【題目】Jack was ______ the computer games so that he failed the exams.

A. connected with B. tired of

C. happy with D. addicted to

【題目】Though having discussed it for long, they still haven't reached an agreement ______ they should pour more money into the project.

A. that B. if

C. whether D. what

【題目】Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503. He was working 【1】 a special painting for a church at that time, 【2】 the church painting was not 【3】 well. An Italian businessman asked da Vinci to paint a picture of his second 【4】 . This is the woman who 【5】 be seen in the Mona Lisa.

All in all, the Mona Lisa is a very good example of da Vinci's 【6】 and it satisfied the husband. Da Vinci used 【7】 and light in a clever 【8】 in the painting. Da Vinci loved science and 【9】 . Right away a person can see that there is a lot of geometry (幾何形狀)in the Mona Lisa. The face of the Mona Lisa is made of many circles and 【10】 shapes like 【11】 . Even her 【12】 can be seen as a small part of a large circle. The woman in the 【13】 is sitting on a balcony (陽臺)，and 【14】 can be seen behind her. Da Vinci loved to study rocks，so these can be seen 【15】 in his other paintings. The woman is sitting with her knees 【16】 the side. Her head is turned to look out of the painting. Her hands are 【17】 together in front of her. This way of 【18】 is now used by many 【19】 when they are being painted. The Mona Lisa is a 【20】 master.

A. up B. in C. on D. about

A. but B. thus C. however D. so

A. doing B. going C. making D. working

A. servant B. daughter C. nurse D. wife

A. must B. should C. might D. can

A. works B. jobs C. novels D. photos

A. heaviness B. black C. darkness D. oils

A. way B. picture C. hand D. eye

A. chemistry B. mathematics C. geography D. biology

A. square B. round C. long D. egg

A. balls B. sticks C. vases D. boxes

A. smile B. shout C. cry D. anger

A. church B. painting C. sofa D. house

A. trees B. buildings C. mountains D. flowers

A. by and by B. here and there C. over and over D. up and down

A. on B. by C. to D. beyond

A. caught B. held C. supported D. hung

A. painting B. living C. smiling D. sitting

A. women B. actresses C. girls D. models

A. remarkable B. strange C. frightening D. disgusting

【題目】The president spoke at the business meeting for nearly an hour without __________ his notes.

A. bringing up B. referring to

C. looking for D. trying on

【題目】__________ a strange plant! I've never seen it before.

A. Which B. What

C. How D. Whether

【題目】It is reported that she was seen running away from the __________ of the crime.

A. scene B. sign

C. sense D. view

【題目】Mr. Brozina is a single father and an elementary school librarian who reads aloud for a living. When his daughter, Kristen, hit fourth grade, he proposed The Streak： to see if they could read together for 100 straight bedtimes without missing once.

When The Streak reached 100, they celebrated with a pancake breakfast, and Kristen whispered， "I think we should try for 1,000 nights."

Mr. Brozina was delighted, but what he was thinking was, a thousand nights? ！ "I thought, we'll never do it，" he recalled. "And then we got to 1,000, and we said, ‘How can we stop? ’"

For 3, 218 nights (and some mornings, if Mr. Brozina was coming home too late to read) ，The Streak went on. It progressed from picture books to middle-school classics to Harry Potter, Agatha Christie, Dickens and Shakespeare，continuing on, until Kristen's first day of college.

In those nine-plus years, they survived many close calls. When Kristen was still in elementary school，her father went to Washington. "The phone rang at 10:45 at the hotel and it was Kristen," Mr. Brozina recalled. "She said, ‘ Dad, we forgot The Streak！’ Fortunately, I always traveled with several books and we read right then and there."

This spring, Kristen graduated from Rowan University. She has performed as you'd expect for a product of The Streak，an English major with a 3. 94 average. She also won two national writing contests ，was an editor of the humor arid literary publications and won the annual English department award.

【1】According to the passage, Mr. Brozina and his daughter read together for ______ .

A. 100 bedtimes

B. 1，000 nights

C. over nine years

D. nearly 3,000 nights and some mornings

【2】 In the passage, the underlined phrase "The Streak" in Paragraph 1 probably means ______ .

A. the period of time for reading together

B. the children's book

C. the special night

D. the school work

【3】 How has Kristen benefited from reading with her father?

A. She has grown closer to her father.

B. She has become a school librarian herself.

C. She has performed well at university.

D. She has won many reading awards.

【4】 This passage is about a father who ______ .

A. is very strict in his work

B. enjoys reading when travelling

C. makes his daughter love reading

D. has a hard time bringing up his daughter

【題目】Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in a bid to cut the emission of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.

Thanks to special bacteria in their stomachs, kangaroo farts contain no methane (甲烷)and scientists want to transfer that bacteria to cattle and sheep who emit large quantities of the harmful gas.

While the usual image of greenhouse gas pollution is a billowing smokestack pushing out carbon dioxide，livestock passing wind contribute a surprisingly high percentage of total emissions in some countries.

"Fourteen percent of emissions from all sources in Australia is from enteric methane from cattle and sheep，" said Athol Klieve，a senior research scientist with the Queensland state government.

"And if you look at another country such as New Zealand, which has got a much higher agricultural base，they're actually up around 50 percent," he said.

Researchers say the bacteria also makes the digestive process much more efficient and could potentially save millions of dollars in feed costs for farmers.

But it will take researchers at least three years to isolate the bacteria，before they can even start to develop a way of transferring it to cattle and sheep.

Another group of scientists, meanwhile, has suggested Australians should farm fewer cattle and sheep and just eat more kangaroos.

The idea is controversial (爭議)，but about 20 percent of health conscious Australians are believed to eat the national symbol already.

"It's low in fat，it's got high protein levels and it's very clean in the sense that basically it's the ultimate free range animal (散養(yǎng)動物)，" said Peter Ampt of the University of New South Wales's institute of environmental studies.

【1】 According to the passage, global warming is now mainly caused by ______.

A. methane B. carbon dioxide

C. livestock passing wind D. not mention in this passage

【2】 What does the underlined phrase "the idea" (Paragraph 9)refer to?

A. Australians should give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep.

B. The bacteria could make the digestive process much more efficient.

C. Australians should farm fewer cattle and sheep and just eat more kangaroos.

D. The bacteria could potentially save millions of dollars in feed costs for farmers.

【3】How will Australian scientists solve the problem of global warming?

A. Eating more kangaroos.

B. Killing more cattle and sheep.

C. Letting cattle and sheep pass less wind.

D. Transferring the special bacteria in kangaroos' stomachs to cattle and sheep.

【題目】If a lot of people say a film is not good, I won't bother to see it, or I'll wait __________ it comes out on DVD.

A. whether B. after

C. though D. until

【題目】If you need glasses to read this, you are among the majority of Chinese students. That’s because most students in China are short-sighted which means they can only see things close up and distant things will be blurry. Four-fifths of high school students wear glasses and now more and more children in primary school need glasses, too.

This epidemic of poor eyesight has two very simple causes: too much time spent indoors studying and too little time spent outdoors playing. Reading and writing for hours and hours, sometimes in poorly lighted rooms, causes eyesight to weaken. But students have to do this because there is so much pressure on them to succeed in school. And because they spend so much time indoors at school and at home, they have less time to spend outdoors enjoying the sun.

The sun, as a consequence, is important in developing good eyesight. Exposure to daylight releases a chemical in the eyes that prevents, or at least delays, short-sightedness. According to a study by Ian Morgan of Australian National University, Australian children and Chinese children have the same level of eyesight before they start school, but once they enter primary school, Chinese children only spend about an hour a day outside, while Australian children spend three to four hours each day in the sunshine. The result is that while about 40 percent of Chinese primary school students need glasses, only three percent of Australian children do.

Wearing glasses may not seem like a big deal. For some, wearing glasses can even be an opportunity to make a fashion statement. But poor eyesight at a young age can have serious long term consequences. As you get older, your eyesight can worsen and lead to things like macular degeneration(黃斑變性), a condition of the eyes for which there is no cure and which can eventually lead to blindness.

With all that in mind, don’t you think it’s time to give your eyes a break? Try spending a little less time inside and go for a walk in the park, instead. It’s the healthy thing to do and your eyes will thank you for it.

【1】What does the underlined word “blurry” mean?

A. unpopular. B. unpleasant.

C. unclear. D. unconscious.

【2】How should the students protect their eyesight according to the passage?

A. They should study less and less. B. They should stay longer outdoors.

C. They should wear sun-glasses. D. They should have a longer rest in bed.

【3】It can be inferred from the passage that _____ is to blame for the poor eyesight of Chinese children.

A. the ever-worsening bad weather B. the ever-increasing burden of study

C. the ever-decreasing sunny days D. the ever-decreasing period of study time

【4】What is the purpose of this article?

A. To explain why Chinese students are poor-sighted.

B. To admire Australian children’s good eyesight.

C. To criticizethe present education system.

D. To call on people to protect Chinese children’s eyesight