When disaster (灾难) happens, you might find yourself without water, gas and electricity. You might even need to leave your home right away. 8o you are supposed to plan for the bad situations before the disaster comes. Here are some suggestions:

  First, have a family meeting. Plan a way to get your family members together if they can't find each other after the disaster. Choose two places for everyone to go to if it isn't safe to return home. The first should be near your house. You can go there in an emergency(紧急情况) like a fire. The second meeting place should be outside your neighborhood.

  Next, choose a person outside your area who can help your family get in touch with each other. After a disaster, it is often easier to communicate over a long-distance call than a local one. The person can pass messages between your family members.

  Then, get a family disaster kit ready. It should include things your family needs. It can help you survive (生存) at least for three days like bread, water, medicine and things like that. Put them in a bag so you can carry it if you leave in a hurry. When doing it, remember that different people have different needs. Include special things necessary for elderly or young members of your family.

  Finally, practice your emergency plan, and update (更新) it as necessary.

  You may not be able to stop disasters, but with a little planning you can be helped.

52. How many suggestions are mentioned in the passage?

   A. Two.      B. Three.    C. Four.      D. Five.

53. Why does the writer suggest choosing a person outside your area?

   A. To send food and water to you family.

   B. To help your family move to a safe place.

   C. To choose two places for your family to go to.

   D. To help your family get in touch with each other.

54. What does the underlined word "kit" probably mean?

   A.救护车  8搜救犬  c应急用品  D.防毒面具

55. What's the best title of this passage?

   A. Planning for Disasters      B. How Different Disasters Happen

   C. Practicing your Plan      D. Where to Stay away from Disasters

    Once there was a forest where all the animals lived happily together. One day a family went to spend the day in the forest, and the son left his socks there. After the family left, a bear came by, found the socks, and decided to try them on. They fit so well, and he liked them so much that he wouldn't take them off.

    All the animals talked about the hearts new look. Soon, in that forest, there began appearing squirrels (松鼠) in shirts, rabbits in shoes, and even rats (鼠) wearing hats! The forest doctor shook his head, telling animals, "This can't be good. Animals don't need clothes! " But no one listened to him. They said he was just out of fashion.

    However, it wasn't long before the first results of fashion-fever came. Several times the squirrel caught his shirt on trees, stopping him in mid-jump and sending him falling to the ground from a tree. The rat couldn't go into his hole without taking off his hat first. Even the bear, because of his socks, slipped (滑到) from the river rock and almost killed himself.

    When the animals came to see the doctor, he gave them all the same advice, "Take off those clothes before one day they're going to kill you. " Those who listened to the doctor's advice stopped having accidents. And the animals realized that they didn't need clothes at all. Starting to wear them had been very dangerous, and they had only done it to make others admire(羡慕) them, and to get attention.

48.         found the socks and tried them on.

      A. The son        B. The bear        C. The rabbit      D. The rat

49. From the story we can know that

   A. the family had a good time with the bear

   B. the animals didn't like the bear’s new look

   C. the forest doctor told the animals not to wear clothes

   D. the squirrel couldn't go into his hole with his hat on

50. The underlined sentence "it wasn't long before the first results of fashion-fever came."

   probably means that ______.

   A. soon the animals had a lever because of the clothes

   B. soon the animals enjoyed wearing clothes very much

   C. soon the animals became healthier in the warm clothes

   D. soon the animals had lots of accidents alter wearing clothes

51. The story is written to tel1 us ______.

   A. helping others is helping yourself

   B. we should he careful in the forest

   C. things that fit yourself are the best

   D. animals must be looked after well

Sylvan Goldman, an American supermarket owner, invented the shopping trolley (购物车) in the 1930s. The reasons why he invented the trolley was not just to help shoppers carry their shopping, but also to encourage them to buy more.

     To create the first trolleys, Goldman used folding chairs. He put one basket on the seat, and he raised the chair by putting wheels under the legs. So people could shop with them. But he was disappointed to find that business did not improve. Many shoppers wouldn't like to use the trolleys, because they were afraid they might not be able to control(控制) them.

    However, Goldman didn't give up his idea because he knew that people could be easily influenced. He tried again, and this time his ideas seemed to work. Crowds of people were seen coming from his supermarket with trolleys. Their trolleys were full of goods (商品). Others, after seeing theme began to believe that the trolleys were safe after all. What they did not know was that they were cheated (欺骗), Goldman paid those people they saw to act

as shoppers happily pushing full trolleys.

44. Sylvan Goldman was an American        in the story.

   A. movie star                  B. supermarket owner

   C. chair inventor               D. basketball player

45. Picture        might be the first shopping trolley.

46. The word "       " can best describe Goldman.

    A. funny     B. honest       C. creative     D. friendly

47. The right order of the following is ______.

    a. Many shoppers began to use the trolleys.

    b. Goldman invented the shopping trolleys.

    c. Goldman paid some people for using the trolleys.

    d. Few shoppers would like to use the trolleys.

    A. b-d-e-a     B. b-a-d-c      C. a-d-c-b      D. a-b-d c

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