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单元测控5完形填空“ItwassaidshewasmarriedtoanofficerinIndialongagoandshehadalifeofphysicaladventureasexcitingasherpoetry.Herhusbandcouldcrossriversusingcrocodiles鳄鱼assteppingstones.Hediedwhenshewasonlythirty-nine.UnwillingtoexistwithouthimshetookherlifeleavingasoninEngland.”Istaredatthepaper26readingandIcouldn’thelpthinking.Theysaycrocodilesarelazyanimalsasarulebuttheycan27likelightningwhentheywantto.Andtheydon’tmindhurrying28they’rehungry.ThereusedtobelotsinIndianriverslivingonfishmostly;butwhat’salittlefish29afifteen-footcrocodileTheyatepeoplefishermanoranyoneelsedeliciousenoughtogettoonear;womendoingthe30orchildrenplayingatthewater’s
31.Ahungrycrocodile’smouth32overamealwithasoundlikeagunshot.Abigfellowcan33inamanintwobites.Thatwoman’shusbandcrossedrivers34fromonecrocodile’sbacktothenext.Ibelieveit.Ithadtobedone35beforethecreaturecouldseewhatwashappening.Itwasn’t36abraveactiveman;andnodoubtheimprovedwithpractice.Hecouldneverlook37whilecrossing.Thewifeusedtowatchhim—Ifelt38ofthat.Shelived39theadventurethe40excitementofitall.Theirreallifewaswithtigerssnakes....It’snowondershewrote41poetry.Thenhe
42.Iimaginedhowshefelt.Wasthereanotherman43himinIndiaintheworldShewasstillyounghardlyasitting-roomwidow寡妇.“Imust44too”shesaidtoherself.Soshedidwhatshefeltshehadtodo.A45probablytoherhead.ButheryoungsontheirsonWasherloveforhimnothingcomparedtoherhusbandWellwhatdoyouthink语法填空Onceuponatimetherewasarichmerchant1_______had4wives.Helovedthe4thwifethemost.Hetookgreatcareofherandgavehernothing2_________thebest.Healsolovedthe3rdwifeverymuch.Hewasvery3___________prideofherandalwayswantedtoshowoffhertohisfriends.Healsolovedhis2ndwife.Sheis4___________veryconsideratepersonalwayspatientandinfactisthemerchant’sclosefriend.5___________themerchantfacedsomeproblemshealwaysturnedtohis2ndwifeand6____________wouldalwayshelphimoutandtide帮助渡过him7__________difficulttimes.Nowthemerchant’s1stwifeisaveryloyalpartnerandhasmadegreat8___________contributeinmaintaininghiswealthandbusinessaswellas9___________takecareofthehousehold.10___________themerchantdidnotlovethefirstwifeandalthoughshelovedhimdeeplyhehardlytooknoticeofher.阅读理解AChineseAncientScienceInventionsChineseInventions—CanYouNameThemTheInventionofPaperandfindouteverythingaboutpaper-makingatTheRoberC.WilliamsAmericanMuseumofPapermaking.TheArtofPrintingMatteoRicciTheOriginofChineseBooksandPrintingChinesebookmakinganancientcraftPaperacontributiontohumanprogressTheHistoryofChineseMathematicsChineseAncientScienceTechnologyChineseAncientAgricultureTheCoinsofAncientChinaChineseAgricultureTheCoinsofAncientChinaChineseAgricultureInventedinChinaTheHistoryofCalculatingabacusReturnoftheDragon:HazardsofMan-MadeMagnetismadiscussionChineseAncientModernThink-tanksKongFuZi—ConfuciusThePhilosopherConfucius551~479B.C.TheAnalects—ConfuciusEnglishtextTheGreatLearning—ConfuciusEnglishtextTheDoctrineoftheMean—ConfuciusEnglishtextMencius—MengZiandsometextGBMaoZedong—AGreatManinChinaHistoryManoftheYear—TengHsiao-pingTimesTheTaoTeChing—LaoTzuTranslatedbyS.MitchellXUNKUANGXunzi—25BCHanFeiWelcometoTaoistResourceCenterACompleteGuidetoTaoismanditsmanyapplications.ASIAWEEK—MAONOW—TheGreatHelmsmanledChinaintosomeofthemostmonumentaldisastersofthemodernera.Now20yearsafterhisdeathMaoZedong’sstarisshiningasbrightlyasever.HowcanitbesoChairmanMao’sPoems—InChineseGIF.Dr.SunYat-Sen—ThefoundingfatherofRepublicofChina.MaoZedong—AnunofficialsitewhichcollectsquotationsofMaoandsomearticlesonMao.CHINESEGBCHINESEPSMaoZedong—AGreatManinChinaHistory—InternetresourcesonMaohisera.SunYat-Sen:FundamentalsofNationalReconstruction—“ThisbookisSunYat-sen’smostimportantpoliticalstatement.ItenunciateshisfamousthreeprincipleswherebyhesetChinaontheroadtomodernity.”DENGXiaoping—DengXiaopingleadsafar-reachingaudaciousbutRiskySecondRevolution.ManoftheYear1985TimeMagazineinEnglish...FormoreinformationClicktheUnderlined.
1.Thispassageisprobablytakefrom_________.A.magazineB.awebpageC.textbookD.TVprogramme
2.HowmanywebpagesoffertheinformationaboutConfuciusA.Three.B.Four.C.Five.D.Two.
3.Thepassageisdesignedmainlyto_________.A.makeuslearnthegreatpeopleandinventionsofChinaB.givesomeinformationaboutChinaC.stresstheimportanceofconfuciusmD.describetheprintinginChinaBNoonecanbelievethattheover6300-kilometerlongGreatWallmightdisappearsomeday.BelieveitornottheGreatWallisbeingdestroyedbypeople.Lessthan20percentoftheGreatWallbuiltintheMingDynastyisstillperfectbutabout80percentisindanger.TheGreatWallcanbecalled“great”mostlybecauseofitsamazinglength.Butweshouldrealizethatthelengthwasmadeupofonebrickatatime.IfwedonothingtosavetheGreatWallitwillbecomeaseriesofseparatewastelandratherthanahistoricsite.TheGreatWallisactuallyaseriesofwallsbuiltandrebuiltbydifferentdynastiesoverthepast2000years.ItbeganintheruleofChina’sfirstemperorQinShihuangoftheQinDynasty221BC~206BCandlastedintotheMingDynasty.ThepartsbuiltbeforetheMingDynastyhavenearlydisappeared.PeoplearefamiliarwithsectionssuchasBadalinginBeijingandJiayuguanPassinGansubecausetheyhavebeenopentotouristsformanyyears.Butthosesectionsfarawayfromthepubliceyeshavebeenalmostforgotten.Fewlocalpeopleknewthe3-meter-highwallsmadeofearthandstonesbesidethemarepartoftheGreatWall.Thelackofknowledgeisconsideredasoneofthemainreasonsbehindhuman.ThebricksontheGreatWallarecarriedoffbycountrysidepeopletobuildtheirhousessheepcorral畜栏andpigsties猪圈.Someweretakenawaytobuildroads.Brickscarvedwithpeople’snamesareputawayasremembrance.Rubbishisspreadoverthebattlements城垛.Thebrickscanbesoldfor15yuanpertractorload.ThosewhodestroyedandaredestroyingtheGreatWallknowitsnamebutarenotclearaboutitsculturalmeaning.Itwilltakealongtimetoletthemknowthis.ThelocalfarmersnotonlycarriedoffthebodyoftheWallbutdugouttheentirebase.ItisnecessarytoprotecttheGreatWall.FirstofalltheofficialsshouldbeawareoftheimportanceoftheGreatWall.YoungChineseshouldknowmoreaboutthenation’sgreatcivilization文明andlearntoloveit.
4.ThemainreasonforwhichtheGreatWallcanbecalled“great”is__________.A.itwasmadebybrickB.itwasverywideC.itwasverylongD.ithadalonghistory
5.WhydoestheauthorsaytheGreatWallmightdisappearA.Itisuselessfromnowon.B.Itwillbereplacedbyanewone.C.Somepartsofitarebeingdestroyed.D.It’stoooldtobeusedagain.
6.Theunderlinedpart“thosesectionsfarawayfromthepubliceyes”referstothepartsoftheGreatWall__________.A.thataretoodifficulttounderstandB.nobodycanwatchC.thataretoofartobeenseenD.thatarenotwellknowntothepublic
7.What’sthemainreasonoftheGreatWall’sbeingdestroyedA.Thelocalpeopleareshortofcultureknowledge.B.Thelocalpeopleneedbricksandstonestobuildhouses.C.ThelocalpeoplethinkthattheGreatWallisnotimportant.D.Thelocalpeopleareagainstthegovernment.CIfwesaythefourgreatinventionsGunpowderCompassPaperandArtofPrintingreflectedancientChina’sscientificachievementsthenZhaozhouStoneBridgeperfectlyrepresentedoneofthegreatestcontributionstoancientChina’sbridgebuilding.Nobodywasunfamiliarwiththestonebridgefulloflegendsandvividfolkstories.TheancientZhaozhoustonebridgestartedtobebuiltin590duringtheSuiDynasty581~618andestablishedin
608.ThepioneerforbuildingthebridgewasLiChunwhoovercameunimaginabledifficultiesundergoingallhardships.ThelocationofthebridgeisinZhaoCountysouthHebeiProvince.ItlayacrosstheXiaoshuiRiverfarawayfromthemountainsthatprovidedrockymaterials.Inancienttimesitwassuchabusydeepandwideriverthatcouldbeusedasanimportantcarriagetotransportheavyrocksandothermaterials.Asweknownotrainnoliftingmachinecouldbeusedtomovegranite花岗岩blockstotheconstructionsite.AsanintelligentstonemasonandengineerLiChunworkedouthisplananddesignallfromhisowndirectobservationandinvestigation.Ittookhiswholelife-timeincompletingthegreathistoricalprojectinChina.NowadaysitisnotonlyahistoricalremarkablemodelofarchitecturebutalsoabrilliantChineseculturalcrystallization结晶ofwisdom.Theentirelengthofthebridgeis
50.82meterswith10meterswidth.Thewholestonebridgelookslikeabigbowthespanofwhichis
37.02metersanditsheightfromthetoptothesurfaceofwaterataregularpositionis
7.23meters.Thebridgearchseemstobemovingsmoothlyandflatly.Thewholearchconsistsof28biggraniteblocksconnectedeachothertightlytogether.Onbothendsidesofthegeneralarchthereare4smallerarches2ofwhichononesidetheother2ontheotherside.Thesmallerarchescouldbeusedtodecreasetheweightofthebridgeandsavestonematerialsandhelpfloodgetthrougheasilywhichseemstobemuchprettier.Suchahard-thinkingandcarefulconsiderationoftheengineeringarticleisreallyamodelofdesignandlayout.ThespanwasmuchwiderthantheotherstonebridgeinancienttimesalloverChina.TodayZhaozhouStoneBridgeisoneofinternationalculturalrelicsandperfectlyprotectedandpreservedbytheconcernedadministrationofChina.
8.Thebesttitleofthispassageis_________.A.GreatengineerinancientChinaB.ZhaozhoustonebridgeC.FourgreatinventionsD.Howtobuildabridge
9.Thethirdparagraphmainlytellsus_________.A.thematerialsofZhaozhoubridgeB.thestructureofZhaozhoubridgeC.thearchesofZhaozhoubridgeD.theimportanceofZhaozhoubridge
10.Theunderlinedword“carriage”probablyrefersto_________.A.cartB.transportC.channelD.resourseDAccordingtothedictionarydefinitionof“createordinarypeoplearecreativeeveryday”.Tocreatemeans“tobringintobeingtocausetoexistsomethingeachofusdoesdaily”.Wearecreativewheneverwelookatorthinkaboutsomethinginanewway.Firstthisincludesanawareness意识ofoursurroundings.Itmeansusingallofoursensestobecomeawareofourworld.Thismaybeassimpleasbeingawareofcolorandtexture质地aswellastastewhenweplanameal.Aboveallitistheabilitytonoticethingsthatothersmightmiss.Asecondpartofcreativityisanabilitytoseerelationshipsamongthings.Ifwebelievetheexpression“Thereisnothingnewunderthesunthecreativityisremakingorrecombining重组theoldinnewways.”Forexamplewemightdothisbyfindingamoreeffectivewaytostudyorabetterwaytoarrangeourfurnitureorwemightmakeanewcombinationofcameralensesandfilterstocreateanunusualphotograph.Athirdpartofcreativityisthecourageanddrivetomakeuseofournewideastoaskforthemtoachievesomenewresults.Tothinkupanewideaisonething;toputtheideatoworkisanother.Thesethreepartsofcreativityareincludedinallthegreatworksofgeniusesbuttheyarealsoincludedinmanyofourday-to-dayactivities.
11.WhichofthefollowingactivitiesisNOTacreativeoneaccordingtothepassageA.Toprepareforameal.B.Toarrangethefurnitureinaspecialway.C.Tobuysomebooksfromabookstore.D.To“write”aletterwiththecomputer.
12.“Thereisnothingnewunderthesun”reallyimpliesthat_________.A.anewthingcanonlybecreatedatthebasisofearliestthingsB.anewthingisonlyataleC.wecanseldomcreatenewthingsD.wecanhardlyseereallynewthingsintheworld
13.WhatdoestheauthorthinkabouttherelationshipbetweenanewthoughtanditsbeingputintopracticeA.It’smoredifficulttocreateanewthoughtthantouseitinpractice.B.Tofindanewthoughtwillclearlyleadtotheproductionofanewthing.C.Amanwithanexcellentabilityofpracticecaneasilybecomeaninventor.D.Onemaycomeupwithanewthoughtbutcannotputitintopractice.
14.Thebesttitleforthispassageis__________.A.HowtoDevelopOne’sCreativityB.WhatIsCreativityC.TheImportanceofCreativityD.CreativityaNotFarawayThing。