四、还原信息(10分)
Li Shizhen, a well-known medical scientist of the Ming Dynasty, is thought as a great master of medicine in China. 1. . Countless lives were saved because of his hard work.
Li was born in 1518 in Hubei. Both his grandfather and father were doctors. 2. . During that time, Li knew a lot about animals, plants and medicine. Li’s father hoped he could be an officer, but Li failed the exam three times. He then turned his attention to medicine.
At the age of 33, Li became famous for curing(治愈) Prince Zhu Houkun’s son. Then he was invited to work at the Imperial Medical Institute(太医院). When working there, he read many ancient medical books. 3. . To deal with it, he decided to leave his job and focus on writing a book about herbs(草药).
4. . He got much first-hand experience and collected different kinds of herbs during the travel. After 27 years of hard work, his first draft(初稿) of Bencao Gangmu was complete in 1578. 5. . It is thought as one of the greatest scientific achievements(成就) of the Ming Dynasty.
A. He put all his heart into medicine.
B. Li lived a hard life after leaving the job.
C. The book is very detailed and well organized.
D. But Li showed little interest in being a doctor.
E. To finish the book, Li travelled to many places.
F. He noticed a mess in the naming and categorization(分类) of herbs.
G. From childhood, Li went to the mountains with his father to pick herbs.

五、词汇运用(9分)
1. It’s going to rain. We’d better go back home as soon as (可能的).
2. You may borrow five books at a time, but you need to (归还) them in time.
3. Mum suggested (录制) a video for my birthday.
4. Our (交谈) only lasted 10 minutes, but it made me feel closer to her.
5. She was unhappy because her parents were (反对) her plan.
6. If you read the book (far), you can understand it better.
7. Can you speak (loud)? I can’t hear you clearly.
8. The kids didn’t ask for help and finished making the model plane by (they).
9. The man’s (speak) was humorous and kept people laughing.

六、短文填空(10分)
Leonardo da Vinci is an artist and he is also an amazing 1. ______(), scientist, musician... It’s said he was one of 2. ______() persons in history!
Leonardo was curious 3. ______() the natural world. Once, while he was resting on a chair, 4. ______() bird flew over and touched his face with its tail. From then on, Leonardo became interested in birds. 5. ______() out how birds’ wings worked, he drew lots of pictures of birds. He dreamed of 6. ______() flying machines one day.
Leonardo liked music too. He played it and wrote it. He even invented musical instruments(乐器), like the lyre. When Leonarao played the lyre, he could make up words 7. ______() and sing them. His interest in music led him to design more instruments.
Leonardo was interested in more than just nature and music. He wondered about everything. People always saw him 8. ______() a notebook. He drew and wrote down anything interesting so that he could study them by 9. ______(). With those drawings and notes, he had thousands of plans for inventions and experiments(实验). He wasn’t 10. ______() in learning about most of them, but people learned from him and built his designs years later.