The Florida sun baked my shoulders as I worked along the I—595 freeway near Fort Lauderdale ,picking up rubbish 1 paused to wipe the sweat off my forehead and look up at the cloudless blue sky “  1  can’t it rain?” I thought . That would  2  things off .

    I thought about my friends, who were  3  sitting in an air-conditioned classroom at the high school right now . I’d had some problems in school, so my parents decided to let me work  4  with my dad . We both worked for my uncle ,who had taken  5  of a road maintenance（道路养护）company . It was up to us to keep the roads clear of rubbish . The job was  6   and dirty, especially on hot days like this . I wondered why I ever agreed to do it.

    We continued our  7  route along 595 ,heading for the overpass bridge. Then I noticed an area where some trees were broken on the ground . They weren’t like that before .

    “Dad! Pull over ! I want to   8  something out”

    I jumped off the truck and rushed to the bridge . Something was telling me to hurry … there wasn’t much time  9  I saw a Toyota that hung upside down in the trees . Maybe it was a stolen car that somebody  10  there. Then I noticed something moving. It was a bloody leg poking out of the driver’s side window!

    “Heeeelp!” a lady meaned（呻吟）.

1．A．When            B．How            C．Why            D．How long

2．A．wash            B．keep           C．stay           D．cool

3．A．happily         B．probably       C．really         D．finally

4．A．full-time       B．part-time      C．all the time   D．some time

5．A．advantage       B．possession     C．position       D．place

6．A．easy            B．exciting       C．smelly         D．comfortable

7．A．regular         B．common         C．unusual        D．old

8．A．check           B．turn           C．make           D．bring

9．A．Above           B．Behind         C．Ahead          D．Below

10．A．treasured      B．deserted       C．kept           D．hid

Cloze Test

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　　At 5:13 on the morning of April 18th, 1906, the city of San Francisco was 1 by a terrible earthquake. A great part of the city was destroyed and a large number of 2 burnt down. The number of people who lost their homes 3 as many as 250, 000. About 700 people 4 in the earthquake and the fires.

　　Another earthquake shook San Francisco 5 October 17th, 1989. It was 6 second strongest earthquake, 7 happened in the evening as people were traveling home. A wide and busy road which was built like a 8 over another road fell onto the one 9 . Many people were killed in their cars, but a few 10 ones were not hurt.

　　Why do earthquakes happen? 11 explain that the outside of the earth is 12 of a number of 13 plates. At San Francisco the Pacific plate, which is 14 towards the northwest, meets the North American plate. The Pacific plate is moving very 15 —at 5.3 centimeters a 16 . Sometimes these two plates 17 and do not move for years. Then suddenly they jump and a (n) 18 is felt. As a 19 of the movement of these plates, west America, near the sea, has always been a 20 place for earthquakes.

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　　The Florida sun baked my shoulders as I worked along the 1－595 freeway near Fort Lauderdale, picking up rubbish. I paused to 1 the sweat off my forehead and look up at the cloudless blue sky. “ 2 can't it rain?” I thought. That would 3 things down.

　　I thought about my 4 , who were probably sitting in an air－conditioned 5 right now. I'd had some problems in school, 6 my parents decided to let me 7 full－time with my dad. We both worked for my uncle, who had taken 8 of a maintenance(道路养护) company. It was up to us to keep the roads 9 of rubbish. The job was 10 and dirty, especially on hot days 11 this. I wondered why I ever agreed to do it.

　　We continued our 12 route along the 1－595, 13 for the overpass bridge. Then I noticed an area where some 14 were broken on the ground. It wasn't like that before.

　　“Dad! Pull over! I want to 15 something out.”

　　I jumped off the truck and rushed to the bridge. Something was telling me to 16 … there wasn't much time. 17 I saw a Toyota that 18 upside down in the tree. Maybe it was a stolen car that somebody 19 there, I thought. Then, just at that 20 , I noticed something moving. It was a bloody leg poking out of the driver's side window!

　　“Help!” a lady moaned.

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       The Florida sun baked my shoulders as I worked along the I-595 freeway near Fort Lauderdale, picking up rubbish. I paused to  36  the sweat off  my forehead and look up at the cloudless blue sky.“  37  can’t it rain?” I thought. That would   38  things down.

       I thought about my  39  , who were probably sitting in an air-conditioned  40  right now. I’d had some problems in school,   41  my parents decided to let me  42  full-time with my dad, We both worked for my uncle, who had taken  43  of a maintenance（道路养护）company. It was up to us to keep the roads  44  of rubbish. The job was  45  and dirty, especially on hot days  46  this. I wondered why I ever agreed to do it.

       We continued our  47  route along the I-595,   48  for the overpass bridge. Then I noticed an area where some  49  were broken on the ground. It wasn’t like that before.

       “Dad! Pull over! I want to  50  something out.”

       I jumped off the truck and rushed to the bridge. Something was telling me to  51  …there wasn’t much time.  52  I saw a Toyota that   53  upside down in the tree. Maybe it was a stolen car that somebody  54  there, I thought. Then, just at that   55  , I noticed something moving. It was a bloody leg poking out of the driver’s side window!

       “Heeeelp!”a lady moaned.

36． A．wipe                     B．cut                         C．put                         D．send

37． A．When                   B．How                       C．Why                       D．Where

38． A．turn                      B．keep                       C．make                      D．cool

39． A．parents                 B．school-times            C．friends                    D．school yards

40． A．office                   B．classroom               C．restaurant                D．living room

41． A．but                       B．or                          C．for                         D．so

42． A．work                    B．study                      C．stay                        D．spend

43． A．business                B．possession               C．position                  D．place

44． A．away                    B．from                      C．far                         D．clear

45． A．easy                            B．lonely                     C．smelly                    D．noisy

46． A．for                       B．like                        C．after                       D．as

47． A．regular                 B．common                 C．unusual                   D．normal

48． A．reaching               B．going                            C．looking                   D．heading

49． A．cars                      B．bottles                    C．branches                 D．glasses

50． A．check                   B．help                       C．take                        D．bring

51． A．decide                  B．hurry                      C．consider                  D．stop

52． A．Above                  B．Behind                   C．Ahead                    D．Below

53． A．hung                    B．trapped                   C．caught                    D．fell

54． A．stored                   B．deserted                  C．lost                        D．hid

55． A．bridge                  B．tree                        C．moment                  D．way