先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的单词。使短文完整。所填单词必须在答题卡标有题号的横线上完整写出。（本大题共10空，每空0.5分，共5分）

Do you like listening to radio? For some people, listening to radio programs has become a part of their d__1.lives. How did this start?

   Radio began as ship-to-ship and ship-to-land c__2.. In the early 1900s, several people showed that radio could do more than that. Dr. Lee De Forest, is w____3. known as the father of radio. He made the first p___4. radio broadcast. As a fan of opera, De Forest wanted to s__5. the musical entertainment into homes. His first try was on January 13,1910, from the Metropolitan Opera House (大都会歌剧院) in New York City. However, the signal was not good enough. Only a few listening stations and a___6.in the harbor (港湾) area were able to hear this broadcast. Although there was a lot to do to improve, it s__7.what radio could do.

   Look at the world around us. Radio broadcasts are e___8.. Information now travels at the speed of l____9.. Music, news, traffic reports and speeches from world leaders are all on the radio. Can you imagine a world w___10.radio?

Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home; the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.

　　One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take care of them.” With these words, he went out.

　　But the servant knew that what the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished(惩罚), so he drank the poison to kill himself.

1.In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.

    A. the rich man 　　B. the servant 　　C. both A and B 　　D. neither A and B

2.The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.

A. the cat 　　 　　B. himself 　　　    C. nobody 　　　　D. the servant

3.The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because_______.

A. there was in face poison in the bottles

B. he did not want the servant to drink his wine

C. he wanted to kill the cat

D. he wanted to kill the servant

4.In fact, _______ate all the nice food and drank the wine.

A. the servant   B. cat   C. the rich man   D. nobody

5.From the story, we know that the servant is very _______.

A. lazy   B. bad   C. clever   D. kind

阅读下面短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

On a snowy evening, a rich lady was standing by the road. She was very worried. Her ? ?? had broken down. Just then a poor man named Robert came. He was on his ?? back home from work as usual.

The lady wondered, “Is the man going to ??? me? He looks very cold and hungry." But to her surprise, ? ???? stopped and said with a smile, “Can I help you, madam?"

After forty ? ??? , the car was at last fixed by Robert. The lady wanted to pay him.

“No, that's ???? , madam." he said, “I was just helping someone in ??? . If you really want to pay me back, I hope ???? you see someone in need, you should give him a hand."

A few minutes later, the lady ???? a shabby (破旧的)house by the road. She remembered Robert's words, so she stopped.

The hostess(女主人) warmly asked her ???? . The lady could see that was a ???? family and that they needed help. When the hostess was making tea in the kitchen, the lady ???? on a table 500 dollars and went away quietly.

Robert came home later than before, thinking how ???? their life was. His wife was pregnant(怀孕) and the baby was to be born the next month but there was not ???? money. His wife went up to him, gave him a kiss and said softly, “Don't worry, dear! Everything's going to be all ???? . A stranger has helped us out."

Let's always be ready to help others because helping others is helping ourselves.

1.A. bike?????????? ????????????? ??? B. motorbike?????? ????????????? C. bus?????????? ????????????? D. car

2.A. step???????????? ????????????? B. way??????????? ????????????? C. road??????????? ????????????? D. life

3.A. help??????????? ? ????????????? B. save??????????? ????????????? C. kill?????????? ????????????? D. find

4.A. she??????????? ????????????? ??? B. he?? ?????????? ????????????? C. I?????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. they

5.A. days??????????? ????????????? ??? B. hours?????????? ????????????? C. minutes??????? ????????????? D. years

6.A. nothing????????? ????????????? B. something?????? ????????????? C. everything???? ????????????? ????????????? D. anything

7.A. picture?????????? ????????????? B. rain??????????? ????????????? C. need????????? ????????????? D. danger

8.A. whatever???????? ????????????? B. whenever?????? ????????????? C. however??????? ????????????? D. whichever

9.A. saw???????????? ????????????? B. heard?????????? ????????????? C. smelt?????????? ????????????? D. felt

10.A. out????????????? ????????????? B. away??????????? ????????????? C. in??????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. along

11.A. terrible????????? ????????????? B. sad???????????? ????????????? C. rich??????????? ????????????? D. poor

12.A. dropped???????? ????????????? B. forgot?????????? ????????????? C. lay???????????? ????????????? D. left

13.A. exciting????????? ????????????? B. hard??????????? ????????????? C. happy????????? ????????????? D. interesting

14.A. many?????????? ????????????? B. some???????? ? ????????????? C. enough???????? ????????????? D. few

15.A. right??????????? ????????????? B. wrong????????? ????????????? C. glad?????????? ????????????? D. well

Televisions were among the most talked-about things at CES 2013—the 2013 International Consumer Electronic Show (国际消费类电子产品展销会) last week in Las Vegas, Nevada. They were bigger and better with some of the highest technology (技术). Some TVs used a new technology called OLED. They were bigger, thinner and lighter, offered better colour and were brighter than traditional TVs using LED.

Ultra High Definition TVs were also popular. Most of the TVs shown on the exhibition used 4k technology.

Smart TVs this year were smarter. Many offered technology that users have a more personalized （个性化的）experience. One such TV from TCL can know who is watching with the help of new technology. Then it can offer programmes according to the user’s usual interest. Another TV from Panasonic offers  a similar personalized user experience.

Size also played an important part in CES 2013. TVs changed in size from big to bigger, with at least two companies —Samsung and Hisense —showing TVs that are 110 inches large on the exhibition.

The yearly CES is the biggest technology show in North America and one of the biggest in the world.

It’s a meeting of the brightest minds and the top leaders from many industries and those who want to know about the future.

Digital health and fitness inventions were also big at CES 2013. There was even a fork that tells you when you are eating too fast.

The show had over 3,200 different companies showing more than 20,000new products in about 26 miles of exhibition space.

1.Which difference between OLED and LED is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Weight         B. Colour          C. Size             D. Price

2.The writer takes TCL and Panasonic for example to tell us _________.

A. smart TVs were smarter at CES 2013

B. Ultra High Definition TVs were popular at CES 2013

C. size played an important part in CES 2013

D. digital health and fitness inventions were big at CES 2013

3.From the passage, we can know __________.

A.CES 2013 has not been held yet

B. TVs at CES 2013 were smaller than before

C. many companies attended CES 2013

D. no leaders from industries appeared at CES 2013

Long ago there was a man with the name Smith. He made a living by making caps. One day he went to sell his caps. He went through a forest. There were many monkeys in it. It was very hot. The man is very tired and wanted to have a rest. He came up to a large tree, put his caps on the ground, took one of them and put it on his head. Then he lay down and soon fell asleep.

　　“Where are my caps？” Smith cried when he woke up.He looked up and saw many monkeys in the tree and each monkey had a cap on its head.

　　“Give me back my caps！” the man shouted at the monkeys.But the monkeys didn't understand him.They only laughed.The man got angry，took off his own cap，threw it on the ground and cried，“If you want all my caps，you may take this one，too！”

　　And what do you think happened？The little animals did the same. Each monkey took off its cap and threw it on the ground. The man was very glad. He quickly collected all his caps and went on his way.

1.The cap­maker was so tired ______.

A．that he wanted some food     B．that he wanted to sell his caps in the forest

C．that he had to stop for a rest   D．that he wanted to return home

2.He ______ and lay down and fell asleep soon.

A．put all his caps on his head    B．put all his caps on the ground

C．put all his caps in the tree     D．put one of his caps on his head

3.When the man woke up，he found ______.

A．each monkey had a cap on its head 　　

B．some monkeys were stealing his caps

C．the monkeys were laughing at him　　

D．a monkey had stolen his cap and tried it on

4.The man cried and told the monkeys ______.

A．to return his caps 　　     B．not to get away with his caps

C．to buy his caps 　　       D．not to laugh at him

5.At last the monkeys threw the caps on the ground because ______.

A．they took pity on him 　　  B．the man had got angry

C．they didn't like the caps 　　D．they liked to do the same as the man did