Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying (摧毁) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged (破坏) that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “When we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him,
safe but very frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
“There was no time to take anything,” she said, “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”
Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded (水淹的) area and the welfare department (福利机构) brought them food, clothes and shelter.
【小题1】How many homes altogether (总共) were damaged in the storm?

The young people who talk of the village as being “dead” are talking nothing but nonsense, as in their hearts they must surely know.
No, the village is not dead. There is more life in it now than there ever was. But it seems that “village life” is dead. Gone for ever. It began to decline about a hundred years ago. When many girls left home to go into service in town many miles away, and men also left home in increasing numbers in search of work, and home was where work was. There are still a number of people alive today who can remember what “village life” meant in the early years of the present century. It meant knowing and being known by everybody else in the village. It meant finding your entertainment in the village of within walking distance of it. It meant housewives tied to the home all day and every day. It meant going to bed early to save lamp oil and coal.
Then came the First World War and the Second World War. After each war, new ideas, new attitudes, new trades and occupations were revealed（展现）to villagers. The long-established order of society was no longer taken for granted. Electricity and the motorcar were steadily operating to make “village life” and “town life” almost alike. Now with the highly developed science and technology and high-level social welfare（福利）for all, there is no point whatever in talking any longer about “village life.” It is just life, and a better life.
Finally, if we have any doubts about the future, or about the many changes which we have seen in our lives, we have only to look in at the school playground any mid-morning; or see the children as they walk homeward in little groups. 0bviously these children are better fed, better clothed, better educated, healthier, prettier and happier than any generation of children that ever before walked the village street.
1．By saying that village is not dead, but “village life” is dead, the writer suggests that_______ .
A．those young people who talk of the village as being “dead” are wrong
B．the two statements are against each other
C．“village life” today is rather uninteresting
D．“village life” today is no longer like what it used to be
2．As is suggested in paragraph 2, villages in the past______________.
A．lived a simpler life than villagers today 
B．knew fewer people than villagers today
C．found it difficult to enjoy themselves
D．like to wash themselves with cold water
3．The expression “…there is no point whatever in talking about…” in paragraph 3 means that______________.
A．there is no end to the talking about …  
B．it is harmful to talk about …
C．it is not meaningless to talk about …
D．there is no reason for talking about …
4．What does the writer think of the “village life today”?
A．Dead.       B．Worse       C．Better.      D．Unclear.

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　　When Nancy Lublin got $ 5000 from her great grandfather, she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off student loans（借款）. ____1____ the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about the clothing ____2____ faced by most of today's low-income women: “If she goes for a job interview ____3_____ dressed, she won't get the job,”Lublin says.“But without a job, she can't ____4____ proper clothing.”

　　A few weeks later, Lublin ____5___ Dress for Success and began searching for clothing and volunteers（志愿者）. She asked women to give away ____6____ business clothes that were ____7____ in good condition. She asked the members of diet centers to give away clothes that no longer fit. At first Lublin ____8____ the clothes in her one-bed-room apartment, but finally she found ___9___ in Greenwich Village church basement, which now ___10___ as the organization's main office.

　　Today, when women arrive at the office for help with job-hunting, they ____11___ a dress, shoes, a bag, stockings and jewelry, and self-confidence as well. Some are trying to enter the work __12___ after being on welfare（福利）for years.

　　__13____Dress for Success fitted its first per son who got help a year ago, more than 1 000 women have received dresses and many have won ___14___. Yarit Polanco was recently __15___ as a law-firm office manager. “Thanks to Dress for Success, I made a good impression（印象）and was accepted.”she says.

　　Donations（捐赠）are now __16___ in, including jewelry and 6 000 pairs of trousers and $ 40 000 worth of handbags. Broadcast journalists have given suits. And Lublin is opening Dress for Success ____17____ in other cities. “Many women have clothes ____18___ around that they'll never wear again,” says a volunteer.“Nancy's ___19___ is simple and practical and the ___20___ has proved so important to those women who are in great need of it.”

（2010??贵州模拟）完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When Nancy Lubin got $5,000 from her great-grandfather, she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off student loans with it.  36  , the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about the clothing  37  faced by the typical low-income woman：“If she goes for a job interview  38  dressed, she won’t get the job.” Lubin says，“But without a job, she can’t  39   good clothing.”

      A few weeks later, Lubin  40  Dress for Success and began searching for clothing and volunteers. She asked women to donate（捐献）used business clothes that were  41   in good condition. She asked members of diet centres to give away clothes that no longer  42. At first Lubin stored the clothes in her one-bedroom apartment. Finally she found  43  in a Greenwich Village church basement（地下室）,which now  44   as the organization’s main office.

     Today, when women arrive at shelters and job training programmes—they  45  a suit, shoes, a bag, stockings and jewllery, and self-confidence as well. Some are trying to enter the work  46   after being on welfare（福利）for years.

     _47  Dress for Seccess helped its first client a year and a half ago, more than 1,000 women have received suits—and many have been given  48  . Yarit Polanco was rencently hired  49    a law-firm office manager. “Because of Dress for Success, I made a good  50  ,”she says.

     Donations are now  51  in, including jewellery，6,000 pairs of trousers and 40,000 worth of  handbags. Broadcast journalists have given suits. And Lubin, who has put her  52  on hold is opening Dress for Success  53  in other cities.

“So many women have clothes lying around that they’ll never  54  again,”says a volunteer. “Nancy’s _55__ is so simple, yet so important to the women who benefit from it.”

36. A. Anyway      B. Instead       C. Fortunately      D. Meanwhile

A. situation         B. shops         C. pollution        D. position

A. particularly   B. easily        C. beautifully        D. poorly

A. make        B. find          C. wear            D. afford

A. reached      B. called        C. founded          D. built

A. only         B. already       C. almost           D. still

A. demand      B. remain        C. fit              D. need

A. space        B. support        C. tailors           D. methods

A. regards      B. serves         C. looks            D. lies

A. buy         B. sell           C. receive           D. watch

A. office        B. industry       C. wealth           D. force

A. When        B. Once          C. Although         D. Since

A. trousers      B. jewels         C. jobs              D. success

A. as           B. for            C. to                D. into

A. impression    B. work          C. place             D. progress

A. giving        B. pouring        C. showing           D. leading

A. own business   B. new project    C. law career         D. personal time

A. competitions   B. trades         C. races             D. branches

A. wear         B. have           C. donate            D. mind

A. problem      B. belief          C. idea               D. office

（2010•贵州模拟）完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When Nancy Lubin got $5,000 from her great-grandfather, she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off student loans with it.  36  , the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about the clothing  37  faced by the typical low-income woman：“If she goes for a job interview  38  dressed, she won’t get the job.” Lubin says，“But without a job, she can’t  39   good clothing.”

      A few weeks later, Lubin  40  Dress for Success and began searching for clothing and volunteers. She asked women to donate（捐献）used business clothes that were  41   in good condition. She asked members of diet centres to give away clothes that no longer  42. At first Lubin stored the clothes in her one-bedroom apartment. Finally she found  43  in a Greenwich Village church basement（地下室）,which now  44   as the organization’s main office.

     Today, when women arrive at shelters and job training programmes—they  45  a suit, shoes, a bag, stockings and jewllery, and self-confidence as well. Some are trying to enter the work  46   after being on welfare（福利）for years.

     _47  Dress for Seccess helped its first client a year and a half ago, more than 1,000 women have received suits—and many have been given  48  . Yarit Polanco was rencently hired  49    a law-firm office manager. “Because of Dress for Success, I made a good  50  ,”she says.

     Donations are now  51  in, including jewellery，6,000 pairs of trousers and 40,000 worth of  handbags. Broadcast journalists have given suits. And Lubin, who has put her  52  on hold is opening Dress for Success  53  in other cities.

“So many women have clothes lying around that they’ll never  54  again,”says a volunteer. “Nancy’s _55__ is so simple, yet so important to the women who benefit from it.”

36. A. Anyway      B. Instead       C. Fortunately      D. Meanwhile

1.A. situation         B. shops         C. pollution        D. position

2.A. particularly   B. easily        C. beautifully        D. poorly

3.A. make        B. find          C. wear            D. afford

4. A. reached      B. called        C. founded          D. built

5. A. only         B. already       C. almost           D. still

6. A. demand      B. remain        C. fit              D. need

7.A. space        B. support        C. tailors           D. methods

8. A. regards      B. serves         C. looks            D. lies

9.A. buy         B. sell           C. receive           D. watch

10.A. office        B. industry       C. wealth           D. force

11. A. When        B. Once          C. Although         D. Since

12.A. trousers      B. jewels         C. jobs              D. success

13.A. as           B. for            C. to                D. into

14. A. impression    B. work          C. place             D. progress

15. A. giving        B. pouring        C. showing           D. leading

16.A. own business   B. new project    C. law career         D. personal time

17. A. competitions   B. trades         C. races             D. branches