7. Which of the following statements was NOT mentioned?

　 A. She was the first woman who succeeded in flying across the Atlantic Ocean alone.

　 B. She showed great courage in overcoming the difficulties during the flight.

　 C She was warmly welcomed in England, Europe and the United States.

　 D. She made plans to fly around the world.

6. When Amelia Earhart saw flames coming from the engine, what did she do?

　 A. She did nothing but pray for herself.

　 B. She changed her direction and landed in Ireland.

　 C. She continued flying.

　 D. She lost hope of reaching land.

5. Which of the following statements is NOT the difficulty which Amelia Earhart met in her flight from north America to England?

　 A. She was caught in a storm.　　　　　　 B. The altimeter went out of order.

　 C. Her engine went wrong.　　　　　　　　 D. She lost her direction.

4. According to the passage, the underlined word screamed in the third paragraph

　 probably means ____.

　 A. gave a sharp cry because of fear.　 B. shouted out for help.

　 C. made some loud noise.　　　　　 D. cried out in pain.

　B　

　　 The year was 1932. Amelia Earhart was flying alone from North America to England in a small single-engined aeroplane. At midnight, several hours after she had left Newfoundland, she ran into bad weather. To make things worse, her altimeter (高度表) failed and she didn’t know how high she was flying. At night, and in a storm, a pilot is in great difficulty without an altimeter. At times, her plane nearly plunged (冲) into the sea.

　　 Just before dawn, there was further trouble. Amelia noticed flames (火焰) coming from the engine. Would she be able to reach land? There was nothing to do except to keep going and to hope.

　　 In the end, Amelia Earhart did reach Ireland, and for the courage she had shown, she was warmly welcomed in England and Europe. When she returned to the United States, she was honored by President Hoover at a special dinner in the White House. From that time on, Amelia Earhart was famous.

　　 What was so important about her flight? Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean alone, and she had set a record of fourteen hours and fifty-six minutes.

　　 In the years that followed, Amelia Earhart made several flights across the United States, and on each occasion (时刻) she set a new record for flying time. Amelia Earhart made these flights to show that women had a place in aviation (航空) and that air travel was useful.

3. The reason why the tiger attacked the man was　　 .

　 A. it was hungry　　　　　　　　　 B. it was angry

　 C. it was frightened by the man　　　 D. not mentioned in the passage

2. What was the victim’s professional job?

　 A. A hunter. 　　　B. A teacher.　　 C. A farmer.　　 D. A manager.

1. How many people saw the tiger before it was driven off?

　 A .One person.　　　 B. Two persons.　　 C. Three persons.　 D. Four persons.

15. Lightning is probably ______ to man.

　 A. useful　　　　　 B. kind　　　　　 C. useless　　　　　 D. friendly

Part two

A

　　 One day last November, Tom Baker stepped out of his house into the morning light and headed across the rice fields toward the bank of the Rapti River. Tom, a 32-year-old school teacher in the farming village of Madanpur, was going for his morning bath.

　　 As he approached(走近) the river, the head of a tiger(老虎) suddenly appeared over the edge of the river bank. Before he could turn to run, the tiger was upon him. It jumped on his shoulder and threw him to the ground, its huge jaws attacked his head in a killing bite.

　　 Peter Smith was also on his way to the river and saw the attack. He screamed. The tiger lifted its head and roared(吼叫) at him. Peter ran.

　　 From the window of his house John Brown heard the tiger roar and ran out to see it attacking a man. He screamed, too, and all the villagers ran out shouting as the tiger dropped its victim(牺牲品) and ran off. When the villagers reached the river bank, Tom was already dead.

　 For the villagers, the horror of the incident intensified(加剧) by the tales of man-eating tigers that has once run around in the countryside, killing hundreds.

14. Which of the following is NOT true?

　 A. In the U.S about one person per day dies from lightning.

　 B. The Empire State Building frequently gets hit by lightning.

　 C. Swimming during a thunder storm is a good idea.

　 D. A closed car is the best place to be during an electrical storm.

13. Lightning can travel ________.

　 A. as quickly as water　　　　 　　B. not so quickly as electricity

　 C. at very low speed　　　　　　 D. at very high speed