阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

After the war between Britain and France which lasted 7 years, James Cook got married and   21   down in London. For several years, Captain Cook   22   to the east of America   23   he made a map of its  24   ．In 1768 came Cook's   25   for a major expedition. The navy was   26   a plan for an expedition   27   the South Pacific Ocean in   28   of watching a very unusual   29  ， that is the planet Venus   30　　between the earth and the sun in 1769. His   31   hope was to find a new land   32   was thought to be   33   in the Indian and Pacific Ocean.   34   Captain Cook was to be there in charge of this expedition   35   Captain of the ship   36  "Endeavour". It was an old merchant ship just like   37   on which Cook had learnt his seamanship. It was strongly built and had a lot of space   38   for storage. Cook understood there would be a lot of hardship for them, so he got everything   39   it. In this expedition, he had sailed around   40   and up the east coast of Australia, charting(绘制) over 8,000 miles of coastline that had been unknown before.

A. set   B. sailed  C. sent    D. settled

A. went       B. flew    C. sailed  D. came

A. which      B. where C. that     D. when

A. countries B. coasts  C. cities   D. seas

A. chance     B. hope   C. ship    D. expedition

A. finding    B. learning     C. doing  D. making

A. in    B. to       C. for      D. at

A. the hope  B. a view C. an idea       D. plan

A. accident   B. incident      C. matter D. event

A. existing B. setting C. passing       D. appearing

A. first       B. second       C. third   D. last

A. which    B. where C. what   D. on which

A. passing  B. going  C. existing      D. sailing

A. but B. as       C. and     D. for

A. of  B. for      C. like     D. as

A. which called  B. called  C. call     D. calling

A. one       B. it C. the one       D. what

A. down     B. off      C. up      D. away

A. full prepared for   B. fully prepared for

C. fully preparing   D. full preparation

A. Endland B. Australia

C. New Zealand     D. Tasmania

When Captain Cook landed in New Zealand in 1769, he took _____ possession of it in ______name of the British Crown.

A. the; the    B. the; /    C. /; /   D. /; the

 

课文背默填空

1. New Zealand is __________ by the Pacific Ocean to the north and east, and Tasman Sea to the south and west.

2. More than 120 years later, Captain James Cook took ____________ of the islands in 1769 and from that time British people started to settle in New Zealand.

3. By 1840 about 2,000 Europeans, mainly British, had come to settle in New Zealand and the Maori signed an ___________ with these settlers.

4.Over time, many farming techniques have been modernized: ___________ fertilizers are now used and electric pumps are used in ____________.

5.It was _________ the early 1990s that scientists started to develop new techniques to increase agricultural production without harming the _____________.

6. Today, many vegetables are not grown in gardens but in _________ where they are ________ from the wind ,rain and insects.

7. A _________ of GM watermelons will be seedless and there is GM rice ,sometimes called “golden rice”, __________ will have more vitamins and can grow in poor soil.

8.Funny plays often have characters that are stereotypes of _________ or people doing certain job.

9. _________ back to the Qin Dynasty, the traditional crosstalk shows, or xiangsheng shows have made people all over China roar with ___________ for centuries.

10.Just like spoken language, body language __________ from culture to culture.

A flu ________ this area in 1769 and ________ thousands of people to die.

A．hit; made

B．stuck; made

C．beat; caused

D．struck; caused

 

 

第三节  完形填空(每空1分，共20分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

After the war between Britain and France which lasted 7 years, James Cook got married and   21   down in London. For several years, Captain Cook   22   to the east of America   23   he made a map of its  24   ．In 1768 came Cook's   25   for a major expedition. The navy was   26   a plan for an expedition   27   the South Pacific Ocean in   28   of watching a very unusual   29  ， that is the planet Venus   30　　between the earth and the sun in 1769. His   31   hope was to find a new land   32   was thought to be   33   in the Indian and Pacific Ocean.   34   Captain Cook was to be there in charge of this expedition   35   Captain of the ship   36  "Endeavour". It was an old merchant ship just like   37   on which Cook had learnt his seamanship. It was strongly built and had a lot of space   38   for storage. Cook understood there would be a lot of hardship for them, so he got everything   39   it. In this expedition, he had sailed around   40   and up the east coast of Australia, charting(绘制) over 8,000 miles of coastline that had been unknown before.

 21. A. set          B. sailed      C. sent       D. settled

 22. A. went       B. flew        C. sailed     D. came

 23. A. which     B. where     C. that        D. when

 24. A. countries    B. coasts      C. cities      D. seas

 25. A. chance           B. hope       C. ship       D. expedition

 26. A. finding      B. learning     C. doing     D. making

 27. A. in               B. to               C. for         D. at

 28. A. the hope     B. a view     C. an idea   D. plan

 29. A. accident     B. incident      C. matter    D. event

 30. A. existing      B. setting     C. passing   D. appearing

 31. A. first        B. second           C. third       D. last

 32. A. which     B. where     C. what       D. on which

 33. A. passing      B. going      C. existing      D. sailing

 34. A. but         B. as          C. and         D. for

 35. A. of           B. for          C. like        D. as

 36. A. which called      B. called  C. call        D. calling

 37. A. one         B. it         C. the one       D. what

 38. A. down      B. off          C. up          D. away

 39. A. full prepared for            B. fully prepared for

C. fully preparing         D. full preparation

40. A. Endland          B. Australia   C. New Zealand      D. Tasmania