2. The Olympic Games are (be) going to be held in London in 2012.

1. Nobody but Tom and Jane was (be) there last weekend.

5. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Many cities turned off the lights on the streets to observe better.

B. The weather in some places isn’t favorable to observe the eclipse.

C. Shanghai sent out the police to observe the eclipse.

D. The eclipse attracted many astronomers from all over the world.

[解析]选D。推理判断题。A、B两项分别由文章直接提出，无需推理，故排除；C项与文意不符；由第三段可推出D项正确。

Word power &Grammar and usage

4. You can see the passage in a(n)______ .

A. newspaper　 　　　　　 B. guidebook

　C. advertisement　 　　　　　　 D. magazine

[解析]选A。文体推理题。由文章第一段格式可以看出：本文属于新闻体裁。

3. The following has the same meaning as the underlined word EXCEPT_______ .

A. went somewhere in large numbers

B. moved in a large crowd

C. gathered together

D. talked with each other excitedly

[解析]选D。词义猜测题。由本词所在句Millions of eclipse-watchers thronged to the banks. . . 可知数以百万的人涌向长江和黄河岸边去观看日全食。

2. The best place to observe the full solar blackout at 9:30 am could be in______ .

A. Chongqing 　　　　　　 　B. Sichuan

　C. Zhejiang 　　　 D. Shanghai

[解析]选C。细节理解题。由The full solar blackout could be seen at 9:30 am from an observatory site in Anji, east China’s Zhejiang Province可知C项与文意相符。

1. Which of the following is RIGHT?

A. More than 20 foreign astronomers observed the eclipse.

B. The eclipse is the longest one in history.

C. The eclipse brought darkness to many places in China.

D. The weather was clear enough for people to observe the eclipse.

[解析]选C。细节理解题。由and more 200 astronomers from more than 20 countries可知A项与文意不符; 由The July 22 eclipse is the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century. 可知B项与文意不符；由However, the weather in many Chinese cities along the full solar eclipse path is not favorable for observing the phenomenon, 可知D项与文意不符; 由A total solar eclipse brought darkness to many places along the upper reaches of China’s longest river, the Yangtze, at 9:15 am Wednesday. 可知C项与文意相符。

14. Our teacher gave us a lecture______ the importance of good habits this Monday.

A. on　　　　　　 B. in　　　　　　　 C. of　　　　　　　 D. for

[解析]选A。句意：我们老师这个星期一给我们举办了一次有关好习惯的重要性的讲座。on关于，有关，相当于about。

13. Loulan and pompeii are both lost_______ 2, 000 years ago. One is in China, the other in Italy.

A. civilization　　　　 B. civilizations

C. civilize　　　　　　　 D. civilized

[解析]选B。civilization“文明”，为不可数名词，但在指一个国家、民族或某时期的文化时，用作可数名词。这里楼兰和庞贝是特定时期的文化，故用可数名词复数。