Experts know that a disaster is coming but they do not know when it will happen. They do know that it could cause a lot of damage. They think it will be worse than a hurricane. The disaster they are worried about is an earthquake.
There is a break in the earth’s crust (外壳). It is called the San Andreas Fault. The San Andreas Fault is in California. Many earthquakes happen along the San Andreas Fault. In 1989 there was a big earthquake on the fault. The earthquake was called the “Loma Prieta Earthquake”. Many people were hurt or died. Many buildings were ruined. Lots of people lost their homes. Roads and bridges were also damaged.
A large earthquake could happen in Southern California. Many small earthquakes have happened in the last year. Earthquake experts think that a large earthquake will happen there soon. They think a big earthquake will happen in the next few years.
The San Andreas Fault has many power lines stretched across it. There are water channels close to the earthquake fault. A large earthquake in Southern California would destroy energy and water supplies (供应). Lots of people would be without power or water for weeks. Buildings that have not been built strong enough would be destroyed. Not all hospitals would be able to help people who were injured. Many people would die or be homeless.
People need to be prepared. They need to know what to do if an earthquake happens. Everyone in California should have a survival kit at home. The emergency kit (应急箱) would include food and water. There should be medication and first aid supplies in the kit. A good survival kit will also have a portable radio, flashlights and spare batteries. All of the supplies in the kit should last at least 3 days.
1.We can probably find this passage in .
A. a science book
B. a sports newspaper
C. a travelling magazine
D. a detective storybook
2.Which of the following isn’t mentioned as a result of the “Loma Prieta Earthquake”?
A. Many buildings were ruined.
B. Roads and bridges were damaged.
C. Many people were hurt or died.
D. Lots of animals lost their living areas.
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. All of the supplies in the emergency kit will last at most 3 days.
B. A large earthquake in Southern California would destroy food supplies.
C. A break in the earth’s crust in California is called the San Andreas Fault.
D. Lots of people would be without power or water for days after the earthquake.
4.The purpose of this passage is to tell people that .
A. there will be a terrible earthquake in weeks
B. the earthquake may cause such serious results
C. the coming earthquake will destroy a lot of supplies
D. the earthquake is so terrible that we need to be prepared
F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.
His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary “My own happiness in the past often got such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”
This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was the novel The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial（财政的） security(安全，保障). Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.
However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda had an effect on his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol（酒精）. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.
1.Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?
a. He became addicted to drinking.
b. He studied at St. Paul Academy.
c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.
d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.
e. He failed to reorder his life.
f. He joined the army and met Zelda.
A. f-c-e-a-b-d B. b-e-a-f-c-d
C. f-d-e-c-b-a D. b-f-c-d-e-a
2.We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald_______.
A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama
B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army
C. would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken down
D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital
3. The passage is probably followed by a concluding(总结的) paragraph about_____.
A. Zelda’s personal life
B. Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary world
C. Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham
D. Zelda’s illness and treatment
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More than 3,000 languages are spoken in the world. Of all these languages, English is ________used.When it is used ,the English language has also ________many new words from other languages. For example ,Americans borrowed “cookbook” from _______.They also borrowed “tofu” and “knowtow” from Chinese.
As we know, there are _______between western culture and Chinese culture. We can learn about those by comparing how certain words are used .For example , “you are a lucky dog”________you are a lucky person. _______a person who is ill, they say, “sick as a dog”. On _______hand,Chinese people love cats very much .But in western culture, “cat ’is sometimes used to describe a woman _______is cruel. The rose is _______a symbol of love in both China and some western countries. People think the rose ________love,peace ,courage and friendship.
China, a country ______the largest population in the world ,has encouraged more people to learn English. _______the 1990s,English learning has been very ________with Chinese people .Many of them have done well in English and have made great progress in ______it.
Now ,students are required to learn English, and the study of English is regarded as a very important industry in China _____om the rest of the world .The English language has played an important part in our lives.
1.A.more widely B.widely C.the most widely D.wide
2.A.taken back B.taken in C.taken off D.taken out
3.A.German B.Germany C.Germen D.Germans
4.A.difference B.differences C.different D.difficulty
5.A.to mean B.meant C.meas D.meaning
6.A.Describe B.TO describe C.Described D.Description
7.A.nother B.the other C.another D.the others
8.A.which B.whom C.whose D.that
9.A.supposed B.supplied C.considered D.regarded
10.A.stands for B.stands by C.stood for D.stood up
11.A.have B.which has C.that have D.is
12.A.In B.For C.By D.Since
13.A.interested B.fond C.popular D.tired
14.A.spoken B.speak C.speaking D.spoke
15.A.as well as B.as well C.also D.so well as
---Reading is the best way to pass time on the train.
---______, I never go traveling without a book.
A. You are joking. B. That’s true
C. I don’t think so D. It sounds like fun
— It’s hard to believe ______the way out of the forest without the help of the local guide?
A. what they were able to find
B. what were they able to find
C. how they were able to find
D. how were they able to find
- Do you have any books written by Mo Yan?
- Sorry, they are_______. But we'll get some more next week because they_______.
A. for sale; sell well B. selling well; sell well
C. sold out; sell well D. sold well; are on sale
