1、Test 10A Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文)November 17 is an important day for black cats in Italy, An animal rights group has named that day Black Cat Day to stop the killing of thousands of the cats. Why do people 1 the animal so much? It is because people be
2、lieve black cats bring bad luck if they walk across your path.The black cat is just one of the 2 of superstition( 迷信). You may already know thatWestern people dont like the number 13. They also believe that walking under a ladder, opening an umbrella indoors and 3 a mirror can also bring bad luck.Ac
3、cording to Andrew Macaskill, who works for Times. British people believe it is 4 to see one magpie(喜鹊). But two bring good luck. In Britain, people like to have a horseshoe over the door. They believe it can bring good luck. Macaskill said. But the horseshoe needs to be the right way up. The luck 5
4、if it is upside down.”In the US, people usually spit on a new baseball bat before using it for the first time. They think this can bring good luck. Also, it is believed that good spirits live in trees. So by knocking on anything made from wood, people can call upon those spirits for protection again
5、st misfortune.People in the US also believe there are evil(邪恶的) spirits in brooms(担帚)So 6 learn a broom against a bed. The evil spirits will cast a spell on the bed. 1. A. love B. keep C. hate D raise 2. A. symbols B. stories C. ways D. means 3. A. buying B. breaking C. borrowing D. bringing 4. A. l
6、ucky B. unlucky C. possible D. Impossible 5. A. throws away B. runs away C. gives away D. puts away 6. A. always B. usually C. sometimes D. neverB Read the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给):Like most cultures around the world, the Zulu people of A
7、frica tell stories that have animals as heroes. These stories are m 1 to entertain, but they are also used to teach important lessons tochildren. This is one of those stories.One hot afternoon, Jackal(豺)was walking along the rocky road sniffing(嗅)the ground. He was h 2 to smell a mouse or a lizard,
8、or something else that would be good to eat. He was somuch lost in sniffing that he wasnt really paying attention to what was a 3 himself.Suddenly, Jackal looked up to see his neighbor, Lion, walking straight toward him. He did not have enough time to get away. Jackal had played many tricks on Lion
9、over the years, so he knew he would be in t 4 if he was caught. Jackal needed to think of something quickly.“Help! Help! “cried Jackal as he quickly jumped up to push upon a large rock hanging over the road. The rocks are falling down, and I cant h 5 them much longer .We shall both be crushed(压碎)if
10、you do not do your best to hold these rocks back, Lion.”At once, Lion pushed his strong shoulder against the rocks to keep them from m 6 any further. Ill just run over here to get something to stop the rocks, shouted Jackal as he ran away to safety. Lion stayed leaning against the unmoving rocks for
11、 quite a long time before he r 7 that Jackal had tricked him yet again!1. _ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._ 6._ 7._CChoose the words or expressions and complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):One problem a lot of people have with books is that they buy them and then never start reading them.To 1 , a foreign publisher
12、 called Eterna Cadencia came up with a very clever idea: it printed the words of the books in disappearing ink: the text of the book vanishes(消失)two months after the special package of the book is opened, thus encouraging buyers to start reading it 2 it goes away. They call this the book that cant w
13、ait”.According to a video presented with the story, the book was 3 . The publisher sold out the whole first edition at a bookstore the day it was printed, and receivedthousands of requests for more copies of the book. It also got a lot of news reports, As a result, the publisher is planning to publi
14、sh 4 kinds of books in disappearing ink.In some ways, the idea is pretty clever. 5 ,we still have some suggestions:First, the book should start the vanishing process after the reader first opens the book. If the vanishing ink books become very popular in the future, readers will need to read them on
15、e at a time. They dont want their books to vanish before they readthe first page.Second, the vanished book should find a 6 use.Maybe they can be recycled, or maybe we can use them as notebooks. It would be amore environmentally friendly to do this.1. A. answer the question B. take the place of books
16、 C. solve this problem D. be fond of the books2. A. before B. after C. when D. until 3. A. a terrible dream B. a big problem C. alarge amusement D a great success4. A. the same B. other C.expensive D. successful5. A. However B. So C. Luckily D. Finally6. A. strange B. hard C. good D. traditionalDRea
17、d the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给):People think of ice cream as an American food. Yet, ice cream really came from Asia. In the l 1 1200s Marco Polo, the great explorer, is said to have seen rich Asians eating dishes of ice.Camels had brought
18、the ice from distant mountains. Before it was s 2 , the ice had beenflavored(调味) with fruits.Marco Polo brought this new dish to Italy. In France cooks changed the ice recipe(配方)andmade ice cream.At first, cooks tried to k 3 the recipe a secret. They wanted it to be a special dish for rich people. B
19、y the late 1700s, though, ice cream was sold throughout Europe and America.Some great Americans loved ice cream. George Washington was the first to buy a specialm 4 for making it.When Thomas Jefferson returned from France. he brought an ice creamrecipe home with him. Dolly Madison, wife of President
20、 James Madison, a 5 liked ice cream and she often served it at the White House. Actually, a famous brand(品牌) of ice cream was evenn 6 after her.In the late 1800s, the ice cream industry began to grow. A w 7 of keeping ice creamfrozen had been found, so ice cream makers did not have to worry about ic
21、e cream melting(融化)anymore.1. _ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._ 6._ 7._ERead the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通。每空格限填一词，首字母已给):Nathan Sawayas childhood was a lot of fun. He d 1 cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks(积木). His grandparents bought his first
22、set of toy bricks when he was five years old and hes been building with toy bricks ever since. He even took his building bricks to college with him! Instead of books and a computer, he had a m 2 of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk.Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up his highly-paid( 高
23、薪的 )job to become an a 3 that uses toys in his art. He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty to Superman.He has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art. He started by building small models but then decided to d
24、o something big and c 4 a self-portrait(自画像). It took him two days just to build the eyes.Nathans work has appeared inmuseums around the world. Children love his art because It ismade out of the same toys that they play w 5 at home and adults love his work because it is fascinating. Since it began i
25、n 2007, Nathans exhibition The Art of the Brickhas been very popular with museum v 6 everywhere.Im proud that I took a dream I had as a child to b 7 an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it, says Nathan. To do what you love in life is the most important thing.”1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._ 6._ 7._F
26、Read the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给):Influenza, or flu(流感), is a type of virus. It spreads from one person to another quickly.When someone who has the flu coughs or sneezes, little droplets from their lungs spread out into the a_1_.Anyone ne
27、arby can get sick. Even a person who touches something with the virus and then touches his or her mouth, eyes, or nose, can become infected(感染).The outbreak of the 1918 influenza infected about 500 million people worldwide. It k 2 from 20 million to 50 million people. It was first seen in Europe, th
28、e United States, and parts of Asia. It then spread quickly around the world. Many people who became sick were young, healthy adults. At the time, no treatments worked in the prevention of the spread of the killer flu. People were o 3 to wear masks. Schools, theatres and other public places were clos
29、ed.When the first wave in the spring of 1918 hit, it didnt seem s 4 .People who were infected felt the usual flu symptoms(症状), Which are chills, fevers, and feeling tired. Those who got Sick generally got better after several days. Not many died. However, a second highly contagious(# )wave of influe
30、nza appeared in the fall of that same year. Victims died s 5 after they were infected-within hours or days. Their skin turned blue and heir lungs were filledwith liquid, making it very difficult to breathe.By the summer of1919,the flu pandemic(大流行病) came to an e 6 .Sick people had either got well or
31、 died. Almost 90 years later, in 2008,researchers announced theyd discovered why the1918 flu was so deadly The flu virus inflamed(使发) the lungs，c 7 them to be filled with liquid.Since 1918, there have been several other influenza pandemics, although none has been quiteas deadly.1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._ 6
32、._ 7._ Test 10A 1.C 2.A 3B 4.B 5.B 6.DB 1. meant 2. hoping 3. around 4. trouble 5. hold 6. moving 7. realizedC 1.C 2.A 3.D 4.B 5.A 6CD. 1.late 2. served 3. keep 4. machine 5. also 6. named 7. wayE 1. drew 2. model 3 B. artist 4. created 5. with 6. visitors 7. becomeF 1. air 2. killed 3. ordered 4. serious 5. shortly 6. end 7. causing
