【正文】 eaded straight for the cage．Only this time she stopped about six feet away and screamed: D A D D – Y?。。?Her father, panic stricken, stood looking at the cage．Being the good neighbor that I am, I rushed to fence and asked if there was anything I could do． Her father less than calmly shouted, What kind of sick individual would dig up a little girl39。 s not magic — it39。 s close to reality． In Virginia USA the fall of 2002, a train with no wheels traveled on air and carried college students across their campus．In Japan, a whisper quiet railway engine hovered and raced at 350 miles per hour using magnets and electricity as the power．And in China, a magnet train line linked Shanghai with nearby Pudong Airport． These trains use magnetic levitation （懸?。﹖echnology, maglev for short．They use the same rules as the magnets you pick up at home or school: opposite poles of magnets attract each other, and like poles repel each other． How does it work? Powerful magnets on the bottom of the train repel magnets on the track, which is actually just a magnet filled guiding way．With a magnetic field of sufficient force, the train will go hovering on air, which seemed impossible to us in the past． When an electrical current is sent through the track, the train moves．Turn the current backwards and the train slows down． Maglev doesn39。 t． B．A maglev train can travel in college campus while an ordinary train is not allowed． C．Travelling without a track, a maglev train is safer and smoother than an ordinary one． D．Floating on a track, a maglev train is faster, quieter than an ordinary railway train．D Of all the websites, one that has attracted attention recently is myspace．corn．Most of this attention has e from the media and tells every reason why the website should be shut down．The threat of internet predators （掠奪者） is indeed a tough reality, but shutting down the site is not the answer．If myspace．corn．were shut down, another site would quickly take its place．Therefore, the right way is to teach teens how to use the site safely and educate them about who may be predators and how to avoid them． The key to staying safe on the Internet is to make sure that your profile （個人資料）is secure．The simplest way is to change the privacy setting on your profile to private, which protects your information so that only the people on your friend list can view it．Although this is effective , it is not perfect．Predators can find ways to view your profile if they really want to, whether through hacking in or figuring out their way onto your friend list．Thus, you should never post too much personal information．Some people actually post their home and school addresses, date of birth, and other personal information, often letting predators know exactly where they will be and when．The safest information is your first name and province．Anything more is basically inviting a predator into your life． Another big issue is photos．I suggest pletely skipping photos and never posting a photo of a friend online without asking permission． Most importantly, never, under any circumstances, agree to a real life meeting with anyone you meet online．No matter how well you think you know this person, there are no guarantees that they have told the truth．But you could feel free to chat with people you meet on the site, but just remember that not everyone is who they say they are．Hopefully, the next time you edit your profile, you39。Tricks．EThose who plan to film a hostage （人質(zhì)） scene might want to make it obvious to everyone around them that it39。freeze39。t shoot him was because they saw a cameraman．Maj．Justin Smith of the Larimer County Sheriff s Department said deputies received a call from someone at the lake and sheriff s deputies raced to the park, blocking roads．I think it shows great self control, great training and great judgment said Cpl, Scott Shellhaas, a sheriff s spokesman．They didn39。 t have chosen a state park at 3 : 30 （p．m．） on Saturday if I was going to hurt somebody． Authorities said the scene they saw was realistic enough a woman handcuffed to a car, a man handgun striking another man, people injured and bloodied and someone with a small video camera filming the event．It is certainly not beyond belief these days that individuals do videotape crimes as they mit them, said Smith．Having a video camera there did not necessarily mean there was not a threat．72. The underlined word probably means something that is ______． A．not real B．really interesting C．simply terrible D．seemingly true73．The sheriff s deputies surrounded the film crew, because _____． A．they found a girl hostage was terribly beaten B．they were informed of a terrible scene at the lake C．shooting a film was illegal at a state park in the county D．they saw a cameraman shoot the hostage scene74．According to the spokesman, the sheriff s deputies _____． A．needed to be well trained later B．made the situation from bad to worse C．dealt with the situation successfully D．made the situation from good to better75．What the authorities and Smith said suggested that _____． A．people should have told what really happened when they saw the scene B．they couldn39。 s not the sheriff s deputies but the film crew that was to blame for the incident5660 DCCBC 6165 BBDAB 6670 DDDCA 7175 AABCD—2011學(xué)年度高三第一學(xué)期9月摸底考試閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）ANEW YORK—So we’re going away on weekends and sticking close to home. But are we traveling with the kids? Here’s how the down economy is changing the way we travel.SECONDARY CITIESSome smaller cities are stealing the glory. Fort Myers, Fla. experienced double digit (位數(shù)) growth in January 2009 over January 2008, based on American Express Travel bookings. Cities like Portland, Ore. are also being popular destinations, with Travelocity data showing an increase of 38% over last year. Even Philadelphia’s star is rising, said Travelocity senio