Some countries have a large number of earthquakes. Japan is one of them, while others do not have many, for example, there are few earthquakes in Britain.
There is often a great noise during an earthquake. The ground vibrates (颤动).Houses fall down. Railways are broken, which causes trains to turn over. Sometimes thousands of people are killed in different ways. About 60,000 were killed in 1783 in the south of Italy. Some people say that earthquakes often happen near volcanoes(火山), but it is not true. The centres of some earthquakes are under the sea. The bottom of the sea suddenly moves. The powerful forces inside the earth break the rocks. The coast is shaken and great waves appear. These waves travel long distances and rush over the land when they reach it, breaking down houses and other buildings. Sometimes they break more buildings than the earthquake itself.
A terrible earthquake happened in Assam, India, in 1986.The land near Shillong suddenly moved 1.5 feet to one side, and then back again. It continued to act like this 20 times a minute.Few buildings could stand what was happening and the great stones flew four feet up into the air. What kind of building stays up best in an earthquake? The Americans carefully studied the results of the earthquake at San Francisco(1906) and believed it best for buildings to be made with concrete(混凝土) walls together by steel frames. Such are the buildings that can't burn or fall easily.
1.The best title of this passage should be .
A. The Centres of Earthquakes
B. Earthquakes
C. The Loss(损失) Caused by Earthquakes
D. Buildings and Earthquakes
2.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Trains' turning over is directly caused by the earthquakes.
B. Some earthquakes have their centres under the sea.
C. It isn't certain that earthquakes happen near volcanoes.
D. Buildings with concrete walls are better against earth quakes.
3.Earthquakes often happen .
A. near volcanoes B. in Japan
C. in Britain D. Both A and B
4. make(s) more loss than the earthquake itself.
A. Nothing
B. Volcanoes
C. Forces inside the earth
D. Terrible waves by the earthquake
5.When an earthquake happens, can be heard.
A. trains B. thousands of people
C. a great noise D. the powerful forces
Ladies First
In America, just as in Europe, men usually open doors for women, and women always walk ahead of men into a room or a restaurant, unless the men have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or do some other things like the above. When walking on the sidewalk or on the
side of the road,a man should walk on the outside(closer to the road). But if a man walks with two ladies, he should walk between them. Then if the host (主人) or hostess (女主人),) or both of them come in a ear to get their guest for dinner, the guest should sit at the front seat and leave the back seat.
1.In America, men usually .
A. walk ahead of women B. eat in a restaurant
C. walk behind women D. drive a car to work .
2.On the street, men
A. cross the street
B. walk on the sidewalk
C. walk near the ladies
D. walk on the outside (closer to the road)
3.If a man walks with two ladies, he should .
A. walk between them B. run before them
C. follow them D. go away
4.If Mrs Green gets you to her house in a car, you should
A. jump into the car B. sit at the front seat
C. sit at the back seat D. drive the ear
Zhou Yan, a Junior 3 student, wishes he never got a mobile phone. Last week, he went to see a doctor because his arms and fingers were in pain. The doctor told him that he had a "mobile
phone disease(疾病)". A growing number of teenagers are getting a "mobile phone disease" because most of them are using mobile phones.
Zhou got his mobile phone five months ago. He sent rues sages to his friends with it all the time. Zhou started to do badly in the exams because he spent much time playing with his mobile phone. His mother got very angry with him. He didn't stop playing with the mobile phone until his arms and fingers got painful.
Yang Ling, a doctor, says that if someone, like Zhou Yan,uses the mobile phone too much, he might get a "mobile phone disease". If teenagers find their arms or fingers painful, they
should go to see a doctor as soon as possible. Yang Ling said students should try to use their mobile phones less, especially at school.
1.Zhou Yan wishes he never got a mobile phone because
A. it is useless to him
B. it doesn't work well
C. it made his arms and fingers painful
D. his mother got angry with him
2.Zhou Yan didn't do well in exams because .
A. he didn't like studying
B. he was ill and didn't go to school
C. he was afraid of exams
D. he spent much time playing with the mobile phone
3.If someone has a "mobile phone disease", it means .
A. the mobile phone brought him a disease
B. something is wrong with his mobile phone
C. he can't live without the mobile phone
D. he hates the mobile phone very much
4.Yang Ling thinks students should .
A. go to see a doctor very often
B. use mobile phones more when they are at school
C. use mobile phones less
D. not use mobile phones any more
5.The writer wants to tell us in the article.
A. only a few teenagers have mobile phones
B. using mobile phones too much is bad for our study and health
C. mobile phones can help students get out of trouble
D. people shouldn't use mobile phones
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Life in the 21st century will be different from that in the 20th century, because many changes in the new century, what will the changes be?
First, the population is growing very fast. There more and more people in the world and most of them will live longer than before. Computers will be smaller and more useful, and there will be one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the most important in schools.
Second, people will work fewer hours than they did in the 20th century, and they’ll have more free time for sports, TV and traveling. Traveling will be even cheaper and easier. And more people will go to countries for holidays.
Third, there will be changes in our food, too. People will use more land new towns and houses. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day, instead, they will eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be healthier.
Last, work in the future will be , too. Robots will do the dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people won’t have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
1.A.take place B. will happen C. have taken place
2.A.but B.and C. so
3.A.will be B. will have C. are
4.A.very B. quite C. much
5.A.at least B. at most C. more than
6.A.classes B. lessons C.subjects
7.A.watch B. watching C. seeing
8.A.another B. the other C. other
9.A. to build B. build C. for build
10.A.dangerous B. difficult C. different
–Can you come to play basketball with us,Tom?
-______.
A.I can come B.That’s all right
C.Sure,I’d love to D.That’s OK
–Mum,must I wash the dishes right now?
-No,you______.
A.shouldn’t B.wouldn’t
C.mustn’t D.needn’t
