Sophia Wu, 25, is a young Chinese woman who does business with her family in Santiago, Chile (智利). On February 27, she experienced a night that she will never forget.
"I was asleep and was woken up by powerful shaking at around 3:30 in the morning. My whole room was moving and I couldn't stand still. I wanted to run downstairs and go outside, but suddenly the wall got broken and the lights in the room went out. The room became so shaky that I couldn't move at all."
That night an 8.8-magnitude (震级) earthquake hit Chile. Buildings and bridges fell down. Electricity (电) and water services shut down. The Chilean Red Cross reported that about 500,000 homes were destroyed and more than 800 people died.
The earthquake has been the fifth strongest since 1900. More than 90 aftershocks (余震) followed the earthquake. A tsunami (海啸) was set off in the Pacific Ocean by the earthquake.
Scientists say that there are about 500,000 earthquakes in the world each year. Of these, only 20% are felt, and 100 of them cause damage.
So far, scientists haven't found a way to predict earthquakes. But you can learn to protect yourself during an earthquake. The most important thing to remember is to drop, cover and hold on. So remember to drop to the floor, get under something for cover and hold onto something strong during the shaking.
根据短文内容,选择最佳选项。 What happened to Sophia Wu on February 27?
A.Her house was burned in a fire. |
B.She dreamed a terrible dream. |
C.Her family died in a terrible accident. |
D.A serious earthquake hit the city she was in. |
Which is the correct order (顺序)?
a. Wu got up and found her whole room was moving.
b. Wu wanted to run downstairs and go out.
c. The wall got broken and the lights went out.
d. Wu was woken up by shaking.
A.a-b-c-d | B.d-a-b-c |
C.d-b-a-c | D.c-a-b-d |
Which is TRUE about the Chile Earthquake?
A.It had no aftershocks. |
B.It destroyed five million homes. |
C.It caused a tsunami in the Pacific Ocean. |
D.It has been the fourth strongest earthquake since 1900. |
From the passage, we know that about of the earthquakes cause damage every year.
A.20% | B.10% | C.1% | D.0.02% |
How should we protect ourselves during an earthquake?
A.We should run outside as quickly as possible. |
B.We should drop, cover and hold on. |
C.We should shout loudly for help. |
D.We should call 120 quickly. |
Tom and Mike were good friends. Sometimes they were kind to each other, sometimes they were not. But all of their classmates said they were like brothers.
One day they went out for a walk together. At noon they were very hungry and they went into a restaurant to have lunch. The waiter came up to them and asked,"What can I do for you?"
"Please bring us two apples first.” said Tom.
When the waiter put two apples on the table, Mike took the bigger one at once. Tom got angry,
“You are impolite,Mike. Why don’t you take the smaller one?" Tom said.
“But I am right.”said Mike with a smile,“if I let you take first, which one will you choose?"
“Of course I’11 take the smaller one. "said Tom.
“Yes.”Mike said,“If you take the smaller one,the bigger one will still be mine. Don’t you think so?"
“Oh!"Tom couldn’t answer. Tom and Mike were______
A.always kind to each other | B.sometimes kind to each other |
C.dear brothers | D.friends of different school |
Mike thought only about______ when they were having lunch.
A.himself | B.Tom |
C.his parents | D.his friends |
The waiter gave them_______
A.two eggs | B.two apples |
C.three oranges | D.some milk |
Tom took the_______ apple.
A.better | B.bigger |
C.smaller | D.worse |
Who took the apple first? ______
A.Mike | B.Tom |
C.Both Tom and Mike | D.The waiter |
The seahorse is a very strange fish. Do you know what its head looks like? It looks like a horse. Of course it is not as big as a horse. You can pick it up with one hand. It swims with its head up and tail down.
This strange looking fish often remains still. It will hang on to a bit of weed (海草)with its tail. Then when a small fish swims by, the seahorse will suddenly jump and eat it up.
Mother seahorse lays eggs(产卵).These eggs are kept in Father's pouch(育儿袋).When the eggs hatch, the babies pop out of the pouch into the sea.The seahorse is ______.
A.a small horse | B.a fish |
C.an egg | D.a sea |
The seahorse swims with ______.
its tail up high B. its head down
C. its tail down D. its nose downBaby seahorses are ______.
A.hatched from eggs | B.born in mother's pouch |
C.born in father's pouch | D.hatched from horses |
A seahorse eats ______.
A.sea weed | B.small fish |
C.water | D.nothing |
A seahorse is ______.
A.bigger than a horse | B.the same size as a horse |
C.as big as a horse | D.much smaller than a horse |
A young man asked Albert Einstein(爱因斯坦),the great German(德国) scientist, what the secret of success(成功) is. The Scientist told him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days later the young man asked the same question again. Einstein was very unhappy. He didn’t say anything, but wrote a few words on a piece of paper and handed it to the young man. The young man looked at the piece of paper. On it was written: A=X+Y+Z.
“What does this mean?” asked the young man.
“A means success,” explained the old scientist, “X stands for hard work, Y---for good
methods(方法), and Z… Z means stopping talking and getting down to work.”
根据短文内容判断正(T)误(F) Einstein was an Englishman.
The young man asked Einstein the same question three times.
Einstein was unhappy because the young man asked him the same question again.
“A=X+Y+Z” means “成功=勤奋+方法+实干“.
“A=X+Y+Z” is the secret of success.
Tom likes fish very much. He often buys some fish in the shop and takes it home. But when his wife sees the fish, she says to herself, “Good! I can ask my friends to have lunch, and we can eat the fish. They like fish very much.”
So when Tom comes home in the evening, the fish is not there and his wife always says, “Oh, your cat eats it”. And she gives Tom some bread for his supper. Tom is very angry. He takes the cat and his wife to the shop near his house and weigh称重) the cat.
Then he turns to his wife and sa ys, “My fish weighs one kilo. This cat weighs one, too. My fish is here, you see, then where is my cat?”
阅读短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项
Tomlikes_________verymuch.
A.cat | B.hiswife |
C.fish | D.Hisfriends |
WhatdoesMrsTomdowiththefish?
A.SheeatsthefishbeforeTomcomesback. |
B.Sheasksherfriendstocometoeatthefishwithher. |
C.Sheputsthefishinthefridge(冰箱)andwaitsforherhusband. |
D.ShecooksthefishforTom. |
MrTomweighs_______intheshopwithhiswife.
A.thefish | B.thecat |
C.hiswife | D.hisfriend |
HowmuchfishdoesTomoftenbuy?
A.onekilo | B.twokilos |
C.threekilos | D.fourkilos |
Whoeatsthefish?
A.MrTom | B.MrsTom |
C.Thecat | D.MrsTom’sfriends |
It’s Sunday morning. My family are all at home. My father is sitting near the window. He’s reading newspapers. He wants to know what h appens all over the world. My mother is watering the flowers in the small garden. My brother is a worker. He’s watching TV. He’s a basketball fanAnd he is good at p laying basketball. Now he is watching NBA on TV. Where are my twin
sisters? Oh, look! Lily is listening to music. She likes popular music very much. Lucy is surfing the Internet in her room. She often writes emails to her friends. What am I doing? I am doing my homework .
阅读短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项
Thereare________peopleinthefamily.
A.five | B.six |
C.seven | D.eight |
Whatisthefatherdoing?
A.He’splayingbasketball. | B.He’slisteningtomusic. |
C.He’ssurfingtheInternet. | D.He’sreadingnewspapers. |
Thebrotheris________.
A.watchingWNBAnow | B.goodatplayingbaseball |
C.watchingafootballmatch | D.abasketballfan |
Whatarethetwinsistersdoing?
A.LucyissurfingtheInternetandLilyislisteningtotheradio. |
B.LilyissurfingtheInternetandLucyislisteningtomusic. |
C.LucyissurfingtheInternetandLilyislisteningtomusic. |
D.LucyissurfingtheInternetandLilyisdoingmyhomework.. |
WhichofthefollowingisNOTright?
A.Themotheriswateringtheflowersinthegarden. |
B.Thebrotherisgoodatplayingbaseball. |
C.Thewriterisdoinghishomework. |
D.Lucyoftenwritesemailstoherfriends. |