阅读理解

  For more than two days in September 1974, the People of Honduras shut their windows,locked their doors and covered in their homes.Fifi was outside.and they were frightened.

  By the time Fifi had left,8000 people were dead.Fifi wasn’t a pet dog as the name suggests.It was a hurricane(飓风),one of the most destructivenatural phenomena(现象)in the world.

  Why did we give human names to storms and hurricanes?

  We didn’t always.Two hundred years ago,many hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the saint’s(基督教徒的)day on which the storm occurred.Later,storms were known by the name of the city where they came ashore.

  Meteorologists(气象学家)then tried naming storms after the latitude(纬度)and longitude(经度)where they occurred.

  Finally,in 1953,hurricanes started getting people’s names-specifically,female names.Male names were added in 1979.

  There are six sets of names for what the experts call “Atlantic tropical cyclones”(热带风暴).

  Each list is used every six years and consists of 2l names,starting with every letter but Q, U, X, Y and Z.The names alternate between male and female.

  A storm won’t get a name until its winds reach 39 mph or about 62.4 kph,at which point it becomes a tropical storm.At 74 mph or 118.4 kph it’s declared a hurricane.

  The 126 names on the list are used only for storms that form off the Atlantic coast of the US.There are separate lists for the Pacific.

  So what happens if a hurricane should cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific?It’s happened before.The storm just gets a new name and sometimes a new sex.

  Max Mayfield is the director of the National Hurricane Centre,headquartered in Miami,Florida.He’s in charge of(负责)picking new names for storms off the Atlantic coast.

  He doesn’t do it alone, though.His counterparts in two dozen other countries in Caribbean, Central America and North America vote on what names will replace retired names.

(1)

From the first paragraph we can find that ________.

[  ]

A.

Honduras is a country which was destroyed by Fifi

B.

Honduras is a country which has no mountains

C.

Honduras is a country which faces the ocean

D.

Honduras is a country which lies at high latitudes

(2)

Which of the following is true according to the passage?

[  ]

A.

There were no hurricanes two centuries ago.

B.

The Caribbean is a state of the United stales.

C.

The Caribbean is a place where hurricanes occur often.

D.

Fifi was formed off the Pacific.

(3)

The names for storms and hurricanes off the Atlantic coast, as this passage shows, ________.

[  ]

A.

are set for use

B.

are all from American English

C.

are difficult to spell

D.

are easy to fix

(4)

The underlined word “counterparts” in the last paragraph means ________.

[  ]

A.

citizens holding the same opinion

B.

people with a similar position or function

C.

passengers traveling by sea

D.

assistants working abroad

(5)

Which list could be used to name the five storms from the Atlantic in a year?

[  ]

A.

David, Helen, Jack, Mike, Lucy.

B.

Lucy, Mary, Owen, Tina, Peter.

C.

Sam, Tina, Victor, Victoria, Jean.

D.

Peter, Rose, Sam, Teresa, Victor.

阅读理解

  For more than two days in September 1974, the people of Honduras shut their windows, locked their doors and covered in their homes.Fifi was outside, and they were frightened.

  By the time Fifi had left, 8 000 people were dead.Fifi wasn't a pet dog as the name suggests.It was a hurricane, one of the most destructive natural phenomena in the world.

  Why do we give human names to storms and hurricanes?

  We didn't always, Two hundred years ago, many hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the saint’s(基督教徒的)day on which the storm occurred.Later, storms were known by the name of the city where they came ashore.

  Meteorologists then tried naming storms after the latitude(纬度)and longitude(经度)where they occurred.

  Finally, in 1953, hurricanes started getting people's names-specifically, female names.Male names were added in 1979.

  There are six sets of names for what the experts call “Atlantic tropical cyclones”.

  Each list is used every six years and consists of 21 names, starting with every letter but Q, U, X, Y and Z.The names alternate(交替)between male and female.

  A storm won’t get a name until its winds reach 39 mph or about 62.4 kph, at which point it becomes a tropical storm.At 74 mph or 118.4 kph it's declared a hurricane.

  The 126 names on the list are used only for stormas that form off the Atlantic coast of the US.There are separate lists for the Pacific.

  So what happens if a hurricane should cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific? It's happened before.The storm just gets a new name and sometimes a new sex.

  Max Mayfield is the director of the National Hurricane Centre, headquartered in Miami, Florida.He's in charge of picking new names for storms off the Atlantic coast.

  He doesn't do it alone, though.His counterparts in two dozen other countries in the Caribbean, Central America and North America vote on what names will replace retired names.

(1)

From the first paragraph we can find that ________

[  ]

A.

Honduras is a country which was destroyed by Fifi

B.

Honduras is a country which has no mountains

C.

Honduras is a country which faces the ocean

D.

Honduras is a country which lies at high latitude

(2)

Which of the following is true according to the passage?

[  ]

A.

There were no hurricanes two centuries ago.

B.

The Caribbean is a state of the United States.

C.

The Caribbean is a place where hurricanes occur often.

D.

Fifi was formed off the Pacific.

(3)

The names for storms and hurricanes, as this passage shows, ________

[  ]

A.

are set for use

B.

are all from American English

C.

are difficult to spell

D.

are easy to fix

(4)

The underlined word “counterparts” in the last paragraph means ________

[  ]

A.

citizens holding the same opinion

B.

people with a similar position or function

C.

passengers traveling by sea

D.

assistants working abroad

(5)

Which list could be used to name the five storms from the Atlantic in a year?

[  ]

A.

David, Helen, Jack, Mike, Lucy

B.

Lucy, Mary, Owen, Nina, Peter

C.

Sam, Tina, Victor, Wanda, Yeats

D.

Peter, Rose, Sam, Tereasa, Victor


第二节:完形填空(共20 小题 ,满分30分)
Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise, we accept these failures as a 36 part of the learning process. But all too often as parents and teachers we disallow this 37 right to 高考资源网our children.
When I see a child 38 to this kind of pressure, I think of Donnie.
Donnie was my youngest third grader. His 39 of failure kept him from classroom games that other children enjoyed. He 40  answered questions — he might be wrong.
I tried my best to build his  41. But nothing changed until midterm, when Mary Anne, a student teacher, was assigned(安排)to 高考资源网our classroom.
She was young and pretty, and she loved children. My pupils, Donnie included, 42 her.
One morning, we were working math problems at the chalkboard. Donnie had 43 the problems with painstaking neatness. Pleased with his progress, I 44 the children with Mary Anne and went for art materials. When I returned, Donnie was in 45 . He’d missed the third problem.
My student teacher looked at me in despair. Suddenly her face 46. From the desk we shared, she got a container filled with pencils.
"Look, Donnie," she said, kneeling beside him and gently 47 the tear stained face from his arms. "I’ve got something to 48 you." She removed the pencils, one at a time, and placed them on his desk.
"See these  49 , Donnie," she continued. "They belong to Mrs. Lindstrom and me. See how the erasers are 50 ? That’s because we make mistakes too. But we erase the mistakes and try again. That’s what you 51 learn to do, too."
She kissed him and stood up. "Here," she said, "I’ll leave one of these pencils on 52  desk so you’ll remember that everybody makes mistakes, 53 teachers." Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and a smile.
The pencil became Donnie’s 54 possession. That, together with Mary Anne’s frequent encouragement, gradually 55 him that it’s all right to make mistakes — as long as you erase them and try again.
36. A. small        B. basic          C. necessary            D. large
37. A. correct      B. same          C. important          D. natural
38. A. turn          B. object           C. refer              D. subject
39. A. fear          B. advice          C. chance                  D. sense
40. A. always      B. often         C. sometimes         D. seldom
41. A. self-protection                B. self-improvement
C. self-confidence               D. self-learning
42. A. respected     B. disliked        C. avoided             D. mined
43. A. worked out  B. copied          C. gone over          D. leaned
44. A. left               B. offered         C. missed                  D. parted
45. A. surprise           B. astonishment    C. anger                D. tears
46. A. darkened      B. brightened           C. pulled             D. loosened
47. A. lifting       B. picking        C. holding             D. pushing
48. A. help         B. show         C. reward                  D. promise
49. A. pencils      B. mistakes      C. marks             D. containers
50. A. used         B. built         C. worn              D. damaged
51. A. may         B. must          C. will               D. can
52. A. my               B. someone’s      C. the teacher’s         D. y our
53. A. still          B. also           C. even              D. not
54. A. prized       B. given              C. kept               D. expected
55. A. warned      B. informed     C. persuaded          D. Reminded

第二节: 完形填空(共20 小题 ,满分30分 )

Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise, we accept these failures as a 36 part of the learning process. But all too often as parents and teachers we disallow this 37 right to our children.

When I see a child 38 to this kind of pressure, I think of Donnie.

Donnie was my youngest third grader. His 39 of failure kept him from classroom games that other children enjoyed. He 40  answered questions — he might be wrong.

I tried my best to build his  41. But nothing changed until midterm, when Mary Anne, a student teacher, was assigned(安排)to our classroom.

She was young and pretty, and she loved children. My pupils, Donnie included, 42 her.

One morning, we were working math problems at the chalkboard. Donnie had 43 the problems with painstaking neatness. Pleased with his progress, I 44 the children with Mary Anne and went for art materials. When I returned, Donnie was in 45 . He’d missed the third problem.

My student teacher looked at me in despair. Suddenly her face 46. From the desk we shared, she got a container filled with pencils.

"Look, Donnie," she said, kneeling beside him and gently 47 the tear stained face from his arms. "I’ve got something to 48 you." She removed the pencils, one at a time, and placed them on his desk.

"See these  49 , Donnie," she continued. "They belong to Mrs. Lindstrom and me. See how the erasers are 50 ? That’s because we make mistakes too. But we erase the mistakes and try again. That’s what you 51 learn to do, too."

She kissed him and stood up. "Here," she said, "I’ll leave one of these pencils on 52  desk so you’ll remember that everybody makes mistakes, 53 teachers." Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and a smile.

The pencil became Donnie’s 54 possession. That, together with Mary Anne’s frequent encouragement, gradually 55 him that it’s all right to make mistakes — as long as you erase them and try again.

36. A. small         B. basic           C. necessary             D. large

37. A. correct       B. same           C. important            D. natural

38. A. turn           B. object             C. refer               D. subject

39. A. fear           B. advice            C. chance                    D. sense

40. A. always       B. often         C. sometimes          D. seldom

41. A. self-protection                 B. self-improvement

   C. self-confidence                D. self-learning

42. A. respected     B. disliked          C. avoided              D. mined

43. A. worked out  B. copied            C. gone over            D. leaned

44. A. left                B. offered           C. missed                   D. parted

45. A. surprise            B. astonishment    C. anger                  D. tears

46. A. darkened      B. brightened             C. pulled              D. loosened

47. A. lifting        B. picking         C. holding              D. pushing

48. A. help          B. show         C. reward                   D. promise

49. A. pencils       B. mistakes       C. marks             D. containers

50. A. used          B. built          C. worn               D. damaged

51. A. may          B. must           C. will                D. can

52. A. my                B. someone’s       C. the teacher’s          D. y our

53. A. still           B. also             C. even                D. not

54. A. prized        B. given               C. kept                D. expected

55. A. warned      B. informed     C. persuaded            D. Reminded

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