【正文】 16 . I fumbled(摸索 ) in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which had 17 their search. I found one. But I had no matches, for they had taken those. I 18 the bars at the jailer(獄卒 ). He did not make eye contact with me. I 19 out to him, “Have you got a 20 ?” He looked at me, shrugged (聳肩 ) and came over to light my cigarette. As he came close, I 21 . I don39。t be enemies. We couldn39。 A One answer to the question of land shortage was suggested by an anization some years ago. A city was to be built at sea, housing 30,000 people. The suggestion was to shape the city like a harbor(港口 ).The outer wall of the harbor would stand on steel columns resting on the seabed. Naturally this could only be where the water was fairly shallow. The people would like to live in flats in the fiftymetre high outer wall. The flats would be all face inwards, and would be made of concrete(混泥土 ) and glass. The glass would be specially made and colored to control the heat and strong light from the sun. The planners called this manmade harbor would be calm. On it would be floating islands carrying more building: a hospital, two theaters, museum, an art exhibition hall and a church. On one of the islands would be a special factory to take the salt out of sea water and turn it into fresh water. People living in the city could move around on small boats driven by electricity, so there would be no air pollution from the burning of gas. There would be platforms outside the man wall for ships bringing supplies. People could also travel to the mainland by motorboat or water plane. 36. What was suggested about the construction of a new city at sea? A. The city was to be designed together with a harbor. B. The walls around the city would be made of steel and glass. C. The building of the city would rest on a floating island. D. The people would live in tall building surrounded by a wall. 37. How would fresh water be supplied to the city? A. By treating sea water. B. By getting it from the surrounding islands. C. By building a small lake of fresh water inside the city. D. By transporting it from the mainland. 38. The suggestion made by the anization is to solve the problem that _______. A. there is not enough space for building cities on land B. land transportation has became increasingly difficult C. there are too many people on land D. present cities are heavily polluted by cars 39. The purpose of the writer is _______. A. to suggest how new type of harbor could be built at sea B. to give a description of a newtype city C. to draw people39。s public schools are cracking down(嚴(yán)懲 ) on students who bring guns to school,” Education Secretary Richard Riley said in a statement. “We need to be tough minded about keeping guns out of our schools and do everything to keep our children safe.” In March1997, an 11 years old boy and 13 years old boy using handguns and rifles shot dead four children and a teacher at a school in Jonesboro, Arkansas. In October, two were killed and seven wounded in a shooting at a Mississippi school. Two months later, a 14yearold boy killed three high school students and wounded five in Dasucah, Kentucky. Most of the expulsions, 56 percent, were from high school, which have students from about age 13. 34 percent were from junior high schools and 9 percent were from elementary schools, the report said. 44. The main idea of the passage is that in the US schools _______. A. students enjoy shooting B. students are eager to be soldiers C. safety is a problem D. students can make guns 45. From what Richard Riley said we can infer that ________. A. the number of the expulsions is not large B. the number of the expulsion is wrong C there are soldiers hiding among the students D. guns are out of control in US schools 46. The main idea of paragraph four shows us ______. A. some examples of shoot in US schools. B. the American39。仔細(xì)閱讀下面 Xu Ling同學(xué)的這封信，然后以欄目編輯的身份寫一篇回復(fù)，對(duì) Xu Lin 同學(xué)存在的問(wèn)題給以解答或提供建議