The sea has always interested man. From it he can get food, minerals, and treasure.   1.   But he could not go far beneath its surface.

    2.    However, he is not a fish. He must breathe air, so he can’t stay under the water’s surface for any length of time. To explore deep water, man faces even more dangers and problems.

　　A diver who wants to stay under water for more than a few minutes must breathe air or a special mixture of gases.  3.    He can carry a tank of air on his back and breathe through a nose and a mouthpiece. Water weighs 800 times as much as air. Tons of water pushes against a diver deep in the sea.  4.  

When a diver is under great pressure, his blood takes in some of the gases he breathes. As he rises to surface, the water pressure becomes less. If the diver rises too quickly, the gases in his blood form bubbles(气泡). The diver is then suffering from the bends(潜水夫病). The bends can cause a diver to double up in pain.   5.  

A. His body is under great pressure.

B. Scientists are trying to find more about the sea.

C. For thousands of years, he could sail on it.

D. They can even kill him.

E. He can wear a diving suit and have air pumped to him from above.

F. The water pressure can cause a diver to breathe with difficulty.

G. Man wants to explore deep into the sea.

 

 

  The sea has always interested man. From it he can get food, minerals, and treasure. For thousands of years, he could sail on it. But he could not go far beneath its surface.

   Man wants to explore deep into the sea. However, he is not a fish. He must breathe air, so he can’t stay under the water’s surface for any length of time. To explore deep water, man faces even more dangers and problems.

   A diver who wants to stay under water for more than a few minutes must breathe air or a special mixture of gases. He can wear a diving suit and have air pumped to him from above. He can carry a tank of air on his back and breathe through a hose(软管) and a mouthpiece. Water weighs 800 times as much as air. Tons of water pushes against a diver deep in the sea. His body is under great pressure.

   When a diver is under great pressure, his blood takes in some of the gases he breathes. As he rises to surface, the water pressure becomes less. If the diver rises too quickly, the gases in his blood form bubbles(气泡). The diver is then suffering from the bends(潜函病). The bends can cause a diver to double up in pain. They can even kill him.

On the whole, this text is about _________.

  A. special mixtures of gases in deep sea.

  B. the problems a diver faces in deep sea.

  C. air pressure under the surface of sea water.

  D. a kind of illness that man suffers in the sea.

The text does not say so, but it makes you think that ____________.

   A. deep-sea divers should be in good health.

   B. divers explore the deep sea only for treasure.

   C. there is a special mixture of gases under the sea.

   D. diving under the water too quickly causes a kind of illness.

Why does a diver get the bends?

    A. The air in his blood is used up.      B. His diving suit weighs too much.

    C. He comes to the surface too quickly.  D. He tries to do exercise under the sea.

I got your letter and was glad to find that you had not forgotten Jourdon, and that you wanted me to come back and live with you again in Tennessee, promising to do better for me than anybody else can.
Although you shot at me twice before I left you, I did not want to hear of your being hurt. It would do me good to go back to the dear old home again and see Allen, Esther, Green, and Lee. Give my love to them all, and tell them I hope we will meet in the better world, if not in this.
I want to know particularly what the good chance is you propose to give me. I am doing tolerably well here in Ohio. I get twenty-five dollars a month, with food and clothing; have a comfortable home for Mandy, the folks call her Mrs. Anderson; and the children—Milly, Jane, and Grundy—go to school and are learning well. The teacher says Grundy has a head for a preacher. We are kindly treated.
Now, if you will write and say what wages you will give me, I will be better able to decide whether it would be to my advantage to move back again. We have concluded to test your sincerity by asking you to send us our wages for the time we served you. This will make us forget and forgive old scores and rely on your justice and friendship in the future. I served you faithfully for thirty-two years, and Mandy twenty years. At twenty-five dollars a month for me, and two dollars a week for Mandy, our earnings would amount to eleven thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. Add to this the interest for the time our wages have been kept back, and deduct（扣除）what you paid for our clothing, and three doctor’s visits to me, and pulling a tooth for Mandy. If you fail to pay us for faithful labors in the past, we can have little faith in your promises in the future.
In answering this letter, please state if there would be any safety for my Milly and Jane, who are now grown up, and both good-looking girls. I would rather stay here and starve—and die, if it should come to that—than have my girls brought to shame by the violence and wickedness of their young Masters. You will also please state if there has been any schools opened for the colored children in your neighborhood. The great desire of my life now is to give my children an education and have them form virtuous habits.
Say howdy to George Carter, and thank him for taking the pistol from you when you were shooting at me.
【小题1】According to the passage, the letter was written by Jourdon to his former _______.

A．friend

B．master

C．neighbor

D．relative

【小题2】Which of the following is RIGHT according to the passage?

A．The family name of this letter writer is Anderson.

B．The writer is paid the same as he was in Tennessee.

C．The writer will certainly get at least 11,680 dollars.

D．Safety rather than education weighs a lot to the writer.

【小题3】The writer’s description of his present situation implies that _______.

A．he shows his intention of going back in Tennessee

B．he is somewhat richer and does not need to go back

C．his life is relatively good but still needs improvement

D．he is not a little satisfied with his present life in Ohio

【小题4】The purpose of the writer’s asking for his pay back is _______.

A．to show he needs that amount of money urgently

B．to show he is determined to get what he deserved

C．to test whether the letter receiver is worthy of trust

D．to tell the letter receiver he still has faith in him

【小题5】From the passage, we can see the writer is very _______.

A．wise

B．stupid

C．greedy

D．generous

 

1.Though I haven’t met him for many years, I could r__________ him immediately when I saw him in the crowd.

2.Though he is not a n________ English speaker, he can speak English very fluently.

3 His success is b_______ on hard work but not good luck.

4 Many people are difficult to ______（恢复）from the death of a loved one the earthquake.

5 I’m afraid trouble will follow if you _______（忽视）your diet.

6 Your father is so ______（固执）- he won't listen..

7 He got a job in a foreign company after he g_________ from university.

8 I’m terribly sorry. I didn’t do it on p_______.

9 When people use words and e_________ different from the “standard language”, it is called a dialect.

10Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she _________（说服）me to buy one.   

11 Experts _________(不同意) on how much the program will cost.    

12 Students need to learn how to _________(组织) their work.    

13 Police are trying to discover the _________(身份) of a baby found by the side of a road.   

14 Jill knows Spain really well. Perhaps she could give us a few t____ .

15 When I told her that our journey would begin at an a___________ of more than 5000 metres, she seemed to be excited about it.

 

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）

       阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police．Most people generally   36    them and the job they do – although there are certain people who do not believe that the police    37   have the power that do．

      What does a policeman actually do? It is not    38    job to describe．After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in   39   ．A policeman often has to control traffic, either   40    foot in the center of a town, or in a police car on the roads．Indeed, in Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time    41    up and down main roads and motorways．A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving, stop    42    motorists and help when there is an accident．

      A policeman has to help keep the    43    , too．If there is a fight or some other disturbance, we    44    the police to come and restore order．And they often have to    45    situation at great risk to their own     46    ．

      We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary policeman,    47    he is not a detective (侦探), will often have to help    48    and arrest criminals．

      And    49    do we call when there is an emergency – an air crash, a     50    , a road accident, or a robbery? We call the police．    51     a policeman has to be    52    to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the     53    world．

      The police do an absolutely necessary job, they do it     54     well and I support them, but I do not envy policemen, I do not think that I could    55    do the job of a policeman．

36．A．dislike         B．join            C．appreciate       D．admire

37．A．should         B．would           C．could               D．must

38．A．a funny        B．a pleasant       C．an interesting         D．an easy

39．A．it             B．one            C．his            D．them

40．A．on             B．by             C．under               D．with

41．A．walking        B．driving         C．wandering           D．searching

42．A．resting         B．tired           C．speeding            D．drunken

43．A．peace          B．silence          C．situation            D．condition

44．A．wait for        B．call            C．think of            D．expect

45．A．turn to         B．avoid          C．deal with            D．treat

46．A．safety         B．families        C．future               D．friends

47．A．although       B．as if           C．however             D．even if

48．A．get rid of      B．question        C．look for             D．sentence

49．A．how          B．where          C．what               D．who

50．A．power failure B．fire           C．thunder storm        D．thief

51．A．Yet           B．Then          C．As                 D．So

52．A．provided       B．promised      C．prepared     D．presented

53．A．future         B．modern      C．real         D．whole

54．A．extremely    B．specially       C．surprisingly          D．particularly

55．A．hardly         B．forever            C．ever           D．never