What can people do when natural disasters (灾难）happen? Can we stop them? No, we can't. The only thing we can do is to  41   after the disasters.

    Last year I met Mr. Flood. It started raining and   42   raining almost a month: the water on the streets got higher and higher every day. We used   43   instead of cars. We lost lots of things, including our businesses, our jobs and our homes.

    Schools   44   and farms were destroyed. We ran out of food and clean water. In some places the water was higher than the buildings. I felt like we lived in a(n)  45 _ world.

    Because of the flood, lots of  46  broke out. Because of the dead animals, some people  47  . The soil and other things made the water become very, very  48 _. That was in summer time, so though it was raining, the  49  was still high. The hot weather and really dirty water  50  the air very bad. Hospitals didn't have enough rooms for  51  .

    When the flood was over, I looked around my city. The word “ 52 ” can describe the situation. Everything was destroyed and lots of people were sick, but we were very  53  .1 think.

    We had to 54  our city, take care of the sick people, and start our schools again. I just 55 that one day, people can stop the natural disasters whenever they happen. After all, people are very clever.

1.A. wake up       B. make up         C. clean up

2.A. kept          B. finished          C. stopped

3.A. bikes         B. trains            C. boats

4.A. started        B. closed           C. opened

5.A. water.        B. fire              C. ice

6.A. happiness     B. illnesses          C. hardness

7.A. ran          B. slept             C. died

8.A. dirty         B. clean             C. clear

9.A. temperature   B. weather           C. water

10.A. had.         B. made             C. changed

11.A. nurses       B. doctors            C. patients

12.A. sad          B. beautiful          C. good

13.A. weak        B. strong            C. happy

14.A. rebuild       B. return            C. remain

15.A. want         B. hope             C. see

完型填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
A Fool’s Day falls on 1^st of April. People _1_forget the significance （意义） of the day.
In March 1980, I was 2at Durham University with seven other Chinese students. I had 3  to go to another university after graduation and had 4         application (申请)  forms to several 5  . Every morning I arrived at the porter’s office (传达室) and waited my fate. But no 6  came.
On April 1^st, as I was eating my 7 , Huang came in , with a toothbrush(牙刷) 8  in his hand.  9 fearing that he might forget the important news , he passed me the 10 . “Morning , Wu,” he said , “I saw Mr. G this morning. He told me that a letter had arrived in his office for you from Manchester University, and asked you to go and get it 11 possible.” I jumped with 12 .
I even didn’t 13 my breakfast and rushed to Mr. G’s office but he wasn’t  14  . I then went to the secretary’s room and  15 everything to her. She opened Mr. G’s room. I looked at everything. There didn’t seem to be a letter for me. “If he had asked you to pick it up from here,” said the secretary , “ he would have put it in  16 or simply left it to me.”
Greatly 17 , I walked out of the room and 18 the secretary lock it. 19 the secretary’s eyes 20  . “Sorry,” she said. “It’s April Fool’s Day!”
【小题1】A sometimes        B. never            C. always       D. seldom

What can people do when natural disasters (灾难）happen? Can we stop them? No, we can't. The only thing we can do is to 41  after the disasters.
Last year I met Mr. Flood. It started raining and   42  raining almost a month: the water on the streets got higher and higher every day. We used   43  instead of cars. We lost lots of things, including our businesses, our jobs and our homes.
Schools   44  and farms were destroyed. We ran out of food and clean water. In some places the water was higher than the buildings. I felt like we lived in a(n)  45 _ world.
Because of the flood, lots of  46  broke out. Because of the dead animals, some people  47  . The soil and other things made the water become very, very  48 _. That was in summer time, so though it was raining, the  49  was still high. The hot weather and really dirty water 50  the air very bad. Hospitals didn't have enough rooms for  51  .
When the flood was over, I looked around my city. The word “ 52 ” can describe the situation. Everything was destroyed and lots of people were sick, but we were very  53  .1 think.
We had to 54  our city, take care of the sick people, and start our schools again. I just 55 that one day, people can stop the natural disasters whenever they happen. After all, people are very clever.
【小题1】A. wake up       B. make up         C. clean up
【小题2】A. kept          B. finished          C. stopped
【小题3】A. bikes         B. trains            C. boats
【小题4】A. started        B. closed          C. opened
【小题5】A. water.        B. fire              C. ice
【小题6】A. happiness     B. illnesses          C. hardness
【小题7】A. ran          B. slept             C. died
【小题8】A. dirty         B. clean             C. clear
【小题9】A. temperature   B. weather           C. water
【小题10】A. had.         B. made             C. changed
【小题11】A. nurses       B. doctors            C. patients
【小题12】A. sad          B. beautiful          C. good
【小题13】A. weak        B. strong            C. happy
【小题14】A. rebuild       B. return            C. remain
【小题15】A. want         B. hope             C. see