Cloze Test

Read the following passage, choose the one that best fits into the passage.

　　I was poor and always said yes to my boss. But the 1 was reached one Tuesday my half holiday. On my way 2 on Tuesdays I used to carry a large basket of things to the house of my boss' sister. 3 her house was on my way home, I 4 refused this.

　　On this particular Tuesday, 5 , just as we were about to 6 , a load of smoked hams was delivered at the 7 . “Wait a minute, Little Stark,” said the boss and he opened the load and 8 out a ham, which he started to bone and string up.

　　I 9 in growing impatience to get on my way, not for one minute but for quite a 10 time.

　　It was nearly 2:30. Thank God! The boss finished. He then came to me with the 11 ham, put it in the 12 beside me, and told me to take it to a customer who had placed an 13 for it days before.

　　This meant my going a 14 way out of my road home, so I looked up, saying, “I have my 15 at two on Tuesday, you know.” “What do you 16 ?” he shouted. I told him that I meant that I would deliver things as 17 , but not at this moment.

　　The boss stared at me as if I were some 18 kind of insect and shouted even harder. But I 9 firm. At last, seeing it was impossible, he gave up and 20 me go home for my holiday.

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阅读理解

　　From boyhood he had been interested in astronomy(天文学), and while at Cambridge he would sit up at night to watch the stars. But he was not satisfied with the telescopes of those days because they didn't show him a clear picture of things. At first he thought there must be something wrong with the lens. But no matter how hard he tried to improve the lens; the trouble was still there.

　　This set Newton thinking. He began to study the nature of light and colors. In the end he found that sunlight, or white light, is actually made up of a row of colors. He counted seven colors in all. This was of course a great discovery. But Newton still wasn't satisfied His mind was busy with another problem. Before Newton's time, scientists had already discovered that the sun, not the earth, was the centre of the other planets moving round the sun. But they couldn't explain why this was so until Newton gave the answer.

　　One autumn evening while Newton was sitting under an apple tree thinking over these problems, he saw the moon rise in the sky. Why, he asked himself, should the moon go round the earth, never leaving the same path? At that moment, he heard an apple drop from the tree. Why didn't it go sideways or fly up?

　　There seemed to be only one reason：the earth was drawing it－that is the force of gravity. If a stone is tied to the end of a string and whirled around, it will fly round and round in circles because of the string. In the same way, the force of gravity, thought Newton, must be the force that keeps the moon going round the earth and the planets round the sun.

1．This passage mainly tells us ________.

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A．Newton gave the right answer to the making up of the sunlight

B．Newton found that the moon goes round the earth

C．how Newton made two of his greatest discoveries

D．why Newton made two of his greatest discoveries at home

2．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

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A．Newton made only two discoveries in his lifetime.

B．Finding nothing wrong with the lens, Newton began to study the nature of light and colors.

C．Nobody could explain why the planets moved round the sun before Newton's time.

D．It was by chance that Newton discovered the force of gravity.

3．Give the right order of the events given in the passage.

a．Newton found that the sunlight is made up of a row of colors.

b．Newton wondered why the apples didn't go sideways.

c．Newton concluded that the force of gravity keeps the moon going round the earth.

d．Newton tried every means to improve the lens.

e．Newton counted the number of colors.

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4．Which of the following is nearest in meaning to “They couldn't explain why this was so until Newton gave the answer.”?

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A．Newton gave the answer because they couldn't explain why.

B．Newton couldn't explain why unless they gave the answer.

C．It was Newton who gave the answer.

D．Newton was the first to give the answer.

阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的选项中，选出最佳答案。

　　Laura woke up feeling excited. It was her birthday. Today she thought she would get a pet of her own at last. Uncle Bob had been hinting that he would bring her one. She hoped it would be a puppy or a kitten or maybe a soft, fluffy (有绒毛的) rabbit.

　　But Laura's birthday did not turn out as she had hoped. She had certainly never expected to have a pet mouse. She did not even like mice. But that is what Uncle Bob gave her.

　　When Uncle Bob left, Laura burst into tears. She was so disappointed. “Don't be sad,” said the mother. “I think the mouse will be lots of fun. We'll teach it some tricks. Mice are very smart, you know.”

　　Mother was right. Before long, Laura found she could hardly wait to get home from school. It was such fun to watch what Ralph, her mouse, could do. He learned a lot of tricks. She and her mother built a special machine for Ralph. Here is how it worked.

　　Ralph would pull a string to open a door. Then he would go up a little adder. At the top of the ladder was a button. The button was really an electric switch. When Ralph pushed the button, a motor would start. The motor turned a wheel that pulled a string. The string pulled a dish that had food in it for Ralph, who was happy to do the trick over and over again.

1．Why was Laura excited when she woke up?

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A．It was her birthday.

B．She had gotten a pet.

C．She wanted to teach the mouse tricks.

D．Her Uncle Bob would come to see her.

2．Why did Laura burst into tears?

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A．She didn't want her birthday to end.

B．She didn't want Uncle Bob to leave.

C．She was disappointed with her gift.

D．She hated Uncle Bob.

3．What caused the motor to start?

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4．Laura was disappointed with the mouse because ________.

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A．she thought a mouse was stupid

B．she never took a mouse as a pet before

C．she was afraid of mice

D．she didn't like mice before

5．Ralph was happy to do the trick to ________.

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阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的选项中，选出最佳答案。

　　Laura woke up feeling excited. It was her birthday. Today she thought she would get a pet of her own at last. Uncle Bob had been hinting that he would bring her one. She hoped it would be a puppy or a kitten or maybe a soft, fluffy (有绒毛的) rabbit.

　　But Laura's birthday did not turn out as she had hoped. She had certainly never expected to have a pet mouse. She did not even like mice. But that is what Uncle Bob gave her.

　　When Uncle Bob left, Laura burst into tears. She was so disappointed. “Don't be sad,” said the mother. “I think the mouse will be lots of fun. We'll teach it some tricks. Mice are very smart, you know.”

　　Mother was right. Before long, Laura found she could hardly wait to get home from school. It was such fun to watch what Ralph, her mouse, could do. He learned a lot of tricks. She and her mother built a special machine for Ralph. Here is how it worked.

　　Ralph would pull a string to open a door. Then he would go up a little adder. At the top of the ladder was a button. The button was really an electric switch. When Ralph pushed the button, a motor would start. The motor turned a wheel that pulled a string. The string pulled a dish that had food in it for Ralph, who was happy to do the trick over and over again.

(1) Why was Laura excited when she woke up?

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A．It was her birthday.

B．She had gotten a pet.

C．She wanted to teach the mouse tricks.

D．Her Uncle Bob would come to see her.

(2) Why did Laura burst into tears?

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A．She didn't want her birthday to end.

B．She didn't want Uncle Bob to leave.

C．She was disappointed with her gift.

D．She hated Uncle Bob.

(3) What caused the motor to start?

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(4) Laura was disappointed with the mouse because ________.

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A．she thought a mouse was stupid

B．she never took a mouse as a pet before

C．she was afraid of mice

D．she didn't like mice before

(5) Ralph was happy to do the trick to ________.

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