In March 1964, Alaska began to shake. There was a great earthquake. It was the biggest earthquake the country ever had.

Shops and houses fell down. One street dropped 30 feet. One island rose about 11 metres into the air parts of the sea bottom became dry land. People felt the earthquake hundreds of kilometers away.

Each year there are many earthquakes. Most of them are small. They happen in different parts of the world. We are not sure what makes them. But if you are near, you can see the earth move. You may see a big crack(裂缝) in the ground. Sometimes the land drops on one side of the crack. It goes up on the other side of the crack. There is a new hill. The old world has a new shape.

(　 )36 The strongest earthquake in Alaska happened in __.

　　 A. April 1967　 B. June 1864　 C. March 1964 D. May 1867

(　 )37. The word “earthquake” in the story means __.

　　 A. a sudden dropping of the island.　　　

B. the making of a new hill

　　 C. a strong shaking or moving of the ground.

　　 D. the rising and falling of the sea bottom.

(　 )38. The story wants to tell us __.

　　 A. earthquake change the land B. houses fall down and streets are broken

C. Alaska shakes a lot　　　　 D. how the strongest earthquake happened

(　 )39.From the story we know earthquakes happen _________.

　　 A. in shops and other buildings　 B. only in big cities

　　 C. in small countries　　　　　 D. in different parts of the world

(　 )40. From this story we can see __.

A.earthquakes often do a lot of harm B. people are trying to stop earthquakes

C. the bottom of the sea is nearly dry D. most people are afraid of earthquakes

 In March, _________ trees were planted.

        A. millions                B. millions of            C. two millions

In every little girl’s toy box. there might be a Barbie Doll. Barbie is 50 years old this, year. It was designed(设计)in 1959 by an American businesswoman named Ruth Handler. She and her husband Elliott started the toy company Mattel. She named the new doll after their daughter Barbara. The first Barbie Doll appeared at the toy fair（交易会）New York on March 9th, 1959. This date is used as Barbie’s birthday.
Mattel sold three hundred thousand Barbie Dolls in the first year at a price of three dollars. Today, a fifty-year-old Barbie in good condition might cost more than twenty-seven thousand dollars. Mattel says 90% of the girls in the United States aged from three to ten own at least one Barbie Doll. And girls aged three to six own an average（平均）of about twelve.
When Mattel created Barbie Dolls half a century ago, they never thought this doll would become a legend. Now Barbie Dolls are famous all over the world. They are sold in one hundred and fifty countries, and every second three Barbie Dolls are sold around the world.
【小题1】Who designed the first Barbie Doll in 1959?