I was sleeping in my room when my bed started shaking and a loud noise was heard. I woke up and my mom was screaming my name. Next moment I was running along with my younger sister, mom and dad. Before I ran out of the door, I realized my elder sister hadn’t come out yet. So I screamed her name at the top of my voice. My mom said she had gone to her class. Then the four of us, along with many others, were running on the staircase. We lived on the seventh floor, so I thought we would not be able to make it and the building would fall before we managed to reach even the fourth floor. My dad’s head was injured by something falling down. I did try to put my hand over his head. When we reached the sixth floor, the building split into two. We had no way to get down.

The next thing I remember is silence. There were around 30 people on the staircase and none could react. Five minutes later, someone opened the door of the sixth-floor flat. We all went in. we were wondering how we would get down. From the balcony of the sixth-floor flat, I saw people standing on the ground floor. All eyes were stuck on us. I could see my elder sister crying.

Our first hope of surviving came when a worker climbed a rope to where we were. That was ,the first time we thought maybe we could get down. Half an hour passed and we were still trapped. Finally RSS people arrived with ropes. They got people down one by one. My biggest worry was how my dad would get down. Finally after two and a half hours, we all got down.

That day we saw the power of nature. It has taken more than two years to build the flats and it took just one and a half minutes to destroy the structure.

1.What is this passage mainly about?

A. Ways to survive an earthquake.

B. Reasons why earthquakes happen.

C. The love of parents in an earthquake.

D. The writer’s experience in an earthquake

2.When the building split into two, the writer and his/her family_______.

A. were still sleeping

B. were trapped on the sixth floor

C. were looking for a family member

D. were running from the seventh floor to the sixth floor

3.The first time the writer thought they would probably survive was when_______.

A. the writer was encouraged by people on the ground floor

B. someone opened the door of the sixth-floor flat

C. a worker climbed up on a rope

D. RSS people arrived with ropes

4.The earthquake made the writer realize that_______.

A. there is always hope for people

B. the power of nature is really great

C. natural disasters can happen any time

D. human beings are strong in natural disasters

 

This is not a typical summer camp. Michelle Pawlaw and eight other teenage girls are participating in the three—day camp offered by the Arlington County Fire Department located just outside Washington. Firefighter Clare Burley is in charge of the program, who said the purpose is to try to get young women interested in considering the fire service as a career.

The free-of-charge, overnight camp is designed to let the girls experience what firefighters do to protect the community. That includes some rigorous activities such as moving a fire victim. “I didn’t think I could pull that 170 pound body with a friend, but I was actually able to do it.” she said.

They take classes and learn how to climb the ladder on a fire truck, operate emergency tools and rescue an injured person. They also do their share of cleaning the firehouse and the equipment.

“Every week without fail on a Saturday, the job is to wash all the equipment. And we wanted the girls to see this is what we do. This is a typical day in a firehouse,” she said.

Firefighting is still a male-dominated service, but Burley says with 22 women on its force of 320 the Arlington County Fire Department is above the national average of 4.5 percent. She joined the department seven years ago.

“We do everything that the guys do to the same standard. We are tested to the same standard. We are expected to operate at the same standard,” she said.

Most of the girls say they had never thought about becoming a firefighter. but the camp was a great learning experience.” I think it is definitely not a job that only men can do. Women can do it just as well as men can,” said Michelle Pawlaw.

1.What’s the purpose of the summer camp?

A. To tell the girls how to put firefighting knowledge into practice.

B. To teach the girls what to do when caught in fire.

C. To provide the girls with a typical summer camp.

D. To attract more girls to take firefighting as a career.

2.What can we infer from Paragraph 5?

A. Arlington County Fire Department is in the lead in employing women firefighters.

B. Arlington County Fire Department is the first to employ women firefighters.

C. More and more women are ready to join the fire department.

D. No women ever want to perform the firefighting service.

3.What can we infer from Michelle’s words in the last paragraph?

A. She has determined to join the firefighters in the future.

B. She will persuade her fellow students to join in the camp.

C. She realizes that women can also be good firefighters.

D. She decides that she’ll join in the camp again later.

4.What can we learn about the summer camp according to the passage?

A. American fire departments often hold such events.

B. It is offered by Arlington County Fire Department.

C. The girls spent their night in the summer camp, which lasted 3 days.

D. It is very popular among American girl students.

 

阅读下列各小题,根据括号内的汉语提示,用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子,并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

1._________________________the sun and rain all these years, the wires are seriously worn. (expose)

常年日晒雨淋,电线腐蚀情况十分严重。

2.________________________________where I was brought up, this town is more prosperous and exciting. (compare)

与我成长的地方相比,这个城镇更加繁荣、刺激。

3.He didn’t notice the teacher standing by his side, with all his attention___________________________. (concentrate)

他全神贯注地看书,没有注意到老师站在他旁边。

4.__________________________a drawback by some people is seen as a plus by many others. (regard)

被一些人认为是缺点的常被别人看成优点。

5.Much to my surprise, she burst into tears_________________________________________. (instant)

令我惊讶的是,她一读到这封信就大哭起来。

6.There is no waste paper in the basket. It ______________________________by the assistant. (dispose)

纸篓里没有废纸。一定是被助手处理掉了。

7.I disagree that only when people have enough to eat and plenty to wear _________________________ to talk about environmental protection. (make)

我不认为只有在人们解决温饱问题之后再谈环境保护才有意义。

8.John was studying in his room __________________________________________ screaming. (hear)

约翰正在房间里做功课,突然听到一声尖叫。

9.Had you told me beforehand, I _____________________________________ your wedding. (attend)

你要是提前告诉我的话,我就会去参加你的婚礼了。

10.Though the couple quarrel a lot, I’d rather their marriage______________________________ (break)

虽然他们夫妇经常吵架,我但愿他们的婚姻不会破裂。

 

A soldier who lost both his legs after being blown up in Afghanistan is racing a sports car in his hometown this weekend.

Remarkably David Birrell will not only drive the Mazda MX5 but he does without any specially adapted equipment.

Davie, 28, has battled back from terrible injuries after a bomb blew up directly below him. He gave himself first aid and fired at Taliban(塔利班) fighters until help arrived. Davie was always interested in motor sport and after spending weeks in hospital was introduced by Help the Heroes to Mission Motorsport, which helps the wounded recover. The charity(慈善机构) are organizing a major event, Race of Remembrance, at the Anglesey Circuit near Rhosneigr of North Wales in November, and Davie was at the circuit yesterday for an official launch.

He said,“It’s my first time racing on Anflesey. This means everything to me. I loved it straight away, and it gives you something to focus on, to try and stay in front of others. I was boxing since the age of eight and my whole life has been one-to-one competition. But now everything has changed.”

Davie, a corporal(下士)in the Black Watch, was in Helmand in April 2010 when his interpreter stood on the bomb. He said,“I was confused and went blank(空白) for a couple of seconds. There was dust in the air and I couldn’t see. Both legs were still attached but there were massive injuries to my right leg and my left foot was broken.”As the Taliban began firing he returned fire and waited for help. He added,“A medical team came over. I was taken back to Camp Bastion by helicopter. I was there for two days before being flown to hospital in Birmingham.”

He had lost his right leg and the following year had his left leg amputated below the knee, ending the Army career.

1.Davie was wounded _____________ according to the passage?

A. In Rhosneigr. B. In Birmingham.

C. In Helmand. D. In Bastion.

2.___________can replace the underlined word“ amputated” in the last paragraph?

A. Cut off. B. Blew up.

C. Focused on. D. Attached to.

3. Davie is most likely to come from ___________.

A. Afghanistan. B. the UK.

C. the US. D. Taliban.

4.What we know about Davie is that _____________.

A. Davie was killed by Taliban fighters.

B. Davie’s interpreter survived the accident.

C. Davie’s legs were blown up immediately.

D. Davie might like boxing when he was young.

 

In the decade(十年)of the 1970s, the United Nations organized several important meetings on the human environment to study a very serious problem.We humans are destroying the world around us.We must learn to protect them, or life will be very bad for our children and grandchildren.
There are several major aspects to this problem.
Population
Most problems of the environment come from population growth.In 1700 there were 635 million people in the world; in 1900 there were 1.6 billion; in 1950, 2.5 billion; and in 1980, 4.4 billion.In the year 2010 there will be 7.3 billion.More people need more water, more food, more wood, and more petroleum.
Distribution
Scientists say there is enough water in the world for everyone, but some countries have a lot of water and some have only a little.Some areas get all rain during one season.The rest of the year is dry.
Petroleum
We are using up the world’s petroleum.We use it in our cars and to heat our buildings in winter.Farmers use petrochemicals to make the soil rich.They use them to kill insects on those plants.These chemicals go into rivers and lakes and kill the fish there.Thousands of people also die from these chemicals every year.Chemicals also go into the air and pollute it.Winds carry this polluted air to other countries and other countries.
Poverty
Poor farmers use the same land over and over.The land needs a rest so it will be better next year.However, the farmer must have food every year.Poor people cut down trees for firewood.In some areas when the trees are gone, the land becomes desert.However, people need wood to cook their food now.Poor people cannot save the environment for the future.
We now have the information and the ability to solve these huge problems.However, this is not a problem for one country or one area of the world.It is a problem for all humans.The people and the nation of the world must work together to protect the world’s resources.No one controls the future, but we all help make it.

  1. 1.

    According to the passage, our world is being destroyed mainly because ______.

    1. A.
      pollution is getting worse and worse
    2. B.
      population are increasing greatly
    3. C.
      we humans are using up all of our natural resources
    4. D.
      distribution is not reasonable.
  2. 2.

    Good distribution means ________.

    1. A.
      having things in the right place at the right time.
    2. B.
      cutting down forests and selling them to other countries.
    3. C.
      building water systems to carry water to farms.
    4. D.
      conserving our natural resources
  3. 3.

    The best title of the passage should be ________

    1. A.
      The World Being Destroyed
    2. B.
      A Serious Problem We Should Pay Attention to
    3. C.
      Aspects That Destroyed Our World
    4. D.
      Conserving the World’s Natural Resources

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