A：                            69

B：Because it hit an iceberg .

A：Why didn’t the ship try to avoid(避开)the iceberg ?

B：They tried to , but it was too late .

A：                             70

B：I think Miss Evans is the greatest person in this story . She lost her life for the children .

VI. Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the given words .(5分)

71. They both lost themselves in       (listen)to the music .

72. Is it       (wet)today than it was yesterday ?

73. The women over there were talking       (noise).

74. Excuse me , can I have a talk with one of the       (win)of the match .

75. His sister isn’t       (marry)and has no children .

76. She said it was       (terrible)cold on the night of November the 1st .

77. Mabel is always       (worry)about her Chinese .

78. They can’t find their way to the station , they need       (look)at a map .

79. We       (stay)here until it stops raining .

80. The ship Californian arrived so late that it couldn’t save so many people’s       (life).

VII. Gap-filling(5分)

The Shutes lived in America . Mrs. Shute  w   81  a housewife . She had a  c  82 monkey for many  y   83  . The monkey could wash dishes . He washed the dishes f  84  the woman every day . He liked to wash dishes . He spent hour after hour  w  85  dishes . None of them was  b  86  but sometimes he washed the dishes over and over .  I   87  Mrs. Shute tried to stop him , he then got a  88  . He began to throw dishes in a   89  directions(方向). But this didn’t  h  90  very often .

VIII. Answer the questions according to the given pictures(10 分)

91. What was the weather like ?

92. Where did the two girls go ?

93. What did they see when they walked across the bridge ?

94. The boy wasn’t in danger , was he ?

95. What did they do then ?