Tokyo, March 11, 2011

People left their houses near Sendai, northern Japan on March 11th. A man and child look out over destroyed homes after a tsunami(海啸) and earthquake. Nuclear crises(核危机) in Japan’s power plants(核电站).

In the bushes of Northern Africa, a baby lies warm and safe in a cave(山洞). He lies among baby wolves(狼), next to Mother Wolf, and he is not afraid. Outside the cave, Shere Khan, the man-eating tiger, shouts angrily, wanting to kill. “No!” says Mother Wolf. “He belongs to me. He will live to run with the other wolves and be like my son. And I will call him Mowgli.”

The years pass, and Mowgli—the man’s baby, grows up with the wolves. He learns the Law of the Jungle(森林法则) from his teachers, Baloo, an old brown bear and Bagheera, a white elephant. He has many adventures(冒险经历), and many friends among the animals of the jungle. But he still has an enemy. Shere Khan the tiger has not forgotten him. He waits for the day when he can catch the man’s child—and kill him.

If you want to know more about the story, just read The Jungle Book!

1.Shere Kham is ___________.

A. a wolf           B. a tiger            C. a bear             D. an elephant

2.Where does this story happen?

A. In Northern Africa.                      B. In Southern Africa.

C. In Eastern China.                        D. In Western America.

3.Who teaches the man’s baby the Law of the Jungle?

A. Shere Khan and Mother Wolf.             B. Mowgli and Mother Wolf.

C. Baloo and Bagheera.                     D. Baloo and Shere Khan.

4.What is The Jungle Book?

A. A storybook.          B. A. TV programme.         C. A comic book.          D. A film.

5.Which sentence is right according to the passage?

A. One of Mowgli’s teachers is a monkey.       

B. Mowgli doesn’t have any adventures because his friends help him.

C. Mowgli is frightened when he lies in a cave.

D. Mother Wolf takes care of a man’s baby.

Tokyo, March 11, 2011

Could it have been worse?

More than a minute before the earth under their feet began to shake, many millions of Japanese people got cell phone alerts; TV networks interrupted (打断,中断) their broadcasts and turned to the latest announcement of Japanese government; loud speakers started suddenly to warn people of the coming tsunami; bullet trains came to a stop. The earthquake on March 11 was the first test of the nation’s earthquake early-warning technology (地震预警技术). However, in the fight of Man vs Nature, Nature won again. Hundreds, if not thousands of people, lost their lives in Japan. Scientists believe it is the fifth-strongest quake in the world since 1900 and the most powerful on record ever to hit Japan.

Lin tells of calm survivors

When the office began to shake, his friends were calm and still working. But the shaking became stronger. People shouted at him: “Run out of the building, now!” This was Lin Jia’s first experience of an earthquake. Lin, 26, has been in Japan for three months, working as a software engineer in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Lin stayed with others in a bus station all afternoon. Buildings were shaken by a series(系列) of aftershocks. He was nervous, but the people around him were so calm and organized that he gradually (逐渐) calmed down.

1. What does the underlined word “alert” mean?

A. 闹钟          B. 警报             C. 短信            D. 铃声

2. How many ways of earthquake early-warning are mentioned in the passage?

A. 2             B. 3                 C. 4               D. 5

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Lin Jia has never met with an earthquake in Japan.

B. There have been five earthquakes in Japan since 1900.

C. The earthquake is the most powerful on record ever to hit Japan.

D. The local government warned people of the coming earthquake in some ways.

4. What is the most important after an earthquake according to the article?

A. Keep away from the nuclear power plants.

B. Running out of the building. 

C. Keep calm and organized.    

D. Get the cell phone alerts

5. Where does this article probably come from?

A. a newspaper      B. an advertisement     C. a diary          D. a novel