24. Munchies Food Hall does NOT sell ______. A. lamb B. beef C. pork 25. The prices at Munchies are ______. A. lower than usual C. lower for two people
B. bargain prices for the opening D. lower if you spend ＄21.00
D. chicken
26. I will find out who has won the trip to Western Australia when I ______. A. come down to Munchies at noon C. watch Channel 3 television 20.
Lying in the sun on a rock, the cougar (美洲豹) saw Jeb and his son, Tom, before they saw it. Jeb put his bag down quickly and pulled his jacket open with both hands, making himself look big to the cougar. It worked. The cougar hesitated, ready to attack Jeb, but ready to forget the whole thing, too.
Jeb let go of his jacket, grasped Tom and held him across his body, making a cross. Now the cougar’s enemy looked even bigger, and it rose up, ready to move away, but unfortunately Tom got scared and struggled free of Jeb.
“Tom, no!” shouted his father.
But Tom broke and ran and that’s the last thing you do with a cougar. The second Tom broke free, Jeb threw himself on the cougar, just as it jumped from the rock. They hit each other in mid-air and both fell. The cougar was on Jeb in a flash, forgetting about Tom, which was what Jeb wanted.
Cougars are not as big as most people think and a determined man stands a chance, even with just his fists. As the cougar’s claws got into his left shoulder, Jeb swung his fist at its eyes and hit hard. The animal howled and put its head back. Jeb followed up with his other fist. Then out of the corner of his eye, Jeb saw Tom. The boy was running back to help his father.
“Knife, Tom,” shouted Jeb.
The boy ran to his father’s bag, while Jeb started shouting as well as hitting, to keep the cougar’s attention away from Tom. Tom got the knife and ran over to Jeb. The cougar was moving its head in and out, trying to find a way through the wall Jeb was making out of his arms. Tom swung with the knife, into the cougar’s back. It howled horribly and ran off into the mountains.
The whole fight had taken about thirty seconds.
B. read The Straits Times on the 15th of January D. attend the lucky draw at Munchies Food Hall
21. Why did Jeb pull his jacket open when he saw the cougar? A. To get ready to fight. C. To protect the boy.
22. What do we know about cougars? A. They like to attack running people.
B. To cool down. D. To frighten it away .
B. They hesitate before they hit.
C. They are bigger than we think. 23. Which of the following happened first? A. The cougar jumped from the rock. C. Jeb held Tom across his body. 21.
D. They are afraid of noises.
B. Tom struggled free of his father. D. Jeb asked Tom to get the knife.
It sounds like something straight out of a science fiction movie or a silly cartoon: a futuristic traveling tube that can quickly shoot people wherever they want to go, inside a tiny pod(吊舱). But this may be just around the corner for people looking for a faster, easier, and cheaper- than- ever way to travel.
South African-American inventor and billionaire Elon Musk, who, in the past, has worked on both private space flight and electric cars, recently announced he has been working on the design of this traveling tube, which could forever change the way we travel the world.
In a interview, Musk described the new tube as a fifth kind of transportation.
“We have planes, trains, automobiles, and boats,” he explained. “What if there was a fifth mode? I have a name for it, called the Hyperloop.”
The Hyperloop would have the power to cut back on travel time between major cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco, which is what inspired Musk to design the Hyperloop in the first place.
Musk started in an interview that he actually came up with the idea for the Hyperloop while thinking about the train that takes people between Los Angeles and San Francisco-it is known for being one of the slowest in the country.
“This system I have in mind…can never crash, is immune (免疫的)to weather, it goes three or four times faster than the bullet train…it goes an average speed of twice what an aircraft would do,” explained Musk.
“You would go from downtown Los Angeles to downtown San Francisco in under 30 minutes,” he added. “It would cost you much less than an air ticket and less than any other mode of transport.”
People using the Hyperloop would shoot around in pods, which are each just over six-and-a-half feet across, and the pods would travel through tubes located either above ground or under water, though Musk has not yet released his final design drawings.
Additionally, Musk believes the Hyperloop could be completely powered by the sun-making it more environmentally friendly than cars, airplanes, or train systems. Someday it could possibly move people between the East and West Coasts of the United States in less than an hour, which is faster than any other mode of transportation that exists. Eventually, the Hyperloop would be able to move people around the world.
The Hyperloop could even run 24/7, be cheap, and allow people to travel on their own
schedule. People could show up at the Hyperloop station whenever they want and be quickly sent on their way.
Musk is not the first person outside of science fiction novelists to dream up vacuum tube technology for moving people. The idea has been around for some time, and inventors in other countries, including China, are reportedly working on similar technology.
32. The Hyperloop is that Elon Musk is designing. A. an electric car B. a private spaceship C. a traveling tube D. a bullet train
33. What do we know about the Hyperloop? A. The Hyperloop could only run on weekdays.
B. The Hyperloop is being designed to travel at twice the speed of an airplane. C. Inventors in other countries are working on the same technology as the Hyperloop. D. People using the Hyperloop would travel in pods that are about six-and-a-half feet long. 34. According to the passage, people might prefer the Hyperloop because . A. people would not have to pay as much to use the Hyperloop
B. people with motion sickness might not be able to handle the Hyperloop C. people are tired of using the same four kinds of transportation over and over D. the Hyperloop could take people to places where planes and trains do not go 22.
What is erosion(腐蚀)? Erosion is simply when soil is transported on the earth's surface from one location to another by a natural cause.
This is easy to imagine. Picture a sandcastle on a beach. This sandcastle is particularly beautiful, the work of a whole long, hot summer afternoon. It has three towers, with a great wall running all around. Small square houses sit in an open area in the center. From the tallest tower flies a Pop-sicle-wrapper flag from a small twig flagpole. Its builder sits back, proudly admiring her work. But it is late, and the tide is coming in, bringing the water closer. Finally, the castle is hit with a giant wave. As it pulls out, the builder sees there is nothing left but bits of the towers and a small broken twig. Where has the sand gone? Not very far, really. It’s moving around the water that will wash back and forth across the beach all day. It’s spread around the beach next to the castle. However, to our eyes, it has disappeared. This is also the way with erosion. Parts of the earth seem to disappear but have really just been moved around.
A common example of water changing the landscape is sinkholes. Sinkholes are formed when underground water wears away the dirt and rock that surrounds it. Eventually, the hole underneath the ground is so big, and the earth above it so thin that the surface collapses into the
hole, taking with it anything unlucky enough to be on the surface at the time. Sinkholes occur naturally and have been around a very long time. Today, though, many sinkholes are caused by the action of human beings.
In fact, today, human beings are one of the things helping to speed up erosion of the earth. Scientists believe that by pumping water from underground, moving sand dunes and other naturally-occurring anti-erosion measures, humans have allowed erosion of the earth to speed up by as much as 40 times. This means that beaches around the world are disappearing, more sinkholes are opening up, and farmland is rapidly becoming desert.
28. What’s the author’s purpose of describing a sandcastle in Paragraph 2? A. To show the destructive force of nature. B. To recall his happy childhood. C. To catch the reader’s attention. D. To explain what erosion is.
29. What does the underlined word “it” refer to in the passage? A. The hole. B. The ground. C. The earth. D. The surface.
30. According to the passage, which of the following can you infer may NOT be the cause of sink-holes?
A. A lot of high-rises have been built. B. People pump water from underground. C. Too many mines have been opened up.
D. Underground water takes away dirt and rock around it.
31. Based on the passage, what is most likely to be one result of erosion? A. Desertification will speed up. B. Sinkholes will be everywhere. C. Many plant species will disappear. D. Earthquakes will happen more often. 23.
Every summer the heat was miserable. This summer was no exception.
Jamal lay on the porch(门廊), holding a glass of sweet tea to his forehead, trying to absorb some of the cool. It was early afternoon, and his grandmother had lain down for her daily nap.
“Jamal! Jamal!” said Lisa, trying to get his attention. “What?” he asked.
“I’m going to sort out the attic(阁楼). Want to come?” she asked calmly. Lisa was two years
younger than Jamal and was used to being blown off.
“You’re crazy,” Jamal said. “It’s got to be 100 degrees up there, not to mention that it’s dusty and full of spiders and who knows what else.”
“Grandma said that if we see anything we want up there, we can keep it,” said Lisa. “What makes you think I want any of that old junk?” asked Jamal.
“Suit yourself,” said Lisa. She went to the bedroom to change into old clothes that could get covered in sweat, dust, and possibly dead spiders.
Up in the attic, Lisa began to see Jamal’s point. The heat in the house rose upwards, only to be trapped in the small attic. Everything was covered in a fine layer of dust…
As Lisa began going through the boxes, she realized that no one had touched them for years. After a couple of hours, Lisa’s back ached, and her shirt was wet through.
“Lisa, honey!” she heard her grandmother call. “Come take a break and have some tea.” Lisa went downstairs and took a picture with her. “Grandma, is this really you?”
Her grandmother laughed. “What, you can’t believe it? Yes, that’s me; that was taken at my home coming almost sixty years ago.”
“You were beautiful, Grandma,” said Lisa admiringly.
“You’d be surprised, Lisa,” her grandmother responded. “Adults, all of us, were once young and irresponsible like you.”
“I don’t think Mom was ever like that …” said Lisa.
“Your mother…” her grandmother’s voice became low as she carefully chose her words. “When your father died in the service, your mother was still just a girl herself. You were a baby, and Jamal was only two. She had to grow up real fast.”
Lisa nodded. She finished her tea, thanked her grandmother, and turned to go back upstairs. 24. What was Jamal’s attitude towards Lisa’s suggestion of exploring the attic? A. Enthusiastic. B. Interested. C. Negative. D. Indifferent.
25. The underlined expression “Suit yourself” means “ ”. A. Enjoy yourself B. Please yourself C. Take care of yourself D. Help yourself
26. What does Lisa’s grandmother probably mean when she says that Lisa’s mother “had to grow up real fast”?
A. Lisa’s mother had to drop out of college and start working.
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