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Dear Florence,

We arrived in India last week, and the voyage was the worst experience of my entire life. I’m lucky to be alive!

The first part of the journey was terrible, because the ship hit bad weather almost as soon as we left Liverpool. But much, much worse was to come. Later, we were involved in a collision with another boat and we had to abandon ship!

We had been at sea for about two weeks and we were in the Mediterranean. There is now a canal between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea called the Suez Canal, which opened last year. Our boat stopped at Port Said, the Egyptian port at the entrance to the canal. I remember looking through the porthole of my cabin and wishing that I could go ashore and visit this fascinating place, but mummy had ordered that I was to stay in the cabin because I was feeling ill. “you must stay here for at least another two days.” I remember her saying. How wrong she would turn out to be! The ship left the port and headed towards the canal . I was alone in the cabin and I watched the port disappear into the distance. Suddenly there was a loud bang, followed by the most awful crunching（嘎吱的）sound, and the ship shook and turned slightly on its side.

There was an eerie silence for a moment, then people started shouting. Mummy came running into the cabin and told me that we had collided with another boat. She took my hand and we ran along the deck towards the lifeboats. There was a lot of shouting and people were running everywhere, but the crew were all acting calmly, helping people into the lifeboats and telling people not to panic.

Well, clearly we survived, as did all the passengers and crew of the ship. The other boat wasn’t so lucky. It sank and several lives were lost.

I will write about the rest of the journey soon. Please give my love to Aunt Claire and Uncle Eric.

Your loving cousin,

Jane

56．When was the letter written?

A．Before the author went to India. B．In the mid – 19th century.

C．When the author arrived in Egypt. D．Just after the author arrived in India.

57．Why was the journey to India such a bad experience for the author?

A．She was sick when it started and nearly died in Egypt.

B．Her ship left England in bad weather and crashed into another ship near the Suez Canal.

C．She was seasick when her ship sank.

D．She was alone when her ship hit another boat and she got sick.

58．The author’s mother didn’t allow her to go ashore and visit the port city, Said because .

A．she was homesick at that time

B．she didn’t feel very well then

C．she could meet some danger ashore

D．she could see the city through the porthole on board

59．The underlined phrase “eerie silence” in the sixth paragraph means .

A．pleasant calm silence B．long peaceful silence

C．sudden long silence D．strange uncomfortable silence

Like many people in the UK, the team of BBC learning English were 1 and sad at the news of the earthquake in Sichuan Province. They would like to extend their condolences(吊唁) to those affected by this terrible natural disaster. Below was their special report on the earthquake and the 2 operations taking place.
Rescue efforts were underway in Sichuan Province following the terrible 3 , which measured 7.9 on the Richter Scale. According to Xinhua news agency, nearly 15,000 4 died in the disaster, with as many as 24,000 more 5 under ruins and another 14,000 6 .
Chinese troops(军队) were 7 to carry out the rescue operations, and emergency aid was air-dropped into areas that were cut off by the 8 .
Because of the bad weather, in some places 9 had to go into the disaster area on foot and search for trapped survivors by hand as roads were 10 . Some people of the provincial capital Chengdu chose to 11 in tents and government shelters for fear of aftershock causing 12 damage. One witness in Chengdu said that the people there were helping the relief work by donating food and water for those affected in the 13 .
Although full casualty figures (伤亡数字) were not yet 14 , it was clear that the earthquake was the 15 to strike China after the Tangshan earthquake of 1976.

Like many people in the UK, the team of BBC learning English were 1 and sad at the news of the earthquake in Sichuan Province. They would like to extend their condolences(吊唁) to those affected by this terrible natural disaster. Below was their special report on the earthquake and the 2 operations taking place.

Rescue efforts were underway in Sichuan Province following the terrible 3 , which measured 7.9 on the Richter Scale. According to Xinhua news agency, nearly 15,000 4 died in the disaster, with as many as 24,000 more 5 under ruins and another 14,000 6 .

Chinese troops(军队) were 7 to carry out the rescue operations, and emergency aid was air-dropped into areas that were cut off by the 8 .

Because of the bad weather, in some places 9 had to go into the disaster area on foot and search for trapped survivors by hand as roads were 10 . Some people of the provincial capital Chengdu chose to 11 in tents and government shelters for fear of aftershock causing 12 damage. One witness in Chengdu said that the people there were helping the relief work by donating food and water for those affected in the 13 .

Although full casualty figures (伤亡数字) were not yet 14 , it was clear that the earthquake was the 15 to strike China after the Tangshan earthquake of 1976.

1.

A．shocked

B．commanded

C．attacked

D．rewarded

2.

A．transport

B．rescue

C．farm

D．accent

3.

A．burst

B．accident

C．earthquake

D．flame

4.

A．animal

B．miner

C．teenager

D．people

5.

A．buried

B．injured

C．trapped

D．suffered

6.

A．missing

B．recognized

C．upset

D．frightened

7.

A．helped

B．harmed

C．taken

D．sent

8.

A．event

B．principle

C．disaster

D．canal

9.

A．reporters

B．rescuers

C．villagers

D．journalists

10.

A．blocked

B．built

C．settled

D．tipped

11.

A．serve

B．sit

C．sleep

D．study

12.

A．equal

B．many

C．straight

D．more

13.

A．families

B．outdoors

C．apartment

D．countryside

14.

A．satisfied

B．certain

C．determined

D．ignored

15.

A．worst

B．best

C．most

D．first

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One day a wealthy family went on a trip to the countryside. The father wanted to 36 his son how 37 people live, 38 they spent a day and a night in the farm of a very poor 39 .When they got back from their trip the father asked his son, “My dear son, how was the 40 ?” “very 41 , Dad!” answered the boy. “Did you see how poor people live?” the father asked. “Yeah!” answered the son. “And what did you learn?” asked the father. The son answered, “I saw that we have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a 42 that reaches to the middle of the garden and they have a stream that has no 43 . We have imported lamps(进口灯具) in the garden and they have the 44 . Our patio(天井) reaches to the front yard, 45 they have a whole horizon(旷野).” When the little boy was 46 , his father was speechless.

His son 47 , “Thanks Dad 48 showing me how 49 we are!” Isn’t it true that it all depends 50 the 51 you look at things? If you have love, friends, humor and a positive attitude(乐观的态度) 52 life you’ve got everything! You can’t buy 53 of these things, 54 still you can have all the material possessions(财富) you can imagine, provisions(储备) for the future, etc. But if you are poor of spirit, you have nothing! Attitude is 55 ! Make a decision to have a good, positive and productive attitude every day!

1.A.show B. give C. send D. tell

2.A.happy B. sorrow C. rich D. poor

3.A.thus B. so C. therefore D. when

4.A.house B. home C. family D. room

5.A.journey B. trip C. stay D. travel

6.A.bad B. good C. well D. badly

7.A.river B. lake C. canal(运河/沟渠) D. pool

8.A.endless B. ending C. end D. ended

9.A.sun B. stars C. planet D. electricity light

10.A.yet B. however C. so D. though

11.A.finished B. finishing C. completed D. completing

12.A.adding B. added C. saying D. said

13.A.for B. of C. with D. about

14.A.poor B. rich C. glad D. happy

15.A.in B. on C. for D. about

16.A.method B. manners C. way D. means

17.A.of B. for C. towards D. at

18.A.nothing B. any C. some D. everything

19.A.then B. but C. though D. so

20.A.anything B. nothing C. everything D. something

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