19．Leonardo da Vinci（達(dá)芬奇）began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503．He was working on a special painting for a church at the time，but the church painting was not going well．An Italian businessman asked da Vinci to paint a picture of the businessman's second wife．This is the woman who can be seen in the Mona Lisa．
    All in all，the Mona Lisa is a very good example of da Vinci's work．Da Vinci uses darkness and light in a clever way in the painting．
    Da Vinci loved science and maths．Right away a person can see that there is a lot of geometry（幾何學(xué)）in the Mona Lisa．The face of the Mona Lisa is made of many circles and round shapes like balls．Even her smile can be seen as a small part of a large circle．
    The woman in the painting is sitting on a balcony（露臺），and mountains can be seen behind her．Da Vinci loved to study rocks and mountains，so these can be seen over and over in his other paintings．
    The woman is sitting with her knees to the side．Her head is turned to look out of the painting．Her hands are held together in front of her．This way of sitting is now used by many artists when they are painting a picture of a man or woman today．
5．Who painted the Mona Lisa？C
A businessman．B．His second wife．C．Leonardo da Vinci．D．The businessman's wife．
6．The woman in the painting isC．
A．a(chǎn)n Italian businesswoman            B．Leonardo da Vinci's wife
C．the wife of a businessman           D．a(chǎn) woman from the church
7．Where is the woman in the painting？A
A．On a balcony．B．On a knee．C．On a mountain．D．On a rock．
8．What can a person see in the painting？D
A．A lot of geometry．
B．Clever use of light and darkness．
C．Mountains．
D．All of the above．

18．Mark Twain was a great writer．He was from the USA．He was born in 1835．He was also a famous speaker．He was famous for his sense of humor．Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time．
　　One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing．Before he was going to leave，one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes  in the town and told him that he'd better not go there．Mark Twain waved （搖動） his hand and said，"It doesn't matter．The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine．I don't think they will come to visit me．"
    After he arrived at the town，Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station．He went into his room，but when he was just about to have a rest，quite a few mosquitoes flew about him．The waiters felt very sorry about that．"I'm very sorry，Mr Mark Twain．There are too many mosquitoes in our town．"One of them said to him．
    Mark Twain，however，made a joke，saying to the waiter，"The mosquitoes are very clever．They know my room number．They didn't come into the wrong room．"What he said made all the people present laugh heartily．
　But that night Mark Twain slept well．Do you know why？That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night．
1．That day Mark Twain went to the townC．
A．to see one of his friends     
B．because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there
C．because he wanted to d o something there for his writing
D．to see one of his relatives
2．The waiters felt sorry becauseD．
A．they did something wrong to Mark Twain       
B．their hotel was too small
C．the room was not very clean   
D．there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain's room
3．All the people present laughed heartily becauseC．
A．the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn't come into the wrong room
B．the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain's room number
C．Mark Twain made a joke        
D．Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents
4．From the story we knowA．
A．no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night
B．the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night
C．Mark Twain didn't have a good rest that night
D．there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer．

17．假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文．文中共有10處錯誤，每句中最多有兩處．錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改．
    增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（Λ），并在其下面寫出該加的詞．
    刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉．
    修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞．
注意：
    1．每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；
    2．只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分．
Dear Xiaohua，
It is four days since Mother accepted the operation．She is feeling much more better．The doctors told me the operation was successful，but because her old age she had to stay in hospital for other two weeks．The doctors also say it was quite necessary for her to do so．We expect to get a full report in two and three days．Please tell the good news to rest of the family as fast as possible．You needn't come here．I'm able to look after Mother by himself．You'd better send flowers to Mother．She will feel happily．

16．I was at the Indian grocery store with my cart totally full to check out．There was an African American man in his（61）sixties（sixty） behind me．I told him he could go before me（62）because/since/ashe had just two items in his hand，and he was all smiles and added，as if（63）teasing（tease）me，"Thanks!Why don't you pay for my stuff too，"and laughed．I felt a little（64）Embarrassed（embarrass） and thought that the man had a wonderful sense of humor．
   I told the lady at the check out not（65）to charge（charge）him．I said I would pay for him．He said，"No，no，no，I was just kidding．"And I（66）replied（reply） with a smile，"Yes，yes your wish is heard．Please let me do it!"
   As we talked outside，he told me that the Indian herbs（草藥）（67）that/whichhe had bought（68）were（be）for his friend so I should take the money．I said to him，"It is good that it is not for you．Now you can pay it forward to somebody else．"He thanked me and promised he would．
（69）Eventually（eventual），I went home（70）withmy car full of groceries and my heart full of warmth and kindness．
Whom．

15．All over the world people enjoy sports．Sports help to k eep people healthy and happy，and to live longer．
（36）DThey buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games．Often they get very excited when their player or team wins．
（37）FFootball，for example，has spread around the world．Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers．What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake，whether in China，Egypt or Italy!（38）AThink how many lovers to skate or ski in Japan，Norway or Canada．
    Some sports or game go back thousands of years，like running or jumping．Chinese wushu，for example，has a very long history．But basketball and volleyball are rather new．Neither one is a hundred years old yet．（39）GWater-skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports．
    People from different countries may not be able to understand each other，but after a game together they often become good friends．（40）BOne learns to fight hard but fight fair，to win without pride and to lose with grace．

A．And think of people in cold countries．
B．Sports help to train a person's character．
C．Not a few people participate in different sports competitions themselves．
D．Many people like to watch others play games．
E．People aren't inventing new sports or games．
F．Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere take part in them．
G．People are inventing new sports or games a ll the time．

14．David Beckham was born in 1975 in London，at a place called Leytonstone．When he was a young boy，his greatest passion was in football．He played it whenever he had the chance．Sometimes he would go and watch a game with his friends．When David Beckham was 12 years old，he won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills award．This was an important step forward for this young boy，and it led him to go for a visit to a football training camp in Spain．As a boy he played for schools of Essex and also for his county team．
In 1991，he became a trainee with Manchester United．This meant that he could practice football as much as he wanted to and play for the highly successful Manchester United Youth Cup team and Under-21 team．In April，1995 he played his first football league game against Leeds Untied．During 1995 and 1996，David became a regular member of the team and Manchester United won in both football seasons，with David scoring many goals．
His goals made him a household name．In the first game of the 1996-1997 season，he scored an surprising goal from beyond the halfway line； seeing the goalkeeper a little way out of his goal，Beckham became famous overnight．He continued to score astonishing goals，especially from free-kicks．The speed of one of his shots was timed at 157 kph．He also had the ability to make the ball go from left to right，or right to left，whenever he chose．Goalkeepers were never sure where the ball was going，and it regularly ended up in the goal．
21．Which word can take the place of the underlined word"passion"in Paragraph 1？B
A．success           B．interest          C．prize              D．skill
22．The unusually surprising way that he scored goalsD．
A．helped him to gain many prizes for Essex
B．kept him playing for Leeds United
C．offered him the chance to join the national team
D．made him popular and famous
23．Which of the following shows the right order of what Beckham experienced？D
  a．Beckham played his first football league game．
  b．Beckham won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills award．
  c．Beckham played for Manchester United Youth Cup team．
  d．Beckham went to Spain to join a football training camp．
  e．Beckham played for the schools of Essex．
A．e，d，a，c，b       B．b，e，d，a，c       C．e，b，a，d，c        D．b，d，e，c，a
24．The passage mainly talks aboutA．
A．how Beckham became a successful football player
B．what abilities Beckham had to score so many goals
C．when Beckham became famous all over Britain
D．why Beckham could win in football league games．

13．His puzzling expression suggested that he didn't understand what they said at the meeting．

12．I got up early，but I shouldn't have done so，because I had no work to do that morning．

11．After several hours of struggling in the snow，they finally arrived what they had thought they should be picked up．

10．My son must have passed the examination，but he wasn't careful enough in the math exam．