22、词汇运用：用所给单词的正确形式填空。

Coffee  1  （be）a part of people’s lives for thousands of years，and today it is still a favorite drink of  2  （million）of people in the world．Coffee is so popular，but do you know the story of coffee and how it  3  （discover）?

There is an old story that says coffee was discovered in Africa a long time ago One day，a  4  （farm）was watching his sheep，and he saw them  5  （eat）some small  6  （berry）（种子）from a plant．After they  7  （eat）the berries，the sheep became very active．The man often felt  8  （tire），so he decided  9  （try）the berries too．Surprisingly，he didn’t feel tired any  10  （much）．Coffee plants were thus discovered．People found that coffee plants  11  （grow）well in many parts of South America，so large coffee farms  12  （start），and many coffee plants were grown．On these farms，coffee beans were picked from the plants by hand．Then the beans were dried and prepared for market  13  （sell）．Coffee was sent to all over the world，and soon became very popular．

20、Different people have different ideas about time．People in the USA think that it is important to know the time．In cities in America，there are clocks in stations，factories and other buildings．Radio tells the correct time during the day．Most Americans also have watches with them wherever they go．They want to do certain things at certain time．They don’t like to be late．

But time is not so important to everybody in the world．When you visit a country in South America，you will find that people there don’t like to rush．If you had an appointment with somebody，he could probably be late，because he may not want to arrive on time．

In South America，even the radio program may not begin on time．The men on the radio may not think it is important to tell the exact time．People in South America think that clocks or watches are just machines．They think that you let a clock or a watch control your life if you do everything on time．

1．Time is very important to ________．

A．people in North America                              B．people in South America

C．the men on the radio                                   D．everybody in the world

2．The underlined word“control”probably mean ________  in Chinese．

A．改变                      B．控制                       C．创造                      D．摆脱

3．People in South America think ________．

A．they wouldn’t like to meet friends in public places

B．they don’t have to do certain things at certain time

C．it's wrong of a radio station to tell wrong time

D．it’s their habit to be a little earlier

4．What is the best title of the passage?

A．Is your life relaxing?

B．Must radio tell me exact time?

C．Different people have different ideas about time．

D．Differences between North and South America are everywhere．

19、Alfred Nobel，the great Swedish inventor and industrialist，was born in Stockholm on October 21，1833，but moved to Russia with his parents in 1842，where his father，Immanuel，made a strong position for himself in the engineering industry．Immanuel Nobel invented landmine and made a lot of money from the government during the Crimean War，but went bankrupt soon after．Then，the family returned to Sweden in 1859，where Alfred began his own study of explosives in his father’s lab．He had never been to school or university but had taught himself．and by the time he was twenty，he became a skillful chemist and excellent linguist，speaking Swedish，Russian，German，French and English．He built up over 80 companies in 20 different countries．He was always searching for a meaning to life．He spent much time and money working on how to end the wars，and the peace between nations，until his death in Italy in 1896．His famous last will，in which he left money to provide prizes for outstanding work in physics，chemistry，physiology，medicine，literature and peace，is a memorial to his interests and ideas．And so，the man is remembered and respected long after his death．

1．Where was Alfred Nobel born? He was born in ________．

A．Sweden                  B．Stockholm                     C．Russia                   D．Moscow

2．What did Immanuel Nobel invented during the Crimean War?

A．The engineering industry．                          B．A strong position．

C．Landmine．                                               D．Study of explosives．

3．Why did Alfred Nobel return to Sweden? Because his father ________．

A．went bankrupt               B．was put in prison     C．was ill                    D．died

4．What was Alfred Nobel always searching for? ________．

A．More time and more money                         B．A meaning to life

C．How to end the war                                   D．The peace between nations

18、What does blood do for us? It brings food to all parts of our bodies and takes waste away from them．All parts of our bodies are made of cells（细胞）．These cells are very small．They all need food all the time．No one had seen cells before the invention of microscope．No one could make pictures of cells because no one could see them．

What makes the blood move round the body? The heart does．The heart is a pump．It pumps the blood and sends it round the body．The heart has rooms with doors between them．It pumps blood in and out through these doors by changing the size of the rooms so that the doors are opened and shut．The heart keeps a stream of blood going all around the body and back again to itself．The heart is a very important part of one’s body．When it stops beating，one will die．

1．Blood is important to our body because it can ________．

A．provide pictures of cells                              B．bring food and take waste

C．form a stream                                            D．move around the heart

2．What does the underlined word“microscope”mean in Chinese?

A．显微镜                   B．探测仪                   C．放大镜                   D．摄像机

3．According to the passage，a pump is used to ________．

A．open or shut doors                                      B．send something up

C．change the size of rooms                             D．make something in or out

16、--How was the evening party yesterday?

--We enjoyed ________ very much．

A．us            B．ourselves               C．its            D．itself

15、His mother makes him ________ the floor once a day．

A．to sweep                 B．sweep              C．sweeping               D．sweeps

14、He isn’t ________ to take part in the football match．

A．too strong          B．enough strong            C．strong enough                D．too strongly