She treated me as if I ___ her own child.  A. am   B. was   C. be   D. will be

D

A mysterious machine found in a 2,000-year-old Greek shipwreck may have been used to calculate the positions of planets, predict when eclipses (日、月蚀) were to occur, and study other parts of astronomy (天文学). When it was found underwater about 100 years ago, the machine was in poor shape. Its metal pieces had become one mass (堆), and then broke into pieces.

When the researchers began to study what was left of the machine, they thought it might have something to do with astronomy. To find out more, they recently used advanced imaging methods, including X-ray computer tomography (断层摄影术), to look inside the metal parts and to check for ancient writing on the machine.

According to their research, the researchers believed that this machine could have been used to compute eclipses of the sun and moon and was also able to show the movements of planets. A user could pick a day in the future and, work out a planet’s position on that date by moving some sort of crank (曲柄) on the machine.

Besides, the researchers discovered that the machine had at least 30 bronze gears (齿轮) with as many as 225 teeth, likely all cut by hand.

With all the collected information, the researchers came up with a new model for how the machine operated. The model has 29 of the 30 known gears and five more that were probably there but never found. Also，the new picture adds a previously undiscovered spiral dial (螺旋刻度盘) to the back of the machine near the bottom. A hand moving around the dial could have pointed to eclipses over a period of 18 years.

71. The passage is most probably taken from _____.

A. a short-story collection

B. a popular science magazine

C. a political report

D. an old personal diary

72. What is the passage mainly about?

A. New research on calculating the positions of planets.

B. A popular way of computing eclipses of the sun and moon.

C. Scientists’ interest in the secrets of a 2,000-year-old Greek shipwreck.

D. A mysterious machine which could be used for astronomical research.

73. What do we learn from the third paragraph of the passage?

A. The machine might have been used to calculate the positions of the planets.

B. Scientists made great progress in predicting eclipses of the sun and moon.

C. The researchers discovered some secrets in the Greek shipwreck.

D. The machine can be of great help for people working out the sizes of planets.

74. The researchers made a new model because they____.

A. wished to repair the broken machine

B. wanted to study the shipwreck more conveniently

C. hoped to know how the machine worked

D. expected it to be used in modern scientific research

75. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the old machine?

A. It has 35 gears on it.

B. It has a spiral dial.

C. It was invented about 100 years ago.

D. Its gears have many teeth.

Ⅱ.Guided writing

Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

学校近期将开设“学生理财入门”(Money Management ABC)选修课，你会参加吗？请作出选择并陈述理由。

Last year John earned _______ his brother did, who has a better position in a bigger company.

     A. twice as many as                                          B. twice as much as

     C. twice as more as                                           D. twice much as

David’s effort was ______, because he won the first prize in the English speech contest, which made his classmates surprised.                                          

A. paid off             B. paid back         C. paid for            D. paid up

 They were often so _______ in their research that they skipped meals and rest.

A. attracted                   B. absorbed                  C. drawn                   D. Concentrated

______better in 2010 World Expo is the duty of every citizen in Shanghai.

       A. Being served           B. Serving                   C. Serve                       D. Having served

32．Jack, you’d better make sure _____ the exact time of the train before setting out．

       A．with       B．of         C．that       D．For

 At the United Nations Climate Change Conference, the UN Secretary General points out that, ______, the climate situation will get worse and worse.

A. if not dealing with properly                                 B. unless dealing with properly

C. if properly dealt with                                           D. unless properly dealt with

B

       When a rather dirty, poorly dressed person kneels at your feet and puts out his hands to beg for a few coins, do you hurry on, not knowing what to do, or do you feel sad and hurriedly hand over some money? What should our attitude to beggars be? There can be no question that the world is full of terribly sad stories. It must be terrible to have no idea where our next meal is going to come from. It seems cruel not to give some money to beggars.

Certainly, most of the world’s great religions (宗教) order us to be open-hearted and share what we have with those less fortunate than ourselves. But has the world changed? Maybe what was morally (道德方面) right in the old days, when one knew exactly who in the village had suffered misfortune and needed help, is no longer the best idea. Quite a few people will not give to beggars. Let us look at their arguments.

       First, some believe that many city beggars dress up on purpose to look pitiable and actually make a good living from begging. Giving to beggars only encourages this sort of evil (恶行). Secondly, there is the worry that the money you give will be spent on beer, wine or drugs. Thirdly, there is the opinion that there is no real excuse for begging. One might be poor, but that is no reason for losing one’s sense of pride and self-dependence.

       Related to this is the opinion that the problem should be dealt with by the government rather than ordinary people. Some people think beggars should go to the local government department and receive help.

       It is hard to come to any final conclusion; there are various cases and we must deal with them differently. A few coins can save a life in some situations, and even if the money is wasted, that does not take away the moral goodness of the giver.

59. What is mainly discussed in the passage?

       A. Moral deeds of people.         B. Religious activities of the church.

       C. Moral goodness of the giver.     D. Arguments on giving to beggars.

60. What can we infer from the sentence “But has the world changed?” in the second paragraph?

       A. People no longer know who suffers misfortune in the village.

       B. Some people will not do what was morally right in the past .

       C. We don’t meet with those who need help any more.

       D. Now it is the government’s duty to help the beggars.

61. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

       A. Some people dress up to pretend to be beggars.

       B. Some beggars want money to help their children go to school.

       C. Some beggars use the money to buy drugs.

       D. Some beggars have no excuse for begging.

62. In the last paragraph, the writer thinks that it is hard to come to any final conclusion, because______.

       A. the cases can be so different

       B. there are so many beggars

       C. there is so much money wasted

       D. there are so many different arguments