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1、試卷總分:100 得分:90一、選擇填空，從A、B、C三個選項中選出一個能填入空白處的最佳選項。（每題10分）She is a _ woman.?confident youngyoung confidentconfident and young答案:A2.John asked me _ to visit his uncles farm with him.how would I likeif or not would I likewhether I would like答案:C3.We must keep our classroom _.cleancleanedcleaning答案:A4.The

2、re is only one thing that people cant _you, and that is your wisdom.take care oftake away fromtake down答案:B5.She said she _ lost a pen.havehashad答案:C6.二、閱讀理解： 選擇題（每題10 分）Among the more colorful characters of Leadvilles golden age were H.A.W. Tabor and his second wife, Elizabeth McCourt, better known

3、 as “Baby Doe”. Their history is fast becoming one of the legends of the Old West. Horace Austin Warner Tabor was a school teacher in Vermont. With his first wife and two children he left Vermont by covered wagon in 1855 to homestead in Kansas. Perhaps he did not find farming to his liking, or perha

4、ps he was lured by rumors of fortunes to be made in Colorado mines. At any rate, a few years later he moved west to the small Colorado mining camp known as California Gulch, which he later renamed Leadville when he became its leading citizen. “Great deposits of lead are sure to be found here.” he sa

5、id.As it turned out, it was silver, not lead, that was to make Leadvilles fortune and wealth. Tabor knew little about mining himself, so he opened a general store, which sold everything from boots to salt, flour, and tobacco.It was his custom to “grubstake” prospective miners, in other words, to sup

6、ply them with food and supplies, or “grub”, while they looked for ore, in return for which he would get a share in the mine if one was discovered. He did this for a number of years, but no one that he aided ever found anything of value.Finally one day in the year 1878, so the story goes, two miners

7、came in and asked for “grub”. Tabor had decided to quit supplying it because he had lost too much money that way. These were persistent, however, and Tabor was too busy to argue with them. “Oh help yourself. One more time wont make any difference,” He said and went on selling shoes and hats to other

8、 customers. The two miners took $17 worth of supplies, in return for which they gave Tabor a one-third interest in their findings. They picked a barren place on the mountain side and began to dig. After nine days they struck a rich vein of silver. Tabor bought the shares of the other two men, and so

9、 the mine belonged to him alone. This mine, known as the “Pittsburgh Mine,” made 1 300 000 for Tabor in return for his $17 investment.Later Tabor bought the Matchless Mine on another barren hillside just outside the town for $117000. This turned out to be even more fabulous than the Pittsburgh, yiel

10、ding $35 000 worth of silver per day at one time. Leadville grew. Tabor became its first mayor, and later became lieutenant governor of the state.操作提示：通過題干后的下拉框選擇題目的正確答案。Leadville got its name for the following reasons EXCEPT .because Tabor became its leading citizenbecause great deposits of lead is

11、 expected to be found therebecause it could bring good fortune to Tabor2. The word “grubstake” in paragraph 2 means .to supply miners with food and suppliesto open a general storeto supply miners with food and supplies and in return get a share in the mine, if one was discovered3. Tabor made his fir

12、st fortune? .by supplying two prospective miners and getting in return a one-third interest in the findingsbecause he was persuaded by the two miners to quit supplyingby buying the shares of the other4. The underlying reason for Tabors life career is? .purely accidentalbased on the analysis of miners being very poor and their possibility of discovering profitable mining sitethrough the help from his second wife5. If this passage is the first