We often hear the saying，“You’ve a greater chance of being struck by lightning than. . . ”It is used to describe something that hasn’t got much chance of happening．However，this common saying undermines(削弱)the very real danger of lightning.

Last Friday，at least five people were killed by lightning in Nepal. Lightning strikes are the second most common cause of deaths among natural disasters in the US.  The first is floods．Around 400 people nationwide are struck by lightning each year，and of those，about 73 people die．More people are killed by lightning than by tornados and hurricanes．

  Because lightning kills only one or two people at a time,  its danger does not receive as much attention as other disasters.

  To raise awareness(意识)of the damage of lightning the US has made June 22~28 National Lightning Safety Week,  it aims to warn the public of the danger of lightning and provide safety tips about what to do during thunderstorms.

“If you can hear thunder(雷)，you are in danger of being struck by lightning，”said Rocky Lopes，a disaster educator at the American Red Cross.

  “Thunder means that lightning is close enough to hit you at any minute,  so you should move indoors immediately and stay there until the storm has ended.  The single most important thing to remember is to find a hiding place，”Lopes said.

   Summer is the time for most lightning storms，so when lightning strikes across the sky，remember these safety tips：stop working，fishing，swimming or playing in an open area.

If you count less than ten seconds between the thunder and the lightning flash,  take cover inside the nearest building．If that is not possible,  follow these instructions．

       Do not stand under a tree.

       Do not use a mobile phone.

      Get off bicycles or motorcycles．

      Crouch(蹲下) down if there is no hiding place．

66.The popular opinion about being struck by lightning is that________ ．

  A. there is a greater chance of being killed by lightning than by any other natural disaster

  B. it is the most dangerous among all the natural disasters

  C. the chance that a person to be struck by lightning is very small

  D. it is impossible for people to be killed by lighting

67. On average，about_______ of people struck by lightning die as a result.

A.18．25％       B. 50％        C. 30％        D. 73％

68. Among all the safety tips，the most important one is that when you are outside and hear thunder you should______ .

A．stand beside your bicycle or motorcycle

B．quickly find a place to hide

C．count ten seconds between the thunder and the lightning

D．don’t use a hair drier

69. During thunderstorms，you should not______.

  A．enter a place to hide                    B. turn off the TV

  C. close your window                      D. use your mobile phone

70. According to the article，what does June 22~28 National Lightning Safety Week refer to?

  A. There is one week free from work.

  B. There are some warnings shown.

  C. The public are provided with safety tips about lightning.

  D. During the week in the US，lightning happens certainly．

The first telegraph cable was laid under the sea between England and France in 1850.Cables are much  1 and heavier than telegraph wires.There are a number of reasons for this:one reason is that the salt water of the sea harms  2  telegraph wires,and so they have to be 3  , another is that,because electricity 4 easily through water,wires have to be 5  to prevent electric signals which are passing through them 6 escaping and getting lost in the sea;a third reason is that cables have to be very strong 7 they will break while they are being 8 along the bottom of the sea from a ship sailing on the surface.

  The 9  cables that men tried to lay  10  England and America broke and were 11 during storms.At last,after nine years of hard work,the two English-speaking nations of Britain and America were 12 in 1866 by the electric telegraph under the sea.

    Later,all the different 13 of the world were joind up by a 14 of cables.It is 15 easy to send a message by cables as it is to 16 an ordinary telegram,and it takes no longer for a message to 17 half way round the world than from one town to the 18 .Every hour of the day and night 19 are being flashed under the ocean to and20 every country in the world.

1. A.thicker        B.better      C.longer       D.larger

2. A.ordinary       B.special     C.plain        D.simple

3. A.raised         B.fixed       C.protected    D.repaired

4. A.comes          B.passes      C.escapes      D.sends

5. A.hid            B.circled     C.covered      D.dressed

6. A.from           B.through     C.by           D.into

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

8. A.lined          B.pulled      C.laid         D.covered

9. A.best           B.most        C.first        D.thickest

10. A.between        B.around      C.beside       D. among

11. A.cast           B.thrown      C.drawn        D.lost

12. A.fixed          B.joined      C.met          D.mixed

13. A.cities         B.countries   C.parts        D.peoples

14. A.set            B.packet      C.sort         D.network

15. A.very          B.so           C.as            D.not

16. A.make          B.send         C.use           D.write

17. A.find          B.travel       C.visit         D.meet

18. A.next          B.second       C.last           D.another

19. A.news          B.pictures     C.messages       D.telegrams

20．A.out           B.in           C.from           D.off

My grandmother was an iron?willed woman, the feared head of the family.

When I was five years old, she invited some friends to her apartment for a party. __1_ the guests was a neighborhood big shot (大亨) who was doing well __2__. His wife was proud of their social status. They had a little girl about my age who was spoiled and very much __3__ to getting her own way.

At one point during the party, I __4__ my way to the bathroom and closed the door behind me. A minute or two later, the little girl _5__ the bathroom door and proudly walked in. I was still sitting down. “Don't you know that little girls aren't __6__ to come into the bathroom when a little boy is using it！？” I shouted. My __7__ shocked the little girl. Then she started to cry. She tearfully __8__ to her parents and my grandmother. Grandmother was waiting for me when I left the bathroom. I received the longest, sharpest __9__. After her scolding was over and I had been dismissed, the party __10__.

Twenty minutes later, all that changed. Grandmother walked by the bathroom and noticed a flood of water __11__ out from under the door. She 12__ the bathroom door and saw that the sink and tub were plugged up and that the _13__ were going at full blast (拧到最大). Everyone knew who did it. The guests quickly formed a __14_ wall around me, but grandmother was __15__ angry that she almost got to me anyway.

My grandfather took me __16__ to the window. He was a kind and gentle man, full of wisdom and patience. __17 did he raise his voice to anyone, and never did he __18__ his wife. He looked at me with much curiosity, __19__ angry or upset.

“Tell me，” he asked, “why did you do it？”

“Well, she yelled at me __20__，” I said earnestly. “Now she's got something to yell about.”

Grandfather didn't speak right away. He just sat there, looking at me and smiling. “Eric，” he said at last, “you are my revenge (报复)．”

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