【正文】 m were broken, she would 1 be able to stay on the water. Four days after 2 , while the Titanic was sailing 3 the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge ice mountain suddenly appeared. The great ship turned hard. The Titanic turned just in time, and just missed the big 4 of ice beside her. Suddenly there was a trembling (顫抖的 ) 5 from below and the captain went down to see what had 6 . The noise had been so weak that 7 thought the ship had been broken. But the captain 8 that the ship was sinking (下沉 ) very quickly, for five of the sixteen watertight partments had already been broken! The order (命令 ) to 9 the ship was given and hundreds of people jumped into the icy water. As there were not enough lifeboats for everybody, 1,500 lives were 10 . Although the sad story has been so many years, people still remember it clearly. ( )11. A. not B. yet C. never D. still ( )12. A. breaking B. finding C. starting D. turning ( )13. A. through B. above C. across D. under ( )14. A. wall B. ground C. window D. door ( )15. A. voice B. sound C. shout D. cry ( )16. A. received B. stopped C. happened D. left ( )17. A. everyone B. anyone C. nobody D. anybody ( )18. A. realized B. remembered C. asked D. fot ( )19. A. keep B. leave C. buy D. sell ( )20. A. lived B. saved C. lost D. found 三、閱讀理解（ 40 分） (A) Mr. and Mrs. Clarke were going to America for their holidays. They had a dog called Billy. They liked him very much. But they couldn’t take him to America with them. So they found a place to leave him while they were away. At the end of their holidays they got back to England very late at night so they didn’t go to get Billy. The next morning Mr. Clarke got into his car and drove happily to get Billy. When he got home with the dog he said to his wife, ―Dear, I don’t think Billy has enjoyed his days at that place. He made lots of noise all the way home. I guess he must want to tell me something!‖ Mrs. Clarke looked at the dog carefully and answered, ― You are quite right, dear, but he wasn’t trying to tell you he hadn’t enjoyed his day at that place. He was trying to tell you that you had brought the wrong dog home. That isn’t our Billy.‖ 1. Mr. and Mrs. Clarke were going to America_____. A. to meet their friends B. to see their family C. to spend their holiday 2. Mr. Clarke drove to get Billy back______. A. as soon as they came back B. late at night C. the next morning 3. Mr. Clarke thought that Billy ____ at that place. A. had a good time. B. didn’t have a good time C. liked to made noise 4. Mrs. Clarke found that ____. A. her husband was quite right. B. the dog was Billy C. her husband had brought the wrong dog home. 5. Which of the following is right? A. Mr. and Mrs. Clarke loved Billy very much. B. Billy really enjoyed himself while they were away. C. Mr. Clarke brought their own dog home. (B) A meteorite(隕石 ) almost hit an 80yearold man named Arthur Pettifer in Britain when he was working in his garden. The meteorite was the biggest in the past 26 years in Britain. The meteorite weighed(重量 ) one kilo, and might be over four thousand million years old. ―I hear the big noise in the air. I looked up and saw the tops of the trees ing and going,‖ he said, ―I didn’t know what it was.‖ Meteorites are small things from the small plas in space. About 3,500 meteorites may fall on earth every year, but only very few are found. Mr. Pettifer’s meteorite is the fifth to fall in Britain since the Second World War. Mr. Pettifer is glad. ―When you think about it ing from so far away, it really is something strange.‖ meteorite was ____ Mr. Pettifer when it fell down. A. close to B. far from C. hitting D. go up meteorite was already _____ years old. ,000,000,000 ,000,000 ,000,000 ,000,000,000 8. Mr. Pettifer found the tops of the trees ing and going because______. A. the trees were afraid B. the fast falling meteorite kept the tree tops moving C. it was going to rain D. the moving was made by wind 9. _____ people see a meteorite fall although they visit the earth often each year. A. Quite a few B. Some C. Few D. Many 10. Mr. Pettifer was _____ to see the falling of the meteorite. A. happy B. afraid C. sorry D. angry (C ) This story is about a young man. He worked very hard at his lessons. He was too busy to have a rest. At last, he became ill, so he couldn’t go to sleep. Every nig