四. 完成句子 (共5小题，计10分)

根据汉语意思，用单词或短语完成句子。

36. 突然，我发现一条鲨鱼跟在我们船后面。

I found that a shark was following our boat.

37. 你知道手机是谁发明的吗?

Do you know who the mobile phone was invented 　　 　　　 　?

38. 球王贝利很受世界各地足球爱好者的钦佩。

The King of Football Pele is 　　 　　　 　 by football fans around the world.

39. 毫无疑问，海星电影院是我们镇上最好的电影院。

Starfish Movie Theater is 　　 　　　 　 the best movie theater in our town.

40. 我在打扫房间时，偶然找到了丢失三个月的钥匙。

I found the key which had been lost for three months 　　 　　　 　 when I was cleaning the room.

五. 短文填空 (共10小题，计10分)

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确(每个单词限用一次)。

letter learn school become by

die invite blind communicate interest

Braille (盲文) is the most well-known language system (系统) used by (41)　　 　 people all around the world.

It is named after Louis Braille, who improved the way blind people read books (42)　　 　 following raised (凸起的) letters.

Louis Braille was born on January 4, 1809, in France. He lost his eyesight by accident when he was 3. Louis Braille went to a special (43)　　 　 for the blind in Paris in 1821. It was there that he (44)　　 　 to read, using raised letters. However, because the raised (45)　　 　 were made of paper pressed against copper wire, the students never learned to write.

Later the school (46)　　 　 a soldier (战士) to give a talk to the students. The talk was about a system called “night writing” that allows soldiers to (47)　　 　 silently, even in the dark.

Braille was (48)　　 　 in the system. He realized it could be used among blind people, too. He set out to work on it and in 1824, he introduced the reading and writing system. In 1829, Braille wrote his first book explaining his system. However, it was only after his (49)　　 　 that the reading and writing system caught attention and (50)　　 　 the most popular way for the blind to read and write around the world.

六. 任务型阅读 (共5小题，计10分)

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成下列各题。

Lewis loved sports. He watched them on TV. He listened to them on the radio. He read about them in the newspaper.

One day, Lewis decided that he wanted to be an athlete. “I want to find a sport that I’m good at,” he said.

“I will help you find one,” said his friend Kirby.

They went to the swimming pool. Lewis climbed up to the diving board (跳水板). But he ended up hitting the water with a stinging (刺痛的) smack (啪的一声)!

“Diving is not for me,” said Lewis.

They went to the tennis court. Lewis threw the ball into the air and hit it with the racket (球拍). The tennis ball flew right into the net.

“Tennis is not for me,” said Lewis.

Lewis loved sports. He didn’t give up. He tried volleyball, skiing, and baseball; he tried football, basketball, table tennis and so on.

“I’ve tried everything,” Lewis said. “And I’m not good at anything.”

Kirby agreed. Lewis had made every possible mistake in every sport! Who would have thought that finding a sport would be so difficult?

“But, Lewis, you’ve only tried each sport once,” said Kirby. “A good athlete needs practice.”

“Practice?” asked Lewis. “You mean I won’t be good right away?”

“That’s right,” answered Kirby.

Lewis smiled. “Well, I’d better start practicing!”