Denny Crook was a famous photographer. He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers, and won many prizes.

“I’ll do ___1___ to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is dangerous.”And he told the truth. He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars. If something interesting happened, Denny went to   2  it.

His wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always  3  .” I’ll travel for my work, not for   4 ,” he told her, “You won’t enjoy yourself, and I won’t have   5   to look after you. Sometimes there’s not even anywhere to   6  , and I have to sleep outside. I often don’t have a good   7  or a bath for days. You won’t like it.”

“Denny, I’m not a child,” his wife didn’t   8  , “I can look after myself. Please take me with you the next time you go overseas.”

Denny did not say anything, but he   9  about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said to his wife, “You can come to Africa with me if you want to. I’ll go to take photos of wild   10  there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.” His wife was very   11  .

When they got to Africa, the first day she had a very enjoyable time. The next day Denny went   12   to find some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but soon they became separated (分開). She walked down one path while he walked down the other.

Suddenly, Denny heard her   13  . He ran back and saw her running toward him. A huge lion was chasing her.

Quickly Denny took his camera out of its case and   14   it at his wife and the lion. Then he shouted, “   15  , woman! I can’t get you both in the picture!”

1.                A．a(chǎn)nything        B．nothing         C．something D．none

 

2.                A．a(chǎn)dvise          B．read           C．write D．photo

 

3.                A．a(chǎn)llowed         B．refused         C．failed D．joked

 

4.                A．wealth         B．prize           C．pleasure D．luck

 

5.                A．money         B．time           C．interest   D．a(chǎn)bility

 

6.                A．meet          B．work           C．shop D．stay

 

7.                A．meal           B．picnic          C．room D．party

 

8.                A．a(chǎn)gree          B．understand      C．reply D．complain

 

9.                A．worried        B．forgot          C．a(chǎn)sked    D．thought

 

10.               A．land           B．flowers         C．a(chǎn)nimals    D．people

 

11.               A．confused       B．excited         C．surprised  D．disappointed

 

12.               A．out            B．in             C．back  D．up

 

13.               A．singing         B．crying          C．laughing   D．cheering

 

14.               A．threw          B．fired           C．showed   D．pointed

 

15.               A．Hurry up       B．Look out        C．Slow down D．Go ahead

 

 

.---- Is there a table for 4 ,please ?

-----_____ , please .Is the one near the piano OK?

A．Take the time

B．This way

C．You’re welcome.

D．Look out

 

One day three Frenchmen who did not know English very well were talking about the English language.
The first Frenchman said, ‘I heard someone shout ‘look out’ ,I put my head out of a window and a basin of water fell on me. It seems that ‘look out’ may mean ‘don’t look out!’
The second one followed, ‘ I was once on a ship and heard the captain（船長） shout, ‘All hands on the deck(甲板)’ I put my hands on the deck and someone trod(踩)on them.’
The third one told his friends his experience too, ‘One early morning I called on my English friend and the maid(女傭) said, ‘He is not up yet, come back in half an hour.’ When I went again for him, she said, ‘He’s not down yet.’I said, ‘If he’s not up and he is not down, where is he then?    What a strange language it is!’
【小題1】What is the possible meaning of “l(fā)ook out” in this passage?

A．Put your head out and look outside	B．Be careful
C．Come out and have a look	D．Both A and B

【小題2】When the captain shouted. “All hands on deck”, he really meant to tell____________.

A．Everyone on the ship to put his hands on the deck

B．All the sailors(水手)to put their hands on the deck

C．All the sailors to come up to deal with (處理)some trouble

D．Everyone on ship to gather (集合)on the deck

【小題3】What did the maid mean when she said, “He’s not up yet”?

A．He has not risen to his feet yet.

B．He’s not back yet.

C．He has not got up yet.

D．He was ill in bed.

【小題4】Where was the third Frenchman’s English friend then?

A．He was at a party.

B．He was at work.

C．He was in his bedroom.

D．He was in the bathroom.

【小題5】What do you think was the three Frenchmen’s real trouble?

A．English is too difficult to understand.

B．They didn’t use the language so often.

C．They knew nothing about the English idioms.(成語\習慣用語)

D．They were not sure about the English grammar.

Tokyo, March 11, 2011

People left their houses near Sendai, northern Japan on March 11th. A man and child look out over destroyed homes after a tsunami(海嘯) and earthquake. Nuclear crises(核危機) in Japan’s power plants(核電站).

Could it have been worse?
More than a minute before the earth under their feet began to shake, many millions of Japanese people got cell phone alerts; TV networks interrupted (打斷,中斷) their broadcasts and turned to the latest announcement of Japanese government; loud speakers started suddenly to warn people of the coming tsunami; bullet trains came to a stop. The earthquake on March 11 was the first test of the nation’s earthquake early-warning technology (地震預警技術). However, in the fight of Man vs Nature, Nature won again. Hundreds, if not thousands of people, lost their lives in Japan. Scientists believe it is the fifth-strongest quake in the world since 1900 and the most powerful on record ever to hit Japan.
Lin tells of calm survivors
When the office began to shake, his friends were calm and still working. But the shaking became stronger. People shouted at him: “Run out of the building, now!” This was Lin Jia’s first experience of an earthquake. Lin, 26, has been in Japan for three months, working as a software engineer in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Lin stayed with others in a bus station all afternoon. Buildings were shaken by a series(系列) of aftershocks. He was nervous, but the people around him were so calm and organized that he gradually (逐漸) calmed down.
【小題1】What does the underlined word “alert” mean?

A．鬧鐘

B．警報

C．短信

D．鈴聲

【小題2】 How many ways of earthquake early-warning are mentioned in the passage?

A．2

B．3

C．4

D．5

【小題3】 Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Lin Jia has never met with an earthquake in Japan.

B．There have been five earthquakes in Japan since 1900.

C．The earthquake is the most powerful on record ever to hit Japan.

D．The local government warned people of the coming earthquake in some ways.

【小題4】 What is the most important after an earthquake according to the article?

A．Keep away from the nuclear power plants.

B．Running out of the building.

C．Keep calm and organized.

D．Get the cell phone alerts

【小題5】 Where does this article probably come from?

A．a(chǎn) newspaper

B．a(chǎn)n advertisement

C．a(chǎn) diary

D．a(chǎn) novel

Keep an eye on my purse - I'm just going to the bathroom.

A. Look through                                              B. Look up

C. Look after                                                 D. Look out