer, why not give it to a nearly family who has a little kid? That’s one less plastic toy car that they need to buy. It’s also one less plastic toy that needs to be produced, packaged and shipped to the toy store.
Here are some other ways to help save resources (资源)for the society:
★Use the other side of the paper.
★Use rechargeable (可再充电的) batteries for your electric toys, MP3 players, cell phones, and cameras.
★ Choose reusable travel cups instead of disposable (一次性的) paper or plastic cups.
★Take your own cloth shopping bags when you go shopping.
★ Drink tap water instead of buying bottled water.
And there are some things you can exchange with your friends, for example, books, toys, even clothes. It's a way for everyone to get something new without spending any money and without throwing many things away.
【小题1】The underlined word "ours" in the passage refers to (指代) _______.

A．our society	B．our old things
C．our life	D．our throwaway things

【小题2】According to the writer, if we give a second - hand toy car to a neighbor kid, we can____.

A．buy another new one	B．help toy business develop
C．make the family very thankful to us	D．help save resources for the society

【小题3】 Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．We should buy things that can be reused in our daily life.

B．We can exchange some things with others for further use.

C．It's good for us to throw away old things and buy new ones.

D．We are supposed to give the things we no longer need to our neighbors.

【小题4】What should we do in our daily life after reading the passage?

A．Try to throw as few old things as we can.

B．Use as many disposable things as possible.

C．Drink bottled water even though there is tap water around.

D．Buy everything we need instead of exchanging them with others.

—Why not ____ the music club, Elise?

—I’m sorry. I can’t sing ____ dance.

A．join; and

B．join; or

C．take part in; and

D．take part in; or

 

Why not _________ there with me?

A. go    B. going    C. to go