There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class played jokes on him because he seemed so (21) The mother (22) that she would help her sons to do (23) in school by herself. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to (24) a book a week and do a book report for her.
One day, in Ben’s class, the teacher held up a rock and asked (25) anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him (26) . "Why did Ben raise his hand" all of his (27) whispered (耳语) and wondered. "He (28) said anything. What could he possibly want to say" To their surprise, Ben not only (29) the rock, but also said a lot about it. He (30) other rocks in its group and even knew (31) the teacher had found it. The teacher and the other students were (32) Ben had learned this from doing one of his book (33) .
Later Ben became the (34) student of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and (34) became one of the best doctors in the United States.
Ⅱ. 完形填空/Close
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出一个最佳选项。

A:found B:played C:knew D:heard

Basketball is still a young game. in the winter or 1891, a certain college was having trouble with its boy students. The weather was so terrible that the students had to stay indoors. Since they could not enjoy their sports outside as usual, they were unhappy, and some of them often got into fights from time to time.
Finally, one of the teachers at the college, J. E. Naismith, was asked to invent a new game for the students. It was not an easy job because such a game had to be played indoors, and the court was not very large.
Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast. exciting game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make score, the ball had to be thrown into a basket ten feet high above the floor on the wail. At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Naismith had planned to have the ball thrown into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit basket in- stead. That is how the game got its name.

（　）today, basketball was invented as an indoor game at first.（　）

A:Though it’s often played outside B:Because it’s often played outside C:since it’s always played outside D:Although it’s never played inside

Basketball is still a young game. in the winter or 1891, a certain college was having trouble with its boy students. The weather was so terrible that the students had to stay indoors. Since they could not enjoy their sports outside as usual, they were unhappy, and some of them often got into fights from time to time.
Finally, one of the teachers at the college, J. E. Naismith, was asked to invent a new game for the students. It was not an easy job because such a game had to be played indoors, and the court was not very large.
Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast. exciting game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make score, the ball had to be thrown into a basket ten feet high above the floor on the wail. At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Naismith had planned to have the ball thrown into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit basket in- stead. That is how the game got its name.
______today, basketball was invented as an indoor game at first.

A:Though it’s often played outside B:Because it’s often played outside C:since it’s always played outside D:Although it’s never played inside

Passage Two

______today, basketball was invented as an indoor game at first.

A:Though it’s often played outside B:Because it’s often played outside C:since it’s always played outside D:Although it’s never played inside

Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. At the turn of the last century, (51) jazz was bona, America had no prominent (52) of its own. No one knows exactly when was invented or by whom. But it began to be (53) in the early 1890s. Jazz is America’s contribution to (54) music. In contrast to classical music, which (55) formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous and free in form. It bubbles with energy, (56) the moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s’ jazz (57) like America. And so it does today. The (58) of the music are as interesting as the music itself. American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz pioneers. They were brought to the Southern states (59) slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long hours. When a Negro died, his friends and relatives (60) a procession to carry to body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the (61) . On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music, suited to the occasion. (62) on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their numbers, but the living were glad to be (63) . The band played (64) music, improvising on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes (65) at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz.

A:sung B:showed C:played D:expressed

There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class played jokes on him because he seemed so (21) The mother (22) that she would help her sons to do (23) in school by herself. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to (24) a book a week and do a book report for her.
One day, in Ben’s class, the teacher held up a rock and asked (25) anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him (26) . "Why did Ben raise his hand" all of his (27) whispered (耳语) and wondered. "He (28) said anything. What could he possibly want to say" To their surprise, Ben not only (29) the rock, but also said a lot about it. He (30) other rocks in its group and even knew (31) the teacher had found it. The teacher and the other students were (32) Ben had learned this from doing one of his book (33) .
Later Ben became the (34) student of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and (34) became one of the best doctors in the United States.
Ⅱ. 完形填空/Close
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出一个最佳选项。

A:found B:played C:knew D:heard

There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class played jokes on him because he seemed so (21) The mother (22) that she would help her sons to do (23) in school by herself. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to (24) a book a week and do a book report for her.
One day, in Ben’s class, the teacher held up a rock and asked (25) anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him (26) . "Why did Ben raise his hand" all of his (27) whispered (耳语) and wondered. "He (28) said anything. What could he possibly want to say" To their surprise, Ben not only (29) the rock, but also said a lot about it. He (30) other rocks in its group and even knew (31) the teacher had found it. The teacher and the other students were (32) Ben had learned this from doing one of his book (33) .
Later Ben became the (34) student of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and (34) became one of the best doctors in the United States.
Ⅱ. 完形填空/Close
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出一个最佳选项。

A:found B:played C:knew D:heard