Krakatau Volcano (喀拉喀托火山) is on a small island in Indonesia. It had been peaceful for about 200 years before it erupted (爆发) in 1883.

The first signs of the activity of the volcano appeared in May 1883, when fire and smoke could be seen at the top of the mountain. Great noise could be heard even in Jakarta, a hundred miles away. Later the activity grew much greater. The peak (山顶) was covered with smoke and fire; the smoke at one time was seventeen miles high in the air. The lava—soft and hot rock—shot up into the air and rolled down the sides of the mountain.

The mouth of the volcano was not at the peak of the mountain but on its side, close to the sea. As it grew bigger and bigger with the eruption, the sea water got into it. When the sea water reached the lava inside the volcano, it made the upper part of the lava colder and harder. And this sealed off (封住) the rest of the lava below. As the inside of the lava could not break through the seal, the pressure (压力) built up until the mountain blew up.

The eruption of the volcano was followed by several earthquakes which brought about bad results. About 36,000 people were killed and many towns and villages near the sea were completely destroyed by the great waves which the earthquake caused.

1．Give the correct order of the course of volcano eruption.

①The peak was covered with smoke and fire.

②Fire and smoke could be seen at the top of the mountain.

③Great noise could be heard a hundred miles away.

④The lava shot into the air and rolled down the sides of the mountain.

A．①②③④ 　　　　 B．①③②④

C．②③①④ 　　　　 D．④①③②

2．What makes the volcano erupt?

A．The sea water which goes into the volcano.

B．The lava (岩浆)．

C．The pressure which is bigger and bigger.

D．All of the above.

3．Where is the mouth of the volcano?

A．At the peak of the mountain.

B．On the side of the mountain near the sea.

C．At the foot of the mountain.

D．Inside the mountain.

--- Is this raincoat yours?
---No, mine there behind the door.
     A. is hanging B. has hung C. hangs D. hung

Oxygen usually ______ in the form of gas in nature but when made cold enough, it can also take the form of solid.

　 A. remains　 　　　B. stays　　 　　　　 B. exists　 　　　　　D. survives

I used to watch a little girl playing basketball every day from my kitchen window. One day I asked her why she practiced so much. She said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship. I like basketball and I want to be the best player in college. My dad told me, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”

She never changed her mind. I watched her through those junior high years and into senior high school. One day before she graduated from high school, I saw her sitting on the grass sadly. I asked her what was wrong. She told me that her coach said she was too short to be a good basketball player, so she should stop dreaming about going to college. She was heartbroken and it made me feel bad too. Then she smiled and told me her father said that the coach was wrong. He did not understand the power of dream. Her father said to her, “If you really want to play for the scholarship of a good college, nothing but you yourself can stop your dream.” He told her again, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”

The next year, she and her team went to a big game. She was seen by a coach of a famous college team and was offered a scholarship to the women’s basketball team of their college. She was to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked for all those years.

“If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” It is true.

1. What is the only way for the girl to go to a good college according to the passage?（No more than 10 words）

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2. Give a definition to the underlined word “count”.（ No more than 5 words）

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3. Why is the girl so sad? （ No more than 20 words）

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4. What is the girl’s father’s purpose by saying “If you really want to play for the scholarship of a good college, nothing but you yourself can stop your dream.”?（No more than 10 words）

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5. What have you learned from the story? （ No more than 30 words）

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The computers in the other shop will be ______， but ______ as those in this shop.

A. cheaper； not as better B. more cheaper； not as better

C. cheaper； not as good D. more cheap； not as good

He talked about a hero ____ no one had ever heard.

A. of whom 　 B. from whom 　 C. about that 　 D. who

I _____ to take a holiday this summer, but I had to change my plan .

　 A. would hope 　 B. was hoping

　 C. had been hoped 　 D. had hoped

Xia Lei told me that she feels much more at home in England now, and _____ had seemed very strange before now appears quite normal.

A. that　 B. which　 C. what D. it

Hannibal was a general from Carthage, a city on the northern coast of Africa. He thought the ancient Romans and won great battles at a time when the Romans were the most powerful people in the world. His army was small, but it was made up of soldiers from many countries that didn’t want to be ruled by the Romans.

　 before Hannibal could fight the Romans always had thought would protect them from enemy armies. When winter came, the Romans did not think Hannibal could possibly cross the mountains. Hannibal surprised them. With some of his soldiers riding huge strong elephants—where no elephants had to walk slowly without resting through the mountain snow-storms and howling(怒号)winds. The enemies rolled rocks down to try to stop them. Even raging rivers couldn’t stop them. Hannibal’s soldiers built rafts(木排)strong enough to carry the elephants across. At last, half of them never reached the end of their journey. But the other half of the army and some of the elephants did finish the journey.

1. From the passage, Hannibal might live in ____.

　 A. Algeria　　　 B. Italy　　　　 C. Turkey　　　　 D. Iraq

2. Hannibal knew that he ____.

　 A. must have a powerful army to beat the Romans

　 B. must cross the Alps to win the battle

　 C. was sure to beat the Romans before crossing the Alps

　 D. had to break away from the Romans to cross the Alps

3. Which of the following is not true?

　 A. Before Hannibal’s army crossed the Alps, the Romans were the most powerful people in

　　 the world.

　 B. The Romans thought it impossible for Hannibal to cross the Alps.

　 C. Hannibal used the elephant to help cross the Alps because the elephants were good at

　　 walking on mountain paths.

　 D. Hannibal managed to cross the Alps after all with his army.

4. After reading this passage, we can easily remember a saying____.

　 A. Where there’s a will, there’s a way

　 B. Strike while the iron is still hot

　 C. He who doesn’t reach the Great Wall is not a true man

　 D. Failure is the mother of success