单词拼写(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
【小题1】I have no idea of the ___________(平均) size of classes in the UK.
【小题2】Great changes have taken place in our country ___________(近来).
【小题3】Good ________(准备) should be made before we have the important meeting.
【小题4】Don’t feel e__________ about being different from others.
【小题5】I would p________ playing outdoors to watching TV at home.
【小题6】__________ (注意力集中) more on your work or you will be fired.
【小题7】I found it difficult to keep my b________ on the icy road.
【小题8】She performed the most c_________ task without a mistake.
【小题9】I’m learning German, but I still can’t speak it p_________.
【小题10】Children should be encouraged to be i____________ thinkers.

BUKHANNON, West Virginia—Two rescue teams slowly moved along a two-mile path on Monday night to the site of a coal mine explosion that trapped 13 miners, who had not been heard from since the early morning accident.
Meanwhile, at a nearby church, more than 250 family members and friends gathered, waiting for updates（最新报道）on the rescuers’ progress.
The miners were trapped at about 6:30 and many families weren’t informed of the accident until about 10 a.m-more than three hours after it happened. “It’s very upsetting, but you’ve got to be patient, I guess,” said John Helms, whose brother, Terry, was trapped in the mine.
The trapped miners were about 260 feet underground and about 10,000 feet from the Sago Mine’s entrance, said Roger Nicholson, general counsel from International Coal Group.
At a late night news conference, Nicholson said one team had advanced about 4,800 feet in the four hours since entering the mine just before 6 p.m. Another team entered the mine about 30 minutes later.
He said the crew was very experienced, with some members having worked underground for 30 to 35 years. The miners were equipped with about one hour of breathable oxygen each. The company has not released the names of the miners.
The teams test the air about every 500 feet, and have to disconnect (remove) the power to the phones they use to communicate with the surface before doing that. “We don’t want to be energizing anything if it’s in an atmosphere with burnable gases,” Kips said. The cause of the explosion was not immediately known. High levels of carbon monoxide were detected shortly after the explosion, which delayed rescue efforts, but those levels have since subsided（减退）, authorities said.
53. According to the passage, we can infer that ______.
A. all the miners who were trapped underground were still alive
B. communication with the trapped miners was cut off
C. the two rescue teams entered the mine at the same time
D. the rescue started as soon as the accident happened
54. If the first team advanced at an average speed, they could dig about ______ per hour.
A. 1,000 feet          B. 2,400 feet           C. 1,200 feet                D. 4,800 feet
55. Where can the passage be seen?
A. In a magazine.                                     B. In a newspaper.       
C. In a science book..                            D. On an advertisement.
56. Which of the following shows the position where the miners were trapped?

单词拼写(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)

1.I have no idea of the ___________(平均) size of classes in the UK.

2.Great changes have taken place in our country ___________(近来).

3.Good ________(准备) should be made before we have the important meeting.

4.Don’t feel e__________ about being different from others.

5.I would p________ playing outdoors to watching TV at home.

6.__________ (注意力集中) more on your work or you will be fired.

7.I found it difficult to keep my b________ on the icy road.

8.She performed the most c_________ task without a mistake.

9.I’m learning German, but I still can’t speak it p_________.

10.Children should be encouraged to be i____________ thinkers.

 “Last week,” Dr. P said “I was invited to a doctors’ meeting at the R. Hospital. In one of the rooms a patient, an old man, got up from his bed and moved slowly towards me. I could see that he hadn’t long to live, but he came up to me and placed his right foot close to mine on the floor.”

“Frank!” I cried with surprise. He couldn’t answer as I knew, but he tried to smile, all the time keeping his foot close to mine.

My thoughts raced back more than thirty years—to the dark days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The scene was an air-raid shelter (防空洞), in which I and about a hundred other people slept every night. Among them were Mrs. West and her son Frank, who lived nearby. Sharing wartime problems, we got to know each other very well. Frank interested me because he was not normal (正常的). He had never been normal, ever since he was born. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had less of a mind than a baby has. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, able woman, as she had to be of course, because Frank depended on her completely. He needed all the attention of a baby.

One night a policeman came into our shelter and told Mrs. West that her house had been all destroyed. That wasn’t quite true, because the West went on living there for quite some time. But they certainly lost nearly everything they owned.

When that kind of thing happened, the rest of us helped the unlucky ones. So before we separated (分别) that morning, I stood beside Frank and measured my right foot against his.

They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a spare pair of shoes to the shelter for Frank. As soon as he saw me, he came running—and placed his right foot against mine. After that, he always greeted (问候) me in the same way.

1.How did Dr P know that the patient was Frank?

A．He was told that Frank was in the hospital.

B．He was invited to study Frank’s illness.

C．Frank greeted him in a special way.

D．Frank’s name was written on the door.

2.When and where did Dr. P first meet Frank?

A．At the R Hospital about ten days before.

B．In an air-raid shelter during the war.

C．In Mrs. West’s house in 1941.

D．In London after the West’s’ house was destroyed.

3.The unlucky ones mentioned by the doctor were __________.

A．those who suffered from illness.

B．those who were killed during the war

C．those who slept in the air-raid shelter.

D．those whose homes were destroyed in air-raids

4.Dr. P placed his foot against Fran’s before he left the shelter.

A．to find out if Frank could put on his shoes

B．to be friendly towards Frank

C．to see if Frank’s feet were normal

D．to teach Frank to greet people in a special way

5.Why did Dr P say that Mrs West had to be a strong, able woman?

A．She was over 75.

B．She needed all the attention of a baby.

C．She had to give care and thought to her son as to a baby.

D．She lost nearly everything in the war.

BUKHANNON, West Virginia—Two rescue teams slowly moved along a two-mile path on Monday night to the site of a coal mine explosion that trapped 13 miners, who had not been heard from since the early morning accident．

     Meanwhile, at a nearby church, more than 250 family members and friends gathered, waiting for updates（最新报道）on the rescuers’ progress．

    The miners were trapped at about 6:30 and many families weren’t informed of the accident until about 10 a．m-more than three hours after it happened．“It’s very upsetting, but you’ve got to be patient, I guess,” said John Helms, whose brother, Terry, was trapped in the mine．

     The trapped miners were about 260 feet underground and about 10,000 feet from the Sago Mine’s entrance, said Roger Nicholson, general counsel from International Coal Group．

     At a late night news conference, Nicholson said one team had advanced about 4, 800 feet in the four hours since entering the mine just before 6 p．m．Another team entered the mine about 30 minutes later．

     He said the crew was very experienced, with some members having worked underground for

30 to 35 years．The miners were equipped with about one hour of breathable oxygen each．The company has not released the names of the miners．

     The teams test the air about every 500 feet, and have to disconnect （remove） the power to the phones they use to communicate with the surface before doing that．“ We don’t want to be energizing anything if it’s in an atmosphere with burnable gases,” Kips said．

     The cause of the explosion was not immediately known．High levels of carbon monoxide were discovered shortly after the explosion, which delayed rescue efforts, but those levels have since subsided（减退）, authorities said．

According to the passage, we can infer that ________．

       A．all the miners who were trapped underground were still alive

       B．communication with the trapped miners was cut off

       C．the two rescue teams entered the mine at the same time

    D．the rescue started as soon as the accident happened

If the first team advanced at an average speed, they could dig about _______ per hour．

 A．1,000 feet            B．2,400 feet        C．1,200feet        D．4,800feet

Where can the passage be seen?

       A．In a magazine．           B．In a newspaper．        

       C．In a science book．．      D．On an advertisement．

Which of the following shows the position where the miners were trapped?