The line in front of the cinema was too long, but we had to ____ it.

　　A. attend B. take C. join D. add

Johnson managed to go to England to study medicine with the ________ of his uncle.

A. resistance　 　　 B. assistance

C. requirement　 　 D. assignment

Schools across China are expected to hire 50,000 college graduates this year as short-term teachers, almost three times the number hired last year,       reduce unemployment pressures.

A. help              　　　B. to have helped     　 C. to help    　　　　　D. having helped

The huge explosion at Krakatau was the result of two different factors. One was that the volcano had not broken out for some time and so at the very center of the volcano there was an huge plug of lava, this acted like a cork(塞子) in a bottle, stopping the pressure below from being released(釋放). The second factor was that ocean water entered the very centre of the volcano as the explosions became more violent. This caused superheated steam to build up enormous pressure and this was finally released in the largest explosion of all on August 27, 1883. The sudden release of the pressure sent huge amounts of ash, rock and dust into the sky. Some of the ash rose 80km into the air and traveled around the Earth causing brightly coloured sunsets for several years.

Krakatau almost disappeared; for many years after this explosion, it remained very quiet. However, there was still activity going on under the sea and on 25 January, 1925, a small volcanic cone appeared above the surface of the water. This new volcano was named Anak Kmkatau, or Child of Krakatau. Over the following years, the size of the island grew larger, by 1959, the island was 300 metres above the surface of the sea. The volcanic activity has continued and the latest eruptions were in 1995.

There is no doubt Krakatar will continue to grow and there is also strong evidence that at some point in the future there will be another violent explosion. Krakatau is in a part of the world where the surface of the Earth is unstable and is always moving and cracking. If, in the future, another “cork” becomes fixed in the centre of the volcano, the pressure will build up. A series of a smaller explosions will allow sea-water into the centre of the volcano and once again the result will a terribly destructive explosion.

1. The latest eruptions were in_______.

　 A.1925　　　　　 B. 1959　　　　　 C. 1995　　　　　 D. 1983

2. The pressure under the volcano can not be released because _______

A. the plug looks like a cork in a bottle

B. the volcano hasn’t broken out for some time

C. the center of the volcano is blocked(堵塞) by lava

D. the temperature of the steam is not high enough.

3. We can infer from the article that Krakatau volcano________

A. has broken out three times　　　　　　　 B. never dies but continues to be active

C. will kill many people again in the future　 D. is always moving and growing above sea.

4. All of the following results are caused by the explosion at Krakatau EXCEPT that_____

A. ash, rock and dust was thrown high into the air

B. others small volcanoes were soon produced.

C. The island of Kratau was destroyed

D. People saw beautiful sunsets for some years

5. The article is mainly about________

A. the cause of the Krakatau volcano　　 B. the danger of the Krakatau volcano

C. the history of the Krakatau volcano　　 D. the future of the Krakatau volcano

Anne looks______in red while green clothes are nice ______Helen.

　 A. good; on 　 B. well; in

　 C. good; at 　 D. well; for

It would not be easy to　　　　　 ten miles on that amount of petrol.

　 A．remain　　　 B．cover　　　 C．return　　　 D．move

The Man of Many Secrets — Harry Houdini — was one of the greatest American entertainers in the theater this century. He was a man famous for his escapes — from prison cells, from wooden boxes floating in rivers, from locked tanks full of water. He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America. Crowds came to see the great Houdini and his “magic” tricks.

Of course, his secret was not magic, or supernatural powers. It was simply strength. He had the ability to move his toes as well as he moved his fingers. He could move his body into almost any position he wanted.

Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in club in New York. They called themselves the Houdini Brothers. When Harry married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant. But for a long time they were not very successful. Then Harry performed his first prison escape, in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded a detective to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspapermen to watch.

It was the publicity(宣傳) that came from this that started Harry Houdini’s success. Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs and toes trained to escape ankle chins. But his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors. Every time he went into the prison cell, Bess gave him a kiss for good luck — and a small skeleton key, which is a key that fits many locks, pass quickly from her mouth to his.

Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. He arranged to escape from the local prison of every town he visited. In the afternoon, the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers, and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full. What was the result? World-wild fame, and a name remembered today.

1. What did Houdini depends on when his success in prison escaped ?

A. his special tricks and supernatural powers

B. his magic tricks and unhuman powers

C. his unusual ability and a skeleton key

D. his wisdom and magic tricks

2. In the fourth paragraph, the underlined word “this” refers to _______.

A. the year 1898　　　　　　　　 B. his first prison escape