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o somewhere safe, stay out in the open. You may feel safe under a tree, but that is not a good place to be. Lightning is pulling toward tall poles and trees. Stay down in an open space and cover your ears to protect them. Loud thunder can damage your hearing. Lightning Strikes Lightning does not strike people very often. It is not likely that you will ever 8 see that happen. If you do, call 120. Only trained emergency workers should care for a person who has been hit by lighting. If you follow these rules, you should stay safe during a storm. 36. From Paragraph I, we learn that _________. A. storms are frightening and harmful B. storms often e without warnings C. people should wait and watch lightning D. people should take action after the storm 37. The underlined word It in Paragraph 2 probably means ______. A. a building B. a car C. a room D. a shed 38. During a storm you had better _______. A. use a puter for a while B. listen for thunder by a window C. leave the room and stay out D. find a closed or an open place 39. If a person is hit by lightning, you should _________. A call for emergency help B. stay down in a safe space C. move him or her to safety D. cover his or her ears quickly 40. The best title for the passage is __________. A. Training Steps B. Home Rules C. Natural Order D. Storm Safety C My first home was a beautiful meadow with a pond of clear water. There were some 9 large trees near the pond. On one side of the meadow was a field and on the other was the house of our master, Farmer Grey. He was a kind man. My mother and I had a happy life. She worked during the day. I played with the other young horses and had great fun. At night I lay next to her. One day, my master sold me to Squire Gordon. He lived with his family in a big house. You39。 to pletely cover sth in water or another liquid 3[V] to be louder than other sounds so that you cannot hear them :2 B. 3:1 C. 1:3 D. 3:3 43. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Black Beauty lived a hard life with mum. B. Ginger was unhappy when she was young. C. Some horses did not wear reins or bits. 11 D. Mr. Gordon went on a long journey alone. 44. How did Black Beauty save his masters life? A. By fixing the bridge. B. By asking other horses for help. C. By crossing the bridge. D. By refusing to step onto the bridge. 45. What might happen that night from the passage? A. Black Beauty was sent away from home. B. Mr. Gordon sold Black Beauty to others. C. Black Beauty got good food and a nice bed. D. Mr. Gordon had Black Beauty do extra work. 第Ⅱ卷 (非選擇題 ,共 60分 。 (共 5小題 ,每小題 2分 ,計(jì) 10分 ) When Dr, Karen McComb came to Amboseli Park her first task was to learn the names of the one hundred or so elephants most often seen. Scientists working in the park have learned to study elephants by watching them up close. They have a list of almost one thousand elephants. There are records for all of the elephants born since 1972. Amboseli was a good place for Dr. McComb to study animal munications. Elephants were a great subject because their lifestyle depends on munication. Dr. McComb and her team had learned a lot about elephant munication, but they 13 kept on thinking about one puzzling (困惑的 ) watch. Some families were better at distinguishing (區(qū)別 ) calls of friends from those of strangers. What made some families smarter than others? The scientists searched their records for an explanation. To their surprise, there was only one factor (因素 ) of importance: The smartest families always had the oldest grandmothers. A family, as it did in all other activities, waited for some signal (信號(hào) ) from the grandmother when they heard a strange contact call. And older, more experienced grandmothers were better at telling whether other elephants were strangers or friends just by their calls. That was an important discovery. It showed how an elephant family depends on the experience of the