Passage 7
I didn't like history. I used to think it was boring I was in Mr Wilson's class last year.
Mr Wilson asked us to open our history books and about how the ancient Egyptians used levers(杠杆) to move very heavy stones. After we finished reading, he asked us the Egyptians used levers rather than wheels. We weren't , because the book didn't tell us that. Mr Wilson pointed out that it was to know exactly what happened so many years ago. History is just like a big mystery. We have to try and fill in the blanks(空白) with what we .
"What else from history is like a mystery?" Mr Wilson asked the class.
"How did Abraham Lincoln when he won the election(选举)?" said Sheila.
"I think he was ," I replied. "He won the election."
"He was probably worried," said Molly, "because he knew what were coming his way."
Even Matt raised his hand. He had never raised his hand in class before, so it gave us a(n) . He said, "I think he was very proud of the work he had done."
"I think you are all right," said Mr Wilson. "We could read some of his letters and speeches to try to find the . However, we will never know for sure, because we will never have all of the . That's why reading about history is like reading a mystery."
From that point on, I have enjoyed learning about history, because I like reading mysteries.
() 1.A. while
B. if
C. until
D. after
() 2.A. read
B. write
C. speak
D. hear
() 3.A. when
B. why
C. what
D. where
() 4.A. interested
B. lucky
C. certain
D. silent
() 5.A. common
B. awful
C. slow
D. hard
() 6.A. hope
B. plan
C. invent
D. know
() 7.A. succeed
B. feel
C. appear
D. change
() 8.A. nervous
B. surprised
C. happy
D. afraid
() 9.A. chances
B. problems
C. rules
D. interviews
()10.A. hand
B. shock
C. lesson
D. example
()11.A. purpose
B. secret
C. answer
D. thought
()12.A. time
B. money
C. energy
D. information

1.C 2.A 3.B 4.C 5.D 6.D 7.B 8.C 9.B 10.B 11.C 12.D

1. 第1题：考查固定搭配“not...until...”，意为“直到……才……”，句意为“我以前觉得历史很无聊，直到去年上了威尔逊先生的课”，故选C。
2. 第2题：根据后文“After we finished reading”可知，老师让大家阅读相关内容，故选A。
3. 第3题：根据语境，老师询问埃及人使用杠杆而非轮子的原因，用why提问原因，故选B。
4. 第4题：根据“because the book didn't tell us that”可知，大家对此不确定，“weren't certain”表示不确定，故选C。
5. 第5题：根据“so many years ago”可知，确切知道多年前发生的事是困难的，hard表示“困难的”，故选D。
6. 第6题：句意为“我们必须试着用我们所知道的来填补空白”，know符合语境，故选D。
7. 第7题：根据后文大家讨论林肯获胜后的情绪，可知此处是问林肯的感受，feel表示“感受”，故选B。
8. 第8题：根据“He won the election”可知，“我”认为他会很开心，happy符合语境，故选C。
9. 第9题：根据“He was probably worried”可知，他知道有问题即将来临，problems表示“问题”，故选B。
10. 第10题：根据“He had never raised his hand in class before”可知，他举手让大家很震惊，shock表示“震惊”，故选B。
11. 第11题：根据语境，读林肯的信和演讲是为了找到答案，answer符合语境，故选C。
12. 第12题：根据“we will never know for sure”可知，我们永远不会拥有所有的信息，information表示“信息”，故选D。