He has been called the“missing link”.Half-man,half-beast.He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world—Mount Everest.

He is known as the Abominable Snowman.The__36  of the Snowman has been around for__37  .Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mount Everest. The native people said they__38 this creature and called it the“Yeti”,and they said that they had__39  caught Yetis on two occasions__40 _none has ever been produced as evidence (证据).

Over the years,the story of the Yetis has__41 .In 1951,Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest.Shipton believed that they were not__42  the tracks of a monkey or bear and__43 that the Abominable Snowman might really__44  .

Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis.But the only things people have ever found were__45 footprints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than__46 animal tracks,which had been made__47 as they melted (融化) and refroze in the snow. __48  ,in 1964,a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was__49  and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans.But, __50  ,no evidence has ever__51  been produced.

These days,only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman__52.But if they ever__53_catching one,they may face a real__54  :Would they put it in a__55 or give it a room in a hotel?

36.A.event         B. story            C. adventure       D. description

37.A.centuries     B. too long         C. some time       D. many years

38.A.heard from    B. cared for        C. knew of         D. read about

39.A.even          B. hardly           C. certainly       D. probably

40.A.as            B. though           C. when            D. until

41.A.developed     B. changed          C. occurred        D. continued

42.A.entirely      B. naturally        C. clearly         D. simply

43.A.found         B. declared         C. felt            D. doubted

44.A.exist         B. escape           C. disappear       D. return

45.A.clearer       B. more             C. possible        D. rare

46.A.huge          B. recent           C. ordinary        D. frightening

47.A.strange       B. large            C. deep            D. rough

48.A.In the end     B. Therefore       C. After all       D. However

49.A.imagined       B. real            C. special         D. familiar

50.A.so             B. besides         C. again           D. instead

51.A.rightly        B. actually        C. normally        D. particularly

52.A.lightly        B. jokingly        C. seriously       D. properly

53.A.succeed in     B. insist on       C. depend on       D. join in

54.A.decision       B. situation       C. subject         D. problem

55.A.zoo            B. mountain        C. museum          D. laboratory

From the health point of view we are living in an amazing age. We are free from many of the most dangerous diseases. A large number of once deadly illnesses can now be cured by modern medicine. It is almost certain that one day medicines will be found for the most stubborn remaining diseases. The expectation of life has increased greatly. But though the possibility of living a long and happy life is greater than ever before, every day we witness the unbelievable killing of men, women and children on the roads. Man vs the motor-car. It is a never-ending battle which man is losing. Thousands of people the world over are killed or horribly killed each year and we are quietly sitting back and letting it happen.
It has been rightly said that when a man is sitting behind a steering wheel (方向盘), his car becomes the extension of his personality. There is no doubt that the motor-car often brings out a man’s very worst qualities.People who are normally quiet and pleasant may become unrecognizable when they are behind a steering-wheel. They say, they are ill-mannered and aggressive, willful as two-year-olds and completely selfish.All their hidden angers and disappointments seem to be brought to the surface by the act of driving.
The surprising thing is that society smiles so gently on the motorist and seems to forgive his behavior. Everything is done for his convenience. Cities are allowed to become almost uninhabitable because of heavy traffic; towns are made ugly by huge car parks; the countryside is ruined by road networks; and the deaths become nothing more than a number every year, to be easily forgotten.
It is high time a world rule was created to reduce this senseless waste of human life. With regard to driving, the laws of some countries are unbelievably lax (不严格) and even the strictest are not strict enough. A rule which was universally accepted could only have an obviously beneficial effect on the accident rate.Here are a few examples of some of the things that might be done. The driving test should be standardized and made far more difficult than it is; all the drivers should be made to take a test every three years or so; the age at which young people are allowed to drive any vehicle should be raised to at least 21; all vehicles should be put through strict tests for safety each year. Even the smallest amount of alcohol in the blood can damage a person's driving ability. Present drinking and driving laws (where they exist) should be made much stricter. Speed limits should be required on all roads. Governments should lay down safety specifications for car factories, as has been done in the USA. All advertising stressing power and performance should be banned. These measures may not sound good enough. But surely nothing should be considered as too severe if it results in reducing the number of deaths. After all, the world is for human beings, not motor-cars.
【小题1】What is the main idea of this passage?

A.The laws of some countries about driving are too lax.
B.Traffic accidents are mainly caused by motorists.
C.Thousands of people the world over are kille6 each year.
D.Only stricter traffic laws can prevent accidents.
【小题2】What does the author think of society toward motorists?
A.Society forgives their rude driving.
B.Society laughs at the motorists.
C.Victims of accidents are nothing.
D.Huge car parks are built in the cities and towns.
【小题3】What does the author mean by saying “his car becomes the extension of his personality” in Para. 2 ?
A.Driving can represent his manners.
B.Driving can show his hidden qualities.
C.Driving can bring out his character.
D.Driving can show the other part of his personality.
【小题4】Which of the followings is NOT mentioned as a way against traffic accidents?
A.Build more highways.
B.Stricter driving tests.
C.Test drivers every three years.
D.Raise age limit and lay down safety specifications.
【小题5】The author’s attitude towards the present traffic situation is ________.
A.positiveB.unsatisfiedC.appealingD.unclear

The year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet (彗星)is heading towards the earth. Most of it will miss our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the earth.

On 17 July, a piece of 4 kilometers wide comet enters the Earth’s atmosphere with a massive explosion(爆炸). About half of the piece is destroyed, but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the seabed. Huge waves are created and spread outwards form the hole. The wall of water, a kilometer high, rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers an hour. Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned(淹死).

Before the waves reach South America, the second piece of the comet lands in Argentina. Earthquakes and volcanoes ash set off in the Andes Mountains. The shock waves move north into California and all around the Pacific Ocean. The cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquakes. Millions of people in the southern half of the earth are already dead, but the north won’t escape for long. Because of the explosions, the sun is hidden by clouds of dust, temperatures around the world fall to almost zero. Crops are ruined. The sun won’t be seen again for many years. Wars break out as countries fight for food. A year later, no more than 10 million people remain alive.

Could it really happen? In fact, it has already happened more than once in the history of the earth. The dinosaurs were on the Earth for over 160 million years. Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared. Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of object in space. The dinosaurs couldn’t live through the cold climate that followed and they died out. Will we meet the same end?

1.What is mainly described in the passage?

A.A historic discovery.

B.An event in imagination.

C.A research on space.

D.A scientific adventure.

2.When the first piece hits the South Atlantic, it causes________.

A.an earthquake                         B.hunger

C.an Earth explosion                       D.huge waves

3.Why can’t the northern half of the earth escape for long?

A.Because the land is covered with water.

B.Because the light and heat form the sun cannot reach the earth.

C.Because people there cannot live at the temperature of zero.

D.Because wars break out among countries.

4.By giving the example of dinosaurs, the author tries to prove_________.

A.animals could not live in the cold climate

B.what happened 65 million years ago was an invented story

C.the human beings will die out in 2094

D.the Earth could be hit by other objects in space

 

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