完成句子（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

1.Langlang, ______________________ , has performed successfully on a lot of grand occasions . (gift)

朗朗，很有音乐天赋，曾经在很多大场合成功表演过。

2._________________ that the experiment ended in failure? We should try to find out the cause.(come)

实验怎么会失败呢？ 我们应好好找找原因。

3.With about 2000 seats ______________, the concert hall can hold more than so many people. (sit)

有大约2000个座位，这个音乐厅可容纳更多的观众。

4.The young man has ______________________ of turning on the computer to read news at home and abroad as soon as he comes back from work. (get)

这个年轻人养成了下班就打开电脑看国内外新闻的习惯。

5.He pretended not ________________________ it. (hear)

他假装没听说过这件事。

6.______________________________ at home, the novelist went for a walk as a rest.(spend)

花了好几个小时在家写作，这位作家出去散步休息一下。

7.I’m sorry ,I can’t remember ______________ that the Qin dynasty united the currency of China. (it)

很抱歉，我不记得秦朝究竟是在何时统一中国货币的。

8.Have you ever been to Yuanmingyuan in Beijing?  Now it is in ruins, because it _______________ years ago and was not rebuilt. (burn)

你去过北京的圆明园吗？现在是一片废墟，因为多年前被烧毁了且没有重建。

9.I eventually persuaded my president to open a branch in the middle-sized city.As a result, I was there _________________________ our company。(behalf)

我最后终于说服了总裁在那个中等城市开分公司。结果，我就在那做我们公司的代表了。

10.Under no circumstances ______________________  the manager’s office except the manager himself. (access)

在任何情况下，除经理自己外，任何其他人都不能随意进入经理的办公室。

　　If it takes Kate twenty seconds to add 12 and 26, while Terry can do the sum in a quarter the time on his pocket calculator, how much better grades will Terry get than Kate in the maths exam?

　　Pocket calculators are as cheap to buy as a pair of shoes, and as essential （必不可少的）to thousands of school children as a pencil and eraser. Schools have tried to limit their use, by allowing them in science lessons, to save time, but by not allowing them to be used in maths classes. When children do their homework, a pocket calculator is a must. Nowadays in Britain, calculators can be used freely in school examinations, and already in many schools the only sound to be heard during a mathematics examination is the sound of children tapping out their answers.

　　Many parents feel that their children are not being given a basic understanding of the facts of maths. “The process（过程）of addition, division（除）, subtraction（减）and multiplication（乘）is part of a training in logic（逻辑）which is important for every child. It teaches them to take series of steps necessary in coming to a conclusion”, says a local maths teacher. “With a calculator, the child can reach the right answer, but have no idea at all how he got there.” Another teacher in the same school disagreed. “Of course the children understand the principles（原理）behind what they do on the calculator. It makes no difference to the mental processes they go through, except to make them much faster, and less boring.”“It's far easier to teach them to grasp the idea of division and multiplication by making them understand which button they need to push than to talk about apples being cut in pieces,” said another teacher, who uses he calculators to keep the interest of his class.

　　In any case, the pocket calculator is here to stay; it's taking the strain（过度劳累） out of mental arithmetic in all sorts of ways…

(1) We can infer from the context that the word “eraser” means ________.

[　　]

(2) From the passage we learn that ________.

[　　]

A．in Britain pupils are encouraged by schools to use pocket calculators

B．parents use the calculators to keep the interest of their children

C．people have different opinions（看法）on whether pocket calculators should be used in maths classes

D．all the teachers agree that pocket calculators should be used in classes but not in school examinations

(3) As a local maths teacher says, children can reach the right answer with a calculator, but they ________.

[　　]

A．really don't know how they can get better grades

B．have no idea how to use the calculator properly

C．can't understand whether the answer is right

D．don't know how they get it

(4) Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

[　　]

A．Calculators used to be as cheap as a pair of shoes.

B．Some schools don't allow the students to use pocket calculators in maths class.

C．How to add, divide, subtract and multiply is a question of maths.

D．It's easy to calculate with a calculator.

(5) The author stands for the opinion that ________.

[　　]

A．students should be allowed to use pocket calculators freely except in maths classes

B．since the pocket calculator has been created, it should be made use of

C．pocket calculators shouldn't be used by students in maths classes

D．Terry should get grades four times better than Kate's

　　If it takes Kate twenty seconds to add 12 and 26, while Terry can do the sum in a quarter the time on his pocket calculator, how much better grades will Terry get than Kate in the maths exam?

　　Pocket calculators are as cheap to buy as a pair of shoes, and as essential （必不可少的）to thousands of school children as a pencil and eraser. Schools have tried to limit their use, by allowing them in science lessons, to save time, but by not allowing them to be used in maths classes. When children do their homework, a pocket calculator is a must. Nowadays in Britain, calculators can be used freely in school examinations, and already in many schools the only sound to be heard during a mathematics examination is the sound of children tapping out their answers.

　　Many parents feel that their children are not being given a basic understanding of the facts of maths. “The process（过程）of addition, division（除）, subtraction（减）and multiplication（乘）is part of a training in logic（逻辑）which is important for every child. It teaches them to take series of steps necessary in coming to a conclusion”, says a local maths teacher. “With a calculator, the child can reach the right answer, but have no idea at all how he got there.” Another teacher in the same school disagreed. “Of course the children understand the principles（原理）behind what they do on the calculator. It makes no difference to the mental processes they go through, except to make them much faster, and less boring.”“It's far easier to teach them to grasp the idea of division and multiplication by making them understand which button they need to push than to talk about apples being cut in pieces,” said another teacher, who uses he calculators to keep the interest of his class.

　　In any case, the pocket calculator is here to stay; it's taking the strain（过度劳累） out of mental arithmetic in all sorts of ways…

(1) We can infer from the context that the word “eraser” means ________.

[　　]

(2) From the passage we learn that ________.

[　　]

A．in Britain pupils are encouraged by schools to use pocket calculators

B．parents use the calculators to keep the interest of their children

C．people have different opinions（看法）on whether pocket calculators should be used in maths classes

D．all the teachers agree that pocket calculators should be used in classes but not in school examinations

(3) As a local maths teacher says, children can reach the right answer with a calculator, but they ________.

[　　]

A．really don't know how they can get better grades

B．have no idea how to use the calculator properly

C．can't understand whether the answer is right

D．don't know how they get it

(4) Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

[　　]

A．Calculators used to be as cheap as a pair of shoes.

B．Some schools don't allow the students to use pocket calculators in maths class.

C．How to add, divide, subtract and multiply is a question of maths.

D．It's easy to calculate with a calculator.

(5) The author stands for the opinion that ________.

[　　]

A．students should be allowed to use pocket calculators freely except in maths classes

B．since the pocket calculator has been created, it should be made use of

C．pocket calculators shouldn't be used by students in maths classes

D．Terry should get grades four times better than Kate's

阅读理解

　　If it Takes Kate twenty seconds to add 12 and 26, while Terry can do the sum in a quarter of the time on his pocket calculator, how much better grades will Terry get than Kate in the maths exam?

　　Pocket calculators are as cheap to buy as a pair of shoes, and as necessary to thousands of school children as a pencil and an eraser. Schools have tried to limit their use, by allowing them in science lessons, to save time, but by not allowing them to be used in maths classes. When children do their homework, a pocket calculator is a must. Nowadays in Britain, calculators can be used freely in school examinations, and already in many schools the only sound to he heard during a maths examination is the sound of children tapping out their answers.

　　Many parents feel that their children are being given a basic understanding of the facts of maths. “The process(过程)of addition, subtraction(减), multiplication, and division (除) is part of a training in logic (逻辑) which is important for every child. It teaches them to take the series of steps necessary in coming to a conclusion, ”says a local maths teacher. “With a calculator, the child can reach a right answer, but have no idea at all how he gets there. ”

　　Another teacher in the same school disagreed.

　　“Of course, the children understand the principles(原则) behind what they do on the calculator. It makes no difference to the mental processes they go through, except to make them much faster, and less boring. ”

　　“It's far easier to teach them to gasp the idea d division and multiplication by making them understand which button they need to push than to talk about apples being cut in pieces, ”said another teacher, who uses calculator to keep the interest of his class.

　　In any case, the pocket calculator is here to stay: it's taking them too much hard work out of mental arithmetic(算术) in all sorts of ways,. ..

1．From the passage we can know that ________.

[　　]

A．in Britain pupils are encouraged by schools to use pocket calculators

B．parents use the calculators to keep the interest of their children

C．people have different opinions on whether pocket calculators should be used in maths classes

D．all the teaches agree that pocket calculators should be used in classes but not in school examinations

2．As a local maths teacher says, children can reach the right answer with a calculator, but they ________.

[　　]

A．really don't know how they can get better grades

B．have no idea how to use the calculator properly

C．can't understand whether the answer is right

D．don't know how they get it

3．Which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A．Calculators used to be as cheap as a pair of shoes.

B．Some schools don't allow the students to use pocket calculators in maths class.

C．How to add, divide, subtract and multiply is a question of maths.

D．It's easy to calculate with a calculator.

4．The author stands for the opinion that ________.

[　　]

A．students should be allowed to use pocket calculators freely except in maths classes

B．since the pocket calculator has been invented, it should be made use of

C．pocket calculators shouldn't be used by students in maths classes

D．Terry should get grades four times better than Kate's