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    Thousands of people have been killed in a huge earthquake in Japan．The quake－the strongest to hit Japan in more than 100 years -- caused great damage and many people are missing and dead．

    The 8.9 magnitude﹡ quake hit Friday(March 11)off Japan's eastern coast﹡, and caused tsunami﹡ warnings﹡ across the Pacific as far away as South America and the U．S．West Coast．Several days after a 8.9-magnitude earthquake and resulting 10-meter-high tsunami destroyed the coastline．It’s reported that it was the fifth largest earthquake since 1900．The largest, with a 9.5 magnitude, shook Chile in 1960．

    　　In Japan, the tsunami swept away boats, cars and hundreds of houses in coastal areas north of Tokyo．The quake shook buildings in the Japanese capital and caused several fires．All train and subway traffic in Tokyo has been stopped, and thousands of people there were unable to get back home．People are just trying to find clean water．Food is running out．In the stores, there are no rice balls left．There is no bottled water left．People are facing a really serious situation in the days ahead．The number of the final death could go up from the thousands to tens of thousands．

    　　Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the government would do everything it can to make the influence of the earthquake as small as possible．And in Washington, President Obama said the United States is ready to help the people of Japan．

    (1)

    The underline word damage means ________ in the article．

    [　　]

    A．

    illness

    B．

    harm caused when sth is broken

    C．

    attention

    D．

    hope

    (2)

    Which is not true according to the passage?

    [　　]

    A．

    Thousands of people have been killed in the huge earthquake in Japan．

    B．

    The number of the final death could be more than it was at the beginning．

    C．

    The quake shook buildings in Tokyo and caused several fires．

    D．

    The great tsunami caused the earthquake．

    (3)

    According to the passage, which earthquake is the largest one since 1900?

    [　　]

    A．

    the one happened in Japan on March 11, 2011．

    B．

    the one in Chile in 1960．

    C．

    the one happened in China on May 12, 2008．

    D．

    We don’t know．

    (4)

    What do people need most in the stores?

    [　　]

    A．

    newspapers and magazines

    B．

    TVs and computers

    C．

    paper napkins and toothpastes

    D．

    rice balls and bottled water

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    　　Time changes when you travel．Strange things happen to time when you travel because the earth is divided into twenty-four time zones(时区), one hour a part．You can have das with more or fewer than twenty- four hours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days．

    　　If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your ship enters a different day．As you enter each zone the time changes one hour．Traveling west, you set your clock back．Traveling east you set it ahead．Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours．

    　　If you travel by ship across the Pacific, you cross the international date line(国际日期变更线)．By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins．When you cross the line, you change your calendar one full day, backward or forward．Traveling east, today becomes yesterday．Traveling west, it is tomorrow．

    (1)

    Strange thing happen to time when you travel because ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    no day really has twenty-four hours

    B．

    time flies

    C．

    the earth is divided into time zones

    (2)

    The difference in time between two nearby zones is ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    one hour

    B．

    one month

    C．

    one day

    (3)

    If you travel across the Atlantic Ocean, going east, you set your clock ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    one hour ahead for the whole trip

    B．

    one hour back for each time zone

    C．

    one hour ahead for each time zone．

    (4)

    From the passage, it seems true that the Atlantic ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    is one time zone

    B．

    is divided into five time zone

    C．

    is divided into 24 time zone．

    (5)

    The international line is named for ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    the beginning of any new time zone

    B．

    the point between two different zones

    C．

    the point where a new day begins

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    　　When she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog．Her body was numb(麻木的)．She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours．

    　　Already she was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions．Now, at age 34, her goal(目标)was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast．

    　　On that Fourth of July morning in 1952, the sea was like an ice bath and the fog was so dense she could hardly see her support(援助)boats．

    　　Alongside Florence in one of the boats, her mother and her trainer offered encouragement．They told her it wasn’t much farther．But all she could see was fog．They encouraged her not to stop swimming．She never had…until then．With only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out．

    　　Still warming her chilled body several hours later, she told a reporter,“Look, I am not excusing myself, but if I could have seen land I might have made it．”It was not tiredness or even the cold water that beat her．It was the fog．She was unable to see her goal．

    　　Two months later, she tried again．This time, despite(尽管)the same dense fog, she swam with her confidence and her goal clearly pictured in her mind．She knew that somewhere behind that fog was land and this time she made it!Florence Chadwick became the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel, eclipsing(使黯然失色)the men’s record by two hours!

    (1)

    Florence Chadwick ________ in September, 1952．

    [　　]

    A．

    swam across the English Channel

    B．

    realized her goal

    C．

    gave up swimming

    D．

    was back to California coast

    (2)

    According the article, which sentence is TRUE?

    [　　]

    A．

    She swam the Catalina Channel with the other men together．

    B．

    She was so tired and cold that people had to pull her out of water．

    C．

    Her goal was to swim the English Channel in both directions．

    D．

    She gave up her goal when there was only a half mile to the California coast．

    (3)

    The word“dense”in the article means ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    cold

    B．

    heavy

    C．

    amazing

    D．

    beautiful

    (4)

    Why did Florence Chadwick succeed two month later?Because ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    she could face coldness and tiredness

    B．

    her mother and trainer encouraged her

    C．

    she kept a purpose in her mind

    D．

    there were support boats following her

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    　　Strange things happen to time when you travel because the earth is divided(划分)into twenty-four zones(时区), one hour apart(一个时区相差一个小时)．You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-fours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days．

    　　If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean(大西洋), your ship enters a different time zone every day．As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour．Traveling west, you set your clock back, traveling east, you set it ahead．Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours．

    　　If you travel by ship across the Pacific Ocean(太平洋), you cross the International Date Line(国际日期变更线)．By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins．When you cross the line, you change your calendar one full day, backward or forward．Traveling east, today becomes yesterday．Traveling west, it is tomorrow．

    (1)

    Strange things happen to time when you travel because ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    no day really has twenty-four hours

    B．

    no one knows where time zones begin

    C．

    the earth is divided into time zones

    D．

    in some places one day always has twenty-five hours

    (2)

    The difference in time between zones is ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    one hour

    B．

    more than seven days

    C．

    seven days

    D．

    twenty-four hours

    (3)

    If you travel across the Atlantic Ocean, going east, you set your clock ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    one hour ahead in each time zone

    B．

    one hour ahead for the whole trip

    C．

    one full day back for each time zone

    D．

    one hour back in each time zone

    (4)

    From this passage, it seems true that the Atlantic ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    is in one time zone

    B．

    is divided into twenty-four zones

    C．

    is divided into five time zone

    D．

    is in four time zones

    (5)

    The International Date Line is the name for ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    the beginning of any new time zone

    B．

    any point where time changes by one hour

    C．

    the point where a new day begins

    D．

    the end of any new time zone

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    Traffic rules help to keep order on the road. They also help to keep people   1 .

    The pedestrian(行人) has as many rules to   2  as the driver of a car. You should walk on the sidewalk(人行道) or at the side of the road. Always look   3  before you walk across the street.

    If you like riding a bike, don’t ride in the middle of the road or run   4  red traffic lights. When you ride a bike with a friend, don’t look around or talk.

    If you drive a car, you should   5  at the traffic lights. You must always   6  a seat belt(安全带). Without belts   7  the driver and the passengers may be badly hurt in a sudden accident.

    You may not need to take a bus, but   8  if you have to travel in one. Get on or get off a bus only when it comes to a   9 . When it is full, don’t try to get inside  10  you may fall off.

    Traffic rules are also called Road Safety rules. The maxim(格言) for all road users is “Thinking about others”.

    1.                A．healthy         B．safe            C．happy    D．careful

     

    2.                A．follow          B．make           C．break    D．pass

     

    3.                A．happy          B．happily         C．careful   D．carefully

     

    4.                A．through        B．across          C．along D．around

     

    5.                A．speed up       B．go ahead        C．get off    D．slow down

     

    6.                A．take           B．wear           C．carry D．bring

     

    7.                A．half            B．none           C．both D．all

     

    8.                A．look around     B．take care        C．take a seat D．look back

     

    9.                A．sign           B．stop           C．corner   D．crossing

     

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

     

     

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