( )10.—Have they ever been to an aquarium?
—______.

A.Yes, they did
B.Yes, they have
C.No, they have

B

第二节 完形填空 通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。(共10小题,计10分)
The marathon (马拉松) is a popular Olympic (奥运) event. It is a very 11 race—about 42.2 kilometres, and good 12 finish it in about two hours. Marathon is the name of a place in Greece. There is an old 13 about an important battle (战斗) at Marathon 2500 years 14. The Greeks won the battle and their leader (领袖) was very excited. He shouted, "We must send a message 15 Athens (雅典) at once. It's a long way to Athens. 16 can take our message home to our people?" Pheidippides said, "I can! I want to do it. I can run 17 than all the other men!" Pheidippides ran as fast as he could to Athens. He shouted out the 18 news to the Athenians, "We won! We won the battle!" Then he fell to the ground. He was too 19 and died. He was the 20 "Marathoner".
( )11. A. dangerous
B. interesting
C. long
( )12. A. players
B. runners
C. doctors
( )13. A. subject
B. result
C. story
( )14. A. ago
B. before
C. after
( )15. A. for
B. in
C. to
( )16. A. What
B. Who
C. Where
( )17. A. slower
B. higher
C. faster
( )18. A. good
B. sad
C. safe
( )19. A. sad
B. tired
C. boring
( )20. A. last
B. first
C. best

11. C
12. B
13. C
14. A
15. C
16. B
17. C
18. A
19. B
20. B

Ⅱ. 阅读技能。(四部分,共25小题,计50分)
第一节 阅读短文,判断下列句子是否符合短文意思。符合的写“T”,不符合的写“F”。(共5小题,计10分)
In 1947, the first animals were sent into space. Fruit flies were used to study the effects (影响) of space travel on living creatures, and were chosen because they have more in common with humans than you might think! They traveled with corn to eat in a V2 rocket.
Albert Ⅱ was the first monkey in space. He was a Rhesus monkey, a type of monkey that can be found mostly in Southeast Asia. Albert Ⅱ went into space on June 14, 1949 in a V2 rocket, which flew to a height of 83 miles from the Earth.
In November, 1957, the Russian space dog Laika became the first animal to orbit (绕……运动) the Earth. Laika traveled in a Sputnik rocket. Laika means "Barker" in Russian, and her mission (任务) helped scientists understand if people could keep alive in space.
A chimpanzee by the name of Enos was the second chimpanzee to travel in space and the first chimpanzee to orbit the Earth. He was sent into space in a Mercury-Atlas rocket on November 29, 1961. Enos orbited the Earth twice before returning to the Earth safely.
( )21. Animals first went into space in the 1950s.
( )22. Fruit flies were chosen to travel in space because they are similar to humans.
( )23. Albert Ⅱ was the first animal to orbit the Earth.
( )24. "Laika" was a dog and her name means "Space" in Russian.
( )25. Laika and Enos both orbited the Earth during their space travel.

21. F
22. T
23. F
24. F
25. T