“Is she still alive? Where is she? I want to see her at once!”

    Jiang Dejia，a Junior 2 student in Shifang Yinghua Middle School in Deyang，said this when she was rescued from the rubble(瓦砾) of a school building hit by the May 12 earthquake．

    “She” is a Jmlior 3 girl from the same school，called Liao Li，who was also buried in the rubble．

    Jiang and Liao didn’t know each other before the earthquake．But they encouraged each other to keep going during the two scary days．

    Later Liao was rescued too．

    “We were on the edge of death but friendship got us through．I’ll never forget it as long as I live．”said Jiang．

    Hundreds of thousands of students like Jiang and Liao were in the same situation on May l2．On that day，the biggest earthquake in China for more than 30 years hit Wenehuan，Sichuan．Several thousand middle school students and teachers ended up buried．Buildings went down and cities were leveled(夷平)．

    As from Friday the earthquake has killed about 23，000 people across the country．The number is very likely to grow．

    While people in those areas are facing death and disease，they know the whole nation is standing firmly behind them．

    Only two hours after the quake．Premier Wen Jiabao got on a plane to Chengdu，the capital of Sichuan Province．Premier Wen has been in the worst—hit areas to lead rescue work．

    Soldiers and policemen were not able to get into Wenchuan at first because of rainy weather and blocked roads．About one day after the quake．the first army group reached the epicenter(震中)on foot．Since then，soldiers have been digging with their fingers to try to find people alive．Helicopters(直升机)have been called in to airdrop food，water and medicine for people in the quake-hit areas．Medical teams have been sent in．People are racing against time to save lives．

    People outside of Sichuan．including overseas Chinese and people in other countries，are offering money，blood and materials(物资) to help．

1．The underlined word “rescued” here means “_________”．

    A．cared    B．found                  C．saved              D．called

2．What made Jiang and Liao live through the two scary days?

    A．Food．         B．Friendship．        C．Water．          D．Medicine．

3．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

    A．Jiang and Liao were rescued at the same time．

    B．Several hundred students were buried in the quake．

    C．It took Premier Wen Jiabao two hours to get to Chengdu．

    D．About one day after the quake，the soldiers got to the epicentre．

4．Soldiers and policemen were not able to get into Wenchuan at first because _________．

    A．they didn’t know the way to Wenchuan

    B．they walked there with lots of materials

    C．the weather was bad and the roads were badly damaged

    D．it was too far and they didn’t have enough vehicles

5．Where does this passage probably come from?

    A．A newspaper．                         B．A handbook．

    C．An advertisement                  D．A notice．

Here is a story told an American general (将军) who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War. Everybody in the Untied States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in their homes.

Soon after the war, the general returned to Washington. One day he went to a dentist (牙医) and had six teeth pulled out. A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in curiosity shops at $5 each. On each of the teeth there was a label (标签) with the name of the general and words, “Buy these teeth and show them to your friends at home.” The general got angry. He rushed to his office and ordered six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth.

The officers went out and visited every curiosity shop in the capital. They were away from the office all day. In the evening they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought. They had collected 175 teeth.

( ) 1. The general’s teeth were sold in ____.

A. the museum

B. the special shops selling some rare and interesting things

C. the department store

D. the hospital

( ) 2. In the evening, the officers went back with all the teeth which cost _____.

A. $785 B. $1, 050 C. $157 D. $875

( ) 3. The general felt ____ when he heard his teeth were sold.

A. happy B. excited C. sad D. angry

( ) 4. There was the general’s name on the label of each tooth. This shows that _____.

A. the general’s name was known by most of the people in Washington

B. the shop-keeper wanted to have more customers buy the teeth

C. the shop-keeper tried to make the general more popular

D. Both A and C

( ) 5. The general ordered his men to____.

A. look for his teeth and buy all of them

B. arrest the dentist at once

C. make all the shops stop selling teeth

D. buy all the teeth in all the shops

Here is a story told an American general (将军) who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War. Everybody in the Untied States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in their homes.

Soon after the war, the general returned to Washington. One day he went to a dentist (牙医) and had six teeth pulled out. A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in curiosity shops at $5 each. On each of the teeth there was a label (标签) with the name of the general and words, “Buy these teeth and show them to your friends at home.” The general got angry. He rushed to his office and ordered six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth.

The officers went out and visited every curiosity shop in the capital. They were away from the office all day. In the evening they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought. They had collected 175 teeth.

46. The general’s teeth were sold in ____.

A. the museum

B. the special shops selling some rare and interesting things

C. the department store   D. the hospital

 47. In the evening, the officers went back with all the teeth which cost _____.

A. $785   B. $1, 050   C. $157   D. $875

48. The general felt ____ when he heard his teeth were sold.

A. happy   B. excited   C. sad    D. angry

49. There was the general’s name on the label of each tooth. This shows that _____.

A. the general’s name was known by most of the people in Washington

B. the shop-keeper wanted to have more customers buy the teeth

C. the shop-keeper tried to make the general more popular

D. Both A and C

50. The general ordered his men to____.

A. look for his teeth and buy all of them

B. arrest the dentist at once

C. make all the shops stop selling teeth

D. buy all the teeth in all the shops

Mr. Clarke joined the army when he was eighteen. Four years later he came back to his hometown and found work in a post office. He worked hard but he liked drinking and it brought him a lot of trouble. One day he drank too much and lost a mailbag and he was soon sent away. He couldn’t find any work in the town and he had to beg(乞讨) in the street. Now his clothes are dirty and broken and sometimes he’s hungry. 
One morning he was begging at the station. He saw a woman in beautiful clothes come out by the exit. He went close to her and hoped that she gave him some money. The woman had a look at him and hurried to cover her nose with her hand.
“It seems that you have come from the hell（地狱）.” The woman called out.
Mr. Clarke understood she was such a woman who never helped the poor and said, “You’re right, madam. I’m really from the hell.”
“Why not stay there, then?”
“There is no room for the poor people like me.” said Mr. Clarke.  “Only the rich men live there!”

1. 1.

   When he was 22, Mr. Clarke found a job in a _______________.

2. 2.

   Mr. Clarke was sent away because he lost                .

3. 3.

   Sometimes Mr. Clarke is hungry because he has nothing              .

4. 4.

   The woman hurried to             her nose because she thought Mr. Clarke was dirty.

5. 5.

   Mr. Clarke’s words meant that the hell was only for the             like the woman.