US President Barack Obama has visited residents in areas of New York that still have no electricity 17 days after the deadly super-storm Sandy.

Mr Obama took a helicopter tour of Breezy Point, a neighborhood in Queens where about 100 homes were razed in a fire during the storm. He also met residents at an emergency response centre in Staten Island. More than 100 people were killed in the US as a result of Sandy, 43 of them in New York. The US president also met privately with Damien and Glenda Moore, whose two sons were swept away in the storm. "Obviously I expressed to them as a father, as a parent, my heartbreak over what they went through," he said. He said the family wanted to thank the New York City police officer, Lt Kevin Gallagher, who stayed with them until their children’s bodies were found. One man whose home in Staten Island was destroyed by Sandy was thankful for Mr Obama’s visit, but thought he should have come earlier."If he could do something to make this process with the government a little faster and easier on us, that would be a great thing," said Anthony Gatti, who said he had queued all day every day to speak with emergency officials. Mr Obama visited parts of New Jersey in the immediate after the storm, avoiding New York City so as not to prevent recovery efforts. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who joined Mr Obama on Thursday, said he would request $30bn (?19bn) in federal aid in order to rebuild. That price tag included the construction of a power grid meant to help utilities find and fix outages, as well as an upgrade to New York City’s fuel supply capacity. Fuel shortages after the storm led to lengthy queues and petrol rationing.

56. How did the man whose home was destroyed in the storm feel when visited?

A. Excited but nervous.

B. Scared but appreciated.

C. Thankful but sorrowful.

D. Appreciated but regretful.

57. What can we learn from the passage?

A. New York would request ?30bn to rebuild.

B. New York suffered a lot from super storm Sandy.

C. Mr. Obama visited New York Government.

D. Mr. Obama showed heart break in New York Government.

58. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Obama toured Sandy-hit New York.

B. Obama expressed the warm heart to Damien and Glenda Moore.

C. New York was faced with fuel shortage after the storm.

D. New York Governor showed great ambition after the storm.

    Surrounded by far - away mountains and nearby downtown buildings, a large open field was filled with lines of blue and white houses. Several kids were laughing and playing table tennis inside a play room. Some old men were playing Chinese chess and a crowd of women chatting in front of two TV sets.

    Two weeks after the deadly earthquake, the first batch of 1,500 people in Dujiangyan, Sichuan Province, one of the worst earthquake - hit cities, has finally settled into a peaceful life in a newly built temporary community.

    "Compared with tents, these simple houses make us feel more at home. My grandchild can go on with his study here," said an old woman.

    These one - floor buildings are totally different from their old homes. Instead of cement and bricks, the houses are made of light- weight steel or foamed plastic(泡沫塑料) and can stand a 7 - magnitude earthquake. Each of the houses, featuring about 20 square meters, serves as a three - person family unit. The units have three beds and electricity. Each has its own postal address.

    Communal(公共的) facilities will include showers, toilets and refectories(食堂). It is also planned that there should be one primary school, one hospital and one supermarket for every 1,000 homes. Everything will be free to the residents in possession of their identity cards, and work has already started in looking for jobs for the community.

"More than 1.5 million such makeshift  houses will be built in Sichuan, which are expected to be in use for at least three years," said Minister of Housing and Urban - Rural Development Jiang Weixin. The government said over 5.93 million rooms in Sichuan had been leveled in the quake and more than 11 million people, which even outnumber the entire population of some countries such as Norway and New Zealand, became homeless. It is planned that all the victims will be housed by early August, and that they will stay in the temporary houses for between three and five years until permanent homes are built.

60. On the whole, the article tells about ________.

    A. life in the earthquake- hit areas

    B. starting to rebuild the earthquake - hit areas

    C. how to build houses in the earthquake - hit areas

    D. caring for people in the earthquake - hit areas

61. Which word in the text is the closest in meaning to the underlined word "makeshift"?

    A. Communal.        B. Permanent.         C. Temporary.          D. Primary.

62. It can be inferred from the text that _________.

    A. so far only 1500 people have moved into the makeshift houses

    B. all the victims will be supplied with new houses in three years

    C. nowadays it's impossible for the victims to find jobs

    D. the victims are gradually returning to their normal life

63. Which of the following is FALSE about the makeshift houses mentioned in the text?

    A. They lack proper and convenient communal facilities.

    B. They are built not by cement and bricks but by light - weight Steel or foamed plastic.

    C. A 3 - person family will get a house of 20 square meters.

    D. They are expected to be used at least for 3 years.

He looked like a pirate.

With his handkerchief tied in a knot behind his little nine-year-old head, he looked like a pirate, a sad pirate. The first time little David came to our camp, he was hairless and worn out from medical treatments. He was also very angry.

Paul Newman's camp counselors (指导老师 ) were hoping to fill David's days with fun and laughter. But David stayed inside himself, wanting to be alone, or in a corner of the cabin. At this camp for children with life-threatening illnesses, we had seen some pretty tough children worn out by cancer recover full of energy despite their illness. But we saw little progress in David no matter what we tried with him. Five days into the eight-day session saw a quiet, sad little pirate.

 Then something happened on that fifth night. Something at camp that we would call "huge".

It was cabin night. That's the time when campers and counselors spend lime together in each individual cabin instead of an all-camp activity. Campers love cabin nights because there's always a bedtime snack. On the cabin table that night were bags of potato chips.

David slowly walked over to the table, leaving his comer to join the rest of us. He took one of the bags of the potato chips and started smashing(弄碎) it with his little fists, as all the other campers looked on in disbelief, I wondered what the cabin counselor would do.

The college-age volunteer counselor positioned a bag of chips on die table in front of himself, and he, too, started smashing it with his fist. The campers went crazy as everyone ran to the table to get in on the fun of smashing potato chips with their fists.

Somehow everyone knew, everyone sensed, that anger within him was now being released.

For the last couple days of the session, David was a different kid. He was a little nine-year-old boy again, trying to fill the hours of each remaining day at camp with as much fun as could be possible.

Several days after the session, David came back again. This time, there wasn't anything he wouldn't try to fit in to his day. He sure was having a great time at camp. David asked me if I needed an altar(祭坛)boy when I celebrated Mass in the woods. Sure enough, he was my altar boy. I remembered how carefully he listened to me when I talked about death. 1 said it's only a doorway. You walk through the door and there's the Lord God and behind God a whole line of people waiting to hug you.

After Mass, he said to me, "Hey Fatha, a door, huh?"

A couple more days of fun passed and tonight was the talent show. The tradition is that campers and counselors dress up in costumes, and everyone gets a standing applause for singing and dancing or simply just acting like fools on stage.

 The show had begun: lights, camera, action.

Unfortunately, the only action taking place in our row of seats was little David making his way from counselor to counselor to say an early good-bye to camp. He had become quite ill and had to go to the hospital because of this new crisis.

When this little nine-year-old pirate stood in front of me, he gave me a hug and a big wet kiss on my cheek. 1 was crying. He was crying. A whole row of counselors was in tears. After the hug and kiss, he put his hands on my shoulders, and tears still in his eyes, said: "See you on the other side of the door, Fatha."

71.The camp counselors failed to fill David's beginning days with fun and laughter, mainly because David     .

A.        behaved like a pirate

B.        remained in a bad mood

C.        was left alone at the camp

D.       was teased by other campers

72.Seeing David smashing the potato chips, the counselor did the same thing in response because he     .

A.        would like David to eat more of them

B.        hoped all the other campers would join

C.        found it possible to help David release anger

D.       wanted to show that he was as angry as David

73.What can we learn from this article?

A.        The camp was intended for those talented in singing and dancing.

B.        The purpose of the camp was to give diseased children caring love.

C.        The camp was popular among the children who enjoyed their vacation here.

D.       Medical treatment could be provided to diseased children at the camp.

74.Which of the following does NOT show the change in David?

A.        David came back to the camp for a second session after the first ended.

B.        David had become quite ill and had to go to the hospital because of this new crisis.

C.        David made his way from counselor to counselor to say an early good-bye to camp.

D.       David stood in front of me and gave me a hug and a big wet kiss on my cheek.

75. What do you think the theme of the story is?

A.        Children with deadly diseases are usually difficult to get along with.

B.        People should have patience with children with life-threatening illnesses.

C.        People should tell children with life-threatening illnesses to care nothing about death.

D.       Love and proper guidance can help people look at something negative in a positive way.

Foreign media have paid close attention to the developments of the earthquake happened on May 12th. Many of them have praised the Chinese government and people’s rescue efforts after the deadly earthquake in Sichuan province.

       The Wall Street Journal Asia Edition（U.S.）,the Globe and Mail（Canada）Guardian（U.K.）,among other foreign news agencies, have recently published articles on China’s earthquake relief. They all have spoken highly of the earthquake relief efforts made by the Chinese government.

       The Wall Street Journal Asia Edition published an article on May 21 saying that on the eighth day of the most serious natural disaster to hit China in decades, rescuing survivors from the ruins had been quickly replaced by the great challenge of helping them. The article said that people overseas have been deeply impressed by earthquake relief efforts by the Chinese government.

       The Associated French Press（AFP）reported on May 21 that China has become more open among the campaign.

       Aircraft loaded with relief supplies from Ukraine, Russia, the United States, Singapore and other countries have arrived in disaster areas in southwestern China.

       The Associated Press（AP）published an article on May 21 reporting the China is making great efforts to deal with a very difficult task caused by the earthquake: how to provide temporary shelter for so many people. The article said that many tents have been built; and food and medical care are provided to the people whose lives have been completely disrupted by the earthquake.

       The Global and Mail of Canada published an article on May 20 that said the rapid earthquake relief work in Sichuan demonstrates China’s powerful economic strength.

       An article carried in the British Guardian said that one week after the Sichuan earthquake, China began a three-day national mourning period at 14:28 on May19, and all Chinese people stood in silence for three minutes in memory of the victims.

       The ongoing search and rescue action is encouraged by one miraculous（奇迹）survivor after another. Chinese officials said that, so far, no disease had spread in the area after the earthquake.

1．How many press media are mentioned in the article?

       A．3                        B．4                        C．5                        D．6

2．         reported that China has become more open among the campaign.

       A．The Associated French Press                B．The Associated Press

       C．The Global and Mail of Canada              D．The British Guardian

3．What can we infer from the passage?

       A．Only the Chinese government made great efforts to rescue the victims.

       B．The most difficult task is providing temporary shelter and food for the victims.

       C．Foreigners spoke highly of our rescue efforts after the deadly earthquake.

       D．The Chinese government did a lot to prevent diseases spreading in the area.

4．What is the best title of the passage?

       A．Foreign media praise China’s earthquake relief.

       B．The rapid earthquake relief work demonstrates China’s powerful economic strength.

       D．Tens of thousands of people’s lives have been completely disrupted by the earthquake.

Last week when I was sitting in my office, I heard an elderly lady talking on the phone about her husband. Her husband’s name was Ed. He dropped her off for her doctor’s appointment and was going to park the car and wait for her. She was so upset that she started to cry. I knew I should take action.
The lady told me her name was Helen and she called the restaurant she and her husband were going to have lunch at after her appointment to see if he was waiting for her there. She explained that she thought her husband parked the car in the parking lot and waited for her in the car but she didn’t find him there so she returned to see if he entered the medical building, but Ed was not there either. She regretted making her husband park the car alone since some signs of Alzheimer’ (早老性痴呆症)had appeared in his behavior. I asked a few nurses to help look for Ed inside and out side the medical building according to Helen’s description. Then I offered to drive Helen to the restaurant to see if Ed was waiting for her there.
On arriving at the parking lot of the restaurant, Helen began to search for Ed’s car but she failed, which suggested Ed wasn’t there. We decided to have a talk with the manager before we returned to the hospital. On our way to the manager’s office, I received a call from a nurse, who said they had found Ed. What a relief(安慰)! But we still needed to go on searching since he forgot where he parked his car! Fortunately, we didn’t have much difficulty finding it.
As I waved goodbye to the couple, I thought, “This is true love in life. The love is not romantic but it stays with us all the time.”
1.  What did Helen do after she found Ed was missing?
A. She called the police.     B. She turned to the author.
C. She called the restaurant.  D. She searched for him everywhere.
2.  We learn from this passage that Ed              .
A. went to the restaurant himself     B. might have developed Alzheimer’s
C. visited his friend in the hospital    D. worried about his wife very much
3.  When did the author know that Ed was found?
A. After the author and Helen returned from the restaurant.
B. While the author and Helen were on their way to the restaurant.
C. Before the author and Helen found the manager of the restaurant.
D. When the author and Helen arrived at the parking lot of the restaurant.
4.  What can we infer from the passage?
A. The author was Helen’s friend.    B. The author had seen Ed before.
C. The author went to see his doctor.  D. The author worked in the hospital.