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      When Joe Ward went fishing in Florida one day last September, he didn’t need a weather report to tell him that big trouble was on the way. All he had to do was observe the behavior of the area’s wildlife. “The fish were just biting like crazy, like they were storing up,” says Ward. “There wasn’t a bird anywhere, not even a gull, which is very unusual down here. And on the banks, the insects—the ants, everything—were climbing high.” The next day Hurricane Frances hit. Was this an isolated incident? Hardly. “Some people say that animals have a sixth sense. I don’t know if I’d go that far,” says Wildlife Conservation Society research scientist Diana Reiss. “There’s a lot we still have to learn about their behavior. But I don’t think there’s any question that animals can hear, feel and notice things that we can’t.”

     When Sri Lanka Wildlife Department deputy director, H. D.Ratnayake, surveyed the destruction left by last December’s tsunami, he was shocked by what he had not seen before. Tens of thousands of humans were killed. But there was very little mortality(死亡率) among wildlife. At Yala National Park, the phenomenon was especially noticeable. Though the human death number nearby was more than 200, officials found no wildlife dead bodies. After the tsunami, wild tales keep surfacing. Residents have reported seeing herds of antelope thundering from a coastal area to the hills before the giant wall of water hit. And nesting flamingos(红鹳)left low-lying areas, heading for the safety of higher ground. How did they know trouble was on the way?Scientists credit a well-tuned sensory (感觉的,感官的) system. “Animals have to adapt to their environment to survive,” Reiss says. Changes in atmospheric conditions also may have played a part, some scientists say.

     Wildlife photographer Mike Blair remembers the day he witnessed how waterfowl (水鸟) can sense change in the weather. That morning the weather was mild, with a few snow geese on the marshes (湿地) at the wildlife protecting place. But as the day progressed, flight after flight of geese crossed the sky and settled on the wetlands. The next day temperatures decreased widely and a snowstorm hit. “The refuge staff said there were 20,000 geese there at the start of the day,” says Blair. “By the end of the day, they were estimating there were 300,000 or more.” Wildlife biologists believe migrating waterfowl have a built-in sense to predict the approach of large storms and are particularly responsive to changes of pressure in the air.

1.What will the antelope do before a storm?

     A.They will rush to the top of the hills.

     B.They will go to the coastal land to store some food.

     C.They will leave their home and move to another place forever.

     D.They will move to the wetlands to avoid the storm.

2.In Reiss’s opinion, why can animals survive some disasters while humans cannot?

     A.Because they have a sixth sense.

     B.Because they can feel the changes in atmospheric conditions.

     C.Because they can feel and notice something we human beings can’t.

     D.Because human beings are well-developed and don’t need to adapt to the environment.

3.What’s the main idea of the passage?

     A.The migration of the wildlife animals.

     B.What will the waterfowl do when there is a disaster.

     C.Animals have a six sense to predict the coming natural disaster.

     D.The number of human beings’ destruction is larger than the wild animals’

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阅读下面短文,从短文后所给题目的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was just getting dark. There was a touch of fog and I was on a lonely stretch of road. __21__, I was going along cheerfully, thinking about the dinner I would eat when I got to Salisbury .
I was going along __22__ at about thirty-five miles an hour when suddenly I heard a scream, a   __23__ scream ---“Help!” I looked round, but the only __24__ of life was a large, black, rather suspicious—looking(可疑的)car just __25__ a bend in the road about a hundred yards away. That was where the cry had come from. I __26__ speed and went after it. I think the driver saw what I was doing, for he did the same and began to draw __27__ me. As I drew near, the girl’s voice came again, a lovely voice but trembling with __28__.
“Let me go, you coward; you’re hurting me. Oh ! Oh !”
I felt my __29__ boil. The fog was coming down __30__ now, and the countryside was lonelier. I had no __31__ that the murderous guy in the car noticed this. Again came a cry.
“Drop that knife, you fool. Oh !” Then a cry and a groan(呻吟).
If I was to save her, it was now or __32__. Perhaps even now I was too late. But if I couldn’t save the girl, I would at least try to bring the murderer to __33__. The car was only a couple of yards away now. I drove the bike right across its __34__, and its brakes(煞车)screamed as the driver tried to pull it over and   __35__ into the ditch(沟)at the side of the road. The door of the car was pushed open angrily and a dark, evil-looking fellow stepped out.
“You fool!” he shouted as he came towards me with his fist raised to hit me. But I was __36__ than him. I put all I could into __37__ that would have knocked out Joe Louis. It __38__ him right on the point of the chin; his __39__ slowly bent under him, and he dropped to the ground without a sound. I rushed to the car, w.&w.^  __40__ open the door and looked inside. There was no girl there. Suddenly from the back of the car came a voice.
“You have been listening to a radio play, Murder in Hollywood, with Mae Garbo and Clark Taylor. The news will follow immediately.”
21.   A. And                        B. Though                    C. Therefore                 D. But
22.   A. quietly                            B. quickly                    C. carefully                  D. nervously
23.   A. boy’s                       B. man’s                       C. woman’s                  D. driver’s
24.   A. person                            B. sign                         C. sound                       D. form
25.   A. turning                    B. crossing                   C. going                       D. driving
26.   A. slowed down            B. put on                      C. added to                   D. took up
27.   A. right behind             B. close to                    C. away from                D. near by
28.   A. joy                          B. sorrow                            C. fear                         D. anger
29.   A. tears                        B. heart                        C. face                         D. blood
30.   A. slighter                    B. thicker                            C. lower                       D. harder
31.   A. need                        B. effort                       C. trouble                            D. doubt
32.   A. never                       B. late                          C. ever                         D. then
33.   A. justice                      B. court                        C. lawyer                            D. sentence
34.   A. direction                  B. path                         C. front                        D. nose
35.   A. drove                       B. ran                          C. crashed                    D. sped
36.   A. slower                            B. quicker                    C. taller                        D. heavier
37.   A. an anger                   B. a fist                        C. a beat                       D. a blow
38.   A. caught                            B. struck                      C. knocked                   D. beat
39.   A. chin                         B. fists                         C. knees                       D. body
40.   A. hit                           B. brought                    C. pushed                        D. Pulled

TODAY, Friday, November 12
JAZZ with the Mike Thomas Jazz Band at The Derby Arms. Upper Richmond Road West, Sheen.
DISCO Satin Sounds Disco. Free at The Lord Napier, Mort lake High St., from 8a. m. to 8p.m.
Tel: 682—1158.
SATURDAY, November 13
JAZZ Lysis at The Bull’s Head, Barnes. Admission 60p. % Q- c& A& {' ~* o, R' I, v
MUSICAL HALL at The Star and Garter, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, provided by the Aba Daba Music Hall company. Good food and entertainment fair price. Tel: 789—6749.
MFAMILY night out? Join the sing-along at The Black Horse. Sheen Road, Richmond. 2 R$ p6 W:
The John Bennett Big Band at The Bull’s Head, Barnes. Admission 80p.
ATHE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion(手风琴).
Tel: 789—4536
SUNDAY, November 14
DISCO Satin Sounds Disco, free at The Lord Napier, Mort Lake High Street, from 8 am to 8 p.m.
FOLK MUSIC at The Derby Arms, Upper Richmond Road. The Short Stuff and residents the Norman Chop Trio. Non-remembers 70p. Tel: 688—4626. $
HEAVY MUSIC with Tony Simon at The Bull, Upper Richmond Road.
【小题1】Where and when can you hear the Norman Chop Trio?

A.At the Bull’s Head on Sunday.
B.At the Derby Arms on Sunday.
C.At the Bull on Saturday.
D.At the Black Horse on Saturday.
【小题2】Where and when can you hear the Mike Thomas Jazz Band?
A.At the Derby Arms on Friday.
B.At the Black Horse on Friday. "
C.At the Star and Garter on Saturday. ,
D.At the Derby Arms on Sunday.
【小题3】 You want to enjoy the electric accordion on Saturday. Which telephone number do
you have to ring to find out what time it starts?
A.789—6749.B.789—4536.C.682—1158.D.688—4626.
【小题4】 You want to spend the Saturday by joining the entertainment with your family.
Where should you go?
A.Disco at The Lord Napier.
B.The sing-along at The Black Horse.
C.The electric accordion at The Derby Arms.
D.Jazz at The Bull’s Head.
【小题5】You want to spend the same day at two different places and don’t want to cross any street. Which of the following is your best choice?
A.The sing-along at the Black Horse and Jazz at The Bull’s Head.
B.The sing-along at The Black Horse and Folk Music at The Derby Arms.
C.Folk Music at The Derby Arms and Heavy Music with Tony Simon at The Bull.
D.Musical Hal lat The Star &Garter and Disco at The Lord Napier.

TODAY, Friday, November 12

JAZZ with the Mike Thomas Jazz Band at The Derby Arms. Upper Richmond Road West, Sheen.

DISCO Satin Sounds Disco. Free at The Lord Napier, Mort lake High St., from 8a. m. to 8p.m.

Tel: 682—1158.

SATURDAY, November 13

JAZZ Lysis at The Bull’s Head, Barnes. Admission 60p. % Q- c& A& {' ~* o, R' I, v

MUSICAL HALL at The Star and Garter, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, provided by the Aba Daba Music Hall company. Good food and entertainment fair price. Tel: 789—6749.

FAMILY night out? Join the sing-along at The Black Horse. Sheen Road, Richmond. 2 R$ p6 W:

The John Bennett Big Band at The Bull’s Head, Barnes. Admission 80p.

THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion(手风琴).

Tel: 789—4536

SUNDAY, November 14

DISCO Satin Sounds Disco, free at The Lord Napier, Mort Lake High Street, from 8 am to 8 p.m.

FOLK MUSIC at The Derby Arms, Upper Richmond Road. The Short Stuff and residents the Norman Chop Trio. Non-remembers 70p. Tel: 688—4626. $

HEAVY MUSIC with Tony Simon at The Bull, Upper Richmond Road.

1.Where and when can you hear the Norman Chop Trio?

A. At the Bull’s Head on Sunday.    

B. At the Derby Arms on Sunday.

C. At the Bull on Saturday.

D. At the Black Horse on Saturday.

2.Where and when can you hear the Mike Thomas Jazz Band?

A. At the Derby Arms on Friday.

B. At the Black Horse on Friday. "

C. At the Star and Garter on Saturday. ,

D. At the Derby Arms on Sunday.

3. You want to enjoy the electric accordion on Saturday. Which telephone number do

you have to ring to find out what time it starts?

A. 789—6749.      B. 789—4536.     C. 682—1158.      D. 688—4626.

4. You want to spend the Saturday by joining the entertainment with your family.

Where should you go?

A. Disco at The Lord Napier.

B. The sing-along at The Black Horse.

C. The electric accordion at The Derby Arms.

D. Jazz at The Bull’s Head.

5.You want to spend the same day at two different places and don’t want to cross any street. Which of the following is your best choice?

A. The sing-along at the Black Horse and Jazz at The Bull’s Head.

B. The sing-along at The Black Horse and Folk Music at The Derby Arms.

C. Folk Music at The Derby Arms and Heavy Music with Tony Simon at The Bull.

D. Musical Hal lat The Star &Garter and Disco at The Lord Napier.

 

TODAY, Friday, November 12

JAZZ with the Mike Thomas Jazz Band at The Derby Arms, Upper Richmond Road West, Sheen. w.w.w.zxxk.c.o.m

DISCO Satin Sounds Disco. Free at The Lord Napier, Mort lake High Street, from 8a. m. to 8p. m. Tel: 682—1158.

SATURDAY, November 13

JAZZ Lysis at The Bull’s Head, Barnes. Admission 60p.

MUSICAL HALL at The Star and Garter, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, provided by the Aba Daba Music Hall company. Good food and entertainment fair price. Tel: 789—6749.

FAMILY night out? Join the sing-along at The Black Horse, Sheen Road, Richmond.

JAZZ The John Bennett Big Band at The Bull’s Head, Barnes. Admission 80p.

THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion(手风琴). Tel: 789—4536

SUNDAY, November 14

DISCO Satin Sounds Disco, free at The Lord Napier, Mort Lake High Street, from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.

FOLK MUSIC at The Derby Arms. The Short Stuff and residents the Norman Chop Trio. Non-members 70p. Tel: 688—4626.

HEAVY MUSIC with Tony Simon at The Bull, Upper Richmond Road West, East Sheen.

THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion.

1.. Where and when can you hear the Norman Chop Trio?

A. At the Bull’s Head on Sunday.

B. At the Derby Arms on Sunday.

C. At the Bull on Saturday.

D. At the Black Horse on Saturday.

2.. Where and when can you hear the Mike Thomas Jazz Band?

A. At the Derby Arms on Friday.            B. At the Black Horse on Friday.

C. At the Star and Garter on Saturday.         D. At the Derby Arms on Sunday.

3..You want to enjoy the electric accordion on Saturday. Which telephone number do you have to ring to find out what time it starts?

A. 789—6749.          B. 789—4536.       C. 682—1158.       D. 688—4626.

4.. You want to spend the Saturday by joining the entertainment with your family. Where should you go?

A. Disco at The Lord Napier.               B. The sing-along at The Black Horse.

C. The electric accordion at The Derby Arms.   D. Jazz at The Bull’s Head.

5.. You want to spend the same day at two different places and don’t want to cross any street. Which of the following is your best choice?

 l’s Head.

B. The sing-along at The Black Horse and Folk Music at The Derby Arms.

C. Folk Music at The Derby Arms and Heavy Music with Tony Simon at The Bull.

D. Musical Hal lat The Star&Garter and Disco at The Lord Napier.

 

完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给题目的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It was just getting dark. There was a touch of fog and I was on a lonely stretch of road. __21__, I was going along cheerfully, thinking about the dinner I would eat when I got to Salisbury .

I was going along __22__ at about thirty-five miles an hour when suddenly I heard a scream, a   __23__ scream ---“Help!” I looked round, but the only __24__ of life was a large, black, rather suspicious—looking(可疑的)car just __25__ a bend in the road about a hundred yards away. That was where the cry had come from. I __26__ speed and went after it. I think the driver saw what I was doing, for he did the same and began to draw __27__ me. As I drew near, the girl’s voice came again, a lovely voice but trembling with __28__.

“Let me go, you coward; you’re hurting me. Oh ! Oh !”

I felt my __29__ boil. The fog was coming down __30__ now, and the countryside was lonelier. I had no __31__ that the murderous guy in the car noticed this. Again came a cry.

“Drop that knife, you fool. Oh !” Then a cry and a groan(呻吟).

If I was to save her, it was now or __32__. Perhaps even now I was too late. But if I couldn’t save the girl, I would at least try to bring the murderer to __33__. The car was only a couple of yards away now. I drove the bike right across its __34__, and its brakes(煞车)screamed as the driver tried to pull it over and   __35__ into the ditch(沟)at the side of the road. The door of the car was pushed open angrily and a dark, evil-looking fellow stepped out.

“You fool!” he shouted as he came towards me with his fist raised to hit me. But I was __36__ than him. I put all I could into __37__ that would have knocked out Joe Louis. It __38__ him right on the point of the chin; his __39__ slowly bent under him, and he dropped to the ground without a sound. I rushed to the car, w.&w.^  __40__ open the door and looked inside. There was no girl there. Suddenly from the back of the car came a voice.

“You have been listening to a radio play, Murder in Hollywood, with Mae Garbo and Clark Taylor. The news will follow immediately.”

21.   A. And                         B. Though                    C. Therefore                 D. But

22.   A. quietly                            B. quickly                    C. carefully                  D. nervously

23.   A. boy’s                       B. man’s                       C. woman’s                  D. driver’s

24.   A. person                            B. sign                         C. sound                       D. form

25.   A. turning                    B. crossing                   C. going                       D. driving

26.   A. slowed down            B. put on                      C. added to                   D. took up

27.   A. right behind             B. close to                    C. away from                D. near by

28.   A. joy                          B. sorrow                            C. fear                         D. anger

29.   A. tears                        B. heart                        C. face                         D. blood

30.   A. slighter                    B. thicker                            C. lower                       D. harder

31.   A. need                        B. effort                       C. trouble                            D. doubt

32.   A. never                       B. late                          C. ever                         D. then

33.   A. justice                      B. court                        C. lawyer                            D. sentence

34.   A. direction                  B. path                         C. front                        D. nose

35.   A. drove                       B. ran                          C. crashed                    D. sped

36.   A. slower                            B. quicker                    C. taller                        D. heavier

37.   A. an anger                   B. a fist                        C. a beat                       D. a blow

38.   A. caught                            B. struck                      C. knocked                   D. beat

39.   A. chin                         B. fists                         C. knees                       D. body

40.   A. hit                           B. brought                    C. pushed                         D. Pulled

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