On June 23,1931, Post and Gatty had flown around the world. But many people said Gatty was the real hero. He had guided the flight. This hurt Post. Wiley Post began to plan another flight around the world. This time he would go alone.
On July 15,1933, Post took off from Floyd Bennett Field in New York. He became the first person to fly from New York to Berlin without stopping. He had flown around the world in seven days, eighteen hours and forty-nine minutes.
69. In 1913 Wiley Post saw ________which forever changed his life.
A. nothing B. an airplane C. a farmer D. a famous pilot
70. Wiley Post began his career in flying and earned money by ________.
A. being a pilot B. flying a plane C. performing flying tricks D. making a parachute
71. In order to earn more money to buy an airplane of his own , Wiley Post _________.
A. went to work in Texas B. went on doing the flying show
C. damaged his left eye D. got rid of one of his eyes.
72. Who taught him to judge distance with only one eye ?
A. Doctors B. Gatty C. A rich oil producer D. He himself
73. What does the word “ This “ probably stand for the sentence “This hurt Post.”
A. Post flew F.C.Hall ‘s private plane
B. Post and Gatty flew together
C. People say Gatty was the real hero
D. Post failed to plan another flight alone
74. Which of the following is NOT Correct according to the passage ?
A. Post rode an airplane for the first time in 1919
B. In 1928, Post got a job and started to fly his own airplane
C. Post entered the National Air Races in 1930 and own .
D. In 1933, Post became the first one to fly from New York to Berlin without stopping .
B. Choose the words of expressions and complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文)：(12分)
why do leaves(树叶) change colour?
One of nature’s most beautiful ______75____is a forest full of bright autumn colors . Imagine making art with all those colours of paint!
Leaves in their autumn colours are beautiful . Did you ever wonder why a tree’s leaves change colour? To answer this question , you need to ____76_____the important job that leaves do .
Leaves make food so the tree can grow and have energy . This process is called photosynthesis (光合作用). Leaves need three things to do their job.
1) Leaves need water , which they get from the tree ___77_____their stem (茎)。
2) Leaves need a gas called carbon dioxide . They take it in from the air around them .
3) All plants ___78_____a chemical called chlorophyll(叶绿素)，which gives leaves their green colour. Leaves need sunlight ,too . Sunlight and chlorophyll work together to turn water and carbon dioxide into a kind of sugar . This sugar is the food that provides plants ____79_____energy. When they make food , trees give off a gas called oxygen . Animals need oxygen to live .
Photosynthesis doesn’t just help plants stay alive . Photosynthesis ____80_____makes food for all living things . Some animals , such as mice , eat plants . Other animals ,such as hawks , eat the plant eaters . Without plants , what would hawks do for food ?
75. A. records B. animals C. sights D. manners
76.A. prevent B. include C. control D. understand
77.A. through B. with C. above D. beside
78.A. keep off B. rely on C. turn into D. give up
79. A. impossible B. useless C. convenient D. necessary
80. A. almost B. also C. hardly D. seldom
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)(14分)
Attending a university is an important part of a person’s life. Today , many people go to a university to study and train for a future job in subjects like law , medicine , or education . But , the university isn’t a modern invention . An important o___81_____started in Egypt a thousand years ago .
The world’s oldest surviving university , Al-Azhar , is in Cario , Egypt . It was first built as a mosque (清真寺) in A. D.972 to ____82_____the daughter of the king Muhammad . A few years later learners and teachers began meeting in the mosque . They read and talked about the subjects of religion(宗教) and law . Around the year 988 , leaders in the city of Cario decided to create a school for learning and soon a_____83_____that , Al-Azhar University was started.
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