2014高考英语（北师大版）一轮复习跟踪检测：选修7 Unit 19 B.docVIP

选修7　Unit 19　Language Ⅰ.完形填空 (2012·河南三市第二次调研) In 1901，the citizens of Colorado Springs in the USA decided to collect everyday items and to seal them in a steel box.The box was marked “To be__1__after midnight，December 31st,2000 AD”，and was__2__in Colorado College Library. One hundred years later，on the appointed day,300 people__3__to watch the opening of the box.Many in the__4__were the descendants of people who had placed things__5__the box. When the box was opened__6__midnight，the contents were in very good__7__.There were newspapers，photographs，diaries，name cards，family trees，books__8__dozens of letters，including one__9__by Theodore Roosevelt，who became the__10__of the USA later.One of Roosevelt’s friends lived in Colorado Springs at that time. Many of the letters were__11__to their descendants.They describe the__12__that people of 1901 had for people of the next__13__.At that time，Colorado Springs had just a few thousand__14__.Now nearly half a million people live there. Colorado College Library has scanned the materials and put them on a__15__.Cecil Muller，whose grandfather had__16__a collection of postcards in the box，said that the time capsule was a great__17__.“This is a wonderful educational resource.We can learn so__18__about our history，” he said.“I never knew my grandfather，but now I feel very__19__to him.” In April,2001，a committee filled the time capsule with__20__from modern Colorado Springs and resealed it for another hundred years. 1．A.closed 　　　　　　　 B．opened C．covered D．discovered 2．A.hidden B．forgotten C．stored D．packed 3．A.gathered B．dismissed C．advanced D．arrived 4．A.union B．league C．group D．crowd 5．A.outside B．inside C．above D．under 6．A.before B．since C．after D．until 7．A.condition B．mass C．situation D．copy 8．A.so B．but C．or D．and 9．A.invented B．written C．observed D．described 10．A.Minister B．Major C．President D．Commander 11．A.addressed B．suggested C．declared D．announced 12