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In America,where labor costs are so high, do-it-yourself is a way of life.Many people 36 their own car,build their own garages,even rebuild their own 37 .Soon they may also be writing their own books.In Hollywood there is a company 38 publishes(出版) Children’s books 39 the help of computers.Although other book 40 also publish that way,this particular company is very 41 .It “personalizes”（使个性化）the book by having the computer make the reader the leading character in the story.Here is 42 they do it.Let us say your child 43 Jenny.She lives on Oak Drive in St. Louis,has a dog named Spot,a cat named Tabby,and three playmates 44 names are Betty,Sandy ,and Jody.The computer uses this 45 to fill out a story that has 46 been prepared and illustrated（发行）.The story is then printed（印刷） with standard equipment 47 a hard-cover book.A child who 48 such a book might say,”This book is about me”;the company therefore calls 49 the Me-book Publishing Company”.
Children like the Me-books because they like to see their own names in print and 50 of their friends and their pets. 51 more important ,”personalization” has been 52 to be important tool（工具） in __53 enthusiasm（热情） for reading.So Me-books are helping 54 to learn how to read, 55 appealing to（吸引） that natural desire to see his own name in print.
36.A.drive B.buy C.repair D.notice
37.A.houses B.buses C.TV sets D.computers
38.A.where B.不填 C.that D.what
39.A.under B.with C.in D.by
40.A.stores B.libraries C.sellers D.companies
41.A.common B.important C.unusual D.ordinary
42.A.how B.why C.what D.where
43.A.names B.to be named C.naming D.is named
44.A.who B.who’s C.whose D.that
45.A.news B.information C.condition D.direction
46.A.already B.really C.carefully D.fully
47.A.as B.that C.like D.such
48.A.gives B.borrows C.looks for D.receives
49.A.them B.itself C.yourself D.it
50.A.that B.what C.which D.those
51.A.But B.And C.So D.Therefore
52.A.founded B.invented C.found D.heard of
53.A.developing B.working C.seeing D.improving
54.A.a boy B.a girl C.a student D.a child
55.A.by B.for C.with D.about
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It was a cold, wet day when 14?-year-?old Wasana Sanjeewa reached St. Anthony's College. Waiting __31__ his classroom for his classmates to arrive, Wasana looked at the __32__. Then he noticed enormous amounts of rainwater flowing down the hill behind the classroom. For a few minutes, Wasana _33__ the water, wondering why it looked so __34__．
Then it hit him — the scene was similar to the slides he was shown during Disaster Management classes.
__35__ an approaching disaster, Wasana swung into action. “Run, run, don't stay here! The rocks on the hill are going to fall on us！” he __36__ and all the students ran to the open area.Then Wasana ran over to __37__ Principal Nihal Gurauinghe what was happening.
After __38__ the hill, Gurauinghe knew the school was in trouble. He and some teachers __39__ to stop the waterflow, but they were too __40__： huge rocks fell down the hill with sand and mud, and the entire school was destroyed.
When Wasana __41__ home later that day, his white uniform covered in mud, he got the __42___ from his mother. He tried to explain that he had __43__ two hundred schoolmates __44__ she didn't believe him.
His mother __45__ realized he was telling the truth when she saw a TV report about the __46__. Filled with pride, she hugged Wasana and said that he was indeed a __47__．
No one was hurt in the incident because of Wasana's __48__ action and careful observation.
“Wasana's action __49__ us that sometimes we cannot wait until something happens before we take action. It __50___ be too late by then，” Gurauinghe said.
31. A. inside B. behind C. outside D. over
32. A. sun B. rain C. snow D. fog
33 A. pointed at B. decided on C. kept on D. stared at
34. A. familiar B. special C. fresh D. random
35. A. Banning B. Imagining C. Predicting D. Hearing
36. A. explained B. shouted C. concluded D. whispered
37. A. ask B. promise C. tell D. persuade
38. A. inspecting B. describing C. measuring D. assessing
39. A. chose B. tried C. helped D. agreed
40. A. late B. mild C. blank D. anxious
41. A. missed B. left C. moved D. returned
42. A. reward B. blame C. effect D. faith
43. A. cured B. fought C. saved D. guided
44. A. so B. or C. for D. but
45. A. naturally B. necessarily C. completely D. finally
46. A. adventure B. disaster C. failure D. experience
47. A. loser B. fool C. hero D. star
48. A. quiet B. tough C. quick D. safe
49. A. taught B. interested C. warned D. confused
50. A. might B. has to C. must D. ought to
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Choose the Best Heading(Notice：there is one extra．)
A．Predicting the weather in summer
B．When weather forecasting started
C．Weather forecasting now
D．What a red sky means in the UK
E．A big mistake in forecasting in the UK
F．The spread of the weather forecasting
Weather forecasting as a science is only 150 years old, but who started weather forecasts and how are they different today?
1．________
Robert FitzRoy was an amateur forecaster who started the UK's Meteorology Officers first forecast in August 1861 in the Times newspaper was short but accurate．The first TV forecast in the UK was in 1936, but the biggest change was in the 1950s when they started to use weathermen and women and magnetic sun and clouds to place on the map．Now we have satellite pictures of the weather all over the world．None of this would be possible without Robert Fitzroy．
2．________
But sometimes forecasters get it wrong．There is a very famous case m the UK, where on 15 October 1987 the forecaster predicted that a hurricane in the US would not affect the UK．But the south-east of England then had its worst storm for nearly 300 years．
3．________
Before meteorology, people used common knowledge to predict the weather．‘Red sky at night-shepherd's delight, red sky in the morning; shepherd's warning．’ is a common saying．It is fairly accurate in the UK, because a red sky in the west, where the sun sets, means good weather, but a red sky in the morning means the sun is reflecting off the rain clouds．This means there will probably be rain, which is bad weather for shepherds．
4．________
Several European countries have a saying predicting summer weather．For example in England we say if it rains on St Swithun's Day(15 July)there'll be rain for the next 50 days, but if it is doesn't rain then it'll be dry for the same time．Summer weather patterns start in the first half of July and usually continue for the next few weeks, so this is true about75％ of the time．In France they have a similar saying about rain on St．Gervais．day(19 July)and in Germany the weather on 'seven sleepers' day(7 July)predicts the weather for the following seven weeks．
5．________
Nowadays supercomputers receive millions of bits of information about the weather 24 hours a day, but it is still difficult to predict the weather because of the famous ‘butterfly effect’．This means if there is a small change in the air movement in one part of the world, for example a butterfly flapping its wings in China, it might cause a storm in the US．So two and three-day foists are much more reliable than five-day forecasts：those extra few days are enough for the weather to develop in a completely different way．