Passage 61

If you get into the forest with your friends, stay with them always. If you don’t, you may get lost. If you really get lost, this is what you should do. Sit down and stay where you are. Don’t try to find your friends—let them find you by staying in one place.

There is another way to help your friends or other nearby people to find you. Give them a signal (信号) by shouting or whistling (吹口哨) three times. Any signal given three times is a call for help.

Keep up shouting or whistling always three times together. When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. They give you two shouts, two whistles, or two gun-shots (枪声). When someone gives you a signal, it is an answer to a call for help.

If you don’t think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house---cover up to the holes with branches (树枝) with lots of leaves. Make yourself a soft bed with leaves and grass.

What should you do if you get hungry or need drinking water? You would have to leave your little house to look for a river. Don’t just walk away. Pick off small branches and drop them as you walk so that you can find your way back. The most important thing to do when you are lost is—stay in one place.

1.If you lost in the forest, you should _______.

A.stay where you are and give signals three times

B.walk around the forest and shout so that your friends could hear you

C.try to find your friends as soon as possible

D.try to get out of the forest and shout for help

2.If you want to let people believe that you are not just making noise for fun, you should _______.

A. tell people that you are lost B. keep up shouting or whistling

C. shout at the top of your voice D. shout or whistle three times

3.When you hear two shouts, or whistles, or gunshots, __________.

A. you should shout more loudly B. you can whistle three times

C. it is an answer to your call for help D. you should try to run to them

4.When you want to leave your place to get drinking water, you should ________.

A.just go to the river

B. find some glasses or bottles before you go

C. make a fire so that you can have some tea

D. leave marks so that you can find your way back

5.This passage mainly tells you __________.

A.when you hear a signal always three times, it is a call for help

B.What you should do if you get lost in a forest

C.any signal given twice means an answer to a call for help

D.how you can live longer in a forest

Passage 62

Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying (摧毁) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged (破坏) that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.

A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.

“I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “When we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”

Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.

“There was no time to take anything,” she said, “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”

Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded (水淹的) area and the welfare department (福利机构) brought them food, clothes and shelter.

1.How many homes altogether (总共) were damaged in the storm?

A. Fourteen B. Twenty-one C. Twenty-nine D. Thirty-six

2.Where was Mr. Tan when the storm first began?

A. He was in bed. B. He was inside the house.

C. He was outside the house. D. He was on the roof.

3.Mrs. Woo and her family didn’t get hurt because _________.

A.her husband knew there would be a storm

B.they were all outside the house when the storm became worse

C.she felt the house was moving

D.the welfare department helped her

4.The underlined word “shelter” in this passage means ______.

A. something to eat B. something to wear

C. somewhere to study D. somewhere to stay

5.Which of he following may be the best title for this passage?

A. A Terrible Storm B. A Lucky Woman

C. Good Soldiers D. Clever People

Section VI 日常生活篇

Passage 53

【答案与解析】打嗝是很常见的生理现象。本文向我们讲述了这样一个小故事：哈利从某一个周日开始打嗝，日夜不停地持续了两个星期。父母将他送到医院，大夫花了一个星期的时间才将其治愈。短文最后说，哈利是幸运的，因为世界记录保持者，查利斯打嗝时间长达六十八年，并且最终也没有查明他打嗝的原因。

1. 选B。由文中第二段“His hiccups began one Sunday lunchtime and continued day and night for two weeks.”一句可知His hiccups lasted fourteen days.

2. 选C。标题下的那句话对此题有很大的启示作用。亨利是因为吃了Indian food才开始打嗝的。

3. 选D。去医院的原因应该是不停地打嗝，其它选项提供的理由不充分，也不全面。

4. 选A。亨利服药一周后痊愈，其它方法均无效。

5. 选A。可用“惊吓”治疗打嗝。文中提到“My father even tried to give me a shock but that didn't work either.”