Drawings of human colonies on other planets often picture the entire community under a glass or plastic bubble. The bubble is intended to create an atmosphere with adequate oxygen and other essential elements. But similar bubble-like structures have also been constructed on earth. One of the most famous, and controversial, is a site in the Arizona desert.
Biosphere 2, as it is called, was built not far from Tucson in 1984 and is now run by Columbia University. This huge（7,200,000-cubic-foot）glass and steel construction contains several separate ecosystems, including a desert, a rain forest, and a 900,000-gallon “ocean.” The climatic conditions-humidity, temperature, air quality-are regulated by sensors and can be adjusted as needed or desired. For example, a rainstorm can be created to increase the humidity. The adjustable features of Biosphere 2 make it an ideal location to perform experiments to help determine the effects of such climatic changes as global warming.
The current conditions at Biosphere 2 are vastly different from those in 1993, when eight people who had moved into the environment with great fanfare two years earlier moved out in failure. Though promising to be self-sufficient（自足的）, these “colonists” had so much trouble regulating the environment that they reportedly had food smuggled into them. Oxygen levels became dangerously low; most plants and animals died. In taking over the unsuccessful site, Columbia hopes to erase its notorious past by focusing on small research projects that gradually answer some of Biosphere 1’s — that is, Earth’s most basic environment questions.
【小题1】This passage primarily deals with _________.
| A．conditions of life in Biosphere 2 |
| B．building controlled environments on other planets |
| C．why Biosphere 2 failed in the past |
| D．what makes a good biosphere colonist |
| A．a group of eight colonists |
| B．Columbia University |
| C．the city of Tucson |
| D．scientists who hope to establish Biosphere 3 |
| A．did not like living in a controlled environment |
| B．found it very difficult to live in a controlled environment |
| C．still are involved with Biosphere 2 |
| D．have now left the country in disgrace |
| A．comparing its features with those of an outer space biosphere |
| B．explaining the process by which it was constructed |
| C．referring to an interview with one of former inhabitants |
| D．describing its appearance and conditions |
| A．well known for something good | B．well known for something bad |
| C．very dangerous | D．quite interesting |
科目：高中英语 来源：福建省厦门六中2009-2010学年度高一下学期期中考试（英语） 题型：完型填空
III. 完形填空（共20小题；每小1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从33—52各题所给的四个选项 (A，B，C和D)，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his 33 time, he likes to get out in the country and take some 34 of animals.
For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his 35 . But his father didn’t take Bill along with him 36 he was fifteen.
He and Bill drove to the farm which 37 to his uncle in the afternoon. They 38 the night there, so that they could 39 out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.
It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm 40 the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember 41 he was. He turned over 42 and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he 43 that he was at the 44 and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got 45 quickly.
He ran downstairs. The others were already in the 46 . Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It 47 good.
They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk 48 , because they didn’t want to 49 up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle 50 hot coffee and took some sandwiches 51 Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera 52 and started out.
33. A. busy B. spare C. enough D. limited
34. A. foods B. drawings C. paintings D. pictures
35. A. trips B. buses C. holidays D. mountains
36. A. after B. when C. until D. unless
37. A. led B. stuck C. got D. belonged
38. A. cost B. spent C. slept D. took
39. A. start B. begin C. walk D. step
40. A. telephone B. machine C. bell D. clock
41. A. where B. how C. who D. what
42. A. quickly B. sleepily C. quietly D. suddenly
43. A. imagined B. pronounced C. forgot D. remembered
44. A. mountain B. town C. farm D. station
45. A. dressed B. ordered C. eaten D. prepared
46. A. bathroom B. kitchen C. dining-room D. sitting-room
47. A. seemed B. felt C. tasted D. smelled
48. A. many B. soundly C. much D. highly
49. A. wake B. go C. put D. come
50. A. of B. with C. in D. by
51. A. that B. what C. after D. before
52. A. cover B. supply C. operator D. equipment
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Visitors can find a small, old house called the O. Henry Museum in central Austin, Texas. William Sydney Porter(1862-1910)----better known as O. Henry, was one of America’s best loved writers of short stories. Beginning in 1893, he lived here. It was saved from destruction, moved, and turned into a museum in 1934. The museum is a good way to learn about the interesting life of him.
William Porter rented this house and lived with his wife and daughter for about two years. Many objects in the museum belonged to the Porters. Others did not, but are in the house to recreate the way it looked during their lifetime.
Porter worked at a pharmacy, farm, land office and bank. He also loved words and writing. The museum has special proof of Porter’s love of language---his dictionary. It’s said that he read every word in it. Porter started a small publication called “The Rolling Stone”. He wasn’t being published early on, so he published himself. His funny stories, poems, and drawings were published in the magazine. But it was too costly to continue for long, so he closed the project after about one year.
Other troubles would lead the Porters to leave Austin. Porter was accused of financial wrongdoing at the bank and lost his job. Fearing a trial, he fled the country. But he returned because his wife was dying. After her death, he faced trial and was found guilty. He served three and a half years in a federal prison in Ohio.
Porter would keep his time in prison a secret. But there was one good thing about it. It provided him with time to write. By the time of his release, he had published 14 stories and was becoming well-known as O. Henry.
Porter would later move to New York City and find great success there. He published over 380 stories in the last eight years of his life.
【小题1】What is the author’s purpose of writing paragraph 3?
| A．To attract more visitors to the O. Henry Museum. |
| B．To show the jobs O. Henry once did. |
| C．To show O. Henry’s early love of words and writing. |
| D．To introduce O. Henry’s publication called “The Rolling Stone”. |
| A．bdcae | B．bcade | C．bdcea | D．bacde |
| A．Most of O. Henry’s short stories were finished in prison. |
| B．O. Henry didn’t start his career as a successful writer when living in central Austin. |
| C．O. Henry was born in a small, old house which is called the O. Henry Museum now. |
| D．O. Henry spent his last life in the small, old house in Texas. |
| A．O. Henry’s experience in prison. |
| B．The objects in the O. Henry’s Museum |
| C．O. Henry’s achievement in literature. |
| D．A brief account of O. Henry’s life |
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Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his 56 time, he likes to get out in the country and take some 57 of animals.
For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his 58 . But his father didn’t take Bill along with him 59 he was fifteen.
He and Bill drove to the farm which 60 to his uncle in the afternoon. They 61 the night there, so that they could 62 out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.
It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm 63 the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember 64 he was. He turned over __65__and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he 66 that he was at the 67 and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got 68 quickly.
He ran downstairs. The others were already in the 69 ,where Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It 70 good.
They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk 71 , because they didn’t want to __72__ up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle(热水瓶) 73 hot coffee and took some sandwiches 74 Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera 75 and started out.
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科目：高中英语 来源：福建省2009-2010学年度高一下学期期中考试（英语） 题型：完型填空
III. 完形填空（共20小题；每小1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从33—52各题所给的四个选项 (A，B，C和D)，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his 33 time, he likes to get out in the country and take some 34 of animals.
For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his 35 . But his father didn’t take Bill along with him 36 he was fifteen.
He and Bill drove to the farm which 37 to his uncle in the afternoon. They 38 the night there, so that they could 39 out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.
It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm 40 the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember 41 he was. He turned over 42 and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he 43 that he was at the 44 and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got 45 quickly.
He ran downstairs. The others were already in the 46 . Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It 47 good.
They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk 48 , because they didn’t want to 49 up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle 50 hot coffee and took some sandwiches 51 Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera 52 and started out.
33. A. busy B. spare C. enough D. limited
34. A. foods B. drawings C. paintings D. pictures
35. A. trips B. buses C. holidays D. mountains
36. A. after B. when C. until D. unless
37. A. led B. stuck C. got D. belonged
38. A. cost B. spent C. slept D. took
39. A. start B. begin C. walk D. step
40. A. telephone B. machine C. bell D. clock
41. A. where B. how C. who D. what
42. A. quickly B. sleepily C. quietly D. suddenly
43. A. imagined B. pronounced C. forgot D. remembered
44. A. mountain B. town C. farm D. station
45. A. dressed B. ordered C. eaten D. prepared
46. A. bathroom B. kitchen C. dining-room D. sitting-room
47. A. seemed B. felt C. tasted D. smelled
48. A. many B. soundly C. much D. highly
49. A. wake B. go C. put D. come
50. A. of B. with C. in D. by
51. A. that B. what C. after D. before
52. A. cover B. supply C. operator D. equipment
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010年青海省高一上学期期中考试英语卷 题型：完型填空
Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his 36 time, he likes to get out in the country and take some 37 of animals.
For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his 38. But his father didn’t take Bill along with him 39 he was fifteen.
He and Bill drove to the farm which 40 to his uncle in the afternoon. They 41 the night there, so that they could 42 out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.
It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm 43 the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember 44 he was. He turned over 45 and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he 46 that he was at the 47 and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got 48 quickly.
He ran downstairs. The others were already in the 49. Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It 50 good.
They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk 51, because they didn’t want to 52 up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle 53 hot coffee and took some sandwiches 54 Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera 55 and started out.
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