The Atlantic Ocean is one of the oceans that separate the Old World from the New. For centuries it kept the Americans from being discovered by the people of Europe.

Many wrong ideas about the Atlantic made early sailors unwilling to sail far out into it. One idea was that it reached out to “the edge of the world.” Sailors were afraid that they might sail right off the earth. Another idea was that at the equator the ocean would be boiling hot.

The Atlantic Ocean is only half as big as the Pacific, but it is still very large. It is more than 4,000 miles (6,000km) wide where Columbus crossed it. Even at its narrowest it is about 2,000 miles (3,200km) wide.

Two things make the Atlantic Ocean rather unusual. For so large an ocean it has very few islands. Also, it is the world’s saltiest ocean.

There is so much water in the Atlantic that it is hard to imagine how much there is. But suppose no more rain fell into it and no more water was brought to it by rivers. It would take the ocean about 4,000 years to dry up. On the average the water is a little more than two miles (3.2km) deep, but in places it is much deeper. The deepest spot is near Puerto Rico. This “deep” measures 30,246 feet-almost six miles (9.6km).

One of the longest mountain ranges of the world rises from the floor of the Atlantic. This mountain range runs north and south down the middle of the ocean. The tops of a few of the mountains reach up above the sea and make islands.

Several hundred miles eastward from Florida there is a part of the ocean called the Sargasso Sea. Here the water is quiet, for there is little wind. In the days of sailing vessels(船) the crew were afraid they would be becalmed(停滯不前) here. Sometimes they were.

Today the Atlantic is a great highway. It is not, however, always a smooth and safe one. Storms sweep across it and pile up great waves. Icebergs float down from the Far North across the paths of ships.

We now have such fast ways of traveling that this big ocean seems to have grown smaller. Columbus sailed for more than two months to cross it. A fast modern steamship can make the trip in less than four days. Airplanes fly from New York to London in only eight hours and from South America to Africa in four!

Which world is the Old World?

A. Africa               B. Europe                     C. Asia                  D. All of above

What caused people to be unwilling to explore the Atlantic?

A. There are no ships big enough to get across the Ocean.

B. Sailors were afraid of being lost in the Ocean.

C. The Atlantic Ocean was very unusual because it has few islands and the saltiest water.

D. Many incorrect ideas such as “the edge of the world”, “the equator with boiling hot water”, made people think the Ocean was full of danger.

What is the topic of the fifth paragraph?

A. How deep the water is

B. How to measure the water in the Atlantic Ocean

C. How much water the Ocean holds.

D. How rain affects the Ocean water.

We can learn from the text that ______.

A. the Atlantic is the largest ocean on earth

B. one of the longest mountain ranges lies in the Atlantic

C. the Atlantic has a lot of islands in it

D. sailing on the Atlantic Ocean is always quiet, smooth and safe

根據(jù)句意及所給首字母，填入一個(gè)合適的單詞。（共10小題，每小題0.5分，滿分5分）

At last he was p____________ to take his brother’s advice.

A stay in the country will be b______________ to his health.

They decided to buy some new e_____________ for the lab.

A customer was talking with the manager, with their hands c_________.

You don’t seem very e______________ about the suggestion.

They are looking forward to a___________ that old play to their needs.

She is not generous at all. She is always m_________ with her money.

D___________ to his research, he always forgets to have dinner.

The lack of rain could s__________ disaster for farmers.

Speech and writing are man’s most important methods of c____________.

As we all know, _______ mankind has realized the walk in ______ space.

   A. the; the               B. /; the                        C. /; /                           D. the; /

Safety in school has been of great concern (關(guān)注) because of recent reports about accidents _____ students got injured or killed at school.

A. for which   B. when   C. which   D. in which

Louis Pasteur, one of the world's great scientists, was born in 1822, and died in 1895.While still a young boy, Louis Pasteur made his decision to become a scientist. He spent much of his life time studying the diseases of cattle, chickens and other tame animals. His wife learned to help him with his work. Almost everyone knows that Pasteur is the man responsible for finding a way of preventing milk from spoiling (變質(zhì)). Not many people know he was the first to imagine and to prove that air we breathe is full of germs. One of his greatest successes was finding a treatment for people and animals to prevent a disease called rabies (狂犬病). Louis Pasteur won many honors and could have got large amount of money. But Pasteur preferred to live simply. The real happiness of this unusual man came from his work. Louis Pasteur did so well in his life that the French government took up his work and created the Institute Pasteur in the year 1888.

According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A. Pasteur was a scientist and doctor as well.

B. Pasteur lived for less than seventy years.

C. Everybody knows that Pasteur succeeded in finding a way of preventing milk from spoiling.

D. Pasteur's wife was of some help to him in his work..

From the passage, we know that Pasteur lived a simple life. This is because ________.

A. he earned little money.                   B. he cared much about money.

C. what he really enjoyed was a simple life.     D. of all mentioned above.

Why were many honors given to Louis Pasteur?

A. Because he was the greatest scientist in the world.

B. Because he spent much of his life time studying the diseases of people .

C. Because he lived simply.

D. Because he was a rare success as a scientist.

Pasteur could have got large amount of money if he had___________.

A. cared much about it.       B. made more discoveries.

C. lived a better life.          D. achieved more successes.

To Louis Pasteur the real happiness in his life was to __________.

A. study                    B. work  

C. get large amount of money   D. raise tame animals

此題要求改正每一句中的錯(cuò)誤,并按下列情況改正：

該行多一個(gè)詞：把多余的詞用斜線（ \ ）劃掉;

該行缺一個(gè)詞：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（∧），在符號(hào)下面寫上該加的詞；

該行錯(cuò)一個(gè)詞：在錯(cuò)的詞下加一個(gè)橫線，在該詞下面寫上改正后的詞。

注意：每句均有錯(cuò)誤。

John told us that they are going to New York the next day. 

Mom always tells me not stay up at night .    

Believe it or not , there is no such a thing as standard English .   

On TV and the radio, you will hear differences in the way which people speak.

The USA is a large country which many different dialects are spoken.  

Ever since middle school , my sister and I dreamed about taking a great bike trip.

My sister doesn’t care for details .

Along the way, children dressed long wool coats stopped to look at us .

We saw many yaks and sheep eat green grass.

He was generous with his time , to which I was grateful.

It was the first time that I_____________ the night face to face .

   A. had seen   B. have seen   C. saw       D. see

句型結(jié)構(gòu)：請(qǐng)分析下列句子屬于五種基本句型中的哪一種。 （注意：如果該題所選答案是E，就在電腦答題卡上同時(shí)涂黑AB兩個(gè)格。）（共5小題；每小題1分，滿分5分）。

   A 主語+謂語      B 主+系+表    C主+謂+賓    D 主+謂+間賓+直賓     E 主+謂+賓+賓補(bǔ)

She made her diary her best friend.

You are taking your end-of-term exam.

I stayed awake on purpose.

She gave me a determined look.

Only time will tell.

Canada is one of the safest and most welcoming countries you will      visit.

       A．even                       B．never                      C．ever         D．just

After retirement, learning a musical instrument may be harder than ______ when you were a kid.

  A. it may                  B. it was                       C. it does                      D. it did