About 400 earthquakes   46   worldwide every day, more than a hundred thousand in a year.

    China is   47   one of the most active earthquake regions in the world. The most serious of these occurred in Hua County in 1556. The earthquake   48   eight provinces in central China. It   49   an area of 800 square kilometers. In all, 830,000 people   50  .

    The California earthquake of the 18th of April is the worst earthquake that   51   in the United States.

    Fires caused by the California Earthquake   52   the most damage. The fires burned for three days,   53   a total of 25,000 buildings.

    In the whole of California, the earthquake and fire   54   about 3000   55  .

46. A. occurred             B. is occurred               C. occur                       D. was occurred

47. A. situated in           B. situate in                  C. situation of               D. situated by

48. A. affects                B. affected                    C. effects                      D. effected

49. A. was covered        B. is covered                 C. covers                      D. covered

50. A. lose their lives     B. loss their life            C. lost their life             D. lost their lives

51. A. has ever happened                                  B. have ever happened  

C. has ever been happened                                 D. have ever been happened

52. A. made                  B. took                         C. did                          D. do

53. A. destroying           B. destroyed                 C. to destroy                 D. to be destroying

54. A. was caused          B. caused                      C. is caused                  D. causes

55. A. death                  B. dying                       C. deaths                      D. dead

   The old man walked with a cane(拐杖) slowly into the restaurant. His poor jacket, patched (打补丁的) trousers, and worn-out shoes made him stand out from the usual Saturday morning breakfast crowd. Unforgettable were his pale blue eyes that were bright like diamonds, large rosy cheeks, and thin lips held in a smile.

   He walked toward a table by the window. A young waitress watched him and ran over to him, saying, “Here, Sir. Let me give you a hand with that chair.”

   Without a word, he smiled and nodded a thank you. She pulled the chair away from the table. Steadying(稳住) him with one arm, she helped him move in front of the chair, and get comfortably seated. Then she pushed the table up close to him, and leaned his cane against the table where he could reach it.

   In a soft, clear voice he said, “Thank you, Miss.”

   “You are welcome, Sir.” She replied. “My name is Mary. I’ll be back in a moment. If you need anything, just wave at me!”

   After he had finished a hearty meal of pancakes, bacon, and hot lemon tea, Mary brought him the change, helping him up from his chair and out from behind the table. She handed him his cane, and walked with him to the front door. Holding the door open for him, she said, “Come back and see us, Sir!”

   He nodded a thank you and said softly with a smile, “You are very kind!”

   When Mary went to clean his table, she was surprised. Under his plate she found a business card and a note written on the napkin, under which was a $100 bill.

   The note on the napkin read, “Dear Mary, I respect you very much, and you respect yourself, too. It shows by the way you treat others. You have found the secret of happiness. Your kind gestures will shine through those who meet you.”

   The man she had served was the owner of the restaurant. This was the first time that she, or any of his employees, had seen him in person(亲自).

71. The relationship between the old man and Mary was ______. 

   A. father and daughter                B. employer and employee

   C. waiter and customer                         D. uncle and nephew

72. Based on the passage, all of the following words can be used to describe Mary except _____.

   A. kind       B. considerate       C. helpful       D. calm

73. Mary ran over to the old man because _______.

   A. the old man was the boss of the restaurant

   B. she saw the old man had some difficulty moving and taking a seat

   C. she was worried that the old man might cause trouble to the restaurant

   D. the old man had asked her to wait on him

74. The man came to the restaurant _______.

   A. to have breakfast

   B. to see his employees

   C. to find out how his restaurant was working

   D. to see how Mary served customers

75. The words the man left on the napkin indicated that _______.

   A. respecting others means respecting oneself

   B. serving others is a respectable job

C. Mary would get a rise as a result of her kindness

D. Mary’s kind service would bring in more money for her

Kiribati covers a massive 3.5 million square kilometers stretch of the Pacific Ocean, but in population terms it is one of the smallest countries in the world, with only 100,000 people. More than half of them live in the capital Tarawa—strip of coral which measures just 450 meters at its widest point. As well as being narrow, Kiribati is extremely low lying, which makes it one of the most easily influenced countries in the world when it comes to climate change.

“We are counting the days rather than the decades…We don't have the time that we thought we had previously,” Kiribati President Anote Tong said.

Pelenise Alofa returned to Kiribati six years ago. The changes she saw led to her becoming one of the islands principal climate change campaigners. "Things began to change when I came here. I realized the king tides were big, and I told them 'have you heard of climate change, have you heard of global wanning, this is part of it, you're in it,'" Ms Alofa told SBS.

Linda Uan and her New Zealand born husband John have been documenting the changing climate in Kiribati for nearly 20 years. They didn't have to travel far to film the effects of a storm three years ago when for the first time it washed through their home. "There's been a lot of changes," Linda said, “When we were little there was a definite dry season and a definite wet season, now you can't feel the difference anymore.”

Kiribati is not just facing one knock-out punch but a whole round of killer blows. Because of its sensibility to the El Nino and La Nina weather patterns, climate scientists say droughts and floods will be more severe than in the past. Warmer seas could affect the migration patterns of fish, taking away vast taxes it gains from selling fishing licenses to foreign trawlers, while increased storms are expected to destroy crops and make the limited supply of water in the shallow water pools undrinkable.

It’s a claim the country will take to Copenhagen as it seeks to get the world's big emitters (排放者) to face up to the consequences of their actions. “It's a whole world issue,” President Tong said. “It’s a moral issue…it's almost criminal.”

57.According to the passage, we can infer that________.

       A.Kiribati covers a land area of 3,500,000 km2

       B.the country's average altitude is 450 meters in Kiribati

       C.Kiribati is one of the countries facing the climate change calmly

       D.Over fifty thousand people live in Tarawa

58.President Anote’s words are quoted in order to show________ .

       A.the high pressure from time         B.the importance of measuring time

       C.the different timing units          D.the personal attitude towards time

59.Which of the following statements does Ms Alofa probably agree with?

       A.The tides hitting Kiribati used to be bigger than they are now.

       B.Most people in the world have never heard of global warming.

       C.Nobody can keep away from the effects caused by climate changes.

       D.Changes in this country will make you a climate change campaigner.

60.Climate changes have brought about the consequences EXCEPT________ .

      A.Severe droughts and floods         B.abundant fresh water

      C.fiercer storm and tide             D.changed living patterns of fish

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