It is said that there are millions of camels in India and _______ of them is growing.

A. the number　 B. a great number　 C. a lot　　 D. a good many

Thursday, December 30, 2004 (New Delhi):

The international aid agency, Red Cross has warned that the toll（某事造成的損失） in the tsunami（海嘨） disaster could go up to 1,00,000．

The official figures of those confirmed（被證實的） dead is 80,000．Of these Indonesia accounts for the most at 45,268, followed by Sri Lanka with the toll at 22,493．

As many as 6,974 people have been killed in India, with 1,829 dead in Thailand, 100 in Somalia, 90 in Myanmar, 67 in Maldives, 65 in Malaysia, 10 in Tanzania, three in Seychelles, two in Bangladesh and one person killed in Kenya．

Rising figures

According to unofficial estimates, the death toll（死亡人數(shù)）could be over 10,000 in India．

The hardest hit has been the Andaman and Nicobar islands, with over 3,000 dead．

Though the official government figure for Car Nicobar is 124, that number could go up dramatically with thousands more still missing．

In Tamil Nadu, according to official estimates, over 6000 are dead, with 3500 in Nagapattinam alone．

1．According to the news, the second largest number of those confirmed death is in ___ ．

A．Indonesia　 　　　 B．Malaysia 　　 C．Sri Lanka 　 D．Thailand

2．In this report, there are ____ countries suffering from this tsunami disaster．

A．ten 　　　　　　 B．eleven 　　　　 C．twelve 　　　　 D．eight

3．Which of the following about the news is true?

A．According to the official estimates, over 10,000 people died in this tsunami in India．

B．According to the unofficial estimates, 100 people died in this tsunami in Somalia．

C．According to the official estimates, 100,000 people died in this tsunami．

D．According to the news, the death toll could go up in this tsunami．

Do you enjoy listening to records? I find records are often ____ or better than an actual performance. 
A. as good as     B. as good     C. good     D. good as 

___________ on the small island, the tower has been seriously damaged by the sea water?
A. Being lain      B. Lain      C. Being located       D. Located

It is the last time _______ I can play tennis with you.

A. when　 B. that　 C. which　 D. in which

He claimed　　 in the supermarket when he was doing shopping yesteday.

A、being badly treated　　 B、treating badly　　

C、to be treated badly　　 D、to have been treated badly

School children must be taught how to deal with dangerous ____.

A. states　 B. conditions　　 C. situations D. positions

——Did you reach the top of the mountain?

—— Yes. Even I myself didn’t believe I could make_____.

   A. that   B. it   C. myself  D. them

The cloth _______ easily if ______ on a table.

　 A. measures; spreading　　　　　　　　　 B. measures; spread

　 C. will be measured; spreaded　　　　　　 D. is measured; spreaded