67．Which country does the Lantern Festival come from?

       A．China                                                B．South Korea      

       C．Jin Dynasty                                         D．Tang and Song periods.

66．Which of the following is NOT true?

       A．The custom of eating Yuanxiao dates back to the fourth century.

       B．Sugar, rose petals and minced meat are all fillings of Yuanxiao.

       C．Sweet Yuanxiao are usually made in southern China.

       D．People in northern China usually make Yuanxiao by rolling like a snowball.

65．What does the underlined word “collapsed” probably mean ?

      A．was destroyed      B．caught fire          C．was flooded       D．sank

C

Every year has many festivals. Besides entertainment and beautiful lanterns, another important part of the Lantern Festival ,or Yuanxiao Festival is eating small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour. We call these balls Yuanxiao or Tangyuan. Obviously, they get the name from the festival itself. It is said that the custom of eating Yuanxiao originated during the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the fourth century, then became popular during the Tang and Song periods. The fillings inside the dumplings or Yuansiao are either sweet or salty. Sweet fillings are made of sugar, Walnuts, sesame（芝麻）, osmanthus flowers(桂花), rose petals, sweetened tangerine（橘子）peel, bean paste, or jujube paste（枣子酱）. A single ingredient or any combination can be used as the filling . The salty variety is filled with minced meat（肉末儿）, vegetables or a mixture.The way to make Yuanxiao also varies between northern and southern China. The usual method followed in southern provinces is to shape the dough of rice flour into balls, make a hole, insert the filling, then close the hole and smooth out the dumpling by rolling it between your hands. In North China, sweet or nutmeat stuffing is the usual ingredient. The fillings are pressed into hardened cores, dipped lightly in water and rolled in a flat basket containing dry glutinous rice flour. A layer of the flour sticks to the filling, which is then again dipped in water and rolled a second time in the rice flour. And so it goes, like rolling a snowball, until the dumpling is the desired size.

It is known to us all. The custom of eating Yuanxiao dumplings remains. This tradition encourages both old and new stores to promote their Yuanxiao products. They all try their best to improve the taste and quality of the dumplings to attract more customers.

64．What is the total number of deaths in the earthquake?

      A．2,000,000                                          B．between 490 to 5,7002     

       C．200,000                                             D．it was hard to know.

       C．aftershocks                                          D．the magnitude 9.5 earthquake

63．What is generally thought the main cause of deaths in Chile?

      A．landslides                                           B．the tsunami        

62．What can we learn about the tsunami waves generated by the earthquake?

      A．The tsunami waves as high as 25 meters arrived immediately after the earthquake.

      B．The tsunami waves killed 200 people and sank all boats.

      C．The tsunami waves were very destructive.

      D．The tsunami waves flooded half of the inland.

61．Where did the largest tsunami damage occurred?

      A．Concepcion        B．Isla Chiloe          C．Valdivia             D．Valparaiso

  The largest earthquake ( magnitude里氏 9.5) of the 20th century happened on May 22, 1960 off the coast of South Central Chile.

  It generated(生成) one of the most destructive Pacific-wide tsunamis(海啸). Near the generating area, both the earthquake and the tsunami were very much destructive, particularly in the coastal area from Concepcion to the south end of Isla Chiloe. The largest tsunami damage occurred at Isla Chiloe---the coastal area closest to the epicenter(震中). Huge tsunami waves measuring as high as 25 meters arrived within 10 to 15 minutes after the earthquake, killing at least two hundred people, sinking all the boats, and flooding half a kilometer inland.

  There was large damage and loss of life at Concepcion, Chile's top industrial city. Near the city of Valdivia, the earthquake and following aftershocks generated landslides which killed 18 people. At the port city of Valparaiso, a city of 200,000, many buildings collapsed. A total of 130,000 houses were destroyed --- one in every three in the earthquake zone and nearly 2,000,000 people were left homeless.

  Total damage losses, including to agriculture and to industry, were estimated(估计) to be over a half billion dollars . The total number of death related with both the tsunami and the earthquake was never found accurately for the region. Estimates of deaths reached between 490 to 5,7002 with no distinction(差别) as to how many deaths were caused by the earthquake and how many were caused by the tsunami. However, it is believed that most of the deaths in Chile were caused by the tsunami.

60．The author aims to tell us that __________.

      A．women’s minds perform better than men’s

      B．men’s minds decline more with age

      C．everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older

      D．a survey on human’s mind decline was done recently

B