I was sleeping in my room when my bed started shaking and a loud noise was heard.I woke up and my mom was screaming my name.Next moment I was running along with my younger sister，mom and dad.Before I ran out of the door，I realized my elder sister hadn't come out yet.So I screamed her name at the top of my voice.My mom said she had gone to her class.Then the four of us，along with many others，were running on the staircase(楼梯).We lived on the seventh floor，so I thought we would not be able to make it and the building would fall before we managed to reach even the fourth floor.My dad's head was injured by something falling down.I did try to put my hand over his head.When we reached the sixth floor，the building split into two.We had no way to get down.

The next thing I remember is silence.There were around 30 people on the staircase and none could react.Five minutes later，someone opened the door of the sixth floor flat.We all went in.We were wondering how we would get down.From the balcony of the sixth floor flat，I saw people standing on the ground floor.All eyes were stuck on us.I could see my elder sister crying.

Our first hope of surviving came when a worker climbed a rope to where we were.That was，the first time we thought maybe we could get down.Half an hour passed and we were still trapped.Finally RSS people arrived with ropes.They got people down one by one.My biggest worry was how my dad would get down.Finally after two and a half hours，we all got down.

That day we saw the power of nature.It has taken more than two years to build the flats and it took just one and a half minutes to destroy the structure.

60.What is this passage mainly about?

A.Ways to survive an earthquake.

B.Reasons why earthquakes happen.

C.The love of parents in an earthquake.

D.The writer's experience in an earthquake.

61.When the building split into two，the writer and his family_________.

A.were still sleeping

B.were trapped on the sixth floor

C.were looking for a family member

D.were running from the seventh floor to the sixth floor

62.The first time the writer thought they would probably survive was when______.

A.he was encouraged by people on the ground floor

B.someone opened the door of the sixth floor flat

C.a worker climbed up on a rope

D.RSS people arrived with ropes

63.The earthquake made the writer realize that_________.

A.there is always hope for people

B.the power of nature is really great

C.natural disasters can happen any time

D.human beings are strong in natural disasters

C

What are you crying for?

Robert and Peter study in the same university.They do everything together and help each other.But they often play jokes on each other. The school year was over last month and they decided to travel through the country in America. They drove a car and could stop wherever they wanted. Of course they enjoyed themselves. It was very hot one day and they were both hungry and thirsty. They stopped in front of a restaurant by the road. They came in ,sat down at a table and ordered some dishes. Robert looked around and found there was a small bowl on the table. He thought there was some ice cream in it and took a spoonful of it and put it into his mouth. Immediately he knew it was mustard(芥末),but it was too late . Tears ran down his face, but he pretended nothing had happened . The other young man, seeing his friend crying, asked, "What are you crying about, Robert? " "I'm thinking of my father who was hanged twenty years ago, "was a reply. After a while Peter made the same mistake. Tears ran down his cheeks(脸颊),too. And his friend asked him why. "I wonder why your father hadn't been hanged before he got married!"

64. Robert and Peter went to travel_____.

A. at weekend B. on New Year's Day

C. during the summer holiday D. during the winter holiday

65. Robert took a spoonful of mustard because_____.

A. it was free B. he thought it was ice cream

C. he liked it very much D. it was delicious

66. Robert didn't tell Peter it was some mustard in the bowl because_____.

A. he wanted his friend to repeat the mistake

B. he didn't know his friend hated it

C. he thought his friend knew what it was

D. he thought his friend was interested in it

67. What do Peter's last words mean?

A. Robert's father would be hanged earlier.

B. It was wrong to play a joke on a friend.

C. He must give his friend a lesson.

D. His friend wouldn't be born.

D

A young man once went into town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home，he went upstairs to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were about two inches too long.

He went downstairs to the kitchen. His mother and two sisters were washing up the tea-things there. "The new trousers are too long，"he said.

"They need shortening by about two inches. Could one of you do it for me，please?"His mother and sisters were busy and none of them said anything.

But as soon as his mother had finished washing up，she went quietly upstairs to her son's bedroom and shortened the trousers by two inches. She came downstairs without saying anything to her daughters.

Later on，after supper，the elder sister remembered her brother's trousers. She was a kind-hearted girl，so she went quietly upstairs without saying anything to anyone，and shortened the trousers by two inches.

The younger sister went to the cinema，but when she came home she，too，remembered her brother's trousers. So she ran upstairs and did as her mother and sister had done.