Paris is the capital of the European nation of France.It is also one of the most beautiful and most famous cities in the world.

  Paris is called the City of Light.It is also an international fashion (時裝) centre.What modern women are wearing in Paris will soon be worn by many women in other parts of the world.Paris is also a famous world centre of education.For instance, the headquarters of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, is in Paris.

  The Seine River divides the city into two parts.Thirty-two bridges cross this scenic river.The oldest and perhaps most well-known is the Pont Neuf, which was built in the sixteenth century.The Sorbonne, a famous university, is located on the Left Bank (south side) of the river.The beautiful white church Sacre Coeur lies on top of the hill called Montmartre on the Right Bank (north bank) of the Seine.

  There are many other famous places in Paris, such as the famous museum the Louvre as well as the cathedral of Notre Dame.However, the most famous land-mark in this city must be the Eiffel Tower.

  Paris is named after a group of people called the Parisii.They built a small village on an island in the middle of the Seine River about two thousand years ago.This island, called the He de la Cite, is where Notre Dame is located.Today around eight million people live in the Paris area.

1.Which of the following statements is NOT true________.

[  ]

A.Paris is named after a group of people called the Parisii

B.Paris is the capital of the European nations

C.The Sorbonne is a French university.

D.There are 32 bridges over the Seine River.

2.The underlined word headquarters means ________.

[  ]

A.commercial buildings
B.research center
C.leading body
D.chief office

3.According to the passage we can infer that Notre Dame is located________.

[  ]

A.on the Left Bank of the Seine

B.on neither bank of the Seine

C.on the Right Bank of the Seine

D.on both banks of the Seine

4.The Pont Neuf was built ________.

[  ]

A.in the 1500s
B.in the 1600s
C.in the 1700s
D.around the 1600s
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 A class of small boys in a German school had been making a lot of noise, so their teacher decided  1  He kept them in the classroom after the other boys  2 and told them to add all the numbers from 1 to 100 together

 The boys sadly  3 their exercise books and began to write the numbers downall of them  4 one boy, who had been in that school only for a few days This boy looked out of the window for a few moments, wrote a number in his exercise book and  5 his hand

 “May I go home when I've found the answer, sir? he asked

 “Yes, you may, answered the teacher

 “Well, I've found it, sir said the boy

 The teacher and the other boys were all very surprised

 “  6 , said the teacher

 The boy brought it It was quite correct, so the teacher had to let the boy go home The next morning, the  7 teacher asked the new boy how he had found the answer so quickly

   “Well, sir, he said, I thought that there  8 the answer, and I found one, you see, If you add 100 to 1, you get 101, and if you add 99 to 2, you also get 101, 98 to 3 is 101 too, and if you go on until you reach 51 and 50, you have 101 fifty times, which is 5050

 After this, the teacher gave the boy  9 the other boys in the class His name was Karl Friedrich Gauss, and when he  10 , he became a famous professor of mathematics

                                                                                                                                                     

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6A Carry directly it to me

  

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D Fetch it for me

  

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  C satisfying

  

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   When he left university, he started a factory with his brother to make a new and very powerful explosive At first the factory  13 , but one day there was a terrible explosion (爆炸) in the factory It killed several workmen and Alfred's brother Alfred himself was not there that day

   Alfred  14 after his brother's death, but he did not stop working; he moved his factory onto a boat, and took it a few miles out to sea If  15 , he said to himself, I will be killed, but  16 will be hurt He was not killed  17 , but made a new and much safer explosive He called it dynamite (甘油炸藥)

 This was the time, in  18 of the nineteenth century, when many modern roads and the first railways and tunnels  19 in Europe Everybody wanted to use Nobel's new dynamite He soon became very rich

   But Nobel's dynamite was not always used for making roads; it was also  20 making war It's Nobel's fault (錯誤), many people said, It's his dynamite they're using to make war It was true; it was his dynamite; but was it his fault?

 One day, in 1891, Nobel opened a newspaper and read the story of his own death! It was  21 , of course, and at first he laughed; but he did not laugh then he saw the things the newspaper  22 him, A very bad man, they said, terriblewanted to destroy the world with his dynamite

 Poor Alfred Nobel! He decided to leave Paris, and went to live in Italy There he  23 in a big house, working and studying every hour of the day

   In 1896, Alfred Nobel died But that was  24 his name When he died, he left a lot of  25 five Nobel Prizes These are given every year for important work in five different fields, One prize is for chemistry, another for physics and another for medicine; there is also one for literature (文學); and the fifth one, the most important one for Alfred Nobel, is the Nobel Peace Prize

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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C. chances                         D. services

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C. hotels                           D. restaurants

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C. difficulty                        D. excitement

4. A. always                        B. hardly

C. never                           D. seldom

5. A. If                           B. Unless

C. Because                         D. Although

6. A. health care                      B. vacation work

C. language studies               D. tourist safety

7. A. Italian                         B. English

C. French                         D. Spanish

8. A. chance                       B. ability

C. possibility                       D. advantage

9. A. No one                       B. None

C. Not everyone                      D. Everybody

10. A. abroad                        B. employed

C. alone                            D. respect

11. A. driven                       B. ridden

C. left                            D. flown

12. A. friends                        B. decision

C. noise                            D. damage

13. A. busy                         B. free

C. tiring                            D. pleasant

14. A. nice                         B. reasonable

C. fair                             D. poor

15. A. a hard                        B. an easy

C. a demanding                      D. an adventurous

16. A. After all                    B. Worse still

C. However                        D. Therefore

17. A. besides                        B. altogether

C. though                         D. until

18. A. In a word                       B. In other words

C. And what’s more                   D. More or less

19. A. few                         B. little

C. many                            D. much

20. A. starts                         B. lasts

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C. chances                         D. services

2. A. agriculture                      B. industry

C. hotels                           D. restaurants

3. A. pains                          B. comfort

C. difficulty                        D. excitement

4. A. always                        B. hardly

C. never                           D. seldom

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C. Because                         D. Although

6. A. health care                      B. vacation work

C. language studies               D. tourist safety

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C. French                         D. Spanish

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C. possibility                       D. advantage

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C. Not everyone                      D. Everybody

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C. alone                            D. respect

11. A. driven                       B. ridden

C. left                            D. flown

12. A. friends                        B. decision

C. noise                            D. damage

13. A. busy                         B. free

C. tiring                            D. pleasant

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C. a demanding                      D. an adventurous

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C. However                        D. Therefore

17. A. besides                        B. altogether

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2. A. is             B. means       C. learns           D.makes

3. A. with              B. on           C. from            D.in

4. A. teach          B. taught       C. teaching         D.taught at

5. A. among         B. either        C. between         D.beyond

6.A. real           B. old          C. public           D.private

7.A. by             B. in           C. on             D.about

8. A. until           B. at           C. as              D.to

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16.A. He           B. It           C. They            D.We

17.A. speeded       B. went through   C. spread           D.wide

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2.   A. on            B. in             C. around         D. at

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12.  A. noticing        B. watching       C. observing       D. seeing

13.  A. came to        B. struck to        C. stuck to        D. hit on

14.  A. studies         B. attends         C. builds          D. goes

15.  A. entered         B. pulled          C. reached         D. arrived

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