46. Which of the following is TRUE of Aleck?

　 A. His father had an influence on him.　　　 B. He had a talent for giving speeches.

C. He taught Trouve to talk in honor of his grandmother.

D. He carried out many experiments to improve people’s speech.

45. Jacques LeBermuth gave the money to the school because ____.

　 A. the school asked for it　　　　　　　　　 B. he had no need for that much money

C. the school had helped him in the past　　　 D. he wanted to be remembered by the students

答案：41-45 CADAC

B

Trouve sat up on its back legs and growled(吼叫) the words, “How are you, Grandmama?” The audience roared with laughter and clapped. Twenty-year-old Aleck gave the dog a morsel(一口) of food. His hard work had paid off. His dog could talk!

Aleck was fascinated with the different sounds of people’s speech. His father taught students who had a speech problem to improve their speech. Aleck paid close attention. Could an animal form sounds into words, too? He decided to experiment with Trouve, the family dog.

The easy part was teaching Trouve to growl whenever Aleck wanted. The little dog growled for a morsel of food.

Next Aleck moved the dog’s “lips” as it growled. It sounded like “ma ma ma”. Trouve learned quickly to stop the growling just as Aleck’s hand moved away. They practiced and practiced until the dog said “mama” perfectly.

Soon Aleck discovered more. If he pushed gently under the dog’s jawbone(下颌骨), it made the “ga” sound. If he pushed once and moved the dog’s lips twice, he could make the dog say, “ga ma ma.” With even more practice, it sounded like “grandmama”. Whenever Trouve said “grandmama”, Aleck gave the dog two treats, so Trouve loved the lessons.

Aleck tried to teach his dog to move its tongue so that Trouve could say more words. That didn’t work, but Aleck didn’t give up.

After many hours of practice, Trouve could say, “Ow ah oo ga-ma-ma?” This sounded just like “How are you, Grandmama?”

Friends and neighbors traveled to see young Aleck and his amazing talking dog. Rumors spread that the dog could speak by itself, which wasn’t true. No matter how much Aleck tried, the dog was never able to move its lips without help.

Aleck’s full name was Alexander Graham Bell. He wanted to know more about the world all his life. He had many ideas. Some worked; others didn’t. But he kept trying-always learning. One of his inventions was something called the telephone.

44. What did the school officials do after receiving the check from Mr. LeBermuth?

　 A. They tried to find out why he gave them the money.

B. They went to Belgium to pay their respects to him.

C. They dug out the records that were buried underground.

D. They decided to offer their students free room and board.

43. The underlined word “Change” in the second paragraph means _____.

　 A. Idea　　　　　　 B. Decision　　　 C. Cups　　　　　 D. Coins

42. Greg Rota’s decision shows that he was _____.

　 A. honest　　　　　 B. polite　　　　 C. careful　　　　 D. friendly

41. What did Greg Rota probably do in the end?

　 A. Took photos of Doran.　　　　　　　　 B. Had a meeting with Doran.

C. Returned the prize to the organizer.　　　 D. Apologized to Woburn High School.

70. The main idea of this passage probably is “________”.

A. Disadvantage of Living in Cities　　 B. The Pleasure of Being out at Night

C. Touched by the Moon　　　　　　　　　　 D. Pollution Caused by Modern Technology

答案：67-70 ABBC;

山西省太原五中10-11学年高二上学期期中考试

A

Fair Way

　　 The Westborough High School golf team had taken the official photos with the state prize. The other teams, disappointed, were on the bus heading home. And then Westborough instructor Greg Rota noticed something wrong on one of the score cards. A 9 had been recorded as A 7. They were not the state prize winner; Woburn High had won. “No one would have known,” said Woburn’s instructor, Bob Doran. For Rota, it wasn’t a difficult decision: “The prize wasn’t ours to take.”

Coin Stars

“College students are lazy, but they also want to help,” says University of Pennsylvania graduate Dana Hork. So she made it easy, placing cups in rooms where students could leave their spare coins, and handing out cups to first-year students to keep in their homes. Her “Change for Change” effort has collected $40,000 for charities, which were decided upon by students.

Never Forgotten

　　 A school in Massachusetts received a $9.5 million check from Jacques LeBermuth. But it took officials several days of digging to discover his connection to the school. Records showed the LeBermuth came from Belgium and studied in the school in the 1920s. When his family fell on hard times, he was offered free room and board. LeBermuth became a trader, owned shares of AT&T and lived off the earnings until he died, at age 89.

69. The author longs for ________.

A. Camping outside at night　 　　　　　　　　　 B. Returning to the nature

C. Writing books　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Watching the moon

68. What attracted the author most according to the passage?

A. The mountainous jungle of India.　　　　　 B. The fullest moon.

C. The high mountains in India.　　　　　　　　　 D. All kinds of modern inventions.

67. What was the author’s pity in this passage?

A. Most people living in the city failed to see the beautiful moon.

B. There was too much pollution in the city.

C. There were too many modern inventions.

D. There was too much traffic on the road.