阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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 the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic （技工）. One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl  36   to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl   37   the mother would not return to her eggs and she   38   to take them home. There she carefully   39   the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days   40   the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the   41  .

Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother.   42  , to these young geese, the girl was their mother.

As they   43  , the girl was able to   44   her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to   45  . The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when   46   and in her dreams. Later, she had an   47  : She would pilot a plane to guide them in   48  . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled（组装）a small aircraft for her.

Caring about   49   safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not   50   or follow him, and   51   slept in the grass.

One day, the girl   52   into the plane, started it and soon left the   53  . Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds   54   flapped（拍打）their wings and   55  . She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.

A. managed          B. attempted            C. happened        D. supposed

A. realized         B. expected             C. imagined        D. admitted

A. helped             B. decided              C. afforded         D. meant

A. placed              B. protected             C. treated          D. examined

A. ago                    B. out                  C. later            D. long

A. family            B. lake                 C. home           D. world

A. But             B. Also                        C. Thus           D. Still

A. increased          B. improved             C. rose            D. grew

A. ask             B. lead                 C. want            D. allow

A. fly                B. race                 C. swim           D. sing

A. asleep          B. away                 C. around         D. awake

A. idea              B. opinion               C. explanation     D. excuse

A. sky            B. heaven                C. flight          D. plane

A. his            B. her                   C. their           D. its

A. respect            B. remember              C. recognize      D. receive

A. so                 B. instead                C. hardly          D. too

A. climbed        B. looked                 C. reached         D. fell

A. house          B. floor                   C. water          D. ground

A. secretly        B. disappointedly          C. patiently         D. eagerly

A. looked away      B. set out                C. went by       D. turned back

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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 the United States there was an unusual story telling of the daughter of an engineer．One day 36 walking along the bank of a lake, the girl happened to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose．After some time the girl_37_the mother would not return to the eggs and she  38 to take them home．There she carefully  39 the eggs in the heat of a lamp．Several days  40 , the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the  41 Geese are known to take the first living thing 42 they see as their mother．Thus, to these  43 geese, the girl was their mother．
As they grew, the girl was able to  44 her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach, them to _45_．The little girl became increasingly worried about this, both when  46 and in her dreams．Suddenly, she thought_47_a clever idea: she would fly a plane to guide them in 48 ．She asked her father for a plane and he made a small one for her．Caring about  49 safety, the father Hew the plane himself．However, the birds didn't  50 him．They all slept in the grass 51 .      
The girl was so worried about it that one day the girl_52_into the plane and started it．Soon the plane left the_53_．Seeing their mother in the air, the birds 54 expanded their wings and   55  She flew the plane freely in the sky, with her young birds following．

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意， 然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

       In the United States there was an unusual story telling of the daughter of a mechanic（技工）．One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl   36   to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose．After some time the girl __37____ the mother would not return to her eggs and she __38___ to take them home．There she carefully ___39___ the eggs in the heat of a lamp．Several days___40___ the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the ___41___ ．

       Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother．___42___ , to these young geese, the girl was their mother．

       As they __43____, the girl was able to ___44____ her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to ___45___ ．The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when___46___ and in her dreams．Later, she had an ___47___ : She would pilot a plane to guide them in ___48__ ．She asked her father for a plane and he assembled （组装） a small aircraft for her．

       Caring about___49___ safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself．However, the birds did not ___50____ or follow him, and __51____ slept in the grass．

       One day, the girl ___52___ into the plane, started it and soon left the ___53___ ．Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds ___54___ flapped（拍打） their wings and ____55__ ．She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following．

A．managed       B．attempted          C．happened      D．supposed

A．realized      B．expected           C．imagined      D．admitted

A．helped       B．decided             C．afforded       D．meant

A．placed        B．protected          C．treated          D．examined

A．ago        B．out                C．later          D．long

A．family       B．lake               C．home         D．world

A．But         B．Also              C．Thus          D．Still

A．increased       B．improved          C．rose           D．grew

A．ask        B．lead                C．want          D．allow

A．fly           B．race               C．swim         D．sing

A．asleep       B．away             C．around          D．awake

A．idea         B．opinion             C．explanation      D．excuse

A．sky          B．space             C．flight           D．plane

A．his           B．her                C．their          D．its

A．respect     B．remember         C．recognize      D．receive

A．so         B．instead              C．hardly          D．too

A．climbed       B．looked              C．reached         D．fell

A．house       B．floor             C．water           D．ground

A．secretly       B．disappointedly        C．patiently       D．eagerly

looked away      B．set out              C．went by        D．turned back

 (09·湖南D篇)

Andrew Ritchie, inventor of the Brompton folding bicycle, once said that the perfect portable bike would be “like a magic carpet…You could fold it up and put it into your pocket or handbag”. Then he paused: “But you’ll always be limited by the size of the wheels. And so far no one has invented a folding wheel.”

It was a rare — indeed unique — occasion when I was able to put Ritchie right. A 19th-century inventor, William Henry James Grout, did in fact design a folding wheel. His bike, predictably named the Grout Portable, had a frame that split into two and a larger wheel that could be separated into four pieces. All the bits fitted into Grout’s Wonderful Bag, a leather case.

Grout’s aim: to solve the problems of carrying a bike on a train. Now doesn’t that sound familiar? Grout intended to find a way of making a bike small enough for train travel: his bike was a huge beast. And importantly, the design of early bicycles gave him an advantage: in Grout’s day, tyres were solid, which made the business of splitting a wheel into four separate parts relatively simple. You couldn’t do the same with a wheel fitted with a one-piece inflated （充气的） tyre.

So, in a 21st-century context, is the idea of the folding wheel dead? It is not. A British design engineer, Duncan Fitzsimons, has developed a wheel that can be squashed into something like a slender ellipse （椭圆）. Throughout, the tyre remains inflated.

Will the young Fitzsimons’s folding wheel make it into production? I haven’t the foggiest idea. But his inventiveness shows two things. First, people have been saying for more than a century that bike design has reached its limit, except for gradual advances. It’s as silly a concept now as it was 100 years ago: there’s plenty still to go for. Second, it is in the field of folding bikes that we are seeing the most interesting inventions. You can buy a folding bike for less than £1,000 that can be knocked down so small that it can be carried on a plane — minus wheels, of course — as hand baggage.

Folding wheels would make all manner of things possible. Have we yet got the magic carpet of Andrew Ritchie’s imagination? No. But it’s progress.

69. We can infer from Paragraph 1 that the Brompton folding bike        .

A. was portable

B. had a folding wheel

C. could be put in a pocket

D. looked like a magic carpet

70. We can learn from the text that the wheels of the Grout Portable        .

A. were difficult to separate

B. could be split into 6 pieces

C. were fitted with solid tyres

D. were hard to carry on a train

71. We can learn from the text that Fitzsimons’s invention        .

A. kept the tyre as a whole piece

B. was made into production soon

C. left little room for improvement

D. changed our views on bag design

72. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. Three folding bike inventors

B. The making of a folding bike

C. Progress in folding bike design

D. Ways of separating a bike wheel

Andrew Ritchie, inventor of the Brompton folding bicycle, once said that perfect portable bike would be “like a magic carpet... You could fold it up and put it into your pocket or handbag". Then he paused: “But you'll always be limited by the size of the wheels. And so far no one has invented a folding wheel."
It was a rare --- indeed unique --- occasion when I was able to put Ritchie right. A 19th-century inventor, William Henry James Grout, did in fact design a folding wheel. His bike, predictably named the Grout Portable, had a frame(框架) that split into two and a larger wheel that could be separated into four pieces. All the bits fitted into Grout's Wonderful Bag, a leather case.
Grout's aim: to solve the problems of carrying a bike on a train. Now doesn't that sound familiar? Grout intended to find a way of making a bike small enough for train travel: his bike was a huge beast. And importantly, the design of early bicycles gave him an advantage: in Grout's day, tyres were solid, which made the business of splitting a wheel into four separate parts relatively simple. You couldn't do the same with a wheel fitted with a one-piece inflated tyre.
So, in a 21st-century context, is the idea of the folding wheel dead? It is not. A British design engineer, Duncan Fitzsimons , has developed a wheel that can be squashed(挤压)into something like a slender ellipse(椭圆 ) . Throughout, the tyre remains inflated.
Will the young Fitzsimons's folding wheel make it into production? I haven’t the foggiest idea. But his inventiveness shows two things. First, people have been saying for more than a century that bike design has reached its limit, except for gradual advances. It’s as silly a concept now as it was 100 years ago: there's plenty still to go for. Second, it is in the field of folding bikes that we are seeing the most interesting inventions. You can buy a folding bike for less than £1,000 that can be knocked  down so small that can be carried on a plane -- minus wheels, of course --as hand baggage.
Folding wheels would make all manner of things possible. Have we yet got the magic carpet of Andrew Ritchie's imagination? No. But it's progress.
57. We can infer form Paragraph 1 that the Brompton folding bike____.
A. was portable                            B. had a folding wheel.
C. could be put in a pocket.                  D. looked like a magic carpet
58. We can learn from the text that the wheels of the Group Portable_______.
A. were difficult to separate.                         B. could be split into 6 pieces.
C. were fitted with solid tyres.               D. were hard to carry on a train.
59. We can learn from the text that Fitzsimons`s invention_______.
A. kept the tyres as whole piece.                    B. was made into production soon.
C. left little room for improvement.                D. changed our views on bag design.
60. Which of following would be best title for the text?
A. Three folding bike inventors.                    B. The making of a folding bike
C. Progress in folding bike design                 D. Ways of separating a bike wheel