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Last Sunday, there was no dirt in the air, only bright spring sunshine and a clear blue sky. After church, Papa headed out to the field to check on the cattle while Mama started dinner. Faye and I played in the yard. The temperature suddenly dropped—it felt good. The ________ had been building since dawn.

Then Mama shouted from the ________, “Iris，you and Faye get inside，real quick now!”

I looked to the west and saw a huge black cloud of ________, like thick smoke from a railway engine’s chimney. All the birds flew away. “Faye，go with Mama!” I ________. “I’ll warn Papa.”

Faye ran toward the house. The storm hit so fast that I ________ saw her climb the porch (门廊) steps. In a short time, the day turned into night. I ________ for Papa, hoping my voice would lead him back.

The dirt and sand stung my face like a thousand bees. I needed to get to shelter. ________ my face with one hand, I made my way toward the car and opened the door. Dirt flew in with me as I pulled the door closed. Papa was still out there! I needed to help him ________ the car.

I searched the dashboard (仪表板) and found the switch for the front ________. They made some rays, but would Papa see them in the thick ________? I pushed the horn (喇叭) again and again, hoping Papa would hear it.

________, Papa’s face appeared at the window. My heart jumped with surprise and ________. He opened the door and climbed onto the seat next to me. He coughed and wiped his eyes with dirty hands，then pulled me into his arms. “Oh, Iris, you’re ________.”

I hugged Papa and ________. I could feel the tears streaming down my dirty cheeks. Papa ________ my face. “Your mother and Faye?” I said, “They are in the house.” Papa nodded, “Good. We’ll wait out the storm there.” Papa shut off the car’s lights and I worried the dirt would ________ us.

Finally, the wind died down and the dust started to ________. Papa kicked against the door, opening it far enough to let us out. We went home as Mama ________ out. “Mama!” I shouted and ran into her arms. “Oh，my precious Iris!” Mama cried. “You and Papa are safe!”

“I’m safe ________ Iris,” Papa said. “The car’s horn led me to shelter.”

“I’m so proud of you,” Mama said to me.

I cried even more then, tears of joy because our family had ________ the horrible storm.

1.A.sand B.thunder C.heat D.snow

2.A.church B.house C.field D.car

3.A.fog B.gas C.steam D.dust

4.A.said B.complained C.suggested D.shouted

5.A.hardly B.constantly C.really D.surprisingly

6.A.screamed B.waited C.looked D.searched

7.A.Cleaning B.Touching C.Covering D.Rubbing

8.A.fix B.find C.recognize D.drive

9.A.lights B.handles C.wheels D.windows

10.A.smoke B.darkness C.forest D.atmosphere

11.A.Curiously B.Disappointedly C.Suddenly D.Unexpectedly

12.A.relief B.warmth C.excitement D.bravery

13.A.handsome B.cautious C.safe D.impressive

14.A.smiled B.whispered C.relaxed D.cried

15.A.glared at B.looked into C.swept over D.reached for

16.A.bury B.leave C.hurt D.poison

17.A.spread B.multiply C.settle D.double

18.A.walked B.slipped C.laughed D.dashed

19.A.rather than B.apart from C.thanks to D.other than

20.A.survived B.defeated C.experienced D.caused

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— I hear Katherine won the first prize in the English Speech Contest held last Sunday.

— There is no surprise. She _________ for weeks.

A.has been practicing B.is practicing

C.had been practicing D.practiced

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On a bright Sunday morning, Damian Languell was sleeping soundly at home in Wade, Maine, the US. The sound that woke him at 8:15 was so _______ that he assumed it came from inside his house. As he got up to _______ , he heard another sound, this one coming most definitely from _______ . Looking out of his bedroom window, he _______ a tree engulfed in smoke about 500 yards away. A car was wrapped around the tree’s base, and its engine was　 _______ .

Seeing that, he immediately _______ buckets of water and ran to the crash site. Up close, the _______ looked worse. The car was _______ nearly in two, and the tree was where the driver’s seat ought to have been, as if _______ there. He thought that no one should have survived this ________ , and yet there was 16-year-old Thompson, still ________ with his terrified face pressed against the driver’s side window in visible ________ . Languell tried stopping the fire with his buckets of water with no success. When the　 ________ got into the front seats, he realized he had to get the boy out of there as soon as possible.

________ , Languell tried to open the back door, but he failed. He grabbed a stone beside the tree and ________ the back door. This time, it ________ and the back door was opened and Languell crawled in. Thompson was struggling to get free when Languell noticed how bad his legs were. Using a pocket knife, Languell sawed through Thompson's　 ________. Now that Thompson was free of restraints (束缚), Languell pulled him out of a rear window, and then ________ him to safety before the car was entirely surrounded by flames.

Then Languell called a (n) ________ as Thompson suffered severely. Thompson thanked Languell for saving him, regardless of his own safety. Soon, the doctors arrived and Languell felt ________.

1.A.strange B.loud C.pleasant D.weak

2.A.listen B.view C.investigate D.question

3.A.behind B.above C.inside D.outside

4.A.spied B.inspected C.overlooked D.caught

5.A.in danger B.at work C.in ruins D.on fire

6.A.got hold of B.controlled C.took charge of D.prepared

7.A.wound B.damage C.engine D.smoke

8.A.set B.classified C.split D.cut

9.A.hanging B.falling C.sent D.planted

10.A.crisis B.crash C.disorder D.event

11.A.calm B.anxious C.conscious D.confident

12.A.pain B.surprise C.comfort D.anger

13.A.water B.driver C.passengers D.flames

14.A.Instantly B.Constantly C.Eventually D.Consistently

15.A.kicked B.hit C.pulled D.tapped

16.A.responded B.made C.worked D.managed

17.A.trousers B.seat belt C.back pack D.coat

18.A.pushed B.shouldered C.dragged D.fetched

19.A.ambulance B.taxi C.policeman D.firefighter

20.A.satisfied B.touched C.recognized D.relieved

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There was one thought that air pollution affected only the area immediately around large cities with factories and heavy automobile traffic. At present, we realize that although these are the areas with the worst air pollution, the problem is literally worldwide. On several occasions over the past decade, a heavy cloud of air pollution has covered the east of the United States and brought health warnings in rural areas away from any major concentration of manufacturing and automobile traffic. In fact, the very climate of the entire earth may be infected by air pollution. Some scientists consider that the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the air resulting from the burning of fossil fuels (coal and oil) is creating a “greenhouse effect”— conserving heat reflected from the earth and raising the world’s average temperature. If this view is correct and the world’s temperature is raised only a few degrees, much of the polar ice cap will melt and cities such as New York, Boston, Miami, and New Orleans will be in water.

Another view, less widely held, is that increasing particular matter in the atmosphere is blocking sunlight and lowering the earth’s temperature — a result that would be equally disastrous. A drop of just a few degrees could create something close to a new ice age, and would make agriculture difficult or impossible in many of our top farming areas. Today we do not know for sure that either of these conditions will happen (though one recent government report drafted by experts in the field concluded that the greenhouse effect is very possible). Perhaps, if we are lucky enough, the two tendencies will offset each other and the world’s temperature will stay about the same as it is now. Driven by economic profits, people neglect the damage on our environment caused by the “advanced civilization”. Maybe the air pollution is the price the human beings have to pay for their development. But is it really worthwhile?

46. As pointed out at the beginning of the passage, people used to think that air pollution _______.

A. cause widespread damage in the countryside

B. affected the entire eastern half of the United States

C. had damaged effect on health

D. existed merely in urban and industries areas

47. As to the greenhouse effect, the author __________.

A. share the same view with the scientist.

B. is uncertain of its occurrence

C. rejects it as being ungrounded

D. thinks that it will destroy the world soon

48. The word “offset” in the second paragraph could be replaced by _________.

A. slip into   B. make up for　　 C. set up    D. catch up with

49. It can be concluded that ____________.

A. raising the world’s temperature only a few degrees would not do much harm to life on earth

B. lowering the world’s temperature merely a few degrees would lead major farming areas to disaster

C. almost no temperature variations have occurred over the past decade

D. the world’s temperature will remain constant in the years to come

50. This passage is primarily about __________.

A. the greenhouse effect        　    B. the burning of fossil fuels

C. the potential effect of air pollution  　D. the likelihood of a new ice age

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There was one thought that air pollution affected only the area immediately around large cities with factories and heavy traffic．At present, we realize that although these are the areas with the worst air pollution, the problem is really worldwide．On several occasions over the past decade，a heavy cloud of air pollution has covered the east of the United States and brought health warnings in distant areas away from any industrial cities．In fact，the very climate of the entire earth may be infected by air pollution．Some scientists consider that the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the air resulting from the burning of fossil fuels(coal and oil)is creating a “greenhouse effect”—— keeping heat reflected from the earth and raising the world’s average temperature．If this view is correct and the world's temperature is raised only a few degrees, much of the polar ice cap will melt and cities such as New York，Boston，Miami，and New Orleans will be in water．

Another view, less widely held, is that increasing particular matter in the atmosphere is blocking sunlight and lowering the earth’s temperature—a result that would be equally disastrous．A drop of just a few degrees could create something close to a new ice age，and would make agriculture difficult or impossible in many of our top farming areas．Today we do not know for sure that either of these conditions will happen．Perhaps，if we are lucky enough，the two tendencies will offset each other and the world's temperature will stay about the same as it is now．Driven by economic profits, people ignore the damage on our environment caused by the “advanced civilization”．Maybe the air pollution is the price the human beings have to pay for their development．But is it really worth-while?

1.People used to think that air pollution_________ .

A．caused widespread damage in the countryside

B．affected the entire eastern half of the United States

C．had a very bad effect on health

D．existed merely in urban and industrial areas

2.As to the greenhouse effect, the author_________.

A．shares the same view with the scientists．

B．is uncertain of its occurrence

C．rejects it as being ungrounded

D．thinks that it will destroy the world soon

3.The underlined word “offset” in the second paragraph could be replaced by_______.

A．counter-act    B．break from     C．get along    D．communicate

4.This passage is primarily about________ .

A．the greenhouse effect

B．the burning of fossil fuels

C．the potential effect of air pollution

D．the possibility of a new ice age

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244. Last Sunday, My friend and I drove to the Summer Palace in Beijing. We found there were so many cars here and there and we couldn’t find a place to _______ the car in.

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I've come to the conclusion that I'm rubbish at saying “No”. For example, last Sunday I was sitting at my desk alone, totally ____ in my own business, when a colleague of mine phoned and asked me to get involved in ____ with her. I found myself getting all caught up in her enthusiasm and didn't want to ____ her. So I said “Sure, why not？” and before the call had ____, I found myself agreeing, without giving any ____ whether it was worth doing.

We are both window­shoppers and ___ a whole day in the street. Actually, I hardly have any time to spare because I am very busy ____ my normal job - I've also got a book to write, a business to ____ and a family to look after. And then there are my other projects to ____ - my voluntary work and a couple of other interesting investments that I want to ____. I'm going to have to be more ruthless (无情的) and not just agree to ____ people ask me to get involved in. In other words, I'm going to have to get ____ at saying “No”.Usually I hate saying “No”, because having to disappoint someone usually ____ me. Now I realize ____ I haven't learned to say “No”, I've been feeling very ____.

We had better do what we think is right and what we are ______ to do. Sometimes it does not seem that bad to ______ others. If I focus on the things I ______ want to be involved in, I'll reach a much higher standard and do it quite ______. I'll be enthusiastic and motivated (有积极性) and do something that is good for everyone and everyone will be happy. It'll be a win­win ______. What's not good about that？So sometimes, we have to say “No”.

1.A.experienced B.absorbed C.concerned D.disappointed

2.A.reading B.discussion C.shopping D.travel

3.A.displease B.force C.support D.shock

4.A.explained B.announced C.developed D.ended

5.A.thought B.suggestion C.idea D.question

6.A.lost B.kept C.enjoyed D.wasted

7.A.because of B.regardless of C.apart from D.instead of

8.A.visit B.run C.inspect D.invent

9.A.consider B.fetch C.catch D.enlarge

10.A.take in B.work on C.turn out D.make up

11.A.something B.none C.everything D.either

12.A.further B.cooler C.faster D.better

13.A.attracts B.beats C.upsets D.puzzles

14.A.after B.because C.if D.although

15.A.impressed B.anxious C.merciful D.depressed

16.A.likely B.afraid C.willing D.proud

17.A.join B.refuse C.invite D.choose

18.A.highly B.hardly C.suddenly D.really

19.A.patiently B.well C.seriously D.accidentally

20.A.situation B.environment C.appearance D.spirit

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短文改错

My parents and I went to the park on last Sunday.There were lots of visitors stood in front of the

ticket window.We waited a long time and buy three tickets.In the Tiger Mountain of the park，I

was too eager to see the fierce frightened animals that I quickened my steps through the crowd.

Unfortunate，I got separated from my parents.I had hard time looking for him，but I had no

luck.Wandering in the park，I felt alone without any companions.Worse still，I had no money，so

I had to walk home，covered as much as 5 kilometers.

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Ella _____ at the car crash scene in New York last Sunday; she was travelling with me in Hawaii then.

A. shouldn’t have appeared 　　 B. couldn’t have appeared

C. wouldn’t have appeared　　 D. might not have appeared

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Last Sunday, it was my father’s funny day. After supper, my father went to see the film. But in our surprise, he came back just about half an hour later. I asked him what was the matter. He smiled and told us about the funny thing what had happened in the cinema. He was sitting in his seat while a woman came to her and said the seat was hers. Surprising, they looked at their ticket carefully, only to find the seats shown in their tickets were the same while the colors were different. So they looked at the tickets carefully. After a while, my father apologized to the woman, saying, “Sorry, I make a mistake. Take this seat, please.” The fact was that his ticket found out under the glass on his desk was for the film a month ago.

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