Raj Bhandary says,“He understood that if you can’t communicate what you’ve done then it’s useless.” As a graduate student in England, Khorana would stay in on weekend nights and study BBC radio broadcasters carefully. “He listened to the way they articulated things,” Raj Bhandary says. “Learning to speak slowly, correctly with the right emphasis. That’s how he became such a great speaker.”

Khorana died on November 9, 2011. He was survived by two children, Julia and Dave. \to see him every day. He would leave me notes here and there, just very kind notes,” RajBhandary says. “When someone like that goes, you miss him or her a lot.''

1.We can infer that when Khorana was young, in Raipur __________. A.his father taught the local kids reading and writing B.he was a struggling student at school C.the school was shortage of teachers

D.there were very few people able to read and write 2.What discovery did Khorana make to win Nobel Prize? A.The rules for organizing genetic codes of life. B.The translation from individual DNA to amino acids. C.The making of a gene in a chemical way. D.The opening up a field of genetic engineering.

3.What promoted Khorana to study BBC on weekend nights? A.The problem of a language barrier. C.The widespread use of English in science.

B.The importance of communication. D.The usefulness of a body language.

4.What did RajBhandary imply in the last paragraph? A.He complained about Khorana's behaviors. B.He had to clean up the office after Khorana left. C.He actually missed Khorana a great deal. D.He collected the notes written by Khorana.

5、根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多

余选项。

When I was 16 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. ①__________ It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away. ②__________ I was very lonely and afraid to make friends with anyone.

Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldn’t talk about my problems with anyone. And I didn’t want my parents to worry about me.

Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual. ③__________ I didn’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me, with a smile on his face.

Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.

④__________ I started to talk with other students and make friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now! One day, I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn’t remember smiling at me!

⑤__________ I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back. A. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. B. He’s living in Australia now and he loves it. C. It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone. D. It was a smile.

E. That smile changed my life.

F. It’s practically impossible to make friends here. G. As a result, no one knew who I was.

6、A Leap to Honor

Leaping on a narrow balance beam (平衡木) is not easy. But Lola Walter,a 13-year-old gymnast,is an expert at it.

To perfect her skills,Lola 1 for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state championships in March, she finished seventh out of 16 girls.

That’s especially impressive, 2 she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift(移动)constantly. She often sees double and can't 3 how far away things are.

When she was little, her mom 4 that even though she couldn’t see 5 , she was fearless.So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three.She loved the 6 right away and gymnastics became her favorite.

Though learning gymnastics has been more 7 for her than for some of her teammates,she has never quit.She doesn’t let her 8 stop her from doing anything that she wants to.

She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest 9 is the balance beam. Because she has double vision,she often sees two beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine.Sometimes she even closes her eyes.“You have to 10 your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go,’’ says Lola.

To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most 11 for anyone because it’s four inches wide. At the state competition,Lola didn’t fall 12 the beam.In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10—her highest score yet.

Lola doesn’t want to be 13 differently from the other girls on her team.At competitions,the judges don’t know about her vision 14 .She doesn’t tell them,because she doesn’t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her 15 attitude. Lola never thinks about 16 She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her 17 is to reach level 9.She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to other kids 18 she grows up.

Lola is 19 of all her hard work or success. She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics too. Her 20 for others is “just believe in yourself.” 1.A.runs 2.A.since 3.A.tell 4.A.suspected 5.A.deeply 6.A.task

B.teaches B.unless B.guess B.remembered B.well B.sport

C.trains C.after C.assume C.imagined C.ahead C.event

D.dances D.though D.predict D.noticed D.closely D.show

7.A.boring 8.A.talent 9.A.doubt 10.A.examine 11.A.fearful 12.A.to 13.A.greeted 14.A.pains 15.A.positive 16.A.defending 17.A.standard 18.A.until 19.A.proud 20.A.plan

B.enjoyable B.quality B.advantage B.express B.harmful B.on B.treated B.stresses B.friendly B.quitting B.range B.as B.tired B.advice

C.difficult C.nature C.challenge C.open C.unfair C.off C.served C.injuries C.flexible C.winning C.view C.when C.ashamed C.reward

D.satisfactory D.condition D.progress D.trust D.inconvenient D.against D.paid D.problems D.cautious D.bargaining D.goal D.before D.confident D.responsibility

7、阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Andrew was going for a sales job interview. He knew he had the ①__________(little) experience to get the job. In fact he wasn't even sure how he'd got the interview. ②__________he did know was that he was very thankful for the opportunity given to him.

Though the interview ③__________(go) well, it was impressed on him again that ④__________(compare) with the other candidates he didn’t have the ability ⑤__________(get) the job. As he left the building, he gave the receptionist ⑥__________envelope. Inside was a thank-you note for the man ⑦__________had just interviewed him, thanking him for his time and for the opportunity.

That evening, Andrew got a call ⑧__________(tell) him that he d got the job. His new employer knew ⑨__________(clear) that it wasn't Andrew's qualifications that got him the job, but his thank-you note. If Andrew was able to be thankful at this stage, he would be able to build positive relationships with his ⑩__________(customer), which was exactly what the company was looking for. Being grateful won Andrew the job.

8、假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加,删除或修改。