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First I looked at some of the 6 discoveries. One of the earliest discoveries, the famous experiment that proved that bodies of different 7 fall at the same speed, was made by Galileo when he was 26. Madam Curie started her research that 8 to the Nobel Prize when she was 28. Einstein was 26 when he published his world-changing theory of relativity. Well, 9 of that. Yet I 10 if those“best years”were true in other 11 .
Then how about the field of 12 ? Surely it needs the wisdom of age to make a good leader. Perhaps it 13 ,but look when these people 14 their career. Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln 15 the life of a country lawyer and was elected to government. At what age? Twenty-six.
But why 16 best years some after thirty? After thirty, I 17 ,most people do not want to take risks or try 18 ways. Then I thought of people like Shakespeare and Picasso. The former was writing wonderful works at the ripe age of fifty, while the latter was 19 trying new ways of painting when he was ninety!
Perhaps there is still 20 for me.
1. A. invention B. discovery
C. experiment D. progress
2. A. mind B. idea
C. attention D. thought
3. A. As B. Being
C. However D. Beyond
4. A. Everybody B. Somebody
C. Nobody D. Whoever
5. A. names B. ages
C. addresses D. oldest
6. A. modern B. scientific
C. last D. oldest
7. A. heights B. sizes
C. weights D. things
8. A. led B. meant
C. stuck D. referred
9. A. plenty B. enough
C. much D. none
10. A. believed B. trusted
C. wondered D. asked
11.A. fields B. countries
C. courses D. ages
12. A. agriculture B. politics
C. industry D. society
13.A. is B. will
C. has D. does
14. A. finished B. went
C. started D. failed
15. A. devoted B. gave up
C. began D. led
16. A. don’t B. the
C. can D. not
17. A. say B. know
C. guess D. agree
18. A. other B. new
C. best D. their
19.A. always B. still
C. seldom D. enjoying
20. A. discovery B. problem
C. wish D. hope
Later, when Walt went back to Chicago, he studied cartoon at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. His education was interrupted(中斷)when World War Ⅰ 8 in 1914. Though he was not 9 old enough to join the army, he wanted to 10 in some way. He joined the Red Cross and went to France, where he stayed 11 the war was over.
After the war, Disney returned to Kansas City to work for a company that made fairy story cartoons. This was the kind of work he liked best. He made up his mind to 12 better ways of making the cartoons 13 , so that the cartoon characters would seem 14 . He bought an old movie camera and made a few things in his garage. In 1923 he 15 his elder brother, Roy, in Hollywood, California, where they soon 16 their own company. Sound was just starting 17 in movies, and Disney believed it had great possibilities. He quickly 18
sound to his cartoons. When he made Mickey Mouse talk on the movie screen, audience were
19 . Mickey became a great 20 with both young and old.
1. A. broke B. won
C. lost D. struck
2. A. pleased B. known
C. filled D. popular
3. A. almost B. mostly
C. from D. clearly
4. A. he B. before
C. who D. because
5. A. painting B. people
C. character D. photo
6. A. as B. with
C. for D. besides
7. A. that B. what
C. something D. anyhow
8. A. ended B. went on
C. broke out D. had passed
9. A. then B. yet
C. ever D. already
10. A. help B. join
C. work D. enter
11. A. when B. after
C. before D. until
12. A. give B. enjoy
C. find D. search
13. A. lively B. appear
C. well-known D. move
14. A. alive B. beautiful
C. unforgettable D. surprising
15. A. found B. agreed with
C. joined in D. invited
16. A. worked in B. set up
C. sold D. built
17. A. immediately B. really
C. to be invented D. to be used
18. A. added B. took
C. wanted D. referred
19. A. disappointed B. angry
C. delighted D. surprising
20. A. welcomed B. beauty
C. success D. hero
Mice in general are not well-liked, but a mouse named Mickey has 1 the hearts of millions. Movies about Mickey Mouse have been 2 with audience 3 everywhere for more than forty years. Walt Disney, 4 created this lovable cartoon(卡通) 5 , was born in Chicago in 1901. Later his family moved to a farm near Kansas City, where Walt worked for a time 6 a newsboy. But 7 he really enjoyed was drawing pictures.
Later, when Walt went back to Chicago, he studied cartoon at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. His education was interrupted(中斷)when World War Ⅰ 8 in 1914. Though he was not 9 old enough to join the army, he wanted to 10 in some way. He joined the Red Cross and went to France, where he stayed 11 the war was over.
After the war, Disney returned to Kansas City to work for a company that made fairy story cartoons. This was the kind of work he liked best. He made up his mind to 12 better ways of making the cartoons 13 , so that the cartoon characters would seem 14 . He bought an old movie camera and made a few things in his garage. In 1923 he 15 his elder brother, Roy, in Hollywood, California, where they soon 16 their own company. Sound was just starting 17 in movies, and Disney believed it had great possibilities. He quickly 18
sound to his cartoons. When he made Mickey Mouse talk on the movie screen, audience were
19 . Mickey became a great 20 with both young and old.
1. A. broke B. won
C. lost D. struck
2. A. pleased B. known
C. filled D. popular
3. A. almost B. mostly
C. from D. clearly
4. A. he B. before
C. who D. because
5. A. painting B. people
C. character D. photo
6. A. as B. with
C. for D. besides
7. A. that B. what
C. something D. anyhow
8. A. ended B. went on
C. broke out D. had passed
9. A. then B. yet
C. ever D. already
10. A. help B. join
C. work D. enter
11. A. when B. after
C. before D. until
12. A. give B. enjoy
C. find D. search
13. A. lively B. appear
C. well-known D. move
14. A. alive B. beautiful
C. unforgettable D. surprising
15. A. found B. agreed with
C. joined in D. invited
16. A. worked in B. set up
C. sold D. built
17. A. immediately B. really
C. to be invented D. to be used
18. A. added B. took
C. wanted D. referred
19. A. disappointed B. angry
C. delighted D. surprising
20. A. welcomed B. beauty
C. success D. hero
Some air companies give small presents to their passengers. One day a businessman was 1 in an aeroplane, 2 he remembered that he had promised to get some toy wings(飛機(jī)駕駛合格徽章), like the ones which 3 wear, for his children. When the air-hostess came round to ask each passenger whether he wanted something to 4 before supper, the businessman asked her whether she had 5 of the toy wings. “ 6 , sir, ”she answered. “I’m going to bring the passengers their supper soon, but 7 that, I’ll bring you the wings. ”
Although it was a stormy day, the businessman 8 his supper, but he noticed that the man in the 9 in front of him was feeling 10 and that he didn’t eat any of his supper. The businessman felt sorry for him. After the passengers had 11 supper, the air-hostess came and took their trays(盤子) away and then she 12 the wings for the businessman's children, so she went to the box which the presents were 13 in and took some out. But she had forgotten 14 passenger had asked for the wings. She knew in which 15 of the plane he was, but she thought that 16 was the man in front of the businessman, the 17 man who was feeling sick. The air-hostess now 18 at the man’s seat and asked him whether he was the gentleman who had wanted the wings. The man looked up at her with 19 eyes. Then he looked out of the window at the threatening clouds which 20 the aeroplane and said, “No, I did not ask for wings. Are you going to need them?”
1. A. serving B. thinking
C. travelling D. reading
2. A. suddenly B. then
C finally D. when
3. A. pilots B. air-hostess
C. drivers D. astronauts
4. A. eat B. introduce
C. drink D. choose
5. A. some B. few
C. many D. any
6. A. No B. Yes
C. Oh D. Pardon
7. A. expect B. besides
C. after D. including
8. A. enjoyed B. cooled
C. bought D. prepared
9. A. stool B. sofa
C. bench D. seat
10. A. angry B. nervous
C. ill D. anxious
11. A. finished B. completed
C. solved D. passed
12. A. forgot B. brought
C. remembered D. thought
13. A. hid B. kept
C. piled D. held
14. A. what B. which
C. whose D. where
15. A. beds B. seat
C. body D. part
16. A. it B. that
C. he D. this
17. A. poor B. ill
C. bad D. shy
18. A. turned B. arrived
C. cheered D. started
19. A. kind B. funny
C. satisfied D. frightened
20. A. covered B. prevented
C. surrounded D. delayed
Of course, the main difference on the Chinese dinner table is chopsticks instead of knife and fork, but that’s only superficial(表面上的). 1 , in good restaurants, you can always ask for a pair of knife and fork, 2 you find the chopsticks not helpful 3 . The real difference is 4 in the West, you have your own plate of food, 5 in China the dishes are placed on the table and everyone 6 . If you are being 7 to a formal dinner and particularly if the host thinks you’re in the country for the first time, he will do the best to give you a 8 of many different types of dishes. The meal usually 9 with a set of at least four cold dishes, to be 10 by the main courses of hot meat and vegetable dishes. Soup then will be 11 (unless in Guangdong style restaurants)to be followed by staple food(主食)ranging from rice, noodles 12 dumplings. If you wish to have your rice to 13 with other dishes, you should say so in good time, for most of the Chinese 14
to have the staple food at last or have 15 of them at all.
Perhaps one of the things that 16 a Western visitor most is that some of the Chinese hosts like to put food into the plates of their 17 . In formal dinners, there are always “public” chopsticks and spoons for this purpose, but some hosts 18 use their own chopsticks. This is a sign of true friendship and politeness. It is 19 polite to eat the food. If you do not eat it, just 20 the food in the plate.
1. A. Besides B. Instead
C. But D. Therefore
2. A. though B. for
C. if D. unless
3. A. enough B. too
C. much D. yet
4. A. because B. what
C. whether D. that
5. A. when B. though
C. however D. while
6. A. enjoys B. shares
C. has D. takes
7. A. treated B. received
C. accepted D. carried
8. A. smell B. look
C. sign D. taste
9. A. deals B. does
C. begins D. comes
10. A. followed B. eaten
C. treated D. taken
11. A. carried B. brought
C. served D. sent
12. A. and B. of
C. till D. to
13. A. go B. do
C. come D. serve
14. A. offer B. choose
C. fail D. manage
15. A. all B. neither
C. none D. both
16. A. surprises B. frightens
C. interests D. pleases
17. A. own B. children
C. guests D. foreigners
18. A. may B. must
C. should D. would
19. A. always B. never
C. usually D. often
20. A. put B. leave
C. remain D. keep
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