【题目】 Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503. He was working __ a special painting for a church at that time, ____ the church painting was not ____ well. An Italian businessman asked da Vinci to paint a picture of his second ____. This is the woman who ___ be seen in the Mona Lisa.

All in all, the Mona Lisa is a very good example of da Vinci’s ____ and it satisfied the husband. Da Vinci used ____ and light in a clever____ in the painting. Da Vinci loved science and ___. Right away a person can see that there is a lot of geometry(几何形状) in the Mona Lisa. The face of the Mona Lisa is made of many circles and ____ shapes like____. Even her _ _ can be seen as a small part of a large circle. The woman in the ____ is sitting on a balcony, and ____ can be seen behind her because Da Vinci loved to study rocks, and these can also be seen___ in his other paintings. The woman is sitting with her knees ____ the side. Her head is turned to look out of the painting. Her hands are ____ together in front of her. This way of ____ is now used by many ____ when they are ____. The Mona Lisa is a remarkable master.

【1】A.upB.inC.onD.about

【2】A.butB.thusC.howeverD.so

【3】A.doingB.goingC.makingD.working

【4】A.servantB.daughterC.nurseD.wife

【5】A.mustB.shouldC.mightD.can

【6】A.worksB.jobs/span>C.novelsD.photos

【7】A.heavinessB.blackC.darknessD.oils

【8】A.wayB.pictureC.handD.eye

【9】A.chemistryB.mathsC.geographyD.biology

【10】A.squareB.roundC.longD.egg

【11】A.ballsB.sticksC.vasesD.boxes

【12】A.smileB.shoutC.cryD.anger

【13】A.churchB.paintingC.sofaD.house

【14】A.treesB.buildingsC.mountainsD.flowers

【15】A.by and byB.here and thereC.over and overD.up and down

【16】A.onB.byC.toD.beyond

【17】A.caughtB.heldC.supportedD.hung

【18】A.paintingB.livingC.smilingD.sitting

【19】A.womenB.actressesC.girlsD.models

【20】A. being paintedB.paintingC.being playedD.played

【题目】Not only I but also Jane and Mary __________ tired of doing the same thing all the time.

A. is B. are

C. am D. be

【题目】Researchers are finding new ways to save snakebite victims.Experts discussed the latest findings during a recent conference.

Scientists in Australia have shown that a chemical called nitric oxide could increase the chances of surviving a poisonous snakebite.The scientists injected rats with a deadly amount of snake venom.Then they rubbed an ointment(软膏)containing nitric oxide on the skin around the injection site.The study found that the rats lived about one-third longer than if nitric oxide had not been used.But the treatment had to be started very quickly.

Dirk van Helden led the research.He says the nitric oxide ointment also showed promise in humans.The study appeared earlier this year in the journal Nature Medicine.Scientists say the findings could help save many lives.A recent study found that poisonous snakes cause as many as ninety-four thousand deaths worldwide each year.But Ulrich Kuch of the Biodiversity and Climate Research Center in Frankfurt,Germany,says that number appears to be low.

Mr Kuch says many deaths could be prohibited if snakebite victims are treated correctly,but they often go to traditional healers or do not seek any help at all.He said,“Sometimes it’s because there is no treatment available—no antivenom(抗蛇毒血清),which is the specific(特殊的)drug to treat snakebites—or health care staff do not know how to treat snakebites,and sometimes its because transportation to get to a health facility is not available or too expensive.

Here is no single antivenom that can be used to treat all snakebites.The antivenom must be specific to the kind of snake that bit the person.In some countries the treatment is costly,while in others there is no such treatment.

【1】What is this passage mainly about?( )

A.Snakebite deaths around the world.

B.Progress in fighting snakebite deaths.

C.Snakebite treatment around the world.

D.The chances of surviving a poisonous snakebite.

【2】After being rubbed an ointment containing nitric oxide,the rats .

A.suffered no pain B.died immediately

C.lived a little longer D.started feeling uncomfortable

【3】What does Paragraph 3 suggest?( )

A.The number of deaths caused by snakebites is becoming lower each year.

B.The nitric oxide ointment has saved thousands of people’s lives.

C.It is very important to find an effective way to treat snakebites.

D.The number of deaths caused by snakebites worldwide is low.

【4】What does the underlined word “prohibited” in Paragraph 4 mean?( )

A. caused. B.considered.

C.examined. D.prevented.

【5】What is implied in the last paragraph?( )

A.Antivenom can be made very easily.

B.It’s very important to use the correct antivenom to treat snakebite victims.

C.Antivenom is extremely expensive all over the world.

D.A person bitten by a snake will survive as long as there is antivenom.

【题目】【原创】In the " Mystery Spot" in California, you will be able to experience what it's like to live in a gravity-free world, without ever leaving the earth.

Discovered in 1939, the area where Mystery Spot is located was originally marked for a summer cabin. But when people tried to chart the plot, their instruments started going out of control. Investigators that were sent to look into the strange phenomenon reported feeling light-headed as though some invisible force was trying to knock them off balance. The decision to build the summer cabin was abandoned. Instead, the owners decided to build a structure that they called the Mystery Spot and open it to the public so that everyone could experience it.

Over the years, thousands of tourists have flooded to the 150-square-foot area to see short people appear the same height as tall ones and experience leaning at impossible angles without falling over.

So what causes these strange things to happen? Some believe that it is because the area is an electromagnetic(电磁的) hotspot, while others are convinced that there are some unknown geological forces at work to contradict the law of gravity.

Rational scientists have thrown cold water on all these theories. In 1981, Ray Hyman, a psychology professor, conducted a study on this and other similar mystery spots that have been " discovered" in various parts of the country. His conclusion? It's because of the way the structures have been constructed.

Though they appear to be normal structures, they are like funhouses, filled with floors that are not level, corners that are not squared and walls that are not vertical.

Some experts believe that mystery spots such as the one in Santa Cruz are a product of the Great Depression, when the only industry that was growing in America was entertainment.

【1】What can we do in the " Mystery Spot" in California?

A. To experience what it is like to have no gravity. '

B. To make preparations to leave the earth for space.

C. To communicate with astronauts in space.

D. To look for answers to many mysteries.

【2】What does the underlined word "it" refer to in Para. 2 ?

A. Charting a place with advanced instruments.

B. Being made light-hearted and happy by some force.

C. What it's like to have no gravity in a place.

D. Seeing short people grow tall.

【3】What's the explanation of some rational scientists to the strange phenomenon?

A. The Mystery Spot is located in an electromagnetic hotspot.

B. There are some unknown geological forces underground.

C. The Mystery Spot is a normal structure like funhouses.

D. The Mystery Spot was built in a special way,

【4】After the Mystery Spot was built, it _________.

A. has become a spot where hot movies are made

B. has become a tourist attraction

C. has been a place where short people always go

D. has become a scientific research center

【题目】It was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house. Our children were upstairs unpacking, and I was looking out of the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. My parents lived nearby, and Dad had visited us several times already. “What are you doing out there?” I called to him.

He looked up, smiling. “I’m making you a surprise.” Knowing my father, I thought it could be just about anything. A self-employed jobber, he was always building things out of odds and ends. When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us.

Today, however, Dad would say no more, and caught ups in the busyness of our new life, I eventually forgot about his surprise.

Until one gloomy day the following March when I glanced out of the window. Any yet… I saw a dot of blue across the yard. I headed outside for a closer look. They were crocuses (番红花), throughout the front lawn. Lavender, blue, yellow and my favorite pink --- little faces moved up and down in the cold wind.

Dad! I smiled, remembering the things he had secretly planted last autumn. He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. What could have been more perfectly timely to my needs?

My father’s crocuses bloomed each spring for the next four or five seasons, bringing the same assurance every time they arrived: hard times was almost over. Hold on, keep going, light is coming soon.

Then a spring came with only half the usual blooms. The next spring there were none. I missed the crocuses. I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs. But I never did.

He died suddenly one October day. My family was in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith. I missed him terribly.

Four years passed, and on a dismal spring afternoon I was driving back when I found myself feeling depressed. “You’ve got the winter depression again and you get them every year.” I told myself.

It was Dad’s birthday, and I found myself thinking about him. This was not unusual --- my family often talked about him, remembering how he lived his faith. Once I saw him give his coat to a homeless man.

Suddenly I slowed as I turned into our driveway. I stopped and stared at the lawn. And there on the muddy grass and small gray piles of melting snow, bravely waving in the wind, was one pink crocus.

How could a flower bloom from a bulb more than 18 years old, one that had not blossomed in over a decade? But there was the crocus. Tears filled my eyes as I realized its significance.

Hold on, keep going, light is coming soon. The pink crocus bloomed for only a day. But it built my faith for a lifetime.

【1】【改编】What can we conclude From the first three paragraphs ? _________.

A. the writer was unpacking when her father was surprised

B. the writer understood what the surprise was because she knew her father

C. it was not the first time that the writer’s father had made a surprise

D. it kept bothering the writer not knowing what the surprise was

【2】 Which of the following would most probably be the worst time of the year as seen by the writer?

A. Spring. B. Summer.

C. Autumn. D. Winter.

【3】 The writer’s father should be best described as_________.

A. a full-time gardener with skillful hands

B. a part-time jobber who loved flowers

C. a kind-hearted man who lived with faith

D. an ordinary man with doubts in his life

【4】 At the end of the passage, crocus was viewed as the symbol of _________ by the writer.

A. belief B. family C. love D. friendship

【题目】There was once a professor of medicine, who was very strict with the students. Whenever he took the chair on the exam committee(担任考试委员会主席), the students would be in fear, because he was seldom pleased with the answers they gave. A student would be lucky enough if he or she could receive a good mark from him. At the end of the term, the students of medicine would take their exam again. Now a student entered the exam room and got seated before the committee. This student was a little nervous as he knew it would not be so easy to get through the exam at all.

The professor began to ask. The student was required to describe a certain illness, his description of which turned out to be OK.

Then the professor asked about the cure (药剂) for illness, and the student, too, answered just as right.

“Good,” said the professor, “and how much will you give the patient?”

“A full spoon”, answered the student.

“Now you may go out and wait for what you can get.” said the professor. At the same time, the committee discussed carefully the answers the student had given. Suddenly the student noticed that there was something wrong with his last answer. “A full spoon is too much,” he thought to himself. Anxiously he opened the door of the room and cried, “Mr Professor, I’ve made a mistake! A full spoon is too much for a patient. He can take only five drops.”

“I’m sorry, sir.” said the professor coldly, “But it’s too late. Your patient has died.”

【1】【改编】Why were the students afraid of the professor ?_________.

A.Because they often angered and disappointed him

B. Because he often misunderstood them and give them bad markers

C. Because their answers often astonished him

D. Because their answers seldom satisfied him

【2】Before he left the room the student was almost sure that ______.

A. his last answer was satisfying

B. he had passed the exam, and the only thing was to wait for the mark

C. he had made a mistake

D. he had not done well in the exam

【3】Which of the following is Not true?

A. The patient will be in danger if he’s taken as much as a full spoon.

B. The doctor will be in trouble if he’s given the patient a full spoon.

C. Since one spoon is less than five drops, the patient will be all right soon if he takes only one full spoon at a time.

D. If the patient wants to remain safe, he should take no more than five drops at a time.

【题目】Global warming happens when greenhouse gases trap heat and light from the sun in the earths atmosphere, which increases the temperature. This is like when heat is trapped in a car. On a hot day, the car gets hotter when it is out in the parking lot. This is because the heat and light from the sun can get into the car, by going through the windows，but it can’t get back out. This is what the greenhouse effect does to the earth .The heat and light can get through the atmosphere, but it can’t get out. As a result，the temperature rises.

Sometimes the temperature can change in a way that helps us. The greenhouse effect makes the earth appropriate for people to live on. Without it，the earth would be freezing，or it would be burning hot. It would be freezing at night because we would not get the sun’s heat and light .During the day, especially during the summer, it would be burning because the sun would be up with no atmosphere to filter(过滤)it，so people，plants，and animals would be exposed to all the light and heat.

Although the greenhouse effect makes the earth able to have people living on it，if there gets to be too many gases，the each can get unusually warmer, and many plants，animals．and people will die. Plants would die because they would not be able to take the heat .This would cause us to have less food to eat,and it would also limit the food that animals have. With less food for the animals that we need to/span> survive we would even have less food. Gradually,people，plants，and animals would all die of hunger．

People are doing many things to try to stop global warming .One thing is carpooling—driving with someone to a place that you are both going to. Another thing is being more careful about leaving electrical devices turned on. Now,more people are even riding buses or bikes to lower the amount of greenhouse gases in the air .Although adults do many things to help stop global warming,kids call do just as much.

【1】By the example given in Paragraph l, the author wants to__________.

A. explain how global warming happens.

B. show his feeling in a car in hot summer.

C. tell us cars are causes of greenhouse gases.

D. say that I there are greenhouse gases in every car.

【2】The underlined worditin Paragraph 2 refers to__________.

A. light B. greenhouse effect

C. temperature D. heat

【3】What is the effect of atmosphere?

A. It only traps the heat of the sun.

B. It does great harm to humans.

C. It makes the earth neither too hot nor too cold.

D. It prevents all the light from the sun shining on the earth.

【4】What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

A. lf there is greenhouse effect,all the plants will die

B. Human beings are likely to disappear from the earth

C. Crops can’t take in the heat lf there is greenhouse effect

D. Although greenhouse effect is necessary,too much of it will cause us to die.

【5】What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?

A. What kids can do to help stop global warming.

B. Who should be responsible for the environmental problems.

C. What global warming is doing to the environment.

D. Why cars and buses pollute the air a lot.

【题目】根据中文或英文首字母提示完成句子(必须使用本册书中所学过的生词)

【1】Students examined how children a______ language.

【2】A bee has stung my hand and it is __________________（膨胀）up

【3】The lung is an o________________ and so is the heart.

【4】An __________（精确的） instrument is able to give you information that is correct to a detailed level.

【5】He felt g________________ after he stole some money from the old couple.

【6】If you have an a__________ with someone，you have arranged to see them at a particular time，usually in connection with their work.

【7】Keeping an o state of mind is good for health.

【8】It'll be two years before the ________(过程)is complete.

【9】She said it d to challenge me.

【10】We should_________(应用)both theories in the language classroom.

【题目】--John will probably be late for the train, won’t he?

--_________. There’s little time left.

A No way B. No wonder

C. No problem D. No doubt

【题目】The population of Jiangsu __________ to more than twice what it was in 1949. The figure is now approaching 74 million.

A. has grown B. have grown

C. grew D. are growing