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1、Peter Huszcz once taught in an agricultural college. In the 1990s, he moved to Canada. Peter started out washing dishes in a restaurant in downtown Ottawa. When the manager asked him to help out rolling meatballs in the kitchen, he soon learned how to do the job very well. But it was boring and Pete

2、r suggested that the manager should buy a meatball-making machine. When the manager told him there was no such thing as a meatball maker, Peter was quick to notice that something was missing in the market. Putting his engineering knowledge to good use, he quickly came up with a simple method the Mag

3、ic Meatball Maker.He was sure there was a market for his machine, but it took him ten years of hard work to find it. He had to take risks, but he believed in his idea, and he managed to persuade other people to believe in him too. A local manufacturer （制造商） offered to produce the first 1,000 units i

4、n return for a share in the profits （收益）, local shops offered to keep his meatball makers and a friends daughter helped him out with his first sales.But his lucky break came when he managed to persuade a TV shopping channel （频道） to help sell the Magic Meatball Maker. The channel broadcast a program

5、about how the invention worked in the studio kitchen. Within minutes, they had sold more than 4,000 units.This was just the start. Peter had been right. He had said his meatball maker would bring him great wealth, and it has: more than two million dollars so far and its till selling to thousands of

6、American housewives all across the USA.21. Working in the restaurant, Peter _.A. was chosen to be the managerB. found a chance to make moneyC. broke a meatball-making machineD. was poor at making meatballs by hand22. Which of the following helped Peters business take off?A. A local shop.B. A friends

7、 daughter.C. A local manufacturer.D. A TV shopping channel.23. Whats the right order to describe Peters life?A. Teacher dish washer inventor businessman.B. Dish washer teacher inventor businessman.C. Businessman dish washer inventor teacher.D. Inventor businessman dish washer teacher.24. What can we

8、 learn from the story?A. Better late than never.B. A friend in need is a friend indeed.C. Where there is a will, there is a way.D. In time of danger, ones mind works fast.B “Hello, Earth! Can you hear me?” Thats the voice more than 400,000 people received recently. It was from Philae, a space vehicl

9、e that landed on a comet （彗星） in 2014. However, its transmissions （传送信号） back home went silent since then. It took a long time for Philae to make its way across the solar system and reach comet 67P/C-G. The space vehicle got there aboard the Rosetta probe （探测器）, which has been circling around the co

10、met since Philae separated from it in November, 2014. Philaes job was to collect materials to study the comets composition. And for about two and a half days after landing, it did just that, sending the information back to scientists on Earth. But Philaes landing on the comets icy surface had not be

11、en smooth. While touching down, it jumped up and ended up in the shadow of something like a huge rock. Philae runs on solar power, but there was no light in the place where it landed. In the end, it failed to work.However, as comet 67P/C-G moved closer to the sun, more sunlight reached the space veh

12、icle, allowing it to power up and come back online. Philae then sent something to Rosetta, which passed on the information back to Earth. “We only received the information for about 85 seconds, but thats enough to let us know it is alive and well,” says Stephan Ulamec, who works for the European Spa

13、ce Agency. “We hope to work out where it landed exactly on the 4-kilometer-wide comet. Now we plan to change how Rosetta moves so that Philae can keep on communicating and receiving instructions.”25. Hearing Philaes voice, those people must have felt _.A. afraid B. calmC. excitedD. worried26. Accord

14、ing to the text, Philae _.A. was damaged when it landedB. moved around comet 67P/C-GC. needs light and gas to keep workingD. helps scientists learn about a comet27. What Stephan says in the text suggests that _.A. Rosetta will move around another cometB. Philae will continue to work for scientistsC.

15、 most comets are as wide as four kilometersD. he wonders whether Philae is still alive 28. What does the author mainly talk about in the text?A. A sleeping space vehicle wakes up.B. It is very dangerous to travel in space.C. A new comet was discovered recently.D. Philae was sent into space successfu

16、lly.C Your next car could have two seats, three wheels two in front and one in the back and a top speed of more than 100 miles per hour. Elio Motors plans to make such a tiny car named the Elio. Its two seats sit front and back instead of side by side. The driver is positioned in the center with the

17、 passenger directly behind. The starting price for the car is just $6,800. It has only one door, on the left side, which cuts a few hundred dollars off the manufacturing costs. Having three wheels also makes it cheaper. It has air conditioning, power windows and door locks and an AM/FM radio. More f

18、eatures can be ordered through Elios long list of suppliers. Elio will also sell the cars directly through its own stores and not through franchised dealers （特约经销商）. Paul Elio dreamed as a kid that he would one day own a car company called Elio Motors. In 2008, tired of high gas prices, he started w

19、orking on a car that burns gas in a more effective way. Equally important to him was creating U.S. manufacturing jobs and making the car inexpensive enough to attract buyers who might otherwise be stuck in their old, unreliable cars. “Whatever matters to you, this can move the needle on it,” he said

20、. Already, more than 27,000 people have reserved （预订） one. Paul hopes to make 250,000 cars a year by 2016. So far, reservation holders are those who will use the Elio as a second or third car for work. Finally, though, he believes the car will interest high school and college students as well as use

21、d-car drivers who want something newer and more reliable.29. Which of the following shows the design of the Elio?（ = wheel, = seat）30. Paragraph 2 shows that the Elio _.A. is sold at affordable pricesB. will be available in most storesC. has a fixed temperatureD. does no harm to the environment31. T

22、he underlined words “move the needle” in Paragraph 3 probably mean “_”.A. take a chanceB. stand in the wayC. break into piecesD. make a difference32. What would be the best title for the text?A. The history of Elio MotorsB. Cool car or stupid vehicle?C. Paul Elio: a kid with big dreamsD. What car to

23、 choose: new or used?D Dear young musicians, Thank you for agreeing to take part in our Music Day. The whole idea of the day is for music students around the area to meet other players and receive expert teaching from our guests, six professional players. In the evening, you will perform the pieces

24、you have worked on during the day at a concert which your friends and family can attend. After you have registered （注册） at the reception, go to the main hall. First, there will be a short performance by our professional musicians who are joining us for the day. After this you will go into your class

25、es to practice on your own instruments for the evening concert. There will also be a chance to experiment with a different instrument from the one you normally play, and see if you enjoy playing something more unusual we have several instruments to choose from!The first part of the day will finish a

26、t 5 pm, when parents can collect students. For those remaining in the hall until the evening concert at 7 pm, there will be DVDs for you to watch, although you should also bring something to do while you are waiting. A change of clothes is required for the evening black trousers or a skirt and white

27、 top so unless you are going home at 5 pm, you will need to have this with you at the start of the day.If for whatever reason you cannot attend the evening concert, you must tell us as soon as possible, as we need to know numbers in order to prepare the stage. We look forward to seeing you at the Yo

28、ung Peoples Music Day.33. What can students do on Music Day?A. They can have dinner with experts.B. They can receive professional advice.C. They can play with professional players.D. They can meet world-famous musicians.34. To attend the concert, students must _.A. arrive at 5:00 in the afternoonB.

29、take one of their family membersC. play five pieces of music each D. wear black trousers or a skirt and white top35. What is the purpose of this text?A. To introduce Music Day.B. To invite students to a concert.C. To put up a notice about Music Day.D. To encourage students to love music. 第二节（共5小题；每小

30、题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Yash GuptaYash Gupta has worn glasses for many years. When they broke one day and he was not able to wear them to school, he had a big problem. 36 At the end of the day, he realized that he had learned nothing that day!Yash quickly got his glasses f

31、ixed, but his experience changed his life. He realized that there were probably many kids around the world that did not have proper glasses to help them learn in school. 37 He found out that 13 million children around the world dont have proper glasses to help them see in class.Instead of just shaking his head at this problem, he decided to do something about it. 38 Its goal is to help find glasses for other kids and teens that need them.He createdSight Learningin 2