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Thomas Edison was a great American 1.________  . When he was a child, he was always   2.________  questions and trying out new ideas. No matter  3.________  hard it was, he never gave up.

Young Tom was in school for only three months. His teacher didn’t understand why he had  4.________  many strange questions. Most of them were not about his lessons. The teacher didn’t want to teach Tom any 5.________ . He asked Tom’s mother to take the boy home. Tom’s mother taught him to read and write, and she found him  6.________  a very good pupil. He learnt very fast and became very  7.________ in science.

One day , he saw a little boy   8.________ on the railway tracks at a station. A train was coming near quiclly, and the boy was too frightened to move. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to  9 .________. The boy’s father was so  10.________  that  he taught Edison to send messages by telegraph.

Some day little cars may take the place of (代替) today’s cars. They are good for our earth. If everyone    26    such a little car in the future, there will be     27    pollution in the air. There will be more parking places in the cities, and the street will be      28    crowded(拥挤). Now the space for one car of the usual size can hole more than one such little car. Driving will be     29   , because these little cars can go only 50 kilometers one     30   . The future cars will be fine for going around the city, but they will not be     31    for going far away. The little car needs only two batteries(电池),     32    battery for the motor, and the other for the horn(喇叭) and the lights. If we still     33     the big cars along with the small ones; we will need to     34     two kinds of roads. Some roads will be used for the big fast cars,     35   other roads will be needed for the smaller and slower ones.

1.                A．sits            B．drives          C．sells D．makes

2.                A．more          B．much          C．fewer    D．less

3.                A．less            B．much          C．fewer    D．more

4.                A．better          B．more dangerous  C．safer D．faster

5.                A．day            B．minute         C．month    D．hour

6.                A．careful         B．useful          C．bad  D．hard

7.                A．one           B．others          C．some D．no

8.                A．think           B．park           C．sell  D．like

9.                A．build           B．put            C．open D．find

10.               A．so             B．as             C．and  D．or

It is hard to know when an earthquake(地震) is going to come. There is no easy way to __1__ what place will be in danger next. Some places __2__ earthquakes very often, such as Alaska in the USA. __3__ have a large earthquake every year. Taiwan also has many earthquakes , __4__ usually they aren’t very __5__. The biggest earthquake in the world has a Magnitude (震级) of 9.5. It was in Chile（智利）, South America, in 1960.

 Most earthquakes are below a magnitude of 6.0. People can feel the earthquakes a little, but they seldom bring any damages (损失).__6__ an earthquake is above a magnitude of 8.0 , it is called a great earthquake. It will bring ___7___ of damage, and many people may be hurt or die（死亡）. __8__ December 2004, the fourth __9__ earthquake since (从。。。以来) 1990 in the world hit（击、打） Indonesia. It brought a big tsunami (海啸). The tsunami is a large wave of water. Hundreds of thousands of people died in the disaster. In May 2008, the earthquake in Sichuan brought much damage.

When an earthquake __10__, the first thing we should do is to drop to the ground . Then take cover under a strong desk or table . Finally, hold on to something until the shaking stops.

(　) 1. A. look                            B. grow                        C. know                      D. sure

(　) 2. A. have                    B. happen                    C. find                  D. go

(　) 3. A. We                             B. They                        C. You                   D I

(　) 4. A. or                        B. so                           C. and                  D but

(　) 5. A. small                   B. big                           C. long                  D. short

(　) 6. A. If                        B. What                        C. Which              D. Where

(　) 7. A. a little                  B. little                         C. lots                   D. many.

(　) 8. A. On                             B. At                            C. By                    D. In

(　) 9. A. biggest                 B. smallest                    C. most                 D. least

(　) 10. A. comes                B. goes                         C. takes                 D. feels