A. a B. the C. an D. /

A. a； the B. /； the C. the； a D. /； a

Choosethewordsorexpressionstocompletethepassage.

Stan Lee， who helped create Spiderman， the X﹣Men， Iron Man， the Incredible Hulk（绿巨人）， Black Panther（黑豹）， and many other comic book heroes， has died． He was 95．

Stanley Martin Lieber was born in 1922． When he was just 17， he got a job at a company that made comic books． As a writer， he started using the name "Stan Lee" （which）sounded like his first name， Stanley）． He wrote his first Captain America story in 1941． It turned out to be popular． Before he turned 19， he was____all writing for the company， which became Marvel Comics（漫威漫画公司） in the 1960s．

At the time， most superheroes were shown as being almost perfect． They were strong and smart and always knew the right thing to do． However， after working with some artists， Mr． Lee came up with some new ideas． He made it okay for comic book heroes to have____． The Fantastic Four（神奇四侠） argued among themselves． The Incredible Hulk was a really nice guy until he got angry．

Spider﹣Man was never sure he was doing the right thing， but he always seemed to have something funny to say to the bad guys．

Besides， he also had the clever idea of having his comic book heroes ____ in each other's stories． For example． Spider﹣Man might show up in an Iron Man story． This made readers feel like there was a ____ world of Marvel superheroes． Readers loved it． Many people say that Mr． Lee's characters and stories helped make comic books popular again．

In 1980， Mr． Lee moved to California． He wanted to try and get his superheroes onto TV and into the movies． He didn't have too much luck at first，____he Incredible Hulk and X﹣Men became popular TV shows． But after the success of the X﹣Men and Spider﹣Man movies in the early 2000s， movies with Marvel heroes began to come out often． Marvel movies have now earned over ﹩24 billion． Mr． Lee has____ a small role in most of these movies， usually showing up on screen for just a few seconds．

Mr． Lee is no longer with us， but the heroes he created live on．

【1】A. in favour ofB. proud ofC. in charge ofD. familiar with

【2】A. troubleB. weaknessesC. strengthD. purposes

【3】A. workB. travelC. appearD. turn

【4】A. variousB. similarC. necessaryD. whole

【5】A. thereforeB. althoughC. forD. unless

【6】A. playedB. expectedC. joinedD. shared

“Mother, may I go down to the river? It has stopped raining now!”

“Very well, Tom,” replied his mother, “only, be careful, and don’t stay away long!”

So, Tom ran off down the field to the river which flowed past his father’s farm in far north Queensland in Australia. It had been raining for ten days. Sometimes the rain fell fast and hard, then light showers would follow. The ground was all wet.

“All hot countries, such as where we live,” Tom’s father had once told him, “may flood at times. The sun has great power in the tropics to draw up the water from the sea. You know how the vapour rises into the air. The higher the temperature of the air, the greater the amount of moisture(水分) the air can hold. When the air cools, the vapour becomes clouds, or if it is near the earth’s surface, as mist(薄雾). When the air cools gradually(逐渐地), the rain drops are small and the rain is light. However, when the vapour drops suddenly in temperature, the drops are large and the rain is heavy.”

“In some tropical countries, where the sun is always at work on large bodies of water, a very large amount of vapour collects in the air, and it may take days, or even weeks, to form rain drops and fall. It may then rain for days continually. When this happens, after two or three days, the water falls does not have the time to soak(浸泡) through the soil or be carried off in the streams; so it gathers on the surface, and then we have a flood.”

When Tom got to the river, where the crossing was, he found the water rising rapidly. He thought about what his father had taught him about the floods, and decided to go back home at once and tell him the news.

【1】What did Tom’s father probably do?

A. A geography teacher.B. A scientist.

C. A farmer.D. A doctor.

【2】How long had Tom probably stayed at home?

A. Ten days.B. Two days.C. Three days.D. Several weeks.

【3】The air can hold a lot of moisture when ________.

A. the air cools down suddenlyB. the air cools down gradually

C. the temperature is highD. the temperature is low

【4】Which order is RIGHT according to the passage?

(1) The water from the sea rises into the air and became vapour.

(2) When the air cools down, it begins to rain.

(3) The vapour became clouds or mist.

(4) Too much water gathers on the surface and becomes flood.

A. (1)(2)(3)(4)B. (2)(1)(3)(4)C. (4)(1)(3)(2)D. (1)(3)(2)(4)

【5】What was the “news” in the last sentence?

A. Maybe a terrible flood was coming soon.

B. They could start to work on the farm immediately.

C. The rain had caused a great loss to their farm.

D. He had learned how the flood came into being.

【6】Tom was a ________ boy according to the passage.

A. hardworkingB. generousC. lazyD. clever

A． Perhaps B． shone C． shook D． ahead E． Luckily

On the way to my company， I was driving behind a small truck． I was a few minutes late and the two men【1】 of me were talking in that slow truck． They made me angry．

The light turned green， but the truck was still moving very slowly． I became impatient， so I turned right to past it． Suddenly， a new blue Chevy Silverado was rushing by． I tried to stop， but it was too late． My car hit the side of the Chevy．

"Pow!"I heard a big noise and then I realized that an accident happened． For a moment， just a moment…I asked if I was OK， and honestly， I was waiting for people to come over and help me．

Those thoughts didn't last long， as the answer came into my mind that the air bag had saved me．

【2】， I was still alive．

Slowly I opened the door． The warm， bright morning sunlight 【3】on my face and I felt better． I saw the Chevy Silverado and I ran over to check if the driver in it was injured．"Are you OK？"I shouted loudly through the window． His head was down and he didn't answer me．

At that moment， I thought I was looking at a dead man． Full of fear， I shouted again， and knocked at the window heavily once more． His eyes started to open， and he slowly【4】his head"Yes．"

Once again， I said to myself，"How lucky I am !"

A. take, cost B. spend, price

C. take, price D. spend, cost

A. How long B. How manyC. How muchD. How far

A. watch B. watched C. am watching D. will watch

A. eight； fifth B. the eighth； fifth

C. eight； five D. eight； the fifth

— Next Sunday.

A. What B. When C. How D. Why