As a businessman he was a success, but as a husband he was _____ failure, so their marriage ended in ______ failure.

A. /; /         B. /; a               C. a; a         D. a; /

---Would you like to have supper with me?

--- Yes, _________ .　　　

A. I'd like　 B. I'd like going　 C. I'd like to do　　 D. I'd like to

目前，F(xiàn)lood（洪災） 成為全球的一種自然災害，請根據下列提示用英文寫一篇文章。內容要點如下：1.洪災形成的原因；2.洪災的危害；3.個人的看法

注意：1. 短文標題已寫好, 不計入總字數;

      2. 字數：100左右。

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In average,there are 800 tornado in US each year,caused about 80 deaths but 1500 injuries.The worse tornado of all time occurred on 1925,affected three US states:Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.By the time its ended,more than 700 people had killed and 2,700 had been injured

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66.His ______(收入)is higher than his wife’s.

67.The government should try many ways to reduce______( 貧窮 ) .

68.The earthquake was over,making a lot of inhabitants______( 無家可歸的 ) .

69.______( 幸運地) ,the student has achieved his goal.

70.The worker has ______( 經歷 )many disasters.

71.There is much ______( 家具 )in the room.

72.Yesterday the tornado _____( 襲擊)the USA.

73.The earthquake______( 發(fā)生 )in Sichuan Province last month

74.Sandstorms have been a ______( 主要的) disaster.

75.The ______(污染 )is not serious in Yanchang County.

根據短文內容，從下框的A~F選項中選出能概括每一段主題的最佳選項。選項中有一項為多余項。

A、Pay Attention to the Organization of an Article.

B、 Check Your Understanding.

C、 Lightning Speed Exercise

D、Set Aside Time Each Day.

E、 Check Your Progress through Pacing

F、 Speed up When Necessary.

  Most of us can find 15 minutes or half an hour each day for some specific regular activity. For example, one famous surgeon always made it a rule to spend at least 15 minutes on general reading before he went to sleep each day. Whether he went to bed at 10 p.m. or 2:30 a.m. made no difference.

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Nearly all ‘speed reading’ courses have a ‘pacing’ element---some timing device which lets the students know how many words a minutes he is reading. You can do this simply by looking at your watch every 5 or 10 minutes and noting down the page number you have reached.

Obviously there is little point in increasing your reading speed if you do not understand what you are reading. If you find you have lost the thread of the story, or you can’t remember clearly the details of what was said, re-read the section or chapter.

Take four or five pages of an interesting book you happen to be reading at the time. Read them as fast as you possibly can. Do not bother about whether you understand or not. After a ‘lightning speed’ of reading, you will usually find that your ‘normal’ speed has increased.

Most paragraphs in an article have a ‘topic sentence’ which expresses the central ideas. The opening paragraph often suggests the general direction and content of the piece, while paragraphs that follow expand or support the first. The closing paragraph often summarizes the very essence(實質) of what has been said.

When people want to know about the wcather, they usually go to there radios, TVs, pewspapers, or to the Internet. However, you can also find many weather signs among wildlife, because of their highly developed senses. Drops in air pressure（壓力） produce an effect on small animals in many ways. Mice and deer are good weather indicators. People who spend a lot of time outdoors have observed that, before a storm, field mice come out of their holes and run around, Deer leave high ground and come down from the mountains.

Birds are especially good weather indicators because they also show the effect of a prcssure drop in many ways. For example, some birds become irritable（急躁的）and qusrrelsome and will fight over a picce of bread. Other birds chirp（嘰嘰喳喳）and sing just before a storm. It seems they know they won’t get snother chance for an bour on two. Birds also seek safe placcs before a storm, You will sometimes see birds settling in trees or gathering together on a wire close to a building. Pre-storm low pressure makes the are so thin that birds have difficulty flying.

It is unusual to see many birds flying overhead in the summertime, rather than during the periods in the spring or autumn. Watch for other weather signs if you see this. If they fly in the wrong direction,they may be flying abead of a storm.

By paying closer attention to some important signs in nature, we can become better prepared for any kind of weather.

57．The word“indicators”in paragraph I probably means        .

A．maps                B．services                  C．signs               D．stations

58．There will be a storm if birds           .

A．make more noise than usual            B．fly in different directions

C．come down from tall trees                     D．share a piece of bread

59．How can birds sense the coming of a storm?

A．By feeling a drop in air temperature.

B．By noticing the change of wind directions.

C．By feeling a drop in air pressure.

D．By notieing the movements of other animals.

60．The best title for the text would be          .

A．Signs of a Storm                                  B．Drops in Air Pressure

C．Animals’Sharp Senses                           D．Nature’s Weather Signs

Louis Armstrong had two famour nicknames （綽號）. Some people called him Bagamo. They said his mouth looked like a large bag, Musicians often called him Pops,as a sign of respect for his influence （影響） on the world of music.

Born in 1901 in New Orleans, be grew up poor, but lived among great musicians. Jazz was invented in the city a few years before his birth. Armstrong often said,“Jazz and I grew up together.”

Armstrong showed a great talent （天賦） for music when he was taught to play the cornet （短號） at a boy’s home. In his late teens, Armstrong began to live the life of a musician. He played in parades, clubs, and on the steamboats that traveled on the Mississippi River. At that time, New Orleans was famous for the new music of jazz and was home to many great musicians. Armstrong learned from the older musicians and soon became respected as their cqual.

In 1922 he went to Chicngo. There, the tale of Louis Armstrong begins. From then until the end of his life, Armstrong was celebrated and loved wherevet be went Armstrong had no equal when it came to playing the American popular song.

His cornet playing had a deep humanity （仁愛） and warmth that caused many listeners to say, “Listening to Pops just makes you feel good all over.”He was the father of the jazz style（風格） and also one of the best-known and most admired people in the world. His death, on July 6,1971, was headline news around the world.

53．Armstrong was called Pops because he         .

A．looked like a musieian                     B．was a musician of much influence

C．showed an interest in music            D．traveled to play modern music

54．The third paragraph is developed           .

A．by space                 B．by examples            C．by time            D．by comparison

55．Which statement about Armstrong is true?

A．His tale begins in New Orleans.

B．He was born before jazz was invented.

C．His music was popular with his listeners.

D．He learned popular music at a boy’s home.

The salmon(大麻哈魚) is a very strange fish.　 It is born in a river.　 But the young salmon takes 2 years to swim down the rivers towards the Pacific Ocean.　 For another 2 years it lives in the sea and becomes full grown.　 Then it returns to the river where it was born.

　　A grown-up　 salmon weighs about 25 pounds and is nearly three feet long.　 The female salmon will not lay the eggs(產卵) in the Pacific Ocean.　 When it is almost time to lay them, both male and female salmon begin a great journey. 　Each salmon is heading for the river where it was born.　 A salmon may be a thousand miles from where its life began, yet it is able to return to that place.

　　As the salmon swim, larger fish attack(襲擊) them.　 The salmon are food for some other fish.　Some are caught by fishermen.　 The salmon that are left keep swimming.

　　After they enter the rivers, they head upstream(向上游).　 If rocks and waterfalls(瀑布) are in their way, the salmon leap(跳) over them.　 A salmon can leap up a fall as high as ten feet.　 It leaps by swimming at full speed under water, then rising to the surface.　 Almost the whole body of a salmon is made of muscle(肌肉).　 It is these powerful muscles that make the salmon fit for fast swimming, turning quickly, and leaping high out of the water.

　　Some reach their river in summer, others in the early autumn.　 They have come hundreds, even thousands of miles and it has taken them weeks and months.

　　 49. The young salmon was born _____ and grows up _____.

　　  A. in a river...in the river　  B. in a river...in the sea

　　  C. in a sea...in the sea　  D. in a sea...in the river

　　50. _____, both male and female salmon will return to where they were born.

　　  A. When it is almost time for a female salmon to lay eggs

　　  B. After the female salmon has laid the eggs

　　  C. When they weigh 25 pounds and are nearly three feet long

　　  D. After they have lived in the Pacific Ocean for 4 years

　　51. On their way back to the birth place, _____ salmon are eaten by larger fish and _____ caught by fishermen.

　　  A. most...the others　  B. some...the others

　　  C. most...the rest  D. some...others

　The earth moves round the sun, and the moon moves round the earth. When our part (部分) of the earth turns to the sun, it is day. When our part of the earth turns away from the sun, it is night.

　　The sun is much bigger than the moon. But sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because it's much nearer to the earth.

　　The sun is very bright. It gives a very strong light. The moon looks quite bright, too. But it doesn't give any light at all.

　　The moon looks much bigger and brighter than the stars. But in fact the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon because they're much farther away from us.

　46. ________ moves round __________.

　　  A. The earth, the moon　　　　  B. The moon, the earth

　　  C. The moon, the stars　　　　  D. The sun, the earth