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A mysterious “black cloud” approaches the earth – our planet’s weather is severely affected.
Throughout the rest of June and July temperatures rose steadily all over the Earth. In the British isles the temperature climbed through the eighties, into the nineties, and moved towards the hundred mark. People complained, but there was no serious disaster.
The death number in the U. S. remained quite small, thanks largely to the air-conditioning units that had been fitted during previous years and months. Temperatures rose to the limit of human endurance throughout the whole country and people were obliged to remain indoors for weeks on end. Occasionally air-conditioning units failed and it was then that fatalities(不幸) occurred.
Conditions were utterly desperate throughout the tropics (热带地区) as may be judged from the fact that 7943 species of plants and animals became totally extinct. The survival of Man himself was only possible because of the caves and cellars (地窖) he was able to dig. Nothing could be done to reduce the hot air temperature. More than seven hundred million persons are known to have lost their lives.
Eventually the temperature of the surface waters of the sea rose, not so fast as the air temperature it is true, but fast enough to produce a dangerous increase of humidity (湿度). It was indeed this increase that produced the disastrous conditions just remarked. Millions of people between the latitudes of Cairo and the Cape of Good Hope were subjected to a choking atmosphere that grew damper and hotter from day to day. All human movement ceased. There was nothing to be done but to lie breathing quickly as a dog does in hot weather.
By the fourth week of July conditions in the tropics lay balanced between life and total death. Then quite suddenly rain clouds appeared over the whole globe. The temperature declined a little, due no doubt to the clouds reflecting more of the Sun’s radiation back into space, But conditions could not be said to have improved. Warm rain fell everywhere, even as far north as Iceland. The insect population increased enormously, since the burning hot atmosphere was as favorable to them as it was unfavorable to Man and many other animals.
1．In the British Isles the temperature_________.
A．stayed at eighty
B．ranged from eighty to ninety
C．approached one hundred
D．exceeded the hundred mark
2．Few people in the United States lost their lives because_________.
A．the temperature was tolerable
B．people remained indoors for weeks
C．the government had taken effective measures to reduce the hot temperature
D．people were provided with the most comfortable air-conditioners
3．Millions of people in Cairo and the Cape of Good Hope were subjected to a choking atmosphere because_________.
A．the temperature grew extremely hot
B．the temperature became damper and hotter as the humidity of the surface waters of the sea increased
C．their conditions were too dangerous
D．nothing could be done with the hot temperature
4．By the fourth week of July conditions in the tropics were such that
A．human survival would be impossible
B．more and more people would lose their lives
C．fewer people could be saved
D．survival or death was still undecided
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In the United States there was an unusual story telling of the daughter of a mechanic（技工）．One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 1to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose．After some time the girl 2the mother would not return to her eggs and she 3to take them home．There she carefully 4the eggs in the heat of a lamp．Several days 5the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 6．
Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother． 7, to these young geese, the girl was their mother．
As they 8, the girl was able to 9her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to 10．The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when 11and in her dreams．Later, she had an 12: She would pilot a plane to guide them in 13．She asked her father for a plane and he assembled （组装） a small aircraft for her．
Caring about 14safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself．However, the birds did not __15__ or follow him, and 16slept in the grass．
One day, the girl 17into the plane, started it and soon left the 18．Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds 19flapped（拍打） their wings and 20．She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following．
1.A．managed B．attempted C．happened D．supposed
2.A．realized B．expected C．imagined D．admitted
3.A．helped B．decided C．afforded D．meant
4.A．placed B．protected C．treated D．examined
5.A．ago B．out C．later D．long
6.A．family B．lake C．home D．world
7.A．But B．Also C．Thus D．Still
8.A．increased B．improved C．rose D．grew
9.A．ask B．lead C．want D．allow
10.A．fly B．race C．swim D．sing
11.A．asleep B．away C．around D．awake
12.A．idea B．opinion C．explanation D．excuse
13.A．sky B．space C．flight D．plane
14.A．his B．her C．their D．its
15.A．respect B．remember C．recognize D．receive
16.A．so B．instead C．hardly D．too
17.A．climbed B．looked C．reached D．fell
18.A．house B．floor C．water D．ground
19.A．secretly B．disappointedly C．patiently D．eagerly
20.A．looked away B．set out C． went by D．turned back
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| In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic (技工). One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 1 to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl 2 the mother would not return to her eggs and she 3 to take them home. There she carefully 4 the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days 5 the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 6 . Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. 7 , to these young geese, the girl was their mother. As they 8 , the girl was able to 9 her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to 10 . The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when 11 and in her dreams. Later, she had an 12 : She would pilot a plane to guide them in 13 . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled (组装) a small aircraft for her. Caring about 14 safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not 15 or follow him, and 16 slept in the grass. One day, the girl 17 into the plane, started it and soon left the 18 . Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds 19 flapped (拍打) their wings and 20 . She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following. | ||||
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| 完形填空。 | ||||
| In the United States there was an unusual story telling of the daughter of a mechanic (技工). One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 1 to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl 2 the mother would not return to her eggs and she 3 to take them home. There she carefully 4 the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days 5 the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 6 . Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. 7 , to these young geese, the girl was their mother. As they 8 , the girl was able to 9 her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to 10 .The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when 11 and in her dreams. Later, she had an 12 : She would pilot a plane to guide them in 13 . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled (组装) a small aircraft for her. Caring about 14 safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not 15 or follow him, and 16 slept in the grass. One day, the girl 17 into the plane, started it and soon left the 18 . Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds 19 flapped(拍打) their wings and 20 . She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following. | ||||
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| 完形填空。 | ||||
| In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic (技工). One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 1 to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl 2 the mother would't return to her eggs and she 3 to take them home. There she carefully 4 the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days 5 the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 6 . Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. 7 ,to these young geese, the girl was their mother. As they 8 ,the girl was able to 9 her birds to run across the grass, but she could't teach them to 10 . the girl became increasingly worried about this, both when 11 and in her dreams. Later, she had an 12 :She would pilot a plane to guide them in 13 . She asked her father for a plane and she assembled (组装)a small aircraft for her. Caring about 14 safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did't 15 or follow him, and 16 slept in the grass. One day, the girl 17 into the plane, started it and soon left the 18 .Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds 19 flapped (拍打)their wings and 20 .she flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following. | ||||
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