The Grand Hotel

   It is a beautiful hotel in the centre of town. It is a big hotel with 120 rooms . The rooms are very clean and warm but they are quite noisy（吵闹的）. The hotel staff（员工） are polite but not very friendly.

    This is not the hotel for a cheap holiday. The rooms are quite expensive at around ＄100 per person per night for bed and breakfast.

The Sea View Hotel

It is a 30-room hotel about three kilometres from the centre of town. The building is not very beautiful but the rooms have nice views （景色）of the sea and the hotel is nice and quiet. The rooms are very clean but they are cold at night. But the hotel staff are always very friendly and the hotel is very cheap. It only costs ＄30 per person per night for bed and breakfast.

(   ) 1. How many rooms are there in the two hotels?

              A. 30                           B. 100                   C. 120                   D. 150

(   ) 2. Which hotel is warm and in the middle of town?

              A. The Grand Hotel.      B. The Sea View Hotel   C. Both   D. Neither （两者都不）

(   ) 3. If Mr. Black wants to live in a clean and quiet hotel, how much will he pay for two nights.

              A. ＄30.                      B. ＄60.                      C ＄100.                     D. ＄120.

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The building is shaking. A woman with a baby in her arms is trying to open the door, but fails. Finding no way, she rushes into her bedroom and there they survive  the earthquake. ?

In a factory building, as the workshop floor swings under the terrible shaking, workers run for safety. Some hide(隐藏) under the machines and  survive , but others who try to run outside are killed by the falling ceilings.?

These scenes, played by actors and actresses, are from a film of science education 《Making a Split Second Decision》  shown in 1998 on China Central TV in memory of Tangshan Earthquake.

By studying actual cases in the earthquake areas and scientific experiments, experts(专家)find that buildings remain untouched for the first 12 seconds of an earthquake.?

In this short time, one has the best chance of  surviving an earthquake by staying near the inside walls, in bedrooms and under beds, experts concluded in the film. “Earthquakes seem to catch the lives of those who run,” said many survivors in the earthquake areas, describing how their friends were killed on the doorways or along the stair steps as they tried to get out of the building.?

Their advice was proved in the film, “Take a hiding-place where you are rather than run, unless you are sure you can reach a safe open place in ten seconds.”?

1.The word “survive” appears in the passage several times. It probably means   in Chinese.

A．遇难

B．幸存

C．恐惧

D．摇晃 ?

2.The workers who tried to run outside the building died because      .?

A．the factory building was shaking terribly?

B．they were making a film?

C．they didn’t have enough time to run outside?

D．they were too nervous

3.The passage suggests that you should      when an earthquake happens.?

A．cry for help?

B．not move and lie on the floor at once?

C．run down the steps as fast as you can?

D．find a safe place and hide in at once or run out in ten seconds

4.Where can we probably find this passage??

A．In a magazine.

B．In an advertisement.

C．In a history book.

D．In a poster. ?

 

What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape（逃跑）? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the following passage.

Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save yourself. It is important to know the ways you can use and to show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways (楼梯) and fire escapes, but not lifts.

From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is possible, learn the best way of leaving through windows with the least chance of serious injury (伤害).

The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average person, hanging by the finger-tips (手指尖) will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.

Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed. Or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may have leaked (泄露) into the room.

On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those which open onto a roof (屋顶). From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement (水泥) might end in injury. Bushes and grass can help to break a fall.

1.It is important to ____________________.

A. know the ways to escape a fire      

B. put out a fire in a burning house

C. jump out of a burning house           

D. keep the door closed

2.It is possible to escape through the windows ___________________.

A. if you are strong enough                         

B. if there are some bushes on the ground

C. if you live on a lower floor                         

D. if you have a long rope

3.Keep your head low at the window so that ___________ if the building is on fire.

A. you can get fresh air                   B. you can call for help

C. you can easily jump off                  D. you can be seen first

4.The best title for the passage is _____________.

A. Escaping as fast as possible              

B. Saving Yourself from a Burning House

C. Knowledge on Fire                       

D. Waiting for Help

 

单词拼写

1. The Great Wall is one of the ________ (奇迹) of the world.

2.Suddenly, the clouds ________ (散开) and the rain stopped.

3. The ________ (高度) of the building is 10 metres.

4. For my homework I have to write a ________ (作文) about the Great Wall.

5. I don’t think this building is ________ (古老的) than that one.

6. I’ll do some ________ (评论) about our favourite bands.

7. The sun ________ (升起) in the east every day.

8. ________ (自然的) means something is not made by people.

9. The village ________ (消失) into the distance as I drove far away.

10. He stood on the ________ (边缘) of the canyon and looked down.

 

The building is so old that it should be ______ at once .

   A. sold out          B. broken down    C. pulled down