A newly-wed couple on a four-month honeymoon were hit by six natural disasters, including the Australian floods, Christchurch earthquake and Japanese tsunami.
Stefan and Erika Svanstrom left Stockholm, Sweden, on December 6 and were immediately stranded in Munich, Germany, due to one of Europe's worst snowstorms. Travelling with their baby daughter, they flew on to Cairns in Australia which was then struck by one of the most tremendous tonadoes in the nation's history. From there, the couple, in their 20s, were forced to shelter for 24 hours on the cement floor of a shopping centre with 2,500 others. "Trees were being knocked over and big branches were scattered across the streets," Mr Svanstrom told Sweden's Express newspaper. "We escaped by the skin of our teeth," said Svanstrom.
They then headed south to Brisbane but the city was experiencing massive flooding, so they crossed the country to Perth where they narrowly escaped raging bush fires. The couple then flew to Christchurch, New Zealand, arriving just after a massive magnitude 6.3 earthquake destroyed the city on February 22. Mrs. Svanstrom said, "When we got there the whole town was a war zone." "We could not visit the city since it was completely blocked off, so instead we travelled around before going to Japan." But days after the Svanstroms arrived, Tokyo was rocked by Japan's largest earthquake since records began. "The trembling was horrible and we saw roof tiles fly off the buildings," Mr. Svantrom said. "It was like the buildings were swaying back and forth."
The family returned to Stockholm on March 29,2011 after a much calmer visit to their last destination China. But Mr. Svanstrom, who also survived the destructive Boxing Day tsunami that hit southeast Asia in 2004, said the marriage was still going strong. He added, "I know marriages have to endure some trials, but I think we have been through most of them." "We've certainly experienced more than our fair share of catastrophes, but the most important thing is that we're together and happy." Mrs. Svantrom added: “ To say we were unlucky with the weather doesn’t really cover it! It’s so absurd that now we can only laugh.”
【小题1】How many countries did the couple visit during their honeymoon?

A.6. B.5.C.4. D.3.
【小题2】What's the right order of the following things according to the passage?
a. The couple headed south to Brisbane.
b. The couple flew to Cairns.
c. The couple flew to Christchurch.
d. The couple were stranded in Munich.
A.a-b-c-d
B.a-c-b-d
C.d-b-c-a
D.d-b-a-c
【小题3】By saying "We escaped by the skin of our teeth.", Mr. Svanstrom meant that _____
A.The tornadoes was tremendous
B.They escaped from the tornadoes easily.
C.They had a narrow escape from the tornadoes
D.There was something wrong with their teeth
【小题4】According to the last two paragraphs, which word can best describe Mr. Svanstrom?
A.ambitious.
B.enthusiastic
C.considerate
D.optimistic

Carly Zalenski’s eyes were filled with tears as the dusty bus ran down a dirt road in southern Vietnam. She and her parents had travelled to Ho Chi Minh City by plane from Canton, Ohio of the USA. As they became     to the village, hundreds of cheering      stood in lines at the      to the Hoa Lac School, a two-story building that Carly had      money for.

  Carly started helping      when she was eight. She often walked about to send Thanksgiving baskets at church to families in need. When she saw one girl      very little in a snowy day and others didn’t have warm     , she went door-to-door asking for      coats, hats, gloves, and scarves, then handed them     to the poor families with the baskets.

  However, Carly wanted to do     more—she wanted to “change these children’s     with her efforts”. She remembered that her grandmother’s Rotary club had collected money to build a     in Vietnam a few years ago. She wanted to build a school,      .

  She put together a short show on the people and culture of Vietnam to his audience.    her new braces(脚支架) made it      to make the speech, she was full of enthusiasm, “I want to give them a place to     their lives better.”

  That summer, Carly     with her family across Ohio, visiting three or four Rotary clubs a week. “We travelled like      people to all these meetings,” said her mother. In two years, Carly had raised $50,000. At the donation    in Hoa Lac, the school principal was deeply    by the little girl. “How wonderful it is,” he said, “that a girl at her age wants to do something for kids so far away.”

1.A. farther                     B. closer                C. higher                        D. faster

2.A. adults                       B. farmers                       C. workers                  D. children

3.A. entrance        B. centre                    C. top               D. exit

4.A. collected                   B. borrow                      C. saved             D. earned

5.A. another          B. the others                     C. others            D. the other

6.A. wearing                    B. putting on                     C. dressing           D. taking off

7.A. houses           B. beds                          C. clothes                     D. food

8.A. new                        B. beautiful                      C. used              D. broken

9.A. out              B. up                            C. back               D. over

10.A. anything        B. something                    C. everything                  D. nothing

11.A. moods         B. works                        C. studies                      D. lives

12.A. church        B. village                 C. library                        D. school

13.A. either                   B. also                   C. too                         D. neither

14.A. Because                 B. Unless                C. Although                    D. When

15.A. hard           B. funny                 C. easy                        D. happy

16.A. remain        B. make                         C. turn                         D. allow

17.A. set off                    B. take off                        C. turn off                      D. pay off

18.A. sick                       B. disabled              C. crazy              D. friendly

19.A. ceremony    B. tradition                       C. currency          D. condition

20.A. surprised                B. pleased                       C. excited            D. touched

 

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