课时跟踪检测( 二十四) Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World.词汇和语法知识题1(2013临沂高三模拟) _ the interview in Boston lasted so long, I missed my flight to New York.ADue to BSo long asCAs DDespite2(2013福州三中高三模拟)As a matter of fact, novels are often _ for the stage, television and radio.Aadopted BadaptedCattached Dabsorbed3(2013北师大附中高三期中)I could see that there was no _ in arguing with him. Apoint BreasonCcause Dmeaning4(2013四川南充高中高三月考)The computer _ by some unknown virus cant work well now.Aattack Bto be attackedCattacking Dattacked5(2013东北三校高三联考)Now more and more wild animals, such as pandas, tigers, _， so strict measures must _ to protect them.Aare dying out; be taken Bare dying; takeCare dying away; take Dare dead; get6(2013四川成都外国语学校高三月考)_ the local authorities paid more attention to the safety of the children, more than 20 lives _ in Gansu Province.AShould; would not be claimedBHad; would not have been claimedCShould; would not be costDHad; would not have been cost7(2012济宁高三模拟)There, in the ancient temple, used to _ a big bell, which is now missing.Ahappen BcomeCexist Dstand8(2012成都外国语学校高三模拟)When Jason failed to pay his bill, the network company _ his Internet connection.Acut off Bcut backCcut short Dcut down9(2012郑州高三质检)I am delighted _ as chairman of the Students Union last winter.Ato appoint Bto be appointedCto have appointed Dto have been appointed10Some people claim _ the rumor that some Egyptians are planning a 100,000 people antigovernment protest.Ato overhear Bto have overheardChaving overheard Dto be overheard.阅读理解(2012四川遂宁中学高三月考)It was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house. Our children were upstairs unpacking, and I was looking out the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. My parents lived nearby, and Dad had visited us several times already. “What are you doing out there？” I called to him.He looked up, smiling, “Im making you a surprise.” Knowing my father, I thought it could be just about anything. A selfemployed jobber, he was always building things out of odds and ends. When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us.Today, however, Dad would say no more, and caught ups in the busyness of our new life, I eventually forgot about his surprise.Until one gloomy day the following March when I glanced out the window, I saw a dot of blue across the yard. I headed outside for a closer look. They were crocuses (番红花), throughout the front lawn. Lavender, blue, yellow and my favorite pink little faces moved up and down in the cold wind.Dad! I smiled, remembering the things he had secretly planted last autumn. He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. What could have been more perfectly timely to my needs?My fathers crocuses bloomed each spring for the next four or five seasons, bringing the same assurance every time they arrived: Hard time was almost over. Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon.Then a spring came with only half the usual blooms. The next spring there were none. I missed the crocuses. I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs. But I never did.He died suddenly one October day. My family was in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith. I missed him terribly.Four years passed, and on a dismal spring afternoon I was driving back when I found myself feeling depressed. “Youve got the winter depression again and you get them every year， ” I told myself.It was Dads birthday, and I found myself thinking about him. This was not unusual my family often talked about him, remembering how he lived with his faith. Once I saw him give his coat to a homeless man.Suddenly I slowed as I turned into our driveway. I stopped and stared at the lawn. And there on the muddy grass and small gray piles of melting snow, bravely waving in the wind, was one pink crocus.How could a flower bloom from a bulb more than 18 years old, one that had not blossomed over a decade? But there was the crocus. Tears filled my eyes as I realized its significance.Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon. The pink crocus bloomed for only a day. But it built my faith for a lifetime.1According to the first three paragraphs, we learn that _.Athe writer was unpacking when her father was making the surpriseBthe writer knew what the surprise was because she knew her fatherCit was not the first time that the writers father had made a surpriseDit kept bothering the writer not knowing what the surprise was2Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?AThe writers father planted the crocuses to lift her low spirit.BThe crocuses bloomed each spring before the writers father died.CThe writer often thought about her father since her father died.DIt was usual for my family to talk abou