2 . It’s not common that a grandmother aged 89 is crowned Queen of Icebergs in north America, but when it does happen it’s quite the sight.

On a recent trip to Iceland, Judith Streng became that grandma after her son attempted to take a photograph of her sitting on an ice structure that looks like a throne (宝座) at Diamond Beach in Jokul. Shortly after Streng sat down to pose, the piece of ice broke off and floated into the water.

“I thought it was safe. One girl had been on it and then two girls at the same time, and it was very secure with them. When I got on it, it started to shake and a wave was coming in. A very large wave came in and made the throne kind of shake, and I could tell that I was slipping off,” Streng told ABC News.

Streng’s story went hot after her 24-year-old granddaughter Catherine tweeted a text message exchange she had with her father about the incident. “My grandmother almost got lost at sea in Iceland today!”

Catherine, who teaches English in Seoul, South Korea, explained via Twitter that her father described the scene vividly. He has a PhD in English, and described the event in the following words, “She climbed to the throne after a wave had pulled back and left it briefly exposed on the beach. Then a wave washed in and removed the ice throne, rocking it from side to side. When the wave left, it lifted the throne and carried her out into the sea with the tide.”

Luckily for the Streng family, Randy, a licensed boat captain from Florida with knowledge of water rescue strategies witnessed the whole thing, and was able to save the day.

1. Where was the grandma when her son was taking a picture for her?

A．On a crown.	B．In an iceboat.
C．At a throne beach.	D．On an iceberg.

2. How did Catherine spread this accident?

A．By drawing a vivid picture.

B．By exchanging tweeter account.

C．By talking with her father in Seoul.

D．By posting the text message exchange with her father.

3. Who saved the grandmother?

A．Catherine.	B．Streng.
C．Randy.	D．Judith.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Taking Pictures Must be Very Dangerous

B．A Grandma Floated out to the Sea on an Iceberg

C．An Optimistic Family Who Love Iceberg

D．The Licensed Boat Captain Went Hot Slowly

3 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限—词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。

A terrible fire happened in one office building in our city at about nine o'clock last night.

In the beginning, we saw flames with thick black smoke coming out from the five floor, and we also hear the explosion of the gas tank. It was said what the fire started at the first floor, spreading one by one to the floors above, but finally reached the top floor. Some windows and brick wall were burnt down because the heat of the fire. Many people stood outside on the streets watch the fire in horror. Many bravely firemen and fire engines came quickly. Luckily, there was no one person in the office building when the fire was broke out. It took about two hours for the firemen to put out a big fire.

4 . A mixture of deep sorrow and anger has swept Brazilians across the country — particularly in the city of Rio de Janeiro — with the burning of their beloved Museu Nacional, or National Museum.

By Monday morning, when I visited the site, the firemen were busy trying to enter the huge, early 19th-century neoclassical building. For all we know, everything may have been burned to ashes. Fortunately, no one, not even the four security guards who witnessed the beginning of the fire, has been injured.

Nobody yet knows the cause of the fire, but it is the officials' irresponsibility and the funding shortages in particular, which are being blamed for this tragedy.

Some of the museum's researchers told the press that they had been able to save some things from the exhibition rooms before the fire moved in. However, we Brazilians have lost much of the material memory of our short past. A good part of our 518 years of history, or that which had been transformed into storable objects, disappeared in just a few hours.

The people of Rio de Janeiro were fond of taking their children, or grandchildren to the museum to show off their knowledge of the odd-looking mummies brought in from Egypt by the Emperor Dom Pedro II, a huge skeleton of a humpback whale, or the brightly coloured feathers of a headdress of the Kayapo tribe.

When I think that I can no longer take my youngest daughter to the Museu Nacional — that is what gets me emotional. It is this feeling that has penetrated (穿透) our souls and may leave Brazilians feeling empty for a long time to come.
1. What can we learn about the National Museum of Brazil?

A．It has a history of 518 years.

B．All of its collections have been lost.

C．It was built in the early 19th century.

D．It is not very popular in the country.

2. According to the text, _______ caused the big fire of the museum.

A．the inefficient firemen	B．the irresponsible officials
C．the careless security guards	D．something unknown

3. The text is written in a mood of_______.

A．delight	B．sorrow
C．defeat	D．humour

4. Which can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Fire Put out in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

B．Our Fond Memories of the Past

C．Who Is to Blame for the Accident?

D．A Museum Is Lost and Might Never Return

5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the date today?

A．November 10th.

B．November 11th.

C．November 12th.

2. What was the man doing when he smelled the smoke?

A．Watching TV.

B．Frying some chips.

C．Talking to his mom.

3. What did the man do when he realized there was a fire?

A．He rushed out of the kitchen.

B．He called the fire department.

C．He threw blankets over the flames.

4. Which of the following was damaged worst?

A．The cooker.

B．One wall.

C．The kitchen units.