7、6、

1、Passage 2
Man has always wanted to fly. Some of the greatest men in history had thought about the problem. One of them, for example, was the great Italian artist, Leonardo Da Vinci. In the 16th century he made designs for machines that would fly, but they were never built.
Throughout history, other less famous men had wanted to fly. An example was a man in England 800 years ago. He made a pair of wings from chicken feathers. Then he fixed them to his body and jumped into air from a tall building. He did not fly very far. Instead, he fell to the ground and broke every bone of his body and rested in peace.
The first real step took place in France, in 1783. Two brothers, the Montgolfiers, made a very large ―hot air balloon‖. They knew that hot air rises. Why not fill a balloon with it? The balloon was made of cloth and paper. In September of that year, the King and Queen of France came to see the balloon. They watched it carry the very first air passengers into the sky. The passengers were a sheep and a chicken. We do not know how they felt about the trip. But we do know that the trip lasted eight minutes and that the animals landed safely. Two months later, two men did the same thing. They rose above Paris in a balloon of the same kind. Their trip lasted twenty-five minutes and they traveled about.3.In fact, the Englishman who tried to fly.

A. 　got badly wounded

B. 　 succeeded in flying

C. 　 lost his life

D. 　 flew only 8 minutes

43.The committee‘s decision will( )to all employees next week.

A. 　approve

B. 　 be approved

C. 　 notify

D. 　 be notified

148.Some developed countries are trying to( )the serious problems resulting from the energy crisis.

A. 　step up

B. 　 cope with

C. 　 cut off

D. 　 end up

1、Passage 5Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services. People use money to
buy food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of others they need or want. When they work,
they usually get paid in money.
Most of the money today is made of metal paper. But people used to use all kinds of things as
money. One of the first kinds of money was shells. Shells were not the only things used as money.
In China, cloth and knives were used. In the Philippine Islands, rice was used as money. In parts of
Africa, cattle were one of the earliest money. Other animals were used as money too.
The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the
center. People strung them together and carried them from place to place. Different countries have
used different metals and designs for their money. The first coins in England were made of tin.
Sweden and Russia used copper to make their money. Later, other countries began to make coins
of gold and silver.
But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. They began to use paper money. The first paper
money looked more like a note from one person to another than paper money used today.
Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.
3. Why did ancient Chinese coins have a square hole in the center?

A. 　Because it would be easier to put them together and carry them around.

B. 　Because it would be lighter for people to carry from place to place.

C. 　Because people wanted to make it look nicer.

D. 　Because people wanted to save the expensive metal they were made from.

1、17、

A. 　 much

B. 　 a bit

C. 　 a lot

D. 　 more

5、14、

A. fact

B. contrast

C. addition

D. consequence

7.I‘d love a new car, but I just can‘t( )it.

A. 　offer

B. 　 afford

C. 　 spend

D. 　 cost

6、16、

A. to

B. with

C. on

D. as

23.Those extra-large T-shirts are exclusively( )for weight watchers.

A. 　assigned

B. 　 resigned

C. 　 assumed

D. 　 designed

5、6、

A. present

B. instant

C. recent

D. immediate