Earthquakes strike suddenly at any time of the day or night, but there’s no way to tell them. If an earthquake happens, it may ____ many deaths and injuries and great damage. Decide how and where your family will get together if ____ . Choose an out-of-state friend or relative that the family members can ____ after the quake to report where they are and how they are. Know the ____ places in each room: under the ___ tables, desks, or against inside walls. Keep enough food, water and other things, ____ a flashlight, a radio medicines and clothing.
During the earthquake, you should ___ a clear head and never be too nervous to know what to do. Protect your ____ and neck with your arms. If possible, take a book, a pillow or any other things to ____ yourself from falling glass and ruins. If you are ____, you must immediately lie under any strong furniture. If outdoors, move to an open area away form tress, buildings, walls and power poles. If you are in a narrow valley, move to the center of it and look up for falling ____. If you are in a car, move to the side of the road and stop the car. Do not stop near buildings, power lines or on or under bridges. Stay in your car until the shaking stops.
Do not move a badly ___ person unless he is in great danger after the earthquake. Do not use the telephone ___ unless there is a serious injury or fire. Turn on your radio for instructions and news reports. Be prepared for aftershocks. If you want to___ your home, post a message inside your home __ family members where you can be found.
A．affect B．develop C．cause D．bury
A．recover B．separated C．lost D．divided
A．call B．recognize C．go D．help
A．loose B．safe C．dangerous D．wide
A．old B．new C．strong D．weak
A．ignoring B．holding C．including D．carrying
A．make B．protect C．use D．keep
A．hand B．head C．leg D．back
A．let B．prevent C．stop D．protect
A．indoors B．outdoors C．away D．out
A．bricks B．flowers C．stones D．walls
A．wounded B．injured C．harmed D．hurt
A．slowly B．extremely C．actually D．immediately
A．reach B．leave C．take D．pack
A．telling B．speaking C．saying D．talking
One night, Lottie Williams was walking alone through a park in Tulsa. Suddenly she saw a huge high up in the sky. She was surprised at that very moment. She thought she'd just a shooting star. Less than thirty minutes later, that surprise turned to .
"I was walking through the park when I felt a tap on my ." Williams explained. As a result of being , she started to run, thinking a stranger had appeared out of . Then she heard something hit the ground behind her. "The was similar to an empty glass jar, " Williams recalled. " Then I and found it looked like a piece of fabric (织物) , it sounded like metal. " Williams felt that she was just fine.
Excited by her , she took the fallen piece of sky to her local library where she was advised to the National Weather Service, who told her about that had entered the earth ' s atmosphere the night before. After what had happened, Williams took the piece to the University of Tulsa where Dr Winton Cornell it with an electron microscope.
"It had been partly when flying down at high speed. It appeared to be the kind of material used t0 fuel tanks," Williams said. She then sent it to a research center, where they did further analysis the material to be part of the fuel tank of a US spacecraft, the 0f which is to make sure fuel tanks can not be damaged easily. Lottie Williams has become perhaps the only person in history to ever get hit by falling space rubbish.
A．bird B．fireball C．star D．moon
A．drawn B．caught C．photographed D．witnessed
A．fear B．hope C．worry D．excitement
A．once B．ever C．still D．again
A．head B．back C．neck D．shoulder
A．frightened B．annoyed C．disturbed D．ashamed
A．breath B．danger C．anywhere D．nowhere
A．height B．weight C．shape D．strength
A．jumped up B．bent down C．showed off D．turned around
A．but B．80 C．or D．since
A．nervous B．proud C．lucky D．guilty
A．invention B．discovery C．expectation D．prediction
A．join B．start C．run D．consult
A．a rocket B．an alien C．a UFO D．a planet
A．admitting B．explaining C．realizing D．remembering
A．repaired B．studied C．improved D．recovered
A．valued B．settled C．furnished D．melted
A．protect B．fill C．decorate D．examine
A．wishing B．imagining C．confirming D．announcing
A．result B．function C．future D．Source
Every day as I drove through town, I saw a one-legged man going through the dustbins next to McDonalds looking for food. It was only a month Christmas, starting to get cold and I could not help him.
So I bought a brush, loads of bread, cans of fish, and added a blanket and sweatshirts. I made a box up like a present and went this man. I saw him hobbling (蹒跚) away from the dustbins. I pulled over, took the box and to him. I said, “I would like to give you a Christmas present, and there are some food here and some things you might be able to use.”
He sidestepped around me and said, “No, thank you, I just had lunch. I don’t need .”Then he hobbled on down the sidewalk, me standing there in tears. I took the box down to a little shop that gave things out to the and homeless and told them what had happened and asked that they should give the to someone who could use it. The person there told me not to be and they thought my feelings were hurt as I was crying. I told her I was not crying for me but for him because what I had done his dignity(尊严) by treating him like a person in need. I was so .
A few years later I was able to in St. Anthony’s Dining Room in San Francisco. These people had to stand in for up to 6 hours to receive the food they could get. We took one tray of food at a time, and treated them they were in a restaurant ordering a meal they were paying for and when we took our , we would sit down with one of them and talk and our food with someone if we had too much.
From my own experience, I have learned a great lesson. help is sometimes harder than giving it.
A．when B．until C．before D．since
A．thinking about B．sending for C．talking about D．calling for
A．in honor of B．in need of C．in case of D．in search of
A．went up B．called off C．went out D．called down
A．things B．items C．events D．presents
A．something B．nothing C．anything D．everything
A．making B．finding C．keeping D．leaving
A．poor B．rich C．good D．bad
A．box B．shirt C．food D．blanket
A．angry B．upset C．worried D．surprised
A．still B．even C．just D．ever
A．put away B．took away C．put out D．took out
A．ashamed B．desperate C．scared D．disappointed
A．visit B．volunteer C．sponsor D．donate
A．line B．group C．team D．crowd
A．rest B．little C．only D．other
A．even if B．as if C．only if D．if only
A．break B．time C．order D．money
A．share B．exchange C．supply D．enjoy
A．Receiving B．Offering C．Expecting D．Accepting
My dad was a very busy man. After he retired, every morning he’d get up, take a shower, prepare a breakfast, and then draw up his to-do ______ for the day.
In the summer he planted and ______ the garden. In the winter he made sure the pile of logs for the wood-burning stove never got too small. ______ at daylight saving time, he’d make sure to ______ every clock in the house, from the digital one to the old clock he’d ______ Mom on their 15th anniversary. Dad never let a task slip from his ______. Dad took care of everything around our house. If it was on his schedule, it got ______.
Dad passed away in mid-November, 2006. What would we do then? I ______ the clock. It was an hour ahead. Dad never had the ______ to change the time from then on. Both Mom and I ______ to fix every clock except for one — that anniversary clock. It was a ______ — the chimes (钟声) needed to______ perfectly with the numbers on the face of the clock. If not, it would ring out the ______ number of chimes on the hour. We were about to begin our attempt ______ we heard a loud pop and all the lights went out.
My God! I thought. This ______ was already falling apart without Dad. It took the electric company about 40 minutes to come and ______ the lights. We were in no ______ to work on the clock. “Let’s just wait until tomorrow and try again,” I said to Mom.
The next morning the power went out again.______, the electric company responded in half the time it had taken them the night before. With the lights back on we started getting ready for the day. A loud, musical sound ______ the silence. The anniversary chime now has been set to just the right time.
Dad may not be here anymore, I thought, but I should make a ______ for every day.
A．contract B．list C．address D．letter
A．tended B．defended C．visited D．admired
A．Moreover B．Yet C．Even D．Still
A．remove B．paint C．clean D．reset
A．promised B．bought C．told D．reminded
A．idea B．decision C．mind D．feeling
A．done B．known C．hidden D．taken
A．threwaway B．showedoff C．lookedat D．forgotabout
A．hope B．ability C．courage D．chance
A．advised B．hated C．managed D．permitted
A．chall enge B．try C．lesson D．skill
A．run B．match C．prepare D．move
A．right B．same C．wrong D．opposite
A．because B．though C．so D．when
A．place B．country C．world D．time
A．buy B．produce C．repair D．study
A．doubt B．mood C．money D．sense
A．Curiously B．Particularly C．Strangely D．Thankfully
A．opened B．ended C．broke D．mixed
A．noise B．plan C．bid D．choice
In 1982，Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He got into a life boat，but his supplies were ______.His chances of surviving were small. ______ when three fishermen found him 76 days later，he was alive—much ______ than he was when he started，but alive.
His ______ of how he survived is fascinating. His cleverness—how he ______ to catch fish，how he evaporated （蒸发） sea water to ______ fresh water—is very interesting.
But the thing that ______ my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost，and there seemed no ______ in continuing the struggle. He was starved and ______ worn-out. Giving up would have seemed the only possible choice.
When people ______ these kinds of circumstances （境遇），they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going. Many people in ______ desperate circumstances ______ in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on ______ difficulties.
“I tell myself I can ______ it，” wrote Callahan in his book.“Compared to what others have been through，I’m fortunate. I tell myself these things over and over，______ up courage...”
I wrote that down after I read it. It ______ me as something important. And I’ve told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed ______ off or when my problems seemed too terrible. And every time I’ve said it，I have always come back to my ______.
The truth is，our circumstances are only bad compared to something better. But others have been through the much worse，that is，in comparison with ______ others have been through，you’re fortunate. Tell this to yourself over and over again，and it will help you ______ the rough situations with a little more courage.
A．little B．rich C．few D．enough
A．And B．Yet C．Still D．Thus
A．thinner B．stronger C．worse D．healthier
A．attitude B．assumption C．instruction D．account
A．assisted B．tended C．managed D．intended
A．make B．absorb C．select D．replace
A．attacked B．attracted C．caught D．drew
A．need B．taste C．message D．point
A．firmly B．completely C．hardly D．generally
A．deal B．defend C．survive D．observe
A．similarly B．differently C．gradually D．commonly
A．pull B．take C．break D．give
A．for the lack of B．in the face of C．in exchange for D．as a result of
A．handle B．carry C．follow D．inspect
A．rolling B．using C．building D．making
A．defeated B．recommended C．introduced D．struck
A．far B．long C．ever D．even
A．supplies B．senses C．ideas D．influences
A．how B．that C．which D．what
A．get round B．get over C．get through D．get off
My dad was a very busy man. After he retired, every morning he’d get up, take a shower, prepare a breakfast, and then draw up his to-do ______ for the day.
In the summer he planted and ______ the garden. In the winter he made sure the pile of logs for the wood-burning stove never got too small. ______ at daylight saving time, he’d make sure to ______ every clock in the house, from the digital one to the old clock he’d ______ Mom on their 15th anniversary. Dad never let a task slip from his ______. Dad took care of everything around our house. If it was on his schedule, it got ______.
Dad passed away in mid-November, 2006. What would we do then? I ______ the clock. It was an hour ahead. Dad never had the ______ to change the time from then on. Both Mom and I ______ to fix every clock except for one — that anniversary clock. It was a ______ — the chimes (钟声) needed to ______ perfectly with the numbers on the face of the clock. If not, it would ring out the ______ number of chimes on the hour. We were about to begin our attempt ______ we heard a loud pop and all the lights went out.
My God! I thought. This ______ was already falling apart without Dad. It took the electric company about 40 minutes to come and ______ the lights. We were in no ______ to work on the clock. “Let’s just wait until tomorrow and try again,” I said to Mom.
The next morning the power went out again. ______, the electric company responded in half the time it had taken them the night before. With the lights back on we started getting ready for the day. A loud, musical sound ______ the silence. The anniversary chime now has been set to just the right time.
Dad may not be here anymore, I thought, but I should make a ______ for every day.
A．contract B．list C．address D．letter
A．tended B．defended C．visited D．admired
A．Moreover B．Yet C．Even D．Still
A．remove B．paint C．clean D．reset
A．promised B．bought C．told D．reminded
A．idea B．decision C．mind D．feeling
A．done B．known C．hidden D．taken
A．threw away B．showed off C．looked at D．forgot about
A．hope B．ability C．courage D．chance
A．advised B．hated C．managed D．permitted
A．challenge B．try C．lesson D．skill
A．run B．match C．prepare D．move
A．right B．same C．wrong D．opposite
A．because B．though C．so D．when
A．place B．country C．world D．time
A．buy B．produce C．repair D．study
A．doubt B．mood C．money D．sense
A．Curiously B．Particularly C．Strangely D．Thankfully
A．opened B．ended C．broke D．mixed
A．noise B．plan C．bid D．choice