Six other____________(火山) were still erupting.

Mr.Wang was_______________(任命) as headmaster at the beginning of the school term.

He gave us a ______________(現(xiàn)實的) description of our life.

Thought she is quite plain-looking, Joe is in____________（擁有）of great intelligence...

Rescuers have found the bodies of over 130 people killed in two ferry   disasters in Bangladesh．The accidents happened during a storm that hit the   country on April 21st．Hundreds more are missing or feared to be dead．

The two ferries sank in different rivers near the capital city of Dhakfi as strong winds and rain hit the South Asian country．The government has since banned all ferries and other boats from traveling at night during the April-May stormy season. One of the ferries，MV Mitali，was carrying far more people than it was supposed to．About 400 passengers fitted into a space made for just 300，police said．The second ferry carried about 100 passengers．

“The number of deaths is certain to rise．”said an official in charge of the rescue work．“No one really knows how many people were on board the ferry or how many of them survived.” Ferries in Bangladesh don’t always keep   passenger lists，making it difficult to determine the exact number of people on board． Besides the ferry accidents，at least 40 people were killed and 400   injured by lightning strikes．falling houses and trees and the sinking of small  boats． Storms are common this time of year in Bangladesh，as are boating   accidents．Ferry disasters take away hundreds of lives every year in a nation  of 130 million people． Officials blame these river accidents on a lack of     safety measures, too many passengers in boats and not enough checks on weather conditions． Ferries are a common means of transport in Bangladesh．It is a country covered by about 230 rivers．Some 20,000 ferries use the nation’s  Waterways every year．And many of them are dangerously overcrowded．Since 1977, more than 3,000 people have died in some 260 boating accidents．

63．The two ferry disasters occurred_______.

A. at noon    B. in the morning    C. at night．    D. In the afternoon．

64．________ passengers was MV Mitali designed to carry?

A.500     B.100      C.400      D.300

65．Officials attribute boating accident to ________

A. strong winds．                       B. bad weather conditions．

C. the blockages of waterways． D. the lack of safety measures．

66．Which of the following statements is NOT true of the two ferry disasters?

A. They happened during a storm．

B. They sank on April 21．

C. The exact number of deaths could be easily determined．

D. They sank somewhere near Dhaka．

    Good readers know that reading isn’t just about knowing words ― it’s a way of thinking. Smart readers think before, during and after reading. Here are some tips that may be of some help.

    Think before you read. Before you read the text, ask yourself the questions why you are reading it and what you want to get from it. Answering the questions will help you choose what words you need to know and what words you can skip or scan.

    Think while you are reading. Can you get the meaning of the text without looking up new words in a dictionary? Are there any clues in the text? A text will often give examples that may help you understand what some of the words mean. Let’s take the following sentence for example：Many large Russian cities, such as Chelyabinsk and Irkutsk, have taken steps to protect their culture.The words “Chelyabinsk” and “Irkutsk” may be new to us, but the sentence tells us that they are examples of _______.

    Think after you read. Do you understand the text? What is the main idea of the text? Can you guess the meaning of the new words? Which words do you need to look up? Is the text too easy or too hard for you?

    If you practice reading and thinking in this way, you will become a smarter reader and you will learn more, faster and better.

60. This passage is probably taken from _______.

A. a newspaper for general readers     B. a magazine for language teachers
C. a book for language learners          D. an advertisement for a new book

61. Which of the following can best be put in the blank in the passage?

A. countries             B. mountains             C. rivers             D. cities

62. The author of the passage advises us to do all the following EXCEPT_______.

A. we should think before, while and after we read a passage
B. we’d better look up every new word in a dictionary
C. we should learn to guess the meanings of new words
D. the clues in a passage should be made use of

A quarrel at home may result in you falling ill. Don’t laugh, it’s true. Family matters including living habits and even the way we speak have a big effect on our health, doctors say.

Wang Xiaoyu, a Senior 2 girl from Xichang, Sichuan Province, fainted（暈倒） in class when she heard her classmates quarrel at the top of their voices. Quarrels between her parents also put the girl into a coma. It is because she is suffering from depression, caused by bad relations at home, doctors explained.

“We don’t get sick or stay well by ourselves,” says Dr Robert Ferrer from the US. Ferrer shows that family forces may explain up to a quarter of health problems, in his recent research.

The genes you get from your family may cause illness. If one of your parents has a heart attack, your risk of being affected may double. But effects on health are not only written in our DNA.

Unrelated people who live under the same roof also get similar problems. Diet, lifestyle and environment affect our health, too.

Ferrer’s research also found that if teenagers feel they are ignored or unimportant at home they are more likely to get sick.

We may never fully understand all the effects that families have on our health. But just as individual  problems can have effects on others, a small improvement can have big benefits, Ferrer said.

56.Which of the following can best explain why Wang Xiaoyu fainted in class?

A. Because her classmates often quarreled in class.

B. Because her parents used to quarrel.

C. Because of her depression caused by bad family relations.

D. Because her classmates shouted loudly at her.

57.According to Dr Ferrer, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. We get sick or stay well by ourselves.

B. Only the genes we get from our family have a big effect on our health.

C. Our health has nothing to do with diet, lifestyle and environment.

D. Teenagers who are ignored at home get sick more easily than those who are not.

58.The underlined word “coma” in Paragraph2 probably means ________.

A. embarrassment                 B. faint        C. tiredness        D. sadness            

59. The best title for this passage is ________.

A.  Family relations.                            B. The reasons why we get sick.

C.  Happy family makes you healthy.    D. A research about teenagers’ health.

 I left my friend’s house nearly after seven. It was still too early for me to have my evening meal, ___36___ I walked along the sea-front for about an hour __37___ I began to feel hungry. By that time I was not far from a favorite restaurant of mine, ___38___ I often went to eat. I went into the restaurant and ___39__ my meal. While I was waiting for the soup ___40__ I looked around to see if I knew anyone in the restaurant. It was then ___41___ I noticed that a man sitting at a corner table kept glancing ___42___ my direction, as if he knew me. The man had a newspaper in front of him, which he was ____43___ to read. When the waiter ___44___ my soup, the man was clearly puzzled by the ___45___ way in which the waiter and I addressed (稱呼) each other. He became more ___46___ as time went on and it grew more and more ___47___ that I was well known in the restaurant. Eventually, he stood up and went into the ___48___. After a few minutes he came out again, ____49___ the bill and left. Then I called the owner of the restaurant and asked him ___50___ the man had wanted. At first the owner did not want to tell me, I ____51__ . “Well,” he said, “ that man was from the police.” “Really?” I said, considerably surprised. “ He was very  ___52___ me. But why?” “ He ___53__you here because he thought you were a man he was ____54___,” the owner said, “When he came into the kitchen, he showed me a photograph of the ___55____. Of course, I was.”

______me earlier, I wouldn’t have signed the agreement..

    A. Should you informed                B. Had you informed   

    C. If you could have informed       D. If you were to inform

 __________you turn to me for help, I will do as well as possible.

    A. As long as    B. As far as   C. No longer   D. No more