8.A man named Smith was sitting on his roof during a flood,and the water was up to his feet.Before long a fellow in a canoe paddled(用浆划水) past and shouted,"Can I give you a lift to higher ground?""No,thanks,"said Smi th."I have faith in the Lord(上帝) and he will save me."Soon the water rose to Smith's waist.At this point a motor boat pulled up and someone called out,"Can I give you a lift to higher ground?""No,thanks,"said Smith,"I have faith in the Lord and he will save me."Later a helicopter flew by,and Smith was now standing on the roof with water up to his neck."Grab the rope,"yelled the pilot."I will pull you up.""No,thanks,"said Smith,‘I have faith in the Lord and he will save me."But after hours of treading water(踩水),poorly exhausted Smith drowned and went to his reward.As he arrived at the Pearly Gates(天国之门),Smith met his maker and complained about this turn of events."Tell me,Lord,"he said,"I had such faith in you to save me and you let me down.What happened?"To which the Lord replied,"What do you want from me?I sent you two boats and a helicopter!"
21.The first person to save Smith cameA.
A.by canoe         
B.by motor boat           
C.by car      
D.by helicopter
22.When the helicopter flew by,the waterB.
A.was up to Smith's feet                      
B.rose to Smith's neck
C.was up to Smith's neck                     
D.rose over Smith's head
23.From the phrase"after hours of treading water",we can guess that SmithB.
A,could not swim                               
B.could swim          
C.liked swimming                          
D.was a good swimmer
24.What is the point of the story?D
A.People should have faith in God         
B.People should not have faith in God
C.Too many chances mean no chance         
D.God helps those who help themselves.
5.
Welcome to the 2012 London Olympic Games!
Archery
Archery has a 10,000 year history,when bows and arrows were first used for hunting and war.
Archery first appeared at the Paris Olympics of 1990.It was removed after 1908 and only returned to the Olympics at Munich in 1972.
Did you know?
In the 14th century,archery was so important that as English law required every man,aged seven to 60,to practise it.
Badminton
This sport was invented by British soldiers in India who called it Poono,the same name as the town in which they lived.
It was first played at the Olympics in 1992 at Barcelona.Although the rules of the modern sport were developed in England,Asian countries are now the best.
Did you know?
The best balls are said to be made from the feathers of the left wing of goose.
Football
There are two medal competitions for Olympic football,one for men's teams and one for women's.
Football was first played at the 1908 Olympic Games and it has been played at every Olympic Games ever since,except for Los Angeles 1932.
Did you know?
Hungary has won three football gold medals-more than any other country.
Taekwondo
This Korean sport's name means"the way of the hand and foot".The players get points by hitting each other with these two parts of the body only.The players mustn't lie on the floor and no equipment can be used.
Taekwondo first appeared at the 2000 Sydney Games.
Did you know?
Over 60 million people from 190 countries around the world regularly take part in this sport.
56.Who invented the sport of badminton?C
A.Indians.
B.Chinese.
C.British     
D.Koreans.
57.Which of these sports appeared earliest at the Olympics?A
A.Archery.
B.Badminton.
C.Taekwondo.
D.Football.
58.Which sport was first named after a town?B
A.Football.
B.Badminton.
C.Taekwondo.
D.Archery.
59.Which of the following picture shows the sport of"Taekwondo"C

60.Where can you most probably find web page?D
A.Sydney 2000.com          
B.Beijing 2008.com
C.Guangzhou 2010.com       
D.London 2012.com.
4.Frankenstein is one of the world's most famous horror stories.It's about a doctor who creates a new man from the body parts of dead people and brings it to life.But the experiment goes wrong and the monster(怪兽) kills the doctor and many others.The story has been read by millions since it was first published and in the last hundred years it has been made into dozens of movies.Many people are surprised to learn its writer was a 19-year-old woman,called Mary Shelley.
Mary was born into a rich London family in August 1797.She was educated by her parents and when she was 13 decided to become a writer.In 1812,she met the famous writer Percy Shelley and they soon got married.Sadly for Mary,their first child died soon after birth in Italy.In her diary,Mary wrote about a dream:"I dreamt that my little baby came to life again-that it had only been cold and that we rubbed it before the fire and it lived."
In 1816,Percy Shelley and 19-year-odl May visited the poet Lord Byron at his home in Switzerland.Because of the bad weather they stayed indoors reading horror stories.One night,Byron asked everyone to write their own story.Mary thought of her dream and wrote the story Frankenstein.
Frankenstein was published when Mary was 21,and became a huge success.Many people didn't think a 19-year-old woman could write so well and believed her husband was the real writer.
Although famous,Shelley's life was full of sadness.Only one of her four children lived and in 1822 her husband died in a swimming accident.Mary was broken-hearted and decided not to marry again.She devoted herself to her child and continued to write until her death in 1851.
46.What do we know about he story Frankenstein?B
A.It was really written by Mary Shelley's husband.
B.It was been read by millions of people.
C.It was written to remember Shelley's husband.
D.It is the most famous story in the world.
47.Where was Mary Shelley when she wrote the story Frankenstein?B
A.In England.
B.In Switzerland.
C.In Italy.
D.In France.
48.In which order to the following take place?B
a.Bad weather made everyone stay indoors reading horror stories.
b.The story Frankenstein was first published.
c.Mary wrote about a dream in her diary.
d.Mary met the famous writer Percy Shelley.
e.Movies based on the story of Frankenstein were made.
A.a,c,b,e,d       
B.d,c,a,b,e   
C.c,a,b,d,e       
D.b,a,d,c,e
49.How old was Mary Shelley when she died?C
A.43       
B.48        
C.54       
D.51
50.What can we learn about Mary Shelley from this passage?A
A.She experienced a lot of sadness in her life.
B.She wasn't considered a good writer during her life.
C.She was educated at her local school.
D.She became very rich because of the story Frankenstein.
3.Pakistan's mud mystery
On September 24,2013,an earthquake struck the southwest of Pakistan,taking more than 300lives and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless.But after the horrible disaster,people living by the coast received another shock---they saw a new island,which seemed to have appeared out of nowhere,in the sea just over a kilometer from the shore,which has become a global curiosity.
How was it formed in just a few minutes?
As we know,islands in the sea are usually formed by volcanoes.There are many volcanoes under the sea.As the hot lava (岩浆) rushes out of the earth's crust (地壳) and cools down,it piles up and forms the shape of a mountain.When the mountain grows higher than the sea level,the part that's above the water becomes an island.
This time the island was brought about by a"mud volcano"instead of by a regular volcano.Lava is not the only thing that's locked under the earth's crust---there is also gas.When an earthquake happens and breaks part of the crust,the gas is released at an extremely high speed,pushing mud up to the surface.But only extremely powerful earthquakes can cause mud volcanoes to push up enough mud to produce islands---and this 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Pakistan was strong enough.The island is about 20meters high,up to about 90meters wide and 30meters long,nearly the size of a soccer field.
In fact,mud volcano islands aren't new.This is the fourth island of this kind in the region since 1945.But those islands usually didn't last long."It will probably be gone within a couple of months,"said Bill Barnhart,a researcher with the US Geological Survey.After all,"it's just a big pile of mud that was on the seafloor that got pushed up".

56.How many shocks did people in Pakistan receive on September 24,2013?(within 1word)
Two.
57.Where does the hot lava come from?(within 5words)
From under the earth's crust./From inside the earth.(Volcanoes under the sea.)
58.How does mud come above the surface of water?(within 6words)
It is pushed up by gas.
59.When will a mud volcano island be possibly formed?(within 6words)
When the earthquake is powerful enough (extremely powerful).(when the crust is broken.)
60.How long is the new mud volcano island likely to last?(within 3words)
A few months.(Several months.).
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