Ⅰ、单项选择（每小题1分，满分20分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案.
______ he told me last night was really a great surprise to me.
A. That B. What C. Whether D. When
______ more countries can use natural energy in future remains to be seen.
A. That B. What C. Whether D. If
______ fuels like coal and oil cause a lot of pollution is certain.
A. That B. What C. Whether D. If
This is ______ Asia and Africa meet.
A. that B. the place C. where D. what
The trouble is ______ we are short of hands.
A. that B. what C. how D. why
We mustn’t keep him ______ outside in such cold weather.
A. wait B. to wait C. waiting D. waits
It is too late to go to the cinema: ______, it’s raining.
A. although B. besides C. except D. however
Don’t ______ your own idea. It doesn’t seem reasonable.
A. change B. stick to C. take hold of D. give up
We will stop here today and ______ the work tomorrow.
A. go on with B. go on C. go on to D. go on doing
10. By the time he ______ the railway station, the train ______.
A. got to , left B. reached, had left
C. arrived at, has left D. comes to, had gone
11. Alexander Bell invented ______ telephone.
A. a B. the C. / D. certain
12. When he was young, Edison ______ losts of questions.
A. was used to ask B. was used to asking
C. used to ask D. used to asking
13. Did Switzerland ______ in the First World War?
A. belong to sides B. leave sides
C. take sides D. move sides
14. The problem was so difficult that I couldn’t ______.
A. work out B. work it out C. work on D. work it on
15. My grandparents are ______ to live quietly in the countryside.
A. fond B. helpful C. like D. content
16. Is this the only way ______ the Capital airport?
A. leads to B. which lead to C. leading to D. led to
17. He was very pleased ______ the Nobel Prize ______ Physics.
A. to be won, of B. to have won, for
C. to win, at D. having won, on
18. What he said at the meeting proved ______.
A. to be truly B. being true C. true D. real
19. He first worked ______ a worker in the university, and five years later
he got ______ degrees.
A. as, a doctor’s B. for, doctor’s
C. as if, the doctor D. with, doctor’s
20. Are you content ______ what I have done?
A. by B. at C. for D. with
Ⅱ、完形填空（每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Drawing a picture is the simplest way of putting an idea down on paper. That is 1 men first began to write, six thousand years ago or
2 . The alphabet we now use 3 down to us over a long period of time. It was 4 from the picture-writing of ancient Egypt.
Picture—writing was useful in many 5 . It could be used to express ideas as well as 6 . For example, a drawing of a 7 meant the object “man”. 8 a drawing of a man 9 on the ground with a spear in him meant 10 .
Besides the Egyptians, the Chinese 11 the American Indians also developed ways 12 writing in pictures. But only 13 much could be said 14 . Thousands of pictures would have been needed 15
express all the ideas that people might have. It would have 16 many thousands more to express all the objects 17 to men. No one could
18 so many pictures in a lifetime. 19 could anyone learn the meaning of all 20 drawings in a lifetime.
1. A. when B. because C. where D. how
2. A. over B. more C. else D. later
3. A. went B. showed C. appeared D. came
4. A. developed B. discovered C. increased D. grown
5. A. sides B. colours C. ways D. meanings
6. A. stories B. animals C. objects D. subjects
7. A. creature B. being C. woman D. man
8. A. But B. For C. Besides D. Because
9. A. lies B. lying C. laying D. lain
10. A. “die” B. “death” C. “sleep” D. “down”
11. A. and B. with C. helped D. followed
12. A. to B. about C. on D. of
13. A. not B. very C. so D. too
14. A. as follows B. this way C. that much D. at least
15. A. to B. for C. possibly D. actually
16. A. drawn B. shown C. done D. taken
17. A. known B. with C. called D. in
18. A. write B. draw C. watch D. take
19. A. Either B. So C. Nor D. Also
20. A. many B. some C. that D. such
Ⅲ、阅读理解（共15 小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。
A
Switzerland is a small country in central Europe. The total land area of this tiny country is only 15, 941 square miles (41, 288km2). The estimated population of this European nation in 1984 was 6, 392, 000.
Because this nation is so small, you might think that there is only one national language. However, you would be incorrect because there are three official languages. They are German, French, and Italian. As a result, Switzerland has three official names: Schweiz (in German), Suisse (in French), and Svizzera (in Italian). All national laws are published in these languages.
The three official languages plus Romansch are the four national languages spoken in Switzerland. If you look on Swiss coins or postage stamps, you will not find the name for this country in any of the national languages. Instead, you will find the word Helvetia, the Latin name for this country.
A good title for this selection is ______.
Languages Spoken in Switzerland
Postage Stamps of Switzerland
Switzerland: A Cold Country of Snow
National Laws of Switzerland
The word tiny in line 2 means ______.
A. total B. national C. small D. European
Italian is ______.
A. an official language B. a national language
C. a German language D. both A and B
Many people in Switzerland speak German, but probably only a very few speak ______.
A. French B. Helvetia C. German D. Romansch
On Swiss coins, you will find the name ______.
A. Romansch B. Helvetia C. Switzerland D. Schweiz
B
Thomas Alva Edison was awarded more patents(专利) on inventions
than another American. When he died in 1931, Americans wondered how they could best show their respect for him.
One suggestion was that the nation observe a minute or two of total blackout. All electric power would be shut off in homes, streets, and factories.
Perhaps this suggested plan made Americans realize fully what Edison and his invention meant to them. Electric power was too important to the country. Shutting it off for even a short time would have led to complete confusion. A blackout was out of the question.
On the day of Edison’s funeral, many people silently dimmed their lights. In this way they honored the man who had done more than anyone else to put the great force of electricity at his country people’s fingertips.
People decided to honor Edison when ______.
he made the first electric light
electric power was 100 years old
the country realized electricity’s importance
he died in 1931
The suggested plan was to ______.
turn off the lights in factories and schools
observe a few minutes of total silence
dim all electric lights
shut off all electricity for a short time
Americans fully realized what Edison’s inventions meant when they
______.
A. heard of his death B. heard of the plan to honor him
C. first used electric power D. tried to carry out the plan
The plan was never carried out because ______.
not everyone wanted to honor Edison
it was too difficult
electric power was too important to the country
it honored only one of Edison’s inventions
10. This passage was probably written to ______.
tell about Edison’s inventions
explain electricity
prove that people wished to honor Edison
show what a great man Edison was
C
There is a story about how Albert Einstein was travelling to universities, giving lectures on his famous theory of relativity(相对论). One day while on their way to a university, the driver said :“Dr. Einstein, I’ve heard that lecture more than 30 times. I have learned it by heart and bet(打赌)I could give it myself.”
“Well, I’ll give you the chance, ” said Einstein, “they don’t know me at the next school. so when we get there, I’ll put on your cap and you introduce yourself as me and give the lecture.”
The driver gave Einstein’s lecture so wonderfully that he didn’t make any mistakes.
When he finished, he started to leave, but one of the professors stopped him and asked him a question which was very difficult. The driver thought fast. “The answer to that question is so simple,” he said, “I’m surprised you have to ask me, in fact, to show you just how simple it is, I’m going to ask my driver to come up here and answer your question.”
11. The driver asked Albert Einstien to give him a chance to give lectures
because ______.
he thought the theory of relativity simple
he didn’t understand the theory of relativity at all
he had heard the lecture so many times that he could recite it
he wanted to show how well he understood the theory of relativity
______ And he let driver have a try.
Albert Einstein was a very kind man.
Albert Einstein knew it was impossible for the driver to give the lecture.
Albert Einstein knew the driver was able to give the lecture.
Albert Einstein wanted to make fun of the driver.
The professor ______, so he asked him the question.
regarded the driver as Einstein
knew the driver wasn’t Einstein himself
wanted to test Einstein’s knowledge
wanted to know if the driver was Einstein himself
The driver thought that the professor’s question was ______.
too easy for him to answer
too difficult for him to answer
simple enough for Einstein to answer
so difficult that Einstein couldn’t answer it either
What do you think of the driver?
He was a foolish man.
He was as clever as Einstein.
He was bright enough to master the theory of relativity.
He was such a clever man that he fooled the professor and other people.
Ⅳ、根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母或汉语注释，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式（每小题1分，满分10分）
They made a new d__________ in science.
He loves p__________ and hates wars.
She’s going to take a summer __________(课程) this summer vacation.
We must learn modern science and t__________.
We must learn the a__________ experiences from other foreign countries.
The boy is often p__________ for helping the old.
CCP stands for the Chinese C__________ Party.
__________ (教授) Smith will give us a lecture on science.
His grandmother didn’t have much e__________(教育) when she was young, so she went to a night school.
10. The computer is out of order. He is busy working out some
__________(技术的) problems.
Ⅴ、短文改错（满分10分）
Tom usually slept well in his bed. But at one 1. ______
night, he looked out the shinning moon and got 2. ______
out of his bed and left the house very quiet. 3. ______
Tom walked and walked outside. at last he was too 4. ______
tired that he wanted to go home, and he forgot 5. ______
where his house was. So he began to cry. Just then 6. ______
a car came down the road and stopped besides him. 7. ______
Do you know who were in car? His father and 8. ______
mother! Tom was very glad to see her. And he 9. ______
said to them, “He will never go out at night again”. 10. ______
Ⅵ、书面表达（10分）
根据下表以A Simple Man of Great Achievement为题写一篇介绍爱因斯坦的短文。
姓名 爱因斯坦 出生年月 1879.3.14 出生地 德国 学历 14岁前自学数学，17岁开始在瑞士学习，1905年获博士学位 工作简历 1905——1915进行使他在物理学方面获得新发现的研究工作；1921年获诺贝尔奖，此外，还为人权和人类进步而工作 性格
业余爱好 喜欢音乐，生活简朴，对金钱和名誉不感兴趣 注：不要逐字翻译；字数100左右；标题已给，不计入总数。
A Simple Man of Great chievement
Unit 13
Ⅰ.1.B 2.C 3.A 4.C 5.A 6.C 7.B 8.B 9.A 10.B 11.B 12.C13.C 14.B 15.D
16.C 17.B 18.C 19.A 20.D
Ⅱ.1.D 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.C 6.C 7.D 8.A 9.B 10.B 11.A 12.D 13.C 14.B 15.A 16.D 17.A 18.B 19.C 20.D
Ⅲ.1.A 2.C 3.D 4.D 5.B 6.D 7.D 8.B 9.C 10.C 11.C 12.D 13.A 14.B 15.D
Ⅳ.1. discovery 2. peace 3. course 4. technology 5. advanced 6. praised
7. Communist 8. Professor 9. education 10. technical
Ⅴ.1.去掉at 2. 在out后加at 3. quiet——quietly 4. too——to
5. and ——but 6. V 7. besides——beside 8. in后加the 9. her——them
10. He——I
Ⅵ. A Simple Man of Great Achievement
Albert Einstein was born in Germany on Marth 14, 1879, By 14 years old, he had learned advanced maths all by himself. Later, he studied in Switzerland in 1905, he received a doctor’s degree and began his research and studies which led to a new discovery. In 1921, he won the Nobel Prize for Physics.
Besides his work in physics, he also worked hard for human rights and progress. All through his life, he led a simple life. He was fond of music but cared little for money and fame.
