听下面一段对话，回答第17至第20四个小题。

17.What do we learn from the passage?

A.More can be done to reduce the damage of earthquake

B.Earthquakes always cause serious damage

C.Nothing can be done to reduce the damage of earthquake

18.How many people died in the Kobe earthquake?

A.75,000 B.Nearly 310,000 C.More than 6,000

19.What is the major difficulty in doing more to reduce the earthquake damage?

A.Engineers do not have the knowledge

B.Protection is too costly at present

C.No one take earthquakes seriously

20.How many ways to reduce the damage are mentioned in the passage?

A.5 B.3 C.4

二•单项填空(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)

21. —Honey. I apologize for behaving so rudely in front of your family.

— They should know you meant well.

A.OK B.It all depends C.I am sorry too! D.Oh, that’s all right

22. ---- Do you know our town at all?

----No, this _______ the first time I _________ here.

A. was; has come B. is; come

C. is; had come D. is; have come

23. ---My sister is very upset today.

---It’s your fault. You ______ the bad news to her yesterday.

A. should tell B. should have told

C. shouldn’t have told D. must tell

24. The number of the students who attended the meeting yesterday ________ more than 400.

A. was B. were C. will be D. has been

25. Every minute is made full _______ of _______ our lessons well.

A. to use; study B. use; studying

C use; to study D. used; studying

26. All the doctors in the hospital insisted that he ____ badly wounded and that he _____ at once.

A. should be; be operated on B. were; must be operated on

C. be; was operated on D. was; be operated on

27. That hero who died in the war was so brave that he never ____ to the enemies until death.

A. gave up B. gave out C. gave in D. gave away

28. ---Why does she always ask you for help?

---- There is no one else __________, is there?

A. who to turn B she can turn to

C. for whom to turn D. for her to turn

29. One way to learn English better is to gain knowledge of the culture of English speaking countries.

A./ B.the C.a D.one

30.______ of the land in that district _______ covered with trees and grass.

A. Two-fifth; is B. Two- fifth; are

C. Two-fifths; is D. Two-fifths; are

31. Only when you do it yourself _________ it more difficult than it is expected.

A. you will find B. will find you

C. did you find D. will you find

32.Many of them turned a deaf ear to his advice , ______ they knew it to be valuable.

A. as if B. now that C. even though D. so that

33. --- Are you still busy ?

---- Yes, I ______ my homework , and it won’t take long.

A. just finish B. am just finishing

C. have just finished D. am just going to finish

34. It was in the factory ________ I worked when I was twenty _____ I met Linda who later became my wife.

A. that; where B. where; that

C. that; that D. where; where

35. Einstein’s theory proved _______ and soon he became world famous.

A. being corrected B. correctly C. as correct D. to be correct