Book 2 unit11
1.Water usually freezes when tempeterature is _______ zero and ice changes into water again when the tempeterature is ______ zero.
A. below; above B. under; over C. above; below D. below; over
2.The clock has stopped. Get it _______, please.
A. to go B. going C. go D. to be going
3.The dictionary will _______ you to understand words.
A. assists B. aid C.able D. enable
4. The teachers are _____ us for the coming examination.
A. preparing B. prepared C. helping D. making
5. Where did he seem_______?
A. to have been B. to go to C. to have gone to D. to have been going
6.We have just heard a warning on the radio that a hurricane is _____ to come this evening.
A. likely B.possible C. probable D.believeable
7.The President is now on a visit to China, ___ at expanding relations between the two countries.
A. aims B. to aiming C. being aimed D. aimed
8. This district, ______ many famous universities , is now the new centre for Chinese science and technology.
A. home to B. the home for C. base for D. based in
9. Just as the doctor ________ , your wife is not exactly fat, but rather well—built for her age.
A. gets it B. makes it C. puts it D. means it
10.Chinese scientists have mapped out part of the international human genome project, _____ that they are among the world’s best.
A. to prove B. proved C. having proved D. proving
11.______ great progress we have made , we shuold not be conceited.
A.However B. How C. Whatever D.What
12. ---I’m sorry that I can’t attend your wedding.
---_____? Haven’t we agreed on it?
A. What is it B. Why don’t you C. What do you think D. How is it
13 ---Excuse me, sir. I’m writing a research paper on Chinese medicine. Do you mind answering a few question?
----______.
A. Yes, please B. No, of course not C. Certainly D. By all means
14. ----How is everything, Rose?
---____.
A. Very well, thank you B. Not too bad C. I’m all right, thanks D. Not at all
15. ---Why didn’t you tell Ann the truth?
---_____.
A. Yes, I was afraid to be scolded by her B. No, but I wanted to
C. But I did D. I always hate telling lies
16. ---Not all present would believe what the report said, I’m afraid.
---____.
A. So do I B. Nor am I C. I agree D. I’m afraid , too
17. ---Please excuse me, but I really have to be going.
---Yes, of course. ____.
A. The same to me B. That’s OK C. Thanks a lot D. Nice seeing you.
18. ---___ ---Thank you. I certainly will.
A. I wish you success B. Will you help me with my work
C. Please remember me to your family D. May I help you?
19. ---______at the new school?
---Fine. I’ve got used to the life there and I’ve made some friend.
A. How are you B. How are you doing C. Are you getting on well D. How do you do
20.---Cliff, I lost your bike at school. I suppose I should pay for it.
---Oh, ____. It was an old bike anyway.
A. Forget it B. Take it easy C. OK D. Don’t say so
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Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise, we accept these failures as a 21 part of the learning process. But all too often as parents and teachers we disallow this 22 right to our children.
When I see a child 23 to this kind of pressure, I think of Donnie.
Donnie was my youngest third grader. His 24 of failure kept him from classroom games that other children enjoyed. He 25 answered questions — he might be wrong.
I tried my best to build his 26. But nothing changed until midterm, when Mary Anne, a student teacher, was assigned （安排）to our classroom.
She was young and pretty, and she loved children. My pupils, Donnie included, 27 her.
One morning, we were working math problems at the chalkboard. Donnie had 28 the problems with painstaking neatness. Pleased with his progress, I 29 the children with Mary Anne and went for art materials. When I returned, Donnie was in 30. He’d missed the third problem.
My student teacher looked at me in despair. Suddenly her face 31. From the desk we shared, she got a container filled with pencils.
"Look, Donnie," she said, kneeling beside him and gently 32 the tear stained face from his arms. "I’ve got something to33 you." She removed the pencils, one at a time, and placed them on his desk.
"See these 34 , Donnie," she continued. "They belong to Mrs. Lindstrom and me. See how the erasers are 35 ? That’s because we make mistakes too.But we erase the mistakes and try again. That’s what you 36 learn to do, too."
She kissed him and stood up. "Here," she said, "I’ll leave one of these pencils on 37 desk so you’ll remember that everybody makes mistakes, 38 teachers." Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and a smile.
The pencil became Donnie’s 39 possession. That, together with Mary Anne’s frequent encouragement, gradually 40 him that it’s all right to make mistakes — as long as you erase them and try again.
21. A. small B. basic C. necessary D. large
22. A. correct B. same C. important D. natural
23. A. suffering B. object C. fall D. subject
24. A. fear B. lesson C. chance D. sense
25. A. always B. often C. never D. seldom
26. A. self－protection B. self－improvement C. self－confidence D. self－learning
27. A. respected B. disliked C. avoided D. mined
28. A. worked out B. copied C. gone over D. leaned
29. A. left B. offered C. missed D. parted
30. A. surprise B. astonishment C. anger D. tears
31. A. darkened B. brightened C. pulled D. loosened
32. A. lifting B. picking C. holding D. pushing
33. A. help B. show C. reward D. promise
34. A. pencils B. mistakes C. marks D. containers
35. A. used B. built C. worn D. damaged
36. A. may B. must C. will D. can
37. A. my B. someone’s C. the teacher’s D. your
38. A. still B. also C. even D. not
39. A. prized B. own C. kept D. expected
40. A. warned B. informed C. persuaded D. reminded
A
Animation means making things which are lifeless come alive and move.
Since earliest times, people have always been astonished by movement. But not until this century have we managed to take control of movement, to record it, and in the case of animation, to retranslate it and recreate it. To do all this, we use a movie camera and a projector（放映机）.
In the world of cartoon animation, nothing is impossible. You can make the characters do exactly what you want them to do.
A famous early cartoon character was Felix the Cat, created by Pat Sullivan in America in the early nineteen twenties. Felix was a wonderful cat. He could do all sorts of things no natural cat could do like taking off his tail, using it as a handle and then putting it back.
Most of the great early animators lived and worked in America, the home of the moving picture industry. The famous Walt Disney cartoon characters came to life after 1928. Popeye the Sailor and his girl friend Olive Oyo were born at Max Ficischer in 1933.
But to be an animator, you don’t have to be a professional（专业人士）. It is possible for anyone to make a simple animated film without using a camera at all. All you have to do is to draw directly on to an empty film and then run the film through a projector.
41．What does the passage mainly discuss?
A．Animal world. B．Movie camera. C．Cartoon making. D．Movement.
42．Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．People were unable to cause the movement to last or record it in the last century.
B．Pat Sullivan was a famous early cartoon character.
C．It is impossible to make cartoon characters do what they are designed to do.
D．In ancient times people were surprised by movement.
43．According to the passage, Felix the Cat .
A．was created by the American cartoonist Felix
B．was designed by Pat Sullivan in the early twentieth century
C．was unable to do what natural cats could not do
D．was created in the United States in the nineteenth century
44．It can be inferred from the passage that .
A．Walt Disney’s cartoon characters were born earlier that Pat Sullivan’s
B．only professionals can create cartoon characters
C．Popeye the Sailor and Olive Oyo were famous cartoonists
D．the cartoon industry started in the United States
45．Which of the following statements best describes the author’s attitude towards cartoon making?
A．Cartoon making is an easy job. Anyone can do it.
B．Only trained people can be employed in cartoon making industry.
C．Anyone can make cartoons under the instructions of professionals.
D．Cartoon making is no easy job. You have to spend much time drawing onto the empty film.
B
When I was younger, bedtime was always my favourite part of the day. Wearing soft pajamas and with Ian, my stuffed monkey, in my arms, I felt no pressure at all.
I named Ian after my uncle when I compared Ian’s long arms and legs to his. One night I ran up to Uncle Ian at a family party and told him I had named my monkey after him. His eyebrows wrinkled in confusion, then a chuckle（哈哈笑）escaped his lips. I guess he didn’t understand how important it was to me.
Even if Uncle Ian didn’t think my monkey was special, I certainly did. I dressed him in a white baby nightgown. My mother thought that Ian was the best-dressed stuffed animal in the world. Yes, he was certainly a fashionable creature. The strong cologne（科隆香水）I used on him years ago makes him still smell “pretty”.
For a long time, Ian went everywhere with me. He was my best friend, and I told him everything. But when I turned twelve, I realized I was too old for stuffed animals. I thought people would think I was babyish, so I put him in the cupboard with the rest of my teddy bears and dolls. I begged him to understand why I was doing this, but at the same time I longed to talk to him again.
It took me several years to realize that it was OK to miss Ian. I know now that maturity（成熟）doesn’t only mean growing up and taking on more responsibility. It also means holding on to your childhood and acting young sometimes.
Ian has been with me since I was six years old holding him in my arms connects me to my past and my present as I continue to grow and understand myself.
46．Which of the following is not true according to the text?
A．Bedtime used to be the writer’s favourite part of the day because of the stuffed monkey.
B．Uncle Ian liked the stuffed monkey as much as the writer.
C．The writer used to carry the monkey with her wherever she went.
D．Years later the writer realized that it was not wrong to miss Monkey Ian.
47．The writer loved Monkey Ian deeply because __________.
A．he could understand her B．he was a fashionable monkey
C．he could talk with her D．he was her most honest listener
48．We can learn from the text that the writer believes ________.
A．keeping stuffed animals is babyish
B．maturity doesn’t mean growing up and taking on more responsibility
C．one should keep to his childhood and act young sometimes even when he has grown up
D．human beings should be kind to animals
49．We can infer from the text that _________.
A．the writer is still a teenager B．the writer is now a middle-aged woman
C．Monkey Ian got angry for being left alone D．Uncle Ian has a monkey-like face