Sophia Wu,25,is a young Chinese woman who lives with her family in Chile. On February 27,2010, she a night that she would never forget.
“I was asleep and was woken up a strong shaking(震动)at around 3:30 in the morning. My whole was shaking and I couldn't stand still(静止). I wanted to run down the stairs to go outside but suddenly the light in the room went out. I couldn't at all.
That night an 8.8-magnitude earthquake happened in Chile. Buildings and bridges fell into pieces. Electricity and water seruices were . The Chilean Red Cross reported that about 500,000 homes were and more than 800 people died.
The earthquake has been the fith since 1900. More than 90 aftershocks(余震)followed the earthquake.
say that there are about 500,000 earthquakes in the world each year. Of these, only 100,000 are felt, and 100 of them cause clamage.
Earthquakes happen the movement of huge rocks that make up the earth. So far, scientists haven't found a way to predict(预测) earthquakes. But you can learn to keep yourself during an earthquake.A.enjoyed B.experienced C.missed
A.by B.for C.at
A.bed B.room C.floor
A.bed B.room C.floor
A.cut off B.turned off C.used up
A.burned B.destroyed C.built
A.smallest B.worst C.strongest
A.Scientists B.Workers C.Drivers
A.in stead of B.because of C.in order to
A.protect B. help C. hide
Lisa has always been overweight. She wanted to lose weight, not just because she wanted to 1 more beautiful and he healthier, but also because it would make life easier. For example, it was 2 for Lisa to find ready-made clothes that would fit. She had to ask a tailor(裁缝) 3 clothes that were large enough. In school, she needed a special chair 4 was bigger and stronger than the other chairs. If she went for a walk, she got tired very quickly. She was also unhappy about the way people treated 5 sometimes. “People look at me and even make fun of me. That’s unfair! It’s true that I’m overweight, but I don’t think people 6 treat me differently because I’m big. I can’t enjoy 7 with my friends because I’m afraid of getting fatter.” Her friends and family never made fun of her. They tried to help her 8 . They wanted her to be happy and healthy. Sometimes when Lisa was feeling sad, she didn’t want to speak to 9 .
But now things 10 quite different. Last month her classmates were preparing for the School 11 Week. Someone advised Lisa to play the lead role of the proud Queen(女王) who was tall and fat. Lisa 12 and practiced a lot.
Soon after the play, Lisa became the star! She did 13 well that everybody remembered the proud Queen. They stood around her and said “ 14 ” to her. She even won the School Best Actress Award for her wonderful performance.
Now Lisa doesn’t worry 15 being fat any more. She believes in the English saying “Every dog has its day.”
A.see B.watch C.notice D.look
A.easy B.difficult C.wrong D.right
A.making B.makes C.make D.to make
A.who B.what C.which D.whose
A.her B.him C.me D.you
A.can B.may C.should D.must
A.having dinner B.to have dinner C.doing sports D.to do sports
A.however B.instead C.though D.either
A.nobody B.someone C.anyone D.everyone
A.was B.is C.were D.are
A.Sports B.Art C.Science D.Environment
A.agreed B.disagreed C.refused D.allowed
A.very B.too C.such D.so
A.with B.about C.in D.for
从每小题A. B. C三个选项中,选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案
Do you need trust (信任) from others? Yes! Everyone needs, 1his or her parents. Parents would like to give you 2space if they trust you. If you want your parents to trust you, you have to show 3through action.
Let your parents 4what’s going on at school and something else. Keep your bedroom door open when you’re back. Don’t be mad when they see what you’re 5on the Internet. Invite your friends 6your house to meet your parents.
When you do 7wrong, it can break trust. It’s easy to find some reasons not to tell your parents what you’ve done wrong. For example, you don’t want them to be 8with you and …The list can go on and on. But if they find the 9, you’ll be in hot water. Broken trust takes long time to recover (恢复), 10you can do things gradually (逐渐地) to help your parents believe in you again. A. really B. finally C. especially
A. many B. more C. most
A. him B. her C. them
A. know B. to know C. knowing
A. looking for B. looking through C. going through
A. on B. to C. from
A. something B. anything C. everything
A. happy B. angry C. pleased
A. truth B. reason C. way
A. or B. and C. but
One afternoon just before Christmas it was cloudy with strong wind. An old man was walking in the street when he saw a little boy 56in front of a beautiful shop window. The old man asked 57 he was crying there. The little boy said that he had lost the 58 dollars given by his mother. When the old man heard this, he put his hand 59 his pocket, took out a small wallet and gave the boy what was inside. The little boy looked at 60 and stopped crying. The old man walked away.
An hour 61 , the old man was going back home by the same route. To his surprise, he saw the same boy at the same place. The boy was standing in the 62 wind. He went up to him and asked if he had really lost his 63 . The little boy said that he had found his ten dollars. He was waiting for him there. He wanted to 64 the ten dollars to him. The old man was so moved that he could say 65 .
A.crying B.speaking C.shouting D.looking
A.what B.where C.how D.why
A.ten B.eight C.six D.five
A.on B.behind C.into D.over
A.me B.it C.you D.her
A.ago B.before C.later D.after
A.shy B.hot C.warm D.cold
A.money B.mother C.book D.wallet
A.borrow B.lend C.return D.keep
A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing
When you sit and watch TV hour after hour, do you ever think of what it may be doing to your health?
More and more children are becoming overweight(超重)and near-sighted ___41_ they spend too much time in front of the TV. Also, they are growing less and less creative(有创造性的)because watching TV doesn’t __42__ any active thought.
Last week, the TV-Turnoff Organization began its ninth TV-Turnoff __43__ in the USA. The Organization encourages people to play games, read books, lie under a tree, talk to family members and friends __44___ watching TV.
American school children __45__, on average(平均), 1000 hours a year watching TV--more time than they spend in school. That’s too much, said the doctors __46__organized this year’s TV-Turnoff Week.
Doctors said that the __47_ children watch television, the more overweight they may become. The food children eat while they watch the television makes this weight __48_ more serious.
To keep mentally and physically healthy, children need to take exercise, talk with friends and family, read, and __49_ the world around them. Could you go a week without television? It might be __50__ for many TV lovers, but why not give it a try?
A.because B.until C.whether D.though
A.find B.need C.lose D.know
A.Day B.Week C.Month D.Year
A.together with B.because of C.lots of D.instead of
A.cost B.spend C.use D.do
A.whom B.whose C.which D.who
A.later B.fewer C.longer D.less
A.problem B.question C.thing D.lesson
A.explore B.invent C.find D.make
A.easy B.happy C.dangerous D.difficult
根据短文内容,从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能正确填入相应空格的最佳答案。
Rosa likes making up(编造) stories. At first she thought it was 41 . But now she didn’t think so.
Rosa’s parents were divorced(离婚). Nine months out of the year, Rosa lived with her mother in an apartment on Anderson Street. But when summer 42 , she went to her father’s farm in Arizona.
The farm was great! rode horses and 43 with some farm work. Her father, however, was so busy that he couldn’t find time to go places with her. When she arrived each summer, her father would meet her at the airport and take her out to eat. And the day she went 44 the city, he would always buy her a present.
45 summer came to a close, Rosa returned to her mother. At school she heard lots of stories her friends told about their family trips. Rosa wished she had a family trip to talk 46 .
Not long after school began, Rosa was looking through travel magazines in the school library. They talked about many exciting 47 , like England and Germany. When Rosa’s friends asked what she had done that summer, she made up something that was 48 . Remembering the travel magazines she had looked at, she told her classmates that she and her father had gone to 49 .
When the class began studying England, Mr. Thomas asked Rosa to 50 them all the things she could remember about her trip to England!
A.joke B.fun C.turn D.game
A.passed B.arrived C.lasted D.changed
A.made B.played C.helped D.did
A.back to B.away C.in D.out of
A.Until B.So far C.Unless D.When
A.to B.about C.with D.from
A.people B.cities C.languages D.places
A.interesting B.true C.long D.same
A.England B.Germany C.farm D.home
A.say B.speak C.tell D.talk