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he writer learned a lot. B Nature’s anger made life miserable from one end of the United States to the other this week, with people forced out of their homes by wildfires near both coasts and the Canadian border and by major flooding in the Midwest. And although the calendar still said spring, the first named storm of the year was whipping up surf on the beaches of the , it wasn’t quite a week for the record books. “It’s a major flood , ” National Weather Service meteorologist ( 氣象學(xué)家 ) Suzanne Fortin said of the flood in Missouri.“It won’t be a record breaker , but it will be in the top three.” However, a three173。level math class at reason I was in this class had nothing to do with my intellect or math am blind. The only problem with being in this class was that I was surrounded by “at173。 18. How many people live in town within the range of a volcanic eruption? A. More than 300 millions. B. More than 400 millions. C. More than 500 millions. 19. Which kind of disaster has taken million people’s lives in the last 100 years? A. The floods. B. The earthquakes. C. The forest fires. 20. What is the main reason for these disasters? A. Overpopulation. B. Cutting down forests. C. Poisonous gases. 第二部分 英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用 (共兩節(jié),滿分 45分 ) 第一節(jié) 單項(xiàng)填空 (共 15小題;每小題 1分,滿分 15分 ) 從 A、 B、 C、 D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 6. How does the woman usually go to work? A. On foot. B. By car. C. By taxi. 7. What’s the weather like now? A. Sunny. B. Rainy. C. Windy. 8. What does the woman do at the concert now? A. She teaches music. B. She plays the piano. C. She drives a car. 聽(tīng)第 7段材料,回 答第 9至 11題。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題,從題中所給的 A、 B、 C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題,從題中所給的 A、 B、 C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。聽(tīng)完每段對(duì)話后,你都有 10 秒鐘的時(shí)間來(lái)回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。聽(tīng)每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前,你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題,每小題 5秒鐘;聽(tīng)完后,各小題將給出 5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。 9. Who are the speakers? A. Students. B. Teachers. C. Clerks. 10. What are they mainly talking about? A. Noise in the office. B. A new meeting room. C. The story of a workmate. 11. What does Stan suggest they do? A. Talk to Jack openly. B. Move to another office. C. Ask for a meeting room. 聽(tīng)第 8段材料,回答第 12至 14題。 21. — The child is said to have________ gift for teaching deaf children. — She’s think it calls for________ patience and imagination. A. a; the B. the; the C. a; / D. /; a 22. He was appointed________ a very important post in the West, where he would improve himself better. A. to be B. as C. to D. for 23. They adapted the TV series to________ the taste of the audience. A. match B. suit C. fit D. pare 24. She waited in________ for her mother’s letter. A. anxious B. anxiety C. anxiously D. nervous 25. The film is said to have won several Oscar Awards and I can________ you will enjoy it. A. announce B. guarantee C. analyze D. evaluate 26. He is quite sure that it’s________ impossible for him to fulfill the task within two days. A. absolutely B. only C. fully D. roughly 27. If you want to________, you must learn to work hard while you are still young. A. make your way B. make its way C. make a way D. make the way 28. He________ through the menu, finding nothing that interested him________ particular. A. noticed; on B. glanced; in C. looked; on D. looks; in 29. He is unfortunate to have his house________. A. burnt to the ground B. rebuilt up C. painted well D. run out of 30. They were about to start out________ their friends called them up from Shanghai. A. when B. while C. until D. before 31. ________ water, people in this village seldom take a bath, which is hard to imagine. A. Lacking B. To lack C. Lacked D. Lack 32. He is said________ to the country twice. A. to be B. being C. having been D. to have been 33. Having lost his key, ________. A. he couldn’t enter the room B. the gatekeeper offered to help C. the door was forced open D. the room couldn’t be entered 34. When the thunderstorm suddenly came, he found himself________ in the forest. A. lose B. to lose C. losing D. lost 35. — Bruce, I really appreciate your handwriting. — ________. A. I practise every day B. Thank you very much C. No, I don’t think so D. Well, it’s not good enough 第二節(jié) 完形填空 (共 20小題;每小題 ,滿分 30 分 ) 閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng) (A、 B、 C和 D)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。risk” were kids who did not do well in school and they were constantly in trouble with the school and the law. One Tuesday morning, I went to a Christian Student Union meeting before was a guest speaker there that day talking to us about praying for our began to think about I considered the idea, I prayed and asked God how I could pray for the kids in my had fotten that they weren’t bad kids; they were just lost. At first, the prayers were I would hear their voices in class,I would pray, “Dear God , please bless so173。week173。magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan Province, the number of dead and missing has risen to more than 74,000, with a further 247,000 days after the May 12,2021 quake, Zhang put a posting on the Inter, calling on all Tangshan orphans to step up to help. Hundreds of people have since answered his call with cash donations and offers of foster (領(lǐng)養(yǎng) ) care. Liu Yuanping, a government employee in Tangshan, said he wanted to pass on a message to all quake orphans in Sichuan.“Be strong and be ’ll all grow up like everyone else.” In Lijiang in Yunnan Province, south of Sichuan, orphans donated a total of 15,174 yuan ($2,200). “We hope the orphaned children in the earthquake can have a warm Children’s Day on June 1 , ” 16173。off on Sunday near the Kyrgyz capital, killing 68,government officials said. The Boeing 737 was headed to Iran when it crashed n