一、阅读理解。
A publishing company plans to print (印刷) all of the articles (文章) from the Wikipedia website （维基百科全书网站）. Pedia Press （维基出版社）hopes to print all the information of Wikipedia in 1,000 books, each including 1,200 pages. Wikipedia has over 4.3 million articles and 2.6 billion words. Over 20 million volunteers have helped to write it. The project will see the physical version of Wikipedia on nearly 1.2 million pages of print. The page numbers will continue from book to book and the final page will be number 1,193,014. Pedia Press needs $50,000 to start the project. It wants people to donate money so it can go ahead with the first copy. The company has already printed number one of the thousand books. It includes the articles from "A" to "A76 motorway".
Many people are questioning why Pedia Press wants to print out such a huge website. They say it will be out of date (过时的) as soon as it starts printing. A spokesperson (发言人) from Pedia Press said the company wants to show the world just how big Wikipedia really is. He said: “We think that the best way to know the size of Wikipedia is by transforming it into the physical medium (物质媒介) of books.” He added: “Including the most books and written by the largest number of volunteers, the printed books will be a work of record-breaking.” The company may take the books on a world tour. After that, it will donate them to a big public library.
( ) 1. ________ pages will each book have.
A. 2.6 billion B. 4.3 million C. 1,000 D. 1,200
( ) 2. PediaPress want to show the world that ______.
A. its new factory B. its new printing methods
C. how big Wikipedia is D. its logo
( ) 3. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Wikipedia end its website and become a book instead.
B. There are around 4.3 billion words on the Wikipedia website.
C. Many people think the book is a great idea.
D. The book will break many publishing records.
( ) 4. What does the underlined word “transforming”mean?
A. 运输 B. 转换 C. 运用 D. 翻译
( ) 5. What is the best title of this passage?
A. Print the Wikipedia B. How Wonderful Wikipedia is
C. We Need More Money D. PediaPress
【参考答案】1-5 DCDBA
二、完形填空。
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C或者D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
It was the first time that my wife and I had flown first class. As we boarded the plane, we felt as if (好像) we were 1 of a wealthy group. We were filled with a sense of pride at 2 with those important people.
We 3 that the stewardess (空姐) was working non-stop to make sure of the comfort of the first class passengers. She could not walk by a seat 4 being given an order. I thought she must love her job very much, since she gave each person such a big 5 .
As the stewardess 6 our seats near the end of the flight, I looked up at her and said, “Thank you and I hope you have a great night.” She stopped with a look of disbelief on her face, and said: “Excuse me?” I 7 my words and she smiled in a rather funny way. It seemed as if I had asked a question that she did not know how to 8 . A little later, as we were getting off the plane, the stewardess said to me: “Thank you very much, sir.” Then she said 9 : “You are the only passenger who has thanked me or said anything nice to me all night. I really appreciate your kindness.”
The sense of belonging to an elite(精英) group in first class 10 as soon as I heard those words. We were reminded that without kindness, there would be no first-class flying.
1. A .one B. part C. member D. sign
2. A. sitting B. driving C. getting D. taking
3. A. showed B. surveyed C. noticed D. looked
4. A. without B. while C. after D. for
5. A. excitement B. shyness C. smile D. sadness
6. A. passed B. walked C. crossed D. went
7. A. repeated B. spoke C. talked D. wrote
8. A. decide B. answer C. discuss D. consider
9. A. loudly B. suddenly C. sadly D. quietly
