短文填空(共10分,每小题1分)。

根据短文内容,用括号内所给动词的正确形式填空,使文章意思完整且符合逻辑。

A very young writer _________ 1..（call）Fan Yi has caught many people’s attention these days. Her first English story, Sword bird, was ever on the New York Times best seller list for children’s fiction.

Fan Yi was born in Beijing in 1993. She finished her first grade of primary school in Beijing and then2.. _________ (move) to the USA with her parents at the age of seven. She has been interested in birds since she3._________ (be) a little girl.

When Fan Yi was 4._______ (study) American history at school, she5._________ (read) many articles about the September 11 Attacks. She wanted all people 6.________ (live) in peace. She 7._________ (have) a dream one night. In the dream, some birds fought with each other. Fan Yi 8._________ (come) up with an idea from the dream and 9._________ (turn) it into a story.

Fan Yi says that she10.____________ (write) more books for the Sword bird series (系列) in future. Will she become another J.K. Rowling? Let’s wait and see.

One of the most famous scientists to study adaptations (适应能力) was Charles Darwin (达尔文). He was born in England in 1809. He wasn't the best student in his school, but when he was 16, his father sent him to a medical school. Charles liked spending time outdoors observing (观察) nature more than attending medical classes and dropped out(辍学) without graduating.

??? Next, Charles' father sent him to school to become a minister (牧师). This time he made it to graduation. But he didn't want to do the work of a minister. His friends encouraged him to follow his interest in science.

??? After graduation, Charles was invited to sail on the Beagle as an unpaid scientist. He wasn't the first choice, but he was the lucky one to go. The Beagle was to travel to South America and then around the world. The crew's task was to make maps of the places they visited.

??? On December 27th, 1831 Charles Darwin sailed from England on the Beagle. The trip was planned to last two years. In fact, it lasted five. During this time, he saw many amazing things. He collected lots of plants and animals and took them back to England to study.

??? Twenty-three years later, Darwin published a scientific paper with another man named Wallace. Darwin described how some animals have adaptations that help them survive. They are passed on to offspring (后代). Darwin’s ideas about adaptations are still very important to the study of living things.

1.Darwin was very interested in _____.

A. attending medical classes???????????? B. the work of a minister

C. sailing around the world????????????? D. science

2.The Beagle was a(an) _____.

A. ship?????????????? B. plane??????????? C. plant???????? D. animal

3.When Darwin published the scientific paper, he was _____ years old.

A. twenty-three??????? B. twenty-two?????? C. forty-five????? D. fifty

4.The underlined word "they" in the last paragraph refers to (指的是) _____.

A. adaptations??????????????????????? B. Darwin and Wallace

C. animals?????????????????????????? D. Darwin's ideas

5.Which of the following is true?

A. Darwin graduated from a medical school.

B. Some animals have adaptations so that they can survive.

C. Darwin published a scientific paper by himself.

D. Darwin was first chosen to sail on the Beagle.

Today almost everyone knows computers and the Internet. If I ask you “What is the most important in your life?” maybe you will say “Computers and the Internet.”

The first computer was made in 1946. it was very big but it worked slowly. Today computers are getting smaller and smaller. But they work faster and faster. What can computers do? A writer has said, “People can’t live without computers today.”

The Internet came a little later than computers. It is about twenty-five years later than computers. But now it can be found almost everywhere. We can use it to read books, writer letters, do shopping, play computer games or make friends.

Many students like the Internet very much. They often go into the Internet as soon as they are free. They make friends on the Internet and maybe they have never seen these friends. They don’t know their real names, ages, and even sex. They are so interested in making the “unreal friends” that they can’t put their hearts into study. Many of them can’t catch up with others on many subjects because of that.

We can use computers and the Internet to learn more about the world. But at the same time, we should remember that not all the things can be done by computers and the Internet.

1.The Internet can not be used for______.

2.When the computer was invented, it was______.

3.The Internet was born in about________.

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

5.What does the writer think of the Internet?

Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called "the youngest writer in the world". He has written 3 books so far. Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu Province in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his parents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi'an and Shenzhen. This kind of life gave him things to think and write about.

When Dou Kou was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one he could say five to six hundred words. At 3, he could look up words in the dictionary. At 4, his father taught him to learn something. His parents like reading very much. So does he. At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales.

His fairy tales are all from his life. One day, he found many mice in the house. They not only ate their food but also hurt his mother's hand. So he thought, "If we give mice the stomachs ( 胃 ) of cows, they'll eat grass and it'll be helpful to people. ” This was his first fairy tale "Change Stomachs for Mice". At 6, he wrote a novel about his own life in different cities with his parents.

Now, he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel called "Eyes of Childhood". He says, "I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books,

1.How many books has Dou Kou already finished writing?

A．3.               B．6.                C．9.               D．12

2.Dou Kou began to use a dictionary________,

A．when he wrote fairy tales                 B．before his father taught him to study

C．after he went to school                   D．when he kept a diary

3.Which of the following is Not true?

A． Change Stomachs for Mice was Dou Kou’ s first fairy tale

B．Dou Kou likes writing and reading as well.

C．Dou Kou’s novels make him different from other children of his age.

D．Dou Kou’s parents don’t allow Dou Kou to write at his early age.

4.Which is the best title (标题) of this passage?

A．Three books by a child                   B．How to write fairy tales

C．Dou Kou, the youngest writer              D．How to be a writer

Name                      Personal Information

Norman Bethune       ·Born in 1890 in Canada

·A doctor

·Came to China in 1938

·Died in 1939 in China

Celine

Dion ·Born in Montreal, Canada

·A singing star

·In 1997, sang My Heart Will Go On for the film Titanic

Thomas Edison  ·Born in 1847, Kentucky, the USA

·Made over 1,000 inventions

·Died in 1931

Bill

Gates         ·Born in 1955 in the USA

·Wrote Business at the Speed of Thought

·Owned Microsoft Company

Mark

Twain         ·Born in 1835 in the USA

·A writer

·Died in 1910

·Wrote Tom Sawyer

1.根据表格第三行描述,可知席琳迪翁出生在加拿大的蒙特利尔,故选D.

2.根据表格最后一行描述,可知马克吐温是个作家,他出生在1835年.故选B.

3.根据表格第三行描述,可知我心永恒是首歌曲的名字,故选C.

4.根据表格第二行描述,可知白求恩在1938年来到中国,在1939年去世,故他在中国生活了两年.选A.

5.根据表格第四行描述,可知爱迪生的发明超过一千多项.故选C.

6._______ is from Canada.

A. Bill Gates      B. Mark Twain             C. Thomas Edison                D. Celine Dion

7.The _____ was born in 1835.

A. inventor                 B. writer                      C. doctor                              D. singer

8.My Heart Will Go On is the name of a ______.

A. book                        B. film                                    C. song                                           D. story

9.Dr Bethune worked in China for about ______years.

A. 2                              B. 4                                        C. 6                                                 D. 8

10.Which of the following is true?

A. Mark Twain wrote Business at the Speed of Thought.

B. Bill Gates started working for Microsoft Company in 1995.

C. Thomas Edison made over 1,000 inventions.

D. Celine Dion stopped singing 1997.