EXERCISE 2I was twenty-four three months later. When my senior high school classmates had been at work for two years, I was 16 a second-year university student. They were about to 17 when I was still thinking about where I should go and what I should do.I was not so weak and poor in anything as they thought. So I decided to do a great thing to 18 my birthday. It would deserve the title ‘Great’ if I managed to have a 200-kilometre journey riding my bike from Changsha, the capital of Hunan, to my hometown, a city 19 the north of the same province.I set the alarm clock for 4:45 in the morning. 20 , I got up on time. A simple breakfast was soon 21 . And no one would talk with me. My only friends on the whole trip were a second-hand bicycle and a backpack containing a map, papers, books, lunch food and clothes. The day didn’t 22 yet, so I couldn’t see 23 . To be honest, I felt a little scared the moment I locked the door. All I could hear was nothing but 24 , except for my feet stepping on the ground and the lovely bike turning its wheels.Right in front of my eyes 25 the Xiangjiang River. I had to take a deep breath before I started. I didn’t wait. I created.16.A. already B. still C. however D. also17.A. get married B. got marry C. get marry D. got marrying18.A. make B. help C. invite D. mark19.A. in B. on C. to D. at20.A. Sadly B. surprisedly C. fortunately D. luckly21.A. completed B. finished C. ate D. having22.A. broke B. break C. broken D. breaked23.A. good B. best C. well D. better24.A. voice B. birds C. silent D. silence25.A. lie B. lay C. laid D. liedADo you know that light on Earth comes mainly from the sun? Light travels in straight lines in all directions. When light falls on a thing and reflects a lot, we think that the thing is white. For example, a piece of white paper. When light falls on something that reflects few rays(光线) of light back, we think that the thing is black. For example, a black cat. All the colours of the rainbow（彩虹）are based on how much light reflects. Do you know that every object on Earth has weight? This is because the Earth has a force that pulls objects towards its centre. This force is called gravity. When we throw objects up in the air, they fall to the ground because of gravity（重力，地心引力）. However, there is no gravity in space, so this is why astronauts float in space.26. Light on Earth . Which of the following is not true?A. comes completely from the sun.B. travels in straight linesC. travels in all directionsD. reflects27. We think a piece of paper is black, because .A. the weather is no so goodB. light falls on it too much.C. light falling on it reflect littleD. light falling on it reflect a lot.28. Gravity .A. reflects just liked light on Earth.B. attract objects towards the centre of the earthC. lies on the ground when we throw objects up in the air.D. disappears when objects fall on the ground.29. Why do astronauts float in space?A. they are not objectsB. they lose the help of lightC. It is full of air in spaceD. no force pulls them in space30. This passage is most probably from .A. a magazineB. a comic bookC. an advertisementD. an adventure novelBWhat do the words martial arts(武术) mean? Martial means military（军事的，武装的）. Martial arts include any fighting skill. Traditional martial arts use hands, feet, or simple weapons. There are six martial arts that are talked about most often: tai chi, kung fu, judo, karate, Thai kickboxing, tae kwon do.Many martial arts were invented because people had no way to defend themselves. In some places farmers learned to fight with their simple tools.Today, the most popular martial arts are from Asia. Fighting styles were invented more than 3,000 years ago in China.Many teachers taught their own styles of fighting. One famous teacher came from India. He was a monk（和尚）called Da Mo. He came to China about 1,500 years ago and went to the Shaolin Temple, in China’s Henan Province. Da Mo thought the temple monks had trained their minds, but not their bodies. He invented exercises for the monks to do. These exercises became the Shaolin Martial Arts.In those days, traveling was a dangerous thing to do, but monks needed to travel a lot. They needed to defend themselves when they traveled. After monks learned Da Mo’s exercises, they were much harder to attack.31. How many martial arts exist today according to the passage?A. sixB. sevenC. eightD. The author didn’t tell us.32. Why were martial arts invented/A. Because people wanted to helped others in trouble.B. Because it was easy to use hands, feet, or simple weaponsC. Because people had to protect themselves.D. Because people needed a way of defending China.33. When did Da Mo came to China?A. In the Qin DynastyB. More than 3,000 years ago.C. after he received an invitation from the Shaolin Temple.D. about fifteen centuries ago.34. Which of the following statements is true?A. Chinese martial arts the most popular all over the world.B. Da Mo thought the monks hadn’t trained themselves physicallyC. Only Chinese can practice martial arts.D. Monks had no money, so they were not scared of being attacked.35. What does the underlined sentence mean?A. It was much harder to allow a monk to attack others.B. They practiced so hard that they could attack their enemies.C. They were not easy to attract.D. It was a lot more difficult to hit or kill them.CIf you asked me what my English name was four years ago, It would remind me of Randolph.. It had a meaning of ‘Wisdom of a Wolf’. I liked wolves. However, as soon as I realized ‘Gang’ sounded cooler , Randolph was replaced without hesitation.After four years’ hard work on English learning in Hunan, I was graduated. But what should I head for? It was a real problem. In my ears came the same continuing voice from my parents and friends that Shenzhen was a fantastic destination where you could make more money and enjoy yourself at the same time. I was persuaded at last. However, I knew Beijing could have been a better choice.It took me twelve hours on the train, and another three hours to wait for my friend to meet me at the station. It was a really hard time and almost drove me crazy. It was a few years since we met last. And we still kept the memory lively of the old days of playing and talking about football all day and night. I called him a would-be engineer, but he always said he would never happen to be.The next day, I just went out for a newspaper and didn’t try to hunt for a job. Neither did I the third day nor the fourth day. I was on the edge(边缘) of forgetting why I came to the city when I was not able to bear it. I went out again. This time my purpose was to get a job, at least to struggle for a chance to interview with a terrific company.36. What was the author’s English name when he wrote the passage?A. RandolphB. WisdomC. WolfD. Gang37. Where did he go after he was graduated?A. ShenzhenB. BeijingC. A city in HunanD. It wasn’t mentioned38. How many hours after the author got on the train, his friend managed to meet him?A. ten hoursB. twelve hoursC. twenty hoursD. twenty-four hours39. According to the passage, what did he probably go out for on the fourth day after he arrived in the city?A. a newspaperB. hunting for a jobC. a chance to have an interviewD. preparing to go to work in a nice company.40. Which of the following statements is false?A. He learnt English four years.B. He once liked football.C. His friend was an engineer.D. We didn’t know if he succeeded in finding a job accordingDHave you ever heard of the Great Wall of China? It was one of the most famous building projects in ancient China. During the Spring and Autumn Period, separate walls were built by different states to protect themselves. The First Emperor of Qin decided to connect these walls to build the Great Wall, which would protect the northern border of his country.In 214 B.C., Chinese workers began joining together shorter walls built earlier. Prisoners, slaves, and members of the army helped. It took about ten years to complete the job. That’s because the wall was more than 5,000 kilometres(3,7000 miles) long! Later emperors rebuilt the wall using bricks to make it stronger. They also added to the wall until it was about 7,300 kilometres (4,536 miles) long. Today, people from around the world visit the Great Wall of China.Now the Chinese are working on another huge building project, the Three Gorges Dam. This dam is over 2.4 kilometres(1.5 miles) wide. It will control the flow of water, help prevent floods, and create electric power.41. The First Emperor of Qin .A. lived during the Spring and Autumn PeriodB. separated the Great WallC. built new walls to take the place of the old ones.D. asked to join together the walls to make his country safe42. Who didn’t take part in building in the Great Wall?A. workersB. engineersC. soldiersD. prisoners43. The Great Wall of Qin took about ten years to complete, because .A. It was as long as over 5,000 kilometres.B. It was as long as about 7,300 kilometres.C. It was difficult to make it strong.D. Later emperors rebuilt it with bricks.44. The Three Gorges Dam .A. was completed during the Qin DynastyB. is more than 24,000 kilometres wide.C. will help stop floodD. will be a great nuclear power station.45. Dam, the underlined(划线的) word in the last paragraph, means .A. 电站B. 渡口C. 入海口D. 水坝EDid your parents make you take music lessons? Recent research has shown that people who studied music as a child are able to remember words much better than people without musical training. One experiment was done with sixty female American college students. A similar study was carried out with ninety boys in Hongkong of China. In both cases, students had to memorize words and pictures. Then they were asked how many they remembered. Scientists found that students who studied music were better at remembering words, but both groups remembered the pictures equally well. Perhaps it is easier to use your imagination to associate pictures with things in your life. Also, you can make up stories for pictures.Scientists explain the difference by saying that both musical memory and verbal (written or spoken words) memory are located in the left side of the brain. Visual memory, the kind needed for pictures, is located in right half of the brain. Since verbal memory is very important for success at school, researchers now think that taking music lessons can give you a real academic advantage. In fact, when the students were tested a year later, the students who had stopped taking lessons still did well on verbal memory. Maybe it’s time to give music lessons a try.46.In both experiments, the students were asked how many they remembered.A. wordsB. words and songsC. words and picturesD. pictures and songs47. It was found that if a student studied music, he .A. would do better in remembering wordsB. would do better in remembering picturesC. would be easier to use his imaginationD. could make up more wonderful stories48. ___________ are located on the same side of the brain.A. music and visual memoriesB. verbal and visual memoriesC. music and verbal memoriesD. musical, verbal, and visual memories49. If the students stop music lesson, they on verbal memories.A. will not do as well as beforeB. will not do worse than beforeC. will lose academic advantageD. will make progress in memorizing pictures.50.Does the author agree to take music lessons?A. Yes.B. NoC. It dependsD. we don’t know.。
