题目内容
“This month our family has used ______ water as we did last month.” said Mother .
- A.as twice as much
- B.more than twice
- C.twice as much as
- D.more than twice as much
考查倍数的表达。此题考查的结构为:倍数+as …as ,题中已经有了第二个as,可排除A和C两项,B中一个as 都没有,也可排除,所以选D,more than twice as much water as we did last month,超过了我们上个月用水的两倍多。
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On April 10, 1815, Mount Tambora in Indonesia erupted with great force. Fifty cubic kilometers of magma (岩浆) flew from its peak (山顶) and a blanket of ash as thick as one centimeter fell over more than 500,000 square kilometers of Indonesia and the Java Sea. The eruption destroyed Tambora’s peak and formed a hole six by seven kilometers wide. The eruption and resulting tsunamis killed 10,000 people. The agricultural loss and disease brought about by the thick ash caused the deaths of 82,000 more.
Indonesia was rocked again in 1883. On August 26, a small volcano on an uninhabited island between Sumatra and Java, erupted. The eruption produced an ash cloud 80 kilometers high and was heard in Australia—4,800 kilometers away. The eruption also caused a tsunami, which pounded (击打) the shores of Java and Sumatra—killing 36,000 people.
In 1902, St. Pierre was a thriving (兴盛的) community and the largest town on the French colony of Martinique in the Caribbean Sea. Mont Pelee cast a shadow over the town from where it stood, eight kilometers to the north. The townspeople were used to the light continuous sounds of the mountain, but in May, 1902 Pelee started to get really unstable. Clouds of steam and ash poured from the volcano and on May 8, Pelee erupted. Superheated gas and steaming volcanic ash flew out, pouring down the mountain at high speed. Within seconds, the deadly gas cloud had destroyed the town of St. Pierre and incinerated everyone in it — except one prisoner in a basement cell. It was the worst volcano disaster of the 20th century.
1.How many people died because of the eruption on April 10, 1815 ?
A.About 10,000. |
B.More than 82,000. |
C.About 36,000. |
D.More than 92,000. |
2.The underlined word “incinerated” in the last paragraph can be replaced by “_____”.
A.brought up |
B.burned up |
C.woke up |
D.shut up |
3.Only one prisoner survived the volcano eruption of Mont Pelee on May 8 because _____.
A.he was on a ship then |
B.he was kept underground |
C.he stayed in the water |
D.he was hidden in a well |
4. We can know from this article that _____.
A.no measures can be taken to protect people from a volcano eruption |
B.volcanoes usually caused a series of earthquakes |
C.sometimes a volcano can completely destroy a city |
D.volcanoes are much more violent than the earthquakes |
I had looked forward to this day for a long time.Finally I, Kirsty Sturart, would stand on the top of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe.Although I climbed often in my native Scotland, this was my first trip to the Alps.My companions—Jean Pierre Barton, Maurice Gautier, and Mary Sargent—and I left our camp early and planned to reach the top by late morning.
As we neared the top, large clouds gathered and it began to snow.We found shelter and decided to wait for the snow to stop.After three hours, however, we decided to go back and try again the next day.We started down the mountain in the thick snow.Jean-Pierre forgot his sunglasses and went back to look for them.As he was returning to us, he started to fall.
His fall started an avalanche(雪崩) and it was falling towards us! I was swept away by the heavy snow. Jean-Pierre hurried down to me.“Are you OK?” he asked.
“I think I broke my leg,” I answered.
“I’d better radio for help!” he said.“Where are the others?” We couldn’t see Maurice or Mary anywhere.
Jean-Pierre called the emergency radio number, and the police said they would send help right away.It seemed like hours, but only minutes later we heard the welcome sound of a helicopter. The helicopter couldn’t land on the mountainside, so they lowered two men, two dogs, and a stretcher(担架).One man ran to me, but I told him to search for the others.The dogs were trained for avalanche rescue and soon began to dig crazily in the snow.
Bernardo, the lead dog, found Mary’s scarf and led the rescuers to her.Maurice was nearby.The men gave us hot drinks and warm blankets and then prepared to lift us into the helicopter.Two men inside the helicopter pulled us up with the ropes.I went first on the stretcher.
Once we were safely inside, the helicopter flew to the hospital in Chamonix.Our poor rescuers and their dogs had to climb all the way back down the mountain.Later we would find these brave men and thank them for saving our lives.
【小题1】What prevented the climbers from reaching the top?
A.The terrible weather. |
B.The loss of the sunglasses. |
C.The injury of the team members. |
D.The unexpected height of the mountain. |
A.The road was covered with snow. |
B.His companion knocked into him. |
C.The heavy clouds blocked his view. |
D.The avalanche caused a fall for him. |
A.Anxious. | B.Crazy. | C.Sorry. | D.Annoyed. |
A.Mary was the leader of the team. |
B.The team was upset about their failure. |
C.It was several hours before the rescue team arrived . |
D.The writer was excited thinking of climbing Mount Blanc. |