What can people do when natural disasters (灾难）happen? Can we stop them? No, we can't. The only thing we can do is to  41   after the disasters.

    Last year I met Mr. Flood. It started raining and   42   raining almost a month: the water on the streets got higher and higher every day. We used   43   instead of cars. We lost lots of things, including our businesses, our jobs and our homes.

    Schools   44   and farms were destroyed. We ran out of food and clean water. In some places the water was higher than the buildings. I felt like we lived in a(n)  45 _ world.

    Because of the flood, lots of  46  broke out. Because of the dead animals, some people  47  . The soil and other things made the water become very, very  48 _. That was in summer time, so though it was raining, the  49  was still high. The hot weather and really dirty water  50  the air very bad. Hospitals didn't have enough rooms for  51  .

    When the flood was over, I looked around my city. The word “ 52 ” can describe the situation. Everything was destroyed and lots of people were sick, but we were very  53  .1 think.

    We had to 54  our city, take care of the sick people, and start our schools again. I just 55 that one day, people can stop the natural disasters whenever they happen. After all, people are very clever.

1.A. wake up       B. make up         C. clean up

2.A. kept          B. finished          C. stopped

3.A. bikes         B. trains            C. boats

4.A. started        B. closed           C. opened

5.A. water.        B. fire              C. ice

6.A. happiness     B. illnesses          C. hardness

7.A. ran          B. slept             C. died

8.A. dirty         B. clean             C. clear

9.A. temperature   B. weather           C. water

10.A. had.         B. made             C. changed

11.A. nurses       B. doctors            C. patients

12.A. sad          B. beautiful          C. good

13.A. weak        B. strong            C. happy

14.A. rebuild       B. return            C. remain

15.A. want         B. hope             C. see

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Travel Study is a new way to spend your holidays. Have you ever heard about it?

When you have a travel study, you can see Big Ben, Sydney Opera House, the Stature of Liberty and many other buildings. You can visit many places of natural beauty. During your travel study, you may go traveling yourself or with your friends.

When you travel to other countries, you can be served with different new food and know more things about different customs(风俗). You read all these from books in the past, but now you have a chance to know them clearly,②You can also make new friends from different countries, they can help you know more about their own countries.

Maybe you already have foreign teachers in your school to teach you English. But he or she won’t speak English with you all the time. During the travel study, you may speak it every day and almost everywhere because English can help you __①__ people from __①__ countries better.

It also gives you a chance to live alone. You should do all the things by yourself. What should you do if you lose your way in a foreign country? How to book a room and how to buy an air ticket? You should pay attention to all these things. You have to do them by yourself.

1.在①处填上适当的词。  _____________  _____________

2.将②句译成汉语。________________________________________________

3.What can people do when they travel to other countries?

__________________________________________________________________

4.在文中找出与下列句子意思相近的句子。How should you do it if you get lost abroad?

__________________________________________________________________

5.在文中找出最能表达该短文主题的句子。_____________________________

 11. When can people enjoy the “Buy one,  get one free” at Sports City Bar?

A. On Tuesday.

B. Only on Thursday.

C. On Saturday.

D. On Tuesday and Thursday.

12. The Sports City Bar is ________.

A. on the first floor                       B. on the second floor

C. on the third floor                       D. on the fourth floor

13. If you are eleven and your father takes you to have the Sunday Family Buffet,  how much will your father pay(付款)?

A. Free.                                    B. 49 yuan.

C. 98 yuan.                                 D. 147 yuan. 

14. If you are 13,  you ________. 

A. must pay 49 yuan for your lunch at Sunday Family Buffet

B. can eat for free at Sunday Family Buffet

C. can’t buy one,  get one free in Sports City Bar

D. can’t go to the Sports City Bar with your parents

15. What can people do in the bar? 

A. Have drinks.                             B. Sing and dance.

C. Have lunch on Sunday.                D. A and C. 

What can people do when natural disasters (灾难）happen? Can we stop them? No, we can't. The only thing we can do is to 41  after the disasters.
Last year I met Mr. Flood. It started raining and   42  raining almost a month: the water on the streets got higher and higher every day. We used   43  instead of cars. We lost lots of things, including our businesses, our jobs and our homes.
Schools   44  and farms were destroyed. We ran out of food and clean water. In some places the water was higher than the buildings. I felt like we lived in a(n)  45 _ world.
Because of the flood, lots of  46  broke out. Because of the dead animals, some people  47  . The soil and other things made the water become very, very  48 _. That was in summer time, so though it was raining, the  49  was still high. The hot weather and really dirty water 50  the air very bad. Hospitals didn't have enough rooms for  51  .
When the flood was over, I looked around my city. The word “ 52 ” can describe the situation. Everything was destroyed and lots of people were sick, but we were very  53  .1 think.
We had to 54  our city, take care of the sick people, and start our schools again. I just 55 that one day, people can stop the natural disasters whenever they happen. After all, people are very clever.
【小题1】A. wake up       B. make up         C. clean up
【小题2】A. kept          B. finished          C. stopped
【小题3】A. bikes         B. trains            C. boats
【小题4】A. started        B. closed          C. opened
【小题5】A. water.        B. fire              C. ice
【小题6】A. happiness     B. illnesses          C. hardness
【小题7】A. ran          B. slept             C. died
【小题8】A. dirty         B. clean             C. clear
【小题9】A. temperature   B. weather           C. water
【小题10】A. had.         B. made             C. changed
【小题11】A. nurses       B. doctors            C. patients
【小题12】A. sad          B. beautiful          C. good
【小题13】A. weak        B. strong            C. happy
【小题14】A. rebuild       B. return            C. remain
【小题15】A. want         B. hope             C. see