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At 3:42 am everything began to 56 . It seemed that the world was at an end! Eleven kilometers directly below the city the greatest earthquake of the 20th century 57 . It was heard in Beijing, which is one hundred kilometers away. One-third of the nation felt it. A huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters 58 cut across houses, roads and canals. Steam burst from holes in the ground. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In fifteen 59 seconds a large city lay in ruins. Two-thirds of the people died or were injured during the 60 . Thousands of families were killed and many children were left without parents. The 61 of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000. But how could the 62 believe it was natural? Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. All of the city’s hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were gone. Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves. No wind, however, could blow them away. Two dams fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for 63 . The railway tracks were now useless pieces of 64 . Tens of thousands of cows would never give 65 again. Half a million pigs and millions of chickens had died. Sand now filled the wells instead of water. People were 66 . Then, later that afternoon, another big quake shook Tangshan. Some of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins. More buildings fell down. Water, food, and electricity were 67 to get. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last. All hope was not lost. The army sent 150,000 68 to Tangshan to help the rescue workers. Hundreds of thousands of people were 69 . The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. To the north of the city, most of the 10.000 miners were rescued from the coalmines. Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. Fresh water was taken to the city by train, truck and plane. Slowly, the city began to 70 again. 51. A. city B. school C. bookstore D. countryside 52. A. fish B. water C. pigs D. chicken 53. A. cracks B. holes C. pictures D. colours 54. A. cars B. truck C. ship D. planes 55. A. as usual B. as follows C. as to D. as for 56. A. run B. fly C. shake D. stop 57. A. ended B. continued C. began D. went 58. A. high B. wide C. round D. away 59. A. terrible B. lovely C. happy D. ordinary 60. A. meeting B. class C. rain D. earthquake 61. A. number B. house C. money D. goods 62. A. workers B. teachers C. survivors D. death 63. A. playing B. digging C. sleeping D. traveling 64. A. wood B. plastics C. steel D. paper 65. A. milk B. water C. Cola D. birth 66. A. pleased B. shocked C. frightened D. interested 67. A. hard B. easy C. ready D. expensive 68. A. volunteers B. soldiers C. farmers D. students 69. A. helped B. killed C. injured D. trapped 70. A. shake B. die C. build D. breathe 第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A School uniforms are becoming more and more popular around the USA. That’s no surprise, because they have many benefits. They end the powerful social labeling (有力的社会标记)that comes from clothing. If all the students are dressed in the same way, they will not pay too much attention to their clothing and some of them will not be laughed at for wearing “wrong” clothes. Some people are against the strict rule of school uniforms, but they don’t realize that students already accept a kind of rule--- wanting to look like just their friends. For students, the school uniforms remind them that their main task in school is to get education. Some parents are unhappy with uniforms, saying that school uniforms will affect their children’s “creativity”. However, school uniforms that students wear don’t necessarily show their individuality (个性). And also the students have the rest days of the week to be as creative as they like. While they are in school, their jobs are to learn reading, writing, math and so on. Mastery (掌握) of those skills will be good for students to build up their creativity in every way. (责任编辑：admin) |