【文章內容簡介】 o be fogged up. Julie opened the door and smoke poured out. “Mark!” she shouted. “Mark!” We rushed inside and found him asleep on the sofa. Shaking him awake, Julie grabbed him. I grabbed the source of the smoke－a pillow too close to the fireplace. I then took it outside and threw water on it. Mark had built a fire to keep warm, and some embers（灰燼）had flown out. The whole house could have gone up if we hadn’t gotten there just then!56. What do we know from the passage?A. Leaf watching was Mark’s hobby. B. Mark stayed home with his friends. C. Carol went to work on Friday. D. Mark was Carol’s cousin. 57. The underlined phrase “pulled in” in the last paragraph probably means“ ”. A. started the car B. arrived home and stopped the carC. moved away from the station D. came home late58. While driving home Carol . A. was very terrified. B. drove at a great speed. C. knew she had made a mistake D. hardly said anything. 59. Why did Carol want to go home?A. She didn’t enjoy the leaves. B. She received her son’s telephone call. C. She felt something urged her to go home. D. She followed Julie’s advice. BThere are lots of attractions in St. Petersburg. If you’re short of time to visit all of them, or if you just want to make sure to hit the highlights（最精彩的部分）, the following are the top must–see sights in St. Petersburg. 1. The Hermitage MuseumThe Hermitage Museum is one of the most important sights to see for any visitor to St. Petersburg. There you can see lots of different paintings painted by the old masters. Prepare to e face to face with many of the western classical artists. 2. Kizhi IslandKizhi Island is an openair museum of wooden buildings from the Karelia region of Russia. These impressive structures are made without any nails（釘子）. Can you imagine how the wood fits together? Come and see for yourself!3. PeterhofPeterhof is as beautiful as it is fun. You’ll be charged for admission（門票）, but if you go to Peterhof when the fountains（噴泉）are working－during the day in summer－the admission will be worth it. 4. Church of the Savior on Spilled BloodLove it or hate it, Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg is a real mustsee sight. This beautiful building will truly surprise you, and the paintings inside the church will make you say“Wow!”5. The Bronze Horseman StatueThe socalled Bronze Horseman is a part of Russian culture and is a symbol of St. Petersburg. Made famous by Alexander Pushkin, this statue of Peter the Great sitting on his horse truly shows Peter the Great’s influence on the Russian idea of greatness. 60. If you are interested in paintings, you’d better go to . A. The Hermitage Museum and Kizhi Island. B. The Bronze Horseman Statue and Kizhi Island. C. Kizhi Island and Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. D. The Hermitage Museum and Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. 61. What can we learn about Kizhi Island?A. Kizhi Island is an indoor museum. B. Visitors can find nails in the structures there. C. The buildings on Kizhi Island are made of wood. D. The wooden buildings are connected with wires. 62. We can learn from the text that . A. visitors can visit Peterhof free of charge. B. The Hermitage Museum has lots of modern western arts. C. the fountains in Peterhof can be seen by visitors all year round. D. The Bronze Horseman Statue is a symbol of St. Petersburg. 63. The author wrote the text to . A. attract tourists to visit St. Petersburg. B. show the wonderful history of Russia. C. persuade artists to go to St. Petersburg. D. introduce the famous buildings of Russia. CIt is one thing to visit a zoo as an ordinary member of the public but quite another to own a zoo and live in the middle of it。 this at times can be a mixed thing. It certainly forces you to rush out at any time of the day or night to observe your charges, but it also means that you are on duty 24 hours of the day and you can find that a fine little dinner party breaks up because some animal has broken its leg, or because the heaters in the snake house have failed. Winter, of course, is your least busy period and sometimes days pass without a single visitor. But in the summer season the days are so full and the visitors so many that you can hardly seem to notice the passing of time and you forget how much you have in the bank. 64. From the passage we understand that the writer . A. is always visiting zoos. B. lives in a cage in the zoo. C. is the owner of the zoo. D. can’t tell animals from people. 65.