gave them my chess set to help exercise their mind. I also found out they used to go dancing. I helped them find a dancing club nearby ___80___ they could have more physical exercise.
Since following my advice, my grandparents’ memory has really improved. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
A) made A) kept A) habit A) ambition A) common A) until
B) cooked B) stopped B) hobby B) attention B) independent B) if
C) tasted C. began C) form C) attraction C) active
C) as soon as
D) burnt D. tried D. custom D) addition D) safe D) so that
C) Read the passage and fill the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给) (14分)
Charles Babbage: Father of the Computer
Charles Babbage was born too soon. He hoped to invent a calculator. But the technology of his time was too simple. Babbage could not make his dream come true .
All his life, Baggage was interested in n____ . For example, he could find out how f____ a pig’s heart beats or make a table to calculate how much wood a man could saw(锯) in 10 hours.
Baggage was also an inventor. Around 1830, he decided to d____ and build a machine for doing simple mathematical calculations. He called this machine the Difference Engine . Making the machine
The Difference Machine was very big and difficult to make. It was made of two tons of steel and gears(齿轮).While he was building this h____ machine, he had an idea for a new machine. This one would do all kinds of calculations. He called it the Analytical Engine. It was the start of the modern computer. But Babbage used up all his money b____ he could
complete either machine. Re-inventing the Engine
In 1854, two Swedish inventors built a working mechanical calculator. It was b___ on the Difference Engine. This machine was able to print out different kinds of forms and tables. It was very accurate.
Babbage was the first person to come up with the idea of computers. And he is more famous today than he w___ in his day.
D．Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题) （12分）
The Spirit of Christmas
Many would agree that when we think of Christmas, we probably think of gifts, Christmas trees and Santa Claus. But behind all these things lies the true meaning of Christmas: the importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us. The story in A Christmas Carol is perhaps the best example of this.
A Christmas Carol is a famous novel written by Charles Dickens. It is about an old man named Scrooge who never laughs or smiles. He is mean. He only thinks about himself, and never treats others nicely. He just cares about whether he can make more money and he hates Christmas. One Christmas Eve, Scrooge sees the ghost of Jacob Marley, his dead business partner. Marley used to be just like Scrooge, so
he is punished(惩罚) after he dies. He warns Scrooge to change his ways if he doesn’t want to end up like him. He also tells Scrooge to expect three spirits to visit him.
That night, three ghosts visit Scrooge. First, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him back to his childhood and reminds Scrooge of his happier days as a child. Then the second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, takes him to see how others are spending Christmas this year. Everyone is happy, even poor people. The last one, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, takes him to the future. Scrooge sees that he is dead but nobody cares. He is so frightened that he wakes up in his bed and finds out it is already the next morning----Christmas Day!
He decides to change his life and promises to be a better person. He happily celebrates Christmas with his relatives. He also gives gifts to people in need. He now treats everyone with kindness and warmth, spreading love and joy everywhere he goes. And that is the true spirit of Christmas!
88. Who wrote the famous short novel A Christmas Carol? 89. What is the true meaning of Christmas?
90. Why is Jacob Marley punished after he dies?
91. Which ghost takes him to see the happiness of the poor during Christmas this year?
92. Scrooge has a terrible dream before he wakes up on the morning of Christmas Day, doesn’t he? 93. What probably makes Scrooge change his life?
VII. Writing (作文) （共20分）
94. Write a story in at least 60 words according to the following pictures on the topic “A new story of the tortoise and the hare”. (根据下面的图片提示，以“龟兔新传”为题，写一个不少于60个单词的故事。) （注意：短文中不得不出现任何人名、校名及其它相关信息，否则不予评分）
The following words and phrases are for reference only. (以下单词和短语仅供参考)
turn ….over heavy rain rescue rooftop（屋顶） helpless
参考答案:
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46-49 EDAC 50-53 CEBD
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59. hasn’t it 63. What wonderful 64. How did 65. I can 66. If doesn’t 67. are added 68. We spent our autumn outing on Chongming Island with our teachers a month ago.
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81. numbers , 82. fast, 83. draw, 84. heavy, 85. before, 86. based, 87. was 88. Charles Dickens
89. The importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us.
90. Because he is mean and only thinks about himself, and never treats others nicely. 91. The Ghost of Christmas Present. 92. Yes, he does.
93. That he doesn’t want to be punished like Jacob Marley after he dies probably makes Scrooge change his life. (其他答案只要言之有理即可)