October 21 was a very dark day in Texas.Not only did Hurricane Hanna destroy homes,it caused the largest business damage in Texas’s history.The worst thing is Hanna’s destructive force nearly wiped out most power poles and power lines.According to Center Point Energy,Hurricane Hanna affected 2.15 million customers.Currently, more than 4,000 of them are still in the dark.Crews have worked 16-hour shifts to restore power to residents.

Most of Houston seems to be returning to normal.Schools,restaurants,retail stores and gas stations are open.Smiles are back.But harder-hit places,including Galveston,will take much longer to recover. Hundreds of people are still missing,and coastal towns are a mess.Some ruins from storm have drifted south to other beaches in Texas.Several public schools in Galveston are closed due to water damage.Parents are registering kids in other area schools which are scheduled to begin class on November 13.Many school supplies were destroyed.

Clara Barton Village is an emergency shelter located at Alamo Elementary School in Galveston,Texas.This is where Paula Reed and her family are staying.Believe it or not,Paula Reed and her family consider this hurricane a blessing.When Paula was a girl,she was an orphan,but was taken in by her stepmom,Antonia Flores.Reed lost contact with Flores and had been trying desperately to locate her for the past few years.Before the hurricane,Reed and her family moved away from Galveston to a San Antonio shelter.There,she reunited with Flores after 30 long years! The moment they saw each other, their lives were changed.

1.What’s the most serious damage caused by Hurricane Hanna?

A.Hundreds of people are still missing.

B.A large number of people are homeless.

C.Power facilities are severely destroyed.

D.Factories are closed and many people jobless.

2.It can be inferred that the residents in Houston________.

A.have fully recovered from the disaster

B.were the most unlucky people in the disaster

C.need a long time to bring their life back to normal

D.suffered less from Hanna than people in Galveston

3.Kids in public schools in other areas of Houston will have to stay at home for_______

A.at least one month

B.at least three weeks

C.two weeks at most

D.nearly half a month

4.Paula Reed and her family consider the hurricane a blessing because_______

A.they had nothing lost after Hurricane Hanna

B.they lived a happier life in San Antonio shelter

C.Paula was taken good care of in the shelter

D.Paula reunited with her stepmother after three decades

The Children’s Book-Show Competition is a chance for young readers to be writers.

Reading, it seems, is coming back in fashion, if a survey by the famous National Literacy Trust (the NLT) is true. It shows that the percentage of children who admit enjoying reading has grown for the first time in the past 8 years.

So it’s a good time to launch a competition that includes a shed-load of new books for schools as prizes. The Children’s Book-show Competition, backed by The Independent, is taking to the roads again from the start of next term, with a nation-wide tour of 15 big cities, featuring a line-up of a dozen children’s writers and illustrators(插图画家)aiming to persuade pupils to follow their footsteps.

The competition, launched by the children’s writer and illustrator Jessica Souhami, has two categories: the under-nine’s and nine to 13-year-olds.

Children are asked to choose their favorite fairy or folk tale and set it in an extraordinary place.

Then they are to retell it with the aid of drawings and writings-whether it is set at sea, on a distant planet, in the future or in the past. The closing date for the competition is 30th November.

“Tell your tale in pictures and in words, ”say the organizers of the competition. “It can be in a picture book or comic-book format.”

The winner of each competition will receive a signed copy of a book by each of the 12 authors involved in this year’s tour, plus £150 worth of books for their school. The runners-up will receive a signed copy of Souhami’s new book.

1.What can we know about the Book-show Competition? _____

A. It will be held by the famous NLT.

B. It will be held in different cities.

C. It has never been organized before.

D. Children of all ages will join in it.

2.The underlined word “backed” in Paragraph 3 means_____.

A. started B. promoted

C. supported D. reported

3.What will be offered as a prize to schools? _________

A. Pictures and comic books

B. Books worth £150 in all.

C. Books signed by 12 authors.

D. Jessica Souhami’s new books.

4.The author’s purpose of writing this passage is to ______.

A. encourage young readers to become writers.

B. persuade all children to join in the competition

C. promote children’s books by famous writers.

D. introduce the Children’s Book-Show Competition

Bethany Meilani Hamilton was born on February 8, 1990 Kauai, Hawaii, where she grew up with two older brothers. Hamilton's parents were both surfers and they started teaching Bethany how to surf at a young age, and she learned quickly with the support of her brothers. By age 8, Bethany was winning first place in surfing contests for her age group. Hamilton began competing more seriously at the age of nine, winning several more competitions in her age group.

On October 31, 2003, while surfing with friends near Tunnels Beach, a 14-foot tiger shark attacked her. Bethany said, "My arm was hanging in the water, and it just came and bit me. It kind of pulled me back and forth. But I just held onto my board and then the shark let go." The shark tore off Bethany's left arm just below her shoulder. Hamilton's friends rushed her to the hospital. Bethany made it through several surgeries without infection (感染), and miraculously survived even though she had lost almost 60% of her blood. The doctor said that her athletic training helped her to survive the attack and blood loss.

While she was healing, Bethany thought for a while that she might not surf again. She was concerned that it would be much harder to stand up on the board using only one hand and that her balance would be completely off. But with hard work and determination she returned to surfing. She says, "It's hard for me to describe the joy I felt after I stood up and rode a wave in for the first time after the attack. I was greatly thankful and happy inside. The tiny bit of doubt that would sometimes tell me 'you'll never surf again' was gone in one wave !"

As for fear of another shark attack, Bethany says that sometimes her heart pounds when she sees a shadow (阴影) under the water. But she believes that faith provides hope and a future for those who feel down and defeated in their lives.

Bethany's popularity and hope for the future led her to partner with World Vision to create "Surfing for Children in Crisis". Bethany hopes that her involvement in the campaign will help provide disabled children from around the world with care, support, and hope.

1.Who taught Bethany surfing when she was very young?

A. Her brothers. B. Her parents.

C. Her friend. D. Her doctor.

2.Why does Bethany's heart pound when she sees a shadow under the water?

A. She hopes she can swim down to see the shark.

B. She is afraid another shark might attack her.

C. She is worried she might get out of control.

D. She thinks she can enjoy a bigger wave.

3.From the passage, we know Bethany is a ____________ person.

A. careful B. proud

C. brave D. clever

4. This passage probably comes from a (an) ________.

A. guide B. novel

C. magazine D. advertisement

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Rabbits are easy to raise. The long-eared animals are clean and quiet. They do not need a lot of room. And you do not have to spend a lot of money to feed them.1.One male and two females will produce in a year as many as fifty more rabbits. That is enough to provide a good supply of meat for a family.2.

Rabbit houses are easy to make with wood and wire fencing material. They do not have to be very big. But each rabbit must have its own little room in the house. This is very important. Each room should be about 75 centimeters wide, 60 centimeters high and one meter deep. Fencing is used for the sides and floor of the rabbit house. The holes in the wire fencing should be about one centimeter square. 3.This keeps the rabbit house clean and dry. Rabbits need a lot of fresh air and sunlight. Cover the sides of the rabbit house only to protect it from rain.

4. Feeding containers hung on the outside of the house let the rabbits eat whenever they want. They simply pull the grass and leaves through the holes in the wire fence.

Each room should have fresh water. The water containers should be heavy so the rabbits cannot turn them over. 5.

One month after mating, female rabbits give birth to about eight babies. In two months, a baby rabbit should weigh about two kilograms. This is big enough to make a meal for a small family.

A. Or you can tie the containers to the wire.

B. Rabbit meat is high in protein and low in fat.

C. Rabbits eat mostly grass and leaves.

D. Rabbits are also valuable for their fur.

E. Wastes from the animals will drop through the holes.

F. Many people enjoy keeping rabbits as friendly pets.

G. With rabbits, you get a big return from a small investment.

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Dear Little One,

Recently, your mother and I were searching the Internet. And Google returned a list of the most popular in the world. High at the was “How to keep him interested.” It made me . I scanned several of the countless about how to be sexy, when to bring him a beer, and the ways to make him feel and superior. And I got .

Little One, it is not, has never been, and never will be your to “keep him interested.” Your only task is to know deeply in your soul—that you are of interest.

you can trust your worth in this way, you will be attractive in the most important sense of the word: You will a boy who is both capable of interest and who wants to his one life putting all his interest in you.

I want to tell you about the boy who doesn’t to be kept interested, he knows you are interesting.

I don’t if he can’t play a bit of golf with me—as long as he can play with your children and you. I don't care if he puts his elbows on the dinner table -- as long as he his eyes on your smile. I couldn’t care how he votes—as long as everyday he treats you with great .and elects you to a place of in your home.

In the end, Little One, if you a man like that, and he and I have else in common, we will have the most important thing in common: you.

Your eternally interested guy,

Daddy

1.A. writers B. searches C. idioms D. notes

2.A. table B. bottom C. top D. site

3.A. upset B. bored C. delighted D. comfortable

4.A. newspapers B. copies C. pictures D. articles

5.A. foolish B. ugly C. smart D. homeless

6.A. angry B. excited C. happy D. cool

7.A. deal B. job C. study D. position

8.A. proud B. informed C. worthy D. warned

9.A. If B. Though C. Whether D. Unless

10.A. stop B. attract C. hug D. miss

11.A. cost B. take C. spare D. spend

12.A. need B. wish C. dare D. agree

13.A. though B. while C. because D. so

14.A. care B. kno C. realize D. think

15.A. opens B. focuses C. catches D. meets

16.A. higher B. more C. less D. larger

17.A. confidence B. pride C. satisfaction D. respect

18.A. sympathy B. honor C. memory D. fun

19.A. come across B. get though C. set aside D. leave behind

20.A. everything B. anything C. something D. nothing

I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare (兔子) and the tortoise (乌龟). At the end I said, “ Son, remember: Be slow and steady (镇定的), and that will win the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”

Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”

I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep!”

“He must have wished that,” Sonny said, “Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”

“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted. “He won the race by perseverance (坚忍不拔), by pushing on steadily.”

Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’s for sure.”

I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They’re just hopeless.

1.The writer argued with his son because _____.

A. he liked tortoises while his son liked hares.

B. they disagreed about whether the tortoise was foolish.

C. he tried to teach his son a moral lesson but the son had totally different opinion.

D. he liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didn’t.

2.Sonny believed that the tortoise _____.

A. won the race by his own hard working.

B. took a risk (冒险) by agreeing to run a race.

C. was not given a fair chance in the race.

D. in fact did win the race luckily.

3.The writer thinks that his generation (一代人) _____.

A. are cleverer than Sonny’s generation.

B. have the same ideas about life as Sonny’s generation.

C. are more hopeful than Sonny’s generation.

D. have different ideas about life from Sonny’s generation.

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