4. Mrs Brown is over 80 and not very (活跃的) now.

3. 1 see great (可能性) in the experiment.

2. He is the (以前的) headmaster of the school.

1. (幸运的是) ，the fire was discovered soon after it had started.

I.课文理解

(   )1. How many people were killed in the city of San Francisco in the California Earthquake?

   A. About 800.   B. About 830,000.

   C. About 250,000.   D. About500.

(   )2. Why does the author mention China and California?

   A. To warn people of the destruction of earthquakes.

   B. To remind people of the two big earthquakes.

   C. To give examples about the destruction of earthquakes.

   D. To explain the causes of earthquakes.

3. The organising structure of this article is.

   A. from general to particulars

   B. from particulars to general

   C. from examples to examples

   D. concluding from statistics of earthquakes

     Last Sunday I saw the worst storm in years. It 1 suddenly in the mid-afternoon and 2 more than three hours.

     At first,the sky grew 3 all of a sudden within minutes,forks of lightning forced a way into the sky. Then it was 4 by the boom-boom-boom of 5 . A very strong wind blew into my room. My valuable notes, 6 on my desk in the room, 7 high into the air. I jumped up to 8 them but unluckily a few sheets 9 out of the open window. 10 I ran out to get the notes,big drops of rain began to 11 As soon as I ran back into the house,the 12 began to pour in waves. I 13 to close the windows. I did it but was wet all over. I 14 myself with a towel. Then 1 heard a sudden loud 15 from the back of the house. I ran out of the room to 16 what it was. A tree was broken. Part of its big branch lay 17 the floor. The

table was 18 into pieces. It would 19 a lot of work to rebuild it. However,we were 20 that no one was hurt.

1. A. fell   B. reached   C. came   D. went

2. A. lasted   B. kept   C. flowed   D. blew

3. A. bright   B. grey   C. blue   D. dark

4. A. followed   B. caused

   C. made   D. brought

5. A. rain   B. thunder   C. wind   D. storm

6. A. placing   B. putting

   C. lying   D. picking

7. A. threw   B. jumped

   C. flew   D. rose

8. A. take   B. catch   C. draw   D. stop

9. A. moved   B. came   C. ran   D. sailed

10. A. Before   B. As

   C. During   D. Since

11. A. fall   B. rain   C. drop   D. burst

12. A. storm   B. water   C. wind   D. rain

13. A. walked   B. fought

   C. went   D. got

14. A. dried   B. cleaned

   C. swept   D. helped

15. A. noise   B. scream

  C. voice   D. sound

16. A. learn about   B. look for

  C. see into   D. find out

17. A. across   B. through

  C. over   D. pass

18. A. turned   B. changed

  C. broken   D. found

19. A. give   B. pay   C. spend   D. take

20. A. good   B. afraid

  C. thankful   D. careful

12. 1 think you’d better tell me the for your be-ing late again and again.

   A. reason   B. cause

   C. purpose   D. desire

11. Though the flood did great to the crops, farmers still won a good harvest.

   A. hurt   B. ruin

   C. damage   D. injury

10. Don’t leave the water while you brush your  teeth.

   A. run        B. running

   C. begin run   D. to run

9. By the time Jane gets home,her aunt for London to attend a meeting.

   A. will leave      B. leaves

   C. will have left   D. left