3. This method, ______ in areas near Shanghai, ______ in a marked rise in total production.

A. trying; resulting B. tried; resulted

C. trying; resulted D. tried; resulting

4. The Olympic Games, _____ in 776 B. C., did not include women players until 1912.

A. first played B. to be first played

C. first playing D. to be first playing

5. When I got back home I saw a message pinned to the door , _____ "Sorry to miss you; will call later."

A. read B. reads C. to read D. reading

6. The picture _____ on the wall is painted by my nephew.

A. having hung B. hanging

C. hang D. being hung

7. Next he is going to write a science story about outer space _____ by Science and Technology Press.

A. published B. being published

C. to be published D. publishing

8. The lady said she would buy a gift for her daughter with the _____.

A. 20 dollars remained B. 20 dollars to remain

C. remained 20 dollars D. remaining 20 dollars

9. The Yellow River, ______ to be "the mother river", runs across China like a huge dragon.

A. saying B. to say

C. said D. being said

10. The _____ boy was last seen _____ near the East Lake.

A. missing; playing B. missing; play

C. missed; played D. missed; to play

Key: 1-5 CDBAD 6-10 BCDCA

II. 文化背景知识

Invention Year of Invention Inventor Air Conditioning 1902 Willis Carrier Apple Lisa Computer 1983 Apple Atomic Bomb 1945 J. Robert Oppenheimer leading

the Manhattan Project team. Ball-Point Pen 1938 Ladislo Biro Mobile/Cellular Phones 1947/1979 Multi Modern Computers 1936-present Multi Computer Game 1962 MIT

Steve Russell Computer Mouse 1964 Douglas Engelbart Electric Chair 1888 Thomas Edison Drive-In Movie Theater 1933 Richard M. Hollingshead Fiber Optics

1854-1970

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