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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～25各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案．

　One Saturday afternoon in February, 1943, a farmer in Mexico stopped 　1 　for a moment and looked across his field of corn. 　2 　he saw a thin line of white smoke curling up (旋转) out of his field, about 200 feet 　3 　he stood. As he went toward the smoke to see 　4 　, he heard a strange 　5 　. The line of smoke 　6 　bigger. It looked 　7 　some great force were pushing it up into the sky.

　The farmer 　8 　home to get his wife. While he was urging his wife to hurry 　9 　the house, the earth 　10 　violently (剧烈地). When he stood up 　11 　the earth stopped shaking, he looked across the field and saw that 　12 　flames (火焰) were rising from his cornfield. A volcano 　13 　.

　They hurried across 　14 　earth to the village of Paricutin, 　15 　was near their farm. They found the village in ruins (废墟) and the road from the village 16 frightened people 　17 　to safety.

　Paricutin did not become dark that night. The volcano lighted up the sky for miles around. Flames rushed 　18 　the ground. The volcano hurled (喷出) hot stones a thousand feet 　19 　the air. Great explosions shook the earth and heavy black ashes (灰) fell from the sky.

　But that was not all. Next there was lava (熔岩). 　20 　the third evening a stream of lava began to boil up from the centre of the volcano. It 　21 　slowly across the valley, 　22 　certain death to everything that could not move from its path.

　Government officials, scientists, newspaper reporters and photographers rushed into the valley. They went as 　23 　to the fire 　24 　and stayed there for several days, 　25 　the new volcano which people now call Paricutin, after the village.

He recognized me________________.

A.　　  he saw me the moment  　　　　　　  

B.　　  he saw me

C.　　  the moment he saw me　　   

D.　　 the moment he sees me

阅读下列短文, 从所给的四个选项中, 选出最佳答案. 　　

    One night a man looked down a well. The water was very still, and　　 he saw the moon in it."The moon has fallen down the well, I must get　　 it out." he cried.

　　     He ran home to get a hook, untied the bucket from the rope and tied　　 the hook to the rope. He then turned the handle to let the hook go down into the well. He wanted the hook to catch and pull up the moon. The　　 hook reached the water and he turned the handle to pull it up. the hook　　 catching a big stone, the handle wouldn't move though the man pulled and pulled. Suddenly the stone moved, the hook flew up the well. The man fell on to his back and caught sight of the moon in the sky.

　　     "Great!" the man cried, "I've put the moon back into the sky." 　　

1. The moon was in the water only because_________. 　　

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A. the moon gives out light. 　　　　

B. the moon was round like a mirror. 　　　　

C. the water reflected it. 　　　　

D. the moon missed his footing.　　

2. The reason the man fell on to his back is_________.　　

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A. because the stone gave a sudden move. 　　

B. why the moon flew up back into the sky. 　　

C. that the stone moved suddenly. 　　

D. because he used too much strength. 　　

3. Which of the following statements is true? 　　

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A. The moon was put back by that man. 　　

B. The hook broke a big stone. 　　

C. The well had no cover. 　　

D. The moon is forever in the sky. 　　

4. "The man pulled and pulled"means the man________. 　　

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A. pulled twice.　　　　

B. pulled hard continuously.　　　　

C. pulled forward and drew backward. 　　

D. pulled many times.　　

5. We know from this story that this man__________.　　

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A. was kind-hearted　　　　

B. was not honest　　　　

C. had little knowledge

D. was foolish