Some inventions are so useful, but seem so simple, that we wonder why no one thought of them long ago. Post-it Notes, the pieces of paper that you can fasten almost anywhere and then remove without leaving any sign that they were there, are an example of such an invention.
Post-it Notes were invented about twenty years ago by Art Fry, a scientist at 3M Corporation. The idea for the product came from a frustrating experience he often had while singing in his church choir. Fry used pieces of paper as bookmarks to mark the places in his book of songs, but these bookmarks were always falling out. He knew he needed a bookmark that would stay where he put it, but that he could remove without damaging the pages.
Around that time, Fry heard about a new adhesive (粘合剂) that a workmate, Dr. Spence Silver, had created. This adhesive was special because it was sticky, but not too sticky. It was strong enough to hold papers together, but weak enough to not tear the paper when it was removed. Fry saw that the new adhesive could help solve his bookmark problem. One morning, Fry put some of the adhesive on the edge of a piece of paper. Just as he hoped, it made a perfect bookmark.
A short time later, Fry realized that his new invention had even more uses than being a great bookmark. He came to this realization when he wrote a note on one of his new "bookmarks" and attached it to a report he was going to give to a workmate. Soon, co-workers were asking Fry for more samples of his invention so that they could use the new type of notes themselves.
Fry and some other people at 3M believed so much in the new product that they persuaded the company to give away thousands of the "sticky pieces of paper" for trial use(试用). When some salespeople at 3M went to offices and showed workers just how helpful the new type of notes could be, they immediately received many orders. As more and more people discovered how useful Post-it Notes could be, the product took off. The invention of Post-it Notes showed that Art Fry________ .
| A．had a lot of knowledge |
| B．was very hard-working |
| C．was good at creative thinking |
| D．loved his job in the church |
In what way did Dr. Spence help Art Fry?
| A．They worked together and often discussed science. |
| B．His invention of a special adhesive made Art's invention possible. |
| C．He advised 3M Corporation to give away lots of Post-it Notes for trial use. |
| D．He worked together with Art by providing the new adhesive for Art. |
The underlined phrase "took off" means_______ .
| A．started to leave the ground | B．disappeared from the market |
| C．had even more uses | D．became popular very quickly |
The biggest advantage of Post-it Notes is_______.
| A．it can stay anywhere and leave no sign when removed |
| B．it is very cheap to use |
| C．it is good to write notes on |
| D．it is very thin and beautiful |
阅读下列短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项．
Mrs White had a problem．Her young son，Timmy，hated to go to bed at night．Mrs White readto him and gave him warm milk，but Timmy refused to fall asleep．No matter what she did，Timmy wanted to stay up．One day Mrs White had an idea．
Ever since Uncle Charlie had taken him sailing，Timmy wanted to be a sailor．He loved fishing with his father．He loved to watch the waves wash against his hair．"some day，"Timmy said，"I'm going to have my own boat．And I'm going to be the captain．"
So Mr White had a boat built﹣one that could be hung from the ceiling in her son's bedroom．She felt that if he could sleep in the boat，he would want to go to bed at night．
The boat builder made the boat and hung it in Timmy's bedroom．Timmy loved it．
Finally Timmy was happy to go to bed．
31．Who once took Timmy sailing？
A．Mrs．White．
B．Mr．White．
C．Uncle Charlie．
D．The boat builder．
32．One of Timmy's dreams was to be ．
A．a captain
B．a story﹣teller
C．a fisherman
D．an engineer
33．Mrs．White had a boat built for Timmy to ．
A．go fishing in
B．play with
C．go sailing in
D．sleep in
34．Which sentence is the most suitable to be put in the last paragraph？
A．But Mrs．White disliked it．
B．And Mrs．White loved it too．
C．But Mrs．White doubted it．
D．And Mrs．White couldn't fall asleep．
"Neville is my brother，"Sir Henry continued，"about five years ago，my brother and I quarreled，Soon after this，our father died．I am the elder son，and I got everything．I wanted my brother to apologize to me．He didn't，and so I gave him nothing．With the little money he had，he left England for South Africa．I wrote to him several times，but I received no replies．Perhaps，he never got my letters．I don't know．But as time passed，I worried more and more about him．"
"Mr．Quatemain，will you please tell me everything you know about him？"
"Very well，"I said，"but you will be the first person to whom I have told what I know．"Your brother wanted to find King Solomon's Mince．That is why he felt for Inyati"
"King Solomon's Mines!" Sir Henry screamed．"I have never heard of it．where are they？"
"There is a tale about them．"I will tell you what I know if you promise to keep it secret，"I said．
"You have our promise．"Sir Henry said．
"An elephant hunter．Evans，told me the tale．"I said，"he told me there was a destroyed city northwest of the Solomon Mountain，and Solomon had his diamond mines there"
"Then one evening a Portuguese（葡萄牙人）．Jose Silvester．came to my camp and asked to stay the night．The next day he said．‘When we meet again．I shall be the richest man in the world．"
"A week or more passed，Jose Silvester came back but he was ill badly．I took him into my tent．The next morning when I awoke．He was looking at the mountains．‘There it is!' he cried，‘but I shall never get there．I am dying'"．
"He took out an old map to me，'This map has been in my family for hundreds of years，'he said，'it will make you the richest in the world．'Then he died．"
I took the map out of my pocket and passed to Sir Henry．Sir Henry read the writing："Fam Silverter．I am in a cave north of the mountain．I am dying of hunger．With my own eyes I have seen the diamonds in Solomon's treasure cave behind the white Death．If you do find it，you will be a rich man!"
I took back the map and put it in my pocket．
"It is an amazing story．"Sir Henry said．
"Yes．"I said．"But I have not invented it．"I stood up and left angrily．I thought they were doubting my story．
37．How long has Neville been away from England？
A．A few months
B．A week or more
C．About five years
D．Less than three years
38．Neville left for Inyati because ．
A．he needed to search for his blind wife．
B．he wanted to find King Solomon's Mines．
C．he decided to go to Portuguese for a visit．
D．he planned to travel abroad with his friends．
39．Who gave Mr．Quatemain the map？
A．Neville
B．Sir Henry
C．Evans
D．Jose Silvester
40．What can we infer（推断）from the passage？
A．Quatemain left angrily because he thought his story wasn't believed．
B．Si Henry quarreled with his brothers because of their father's death．
C．Jose Silvester would like to find King Solomon's Mines with Sir Henry．
D．Solomon had his diamond mines in a beautiful city northwest of England．
Many hundreds of years ago，the moon was a mystery to people on the earth．What was that glowing ball came out at night？Why did it keep getting smaller，then larger？Why didn't it fall from the sky？Through the ages，people have tried to come up with answers．
To the native people of Bolivia，in South American，the moon was a great chief who once lived on the earth．The Abaluyian people of Kenya，in Africa，believe the moon and the sun were brothers who fought in the sky．In other parts of the world，people believed they saw different pictures in the moon．The Haida Indians of Canada saw a woman carrying a bucket．The Chinese saw a road．
People in the past also used the moon to mark time as a kind of calendar．In fact，in some languages，the word for moon meant "month"．A Native American nation called the Sioux made a calendar of 13moons，or months．Each moon had a name，such as Moon of Black Cherries，Moon of Green Corn，and Moon of Severe Cold．
Though people of the past found the moon was helpful，mysterious and interesting，they didn't know much about it．They only knew what they could see with their own eyes．
Then almost 400years age，an Italian acientist named Galileo made a new telescope（望远镜） that was more powerful than any telescope made before．Galileo decided to take his new implement to look at the moon．He discovered that the moon was not the smooth，shiny ball．The brighter places were mostly hills and mountains．The flat areas were lower，which is why they appeared darker．
As more people saw the moon through telescopes，they discovered more about it．Yet，people still had much to learn about the moon．
34．Which name of the moon is NOT mentioned in the passage？
A．Moon of Severe Cold．
B．Moon of Red Trees．
C．Moon of Black Cherries．
D．Moon of Green Corn．
35．The underlined word "implement" probably means．
A．idea
B．way
C．tool
D．habit
36．From this passage，we can know that．
A．Thousands of years ago，Galileo used his implement to look at the moon
B．People in the past also used the moon to mark time as a kind of calendar
C．People discovered that the darker areas in moon were hills and mountains
D．The native people of Bolivia thought that the moon and the sun were sisters．
Cats are animals that live on land．They can be divided into two groups：big cats and small cats．Big cats are the larger animal species．Here are some materials about big cats．
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Tigers are one of the largest cats．They live in the forests and marsh areas of South﹣East Asia，India，Russia and Southern China．Tigers mostly live alone and mainly hunt at night．Young tigers leave their mothers at about two years of age． |
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Lions live mostly on the larger grassland of Africa．Unlike tigers，lions are the most social of the big cats．They live in family groups and hunt together．There can be up to 35lions in a group．They use speed and strength to catch and kill their prey． |
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Leopards live mostly in the forest on the edges of plains in Africa and Asia．New born leopards only open their eyes after 10days．They spend much of the day resting in trees．They do most of their hunting at night．They eat almost any animal they can catch． |
31．When do tigers mainly hunt？
A．In the morning．
B．At noon．
C．In the afternoon．
D．At night．
32．Lions live mostly in．
A．Asia
B．Russia
C．Africa
D．India
33．What do leopards often do in the daytime？
A．Rest in trees．
B．Sleep in caves．
C．Look after their babies．
D．Hunt small animals．
This year the US will honour （纪念）one of the country's most famous writers﹣Mark Twain （1835﹣1910）．Most readers know that his real name was Samuel Longhome Clemens，but how many know where the pen name "Mark Twain" came from？
The answer shows Clemens' colourful early life before he became a writer．"Mark Twain" was the cry shouted on a ship when the ship entered a part of a river that was two fathoms （6 feet）deep．"Twain" is an old﹣fashioned way of saying "two"．Twain trained as a ship pilot on the Mississippi river for two years，a time that he wrote about in the humorous Life on the Mississippi（1883）．
The famous river would become an important theme in many of his works﹣who could forget the journey of Huck an Jim along it in his most famous book．The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn（1884）？
With little education，he had to teach himself how to write stories．Whenever possible，he would go to public libraries．There he spent much time reading and thinking，which greatly helped him with his writing．
On the other hand，his life experiences gave him wonderful material to write about and attract readers．Twain wrote in a style that has been called "local colour" because it shows great knowledge of local people and their customs．
This gift is very clear in the two books for which Twain is still celebrated today：The Adventures of Tom Sawyer（1876）and its follow﹣up The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn，which many people call "The Great American Novel"．
The most amazing invention in the book is the voice of Huck himself．Huck did not enjoy schooling．It shows in the way he uses language，in a spoken style．Only a master like Twain could copy the way a young southern boy talked so well．
34．What does the underlined word "gift" mean in the passage？ ．
A．Twain's talent for self﹣teaching．
B．Twain's "local colour" writing style．
C．Twain's good sense of humour
D．Twain's experiences as a ship pilot
35．According to the passage，what is the best part of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn． ．
A．The deep social meaning
B．The exciting life experiences
C．The special way that Huck talks
D．The nice view of the Mississippi
36．Which is the most suitable place in the passage for the sentence，"Twain did not come from the writer's background you might expect．"？ ．
A．At the beginning of Paragraph 2
B．At the beginning of Paragraph 3
C．At the beginning of Paragraph 4
D．At the beginning of Paragraph 5
37．what is the passage mainly about？ ．
A．Mark Twain's career as a great writer
B．Mark Twain's interest in describing local life
C．Mark Twain's achievements in American literature field
D．Mark Twain's life experiences which influenced his writing．
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