一、用所给词的适当形式填空
1. Mozart showed his ____ (music) talent at an early age.
2. Tea, one of the most popular drinks, is an ____ (accident) discovery.
3. Lisa wins great ____ (popular) at school. Many students like her.
4. Mrs. Blount warned me not ____ (do) it.

1. musical 2. accidental 3. popularity 4. to do

二、用方框中所给词的适当形式填空
nation doubt remain trade smell
1. The ____ from the kitchen is wonderful. Mom must be cooking fish!
2. After the earthquake, few houses ____ in the countryside.
3. You shouldn't ____ what your sister said at the meeting.
4. In China, Zhong Nanshan is regarded as a ____ hero.
5. To ____ means to exchange (交换) something that you have for something that somebody else has.

1. smell 2. remained 3. doubt 4. national 5. trade

1. —Hmm, something ____ so good. What is it?
—Handmade cake. Come and try some.
A. tastes
B. sounds
C. smells
D. looks

C

2. —Where is my umbrella? I put it here just now.
—Maybe ____ took it by mistake.
A. nobody
B. anybody
C. everybody
D. somebody

D

3. He is an honest boy. I have no reason to ____ what he said.
A. hear
B. doubt
C. repeat
D. believe

B

4. —I am afraid this bottle will break in such cold weather.
—Don't worry. This kind of material can stand very ____ temperature.
A. low
B. cool
C. high
D. normal

A

5. The firemen tried their best to stop the forest fire ____. They were really great and everyone admired them.
A. blowing
B. spreading
C. jumping
D. shining

B

二、完形填空
|素养|思维品质|难度|中|
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|主题|科学与技术|用时|9分钟|
时文原创 The powerless (无动力) washing machine was invented by Remya Jose, an 18-year-old student from India. This machine is popular in areas being short of electricity, or with those 1 wish to save time on exercise and chores.
When Remya was in the 10th grade, her father was 2 in hospital. What's worse, her mother fell 3 ill, too. As a 4, all things fell on Remya. She had to take the matters into her own 5 and try to support her family.
Having watched her mother wash clothes 6 her hands, Remya got to know how hard washing clothes could be. They had no money affording a 7 that could do all the work for them, so Remya thought hard to make their lives much 8 to live.
But Remya didn't have enough 9. Being a school student, she had to 10 three buses just to get to her school and it took over 2 hours. When things got a little more difficult, she was 11 to find a way to solve the problem.
With the 12 of her father, Remya took a year to finish the prototype (原型) of her machine. She began by learning 13 understanding the workings of machines. Then she worked hard with the waste, and 14 she got the fruits of her hard work.
She 15 a washing machine running without electricity. And it also came with pedals (踏板) that allowed one to exercise freely while doing a chore.
1. A. who B. what C. which D. when
2. A. broken B. ill C. ready D. healthy
3. A. typically B. specially C. seriously D. easily
4. A. reason B. solution C. expression D. result
5. A. minds B. positions C. experiences D. hands
6. A. in B. with C. for D. behind
7. A. machine B. chance C. job D. sale
8. A. harder B. closer C. easier D. busier
9. A. money B. time C. chance D. energy
10. A. buy B. receive C. give D. change
11. A. forced B. refused C. repeated D. caught
12. A. protection B. thank C. help D. idea
13. A. or B. and C. but D. so
14. A. rapidly B. finally C. exactly D. clearly
15. A. invented B. copied C. prepared D. fixed

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