Earthquakes are common；thousands of them happen each day.But most are ______ weak to feel.During a ______ earthquake，there is often a great noise first.Then the earth ______ terribly and many houses ______ down.Railway tracks break and trains go ______ lines；a great many factories are ______；thousands of deaths are caused，and many more lose homes...______ the great damage and deaths caused by the earthquake ______，other disasters such as fires often______.More buildings are destroyed and more ______ caused.
It is well known of the ______ of a possible earthquake，and for centuries man has been making researches on earthquakes.More than 2,000 years ago，______，a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng ______ a machine which could find out from which ______ the seismic(地震的) waves had come，and this machine is still ______ by scientists today.Now we know much more about earthquakes and ______ they happen，but we still cannot ______ exactly when and where an earthquake will happen，and cannot ______ it from happening.So earthquakes are among the ______ disasters in the world.
No one can stop natural earthquakes.______，scientists can help stop earthquakes destroying whole cities and causing too many deaths.
1.A.very B.too C.quite D.so
2.A.real B.weak C.big D.small
3.A.moves B.shakes C.jumps D.breaks
4.A.get B.put C.set D.fall
5.A.off B.on C.into D.behind
6.A.burst B.struck C.destroyed D.buried
7.A.Except B.Besides C.Instead of D.Because of
8.A.lonely B.later C.themselves D.itself
9.A.follow B.copy C.come D.enter
10.A.quakes B.deaths C.difficulties D.results
11.A.information B.questions C.dangers D.frights
12.A.as a result B.in fact C.for example D.as well
13.A.invented B.discovered C.found D.bought
14.A.country B.directions C.ways D.city
15.A.improved B.repaired C.protected D.used
16.A.where B.when C.what D.why
17.A.speak B.tell C.talk D.point
18.A.make B.prepare C.stop D.let
19.A.worst B.best C.most D.fast
20.A.However B.But C.And D.So
1. .Being angry doesn’t really solve much, but what people do when they feel angry is important. The goal is to calm down and try to solve what is bothering you. This is hard for some kids and adults, too. Instead of calming down, some kids might keep getting more and more upset until they explode like a volcano!2. .Their anger might be so strong that they lose control of their temper. They may act in ways unacceptable and hurtful. People may say that someone has trouble controlling their temper.3.Some kids might get so angry that they scream at their parents, break something , or even worse , hit their brothers or sisters.4..However, it’s not OK for a kid to do any of those things .Kids don’t want to act in this way , but sometimes angry feelings can be hard to manage. So what to do?Well, the good news is that kids don’t just have to keep making the same mistakes over and over again.5..Imagine your temper as a puppy inside you that needs some training. The puppy is not bad ---- it will probably turn out a great dog. It just needs to learn some rules because, right now, that puppy is causing some problems to you.
A.In fact, they usually mean that a kid behaves badly when feeling angry.
B.You don’t want to cause trouble.
C.Kids should be allowed to express their feelings, even angry ones.
D.Some kids get angry more often or more easily than some other kids.
E.You can train you temper.
F.Instead of thinking of the person you’re angry with, think of something else.
G.Everybody gets angry sometimes.
When you are travelling, whether on business or for pleasure, you often need to stay in a hotel. The kind of hotel you choose probably is decided above all according to how much money you want to spend. There are small hotels with very few services,where the prices are low, or there are large hotels with all the very latest comforts,where you could spend all the money you have in the bank for one very comfortable night.
There are several different kinds of people who go to hotels. Some want to live, rather than just stay in a hotel. The hotels which are designed to meet their needs are called residential hotels(公寓旅馆). However, most people who stay in hotels are either business people or tourists on holiday.
In most hotels, there are two kinds of rooms: single rooms, for the use of one person, and double rooms, for the use of two people. In addition, in large hotels, there are also suites (套房) , which include two or more rooms connected together - perhaps a bed-room and a living room. They are for people who are very rich or very important.
1.One's choice of a particular hotel is made mainly according to ____.
A.how much one is willing to pay for a night
B.whether one is travelling on business or for pleasure
C.whether the hotel is in the central part of a city
D.how good the services of the hotel are
2.If the president of a certain country comes, he will ____ .
A.live in a new hotel with a suite
B.stay in a single room of a hotel
C.stay in a double room of a hotel
D.stay in a suite of a modern hotel
3.If a person stays in a modern hotel with latest comforts for a night ____.
A.he will become poor
B.he has to pay a lot of money
C.he has to spend all the money he was in the bank
D.he has to pay some money
Le Trung, 33, has spent ￡14,000 creating Aiko, who he describes as “in her 20s” with a 32, 33 figure, shiny hair and delicate features.
She can speak English and Japanese and is so accomplished at mathematics she can do Mr Trung’s accounts.Mr Trung, from Brampton in Ontario，Canada，said he has never had time to find a real partner—so he designed and created his ideal woman using the latest technology.
The former software programmer has taken out credit cards and loans, sold his car and spent his life savings on perfecting his “fembot”.
Now he is desperate to find a corporate sponsor to help him complete and perfect Aiko.
He said : “Aiko is what happens when science meets beauty. I want to make her look, feel and act as human as possible so she can be the perfect companion. I talk to her a lot, and hope to improve her knowledge. So far she can understand and speak 13, 000 different sentences in English and Japanese, so she’s already fairly intelligent. Aiko recognises faces and says hello when any of my family comes around to visit. She helps me pick what to have for dinner and knows what drinks I like. She even helps me with directions when we're going somewhere. When I need to do my accounts, Aiko does all the maths. She is very patient and never complains. She doesn’t need holidays, food or rest and she will work almost 24 hours a day. She is the perfect woman.”
Mr Trung has designed Aiko with touch-sensitive face and body so she reacts in a natural way if she is shown affection or hurt. He said: “She has all senses except for smell.”
1.Le Trung created Aiko to______.
A.be his life partner B.show his programing ability
C.do housework for him D.help him with his work
2.What will Le Trung probably do with Aiko in the future?
A.He will produce such robots.
B.He will make Aiko more woman-like.
C.He will sell Aiko to make money.
D.He wants to make Aiko perfect.
3.What can’t Aiko do ?
A.He can’t design software programing B.He can’t do accounts
C.He can’t greet guests D.He can’t pick food and drinks
4.Which of the following is true about Aiko?
A.She cannot react naturally when she is hurt.
B.She still cannot recognize the smell of everything.
C.She will complain when she works for too long.
D.She needs a break if she works for a long time
5.Mr Trung believes that ______ .
A.science can create a beauty as a human desires
B.the biggest difficulty in making robots is how to give them senses
C.robots can never have the same intelligence as humans
D.science will never make a beauty like a human being
Are you carrying too much on your back at school? I’m sure lots of children of your age will say “Yes”. Not only the students in China have this problem, but children in the United States also have heavy school bags.
Doctors are starting to worry that younger and younger students are having back and neck problems as a result of school bags being too heavy for them.
“It’s hard for me to go upstairs with my bag because it’s so heavy,” said Rick Hammond, an 11-year-old student in the US. Rick is among students who have common school bags with two straps (带子) to carry them, but many other students choose rolling bags. But even with rolling bags, getting up stairs and buses is still a problem for children. Many of them have hurt their backs and necks because of the heavy school bags.
But how much is too much? Doctors say students should carry no more than 10% to 15% of their own body weight.
Scott Bautch, a back doctor, said children under Grade 4 should stay with 10%. But it is also important that older children don’t stay with over 15%, because their bodies are still growing. “Children are losing their balance and falling down with their school bags,” he said.
Parents and teachers are starting to tell children to only take home library books they will be reading that night. Some teachers are using pieces of paper or thin workbooks for students to take home.
One of the best answers is, as some children said, to have no homework at all!
1.From the passage we can know that______ .
A.only children in China carry too heavy school bags
B.both children in China and the US carry too heavy school bags
C.children in other countries don’t carry too heavy bags
D.only children in the US carry too heavy school bags
2.According to the doctor, Scott Bautch, if a child in Grade 5 weighs about 30 kilos, the school bag he carries should not be over ________.
A.5 kilos B.3 kilos
C.5.5 kilos D.4.5 kilos
3.Some students think the best answer to his problems is that______ .
A.they should have a little homework to do after they get home
B.their teachers had better not ask them to do any homework
C.they should only take home library books they will read that night
D.they should use thin workbooks instead of thick ones
A man named Smith was sitting on his roof during a flood, and the water was up to his feet. Before long a fellow in a canoe passed and shouted, “Can I give you a lift to higher ground?”
“No, thanks,” said Smith. “I have faith in God and he will save me.”
Soon the water rose to Smith’s waist. At this point a motor boat pulled up and someone called out, “Can I give you a lift to higher ground?”
“No, thanks, I have faith in God and he will save me.”
Later a helicopter flew by, and Smith was now standing on the roof with water up to his neck. “Grab the rope,” shouted the pilot. “I’ll pull you up.”
“No, thanks,” said Smith. “I have faith in God and he will save me.” But after hours of struggling with water, poor exhausted Smith drowned and went to his reward. As he arrived at the Pearly Gates, Smith met God and complained about this. “Tell me, God,” he said, “I had such faith in you to save me and you let me drown. What happened?”
To which God replied, “What do you want from me? I sent you two boats and a helicopter.”
1.When the pilot asked Smith to grab the rope, ______.
A.Smith pulled the pilot up B.Smith did so
C.Smith didn’t do so D.Smith didn’t hear him
2.At last, poor exhausted Smith drowned and ______.
A.went to his reward B.passed away
C.went to heaven D.all of the above
3.What do we know about Smith? ______.
A.He was a lazy man
B.He was a lucky man who believed in God
C.He was a poor man
D.He was a silly man who believed in God
4.The best title of this passage is “______”.
A.What Do You Want from Me? B.How Do You Believe in God?
C.How God Loved Smith! D.Smith Obeyed God’s Order
