1、The United Kingdom 同步练习(四)I完形填空Chinese scientists are again becoming excited about the 1 that a large hairy animals may live in central China. Now they hope it wont be too long before they are able to 2 its existence. Their confidence is the 3 of a new discovery of the mystery animal in Hubei Provin
2、ce.The Chinese 4 , enjoying a holiday in 5 National Forest Park, were driving down a road. As their bus turned a corner, the men were suddenly _6_ by what they saw. Three 7 animal, covered with long dark hair, were crossing the roads. On seeing the animal, the engineers immediately stopped and 8 the
3、m. 9 , when they saw how the animals moved through the forest with great 10 and strength, they did not dare to 11 any further.The men did not take any 12 . However, scientists are 13 by the discovery, because the engineers were all well-educated people and scientists feel they can 14 what they descr
4、ibed.15 the discovery, scientists returned to the forest and 16 some hair and measured footprints. About 20 inches appears to be the length of the animals 17 ! Chinese scientists have now set up a special group to exchange information and make a 18 of the forest. But in the meantime, some people 19
5、to believe that this half-man, half-monkey exists. They will not believe that it is 20 until one of the animals has been caught.1. A. fact B. matter C. truth D. thing2. A. prove B. apalyze C. protect D. check3. A. basis B. requirement C. result D. preparation4. A. travellers B. engineers C. scientis
6、ts D. explorers5. A. the B. another C. a D. one6. A. frightened B. amazed C. upset D. inspired7. A. trained B. rejected C. tall D. violent8. A. shot at B. looked at C. fought with D. ran after9. A. However B. Indeed C. Meanwhile D. Anyway10. A. difficulty B. speed C. care D. pleasure11. A. search B.
7、 follow C. find D. look for12. A. bullets B. tools C. medicines D. photographs13. A. surprised B. delighted C. disturbed D. supported14. A. rely on B. deal with C. write down D. pass on15. A. With B. As C. Because of D. After16. A. cut B. pulled C. collected D. tore17. A. foot B. leg C. body D. head
8、18. A. film B. tour C. choice D. study19. A. come B. refuse C. prefer D. have20. A. wrong B. alive C. real D. correct阅读理解ATo us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against the rain. Its first use was
9、as a shade (遮光物) against the sun!Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese in the eleventh century B. C.We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thin
10、g connected with its use: it became a symbol (象征) of honor. In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by those in high office.In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was in commonly used in ancient Greece. But it is be
11、lieved that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.During the Middle Ages, the use of the umbrella practically disappeared. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. And again it was considered as a symbol of power.
12、 By 1680, the umbrella appeared in France, and later in England.By the eighteenth century, the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe. Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time, though they have become much lighter in weight. It wasnt until the twentieth century
13、 that womens umbrellas began to be made, in a whole variety of colours.21. According to this passage, the umbrella was probably first invented in ancient_.A. China B. EgyptC. Greece D. Rome22. Which of the following statements is not true about the umbrella?A. No one exactly knows who was the invent
14、or of the umbrella.B. The umbrella was first invented to be used as protection against the sun.C. The umbrella changed much in style in the eighteenth century.D. In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade.23. A strange feature (特征) of the umbrellas use is that it was used
15、 as_.A. protection against rainB. a shade against the sunC. a symbol of honour and powerD. womens decoration (装饰)24. In Europe, the umbrella was first used against the rain_.A. during the Middle AgesB. by the eighteenth centuryC. in RomeD. in Greece25. This passage talks mainly about_.A. when and ho
16、w the umbrella was inventedB. why the umbrella was so popular in EuropeC. the development of the umbrellaD. the history and use of the umbrellaBSHANGHAI, ChinaHouston Rockets star Yao Ming topped Forbes Magazines 2004 list of Chinese celebrities ( famous persons), ending up head and shoulders over e
17、ntertainers including martial arts star Jet Li and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon actress Zhang Ziyi.The 7-foot-6 center,now in his second season with the NBA, ranked first based on heavy exposure in media and Web hits in China. the magazine said in a news release on its Web site.Yao also recorded t
18、he second-highest 2003 income among Chinese celebrities: $ 14. 6 million.The top money-earner was Li, star of last years action thriller Cradle 2 The Grave, who chalked up earnings of $ 17 million in 2003. Li ranked 10th overall on the celebrity list.Zhang took second place on the list, followed by
19、fellow actress Zhao Wei and Hong Kong based singer-actress Faye Wong. Veteran film star Gong Li came in fifth, followed by Zhang Yimou, the award-winning director of Raise the Red Lantern and other films featuring Gong.The list, published in Forbes China, the magazines Chinese-language version, surv
20、eyed the income and popularity of celebrities in film, sports, media, music and publishing. Those listed had to have been born and raised in mainland China; celebrities from Hong Kong, Taiwan and other parts of the Chinese-speaking world were excluded.Despite that requirement, those listed were nota
21、ble in that most achieved fame only after garnering an international audience.The list reflects the rapid growth in Chinas entertainment industry, list compiler Bobby Hao said in Forbes. Its clear that more and more people from the mainland are making an impact and finding success overseas. 26. Acco
22、rding to the passage, who were the top three on the Forbes 2004 list of Chinese celebrities?A. Yao Ming, Jet li, Zhang Ziyi.B. Jet Li, Yao Ming, Zhang Ziyi.C. Yao Ming, Zhang Ziyi, Zhao Wei.D. Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi, Zhao Wei.27. What can we learn from the passage?A. Income was considered most important
23、 when Forbes ranked celebrities.B. Forbes ranked people according to their birth place, their income as well as popularity with people.C. Celebrities from mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan were all included on the list.D. Celebrities from sports are in the majority on the celebrity list.28. What is the
24、 meaning of chalked up (paragraph 4) as the words are used in the text?A. wrote something with chalkB. recorded somethingC. gave credit for somethingD. achieved somethingCThe Channel Tunnel ( 海底隧道 ), to be opened officially by British Queen Elizabeth and French President Francois Mitterrand on May 6
25、, links(连接) British and France for the first time since the Ice Age. The project took eight years to complete and cost an estimated (估计) $ 13. 5 billion. The channel is considered an engineering wonder of the 20th century. Le Shuttel is the channels specially built train. The total journey time betw
26、een Calais, France and Folkstone, Britain is 35 minutes. The service is scheduled to run 24 hours a day, seven days a week in both directions.29. According to this piece of news, who first suggested digging the Channel Tunnel?A. British Queen Elizabeth .B. A French engineer.C. Some that hasnt been m
27、entioned in the passage.D. French President Francois Mitterrand.30. The Channel Tunnel is considered as a wonder because _.A. it took nearly a hundred years to complete this projectB. there have been so many difficulties in this great projectC. it has shortened the journey very muchD. the tunnel wil
28、l be opened by both the queen and the president31. The underlined word scheduled in this passage means to_.A. put a regular train into a timetableB. plan the project for a certain timeC. prepare a timetable for the projectD. start a service for some time32. Which of the following is true?A. The trai
29、n runs every day except at weekends.B. It takes the train a little more than half an hour to cross the Channel.C. The train leaves Calais or Folkstone once every 35 minutes.D. The train runs only by day.延伸探究题I完形填空With the development of the information technology, we are stepping into the new centur
30、y. Peoples topics, especially the young peoples, are becoming more and more 1 , which older men never understand: the Internet and 2 life.Just a few years ago, people 3 talked about what a computer could do to help their daily life. They considered it as a high-tech 4 for programming, to design mach
31、ines, to control robots, 5 to make A-bombs! At that time, PCs were very expensive and it was too dear to 6 ones computer to the web. Whats more, it was too slow. So 7 people knew what the Internet really meantBut today, things have changed greatly. The Internet times are coming. 8 , if you like to h
32、ave a shot at succeeding in business today, you will have to succeed 9 the web. 10 around and it seems as if about every company out there is in E-business.For ordinary persons, E-mail is taking the place of traditional ways of 11 letters. And young people keep in touch with each other by connecting
33、 their 12 to the web. They can express their 13 , either happiness or anger, sorrow or loneliness, to their web mates in chat rooms. Some 14 have found their true love on . the Internet!I cannot 15 the Internets great devotions to our daily life in the world of tomorrow. The Internet can do 16 many
34、things for us that we almost cannot live without it Everything is 17 in the future, and no one can 18 what will exactly happen in years to come. But one thing is 19 : more people will come to know the Internet and will surely 20 themselves in his or her daily life.1. A. modern B. advanced C. strange
35、 D. interesting2. A. ordinary B. everyday C. school D. working3. A. often B. usually C. sometimes D. seldom4. A. tool B. machine C. computer D. line5. A. still B. yetC. even D. except6. A. put B. join C. fit D. tie7. A. a few B. some C. few D. no8. A. For some reason B. For some time C. For sure D.
36、For example9. A. through B. with C. on D. by10. A. Turn B. Look C. Travel D. Go11. A. sending B. receiving C. writing D. reading12. A. E-mails B. namesC. computers D. addresses13. A. thought B. ideaC. opinion D. feelings14. A. youths B. men C. boys D. girls15. A. believe B. imagine C. think D. make1
37、6. A. far too B. quite C. almost D. so17. A. true B. realC. possible D. changing18. A. tell B. decide C. guess D. question19. A. surely B. certain C. thoughtful D. considerable20. A. tire B. love C. help D. enjoy阅读理解AIn 1957 a doctor in Singapore noticed that hospitals were treating an unusual numbe
38、r of influenza like cases. Influenza is sometimes called flu or a bad cold. He took samples from the throats of patients in his hospital and was able to find the virus(病毒) of this influenza.There are three main types of influenza virus. The most important of these are types A and B, each of them hav
39、ing several sub-groups (亚群). At the hospital the doctor recognized that the outbreak was because of a virus-group A, but he did not know the sub-group. He reported the outbreak to the World Health Organization in Geneva. W. H. O. published the important news together with reports of the same kind of
40、 outbreak in Hong Kong, where about 15% 20% of the population had become ill.As soon as the London doctors received the package of throat samples, they began to test them. They found that they could reproduce themselves at a very high speed. Continuing their careful tests, the doctor checked the eff
41、ect of medicine used against all the known sub-groups of type A virus. On this virus, none of them was of any useHaving separated the virus, the two doctors now made tests on some selected animals. In a short time the usual signs of the disease appeared. These experiments showed that the new virus s
42、pread easily, but that it was not a killer. Scientists, like the general pubic, it simply Asian flu.21. The Asian flu mentioned in the passage_.A. had something to do with a virus group BB. was reported to W. H, O. in Geneva by a doctor in Hong KongC. broke out not only in Singapore but also in Hong
43、 KongD. was taken from the throats of the patients in a hospital in Singapore22. Ixindon doctors considered_.A. Asian flu as a bad coldB. there were three main types of influenzaC. it was necessary to test the other groups of virus besides group AD. the influenza called Asian flu is a new one23. The
44、 Singapore doctor helped the world by_.A. making those with Asian flu well againB. killing the virus that caused Asian fluC. finding the sub-group of the virusD. reporting the outbreak of Geneva24. The Asian flu virus_.A. was a killerB. was very weakC. could reproduce very quicklyD. died very fast25
45、. We can draw a conclusion that_ from this paragraph.A. careful observation and research can make a new discoveryB. we must stop us from catching Asian fluC. doctors should pay attention to patientsD. practice makes perfectBYou have heard of Webster Toys. Websters have good, safe, interesting toys f
46、or more than a hundred years. Now, we sell them, in countries, from New Zealand to Norway, and from Japan to Brazil. We are looking for someone to sell our toys in the Far East. He (or she) will be between the ages of thirty and forty. He will already have some years of selling in world markets behi
47、nd him. He will speak good English, and at least one other language of the Far East.The person we are looking for will live in Singapore, and work in our office there, but he will travel for up to six months in any one year. He will know the Far East quite well already. He will know how to sell in o
48、ld markets, and where to find new ones. He will understand money, and make more than ever before, for himself, and for Webster Toys.Webster want someone who can stand on his own feet. If you think you are the person we an looking for, write to Mr. J. Sloman at our Head Office.26. Children play with
49、Webster toys_.A. only in countries a long way from each otherB. in countries all over the worldC. in only four countries of the worldD. only in developed countries27. The person who is_ is fit for the job Webster will give.A. thirty years of ageB. forty years of ageC. less than forty years of ageD.
50、between thirty and forty years of age28. He will already have some years of selling in the world market behind him means_.A. he was already sold things in different pan of the worldB. he was sold toys for some yearsC. he was already sold toys all over the worldD. he was already sold things for some
51、years29. The person will speak_.A. English and only one other languageB. English or any other languageC. English or any other Far Eastern languageD. English and a Far Eastern language 30. The main idea of this passage is_.A. to employ some people who are willing to work for WebsterB. to show how nice the toys areC. to show how long of the history of Webster isD. to attract more toys-buyers