Moreno, Stanley, and 23 other students from Westfield State College were on vacation in Acapulco, Mexico. This was the last night in the hotel. It was 4 am, Moreno and Stanley came back from a party.

　　Just as Stanley went to sleep, he heard loud noise outside. From the balcony (阳台) of their fourth-floor room, Moreno and Stanley saw black smoke out of one window and heard people shouting.

　　Moreno ran out into the corridor and began knocking on doors and shouting, "Fire!" After that, he went upstairs in a hurry to tell other people. At the same time, Stanley was downstairs helping people get through the smoke-filled room. There he joined forces with Nalewanski, a 21-year-old boy who had a room on the second floor.

　　"Let's go," Nalewanski said. He and Stanley wet their shirts in the bathroom and put them around their mouths and noses so they could breathe. Then they ran up the stairs. On the fourth floor they found Moreno feeling terrible (Moreno had made it up to the eighth floor before turning back). But after making sure he could get back down on his own, they continued upstairs, knocking on the doors on every floor.

　　In the end, no one was seriously hurt. Moreno said, "There were hundreds of people in the hotel. It was our duty to help them."

1. 　　　 students from Westfield State College were on vacation in Acapulco, Mexico.

2. Which floor does Stanley live on?

3. Nalewanski and Stanley put their wet shirts around their mouths and noses in order to 　　　 .

4. What is the correct order?

　　　a. Moreno told other people.

　　　b. No one was seriously hurt.

　　　c. Nalewanski joined them to save people.

　　　d. Stanley and Moreno saw the smoke.

5. From the fourth paragraph, we can know 　　　

　　 Are you nervous when you stand in front of the public? Are you afraid to make a speech?

　　 Li Jun, a middle school boy, felt shy when he was making a speech the other day. Li had

thought it would be quite easy to speak in front of　 41　 classmates.

　　 "I was wrong. It was very different and much 　42　 than talking to my classmates during playtime," Li said. "I tried, but it was really difficult to speak. I felt like a mute (哑巴) and wanted to leave the classroom　 43　 "

　　 Li is not alone. Many middle school students now have the same 　44　 : they can talk about their ideas freely　 45　 their best friends after class, but can't speak in public. According to Zhou Hong, a teacher from a university, the main reason is that schools in China pay more attention to writing instead of 46 .

　　 Zhou hopes schools can give students more chances to open their　 47 , such as speech competitions, English corners and class discussions. Students can join in any one they want to.　 48　 he also gives some advice to students. "During your free time you should 49　 more. When you're speaking in public, take it easy. Just imagine you're talking to nobody and speak up your ideas clearly," Zhou said. "That 　50 a fine public speech and you'll feel confident. "

41. A. her　　　　　　 B. my　　　　　　　 C. your　　　　　　　 D. his

42. A. harder　　　　　 B. easier　　　　　　 C. better'　　　　　　 D. later

43. A. slowly　　　　　 B. quickly　　　　　 C. sadly　　　　　　 D. happily

44. A. answer　　　　　 B, subject　　　　　 C. problem　　　　　 D. question

45. A. except　　　　　 B. beside　　　　　 C. from　　　　　　　 D. with

46. A. listening　　　　 B. speaking　　　　　 C. reading　　　　　 D. singing

47. A. mouths　　　　 B. eyes　　　　　　 C. minds　　　　　　 D. hearts

48. A. But　　　　　　 B. So　　　　　　　 C. And　　　 　　　 D. Or

49. A. play　　　　　　 B. practice　　　　　 C. write　　　　　　　 D. watch

50. A. reports　　　　　 B. keeps　　　　　　 C. hears　　　　　　 D. makes

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　　What do you do if you are hit in the mouth and one of your teeth is knocked out? A dentist(牙医) may be able to put the tooth back in for you, but you have to get to the dentist first. In the meantime, you have to store the tooth so that it will stay healthy. The simplest thing to do is to put the tooth back into your mouth, or you could put it in milk. Frank Courts, a dentist at the University of Florida, worked with other researchers to find the safest way of keeping knocked－out teeth. He tried putting teeth into milk, into water, and into cell-culture medium(细胞培养液). He also tried just drying the teeth in the open air. He used teeth that had to be removed from people's mouths for various reasons. The teeth were put into one of the solutions(溶液) or stored in the air for one hour. Then cells from the root of the teeth were scraped off the teeth. Dr Courts and the others then studied how healthy these cells were.

　　The cell-culture medium worked best to keep a knocked-out tooth healthy outside the mouth. However, few people keep cell-culture medium handy at home or in school. The next best thing was milk. But Dr Courts said that the best thing of all was to wash the tooth and put it right back into its socket(牙槽) in the mouth. For some peoplet, though, this is just too painful or upsetting. So milk will do, until you get your tooth (and your mouth) to a dentist.

1．This passage is mainly about ________.

[　　]

A．how a dentist can save a knocked-out tooth

B．how to keep a knocked-out tooth healthy

C．how Dr Courts and other researchers made their experiments

D．how to put a knocked-out tooth back into its socket

2．Dr Courts tested ________.

[　　]

A．man-made teeth

B．teeth dried in the open air

C．teeth pulled for various reasons

D．teeth put back in their sockets

3．The best way to keep a knocked-out tooth healthy outside the mouth is to store it ________.

[　　]

A．in cell-culture medium

B．in milk

C．in water

D．in the open air

4．Milk can be used instead of cell-culture medium to put a knocked-out tooth in because ________.

[　　]

A．milk works better to keep the tooth healthy

B．milk causes less pain

C．cell-culture medium is not usually handy

D．cell-culture medium is more expensive

5．“Dr Courts said that the best of all was to wash the tooth and put it right back into its socket in the mouth.” In the sentence, the word “best” means ________.

[　　]

A．cheapest and healthiest

B．least painful and cheapest

C．quickest and least painful

D．easiest and healthiest

完形填空。

　In 　1　　 　summer of 1935, when I was a young man. I 　2　　 　in the north-west of India（印度）. One evening, after hunting（打猎）in the forest all day, I 　3　　 　alone to the place where I 　4　　 　my tent（帐篷）. It was getting dark（黑暗）and I was walking a path (小路). On my right there was a wide river. On my left, a thick forest. Suddenly I saw two green eyes looking at me from among the trees. A tiger (虎) 　5　　 　jump on me!What could I do? Should I jump into the river and hope 　6　　 　my life by 　7　　 　? I looked to the right. In the river there was a big crocodile waiting to welcome（欢迎）me with its 　8　　 　wide open.

　I was so 　9　　 　that I closed my eyes. I heard the branches（树枝）moving. I opened my eyes. What do you think 　10　　 　? The tiger had jumped right over me and now was in the jaws（咀巴）of the crocodile.