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The worst earthquake in 40 years shook South Asia on Sunday, starting with horrible waves that swept entire villages into the sea. At least 20,000 people in six countries were killed in the disaster, and millions were left homeless.

The quake shook deep beneath the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It was felt more than 3000 miles away in East Africa, where heavy tides kept fishermen at home and resorts(度假胜地)closed.

It was as if the sea had struck the land. Residents of Sri Lanka, a small island country off the coast of India, ran to the hills to find safety from the tsunami. Many took their radios, televisions, and other valuables with them. The disaster hit Sri Lanka hardest. Of its 20million people, 1 million lost their homes, and 10000 died.

“The water simply raised itself up and huge waves came ashore,” wrote eye-witness(目击者)Peter Thomas from India. “It was moving very fast. The force broke the glass walls of a restaurant on the beach here and damaged hundreds of boats.”

In some places, the tsunami struck with no warning. “The weather was fine with no clouds,” wrote an eye-witness in Indonesia. “Suddenly the seawater just hit the city. In some parts the water was up to chest level.”

A massive(大众的)effort to help the affected countries is already underway. Leaders from around the world have promised to help, and teams of aid workers and doctors are rushing to the sea. “The United States stands ready to offer all the help to those nations most affected.” Said White House spokesman Trent Duffy. Organizations from the Red Cross to the International Monetary Fund have started fund-raising(筹款)drives to make up the costs of rebuilding.

1. The underlined word “tsunami” in Paragraph 5 can probably be replaced by “__________.”

A.fierce wind

B.heavy rain

C.terrible storm

D.large waves

2. Which of the following is NOT true when this disaster happened?

A.A sudden storm started with thunder and lightning.

B.The seawater rose suddenly and flooded the land.

C.Huge waves came upon the land, damaging the buildings and boats.

D.The sea struck the land, causing heavy losses.

3.In the last paragraph, the writer mainly states __________.

A.lack of help

B.international efforts

C.the fighting against the disaster

D.the result of disasters

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A.Tens of Thousands of People Are in Danger

B.Storm Caused Disasters in South Asia

C.Terrible Quake Hits South Asia

D.International Aid for South Asia

5.Where would you probably see this passage?

A.In a textbook.

B.In a newspaper.

C.In a travel guide.

D.In a dictionary.

 

1.D 2.A 3.B 4.C 5.B 【解析】 略
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The story I am going to tell you happened about three years ago when I started to learn how to drive. At first, I was very frightened, and I thought I could never learn how to drive a car. Driving a car frightened me because in my home country women never drive, but in the United States every woman has to know how to drive. My husband paid an instructor to teach me how to drive. After that, my husband practiced with me for a long time. My husband always told me that I had to learn. It was important to me and my family.

However, I couldn’t get my license right away. I failed my driving test two times. After practicing for a long time, I decided to go for my third driving test. I had failed my first test because I was very nervous. Everybody encouraged me to continue practicing. Three weeks later, I decided to try it again, but I failed again. After that, I was very embarrassed(困窘的), and I said I couldn’t get it, so I stopped practicing for a while.

Not knowing how to drive was bad because I couldn’t do anything. I had two kids, my husband works, and I have to take care of everything. Driving was so necessary that I decided to try it again. And finally, that time, I passed the test. Now I have my license. I know how to drive, and it has changed my life in some important ways. Now I’m driving to the college, learning English and hoping I will get a good job in the future.

1.Why did the author think that she could never learn how to drive a car?

A.Because she was not an American woman.

B.Because she was afraid of a car or a bus.

C.Because in her own country women never drive.

D.Because her husband didn’t know how to teach her.

2. The underlined word “instructor” in the first paragraph probably means __________.

A.someone who teaches a special skill

B.someone who teaches a sport skill

C.someone who teaches in an American college

D.the information telling you how to drive a car

3. How many persons in the author’s family are mentioned except the author herself?

A.2

B.3

C.4

D.5

4.The passage mainly shows us that the author failed for quite a few times but she never gave up and __________.

A.she succeeded in driving her car to send her two children

B.she succeeded in driving to the college to get a good job

C.she succeeded in driving to the college and learned English

D.she succeeded in passing driving test and got her license in the end

5.The best title of this passage should be “__________”.

A.My Driving License

B.My Husband and I

C.Passing the Test

D.Never Give Up

 

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As I got up today, I smelt fresh coffee. I woke up to   36   a cup of it with some biscuits on my bedside table. This reminded me of   37  , the old school and college days, when mom used to wake me up by serving a   38   cup of coffee. The taste is still so   39   in my memories.

A   40    thought hit me, “I was in bed, so who prepared this coffee for me? Is it a dream?”

I pinched(掐)myself, ouch… that hurt, which meant I was not   41  . I walked out of the room with the cup of coffee,   42   my roommate. I asked him whether he prepared that for me, and the answer was YES.

I was relaxed   43   somehow my heart wanted him to say NO, because I wanted to be in a   44   that my mom prepared it for me. The whole   45   reminded me of mom and I   46   her at that moment.

On my way to my office, I was thinking about those days when mom used to cook my   47  meal. I could not   48   any single day when I slept without food. But now, I no longer   49  the food mom cooked.

This very thought   50   tears to my eyes and I decided to call up mom. I reached the office and gave her a call.

The first thing she asked was, “Is everything all right?” I was   51  . And I thought, “How the time has   52  ”.

When I was with her, I used to call her after every hour when I was out with my friends. In those days she   53   asked me what was wrong, as she knew that it was my habit. My call at this point of the day to her meant that I was in   54  .

Time has changed, she is still the same, and it is   55   who have changed.

1.

A.find

B.drink

C.prepare

D.cook

 

2.

A.kitchen

B.comfort

C.warmth

D.home

 

3.

A.smelling

B.cooking

C.steaming

D.pouring

 

4.

A.deep

B.fresh

C.heavy

D.recent

 

5.

A.funny

B.possible

C.realistic

D.sudden

 

6.

A.thinking

B.working

C.dreaming

D.reacting

 

7.

A.in search of

B.in favor of

C.in place of

D.in case of

 

8.

A.and

B.but

C.or

D.so

 

9.

A.sense

B.relief

C.belief

D.state

 

10.

A.scene

B.incident

C.care

D.matter

 

11.

A.hated

B.expected

C.missed

D.questioned

 

12.

A.last

B.every

C.tasty

D.complete

 

13.

A.check

B.count

C.remember

D.cover

 

14.

A.pack

B.finish

C.imagine

D.enjoy

 

15.

A.brought

B.caused

C.pushed

D.raised

 

16.

A.careless

B.speechless

C.rootless

D.homeless

 

17.

A.influenced

B.passed

C.flied

D.changed

 

18.

A.never

B.still

C.often

D.almost

 

19.

A.peace

B.surprise

C.trouble

D.progress

 

20.

A.my roommate

B.she

C.the situation

D.I

 

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Pierre is a 25-year-old penguin at the California Academy of Sciences. Due to his old age, he was going bald, which made him feel too cold to swim in the pool. Therefore, biologists at the academy had a wetsuit created for this penguin to help him get back in the swimming pool.

Unlike marine mammals, which have a layer of fat to keep them warm, penguins depend on their waterproof feathers. Without them, Pierre was unwilling to jump into the swimming pool and ended up trembling on the side of the pool while his 19 peers played in the water.

"He was cold; he would shake," said Pam Schaller, a senior biologist. Schaller first tried a heat lamp to keep Pierre warm. Then she got another idea: if wetsuits keep humans warm in the cold Pacific, why not make one for Pierre?

Schaller designed the suit, which covered Pierre’s body and had small openings for his flippers.

“I would walk behind him and look at where there were any gaps, and cut and refit and cut and refit until it looked like it was extremely suitable,” she said.

One concern was that the other penguins would reject Pierre in his new suit, but in fact, they accepted his new look. He swam freely and got along with others well, although he was the only penguin with a black stomach.

Schaller couldn’t say for sure whether the wetsuit allowed Pierre to recover his fine feathers, but “certainly we were able to keep him comfortable during a period of time that would have been very difficult for him to stay comfortable”.

Pierre will take off his suit after his new feathers grow back.

1.Pierre felt too cold to swim in the pool because of _____.

A. not having a layer of blubber            B. having few feathers due to old age

C. having no wetsuit                        D. others penguins rejecting him

2.The idea of making a wetsuit for Pierre came from _____.

A. total invention                          B. waterproof feathers

C. the use of wetsuit on humans             D. the use of heat lamp

3.Schaller followed Pierre in order to see _____.

A. whether other penguins would reject him

B. if anywhere of wetsuit needed to be cut and refit

C. if the wetsuit kept warm

D. whether the wetsuit would keep the feathers from recovering

4. The best title of the passage is _____.

A. Wetsuit for An Old Penguin               B. Old Penguin Getting Bald

C. Unwilling to Swim                    D. Strange Look of Pierre

 

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 Then she asked me  41   question. “I have been playing for 8 years now,” I answered. 

  “Then you must play a song for me before you leave,” she  42  .I thought she was joking and I simply smiled. At the end of the deal of the vitamins, she  43  me of our musical “  44 _”. She then showed me to an old upright piano in the living room,   45   asked me to play a song for her. I thought   46   and decided to play David Lantz’s “Return to the Heart”, since she had so much passion for  47  ,and it was my soul-searching song. 

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1.  A. observed         B. watched          C. noticed         D. caught

2.  A. on                   B. at               C. over            D. against

3. A. player            B. teacher          C. composer       D. starter

4. A. giving            B. attending        C. teaching        D. reviewing

5. A. interesting       B. wonderful       C. moved           D. impressive

6.  A. another              B. a different      C. the same        D. other

7.  A. advised              B. ordered          C. demanded      D. requested

8.  A. warned          B. reminded         C. asked            D. required

9.  A. course               B. task            C. discussion         D. deal

10.  A. and             B. but              C. as a result D. what’s more

11.  A. for the moment      B. at the moment   C. for a moment D. at a moment

12.  A. music           B. songs            C. the piano            D. vitamins

13.  A. dropping            B. falling          C. pouring           D. running

14.  A. Since               B. As               C. While             D. Because

15.  A. taking              B. making           C. having               D. giving

16.  A. thank           B. praise               C. admire            D. owe

17.  A. get on             B. get up            C. get off      D. get down

18.  A. quietly             B. calmly           C. happily          D. slowly

19.  A. shocked         B. touched     C. delighted            D. disturbed

20.  A. world               B. heart            C. brains               D. dreams

 

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To be successful, you must be smart, confident, and, ______ honest.

  A. therefore          B. above all            C. however          D. after all

 

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