The winds had finally died down,and the rains stopped.Paige and her parents were inside their house,sitting in the living room,which was dark except for a single candlelight.
“Let’s find out what’s going on outside,”Paige’s mom suggested as she turned on the small radio.
“…has moved out of the area,”an announcer’s voice boomed. “Winds reaching nearly 100 miles an hour passed through our town this morning. But,the worst is over,and it is safe to go outside.In fact,the sun is now peeking out from behind the…”
Suddenly,the radio went dead.The house was quiet again.
“Well,”Paige’s dad said, “at least we heard some good news,even if it was cut short.Let’s look out of the window and survey the damage.”
Paige ran to the window and looked outside.She saw tree branches lie on the lawn.The mailbox was broken,and some of the address letters and numbers on the mailbox were missing.
“The wind must have ripped(擦)them off,” Paige’s father noted.As he read the remaining letters he began to laugh.
The mailbox dispalyed “_ _RAIN.”
“It says “rain”,”Paige said. “That’s appropriate for a day like today!”
【小题1】The weather event that took place that day in the story was        .

A.an earthquakeB.a hurricaneC.a floodD.a fire
【小题2】The living room was dark because           .
A.there were no lampsB.someone forgot to pay the electric bill
C.the electricity had been cut offD.the wind blew out the candle
【小题3】After the storm had passed,Paige’s family felt           .
A.worriedB.disappointedC.relievedD.scared
【小题4】The family’s last name could have been          .
A.GermainB.CrainC.SyrainD.Rain

If your cellphone suddenly stops working, don’t blame the service provider.The malfunction(故障) might well have been caused by something bigger -- a solar storm.Experts expect that Earth will see more solar activity in the near future.The malfunction of electronic devices will just one of the effects.
Sunspots(太阳黑子) serve as an indicator of the sun’s activity.For the past two years, sunspots have mostly been missing.Their absence, the most prolonged in nearly 100 years, has taken even seasoned sun watchers by surprise.
When the number of sunspots drops at the end of each 11-year cycle, solar storms die down and all become much calmer. This “solar minimum” doesn’t last long. Within a year, sunspots and solar storms begin to build toward a new crescendo, the next solar maximum.
What’s special about this latest cycle is that the sun is having trouble starting the next solar cycle. The sun began to calm down in late 2007, so no one expected many sunspots in 2008. They should return in 2010. Scientists have predicted that the next solar cycle could be the most active on record: more sunspots and more solar storms. However, sunspots are mostly missing now.
Since the earth is in close contact with the sun, strong solar activities can bring trouble to our life. People of the 21st century rely on high-tech systems for the basics of daily life. Air travel and radio communications can be affected by strong solar activities. A big solar storm could cause 20 times more economic damage than Hurricane Katrina.
What the sun will do next is beyond our ability to predict. Most astronomers think that the solar cycle will go on but at low level. However, there is also evidence that the sun is losing its ability to produce sunspots. By 2015, they could be gone altogether.
【小题1】The sun watcher feel surprised at            .

A.the longest sunspots’ absenceB.the largest sunspot number
C.the malfunction of electronic devicesD.the serious damage by sunspots
【小题2】What does the underlined word “crescendo” in paragraph 3 most probably mean?
A.small number B.high level
C.usual cycleD.fresh start
【小题3】We can infer that in the past two years         .
A.solar activities have brought much trouble to our life
B.the number of sunspots has increased to a large extent
C.the solar minimum took the place of the solar maximum
D.our cellphones have seldom been interrupted by the solar storm
【小题4】Which statement does the text lead you to believe?
A.Solar activities do no harm to our daily life.
B.Hurricane Katrina is also a type of solar storms.
C.It’s difficult to predict sunspots.
D.From now on there’ re no sunspots.
【小题5】What is the passage mainly about?
A.The earth is in close contact with the sun.
B.Sunspots can cause trouble to our life.
C.Introduction of sunspots.
D.Introduction of the solar storm.

The Norwegian Government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control. A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline; production limits have been laid down (though these have already been raised); and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers. But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems, and few people believe that the Government will be able to hold things back for long. As one Norwegian politician said last week: “ We will soon be changed beyond all recognition.”

Ever since the war, the Government has been carrying out a program of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle. During the past few years this program has had a great deal of success. Tromso has been built up into a local capital with a university, a large hospital and a healthy industry. But the oil industry has already started to draw people south, and within a few years the whole northern policy could be in ruins.

The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however. With nearly 100 percent employment, everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose more of their workers to the oil industry. Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.

The real argument over oil is its threat to the Norwegian way of life. Farmers and fishermen do not make up most of the population, but they are an important part of it, because Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as essentially Norwegian. And it is the farmers and the fishermen who are most critical of the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the countryside and to the sea.

1.The Norwegian Government would prefer the oil industry to ______.

A. provide more jobs for foreign workers

B. slow down the rate of its development

C. sell the oil it is producing abroad

D. develop more quickly than at present

2.The Norwegian Government has tried to ______.

A. encourage the oil companies to discover new oil sources

B. prevent oil companies employing people from northern Norway

C. help the oil companies solve many of their problems

D. keep the oil industry to something near its present size

3.According to the passage, the oil industry might lead northern Norway to ______.

A. the development of industry

B. a growth in population

C. the failure of the development program

D. the development of new towns

4.In the south, one effect to the development of the oil industry might be ______.

A. a large reduction on unemployment

B. a growth in the tourist industry

C. a reduction in the number of existing industries

D. the development of a number of service industries

5.Norwegian farmers and fishermen have an important influence because ______.

A. they form such a large part of Norwegian ideal

B. their lives and values represent the Norwegian ideal

C. their work is so useful to the rest of Norwegian society

D. they regard oil as a threat to the Norwegian way of life

 

Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he     his company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always     his success to it.

At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree,      to return home, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the      made through years. At the airport he had to accept the      customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be  taken down for    . Glen knew that carrying such goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying      for his watch. So while checked, he told a lie that his watch was a      fake(假货). When he was      of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, which    nearly 100,000, into pieces     hearing Glen’s words. Glen was    . Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined     . For many times of entry-exit     he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully, and     him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if        reusing and carrying fake goods, he would be      by law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.

After that, he often told the story to his family and his employees. He said that this made a deep     on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of     , which he would remember as the     of his success forever.

1.A. went up             B. set up             C. took up        D. picked up

2.A. owes                   B. mentions      C. brings   D. honors

3.A. objected   B. refused       C. decided        D. asked

4.A. books                  B. things        C. pounds   D. savings

5.A. ordinary     B. regular                 C. routine   D. common

6.A. inspection B. look                   C. test      D. experiment

7.A. it                      B. one                 C. them            D. these

8.A. careless         B. priceless        C. hopeless  D. worthless 

9.A. afraid                  B. ashamed              C. proud            D. hard

10.A. spent                 B. paid           C. cost      D. took

11.A. at           B. on                     C. in       D. by

12.A. amazed     B. delighted  C. disappointed   D. satisfied

13.A. strictly     B. quietly       C. quickly D. curiously

14.A. conditions  B. chances  C. experiments    D. experiences

15.A. stopped        B. warned     C. urged   D. hoped

16.A. found out    B. came out      C. sent out  D. set out

17.A. hit            B. charged   C. praised         D. blamed

18.A. expression     B. idea       C. thought  D. impression

19.A. lies          B. honesty      C. goods     D. bravery

20.A. choice       B. lesson       C. secret     D. belief

 

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