On 26th January, the biggest earthquake (地震) in India took the lives of 25, 000 people. In the morning, when everybody was enjoying holiday, earthquake began. It was about 7. 5 on the Ritcher scale. "There is nothing left between the sky and the earth any more. Everything has been pulled down, " said one of the villagers alive. "There is no water, no food and no one has come to help. "
Nobody died in Pakistan, a country next to India. The City of Lahore was lucky. In Lahore American School, where I was studying, all of the students were safe. They were on the field, so most children didn't feel anything. The earthquake was felt by the teachers that were on the second floor. However, though Mrs Young was also on the second floor, she didn't feel anything. She didn't know what happened until a teacher told her about it. Those teachers who were on the other floors had different feelings. Mr Emond, the maths teacher from Australia, said that when the earthquake started he thought there was something wrong with him, but then another teacher said that it was an earthquake. After those words Mr Emond felt better. Mrs Davis and Mr Frost didn't feel anything either.
My mother didn't feel anything. She didn't even know that it was an earthquake till she saw a shaking (moving from side to side) light. My dad saw the computer shaking and then he looked out of the window and saw many people going out.
【小题1】People use "Ritcher scale" to tell     .

完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Monday morning is an important time at our school. All of the students go to the playground. We listen to music, and we  1 the national flag go up.
　 Usually, one student gives a talk on Monday mornings. One Monday last year, a boy gave the talk. He was   2 and excited! When I saw him, I wanted to have a try, too.
　 Can I really do it?
　 Last week, our teacher said our class should give the talk. My teacher   3 me, “I know you want to have a try. Next Monday morning, I want you to give the talk. Go and write something down.  4 for it, I’m sure you’ll do well.”
“Thank you.” I answered. It was such a great  5 for me! When I got home, I was excited. I wrote two pages for the talk. I read them again and again. When I read, I asked my parents  6 . I wanted to make my teacher happy.
Finally Monday morning came. I began to feel  7 .
When did I last give a talk to  8 many people? Never! This was my first time. Could I really  9 it? Maybe I couldn’t finish the talk.
When I got to school, we all went out to the playground. I  10 in front of everyone. I opened my mouth, but I couldn’t say anything.
“Take it easy,” I said to  11 . “Don’t be nervous. You can do it.”
Just then, I looked down at everyone. I saw about 1,000 eyes. They were all looking at me ! I couldn’t  12  stand up.
I took a look at their eyes more carefully. Their eyes seemed to say, “You can do it! Come on!   13 afraid, just talk!”
I took a big breath. Then I began to talk. It wasn’t hard. It was easy.
I don’t know 14 I finished my talk, but I tried my best to do it. I felt so good that day. I showed myself  15 everyone what I can do.

1.All of the students were excited about Yao Ming’s __________ (到达)

2. __________with the top student, that boy is very lazy and isn’t hard-working. (比较)

3.__________couldn’t survive without water or air. (人类)

4. Wentworth Miller became famous __________after Prison Break.(立即)

It’s a fine Sunday morning. There are many children near the river. They are students of No.4 Middle School. They are students of Grade Seven. There’re two teachers with them. All of the students are Young Pioneers(少先队员). They are having their Young Pioneers’ Day.

They are not playing games now. They are working. They are planting(种植) trees and flowers. Some of the girls are carrying water for new trees. The teachers are helping them. They are all working hard. Good work, Young Pioneers!

阅读短文，判断正误(正确的用T，错误的用F)

1.It’s a fine Saturday morning.

2.Some workers are helping them plant trees.

3.Today is Young Pioneers’ Day.

4.There’re two teachers of Grade Seven.

5.They are carrying water now and working hard.

Mr. Brown is a teacher. He is from New York, America. He would like（想）to work in China because he likes our country. He thinks Chinese people are very friendly and he likes to live in China. He is happy to work in our school. He likes the school life here. He teaches English. There are 50 students in his class. Mr. Brown is kind. He and his students are good friends, too.

Now some of Mr. Brown’s students play sports on the playground（操场）. Bill and Mike play tennis. Tom and John play ping-pong. The other students play basketball. Mr. Brown is happy to play basketball with them. They have a good time.

阅读上面的短文，根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。

1.Where is Mr. Brown from?

A．England.          B．China.            C．America.          D．Australia.

2.What is Mr. Brown’s job（工作）in China?

A．A Chinese teacher.                      B．A history teacher.

C．A math teacher.                         D．An English teacher.

3.What does Mike do on the playground now?

A．He has a class.                          B．He plays basketball.

C．He plays tennis with Bill.                  D．He plays games with Mr. Brown.

4.What does Mr. Brown think of（认为）Chinese people?

A．Friendly.          B．Beautiful.          C．Interesting.        D．Fun.

5.Which one is NOT right?

A．All of the students play on the playground.

B．Mr. Brown plays basketball with his students.

C．Tom plays ping-pong with John.

D．The students on the playground have a nice time.