fortunate,however,to have suffered no bodily harm or property damage.
There is a website that lists all California earthquakes recorded from 1769 to the present.The site lists
the dates and times as well as the magnitude (震级) and the exact location of any quake that measured
more than 6.0.There are only a few quakes that stand out in my memory and,luckily,none is shown in the
website.So,my personal experience with earthquakes might be considered insignificant.
There are three earthquakes that are difficult to forget.The first one was in 1955 and our oldest
daughter was walking with me in our backyard in Redwood City in California.As the shaking became
stronger I held her to me with one arm as I held on to one of our fruit trees with the other.All three of us
(my daughter,I and the tree) shook for two or three minutes that to us felt like hours.
The second one was in 1963.Our entire family was visiting Disneyland in Southern California.The earth started to shake just as we were beginning to walk from our hotel toward the_famous_landmark.
My third experience with an earthquake was a lonely one in California.It was in my sixties and I was alone in an old church.As the building started to shake,I quickly headed for the door to go outside.I remember I said a little prayer-something like,"Help me get out of here in time,Dear Heavenly Father".Minutes later,I was safe outside.
B. how to survive an earthquake
C. his three earthquake experiences
D. how to save children in an earthquake
B. are all recorded in a website
C. all measured more than 6.0
D. all happened in California
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B. was planting fruit trees
C. held on to a tree for hours
D. was in a hotel
B. Disneyland.
C. A building destroyed by an earthquake.
D. The place where the author was born.
B. the author succeede
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C. When it happened,the author was in a church.
D. The author was too afraid to walk when it happened.
you needn"t have a lot of__1__.One way to help is to buy their monthly magazine.__2__doing this
one day,I got to__3__a young homeless man.He was often__4__the magazine at the train station.
He was a poor farmer from another country.After a while,I discovered that his__5__was close
to mine.It__6__that we were born in the same month.
I met him last year__7__after his birthday,and after congratulating (祝贺) him,without__8__,I
asked if he had had a good day.He__9__and said that he hadn"t really celebrated.I felt so__10__.
I just couldn"t bear the thought of (不敢想) this nice,young ma
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with no presents,no cake,nothing!So I went home and looked in my yarn (纱线) basket.__12__for
me,I had
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had become a little dirty__15__I didn"t knit very often.Then I washed the yarn so the scarf would be
__16__when he got it.
I met him on my own birthday as I was going shopping.I had__17__to meet him so I had__18__
the scarf and a piece of my own birthday__19__around with me.He was very happy with these gifts
and so was I.The__20__in his eyes was the best present he could have given me!
( )2.A.In
( )3.A.realize
( )4.A.selling
( )5.A.birthday
( )6.A.said
( )7.A.long
( )8.A.stopping
( )9.A.looked up
( )10.A.foolish
( )11.A.calm
( )12.A.Suddenly
( )13.A.used
( )14.A.scarf
( )15.A.when
( )16.A.different
( )17.A.liked
( )18.A.made
( )19.A.cake
( )20.A.light
B.On
B.ignore
B.reading
B.house
B.found
B.shortly
B.helping
B.turned up
B.excited
B.happy
B.Luckily
B.done
B.cap
B.because
B.dry
B.hoped
B.thrown
B.present
B.pain
C.Besides
C.know
C.covering
C.height
C.guessed
C.ever
C.praising
C.looked down
C.clever
C.alone
C.Badly
C.left
C.sock
C.so
C.wet
C.promised
C.received
C.song
C.sight
D.By
D.recognize
D.buying
D.hobby
D.meant
D.even
D.thinking
D.got down
D.worried
D.hungry
D.However
D.produced
D.glove
D.and
D.clean
D.agreed
D.carried
D.party
D.tear
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be a real adventure.That is how I feel every time I take Amtrak.I often take a fourhour trip to
visit my children.Every time I take this trip I never know what will happen.
Last week when I was on the train and over an hour into the train ride,there was a man sitting
by himself in the back of the train carrying on a mobile phone conversation- in another language.It
was loud and disturbed most of the people on the train.I think it was annoying.
Fortunately I sat next to a wonderful old lady who was taking a twoday trip by train.She said
her two daughters were distraught at the thought of her dr
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although she had no trouble driving.The train ride was the only choice for her.She loved to look
out of the window and watch the world go by on the train.
She was fun to talk to and asked me when my children started being parents.That is a very
good question.Both of us are old and have children.She asked that same question from time to
time.
There are always many people on the train from all walks of life,different countries,and
many languages.Riding the train is a great way to increase your knowledge and take in all kinds
of cultures.If you get hungry,you can buy food in the food car at any time.If you need to use the
restroom there is always one available.
It sure beats driving the car,which has to stop for food and restrooms.And it is better than
taking the bus.
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B.to see her children
C.to visit places of interest
D.to see her old friends
B.Satisfied.
C.Worried.
D.Pleased.
B.She does not like to take trains.
C.Although she is old,she has a good memory.
D.Her daughters live far away from her home.
B.the food is terribly expensive
C.all the passengers are polite
D.all the passengers are American
B.A painful experience on the train
C.The history of Amtrak
D.A wonderful lady
We finally 1 at a pleasant house in the woods.The elderly 2 told me that he and his wife were
retired (退休的) teachers.As we were searching. I heard the gentleman"s wife say her_3_to someone.
and I immediately 4 who she was.She looked at me and said. "You"re Lisa Miller." I looked at her 5 .
for it had been nearly thirty 6 since I had been in her class.
My mother immediately said sorry to her for any 7 I might have made.She did that again after
learning that I wasn"t the sweet little child.She thought that if this woman 8 me after so many years.
I must have done something 9 . My teacher looked at my mother and 10 said. "Oh. no. she was
very good."
My teacher 11 that during the last week of school. I 12 her a plant from my mother"s garden. It
was a lamb"s ear.She took us to her garden where she planted the lamb"s ear.Over the years it 13 . As
I looked down her driveway (车道) with lamb"s ears on both sides. she said. "Every day when I leave my
house and drive up the driveway. I think of you.And when I come home they 14 me. I think of you."
Tears 15 my eyes.There at her home was a piece of my life that she had raised.
At that moment. she taught me more about 16 than I could imagine.We give pieces of ourselves
every day 17 thought.We seldom imagine the effects (影响) that we have on others" lives.That piece
may grow and spread. becoming a(n) 18 part of a life.In the end it isn"t the big things that matter.
19 the small things that make all the 20 in the world.
( )1. A. started ( )2. A. worker ( )3. A. price ( )4. A. realized ( )5. A. surprised ( )6. A. months ( )7. A. future ( )8. A. considered ( )9. A. terrible ( )10. A. loudly ( )11. A. explained ( )12. A. stole ( )13. A. disappeared ( )14. A. accept ( )15. A. gave up ( )16. A. life ( )17. A. with ( )18. A. necessary ( )19. A. though ( )20. A. effort | B. searched B. owner B. address B. forgot B. worried B. years B. fight B. saw B. lucky B. silently B. reported B. bought B. died B. send B. came into B. garden B. by B. unimportant B. but B. way | C. stopped C. buyer C. name C. learned C. bored C. days C. excuse C. remembered C. friendly C. angrily C. warned C. chose C. fell C. greet C. turned to C. plants C. without C. large C. because C. decision | D. left D. player D. age D. guessed D. tired D. weeks D. trouble D. found D. special D. softly D. ignored D. brought D. spread D. help D. took away D. lessons D. through D. whole D. so D. difference |
阅读理解 | |||
After suffering through many months of unemployment (失业). my wife and I moved this week from | |||
1. The author and his wife moved to Ohio because________. | |||
A. they liked moving from one place to another B. they were both out of work in Colorado C. the students of his wife were living there D. his wife had found a new job there | |||
2. From the underlined part. we can learn when offered help. the author felt________. | |||
A. grateful B. surprised C. bored D. crazy | |||
3. We can learn from the passage that the author"s neighbors________. | |||
A. thought it hard work to move in B. were curious about the newcomers C. were glad that the old house would have its new owner D. hired two college students to help him | |||
4. According to the passage. which of the following is TRUE? | |||
A. The author has many old friends in Ohio. B. It took the author and his wife days to get home unloaded. C. The author and his wife invited the neighbors to a dinner. D. The author is very satisfied with his new home and new neighbors. | |||
5. It can be inferred from the passage that________. | |||
A. we don"t know what is good until we have lost it B. kindness is the sunshine of social life C. where there is a will. there is a way D. there is no place like home | |||
完形填空。 | |||
There was a boy who was sent by his par![]() being sent away,this boy was the__2__student in his class.He was at the top in every__3__ always with high marks. But the boy changed after__4__home and attending the boarding school.His grades started __5__.He hated being in a__6__.He was lonely all the time.And there were especially dark times when he__7__committing suicide (自***).All of this was because he felt__8__and no one loved him.His parents started__9__about the boy.But they even did not know what was __10__with him.So his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and__11__him. They sat on the bank of the lake near the school.The father started asking him some casual questions about his classes,teachers and__12__.After some time his dad said,“Do you know,son,why I am here today?” The boy answered back,“To__13__my grades?” “No,no,”his dad replied.“I am here to tell you that you ![]() for me.I want to see you__15__.I don’t care about grades.I care about you.I care about your happiness.YOU ARE MY LIFE.” These words__16__the boy’s eyes to be filled with tears.He__17__his dad.They didn’t say anything to each other for a long time. Now the boy had__18__he wanted.He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him deeply.He__19__the world to someone.And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him__20__! | |||
( )1.A.After ( )2.A.hardest ( )3.A.exam ( )4.A.coming ( )5.A.rising ( )6.A.group ( )7.A.led to ( )8.A.worthless ( )9.A.caring ( )10.A.crazy ( )11.A.talk with ( )12.A.family ( )13.A.realize ( )14.A.outstanding ( )15.A.happy ( )16.A.caused ( )17.A.answered ( )18.A.nothing ( )19.A.showed ( )20.A.sad | B.Before B.naughtiest B.activity B.returning B.increasing B.term B.felt like B.careless B.turning B.true B.listen to B.friends B.analyze B.important B.excellent B.wanted B.ignored B.something B.meant B.angry | C.When C.brightest C.game C.leaving C.reducing C.company C.thought back C.concerned C.worrying C.possible C.tell to C.study C.check C.famous C.interested C.encouraged C.hated C.everything C.intended C.pleasant | D.While D.dullest D.class D.reaching D.dropping D.party D.looked for D.annoyed D.speaking D.wrong D.care about D.grades D.test D.familiar D.satisfied D.forced D.hugged D.anything D.expressed D.joyful |