填空题The head of the village was tying up his horse to my car to pull it to ____ small town some 20 kilometers away where there was a garage.

The word horsepower(马力) was first used two hundred years ago.James Watt had made the first widely used steam(蒸气)engine. He had no way of telling people exactly how powerful it much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He called that unit one horsepower. With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do.

He discovered that a horse could lift a 3,300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in one minute. His engine could lift a 3,300-pound weight 100 feet in one minute.

Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt called it a ten horsepower engine.

6.The passagesays that Watt made the first widely used steam engine.

A.T

B.F

7.Watt made up a unit of measurement based on the strength of a horse.

A.T

B.F

8.Watt wanted to find a way to lift a 3300-pound weight.

A.T

B.F

9.One horsepower would equal the weight a horse could lift.

A.T

B.F

10.The title of the passageis "How the Term Horsepower Came into Being".

A.T

B.F

What happened when the man let go the rope?

A. The box fell down and hit the man on the head.

B. The box continued to go up.

C. The man went up to the top of the building.

D. The man fell down and broke his legs.

B

Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present．On Christmas Eve Paul saw a dirty and poorly-dressed boy walking 26 his shining car．“Is this your car，Paul？”he asked．

Paul told him how he got the car and the boy was 27 ．“You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing？Boy，I wish…” he said, without 28 his sentence．Paul thought the boy wished he had a 29 like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly. “I wish,”the boy went on，“that I could be a brother like that．”

Paul looked at the boy in surprise. He invited him to take a 30 in his car and the boy agreed happily. After a short ride，the boy turned and with his eyes 31 ，said，“Paul，would you mind driving in front of my house？”

Paul smiled a little．He thought the boy wanted to 32 his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong 33 . The boy ran back into his house, and after a short while came back with his disabled brother in his arms.

He 34 him down on the step and pointed to the car. “There she is, Buddy, just like what I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t 35 him a cent. Some day I’m going to give you one just like it.”

26. A. inside B. around C. through D. across

A、tied to

B、tied on

C、tying to

D、tying on

He () to a quiet village after his failure in the election campaign.

A、fled

B、retreated

C、disappeared

D、reversed

One，day，a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas． The father said，"Look ! There-s a horseshoe (31) ．the ground． Pick it up and put it in your bag． Thomas said，"It wastes my time． His father said (32) but he pieked it up himself． When they went to a near- by town，they had a rest．There the farmer (33) the horseshoe and with the money he bought some strawberries．

The father and the son went on walking． The sun was well up in the (34 ) ,They soon drank up their water，and there wasn't a house or even a tree for them to (35) ．Thomas felt too(36) to walk on At this time，his father gave Thomas a strawberry (37) he quickly ate it． After a while，his father gave him (38) strawberry and once again，his son lost no time in putting it in his mouth．

And so they (39) ,The old farmer gave the strawberries and the son ate them．When Thomas had eaten up all the strawberries，his father said to him，"My dear son，if you picked up that horseshoe，you would have your own strawberries (40 )．Always remember the lesson: lf you don't worry about the little things，you'll find it difficult to do the great things． "

( )31．

A．under

B．on

C．for

D．to

--Will you go to the movie with us tonight?

--I'm sorry. I have not made up my _____ yet.

A. heart

B. brain

C. mind

D. head

A. giving up

B. to give up

C. given up

D. give up

The general () his horse and prepared to leave after the inspection.

A、ascended

B、mounted

C、got

D、climbed