It can be dangerous to travel by sea. Ships sometimes sink(下沉) far away from land. When this happens, the sailors(海员) have to get into small boats. If another ship does not come and help them and they do not have enough food or water, they will die.
Most people believe we must not drink sea water. They believe that if we do, we shall be very ill because of all the salt in the water. A doctor called Alain Bombard did not believe this. He thought that people could stay alive by drinking sea water and eating small fish, animals and plants from the sea. On 19 October 1953, he set out in a small boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean(大西洋). He did not take any food or water with him.
Every day Dr. Bombard drank just a little sea water. He also caught fish and they had water in them. He drank this water. He could not cook the fish, so he ate them as they were. He took small plants from the sea, which gave him more food.
Dr. Bombard became hot, tired and quite ill, but after 65days at sea he was still alive. He traveled 2,750 miles from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other, and on 24th,December 1953, he reached Barbados.
He lost 20 kilos, but he showed that people could live on sea water, the animals and plants in the sea.
1.Alain Bombard was ______.
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A．an old sailor |
B．a fisherman |
C．a cook |
D．a doctor |
2.He wanted to show that _____.
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A．sea water was dangerous |
B．sailors often died |
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C．people could drink sea water and not die |
D．fish were good for people |
3.He went across ______.
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A．a large ocean |
B．a town |
C．a boat |
D．a ship |
4. Dr. Bombard lived on ______.
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A．sea water |
B．food that he cooked |
C．only fish |
D．sea water, fish and small plants |
5.The story is about _____.
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A．drinking sea water |
B．a dying sailor |
C．a kind doctor |
D．eating good food |
Typhoons(台风) the northern of the world have girls’ names. Sometimes they have very beautiful names. Rose is a pretty name but there was nothing pretty about Typhoon Rose.
It began to rain in Hong Kong on the morning of Monday, August 16th, 1971. At ten o’clock in the morning, Typhoon Rose was still 130 miles away but already the wind was blowing people’s umbrella away. The wind became stronger and stronger. The typhoon shelters were soon full of boats. Ships that were too big to go inside the shelters put down more anchors(锚). Some very big ships went out to the sea. It is safer for a big ship to be at sea in a typhoon because there are no rocks in the open sea. Kai Tak Airport closed. No planes were able to take off or land. At 9:00 in the evening, all the lights went out.
No one slept well that night. It is difficult to sleep in such bad weather.
In Typhoon Rose, more than one hundred people died.229 people were hurt and had and 66 of these had to go to hospital. 1,500 people lost their homes. The people of Hong Kong will not quickly forget Typhoon Rose!
1.What’s the possible result of Typhoon Rose in Hong Kong?
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A．Lots of big ships hit rocks |
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B．More than two hundred people lost their lives and many more lost their homes. |
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C．People didn’t sleep well in such bad weather. |
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D．People turned off all the lights at 9:00 in the evening. |
2.The people of Hong Kong will not quickly forget Typhoon Rose because.
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A．it caused the terrible losses. |
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B．they didn’t sleep well that night. |
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C．Typhoon Rose wasn’t as pretty as its name. |
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D．they couldn’t find their ships after the typhoon. |
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
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A．Typhoons all over the world have girls’ names. |
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B．Typhoons with pretty names are usually beautiful. |
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C．Typhoon Rose only hits Hong Kong. |
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D．Typhoon Rose brought a storm to HongKong in 1971. |
4.Some big ships didn’t go inside the shelters because________.
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A．they had more anchors |
B．it was safer outside |
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C．they were not afraid of rocks |
D．it was too expensive for big ships t go inside the shelters. |
5.This passage is mainly about_________.
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A．the names of typhoons |
B．typhoons in Hong Kong |
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C．Typhoon Rose |
D．what a typhoon is like |
Mike didn’t do his English homework. The teacher asked him 31 . “I’m sorry, I 32 .” “But why did you forget?” “It didn’t seem 33 or important,” said Mike. “Are you going to punish (惩罚)me?” asked Mike. “ 34 . The punishment is for me. I didn’t teach you well,” said the teacher.
“Thank you,” said Mike. “You are the best 35 in the world. I can never know as much as you , but you taught me a lot.” “How can I be a good teacher if the students do not know more than me? I will not succeed until that happens,” 36 the teacher.
Mike’s 37 teacher was a strict（严厉的） man.. Every day Mike played the same piece of music,and the teacher said it was not good and he must practise 38 . After two years of hard work, Mike left and felt sad. 39 when he played it in public, everyone said it was perfect, and he found he could play other pieces of music easily.
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Heilongjiang is in the __________of China.
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A．north—east |
B．north---west |
C．east---north |
D．west---north |
The question is __________for me to answer..
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A．easily enough |
B．enough easy |
C．easy enough |
D．enough easily |
I spend as much time as I can __________English.
A. to learn B learns C. learn D learning
