On August 26, 1999, New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets to  1  and the underground system almost came to a stop.

    Unluckily this happened during the  2   rush hour. Many people who were going to work were  3 to go home. Some tried their best to   4   a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others   5   the storm bravely, walking miles to get to work.

    I happened to be one of the people on the way to work that morning. I went from underground line to underground line only to find that most  6  had stopped. After making my way through crowds of people, I finally found an underground line that was   7 . Unluckily, there were so many people waiting to   8 the underground that I could not even get down the stairs to the   9 . So I took the train going in the  10   direction, and then turned back to the downtown(市中心）train. Finally, after what seemed like forever, the train   11   my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was   12   through, tired and discouraged.

     My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm，I was ready to go home. I was going to  13 off my computer when I received an e-mail from Garth, my Director:

I would like to thank all of you who made the  14  and finally came to work. It is always reassuring (令人欣慰的), at times like these, when workers so clearly show their attention and devotion to their   15 Thank you.

1  A. break              B. flood              C. fall                D. crash

2  A. afternoon     B. evening       C. morning           D. night

3  A. made             B. asked          C. invited           D. gathered

4  A. order              B. pay             C. call               D. search

5  A. showed      B. fought            C. broke            D. faced

6  A. practice            B. order           C. process           D. service

7  A. working            B. acting             C. turning             D. rushing

8  A. check             B. get on          C. jump into        D. find

9  A. street              B. ground           C. floor             D. road

10  A. different          B. opposite         C. changed           D. right

11  A. stopped           B. crossed          C. reached            D. parked

12  A. wet              B. hungry           C. angry            D. cold

13  A. pay              B. get                  C. turn            D. put

14  A. rule              B. effort               C. promise          D. model

15  A. computers       B. lives                 C. actions                  D. jobs

An old friend was going to spend a few days with me．He called from the airport to tell me he had arrived．I was not able to  1  the office，but I had prepared for his arrival．After telling him my new  2   address，I told him that I had   3  the key under the doormat(门前的擦鞋鞋垫)．I knew it would be quite late  4  I could get back．He could make  5  at home and eat any food that was in the refrigerator．

    Two hours later he  6  me from the house．At the moment，he said he was listening to some of my  7   after having a nice meal．He had found the  8  and cooked some fish and had also helped himself  9  some juice．He hoped I would   10  him soon．I asked him if he had any difficulty in finding the house．He answered the  1  problem was that he couldn't find the key under the doormat，but  2  ，the living—room window by the apple tree was  3  and he had climbed in through the window．I listened to all this in great  4  ．There are no apple trees outside my windows，but there  5  only one by my neighbor’s house!

1．A．leave               B．close           C．keep               D．lock

2．A．office             B．house           C．work              D．e-mail

3．A．forgot           B．left               C．missed            D．shut

4．A．as                  B．while           C．before             D．if

5．A．him                B．myself          C．me                 D．himself

6．A．visited           B．asked           C．wanted           D．phoned

7．A．books             B．records         C．sound             D．calls

8．A．pan                B．sugar           C．fork               D．food

9．A．by                  B．for               C．at                   D．to

10．A．see               B．agree           C．join                 D．protect

11．A．terrible          B．only              C．most               D．one

12．A．1uckily         B．luck              C．badly              D．bad

13．A．awake          B．open             C．alone              D．tidy

14．A．interest         B．pleasure          C．safety             D．surprise

15．A．is                 B．are               C．was               D．were

根据表格内容从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

1.Which lesson do students have every day?

A．English           B．Math             C．Chinese           D．art

2.What time is their class meeting over?

A．4:40             B．3:50             C．3:45             D．4:10

3.Do they go to school on Saturday?

A．Yes, they do.                           B．No, they don’t.

C．No, they have a short rest.                 D．No, they do.

4.How many P.E. lessons do they have in a week?

A．One.             B．Two.              C．Three            D．Four

5.How many subjects do they have altogether(总共)?

A．15               B．10               C．11               D．12

先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。所填单词必须在答题卡标有题号的横线上完整写出。

Japan is e________ (1) its worst crisis（危机）since World War II. A terrible earthquake a________ (2) northeast Japan on March 11th. It was measured at magnitude 9.0. This is the s________ (3) earthquake in Japan’s recorded history.

The earthquake was f________ (4) by a tsunami. Its wave was up to 10 meters high and s________ (5) away everything in its path, including houses, cars, buildings and trees.

The number of death r________ (6) 6,405 last Friday morning, with 10,259 missing. The number will likely go b________ (7) 10,000 in one state （县）alone. Survivors along northeastern coast were in great n________ (8) of drinking water, electricity and proper food.

Compared with the earthquake, the nuclear leak（核泄漏）had a w________ (9) effect on the people in Japan. An explosion（爆炸）had hit a building at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Station and smoke r________ (10) from the building last Friday. People were told to stay indoors if they lived w________ (11) 18 miles away from it. People were worried if the radioactive material would be blown over the area because of the wind d________ (12). According to the WHO, the radiation risk had no sign of threatening（威胁）anywhere else in Asia at present.

March 22nd , 2011