完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）先通读短文，掌握-优题课

Earthquakes may take place anywhere on the Earth's surface．（49）　　，they are most probably to happen near mountains．

During an earthquake，the Earth's surface shakes．Houses fall，people are killed or injured，and （50）　　whole cities are destroyed．

But we can do something to protect （51）　　against earthquakes．Scientists have made maps （52）　　the"earthquake belt"．In the belts，earthquakes are likely to happen．In these areas we can build （53）　　houses to resist（抵抗）earthquake shocks．

In the future，scientists will be able to predict exactly （54）　　earthquakes will take place．Then they can tell people to take measures．Thus lives can be saved and damage（损失）can be（55）　　

49．A．But	B．However	C．So	D．And
50．A．sometime	B．sometimes	C．some time	D．some times
51．A．ourselves	B．themselves	C．itself	D．myself
52．A．shown	B．shows	C．showed	D．showing
53．A．large	B．small	C．special	D．empty
54．A．When and where	B．when and what	C．where and what	D．how and why
55．A．doubled	B．lessened	C．increased	D．added．

Ladies and gentlemen，

Thank you for attending the graduation ceremony．First of all，I'd like to congradulate all the students （41）　　are here today．I remember meeting all of you when you （42）　　just starting Grade 7．But today I see a room full （43）　　talented young adults with hope for the future．You （44）　　up so much and I'm so proud fo you．

Although you've worked very hard over the last three years，（45）　　of you did it alone．I hope you'll remember the important people in your （46）　　who helped and supported you﹣﹣﹣﹣your parents，your teachers and your friends．

I'd like to tell all of you，the end of junior school is the （47）　　of a new life．You may have different tasks ahead of you．You'll make mistakes along the way，but the key is to learn from your mistakes and never （48）　　．The future is yours．

Good luck and hope to see you again sometime soon!

41．A．whom	B．which	C．who	D．whose
42．A．were	B．are	C．was	D．is
43．A．for	B．of	C．at	D．to
44．A．grow	B．grew	C．grown	D．have grown
45．A．none	B．both	C．neither	D．all
46．A．schools	B．lives	C．families	D．classes
47．A．end	B．ending	C．beginning	D．begin
48．A．pick up	B．come up	C．put up	D．give up．

Jellyfish and Crocrodiles（水母和鳄鱼）

Hi，my name's Ben．My family，that's Mum，Dad and me，live in Broome in Western Australia．Western Australia is about 80times larger than Italy，but only 1.5million people live there．（46）　　It has a population of about 12，000．It's right on the coast and is known for its famous Cable Beach，which is 20km long．

We live in the town in a house with a large garden．（47）　　We drive to Cable Beach and look for a quiet place to swim or to fish．We don't go swimming from October to March because there may be box jellyfish in the water．The box jellyfish is one of the most dangerous jellyfish．（48）　　If you are attacked by one，the best thing to do is to pour vinegar（醋）over the area of your body where you are hurt．That's why we always take a bottle of vinegar with us．

（49）　　A year ago I went camping in the bush with my friend Bill and his dad．We wanted to do some fishing and set up camp about 20metres from a river．（50）　　Bill's father told us to get up and we quickly got out of the tent adn ran to the car，which was only 10metres away．

Bill's dad started the car and turned on the headlights．In the light，we could see a big crocodile pulling the tent into the river!

A．	In Australia，they kill up to 65people a year．
B．	Broome is a town in the north of Western Australia．
C．	Another dangerous animal in Western Australia is the saltwater crocodile．
D．	At weekends I often go fishing or swimmming with my friends or my parents．
E．	Suddenly，at 3o'clock in the morning，we felt something pulling on our tent．

When Rebecca was a middle school student，she was often bullied（欺凌）．At that time，she didn't want to tell others．However，she now thinks people who are bullied should talk about their（1）　　．

Rebecca says that many people who are bullied（2）　　in silence．She says that although she （3）　　heard a lot about bullying when she was in primary school，she never thought it would happen to her．

Rebecca told us that the bullying began when she went to middle school．People started making fun of her for being a（4）　　student and knowing all the answers．

She went on to say that every time she answered a question correctly in class，everyone would start shouting and saying that she was too（5）　　for them．

She told us that by the end of the year，she was very （6）　　about the bullying and became ill．She began to hate school．But （7）　　she had a friend who could talk to，and they told their head teacher about her problem．She believes that talking to the teacher

（8）　　her a lot．They found ways to deal with the problem，and the bullying finally（9）　　．

Her（10）　　is，don't see yourself as the problem．Nobody should be bullied．But if you don't tell anyone what is going on，nobody will know that you need help．

（1）A．experiences	B．jokes	C．hobbies	D．studies
（2）A．sleep	B．laugh	C．suffer	D．play
（3）A．seldom	B．always	C．never	D．suddenly
（4）A．bad	B．happy	C．silent	D．good
（5）A．clever	B．slow	C．noisy	D．proud
（6）A．pleased	B．worried	C．satisfied	D．amazed
（7）A．usually	B．interestingly	C．luckily	D．strangely
（8）A．surprised	B．controlled	C．excited	D．helped
（9）A．started	B．stopped	C．increased	D．continued
（10）A．problem	B．agreement	C．condition	D．advice

In a far﹣away place，there was a village．The village was（1）　　in potatoes than anywhere else in the country．At the end of every growing season，（2）　　potatoes were dug out of the ground，and readied for market．In each home，men and women would（3）　　divide the potatoes into three groups，large，medium and small．

One year，there was a young man（4）　　received his share of the potatoes．As the other villagers（5）　，he walked around the village laughing and talking．（6）　　villagers thought he was lazy，and they worried that this man would never get（7）　　potatoes ready in time．When it was time for the villagers（8）　　to market，they were greatly surprised to find that the man's potatoes（9）　　perfectly into three groups．

After （10）　　the man how he did it，they understood he was not lazy，（11）　　very clever．He had put all his potatoes in a cart and pulled it along the village's rough dirt road．As the cart moved up and down over the road，the potatoes moved（12）　　．The small potatoes moved to the bottom，the larger potatoes rose to the top and the medium potatoes rested（13）　　the middle．

Life（14）　　like this too．The rough roads we travel along can also（15）　　us．

1．A．rich	B．richer	C．richest	D．more rich
2．A．thousand with	B．thousands with	C．thousand of	D．thousands of
3．A．busily	B．busy	C．more busily	D．busier
4．A．who	B．which	C．what	D．whose
5．A．work	B．was working	C．were working	D．works
6．A．A	B．An	C．The	D．/
7．A．he	B．him	C．himself	D．his
8．A．go	B．going	C．to go	D．went
9．A．are divided	B．were divided	C．are dividing	D．divided
10．A．asking	B．asked	C．ask	D．asks
11．A．so	B．and	C．or	D．but
12．A．too	B．also	C．either	D．neither
13．A．on	B．in	C．with	D．by
14．A．has	B．are	C．were	D．is
15．A．to help	B．help	C．helps	D．helped．