The Man of Many Secrets — Harry Houdini — was one of the greatest American entertainers in the theater this century. He was a man famous for his escapes — from prison cells, from wooden boxes floating in rivers, from locked tanks full of water. He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America. Crowds came to see the great Houdini and his “magic” tricks.

　　Of course, his secret was not magic, or supernatural powers. It was simply strength. He had the ability to move his toes as well as he moved his fingers. He could move his body into almost any position he wanted.

　　Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in club in New York. They called themselves the Houdini Brothers. When Harry married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant. But for a long time they were not very successful. Then Harry performed his first prison escape, in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded a detective to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspapermen to watch.

　　It was the publicity(宣传) that came from this that started Harry Houdini’s success. Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs and toes trained to escape ankle chins. But his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors. Every time he went into the prison cell, Bess gave him a kiss for good luck — and a small skeleton key, which is a key that fits many locks, pass quickly from her mouth to his.

　　Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. He arranged to escape from the local prison of every town he visited. In the afternoon, the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers, and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full. What was the result? World-wild fame, and a name remembered today.

1.According to the passage, Houdini’s success in prison escapes depends on _______.

2.In the fourth paragraph, the underlined word “this” refers to _______.

3.It can be inferred from the passage that Houdini became famous _______.

4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

Paracutin was born in Mexico in February, 1943. At the end of one week Paracutin was 500 feet high, and it is now over 9, 000 feet high. Today Paracutin is asleep.

What is Paracutin? It was the first volcano(火山) in the world which was seen from its birth right up to the present day. On February 20, 1943, a peasant and his wife set out to work in their corn fields from the Mexican village of Paracutin. They were surprised to find the earth warm under their feet. Suddenly they heard noises deep in the earth and a small hole appeared in their field. In the afternoon there was a sudden loud noise and stones were thrown high in the air. The peasants ran from the field and turned to watch. They saw the birth of a volcano.

Large quantities of stone and lava(岩浆) broke out and a little hill began to form. By evening this hill was 100 feet high and hot ashes(灰烬) were falling on the village. At night the strong light of the hot lava lit up the countryside. The trees near the village were killed and the villagers had to leave their houses. When the village was destroyed, its name was given to the volcano. The news quickly reached Mexico City, far to the east. Many people came to watch the scene. The volcano grew and grew for ten years and hundreds of square miles of forest were destroyed. Then Paracutin went to sleep.

1.Paracutin was once the name of ________.

2.What was destroyed in the growing up of the volcano?

3.In this passage the writer is trying to ________.

4.What can we learn about volcanoes from this passage？

Do you know Australia? Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is not large. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.

The government has made enough laws to fight pollution. The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.

Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flowers’ exhibition. There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers’ exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent the day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves. Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.

Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos(袋鼠). After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.

1.Australia is _______.

2. The government had made _______.

3. Which of the following is NOT true？

4. Which of the following is true？

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

1. .  

I’d like four tickets to New York .

Certainly .   2. 

On the 23rd next month .

23rd February ? Let me see . 3.   What about 22nd ?

The 22nd of February ? 4.   

It’s CA348 ?

CA348 . When does it leave ?

13:15 hours .

5.

That’s right .

Thank you very much .

Sorry , I’m not free at 13:15 .

Yes , that ‘ll do . What’s the flight number ?

Um , I’m afraid we don’t have any planes on that date to New York .

What can I do for you , sir ?

When would you like to fly there , please ?

13:15 hours- er , that’s a quarter past one in the afternoon , isn’t it ?

Sorry , we don’t have any flights to New York that day . What about Washington D.C.

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

1.He looked at me in a friendly but ________  （好奇的）way .

2.You need ________ （耐心） to do the work .

3.He _________ （赠送）her with a bunch of flowers .

4.He is a very __________ （有天资的）actor .

5.China is a developing country _________ （属于）to the third world .

6.Jenny bought some _________ （家具）yesterday .

7.I can _________ （推荐）him to you for the job . He is a very good worker .

8.He is so tired that he has not enough ________ (力气)  to walk .

9.The police are questioning the drivers who may have ________ (目睹) the accident .

10.He ________ (强调) that the factory’s safety standards are the best in the country .

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断；如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行的右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

There are so much road accidents every day .                    1.__________

They are often caused by carelessness . But there                 2.__________

are many rules that they help to make the road safe .              3._______

Here are some rules what we ought to know : In Hong Kong        4.__________

traffic keeps to the left . Before cross the                        5.___________

road , we must stop or look at both sides . Look                  6._________

right , look left and look right again . If the road                  7.__________

is clear , it is safe cross the road . If                            8.___________

we saw small children or very old persons ,                      9.__________

or blind people waiting to cross the road , you                   10.__________

can help them to cross the road safely .

某校校办工厂自行设计生产了一种新型时尚雨伞，请根据下表内容为该品牌的雨伞写一段100词左右的广告刊登在某英语学习报上：

注意：1、词数100左右；

可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

--Shall I have another look at the flat and tell you more about it?

--__________. I’ll telephone the salesgirl for details myself later.

A. Go ahead    B. Good chance      C. Don’t bother     D. It depends 

Professor Li always allows his students to voice their opinions in class, ______ sometimes their opinions are not sound.

A. so that    B. in case   C. even if     D. as though    

What a pity! When we got to the cinema, the movie Let the Bullets Fly _________, so we saw only the end of it.   

A. was finishing      B. would be finishing     C. just finished    D. had just finished