Jennifer’s Hurricane Experience

I have evacuated(疏散)lots of times in my life. To make sure everything is safe, my family have to move a lot of things. I usually help my mom and my brothers help my dad. Mom and I take all of the special keepsakes(纪念品)to low safe places. Another thing we have to do is to take our sailboat out into deep water and anchor it really well. When it’s time to anchor the sailboat, Scott, my father’s brother, comes over. I just need to wait in the car with my mom and brothers before we evacuate.

John’s Hurricane Experience

My family evacuated for hurricane Opal in 1995. We left two days early because we were going to my dad’s 35th High School Reunion(聚会). There was a lot of traffic getting out of town. But we didn’t get into trouble as we had arrived at the school. During hurricane Georges, I slept. But there was a lot of lightning, thunder and rain at that night. The next morning, there were a lot of branches, twigs and leaves everywhere.

Catherine’s Hurricane Experience

This year, we experienced two hurricanes, Earl and Georges. We did the same thing in both hurricanes. We would always be watching the news. There was a lot of rain … a whole lot of rain. The hurricane never really got close enough to do very much damage. I have never evacuated, and I don’t think that I ever will.

Ryan’s Hurricane Experience

I am a police officer on an island in the Texas Gulf Coast. I was directly affected by the violent weather throughout the hurricane season. Our department was ordered to stay on the island while all the other citizens were evacuating. I didn’t feel at all prepared for the situation. So I went to the grocery store and purchased some food. I thought a survival kit would have helped ease some of the tension in my mind.

1. Who fixed the sailboat with Jennifer’s father?

A. Jennifer. B. Jennifer’s mother.

C. Jennifer’s uncle. D. Jennifer’s brothers.

2.Which of the following is NOT true about the hurricanes?

A. Hurricane Opal hit in 1995.

B. Hurricane Georges hit at night.

C. Hurricane Opal hit on John’s way to the school.

D. Hurricane Georges blew down many branches.

3.When Catherine’s family heard hurricanes were coming, they ___________.

A. purchased some food

B. paid attention to the hurricanes news

C. took special keepsakes to low safe places

D. moved out of the place where they lived

4.What can we know about Ryan?

A. He was nervous before the hurricane.

B. He did little preparation for the hurricane.

C. He was confident to overcome the hurricane.

D. He was busy helping citizens evacuate before the hurricane.

5.Who didn’t evacuate before the hurricanes?

A. Jennifer and John. B. Catherine and John.

C. Jennifer and Ryan. D. Catherine and Ryan.

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One cool morning I was asked to go to several garage sales together with my mother. We finally ______ at a pleasant house in the woods. The elderly ______told me that he and his wife were retired teachers. As we were searching, I heard the gentleman’s wife say her ______ to someone, and I immediately ______ who she was. She looked at me and said, “You’re Susan Miller.” I looked at her ______ , for it had been nearly thirty years ______I had been in her class.

My mother immediately said sorry to her for any bad ______that I might have done. She apologized again after learning that I wasn’t the sweet little child. Mum thought that if this woman______ me after so many years, I must have done something ______. My teacher looked at my mother and ______ said, “Oh, no, she was very good.”

My teacher______ that during the last week of school, I brought her a plant from my mother’s garden. It was a lamb’s ear. She took us to her garden ______ she planted the lamb’s ear. Over the years, it spread. As I looked down her driveway with lamb’s ear ______ on both sides, she said, “Every day when I leave my house and drive up the driveway, I think of you. And when I come home, they______ me and I think of you.” Tears ______ my eyes. There at her home was a piece of my life that she had raised.

At that moment, she taught me far more about ______ than I could imagine. We give away pieces of ourselves every day______thought. We seldom imagine the effects that we have on others’ lives. That piece may grow and spread, becoming a ______ part of a life. In the end it is not the big things that matter, ______ the small things that make all the ______ in the world.

1.A. startedB. stoppedC. searchedD. left

2.A. workerB. buyerC. ownerD. player

3.A nameB. addressC. priceD. age

4.A. learnedB. forgotC. realizedD. guessed

5.A. surprisinglyB. worriedlyC. boringlyD. tiredly

6.A. whileB. beforeC. afterD. since

7.A. measuresB. deedsC. issuesD. events

8.A. rememberedB. sawC. consideredD. found

9.A. friendlyB. nobleC. terribleD. politely

10.A. loudlyB. silentlyC. angrilyD. softly

11.A. explainedB. reportedC. warnedD. ignored

12.A. whenB. whichC. thatD. where

13.A. is growingB. grewC. growingD. is grown

14.A. acceptB. sendC. helpD. greet

15.A. gave upB. came intoC. turned intoD. took away

16.A. plantsB. gardenC. lifeD. garage

17.A withoutB. byC. withD. through

18.A. usualB. necessaryC. largeD. whole

19.A. butB. despiteC. beyondD. yet

20.A. effortB. choiceC. decisionD. difference

While astronauts in space get to do many exciting things, they miss out on ordinary things that we will take for granted—being able to walk on firm ground, hanging out with family and digging into a slice of hot steaming pizza. Though not much can be done about the first two things, there may soon be a solution to the third one, thanks to this cool 3-D pizza printer.

About a year ago, NASA offered $125,000 to Anjan Contractor, a 3-D technology expert, to build a device that would allow astronauts to make pizza on demand. The mechanical engineer promised that his invention would produce pies in large quantities that looked, tasted and even smelled like pizza made in common ovens.

Late last year, the engineer presented a video of his first prototype(原型) that begins by creating a single slice of dough that is cooked and printed at the same time. Then comes the tomato sauce--a mix of tomato powder, oil and water and finally, a protein slice that resembles cheese. While the video doesn't show the baking process, the inventor says that once the pizza is printed, it can be ready to be consumed in 7 seconds.

While the pie in the video looks delicious enough to attract any pizza lover, Anjan Contractor is far from ready for astronauts. That's because he still has to find a solution to make the food container in the printer last for 30 years. Though that may sound unrealistic ,actually it is not.

Anjan Contractor believes that the only way that is possible is that the water is removed from all the ingredients and then they are reduced to the powder form. This, as you can imagine, will not be so easy. But, while the printer may not be ready for space, it certainly looks ready enough for people on earth. Hopefully, NASA and Contractor will consider selling it to those not fortunate enough to go to Mars !

1.NASA offered $125,000 to Anjan Contractor mainly to ____.

A. create some new type of 3-D printer

B. attract more companies to work for NASA

C. help astronauts in space enjoy fresh pizza one day

D. produce pizza in large quantities to earn great profits

2.The biggest challenge that Anjan Contractor is faced with now is probably that ____

A. he has no money left to go on with his research

B. the pizza doesn't seem appetizing to pizza lovers

C. he has no way to make pizza that can last for thirty years

D. he cannot make the food container last for decades

3.What's the best title of the passage?

A. NASA is trying its best to help astronauts eat better

B. Astronauts may soon be able to enjoy steaming hot pizza

C. NASA is working on making pizza for common people

D. A 3-D pizza printer has been used to make pizza

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