If the earth stopped moving, everything _____.

A. would disappear　 B. disappeared　 C. will disappear 　 D. disappears

One Saturday afternoon in February, 1943, a farmer in Mexico stopped working for a moment and looked across his fields of corn. Suddenly he saw a thin line of white smoke curling up out of his field, about 200 feet from where he stood. As he went toward the smoke to see what it was, he heard a strange noise. The line of smoke became bigger. It looked as if some great force were pushing it up into the sky.
The farmer rushed home to get his wife. While he was urging his wife to hurry from the house, the earth shook violently. When he stood up after the earth stopped shaking, he looked across the field and saw that great flames were rising from his cornfield. A volcano was being born!
They hurried across the shaking earth to the village of Particutin, which was toward their farm. They found the village was seriously destroyed and the road from the village was filled with frightened people hurrying to safety.
Particutin did not become dark that night. The volcano lighted up the sky for miles around. Flames rushed out of the ground. The volcano threw hot stones a thousand feet through the air. Great explosion shook the earth and heavy black ashes fell from the sky, covering the roofs in Mexico city, 180 miles away.
But that was not all. On the third evening a float of lava（火山岩）began to boil up from the centre of the volcano. It came over the edge in a heavy flow, 2,000 feet wide, and travelled slowly across the valley, bringing certain death to everything that could not move from its path.
【小题1】.
. From the passage we can conclude EXCEPT that         .

One Saturday afternoon in February, 1943, a farmer in Mexico stopped working for a moment and looked across his fields of corn. Suddenly he saw a thin line of white smoke curling up out of his field, about 200 feet from where he stood. As he went toward the smoke to see what it was, he heard a strange noise. The line of smoke became bigger. It looked as if some great force were pushing it up into the sky.

The farmer rushed home to get his wife. While he was urging his wife to hurry from the house, the earth shook violently. When he stood up after the earth stopped shaking, he looked across the field and saw that great flames were rising from his cornfield. A volcano was being born!

They hurried across the shaking earth to the village of Particutin, which was toward their farm. They found the village was seriously destroyed and the road from the village was filled with frightened people hurrying to safety.

Particutin did not become dark that night. The volcano lighted up the sky for miles around. Flames rushed out of the ground. The volcano threw hot stones a thousand feet through the air. Great explosion shook the earth and heavy black ashes fell from the sky, covering the roofs in Mexico city, 180 miles away.

But that was not all. On the third evening a float of lava（火山岩）began to boil up from the centre of the volcano. It came over the edge in a heavy flow, 2,000 feet wide, and travelled slowly across the valley, bringing certain death to everything that could not move from its path.

1..

. From the passage we can conclude EXCEPT that         .

A. the volcano threw out a lot of ashes and hot stones  

B. the volcano lasted several days 

C. many people had to escape from the village  

D. it caused many deaths and great loss 

2..

. You can find the passage in a         .

A. newspaper                             B. government report

C. leaflet for travellers                       D. handbook 

3..

. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. At the beginning the farmer heard a strange cry. 

B. The farmer was working in the field when the disaster happened.  

C. The farmer’s wife was working in the field at that moment. 

D. The village was badly damaged. 

4..

 What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. The damage of a volcano.         B. A terrible volcano.

C. An unforgettable memory.          D. A farmer’s experience.

Arnold followed Eugie down the slope, stealing, as his brother did, from one stock of wheat to another. Eugie paused before climbing through the wire fence that divided the Wheatfield from the marshy pasture （牧场）around the lake. They were screened from the ducks by the trees along the lake’s edge.

    “If  you hit your duck, you want me to go in after it?” Eugie said.

    “If you want.” Amold said.

Eugie lowered his eyelids, “You’d drown before you got it, the legs of yours are so weak.” he said contemptuously（轻蔑地）.

He shoveled the tub under the fence and, pressing down the center wire, climbed through into the pasture.

Arnold pressed down the bottom wire, pushed a leg through and leaned forward to bring the other leg after. His rifle caught on the wire and he pulled at it. The air was rocked by the sound of the shot. Feeling foolish, he lifted his face, uncovering it to an expected shower of derision （嘲弄）from his brother. But Eugie did not turn around. Instead, from his crouching position, he fell into his knees and then fell forward onto his face. The ducks rose up crying from the lake, cleared the mountain background and beat away northward across the pale sky.

Arnold squatted beside his brother. Eugie seemed to be climbing the earth, as if the earth ran up and down, and when he found he couldn’t scale it he lay still.

“Eugie?”

Then Arnold saw it, under the rolling hair at the back of the need — a slow rising of bight blood. It had an unpleasant movement, like that of a parasite（寄生虫）.

“Hey, Eugie, ” he said again. He was feeling the same discomfort he had felt when he had watched Eugie sleeping; his brother didn’t know that he was lying face down in the pasture.

Again he said, “Hey, Eugie,” an anxious push in his voice. But Eugie was as still as the morning about them.

72．What does the underlined word “screened” in Para 1 probably mean?

       A．Separated.           B．Stopped.       C．Dragged.       D．Hidden.

73．According to the passage, we know that       .

       A．Eugie always laughed at Arnold

       B．Eugie would help Arnold hit the ducks

       C．Arnold begged Eugie to go in after the ducks

       D．Eugie was worried that Arnold might drown

74．Why did Eugie lie still?

       A．Arnold shot him intentionally.       B．Arnold killed him accidentally.

       C．He pretended to be unconscious.     D．He was ready to shoot some ducks.

75．It can be inferred from the passage that         .

       A．the relationship between Arnold and Euie was not so good

       B．Arnold followed Eugie approaching the lake to steal ducks

       C．they were crouching forward to steal the wheat

       D．Eugie was always taking care of Arnold

If the earth ________ spinning, what ________?

1. A.
   stops; will happen
2. B.
   stopped; will happen
3. C.
   will stop; will happen
4. D.
   stopped; would happen