68. How many homes altogether were damaged in the storm?

A. Fourteen　　　 B. Twenty-one　

C. Twenty-nine　 D. Thirty-six

67. The last sentence in the passage shows that _______.

A. Tommy felt sorry for the mail

B. Tommy was afraid of being nailed

C. Tommy didn’t like the plus sign

D. Tommy liked playing jokes on others

D

Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying　　 fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged　 that their owners had to leave the house, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was

killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people

received smaller hurt. .Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the

storm.

A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour. “I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “When we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”

Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.

“There was no time to take anything,” she said, “A few minutes later, the roof

came down.”

Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded (水淹的) area and the welfare

department (福利机构) brought them food, clothes and shelter.

66. “Hitting the books” means “_______” in Chinese.

A. 用功

B. 捶书

C. 发泄

D. 振作

65. Tommy’s mother felt surprised that his son _______.

A. was still the same as usual

B. ate so much at dinner

C. kissed her hello after school

D. worked hard but said little

64. Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school?

A. Because he could eat well there.

B. Because he could earn more about nuns.

C. Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math.

D. Because his parents didn’t want him to learn math any more.

60. The main idea of this passage is that _______. 　 　 A. a person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep　 　　　

　　　 B.　large numbers of people do not need sleep 　 　　 C. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive 　 　 D. people can live longer by trying not to sleep 61. The doctors came to visit Herpin , expecting to ______. 　 　 A. cure him of his sleeplessness 　 　 B. find that his sleeplessness was not really true 　 　 C. find a way to free people from the need of sleeping 　 　 D. find out why some old people didn’t need any sleep 62. After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that AL Herpin ________. 　 　 A. was too old to need any sleep　　　　　　

　　　 B. often slept in a chair 　 　 C. needed no sleep at all　　　　　　　　　

　　　 D. needed some kind of sleep 63. One reason that might explain Herpin’s sleeplessness was ________. 　 　 A. that he hadn’t got a bed　　　　　　　　

　　　 B. that he had gradually got rid of the sleeping habit 　 　 C. his mother’s injury before he was born　　

D. his magnificent physical condition C

Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything-

tutors (家庭教师), cards, special learning centers-in short, everything they could

think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school.

After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face.

He didn’t kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started

Studying. Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Tommy was

hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while

the mother tried to understand what was happening.

Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table

and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise,

little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity . She went to

his room and asked, “Son, what was it? Was it the nuns (修女)?”

Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, “No. ”

“Well then,” she asked again. “WHAT was it?”

Little Tommy looked at her and said, “Well, on the first day of school, when I

saw that man nailed (钉) to the plus sign (加号), I knew they weren’t joking. ”

59. The man was waiting outside the woman's house because ______.

A. he began to like the woman and her dog at the first sight

B. the woman had not paid him

C. he wanted to know what would happen when the police came

D. he was trying to go on talking with her

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B

It doesn’t matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought, until they heard about AI Herpin. AI Herpin, it was said, never slept, Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves. 　　　　AI Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised . Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Herpin sleeping , In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one. 　　　　The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure. 　　　　　Herpin died at the age of 94.

58. What does the underlined word “cabbie” mean in this passage?

A. conductor.　　　 　　　B. stranger.　　　　　　 　　C. taxi driver.　 　 　D. porter.

57. From the passage we guess that the writer ______.

A. is the driver of the taxi　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. often travels by taxi

C. is a foreigner visiting London　　　　　　　　　　　 D. lives in London

56.In the writer’s opinion, London taxi drivers are _____________.

A. unfriendly　 　　 　　　B. talkative 　　　 　　　　C. helpful 　　 　　　D. strange enough