Tsunami(海啸)is a natural disaster，which is a Japanese word that means “sea wave”．A tsunami is a huge sea wave that forms mainly in the Pacific Ocean area. People die and property is destroyed when a tsunami hits land. What causes these dangerous sea waves？Sometimes，tsunamis are caused when earthquakes take place underwater. Then，water begins to move up and down from the top of the ocean right down to the bottom. Waves begin to form，and each wave is called a tsunami.
A tsunami is less than one meter high and can move at a speed of almost 800 kilometers per hour while it is far out in the ocean. But the tsunami rises higher and higher and moves more slowly as it comes closer to land.
The weather bureau(气象局)warns people over the radio and television when a tsunami is heading for land. These warnings have helped save many lives.
1.The Japanese word “tsunami” means ______.
A. earthquake B. sea wave C. ocean water D. tornado
2.According to the passage，a tsunami can be caused by ______.
A. an underwater earthquake
B. heavy rains
C. waves hitting land
D. tornado
3.As the tsunami moves toward land，it______.
A. picks up more speed
B. becomes far less dangerous
C. rises higher and higher
D. rises lower and lower
4.According to this passage，______.
A. a tsunami can’t cause lots of trouble
B. people can save their lives when a tsunami is coming
C. the warning from the weather bureau can help people save their lives
D. no one can escape when a tsunami is coming
Shlander is a man from space. He thinks the people and things on the earth are very strange. He is now writing a letter to his friend at home. Here is part of his letter. Read it and answer the questions.
Now I am in a strange world. It is very nice. There are many new things here. There are many earth monsters here, too. The earth monsters look very funny. They have just one head, two arms and two legs. They have thin black strings on their heads. Some earth monsters have brown or yellow strings. The earth monsters have a hole in their face. Every day, they put nice things and balls from the trees into the hole. They put water into the hole, too. The earth monsters do not walk very fast. They move from place to pace in tin boxes.
At night, the earth monsters like to look at a square window box. This box has very small earth monsters in it.
1.Shlander thinks the people and things on the earth are very ________.
A. strange B. nice C. different D. beautiful
2.Shlander thinks man on the earth is ________.
A. a monkey B. an earth monster C. a tin box D. a strange world
3.The earth monster doesn’t have ________.
A. heads, arms and legs B. brown or yellow strings on its head
C. a hole on its face D. a swing on its body
4.The earth monsters don’t put ________ on their holes.
A. nice things B. balls C. fire D. water
One Saturday afternoon, Sarah went to buy something for her sister and herself. As Sarah was coming out of a __, a young lady walked towards her. She said she was Miss Green — a good friend of Sarah’s sister’s. Sarah __ her. Then she called a taxi to send Sarah home. She told the driver where he should go. Sarah was __ that it was not in the direction of her home.“Why?” Sarah asked. The lady smiled.
When they came to a quiet road, a big rough man __ on the road. He stopped the taxi driver, knocked him down, tied him and threw him out of the taxi. At the same time, Miss Green took out a knife and __ Sarah. She asked Sarah to keep __. The man then started the taxi. “Oh, God! I’m being kidnapped (绑架),” Sarah said to herself.
She tried to escape, but not succeeded. Suddenly an __ came to her. She took out a lipstick (口红) from her pocket, wrote “SOS” on the window, and covered the word with her __. A few minutes later, a police car passed and the policemen saw the __. When the kidnappers saw the policemen, they stopped the taxi, jumped into the grass, and ran away.
The policemen then picked up Sarah and sent her home. When her parents knew what had happened, they were greatly surprised. But they were also __ because their daughter had finally come back safely.
1.A. school B. taxi C. shop
2.A. knew B. believed C. thanked
3.A. pleased B. excited C. surprised
4.A. drove B. climbed C. appeared
5.A. frightened B. played C. helped
6.A. healthy B. alive C. quiet
7.A. idea B. answer C. interest
8.A. fingers B. back C. dress
9.A. picture B. map C. sign
10.A. worried B. happy C. afraid
—Could you please ________ some information about the students’ health?
—Of course, it’s my pleasure.
A. pollute B. provide C. catch
—Hurry up, we must be the first to ________ the pop star.
—Sure.
A. interview B. attend C. complete
A/An ________ means ability to to do something well.
A. skill B. advantage C. machine
