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— PAGE \* Arabic 1 — 新概念英语二习题Lesson-72 新概念英语2  Lesson 72 A Car Called Bluebird “蓝鸟”汽车  I. 语法与词汇知识  1. Simon had great difficulty in ______ this word.  A.pronounce  B. pronouncing  C. pronounces  D. pronounced  2. Linda set up a new world ______ last year in diving.  A. record  B. text  C. records  D. text  3. The car is 30 feet in ______.  A.long  B. longitude  C. a length  D. length  4. Susan was told that a mistake had been ______ by the judge.  A. make  B. done  C. made  D. do  5. ______ in his father’s footsteps many years later, Donald also set up a world  record.  A. Following  B. Followed  C. Follows  D. Follow  6. The car ______ a speed of 300 miles per hour on the highway.  A. gets  B. reaches  C. have  D. starts  7. I’ll tell you the answer three days ______.  A. later  B. late  C. lately  D. in late  8. Tim was ______ to learn the news, so we are worry about him.  A. happy  B. disappointed  C. excited  D. pleased  9. Kane is the best ______ driver this year.  A. race  B. racing  C. running  D. speeding  10. Wendy didn’t come to school ______ her headache.  A. because of  B. because  C. due of  D. thanks for  II. 完型填空  The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was the first man to d 11 at over 300 miles per hour. He set up a new world r 12 in September 1935 at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. Bluebird, the car he was driving, had been s 13 built for him. It was over 30 feet in length and had a 2,500 horse-power e 14 . Although Campbell reached a speed of over 304 m 15 per hour, he had great difficulty in controlling the car because a tyre b 16 during the first run. After his attempt, Campbell was disappointed to learn that his average speed had been 299 miles per hour. However, a few days later, he was told that a m 17 had been made