America has had many presidents who have been famous all over the world. People from other countries know the names Washington, Kennedy and so on. However, many men who have served as President of the United States have not been famous in other parts of the world. One example is J.Q. Adams, the sixth man to serve as U.S. President.

　　Very little happened while Adams was President. It was an unhappy time for him, and he wasn’t very effective, when his term ended, he went back to the Congress and served as a representative (众议院议员). While he was in Congress, people began to respect him more than they had done while he was President. Adams was strongly against slavery and tried to outlaw it in Washington D. C.. People began to look back on his presidency with a different view. Now they saw that he was an independent man with high ideal who loved his country and hated slavery. Adams died in 1848 while speaking in the House of Representative.

36. When Adams served as the sixth U.S. President 　　　　 .

　 A. his people didn’t regard him as a great man

B. he tried a lot of means to get rid of slavery

C. his high ideal made an impression on American people

D. he did a lot of things against laws

37. In fact, American people came to love Adams 　　　 .

　 A. whether he was president or not　　 　 B. when he was not a president

　 C. before his term ended　　　　　　 　　 D. when he first became a representative

38. Which of the following can show the author’s true attitude?

A. Adams had ability, but he had no chance to show it.

　 B. As a president, Adams was unfit for his work.

　 C. Adams was not an effective man.

　 D. Adams was worth respecting.

39. According to the passage, compared with Adams, Lincoln 　　　 .

　 A. was not a world-famous president　 　　 B. seemed to be an unimportant president

　 C. was a well-known president　　　　 　　 D. had the same fact as Adams

40. Choose the best title for this passage.

　 A. Unfit Presidents　　　　　　　　　 　　 B. President Who Set Slavery Free

C. Unknown Presidents　　　　　　 D. Famous President, Adams

 Millions years ago much of our earth was covered with blocks (块) of ice. These ice blocks were as tall as high buildings in modern cities. Most of the ice was in the northern (北方的)part of the world.

Then the ice blocks started to move south. Cold and rain came with the ice. Animals and people had to move.

At last, the ice began to melt (融化). After half a million years, most of it had melted. More than half of the earth became covered with water. The climate became much warmer. Things began to grow. The earth began to look the way it looks today.

1.Millions of years ago our earth was very _________________.

A. warm            B. hot              C. cool             D. cold

2.What did animals and people try to do when the ice blocks moved south?

A. they tried to stop them moving.       B. They tried to melt them.

C. They tried to stay ahead of them.      D. They tried to move behind them.

3.The melting ice maybe helped to form _____________.

A. mountains and valleys              B. the sun, the moon and the earth

C. cities and countries                D. seas, lakes and rivers

4. The underlined word “climate” means _______________.

A. the freezing ice                   B. the weather of the year

C. the moving of the ice blocks         D. a plant or an animal

5. Which of these things maybe happened because the Ice Age ended?

a. Forests grew                     b. Food became harder to find

c. Fishing became easier              d. The temperature dropped.

A. a; b            B. b; d           C. c; d             D. a; c

    Thousands years ago much of our earth was covered with blocks (块) of ice. These ice blocks were as tall as high buildings in modern cities. Most of the ice was in the northern (北方的)part of the world.

Then the ice blocks started to move south. Cold and rain came with the ice. Animals and people had to move.

At last, the ice began to melt (融化). After half a million years, most of it had melted. More than half of the earth became covered with water. The climate became much warmer. Things began to grow. The earth began to look the way it looks today.

(  )6. thousands of years ago our earth was very _________________.

A. warm            B. hot              C. cool             D. cold

(  )7. What did animals and people try to do when the ice blocks moved mouth?

A. they tried to stop them moving.       B. They tried to melt them.

C. They tried to stay ahead of them.      D. They tried to move behind them.

(  )8. The melting ice maybe helped to form _____________.

A. mountains and valleys              B. the sun, the moon and the earth

C. cities and countries                D. seas, lakes and rivers

(  )9. The underlined word “climate” means _______________.

A. the freezing ice                   B. the weather of the year

C. the moving of the ice blocks         D. a plant or an animal

(  )10. Which of these things maybe happened because the Ice Age ended?

a. Forests grew                     b. Food became harder to find

c. Fishing became easier              d. The temperature dropped.

A. a; b            B. b; d           C. c; d             D. a; c