___and breathless, we reached the top of the mountain and stopped, ___the beautiful scenery.

    A. Tiring; to admire              B．Being tired; admiring

    C．Tired; to admire              D．Tired; admiring

_______ her illness, Millie did not come to school yesterday.

A．Due to        B. Thanks to            C. Because             D. Owe to

 C

Two Earthquakes in Two Months:

Comparing the Quakes in Haiti (海地) and Chile (智利)

Overview (概要) How do the earthquakes in Chile and Haiti compare? Here, students perform a gallery walk to learn more about the earthquakes from a specific point, and then do a specific research and presentation project or response activity. Finally, they seek answers to their unanswered questions.

Materials Print copies of photographs, charts, documents and other visuals to display, as described below; computer (s) with Internet access (optional), research materials, handouts.

Warm-up Choose and prepare a “gallery” of photographs, graphics, news reports and other materials to display around the room to enable students to consider the 2010 earthquake in Chile.

Depending on course program, choose materials for the gallery that provide a window on the two quakes, through one of the following specific points, or the focus of your choice:

Earthquakes through History Putting the 2010 Chilean and Haitian quakes into historical view related to other earthquakes, including the 1960 Chilean quake and the 2004 Asian earthquake and tsunami.

Rescue and Aid Considering domestic and international response to the disasters by militaries, governments and aid organizations, including rescue and recovery as well as efforts to provide food, water, health care and shelter to those affected.

Related The article Underwater Plate Cuts 400 Mile Gash compares several earthquakes:

Mr. Lin figured that the quake on Saturday was 250 to 350 times more powerful than the Haitian quake.

       But Paul Caruso noted that at least on land, the effects of the Chilean tremor (震动) might not be as bad. For one thing, he said, the quality of building construction is generally better in Chile than in Haiti. And the fact that the quake occurred offshore should also help limit the destruction. In Haiti, the rupture (断裂) occurred only a few miles from the capital, Port-au-Prince. The rupture on Saturday was centered about 60 miles from the nearest town, Chillan, and 70 miles from the country’s second-largest city, Concepción.

Read the article using the following questions.

       Questions For discussion with others and reading comprehension:

How does the 2010 Chilean earthquake compare to the 1960 Chilean earthquake?

       Why do scientists believe that the 2010 Chilean earthquake will not cause the same level of damage as January’s Haitian earthquake did?

How does the 2010 Chilean earthquake compare to the 2004 Indonesian earthquake?

What reasons do scientists give to explain why the Indonesian quake caused so much more damage than the recent Chilean earthquake?

64. Which of the following shows one of the reasons for slighter losses in Chile than in Haiti?

A. Position:

B. Power:

65. We can infer that the article Underwater Plate Cuts 400 Mile Gash includes ________.

   A. the causes of the 2010 Chilean earthquake and the 1960 Chilean earthquake

B. the comparison between the 2010 Haitian and the 2004 Indonesian earthquakes

C. the reason for the 2010 Chilean quake being more powerful than January’s Haitian earthquake

D. the reason for less damage in the 2010 Chilean quake than in the 2004 Indonesian earthquake

66. What is the passage most likely to be?

A. A program for research.                            B. A guide to earthquake study.

C. An advertisement for students.                       D. An introduction to quakes.

短文改错（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断；如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

My aunt lives in a village far from my town.

　　Last year she came to visit us and took me a                                 76._________

little dog for my birthday present. It was a little black                                  77._________

dog with white spots on. It was so lovely that I                                        78._________

liked it at once. Every day after school I played the                                    79._________

dog and it gave me much more pleasure. I was glad                                   80._________

to have it as my companion. One day the dog went away                           81._________

and never came back again. All my families were out searching                             82._________

for it but it was nowhere to found. How I worried                                       83._________

about it all those days. A week later a letter came about                            84._________

my aunt saying that the little dog had returned                                    85._________

Living in a house on a mountain top ______ be rather cold, especially in winter.

     A. can      B. shall       C. need         D. should

 —________ is the richest man in this town?　

—I think Mr Kim is the richest man.

A. Whom do you think        B. Who you think         C. Do you think who     D. Who do you think

. She _____ on this essay for twenty minutes but she has written only about a hundred words.

   A. will be working   B. worked    C. has been working   D. will have worked

 —This book is ______ more useful for us students.

—Yes, but it is _____ too difficult.

A. quite; quite     B. much; rather      C. rather; quite       D. quite; much

________measures have already been taken to ensure enough supply of food and medicine in the earthquake-stricken areas of Qinghai Province.

A．Impressive       B．Effective     C．Creative      D. Attractive

Thousands of the Chinese farmers will _________ the new policy, I am sure.

A. be free from     B. benefit from      C. break away from     D. get away from