19. It was dark because　 __　　　 　　.

A. it was very late at night　　　 B. clouds of ash covered the sun

C. there was a very bad storm　　 D. there was no moon that night

18. The carts wouldn't stay still because __　　 　　.

A. the earth was shaking　　　 B. the sea sucked them backwards

C. the wheels had stones under them　　　 D. the lightening frightened the horses

17. Pliny left the town after __　　　 　　.　

A, the eruption　　 B. the sky became dark

C. the buildings began shaking　　 D. the sea went back

16. Which is most probably the News Channel?　

A. 3.　　　 　　　　　　　　 B. 5.　　　　　 C. 8.　　　 　　　　　 D. 9.

E

All around us buildings shook.　 We decided to leave the town ... We stopped once we had left the

buildings behind us... The carts(马车) were moving on opposite directions, though the ground was perfectly flat, and they wouldn't stay in place even with their wheels blocked by stones.

In addition, it seemed as though the sea was being sucked(吸) backwards, as if it were being pushed back by the shaking of the land. Certainly the shoreline moved outwards, and many sea animals were left on dry sand.

Behind us were frightening dark clouds that opened up to show fire--like lightening, but bigger... Not long after that the cloud reached down to the ground and covered the sea. Now came the dust, though still thin. I looked back. A dense cloud appeared behind us, following us like a flood pouring across the land. Then a darkness came that was not like a moonless or cloudy night, but more like being in a closed and unlighted room. You could hear women and children crying, men shouting. Some were calling for parents, others for children； they could only recognize them by their voices.

Darkness and ashes came again, a great weight of them. We stood up and shook the ash off again and again, otherwise we would have been covered with it and crushed(压垮)by the weight.

At last the cloud became thinner and thinner until it was no more than smoke or fog. Soon there was real daylight. The sight that met our still terrified eyes was a changed world, buried in ash like snow.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　-from Pliny's letter to a friend

15. If you'd like to watch a game show, you could turn on the TV to 　　　　.

A. Channel 5 at 6 : 00　　 　　　　　　　　 B. Channel 8 at 7 : 00

C. Channel 3 at 7 : 30　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 D. Channel 3 at 8 : 00

14. Which program would probably interests a housewife most?

A. Let's Talk!　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　 B. Wall Street Today.

C. Cooking with Cathy.　　 　　　　　　　　 D. Farm Report.

13. The right order of the number of programs is　　　　　　 .

A. News＞ art＞ animals＞ economic　 B. News＞ economic＞ art＞ animals

C. Art＞ animals＞ news＞ economic　 D. Art＞ news＞ economic＞ animals

12. The passage suggests that it is better to start a long race slowly　 　　　　　　.

A. than to run at the same speed all the time　 B. than to run too fast at the beginning

C. than to run slowly at the end　　 D. than to run very fast all the time

D

What's on TV?

6 : 00　 　　　　 ③Let's Talk! Guest : Animal expert Jim Porter

⑤Cartoons

⑧ News

⑨News

7 : 00　 　　　　 ③Cooking with Cathy

Tonight: Chicken with mushrooms.

⑤Movie A Laugh a Minute (1955)

James Rayburn.

⑧Spin for Dollars!

⑨Farm Report

7 : 30　 　　　　 ③Double Trouble (comedy)

The twins disrupt the high school dance.

⑨Wall Street Today.. Stock Market Report

8 ：00　 　　　 ③NBA Basketball. Teams to be announced

⑧Movie At Day's End (1981)

Michael Collier, Julie Romer.

Drama set in World War 11.

⑨ News Special

"Saving Our Waterways: Pollution in the Mississippi".

11. The hardest time for the writer was when she　　　　　　

A. had run for 15 kilometers　　　 B. got a pain in her side

C. reached the 30 kilometer mark　　 D. was about to reach the finish line

10. When the race began 　　　　　　.

A. all the faster runners were asked to stand before those slower ones

B. many runners fell over each other　 C. all the runners were asked to run slowly

D. the professional runners and club runners ran very fast