By the year 1889, there were just 541 bison _...

By the year 1889, there were just 541 bison ________ in the whole of North America.

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By the year 1889, there were just 541 bison________in the whole of North America.

A. leaving alive        B. to leave alive          C. to be left alive         D. left alive

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By the year 1889, there were just 541 bison________in the whole of North America.

A. leaving alive          B. to leave alive            C. to be left alive           D. left alive

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We live in a dangerous world. The figures for crime go up year by year. If you were attacked in the street, would you be able to defend yourself? Not very well probably, especially if someone was pointing a gun at you. We all see a lot of violence of films, but recently some programs on television showed how people can defend themselves without guns. For example, in one film a woman was attacked from behind. She threw the man, who was heavier and stronger than she was, over her head. Then she held him tightly on the ground. How? She knew Judo.

Jiu-jitsu, as judo is sometimes called, means "muscle science" in Japanese. The student of judo needs to learn a lot about the body, its bones and muscles. Judo uses a number of "falls", "holds" and "throws". Someone who does not know judo cannot defend himself against them. If you know judo you can defend yourself against a person who is stronger than you. You had better not practice judo on your friends unless they can fall without hurting themselves! Being strong is one thing, but using the body wisely is another. In judo, you use the other person's body to help you. You "throw" him to the ground and "hold" him there, so that he cannot move. Of course, it takes time and practice, but knowing judo is useful. In a violent world you ought to be able to defend yourself.

1.According to passage, in fact "judo" is ______.

A．the same as "Jiu-jitsu"                    B．a kind of fighting

C． a kind of muscle science                 D．is helpful to a strong man

2.Why does the writer say the world is dangerous?

A． The number of violence and crime is increasing every year.

B．Because many people carry guns.

C．Because there too many films.

D．Because people are not able to defend themselves.

3.Which of the following statement is true about the woman in the passage?

A．The woman held the man over her head.

B．The woman was heavier than the man.

C．The woman was able to defend herself.

D．The woman attacked the man from behind.

4.If a man knows judo, he ______.

A．will be good at muscle science.

B．will be able to avoid being attacked from his back.

C．may defeat any strong person.

D．can help himself by using the other person's body

5.What's the best title for this short passage?

A．How to defend oneself                   B．Violence in films

C．How to practise judo                     D．Something about judo

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In the last years of the 1920s, hundreds of record flights were made. A few were made by women. But no woman had flown across the Atlantic Ocean. A wealthy American woman, Amy Guest,________1.________(buy) a plane to do this. However, her family were against the idea.________2. she looked for another woman to take________3.________place. Friends suggested Amelia Earhart, who became interested in flying while________4.________(live) in Toronto. American publisher George Putnam had helped organize the Atlantic Ocean flight________5.________made Amelia famous. Afterwards,________6.  continued to support her flying activities. In 1931, George and Amelia were married. He helped provide her7.________financial support.

8.________May 20th, 1932, Amelia took off from Newfoundland. She headed east in________9.  small red and gold plane. Amelia had problems with ice on the wings, and fog from the ocean. At one point, her plane dropped________10.________(sudden) 900 meters. She regained control. And after 15 hours she landed in Ireland. She had become the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone.

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In 1812, the year Charles Dickens was born, there were 66 novels published in Britain. People had been writing novels for a century—most experts date the first novel to Robinson Crusoe in 1719—

but nobody wanted to do it professionally. The steam-powered printing press was still in its early stages; the literacy（识字） rate in England was under 50%. Many works of fiction appeared without the names of the authors, often with something like “By a lady.”Novels, for the most part, were looked upon as silly, immoral, or just plain bad.

In 1870, when Dickens died, the world mourned him as its first professional writer and publisher, famous and beloved, who had led an explosion in both the publication of novels and their readership and whose characters — from Oliver Twist to Tiny Tim— were held up as moral touchstones. Today Dickens’ greatness is unchallenged. Removing him from the pantheon（名人堂） of English literature would make about as much sense as the Louvre selling off the Mona Lisa.

How did Dickens get to the top? For all the feelings readers attach to stories, literature is a numbers game, and the test of time is extremely difficult to pass. Some 60,000 novels were published during the Victorian age, from 1837 to1901; today a casual reader might be able to name a half-dozen of them. It’s partly true that Dickens’ style of writing attracted audiences

from all walks of life. It’s partly that his writings rode a wave of social, political and scientific progress. But it’s also that he rewrote the culture of literature and put himself at the center. No one will ever know what mix of talent, ambition, energy and luck made Dickens such a singular writer. But as the 200th anniversary of his birth approaches, it is possible — and important for our own culture—to understand how he made himself a lasting one.

1.Which of the following best describes British novels in the 18th century?

A. They were difficult to understand.

B. They were popular among the rich.

C. They were seen as nearly worthless.

D. They were written mostly by women.

2.Dickens is compared with the Mona Lisa in the text to stress________.

A. his reputation in France

B. his interest in modern art

C. his success in publication

D. his importance in literature

3.What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A. To remember a great writer.

B. To introduce an English novel.

C. To encourage studies on culture.

D. To promote values of the Victorian age.

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All added up, there are now only ten students in the mountain school, but ten years ago there were 　　　　 .

A. ten times more　　　　 B. ten times much

C. more ten times 　　 　 D. much ten times

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The number of smokers, ________ is reported, has dropped by 17 percent in just one year.．

A. as　　 B. which

C. what　　 D. it

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By the year of 2053 there will be 487 million aged people in China，　　 　 means that one third of the population will be over 60.

A. that　　 B. which　　 C. what　　 D. where

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Edwin Powell Hubble was born in 1889 in Marshfield , Missouri . He spent his early years in the state of Kentucky . Then he moved with his family to Chicago , Illinois . He attended the University of Chicago . He studied mathematics and astronomy .

He was a member of the University of Chicago championship basketball team in 1909 . He was also an excellent boxer . Several people urged him to train for the world heavyweight boxing championship after college . Instead , he decided to continue his studies . He went to Queen’s College at Oxford , England . At Oxford , Hubble studied law . He was interested in British Common Law , because his family had come to America from England many years before . He spent 7 years at Oxford .

In 1913 , Hubble returned to the United States . He opened a law office in Louisville , Kentucky . After a short time , however , he decided he did not want to be a lawyer . He returned to the University of Chicago . There , once again , he studied astronomy .

Hubble watched the night sky with instruments at the university’s Yerkes Observatory . His research involved a major question astronomers could not answer : What are nebulae（星云）?

In his research paper , Hubble said the issue could be decided only by more powerful instruments . And those instruments had not yet been developed .

Soon after , Hubble bagan working with a larger and more powerful telescope at Mount Wilson . Its mirror was 250 centimeters across . It was the most powerful telescope in the world for 25 years .It had the power Hubble needed to make his major discoveries .

From 1922 on , Edwin Hubble began examining more and more distant objects . His first great discovery was made when he recognized a Cepheid variable star . It was in the outer area of the great nebula called Andromeda . Cepheid variable stars are stars whose brightness changes at regular periods .

Hubble’s discovery ended a long dispute . He proved wrong those who believed nebulae lay inside the Millky Way . And he proved that nebulae were galaxies themselves . Astronomers now agree that far distant galaxies do exist .

72. Why did Hubble close his law office ?

A. Because it could not bring him fortune .

B. Because he was tired of office work .

C. Because he wanted to be devoted to astronomy .

D. Because he couldn’t control himself sometimes .

73. The larger and more powerful telescope at Mount Wilson_______.

A. belonged to the state of Kentucky

B. was once the most powerful

C. cost Hubble all his money

D. was of little help to Hubble’s research

74. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Edwin Powell Hubble ?

A. He studied law for three years at Oxford , England .

B. He corrected people’s wrong idea about nebulae .

C. He made some important discoveries at Mount Wilson .

D. He showed little interest in sports while studying astronomy at college .

75. Cepheid variable stars’ brightness can be described as__________.

A. changeable       B. fixed          C. weak           D. colorful

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