This book is said to be a special one, which           many events that cannot be found in other history books.

A．covers           B．writes           C．prints           D．reads

If your race car isn’t insured, you may           losing everything when it hits something solid.

A．delay         B．deny          C．avoid          D．risk

The coach asked his staff to           the large group of journalists waiting for him to announce his training plans.

A．adapt to          B．attend to            C．refer to          D．appeal to

London, the city that will host the 2012 Summer Games,           an eight-minute show featuring football star David Beckham.

A．rely on           B．put on           C．concentrate on           D．feed on

Some miners were trapped when the local mine was flooded, but luckily, 400 kilograms of milk

           to them during the rescue.

A．got through           B．brought down          C．gave away           D．gave out

Gredit cards give their owners automatic credit in stores, restaurants, and hotels, at home, and even abroad, and they make many banking services           as well.

A．sustainable           B．available          C．reliable         D．valuable

Although the country has had political independence for over a century,           it needs the support of its neighbors.

A．naturally         B．economically     C．especially         D．luckily

The superstar can be very sad           , though in public he is extremely cheerful.

A．by chance       B．in person          C．in private       D．as individual

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。

1．—Tom, your hair is too long. Go to the barber’s and          （把头发剪短）.(cut)

—OK, Mum. I’ll do it after school.

2．Never          （他到过）any other city in China except Beijing. (be)

3．          （最著名的两所大学）in Britain are Oxford University and Cambridge University.(famous)

4．How I wish          （我没有浪费）so much time playing computer games when I should have studied. (waste)

5．The factory          （他曾经工作过的）is in danger of closing down because of poor management. (work)

6．I hate being away from my parents, so I can’t decide          （是否要去日本工作）.(whether)

7．Road accidents have become much fewer in the past few years. The government must

          （采取了有效措施）.(take)

8．To avoid          （烫伤）, you have to be careful enough when you are cooking. (burn)

9．I can hardly fall asleep because of the loud noise outside. A new shopping center       （正在建设）nearby. (build)

10．The student wasn’t paying attention in class,          （眼睛盯着）the tree in front of the classroom. (fix)

An earthquake hit Kashmir on Oct. 8, 2005. It took some 75,000 lives,   1  130,000 and left nearly 3.5 million without food, jobs or homes.  2  overnight, scores of tent villages went up across the   3  with the help of international aid   4  , military personnel（人员）and aid groups working day and night to shelter the survivors before winter set  5  .

Mercifully, the season was mild. But with the  6  of spring, the survivors will be moved again. Camps that  7  health care, food and shelter for 150,000 survivors have begun to close as they were   8  intended to be permanent.

For most of the survivors, the thought of going back brings  9  emotions. The past six months have been difficult. Families of   10  many as 10 people have had to shelter in a single   11  and share cook stoves and bathing  12  with neighbors. “They are looking forward to the clean water of their rivers,” officials say. “They are   13  of free fresh fruit. They want to get back to their fields and start   14  again.” But most will be returning to   15  but piles of ruins. In many villages, electrical  16  have not been repaired, nor have roads. Aid workers   17  that it will take years to rebuild what the earthquake  18  away. And for the thousands of survivors, the   19  will never be complete.

Yet the survivors have to start somewhere. New homes can  be   20  from the stones, bricks and beams（梁）of old ones. Spring is coming and it is a good time to start again.

1．A．injured                  B．ruined                 C．destroyed            D．damaged

2．A．Altogether             B．Almost                C．Scarcely              D．Surely

3．A．position                 B．construction        C．location               D．region

4．A．ranks                    B．equipment            C．organizations       D．arms

5．A．out                       B．in                        C．up                      D．off

6．A．falling                   B．leaving                C．coming               D．appearing

7．A．strengthened          B．aided                   C．transferred          D．provided

8．A．never                    B．once                   C．ever                    D．yet

9．A．puzzled                 B．disappointed         C．doubled               D．mixed

10．A．like                     B．as                       C．so                       D．too

11．A．  room                 B．bed                     C．tent                     D．umbrella

12．A．facilities              B．instruments          C．tools                   D．furniture

13．A．seeking               B．dreaming             C．longing                D．searching

14．A．producing            B．harvesting            C．farming               D．living

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

16．A．lines                    B．channels              C．paths                  D．currents

17．A．account               B．measure              C．think                   D．guarantee

18．A．went                   B．took                    C．gave                   D．put

19．A．reform                B．recreation            C．replacement         D．recovery

20．A．built                    B．pulled                  C．surrounded          D．removed