一、词汇检测
1. The first two ___(章节)are about the poor childhood of the great inventor.
2. My aunt married a ___(欧洲人)and moved abroad in her thirties.
3. For ___(进一步的)details，why not search the information on the Internet?
4. The workers of this restaurant have to s___ about 500 customers every day.
5. All these Chinese athletes that took part in the Paris Olympic Games are the p___ of our country.
6. Do you know when the first telephone was i___ in history?

1. passages 2. European 3. further 4. serve 5. pride
6. invented

( ) 1.— Hi, Daniel. You didn't attend the chess class last night.
— Oh, I ___ my brother's model plane.

A.am repairing
B.repair
C.have repaired
D.was repairing

1. D

( ) 2.So far, the number of the people driving new-energy cars ___ a lot.

A.is increasing
B.are increasing
C.has increased
D.have increased

2. C

( ) 3.— Do you know if Cindy will drive to Italy this weekend?
— Cindy? Never! She ___ driving.

A.has hated
B.hated
C.will hate
D.hates

3. D

( ) 4.— Where's Mr Yang?
— He ___ Longquan Mountain. He ___ there three times.

A.has gone to; has been
B.has gone to; has gone
C.has been to; has gone
D.has been to; has been

4. A

( ) 5.— What are you saving money for?
— Father's Day is around the corner. I ___ a gift for my father.

A.am going to buy
B.have bought
C.bought
D.was buying

5. A

( ) 6.— If you are in trouble, make sure you call the police. — ___.

A.I'm happy to hear that
B.I don't know
C.I have to think about it
D.I will. Thanks a lot

6. D

三、短文填空
These days, many people are so picky(挑剔的)about food. Well, if they had experienced the life 75 years 1. ___, they would never have done so. At that time, starving(挨饿)to death 2. ___(be)common in China. Yuan Longping, then a teenager, felt heart-broken about this. He thought, "What if I could grow enough rice? In that way, nobody would ever die of 3. ___(hungry)!" This dream became a little seed(种子)in Yuan's heart.
China is large, but the land that can be used to grow rice is 4. ___(limit). That's why it was difficult to grow enough rice for everybody. In 1960, as 5. ___ agricultural researcher, Yuan came up with the idea for hybrid rice. After years of hard work, in 1973, he developed the world's 6. ___(one)high-yield(高产的)hybrid rice. It was an 7. ___(excite)piece of news. With the rice, an extra 70 million people could be fed each year! Yuan, however, always wanted his rice to be more and more productive. Even in his 90s, the "Father of Hybrid Rice" was still busy 8. ___(do)research.
Yuan passed 9. ___ on 22 May 2021, but his 10. ___ (invent)will continue to feed people around the world. The next time you see rice, think about Yuan and his hard work. Ask yourself: Is it okay to be a picky eater?

1. ago 2. was 3. hunger 4. limited 5. an
6. first 7. exciting 8. doing 9. away 10. invention