Can you survive an unannounced storm? Although there is expert broadcasting and we are equipped with cell phones, there're still some instances when the violent weather takes us by surprise.

While most Atlantic hurricanes form off the coast of Africa giving plenty of early warning, sudden Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico hurricanes form and move rapidly in less than a day's time, endangering everyone and everything in their path.

There've been oil workers trapped off the shore when sudden storms appeared. Field archeologists have been stuck in coastal areas without storm warning. It wasn't but a few decades ago that a Texas National Guard group was trapped on the beach by rain-forced flooding and had to ride out a major hurricane during a training exercise. There've been a few instances when travelers were trapped on an island or in a coastal area and unable to escape in time.

Escaping from the storm-threatened areas is generally a choice for most of us---but not for all. Each year thousands of islanders across the Caribbean face the danger of hurricanes without so much as a public shelter to hide in. Most ride out the storm in their homes.

But there're a few things you can do to prepare yourself for some unexpected emergencies. Being prepared for the unexpected may be your best and only defense. If you're headed outdoors for a few days or weeks, you should always carry a flashlight(手電筒) with extra batteries, a GPS device (裝置),and a basic medical box. If you're traveling in your car, remember you may suffer from high winds. You'd better not stay inside to avoid being blown away along with your car. Keeping your head and your courage up is essential to survival in any type of danger. Let common sense guide you and always be prepared for the worst.

61. According to the text, most Atlantic hurricanes______.

A. form in the Caribbean Sea

B. come from Gulf of Mexico

C. develop off the coast of Africa

D. are from the Pacific Ocean

62. What is the third paragraph mainly about?

A. The bad situations of oil workers.

B. People trapped by sudden storms.

C. The danger of traveling on an island.

D. The Texas National Guard group.

63. What is the purpose of the last paragraph?

A. To give some advice.

B. To encourage traveling.

C. To underline the danger of hurricanes.

D. To give some warnings.

64.Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?

A. It wasn't only a few decades ago that a Texas National Guard group was trapped on the beach by rain-forced flooding.

B. Escaping from the storm-threatened areas is a choice for most of us in general.

C. Being prepared for the unexpected is likely to be your best and only defense.

D. You'd better stay inside your car to avoid being blown away in high winds.

65. In which part of a website would you most probably find the text?

A. Science.

B. Sports.

C. Life.     

D. Culture.

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：設(shè)計(jì)必修三　英語(yǔ)　人教版 人教版 題型：051

　　話題鏈接：China's First Spaceman Yang Liwe

　　With a Long March-II-F carrier rocket(運(yùn)載火箭)pushing Shenzhou Ⅴ into the orbit some 300 kilometers away from the Earth Wednesday morning, Yang Liwei, 38, turns out to be China's first astronaut in space．

　　At 9 am Wednesday(Beijing time), Yang, aboard Shenzhou Ⅴ white in color, took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on the Gobi desert in northwest China's Gansu province．

　　He is expected to land somewhere on central Inner Mongolia grassland at 7 a.m．Thursday, after orbiting the earth 14 times．Yang will be traveling some 500 000 kilometers in space in 21 hours, a “traveler's record” in the world's most populous nation with a 5000-year-old civilization(文明)．

　　When Shenzhou-5 entered orbit on schedule, the ground command center received a message sent by Yang from outer space, saying that “everything goes smoothly”．His name, however, had remained unknown until 5 am Wednesday．At 5 am sharp Wednesday, Yang was seen waving his hands to a group of journalists from inside a glass-shielded(有防護(hù)玻璃的)room at the Jiuquan launch center, with two other astronauts sitting beside him as “backups”．Yang, who looked calm, found himself in a shower of camera flashlights．He responded with a broad smile．

　　In an exclusive(高級(jí))interview with Xinhua, Yang expressed full confidence in China's first manned space flight．

　　Su Shuangning, director-general and chief designer of the astronaut system under China's manned space program, described Yang as a sober-minded(沉著冷靜的)person with a “superb capability of self-control”．

　　While a fighter pilot, Yang had 1350 hours of flight experience．He was chosen, along with 13 others, from among 1500 pilots for space flight training．Yang's colleagues described him as a man with a good team spirit, a man of dedication(奉獻(xiàn)) to his career．Friends at his hometown, Suizhong County of northeast China's Liaoning Province, remember that Yang had dreamed of flying when still a child．Yang was recruited(招募)by the No．2 Aviation College of the PLA Air Force in September 1983 and became a fighter pilot after graduation with bachelor's degree．In 1998, Yang became a member of China's first team of astronauts．Yang, 168 cm tall, is a lieutenant colonel．He has an eight-year-old son, and his wife, Zhang Yumei, also serves in China's space program．

　　According to Su Shuangning, China's first team of astronauts are all capable of working and living in space thanks to five years of rigid(嚴(yán)格的)physical, psychological and technical training．He said that Yang Liwei was one of the best in the team．

　　In an Astronaut Training Base in Beijing, China's would-be astronauts had lessons necessary for space flight, including aviation dynamics, air dynamics, geophysics, meteorology, astronomy, space navigation, design principle and structure of rockets and spacecraft, as well as equipment examination．Moreover, they received systematic(系統(tǒng)的)training in space flight in simulators(模擬器)．

　　“To establish myself as a qualified astronaut, I have studied harder than in my college years and have received training much tougher than for a fighter pilot, ” said Yang．

　　If the spaceship's re-entry module(模塊)could not land at the pre-set areas and the recovery team could not rush to the spot on time, the astronaut must act for self-rescue．“Therefore, survival skills have become one of the most important knowledge for the astronauts to grasp, ”said Su Shuangning．“Through rigorous(嚴(yán)酷的)training, our astronauts have learned how to survive under extreme conditions．”Twenty-five days before the launch of Shenzhou-5, the would-be astronauts started exercising in the real spacecraft at the Jiuquan Launch Center．

　　“When I boarded the spacecraft for the first time, I couldn't help feeling excited, ” Yang recalled．“I decided that I must fly it．”

　　At 6∶15 a.m．Wednesday, Yang got seated in the re-entry module of Shenzhou-5, atop a 58.3-meter-high Long March-II-F carrier rocket．Between 1999 and 2002, Long March-II-F carrier rockets were used to launch four unmanned spacecraft into orbit, and all the launches were successful．

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Hot words on the Internet don’t stay hot for long. “Geili” and “Fuyun”, last year’s biggest creations, are actually ____36____ on Internet now. What’s popular now is “hold steady”.
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____40___ steady is one of the qualities the public has been ____41____ lately ____42___ pressures on marriage, work and money can easily drive people crazy.
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Poise is also appreciated in Western culture as an essential quality of a ____47____ person.
Each year, the National League of Junior Cotillions of the US releases a list of the Ten Best Mannered People. Kate Middleton was ____48____ as the one of the Ten Best Mannered People for the way ____49____ she showed herself in the public. The Duchess of Cambridge was also appreciated ____50____ this year for her remarkable poise at the royal wedding. That is good news for many because she has prove ____51____ true that poise is not born, but it can be got with a bit of ____52____.
About-personal-growth.com, a foreign website on personal growth guidance, gives ____53___ on how to stay poised.
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【小題1】
A．fashionableB．outdatedC．hotD．popular
【小題2】
A．whichB．whereC．thatD．who
【小題3】
A．soundB．feelC．lookD．a(chǎn)ct
【小題4】
A．yetB．howeverC．butD．a(chǎn)nd
【小題5】
A．HeldB．HoldC．HoldingD．Being held
【小題6】
A．looking forB．looking back onC．looking atD．looking down
【小題7】
A．a(chǎn)sB．soC．withD．though
【小題8】
A．explainedB．exhibitedC．equippedD．exchanged
【小題9】
A．turned downB．turned aroundC．turned onD．turned up
【小題10】
A．TakingB．GivingC．CarryingD．Earning
【小題11】
A．nervousB．upsetC．frightenedD．cool
【小題12】
A．well-behavedB．well-organizedC．well-doneD．well-balanced
【小題13】
A．calledB．electedC．choseD．selected
【小題14】
A．whichB．in thatC．howD．in which
【小題15】
A．earlyB．earlierC．earliestD．former
【小題16】
A．thatB．whatC．itD．this
【小題17】
A．effectB．effortC．a(chǎn)ffectD．a(chǎn)fford
【小題18】
A．a(chǎn)dvicesB．lecturesC．tipsD．courses
【小題19】
A．regularlyB．commonlyC．usuallyD．normally
【小題20】
A．setB．makeC．haveD．a(chǎn)chieve

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In the last years of the Warring States period, the State of Qin attacked the State of Wei on a large scale repeatedly and occupied large areas of land, for the State of Wei was too weak to defend itself. In 273 B.C. ,the Qin army launched a more serious attack upon the State of Wei than ever. The king of the State of Wei gathered his officials, and asked with a worried look if anyone could propose a way to defeat the Qin army. After years of chaos caused by the wars, the officials trembled when fighting was mentioned, and no one dared to speak of resistance.
At the critical moment when a large enemy force was bearing down upon the border, most of the officials persuaded the king to use for peace, at the cost of giving away to the State of Qin the large area of land north of the Huanghe River and south of the Taihang Mountain. However Su Dai, a counselor, did not agree. He hurried up to the king and said:"Your Majesty, they don't think about the interests of the country at all. It is just because they are afraid of death that they ask you to sue for peace by betraying the country. Of course you can temporarily satisfy the ambition of Qin, but it will never stop attacking us until our land is totally given away."
He added." Once there was a man whose house was on fire. People told him to put out the fire with water, but he would not listen. Instead, he carried a faggot to put out the fire, only to make the fire fiercer. Isn't it similar to carrying faggots to put out a fire if you agree to sue for peace at the cost of the land of the State of Wei?"
Though Sue Dai's argument was very convincing, the king accepted the suggestion of those officials and gave away to the State of Qin a large area of the land of the State of Wei. As might be expected, the Qin army attacked the State of Wei in 225 B.C. Again, surrounding the capital city Daliang and flooding it by digging open the dykes(堤防) of the Huanghe River. The State of Wei was finally destroyed.
【小題1】When asked how to defeat the Qin army, most officials               .

A．were scared and at a loss what to do
B．were worried and asked Su Dai fir advice
C．decided to ask a force to bear down upon the border
D．trembled and decided to give up fighting back
【小題2】The underlined phrase "sue for" in Paragraph 2 probably means               .
A．hope forB．beg forC．search forD．send for
【小題3】Su Dai used the example of "carrying faggots to put out a fire" to show             .
A．the ambition of the State of QinB．the risk of fighting back
C．the serious results of giving in D．the terrible results of defense
【小題4】The story is mainly developed by        .
A．timeB．logicC．spaceD．cause and effect

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In the last years of the Warring States period, the State of Qin attacked the State of Wei on a large scale repeatedly and occupied large areas of land, for the State of Wei was too weak to defend itself. In 273 B.C., the Qin army launched a more serious attack upon the State of Wei than ever. The king of the State of Wei gathered his officials, and asked with a worried look if anyone could propose a way to defeat the Qin army. After years of chaos caused by the wars, the officials trembled when fighting was mentioned, and no one dared to speak of resistance.
At the critical moment when a large enemy force was bearing down upon the border, most of the officials persuaded the king to sue for peace, at the cost of giving away to the State of Qin the large area of land north of the Huanghe River and south of the Taihang Mountain. However Su Dai, a counselor, did not agree. He hurried up to the king and said, "Your Majesty, they don't think about the interests of the country at all. It is just because they are afraid of death that they ask you to sue for peace by betraying the country. Of course you can temporarily satisfy the ambition of Qin, but it will never stop attacking us until our land is totally given away."
He added,“Once there was a man whose house was on fire. People told him to put out the fire with water, but he would not listen. Instead, he carried a faggot to put out the fire, only to make the fire fiercer. Isn't it similar to carrying faggots to put out a fire if you agree to sue for peace at the cost of the land of the State of Wei?”
Though Su Dai's argument was very convincing, the king accepted the suggestion of those officials and gave away to the State of Qin a large area of the land of the State of Wei. As might be expected, the Qin army attacked the State of Wei in 225 B.C. again, surrounding the capital city Daliang and flooding it by digging open the dykes (堤防) of the Huanghe River. The State of Wei was finally destroyed.
【小題1】When asked how to defeat the Qin army, most officials _______.

A．were scared and at a loss what to do
B．looked worried and turned to Su Dai for help
C．a(chǎn)sked a large enemy force to bear down upon the border
D．were extremely frightened and decided to give up fighting back
【小題2】The underlined phrase“sue for”in Paragraph 2 probably means _______.
A．demand B．beg for C．search forD．negotiate for
【小題3】Su Dai used the example of“carrying faggots to put out a fire”to show _______.
A．the ambition of the State of QinB．the serious results of giving in
C．the loss of the land of the State of WeiD．the trembling consequences of defense
【小題4】The story is mainly developed by _______.
A．timeB．logicC．making comparisonD．cause and effect
【小題5】The attitude of the writer towards Su Dai is _______.
A．a(chǎn)pprovalB．praiseC．neutralD．disapproval

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Su Hua is studying at Cambridge,UK.She has bought a bicycle and is worried about security(安全).Her friend,Kate,found this article and sent it to her.

Introduction
A lot of crime is against bicycles.About 150 000 bicycles are stolen every year and most are never found.You can prevent this happening by following a few careful steps.
Basic Security
Do not leave your bicycle in out-of-the-way places.Always lock your bicycle when you leave.Secure it to lampposts or trees.Take off smaller parts and take them with you,for example lights and saddles(車座).
Locks
Get a good lock.There are many different types in the shops.Buy one that has been tested against attack.Ask for a recommendation from a bike shop.
Marking
Security making your bike can act as a deterrent to a thief.It can also help the police find your bicycle.It should be clearly written and include your postcode and your house or flat number.This will provide a simple way to identify your bicycle.
Registration
There are a number of companies who will security mark your bicycle for you.They will then put your registration number and personal details on their computer database.Then if your bicycle is found it will be easy to contact you.
Finally
Keep a record of the bicycle yourself:its make,model and registration number.You can even take a photograph of it.This will prove the bicycle belongs to you.
 
【小題1】Which part of the text gives you information on how to lock up your bicycle when you leave it?
A．Locks.B．Marking.
C．Registration.D．Basic Security.
【小題2】The underlined phrase “act as a deterrent to a thief”means_______.
A．help you recognize your bike
B．help the police find your bicycle
C．stop someone stealing your bicycle
D．stop you worrying about your bike
【小題3】The article advises you to keep a record of your bicycle_______.
A．in the bike shop and your computer
B．in a police station and a security company
C．in a security company and your university
D．by yourself and in a security company
【小題4】The main purpose of this article is_______.
A．to tell you what to do if your bicycle is stolen
B．to suggest ways of keeping your bicycle safe
C．to give you advice on where to buy a good lock
D．to say why you shouldn’t keep your bicycle in a quiet place

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