完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

 Paper was first     about2,000 years ago, it has been made     silk, cotton, bamboo, and wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. And because there weren’t many books,      people learned to read. Then printing was invented in China. The first printed books were made by      ink on a wooden block and holding the paper against it. When printing was developed greatly      the beginning of the11th century, books could be produced more quickly and     .

___       , more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly,        a way that can be compared       the       of the Internet in the20th century.

1.A.  create     B.  created      C.  creating       D.  creates

2.A.  in        B.  of          C.  from          D.  by

3.A.  little      B.  a little       C.  few          D.  a few

4.A.  put       B.  putting       C.  puts         D.  puting

5.A.  at         B.  in          C.  by           D.  on

6.A.  cheap      B.  cheaply      C.  cheaper       D.  cheapest

7.A.  Because    B.  so that       C.  As a result     D.  because of

8.A.  on         B.  in           C. by            D.  at

9.A.  at          B.  with         C.  by           D.  about

10.A.  introduction  B.  introduce   C.  introduced   D.  introducing

 

1根据句意用适当的从属连词或关系代(副)词填空。

1.--Dave, turn off the TV  _____ no one is watching it.

   --But it has been turned off already!  The music is from the radio.

2.--Why didn't you go surfing last Sunday?

   -- _____ I had a bad headache.

3.Don't get off it __ the bus stops. It's dangerous.

4.--Where is the comic book?

   --I brought it to you __ you were in the reading room yesterday.

5.Jack, there is someone in the office __ would like to speak to you.

6.--What kind of music do you like?

   --I like music __ I can sing along with.

7.The old man wants to live in a house _____  door is broken.

8.The film ____ we saw the day before yesterday is very interesting.

9.Do you know the student __ was praised at the meeting?

10.They work in a factory __ makes radio parts.

 

— Do you think it will be cool tomorrow?

　 — ________. It has been too hot for a week.

A．So it is

B．I’m afraid so

C．I hope so

D．Of course not

 

Look carefully at the back of a California state quarter. A man with a walking stick is pictured there. A bird called a California condor(大秃鹫)is flying overhead. Who is this man, and why is he so important that he is featured(处于显著地位)on the back of a coin?
The man on this quarter is John Muir. Even as a child, Muir loved watching nature. As a young man, he spent much of his life exploring the beauty of the wilderness. He walked more than a thousand miles across the country, through fields and woods. John Muir liked writing about the places he visited, describing their beauty.
Muir also wrote about problems. In order to create more farmland for sheep and cattle, many trees were being cut down. This made Muir unhappy and worried, because he knew that trees were important to forests and to the animals that lived in them．Muir believed that nature should be conserved(保护)instead of being changed by human beings. He wrote articles in magazines and newspapers to spread the word about conserving forests. Soon, others began to listen.
Muir wrote letters to important people, such as President Theodore Roosevelt. The president admired Muir’s love for nature. When Roosevelt came to visit Muir in California. Muir convinced(说服)the president to go camping with him for three nights under the trees so they could talk about conservation. Later, President Roosevelt set aside 148 million acres of land for national forests and established(建立)five national parks. National parks are large areas of land that are protected from development. This means that people cannot build homes or businesses there. One of these parks is Yosemite National Park, the area that is featured on the back of the California quarter.
Though it has been almost one hundred years since John Muir died, people continue his work today. His work as a conservationist helped us to see the beauty of our natural world. John Muir made us understand the importance of protecting our earth and our resources---then, now, and for the future.
【小题1】Why did President Theodore Roosevelt visit John Muir?

A．Because Roosevelt loved watching nature.

B．Because Roosevelt received letters from John Muir.

C．Because Roosevelt admired John Muir’s love for nature.

D．Because Roosevelt was sad about the problems with farmland.

【小题2】Why is John Muir featured on the back of a California state quarter?

A．Because he walked over a thousand miles across the country.

B．Because he helped people understand the importance of protecting the natural world.

C．Because he wrote articles to spread the word about conserving forests.

D．Because he once wrote several letters to President Theodore Roosevelt.

【小题3】What is the writer’s purpose of writing this article?

A．To advise readers to become active conservationists.

B．To make us interested in the story about a great man.

C．To tell us something about an important person in history.

D．To give information about how to conserve the environment.

Bamboo (竹子) is one of nature's (自然) most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass.

Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist reported one bamboo plant which grew 1. 5 metres(4 feet) in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1, 000 kinds of bamboo.

Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimetres wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimetres (1 foot) across. This plant also comes in different colours, from yellow to black to green.

Bamboo has been used to make many things such as hats and kitchen tools( 厨房用具). Because it is strong, bamboo is also used to build buildings.

Many Asian countries have used bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for buildings and supporting (支撑) new buildings and bridges while they are being built.

In Africa, poor farmers are taught how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap way to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. Bamboo pipes( 管子) help poor farmers bring water to their thirsty fields without spending a lot of money.

1.How is bamboo like grass?

A．It grows quickly.     B．It's wood. `         C．it is easy to cut.     D．It is very thin.

2.Though you can see bamboo everywhere, it doesn't grow      .

A．in China           B．in Europe          C．on mountains      D．in Africa

3.Why is bamboo used by African poor farmers? Because       .

A．it is cheap                             B．it has different colours

C．it is strong                             D．it has been used by Asians

4.Bamboo pipes can      .

A．make money       B．be trees           C．grow quickly       D．carry water

5.In Asia, bamboo has been used for      .

A．a short time

B．many thousands of years

C．many hundreds of years

D．about 100 years