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1.On _________, there are 800 tornadoes in the US each year, __________ about 80 deaths and 1500 injuries.
2.Fires caused by the California Earthquake did the most __________.
3.Scientists have tried many ways to solve this problem and in China, a ________ _______ has been started to help solve it.
4.The garbage is then taken away and, ___ ____ _________, recycled.
5.The cemetery where Coghlan was buried was destroyed by the hurricane and Coghlan’s coffin _________ ________ in the sea.
6.About 400 earthquakes occur ________ every day, more than a hundred thousand in a year.
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As a child, my family moved around a lot. Once, when __1.__ (ask) how she stood moving from one town to another, my mother answered, “ As long as there’s a library, I’ m happy .” I remember after one move, getting my new library card and rediscovering many of the familiar friends 2. I thought I’d left behind. Over the years, wherever I lived, I could always rely on _3.__ (surround) by old friends: Sherlock Holmes, Jay Gatsby, and more.
I’ve always been a great reader. While in school, the library provided me 4.__ required reading, term papers and science projects. And as a young adult, it became a source of free __5.__ (entertain), which brought me endless joys. I managed to make
__6.__ easy to have access to best-selling authors, classic movies and music with very little income.
Recently, matters __7.__ (change). When my aging mother moved in with us, one of the first things I did was take her to the public library, followed by many weekly trips until her failing health made it _8.__ (possible). I believe her influence led to two of my brothers ending up _9._ (work) at libraries, continuing 10.encourage young readers and helping others in their quest for knowledge.
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranch（牧场）house in a large valley. ______ seemed to be all right，yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up，and angry，dark clouds _______ across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. _____，the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly ____ Raul. The thunder（雷声）was so loud that he buried his ______ in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it. Hoofbeats（蹄声）. He _____. There before him stood a tall, white____. An old man stared down at him from its back. “Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?" asked Raul.“My name is Gray Cloud,”the old man answered_______．"Come with me.”
Raul followed on his horse. A ______ feeling came over him. All _____ them the rain was pouring down，_______ not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be ______ back toward Raul' s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once he found _____ at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse，_____ his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were _______
Raul's father ran out across the yard to ______ him. "We have been _____ sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let's get in out of the _____．”
"Wait,”said Raul. "Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?"
"Can't say I…wait. I _____ my great-grandfather used to tell stories about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They say he was _______ by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?"
1.A. Something B. Everything C. Anything D. Nothing
2.A. dropped B. fell C. rolled D. covered
3.A. Suddenly B. Strongly C. Quickly D. Hardly
4.A. beating B. blinding C. burning D. touching
5.A. nose B. hair C. neck D. head
6.A. looked up B. woke up C. lay down D. sat down
7.A. tiger B. horse C. lion D. elephant
8.A. lazily B. angrily C. coldly D. slowly
9.A. natural B. common C. strange D. bad
10.A. around B. beside C. through D. above
11.A. yet B. for C. so D. or
12.A. walking B. leading C. heading D. returning
13.A. them B. themselves C. him D. himself
14.A. shook B. waved C. held D. took
15.A. gone B. left C. followed D. lost
16.A. see B. meet C. beat D. ask
17.A. waited B. thought C. worried D. excited
18.A. yard B. wind C. grass D. rain
19.A. believe B. consider C. doubt D. forget
20.A. defeated B. caught C. damaged D. struck
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Americans bought an estimated 18 and a half million bicycles last year. Some bikes never get much riding. 1. But a project based in Washington is putting unwanted bikes from the United States to good use in developing countries.
Keith Oberg is the director of Bikes for the World. He said, “Everybody has an old bicycle, and it is usually not ridden. 2. ”
Bikes for the World collects bicycles and delivers them at low cost to community programs in developing countries. The bicycle recycling program is one of the largest in the United States. It is a sponsored project of the Washington Area Bicyclist Association.
3. Since then it has shipped more than 40,444 bikes to communities in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, says director Keith Oberg.
Bikes for the World partners with nonprofit groups in the United States to collect unwanted bikes. Then it works with nonprofit in the other countries to get the bikes to organizations and individuals that need them the most.
For example, the Bicycle Empowerment Network Namibia uses the bikes to provide transportation for health workers. 4. The organization also has bicycle ambulance services to transport the sick.
The Bicycle Empowerment Network also provides training and support to help local organizations and individuals open bike shops of their own. The businesses sell the recycled bikes at low cost and provide repair services. 5.
A. Mostly they gather dust.
B. However, they are very expensive to buy.
C. It sits there in the garage, or basement or shed, going to waste.
D. Bikes for the World began in 2005.
E. Do you know when Bikes for the world begin?
F. That makes it possible for them to visit more patients each day.
G. Many of the organizations use the money they earn to help pay for other community projects.
After having more than a few acquaintances （熟人）online, _it might come a blow to keen social networkers like Barack Obama, or even Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg himself.
According to a research, the average person has in fact twice as many online friends as physical ones. Users of social-networking sites have on average 121 online friends as compared with physical ones. The study also claims that people tend to be more open, confident and honest with their virtual friends than their “real” ones.
“For most people , the Internet is a way of keeping in touch with loved ones and friends, but for people who are isolated due to illness, it plays a more vital role, and can often act as a lifeline.” says Helen Oxley, a psychologist at Wythenshawe hospital.
“People with illnesses often rely on the Internet to facilitate（促进） friendships, since they blog and use networking sites as a way of dealing with their illness. It can foster a sense of social connection for those who frequently feel isolated, which is important to psychological well-being.”
In wider society, the ways in which friendships are formed are changing, with people recognizing that they can develop deep and meaningful connections with others that they’ve never met, and may never meet. About one in 10 people has either met their best friends online, or believes they can make lifelong friends on the Web.
The findings highlight how social introductions are also changing. Only five percent would ask for someone’s phone number, while 23 percent are now likely to ask for an email address or a full name with the intention of adding the person to their social network.
At the same time, however, a questionnaire completed by 4,427 suggests that 20 percent of parents believe their children’s education is affected by surfing the Net. They think their children are doing poorly at the school due to the amount of time they spend on non-educational websites.
1.The underlined word “it” in Para 1 most probably refers to ________.
A. people spending too much time surfing the Net
B. people relying on the Internet to connect with friends
C. people having more virtual friends than real ones
D. people making meaningful connections with strangers
2.We can infer from the text that________.
A. sick people can recover more quickly by surfing the Net
B. students get important information online
C. students who surf the net always perform not so well
D. people tend to trust their virtual friends more than their real ones
3.What percentage of parents believe that the Internet has a bad effect on their children?
A. About 5 percent. B. About 20 percent.
C. About 10 percent. D. About 23 percent.
4.In the following paragraph, the author will probably discuss ________.
A. how much time children spend on the Internet
B. how children learn about the world through the Net
C. how parents feel about their children’s studies
D. how children make use of the Internet to study
“Can I hug you?” community nurse Joyce Jebambula asks with a smile as she welcomes me back to her village. “Of course,” I say as I put my arms around her. It’s an unbelievable moment. Just at the height of the outbreak more than a year ago, there was an “avoid body contact” rule here. It’s now been removed.
One of the most challenging parts of reporting this outbreak over the past 18 months is that I haven't been able to touch anyone in the worst-affected countries. When Ebola(埃博拉病毒) survivors described in tears describing losing their families, I had to almost sit on my hands to avoid reaching out to comfort them.
The outbreak was declared over in Sierra Leone on 7 November. I returned for the celebrations. But despite reaching this long-awaited milestone, all is not well.
Ibrahim Koroma, 21, clings to (紧紧抓住) his survivor's certificate (证明) outside the home. All 17 of his family are now dead. The certificate is one of his most prized possessions. "He does not pose any risk to the community" it reads.
Ibrahim tells me how his landlord has allowed him to stay in one of the rooms of his former family home until the end of the year. He says he doesn't know what he'll do after that. He does some part-time work, relying heavily on help from neighbors. His two little sisters and little brother died in the very room where he now sleeps. He says he often lies awake thinking about them, feeling very bad.
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa was the worst on record. In past outbreaks there had only been a few hundred deaths and a few hundred survivors. It was thought Ebola could live for only three months. But research has now shown it can linger for at least nine months. Scientists are still trying to find how long it could be infectious.
1.When interviewing Ebola survivors the author _______.
A. couldn’t touch them with hands.
B. kept comforting them with hands
C. held their hands to show sympathy
D. couldn’t help comforting them with hands
2. Ibrahim Koroma values his certificate because it_________
A. is a sign of his contributions
B. shows he is a healthy person
C. has been the only one for patients so far
D. is a great honor to have it in his village
3.We can learn from the passage that___________
A. Ebola can only survive a few days
B. Ibrahim’s neighbours treat him badly
C. Ebola still influences Ibrahim’s life
D. there were once 17 people in Ibrahim’s family
