（1）At 3:42 am everything began to shake. It seemed 1. the world was at an end! Eleven kilometers directly below the city the greatest earthquake of the 20th century 2. . It was felt in Beijing, which is more than two hundred kilometers away. One-third of the nation 3. it. A huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide cut across houses, roads and canals. Steam4. holes in the ground. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. The suffering of the people 5. . Two-thirds of them died or were injured during the earthquake. Thousands of families were killed and many children were left6. . The number of people who were killed or injured 7. more than 400,000.
（2）Since the 1970s many new applications 8. for me. I have become very important in communication, finance and trade. I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile phones9. .
help with medical operations. I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Moon and Mars. Anyhow, my goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality. I am now truly 10. that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race.
Benjamin Franklin invented a lot of things which made people’s life easier. One of his earlier inventions was paddles for swimming. Ben had if there were some way to help people faster. He thought hard and slowly a picture of swimming paddles grew in his . The paddles must be neither too big nor too small. The wood which the paddles must be neither too heavy nor too .
He began to work on the paddles and a few days later the paddles were finished. And then on the next Saturday afternoon Ben decided to try them out at Green’s pond there were about a hundred boys waiting. All of them had heard of Ben’s idea and wanted to see whether the paddle would . They were talking to each other, “What’s to be done if the paddles don’t work?” “What if he goes down?”
When Ben got into the , he began to paddle. At first the swam , then faster and faster until he was going through the water like a fish. The boys had seen such a fast swimmer. The paddles did work. All of the boys cheered loudly for Ben, jumping up and down with joy.
1.A. doubted B. wondered C. asked D. tried
2.A. travel B. run C. boat D. swim
3.A. heart B. family C. hand D. mind
4.A. was used to B. was used for C. used as D. used with
5.A. light B. small C. big D. slow
6.A. that B. where C. which D. when
7.A. welcome B. act C. work D. do
8.A. water B. river C. sea D. boat
9.A. slowly B. carefully C. easily D. happily
10.A. always B. almost C. never D. seldom
The book, ________ he lost yesterday, ________.
A. that; was found B. which; has found
C. that; has found D. which; was found
She got up ________ late that she missed the first two classes.
A. too B. so C. very D. such
There are two buildings, ________ stands nearly a hundred feet high.
A. the large one that B. the larger of them
C. the larger of which D. the larger of that
Some new oilfields ________ since 1976.
A. were opened up B. will be opened up
C. have opened up D. have been opened up
