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1、- 1 -Life in the future一.选择题1.Helen always helps her mother even though going to school _ most of her day.Atakes up Bmakes up Csaves up Dputs up2.Despite their_ of interest，Fleming kept trying to develop the chemical _ it would be safe and effective.Alacking；in order to Black；so that Clack；so as to
2、Dlacking；so that3.Having been praised by the teacher，the little girl ran back home，_.Ahappily and satisfied Beager and excitedly Chappy and satisfied Danxiously and excitedly4.It_ a calm head to find the best solution to such a difficult problem within a short time.Acosts BTakes Cspends Dneeds 5.The
3、 _ on his face told me that he was angry.A.impression BSight Cappearance Dexpression6Nobody could believe what Chloe says because she is _ changing her mind.Aregularly BSteadily Csuddenly Dconstantly7The small grocer was at the _ of the people he owed money to.Aexpense BCost Cmercy Dsight8I sat unti
4、l after eleven，_in a book.Aabsorbing Bhaving absorbed Cabsorbed Dhaving been absorbing 9.Now I come here at the _ of Mr.Smith to assist him finishing the work.Arequire BRemark Cdemand Drequest10Being able to speak another language fluently is a great _ when youre looking for a job.Achance BImportanc
5、e Cadvantage Dassistant 二阅读理解A month after Hurricane Katrina, I returned home in New Orleans. There lay my house, reduced to waist high ruins, smelly and dirty. Before the trip, Id had my car fixed. When the office employee of the garage was writing up the bill, she noticed my Louisiana license plat
6、e. “You from New Orleans?” she asked. I said I was. “No charge,” she said, and firmly shook her head when I reached for my wallet. The next day I went for a haircut, and the same thing happened. As my wife was studying in Florida, we decided to move there and tried to find a rental house that we cou
7、ld afford while also paying off a mortgage(抵押贷- 2 -款) on our ruined house. We looked at many places, but none was satisfactory. Wed begun to accept that wed have to live in extremely reduced circumstances for a while, when I got a very curious e-mail from a James Kennedy in California. Hed read some
8、 pieces Id written about our sufferings for Slate, the online magazine, and wanted to give us(“no conditions attached”) a new house across the lake from New Orleans. It sounded too good to be true, but I replied, thanking him for his exceptional generosity, that we had no plans to go back. Then a po
9、et at the University of Florida offered to let his house to me while he went to England on his one-year paid leave. The rent was rather reasonable. I mentioned the poets offer to James Kennedy, and the next day he sent a check covering our entire rent for eight months.Throughout this painful experie
10、nce, the kindness of strangers has done much to bring back my faith in humanity. Its almost worth losing your worldly possessions to be reminded that people are really nice when given half a chance. 1. The garage employees attitude towards the author was that of_. .A. unconcern B. Sympathy C. doubt
11、D. tolerance2. What do we know about James Kennedy?A. He was a writer of an online magazine. B. He was a poet at the University of Florida. C. He offered the author a new house free of charge. D. He learned about the authors sufferings via e-mail. 3. It can be inferred from the text that .A. the aut
12、hors family was in financial difficultyB. rents were comparatively reasonable despite the disasterC. houses were difficult to find in the hurricane-stricken areaD. the mortgage on the ruined house was paid off by the bank4. The author learned from his experience that .A. worldly possessions can be given up when necessaryB. generosity should be encouraged in some casesC. people benefit from their sad storiesD. human beings are kind after all- 3 -9 解析：at the request of sb.或 at sb.s request 是固定短语， “应某人的请求” 。答案：D
