2 . 根据语篇内容，从方框中选择恰当的单词，并用其正确形式填空。将单词填写在答题卡对应的横线上。每个单词只能用一次。

shake, quick, help, he, hear, good, some, nervous, wall, on,

It was about two o’clock in the early morning     1     21 September, 1999. Tommy was sleeping when the earthquake started. He felt a slight shake, then he     2     a loud noise like thunder. Soon the real noise came, like bombs under the ground. The earth started to     3    . People screamed in fear. Some ran out of the building. He tried his     4     to run out too, but he couldn’t.

Outside, people were running in all directions while pieces of glass and bricks were falling down. Then the     5     began to come down too!

Finally, the noise and shaking ended. It was dark and silent around him. He could not see anything at all, and he did not know if anyone else was near him. He felt     6     and his heart was beating fast. A moment of fear went through his mind, but he told     7     to calm down since he was still alive. He shouted for     8    , but no one came. He started to move slowly in the darkness. Luckily, there was just enough space for him to move.

Hours later, Tommy heard     9     noise above him. He screamed, “Help! Please help! I’m here!” Then he heard shouts from excited people. They     10     moved away the bricks. At last, Tommy was safe.

3 . People want to know when an earthquake is coming to get away safely. But now there is no sure way to know _________ it happens. It may be the best way is to watch the animals. Animals often _________ to know that an earthquake is coming, and they show their fear by _________ in strange ways. Some animals make a lot of noise before an earthquake. Dogs that are usually _________ start to bark. Horses on farms run _________ in circles. Mice leave their _________ and run away. Cows give less milk. In a town in Italy, cats ran down the street in a group. That happened _________ a few hours before an earthquake. In San Francisco, a man kept tiny pet frogs. One Sunday, _________ of the frogs jumped around more than ever. They all made loud noises, like bigger frogs. _________ an earthquake hit the city that night. Before an earthquake in China in 1975, snakes __________ from their winter sleep early. Later they died in the cold air. Some animals can get people away from the dangerous areas and save thousands of lives

1.

A．how

B．why

C．when

2.

A．learn

B．seem

C．plan

3.

A．acting

B．crying

C．shouting

4.

A．clever

B．dangerous

C．quiet

5.

A．around

B．away

C．forward

6.

A．family

B．friends

C．holes

7.

A．badly

B．only

C．quickly

8.

A．few

B．none

C．all

9.

A．But

B．And

C．So

10.

A．woke

B．ran

C．moved

5 . R: Timmy, what were you doing when the earthquake happened?
T: I was doing some shopping in a shopping center at that time.
R:     1    
T: I felt a slight(轻微的) shake and then I heard a big noise.
R: What did you do when the earth started to shake?
T:     2     I saw many people running quickly while pieces of glass and bricks(砖) were falling down.
R:     3    
T: Yes, I think so. But I just didn’t know what to do at that time.
R: How did you feel when you found yourself in danger?
T: A little afraid.
R:     4    
T: Yes, I did, but no one came.
R: Did you eat anything before you got help?
T: Yes, I did.     5    
R: Well, thank you, Timmy. I hope you’ll be well soon.

A．It is dangerous to run during the earthquake.

B．I ate some chocolate.

C．What did you feel and hear at first?

D．I tried my best to run out to the street.

E．Did you shout for help?

6 . Tornadoes(龙卷风) are one of the worst weather events on earth. Each year, tornadoes kill many people. The storms often carry homes, cars and trees from one place to another. And they can alsodestroyanything when they pass by.

A tornado comes from a thunderstorm(雷雨) in the sky down to the ground. It is big at the top and small at the bottom.

A tornado appears when winds in different directions meet in the cloud and begin to turn in circles. People can see tornadoes almost everywhere in the world. But most happen from late winter to middle summer. There is a second high season in November. During spring, warm air moves north and mixes with the cold air left from winter. In November, the opposite happens. Cold air moves south and mixes with the warm air left from summer.

Tornadoes always come suddenly. Weather scientists have done something to predict(预测) tornadoes. But the storms often move too fast for people to protect themselves. Last year, tornadoes killed more than one hundred people in United States.

Scientists say the best place to be in is a small room, without windows, in the middle the lowest part of a building when tornadoes come.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. According to the passage, we know the shape of the tornadoes may be like ______.

A．

B．

C．

D．

2. In the United States, most tornadoes happen _____.

A．from late summer to middle summer

B．from late autumn to middle winter

C．from late autumn to middle spring

D．from late winter to middle summer

3. According to Paragraph 4, tornadoes appear when ______.

A．warm air and cold air mix

B．cold air and cold air mix

C．warm air and warm air mix

D．warm water and cold water mix

4. What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “destroy”?

A．保护

B．珍惜

C．毁灭

D．惩罚

5. From the passage, we know that ______.

A．the United States has very few tornadoes

B．tornadoes are one of the worst weather events in the world

C．people should stay in big rooms with windows when tornadoes come

D．more than one thousand people were killed by tornadoes in the USA last year