Venice is the “Queen” of the Adriatic Sea (亚得里亚海). Every year thousands of people from all over the world travel to Italy to visit the city. Do you know why they like to go there for a visit?

Venice is a very beautiful city. It is quite different from other cities in the world. There aren’t any roads and streets in the city. So there aren’t any cars and buses. There are many canals(运河)in the city. There is one big canal and one hundred and seventy-seven small canals. People move up and down the canals in boats to go to work, go shopping or visit their friends.

But Venice is sinking. It is going down and the water is going up. In 2040Venice will be under water, The Adriatic Sea will cover the city. The Venetians (威尼斯人)love their city and want to stay there. So they want to save Venice? They can build some strong huge walls and gates in the sea. The gates will close to keep too much water out. Thus Venice will not sink.

From this short article we know Venice is         .

        A. a very beautiful woman of the Adriatic Sea.

        B. the most important woman in Italy.

       C. a very important and beautiful place of the Adriatic Sea.

       D. the most important city in Italy.

People from all parts of the world go to visit Venice because        .

        A. there are 177 canals in the city.

        B. it is sinking into the Adriatic Sea.

        C. there are a lot of kinds of boats on the canals.

        D. it is not only beautiful but also quite different from other cities.

The Venetians usually go to work or visit their friends            .

        A. by bus.        B. by bike.        C. in cars.        D. in boats.

Year by year the Adriatic Sea      and Venice          .

        A. is rising…is sinking.        B. is going down…is going up

       C. has risen… has sunk       D. will go up…will go down

Because the Adriatic Sea will cover it, the Venetians         .

        A. have to leave Venice in 2040.

        B. will try to do something to save their city.

        C. want to stay there until the water covers the city

       D. do not love the city any longer

MELBOURNE, Australia – A kangaroo frightened by a man walking his dog attacked the pair, throwing the pet underwater and hitting the owner in the stomach with its back legs. The Australian, Chris Rickard, was in stable condition Monday after the attack, which ended when the 49-year-old struck the kangaroo in the throat.

Rickard said he was walking his blue dog, Rocky, on Sunday morning when they surprised a sleeping kangaroo in Arthur's Creek northeast of Melbourne. The dog chased the animal into a pond, when the kangaroo turned and knocked the pet underwater.

When Rickard tried to pull his dog free, the kangaroo turned on him, attacking with its back legs and tearing a deep cut into his stomach and across his face.

"I thought I might take action to drag the dog out from under his grasp, but I didn't expect him to actually attack me," Rickard, 49, told The Herald Sun newspaper. "It was a shock at the start because it was a kangaroo, about 5 feet high, they don't go around killing people."

"I was stuck having to hold on to the dog with both hands because it was half drowned and I couldn't really see anything because the kangaroo just attacked me.”

He added, "All I could do was just keep pushing for the bank and he was trying to push me under the water, so at that point I struck him in the throat and that made him back off a little bit.

"I don't think I'll ever be able to watch kangaroo programs quite the same as I used to — it might bring back a couple of bad memories.”

Kangaroos rarely attack people but will fight if they feel threatened.

    Dogs often chase kangaroos, which have been known to lead the pets into water and defend themselves there.

Rickard said he ended the attack by hitting the kangaroo in the throat adding Rocky was "half-drowned" when he pulled him from the water.

1.Rickard and his pet dog were attacked when _________.

A. swimming in the pond                     B. he was teasing a kangaroo

C. he was walking his dog                    D. dragging his dog out from water

2.In Australia, kangaroos ________.

A. get along rather peacefully with people        B. are only seen in zoos

C. frequently attack people and pets             D. can be found swimming in ponds

3.The kangaroo attacked the man and his dog probably because ________.

A. the man struck it in the throat               B. it wanted to drown the dog

C. the man wanted to drown it                 D. the dog chased it

4.As a result of the attack, ________.

A. the kangaroo was killed

B. Rickard was left a deep impression

C. kangaroos should be under stricter protection

D. the dog was drowned dead

—My grandma decides to _______ her company to me after she is retired.

—You must be under great pressure.

A. take over                    B. hand over                   C. go over                        D. run over

It was once thought that air pollution affected only the area immediately around large cities with factories and/or heavy automobile traffic. Today, we know that although these are the areas with the worst air pollution, the problem is literally worldwide. On several occasions over the past decade, a heavy cloud of air pollution has covered the entire eastern half of the United States and led to health warnings even in rural areas away from any major concentration of manufacturing and automobile traffic. In fact, the very climate of the entire earth may be affected by air pollution. Some scientists feel that the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the air resulting from the burning of fossil fuels(coal and oil) creating a greenhouse effect-holding in heat reflected from the earth and raising the world’s average temperature. If this view is correct and the world’s temperature is raised only a few degrees, much of the polar ice cap will melt and cities such as New York, Boston, Miami, and New Orleans will be under water.

Another view, less widely held, is that increasing particulate matter in the atmosphere is blocking sunlight and lowering the earth’s temperature-a result that would be equally disastrous（灾难的）. A drop of just a few degrees could create something close to a new ice age, and would make agriculture difficult or impossible in many of our top farming areas. At present we do riot know for sure that either of these conditions will happen(though one recent government report prepared by experts in the field concluded that the greenhouse effect is very likely). Perhaps, if we very lucky, the two tendencies will offset each other and the world’s temperature will stay about the same as it is now.

1.As pointed out at the beginning of the passage, people used to think that air pollution ______.

      A．caused widespread damage in the countryside

      B．affected the entire eastern half of the United States

      C．almost brought worldwide effect

      D．existed merely in urban and industrial areas

2.As far as the greenhouse effect is concerned, the author _____________.

      A．shares the same view with the scientists

      B．is uncertain of its occurrence

      C．rejects it as being ungrounded（无根据的）

      D．thinks that it will increasingly destroy the world soon

3.It can be inferred from the passage that                    .

      A．raising the world’s temperature a little would not do much harm to life on the earth

      B．lowering the world’s temperature a little would lead to agricultural disasters

      C．almost no temperature variations have occurred over the past decade

      D．the world’s temperature will remain stable forever

4.This passage is primarily concerned with              .

      A．the greenhouse effect in the world

      B．the measures to adjust the climate

      C．the potential effect of air pollution

      D．the measures to protect the environment

Home Laundry Automatic Dryer Product

Full Two Year Warranty(保修)

Limited Five Year Warranty on Cabinet(机箱)

Warranty Provides for:

FIRST TWO YEARS Amana will repair or replace any faulty part free of charge.

THIRD THRU FIFTH YEARS Amana will provide a free replacement part for any cabinet which proves faulty due to rust(生锈)

Warranty Limitations:

• Warranty begins at date of original purchase.

• Applies only to product used within the United States or in Canada if product is approved by Canadian Standards Association when shipped from factory.

• Products used on a commercial or rental basis are not covered by this warranty.

• Service must be performed by an Amana servicer.

• Adjustments covered during first year only.

Owner’s Responsibilities:

• Provide sales receipt.

• Normal care and maintenance.

• Having the product reasonably accessible for service.

• Pay for service calls related to product installation or usage instructions.

• Pay for extra service costs, over normal service charges, if servicer is requested to perform service outside servicer’s normal business hours.

Warranty Docs Not Cover It If:

• Product has damage due to product alteration, connection to an improper electrical supply, shipping and handling, accident, fire, floods, lightning or other conditions beyond the control of Amana.

• Product is improperly installed or applied.

In no event shall Amana be responsible for consequential damages. ^★

^★ This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may have others which vary from state to state. For example, some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of consequential damages, so this exclusion may not apply to you.

69. According to Warranty Limitations, a product can be under warranty if ______ .

A. shipped from a Canadian factor                 B. rented for home use

C. repaired by the user himself                      D. used in the U.S.A.

70. According to Owner’s Responsibilities, an owner has to pay for ______ .

A. the loss of the sales receipt                       B. a servicer’s overtime work

C. the product installation                              D. a mechanic's transportation

71. Which of the following is true according to the warranty?

A. Consequential damages are excluded across America.

B. A product damaged in a natural disaster is covered by the warranty.

C. A faulty cabinet due to rust can be replaced free in the second year.

D. Free repair is available for a product used improperly in the first year.