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　　Jenny and Cecilia were going home after visiting friends. This was 1 ordinary night. They were driving home and thunder could be heard and lightning(闪电)could be seen.

　　Never had Texas seen such a terrible 2 . Many highways were closed because of flooding. Jenny held the wheel while the flood water knocked 3 her car.

　　Suddenly a wave of flood water swept across the road, 4 the car into a drain(水沟). Jenny fought to 5 the vehicle(汽车)but the engine stopped. Another wave of flood water covered the car. “Get 6 ”Jenny shouted. But they couldn't 7 the door. “The windows!”Cecilia rolled down the windows and at once water poured in. They had only minutes to get out 8 the car was completely covered by water.

　　With an effort, they 9 the edge of their car. Terrified(受惊吓的), they crowded close as the flood was getting stronger.

　　In the distance they saw a tall tree, 10 was their only hope. Reluctantly(勉强地), the two women left the last refuge(避难所). They swam to the tree with 11 difficulty. They struggled in the darkness and Jenny felt a sudden sharp pull at her 12 . It was Cecilia. She had already reached the tree.

　　She 13 up on the part where the two branches formed a“V”. Jenny hung on to Cecilia's legs. Once in a while they would see headlights in the 14 . They would scream at the top of their voices 15 their voices would not be heard in the storm.

　　At about 5∶10 p.m. Don Marks was driving home from work. In the darkness he thought he heard 16 . So he sped towards Kentucky Police station where he informed(通知)the police. Fire chief John Smith with his men rushed to village Creek. They found 17 difficult to keep their balance in the knee-high rushing water.

　　Don shouted to the women, “Just hang on!”With ropes 18 around their waists(腰部), the men went nearer and nearer to the 19 . In an hour they were safely in the car. After they were brought to the hospital, Cecilia said, “We were 20 to survive.”

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I opened my new patient's chart and headed for her room. My son, Eric, had just brought home a disappointing report card, and my daughter, Shannon, and I had argued again about her getting a driver's license. For the next eight hours I wanted to throw myself into helping people who I knew had much more to worry about than I did. Rebekah, mother of three lovely little girls, was only 32, admitted for chemotherapy after breast-cancer surgery, When I gave her an injection, Rebekah shut her eyes tightly and murmured a prayer until it was over. Then she smiled and squeezed my hand. “Before you go, could you get my Bible from the table?" I handed her the worn book. "Do you have a favorite Bible verse?" she asked. "Jesus wept. John 11: 35." "Such a sad one," she said. "Why?""It makes me feel closer to Jesus, knowing he also experienced human sorrow." Rebekah nodded thoughtfully and started flipping through her Bible as I shut the door quietly behind me.

During the following months, her hospital stays became frequent and she worried about her children. One day when I entered her room, I found her talking into a tape recorder. She picked up a notebook and held it out to me. "I'm making a tape for my daughters, " she said. I read the list on her pad: starting school, confirmation, turning 16, first date, graduation. While I worried how to help her deal with death, she was planning for her children's future. She usually waited until the early hours of the morning to record the tapes so she could be free from interruptions. She filled them with family stories and advice，trying to cram a lifetime of love into a few precious hours. Finally, every item in her notes had been checked off and she entrusted the tapes to her husband.

I often wondered what I would say in her place. My kids joked that I was like an FBI agent, with my constant questions about where they’d been and who they’d been with. Where, I thought, are my words of encouragement and love?

It was three o'clock one afternoon when I got an urgent call from the hospital. Rebekah wanted me to come immediately with a blank tape. She was breathing hard when I entered her room. I slipped the tape into the recorder and held the microphone to her lips. "Ruthie, Hannah, Molly, this is the most important tape." She held my hand and closed her eyes. "Someday your daddy will bring home a new mommy. Please make her feel special. Show her how to take care of you. Ruthie, honey, help her get your Brownie uniform ready each Tuesday. Hannah, tell her you don't want meat sauce on your spaghetti. Molly, don't get mad if there's no apple juice. Drink something else. It's okay to be sad, sweeties. Jesus cried too. He knows about sadness and will help you to be happy again. Remember, I'll always love you. I shut off the recorder and Rebekah sighed deeply. "Thank you, Nan, "You'll give this one to them, won't you?" she murmured as she slid into sleep.

A time would come when the tape would be played for Rebekah's children, but right then, after I smoothed Rebekah's blanket, I got in my car and hurried home. I thought of how my Shannon also liked her sauce on the side and suddenly that quirk, which had annoyed me so many times, seemed to make her so much more precious. That night the kids didn't go out; they sat with me long after the spaghetti sauce had dried onto the dishes. And we talked, without interrogations, without complaints，late into the night.

1.From the first paragraph we can learn that ____________ .

A. Nan was in a bad state and wept a lot in her daily life.

B. Nan was not on good terms with her children.

C. Nan was worried about how to help Rebeka deal with her death.

D. Nan laid more stress on attending on her patients than her children.

2.Which of the following scenes was most likely to be seen at Nan’s home before she met Rebekah?

A. The family sat down in a circle and shared an interesting story.

B. After dinner, the children either went out or shut themselves up in their rooms.

C. The son was the headache of the parents while the daughter their comfort.

D. When Eric did poorly at school, the parents comforted him and cheered him up.

3.Which was the most vital message Rebekah left to her children?

A. Bringing home satisfying school report cards 

B. Landing a job after graduation

C. Growing up healthily and happily          

D. Accepting their step-mother into their lives.

4.The writer learnt from Rebekah that a parent’s real concern should be_______.           .

A. protecting the children from the dangers they may be trapped in.

B. having encouraging and loving talks with children.

C. making tape records to guide the children in their future lives.

D. tolerating the children’s annoying quirks.

Being alone in outer space can be __36__. That is one reason why astronauts on solo space flights were given plenty of work to keep them   37   . They were also in constant communication with people on the earth.   38   , being with people from whom you cannot get away might be even harder than being alone. This is what happens on long submarine(海底)voyages. It will also happen on   39    space flights in the future. Will there be special problems of adjustment under such conditions?

  Scientists have studied the reactions of men to one another during long submarine voyages. They have also found that the longer the voyage lasts, the more serious the problem of   40   is. When men are  41  together for a long period, they begin to feel  42  . Everyone has little habits of speaking and behaving that are ordinarily acceptable. In the limited space over a long period of time, however, these little habits may become very_ 43  .

  Apparently, although no one wants to be  44  all the time, everyone needs some degree of privacy. When people are enclosed together, they are in what is called stress situation. That means that they are under an unusual amount of  45  or stress.

  People who are well-adjusted are able to  46  stress situations better than others. That is one reason why so much care is taken in  47  our astronauts. These men undergo a long period of testing and training. One of the things tested is their behavior under stress, and thus they can do better than ordinary people.

A. excited             B. frightening            C. confusing              D.brave

A. tired                  B. asleep           C.conscious               D.busy

A. So far           B.     After all             C.However                D.Therefore

A. long                   B.     fast                     C.dangerous             D.direct

A. fuel          B. entertainment     C.adjustment            D.health

A. shut up             B. held up                   C.brought up             D.picked up

A. uneasy             B. interested             C.comfortable D.excited

A. pleasing  B. annoying               C.common                 D.valuable

A. noisy                 B. alone                      C.personal                 D.sociable

A. emphasis         B. conflict                   C.power                     D.pressure

A. handle              B. create           C.affect                      D.investigate

A. becoming   B. choosing                 C.ordering                 D.promoting

Being alone in outer space can be __36__. That is one reason why astronauts on solo space flights were given plenty of work to keep them   37   . They were also in constant communication with people on the earth.   38   , being with people from whom you cannot get away might be even harder than being alone. This is what happens on long submarine(海底)voyages. It will also happen on   39    space flights in the future. Will there be special problems of adjustment under such conditions?

  Scientists have studied the reactions of men to one another during long submarine voyages. They have also found that the longer the voyage lasts, the more serious the problem of   40   is. When men are  41  together for a long period, they begin to feel  42  . Everyone has little habits of speaking and behaving that are ordinarily acceptable. In the limited space over a long period of time, however, these little habits may become very_ 43  .

  Apparently, although no one wants to be  44  all the time, everyone needs some degree of privacy. When people are enclosed together, they are in what is called stress situation. That means that they are under an unusual amount of  45  or stress.

  People who are well-adjusted are able to  46  stress situations better than others. That is one reason why so much care is taken in  47  our astronauts. These men undergo a long period of testing and training. One of the things tested is their behavior under stress, and thus they can do better than ordinary people.

A. excited             B. frightening            C. confusing              D.brave

A. tired                  B. asleep           C.conscious               D.busy

A. So far           B.     After all             C.However                D.Therefore

A. long                   B.     fast                     C.dangerous             D.direct

A. fuel          B. entertainment     C.adjustment            D.health

A. shut up             B. held up                   C.brought up             D.picked up

A. uneasy             B. interested             C.comfortable D.excited

A. pleasing  B. annoying               C.common                 D.valuable

A. noisy                 B. alone                      C.personal                 D.sociable

A. emphasis         B. conflict                   C.power                     D.pressure

A. handle              B. create           C.affect                      D.investigate

A. becoming   B. choosing                 C.ordering                 D.promoting

Being alone in outer space can be frightening. That is one reason why astronauts on solo (单独的) space flights were given plenty of work to keep them  21  . They were also constant communication with people on the earth.  22 , being with people from whom you cannot get away might be even harder than being alone. This is what happens on long submarine (潜水艇) voyages. It will also happen on  23  space flights in the future. Will there be special problem of adjustment under such conditions?

Scientists have studied the reactions of men to one another during long submarine voyages. They have found that the longer the voyage lasts, the more serious the problem of 24  is. When men are  25  together for a long period, they begin to feel uneasy. Everyone has little habits of speaking and behaving that are ordinarily acceptable. In the limited space over a long period of time, however, these little habits may become very  26 .

Apparently, although no one wants to be  27  all the time, everyone needs some degree of privacy. When people are enclosed together, they are in what is called a stress situation. That means that they are under an unusual amount of  28  or stress.

People who are well-adjusted are able to  29  stress situations better than others. That is one reason why so much care is taken in  30  our astronauts. These men undergo a long period of testing and training. One of the things tested is their behavior under stress.

21. A. tired             B. asleep           C. conscious          D. busy

22. A. So far           B. After all           C. However        D. Therefore

23. A. long             B. fast               C. dangerous         D. direct

24. A. fuel              B. entertainment       C. adjustment        D. health

25. A. shut up         B. held up            C. brought up        D. picked up

26. A. pleasing               B. annoying          C. common        D. valuable

27. A. noisy            B. alone            C. personal         D. sociable

28. A. emphasis          B. conflict            C. power            D. pressure

29. A. handle          B. create            C. affect            D. investigate

30. A. becoming         B. choosing          C. ordering        D. promoting