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In November 1965, New York was blacked out by an electricity failure. The government officials promised that it would not happen again. Pessimists(悲观者) were certain that it would occur again within five years at the lastest. In July 1977, there was a repeat performance which produced different degrees of disorder throughout the city of 8,000,000 people. In 1965, the failure occurred in the cool autumn and at a time of peace and good situation. In 1977, the failure was much more serious because it came when the number of people out of work was large and the city was suffering from one of its worst heat waves.
In 1965, there was little stealing during the darkness, and fewer than 100 people were caught by the police. In 1977, hundereds of stores were broken into and stolen. They broke shopwindows and helped themselves to jewellery, clothes or television sets, nearly 400 people were sent to the police but far more disappeared into the darkness of the night. The number of the policemen at hand was far from enough and they were wisely stopped from using their guns against the mobs(暴徒)that were far more than them and that included armed men.
Hospitals had to treat hundreds of people cut by glass from shop windows. Banks and most businesses remained closed the next day. The blackout started at 9:33 p. m. when lightning hit and knocked out vital cables(关键的电缆). Many stores were thus caught by surprise.
The vast majority of New Yorkers, however, tried to help strangers, handed out candles, and tried to get through the dark world without traffic lights, refrigerators, water and electrical power. For 24 hours, New York realized how helpless it was without electricity.
1．Look at the 1st paragraph, who were right, the government officials or the pessimists?
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2．In what way was the blackout of 1977 different from that of 1965?
A．There was much more disorder.
B．This time the electricity supply failed.
C．It was quite unexpected.
D．It came in the cool autumn.
3．Why did many persons manage to escape the police?
A．The police could not see them in the darkness.
B．Many of them carried guns.
C．There were not enough policemen to catch them all.
D．They were hidden inside big buildings.
4．The 1997 New York electricity failure lasted ________.
Voices and fingers usually prevent us from reading fast． Young children and even old people learning to read move their fingers along the line of the piece being read, pointing to each word, sometimes even each letter one after another, and saying them to themselves in a low voice． Sometimes the reader makes no sound at all, but keeps moving the inside part of his mouth to pronounce silently． However, no matter how the reader moves his mouth while reading, seen or unseen, visible or invisible, it will be impossible for him to reach a speed of more than about 280 w．p．m．
Reading must be done by seeing instead of with any sort of sound-producing． The reader must be able to read more than one word at a time． When looking straight or directly at only one word in a line of reading, one can clearly see at least two other words on both sides in the same line． In other words, the reader can read three words at one glance． Thus looking straight at one word one can at least take in a whole phrase or even a complete short sentence on one line． Very often less than three eye movements will cover a whole line．
1． Pointing to the lines of a reading piece _____ reading．
A． slows down B． speeds up C． improves D． helps
2． ____a slow way of reading．
A． Reading aloud is B． Moving fingers along the lines is
C． Neither A nor B is D． Both A and B are
3． Taking in _____ at a glance is required in order to read fast．
A． two words B． two phrases C． three words D． three phrases
4． Reading at a speed of about ____ words a minute is still regarded as slow．
A 255B．285 C． 355D． 385
5． Fast reading at an average speed probably requires _____ eye movements for a whole line．
A ． oneB． two C． three D． four
Amanda Clement grew up in Hudson，South Dakota．Baseball was always her fa—vorite sport．Once in a while her brother Hank and his friends would let her play firstbase in their games．More often，however，they asked her to umpire(裁判)for them，because they knew her calls would be fair and there would be no arguing． One day in 1904，Amanda and her mother traveled to Hawarden，Iowa，to watchHank play for the home team against Hawarden．When they arrived at the ball field，two local teams were waiting to play a preliminary(预备)game．The umpire hadn’t ar—rived，so Hank argued that the teams should let his sister serve as umpire．The playersfinally agreed． Amanda，then sixteen and standing five feet，ten inches tall，made perfect calls．She was so good that players for the main game asked her 10 umpire for them and evenoffered to pay her．Thus，at sixteen，Amanda Clement became the first paid femalebaseball umpire on record．She is honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown，New York．61．Hank and his friends often asked Amanda to umpire for them because A．they wanted to make her happy B．she called them brothers C．no one else wanted to do it for them D．she knew the rules well and was fair62．Amanda went to Hawarden in order to A．serve as umpireC．make moneyB．watch her brother playD．help the local teams63．Amanda most probably learned how to umpire a baseball game . A．in her P．E．classes at school B．in an umpire training school C．by watching and playing the games D．from her mother，a baseball umpire64．Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? A．Amanda Clement．First Female Umpire B．A Family of Baseball Fans C．Baseball Games in Hawarden，Iowa D．The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown
Amanda Clement grew up in Hudson，South Dakota．Baseball was always her favorite sport．Once in a while her brother Hank and his friends would let her play first base in their games．More often，however，they asked her to umpire(裁判) for them，because they knew her calls would be fair and there would be no arguing．
One day in 1904，Amanda and her mother traveled to Hawarden，Iowa，to watch Hank play for the home team against Hawarden．When they arrived at the ball field，two local teams were waiting to play a preliminary(预备) game．The umpire hadn’t arrived，so Hank argued that the teams should let his sister serve as umpire．The players finally agreed．
Amanda，then sixteen and standing five feet，ten inches tall，made perfect calls．She was so good that players for the main game asked her 10 umpire for them and even offered to pay her．Thus，at sixteen，Amanda Clement became the first paid female baseball umpire on record．She is honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown，New York．
1.Hank and his friends often asked Amanda to umpire for them because
A．they wanted to make her happy
B．she called them brothers
C．no one else wanted to do it for them
D．she knew the rules well and was fair
2.Amanda went to Hawarden in order to
A．serve as umpire
B．make money
C．watch her brother play
D．help the local teams
3.Amanda most probably learned how to umpire a baseball game
A．in her P．E．classes at school B．in an umpire training school
C．by watching and playing the games D．from her mother，a baseball umpire
4.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A．Amanda Clement．First Female Umpire
B．A Family of Baseball Fans
C．Baseball Games in Hawarden，Iowa
D．The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown
Amanda Clement grew up in Hudson，South Dakota．Baseball was always her fa—
vorite sport．Once in a while her brother Hank and his friends would let her play first
base in their games．More often，however，they asked her to umpire(裁判)for them，
because they knew her calls would be fair and there would be no arguing．
One day in 1904，Amanda and her mother traveled to Hawarden，Iowa，to watch
Hank play for the home team against Hawarden．When they arrived at the ball field，
two local teams were waiting to play a preliminary(预备)game．The umpire hadn’t ar—
rived，so Hank argued that the teams should let his sister serve as umpire．The players
finally agreed．
Amanda，then sixteen and standing five feet，ten inches tall，made perfect calls．
She was so good that players for the main game asked her 10 umpire for them and even
offered to pay her．Thus，at sixteen，Amanda Clement became the first paid female
baseball umpire on record．She is honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown，
New York．
61．Hank and his friends often asked Amanda to umpire for them because
62．Amanda went to Hawarden in order to
C．make money
B．watch her brother play
63．Amanda most probably learned how to umpire a baseball game .
64．Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
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