Although hurricane season doesn't begin until June 1, a Pacific storm has already struck. El Salvador, which was ruined by a Caribbean storm in 1995, was hit by Hurricane Adrian on Friday. This is the first Pacific-born hurricane to ever reach land in this Central American country.

Some 14,000 people left from the western coast of El Salvador. The storm weakened as it crossed land, heading east. Heavy rains created deadly flooding problems in the hurricane's wake.

Adrian is the first Pacific storm of the season. It reported maximum continuous winds of 75 miles per hour, the minimum strength of a hurricane. A Category 3 hurricane, Adrian also caused damage and flooding in Honduras. It is expected to break up before reaching the Caribbean Sea on the eastern coast of Central America.

　 Hurricane season typically begins June 1 and lasts through November 30．The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted (预告) seven to nine hurricanes for the 2005 season.

"It is difficult to make any kind of an exact prediction of how many of these will strike land," NOAA administrator Conrad Lautenbacher said. He predicts two to three hurricanes will strike the U.S. this season.

Last year, six of nine hurricanes reached Category 3 strength or higher. Four of those hit Florida within a six-week period. Altogether, Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne caused more than $40 billion in damage in the Sunshine State.

This year's forecast is based on ocean temperatures. Warmer temperatures produce more tropical storms, which can then turn into hurricanes.

"The issue, really, this year is the unusually warm sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic," said Frank Lepore of the National Hurricane Center.

1．Which of the following is the 2005 first hurricane?

　 A．Charley. 　 B．Adrian. 　　 C．Jeanne. 　　 D．Frances.

2．How many countries struck by the hurricane are mentioned in the text?

　 A．Six. 　　　 B．Nine. 　　　 C．Five. 　　　 D．Three.

3．We can infer that warmer ocean temperatures ______.

　 A．have nothing to do with the hurricane

　 B．cause less hurricane

　 C．are more likely to cause the hurricanes

　 D．do a lot of damage to the areas along the coast

4．The passage implies that _______.

　 A．hurricane season comes early this year

　 B．every hurricane formed in oceans could cause great damage to the land

　 C．hurricane often comes in winter and spring

　 D．tropical storm is more severe than hurricane

　　Gordon Summer is an exceptionally good-looking man admired by millions and so 1 he can afford all he could ever wish for. Better known 2 Sting, he's the lead singer of 3 .

　　 Suddenly Sting has become a 4 . “I can' t walk down a street any more without feeling that people are watching me . ”he says .

　　“When I'm not 5 , all I want to do is to be a 6 person. I make a point of walking round the street, just being 7 .”

　　He and Frances bought the house in 8 when Sting returned from The Police' s highly successful world tour .

　　“I picked Ireland because , apart from being 9 , you can stay in touch with 10 while enjoying life at a slower 11 ! ” He also has Irish ancestry(祖先) and an Irish 12 , Frances , a well-accepted actress.

　　Sting is very much a man of the eighties: “Frances 13 to be considered as merely my wife, 14 I'm glad about. She has her own 15 . She's ambitious(雄心勃勃的)and talented, but she has never let it 16 her. It's always been that way. When we got married and had Joseph, ”explains Sting, “we both agreed that being 17 was not going to affect our work . ”

　　A fixed 18 life is obviously important to Sting. It remains the one constant factor in a world that has changed completely for him since he 19 a job in teaching for the music business . Sting loved teaching, but could not help playing in bands . So he tried to do both , teaching by day, playing by night . It left him so 20 that he knew he had to choose one or the other.

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Gordon Summer is a very good-looking man admired by millions and so rich that he can afford all he could ever wish for.  1  known as Sting, he’s the lead singer of The Police.

Suddenly Sting has become a   2  .“I can’t walk down a street any more without feeling that people are  3  me,” he says.

“When I’m not working, all I want to do is to be a   4   person. I make a point of walking round the street, just being  5  .”

He and Frances bought the house in   6  when Sting returned from The Police’s highly successful world tour.

“I picked Ireland because, apart from being  7  ,you can stay in touch with England while  8  life at a slower pace!”He also has Irish ancestry(祖先)and an Irish  9  ,Frances, a well accepted actress.

Sting is very much a man  10  the eighties:“Frances  11  to be considered as only my wife, which I’m   12   about. She has her own  13  .She’s ambitious(雄心勃勃的)and clever, but she has never let it affect her. It’s  14  been that way. When we got married and had Joseph,”explains Sting,“we both agreed that being  15  was not going to affect our work.”

A fixed  16  life is clearly important to Sting. It remains the one constant factor in a world that has changed completely for him since he   17  a job in teaching for the music business. Sting loved  18  ,but could not help playing in bands. So he tried to  19  both, teaching by day, playing by night. It left him so  20  that he knew he had to choose one or the other.

1. A.Hardly　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. Better

C. More?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. Less

2. A. superstar　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. teacher

C. singer　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. player

3. A. following　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. calling

C. watching　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. waving

4. A. famous　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. rich

C. normal　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. poor

5. A. myself　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. himself

C. ourselves　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. themselves

6. A. England　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. America

C. Scotland　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. Ireland

7. A. near　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　      　　   B. area

C. pleasant　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. mountainous

8. A. suffering　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. leading

C. protecting　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. enjoying

9. A. wife　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. friend

C. partner　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. parent

10. A. of　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. in

C. for　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. at

11. A. agrees　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. asks

C. refuses　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. likes

12. A. worried　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. glad

C. thankful　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. angry

13. A. child　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. life

C. job　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. mind

14. A. seldom　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. sometimes?

C. recently　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. always

15. A. parents　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. singers

C. players　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. teachers

16. A. singing　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. family

C. teaching　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. playing

17. A. took up　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. gave up

C. picked up　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. put up

18. A. working　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. traveling

C. changing　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. teaching

19. A. make　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. get

C. have　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. do

20. A. given out　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. picked out

C. died out　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. tired out