pouring polluted water onto the vegetables ( do harm to )the

---People should stop pouring dirty water into the lake.
--- _______. It will cause pollution.

A．I agree with you	B．I don’t think so
C．Don’t say like that	D．No problem

---It’s pouring now. Are we still going camping tomorrow?
----_____ it is good or bad, we will set off as planned.

A．However

B．Whether

C．Whatever

D．No matter

It was 3:43. Thunder was crashing and the rain was pouring. Suddenly my father rushed into my room. “Adam! Adam! Get up! We’re flooding!” he shouted and shook me by the shoulders. That woke up! I ran downstairs to the basement. It was like a swimming pool. My mother and I immediately started to pick up things and take them upstairs. I had no on, so my feet were quite freezing.
Things got worse every minute. Within the next hour, we had moved everything that we could to the first floor. The computer, big-screen television and heavy boxes with our most valuable things were taken to safety. , our piano, sofa, washing machine and water heater were all still down there—being . There was nothing we could do.
That was the hardest part. Knowing that your home is being destroyed is bad enough, but that you can’t do anything to stop it feels even worse.
Water had come in our front door. Rescue were floating in our streets. Mother told me to pack an overnight bag of clothes and valuables and get ready to leave.
When it was safe to walk outside, all the people in the neighborhood at the street corner. People became friends, and friends became like family. People each other. We learned later that the National Weather Service had declared the storm a flash flood.
I really have something from this flood. I’ve learned what destruction is. I have learned what means. I know in the future, when I watch people’ s lives affected by natural disasters, I can understand them. I will show great pity on them and I will do what I can to help them.
小题1:

A．him

B．them

C．her

D．me

小题2:

A．hat

B．shoes

C．jacket

D．glasses

小题3:

A．covered

B．crowded

C．filled

D．fixed

小题4:

A．So

B．And

C．Because

D．However

小题5:	A．discovered B．arranged C．measured D．destroyed

小题6:	A．realizing B．knowing C．telling D．writing

小题7:	A．ships B．boats C．cars D．buses

小题8:	A．finally B．usually C．exactly D．certainly

小题9:	A．stood B．walked C．gathered D．met

小题10:

A．comforted B．influenced C．believed D．worried

小题11:

A．learned

B．discovered

C．thought

D．concluded

小题12:

A．truth

B．safety

C．value

D．regret

That was a terrible night . The rain was pouring down, _________ thunder and lightning.

A．being accompanied by

B．accompanied by

C．accompanying

D．accompanies

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Thousands of people began pouring into Pennsylvania from other states. They wanted to buy lottery(彩票) tickets. The tickets cost only $0.9each. But that small spending could bring them a reward of $90 million. That was the second largest lottery jackpot(积累奖金) in history。
More than 87 million tickets were bought for the Pennsylvania lottery drawing . Those who bought tickets had to choose seven numbers from 1 to 80 The chance of winning was one in 9.6 million. But that little chance certainly did not affect tickets sales. In the last few days before the drawing , tickets were selling at the unbelievable rate of 500 per second .
Experts say many people buy lottery tickets because they just want to have a piece of the action .Others say the lottery is a stock market for poor people . It allows them to dream about wealth they will probably never have .
But many people believe lotteries are no better than legalized(合法化) gambling . Some critics note that most people who play are poor and may not be able to afford the tickets .There are also many addicts who take the game seriously, They may pour their life savings into lottery tickets .Some clubs have been formed to help them kick the habit.
Politicians like lotteries because they provide money that would otherwise have to come from new taxes. The profits from lotteries are usually used to pay for education or programs for senior citizens. But critics say this arrangement just allows states to legalize vice(恶习) under the name of social progress . No matter whether you regard state lotteries right or not , you can not refuse to accept their extreme popularity with many Americans .
小题1:The main idea of the passage is that________________.

A．lotteries are of great benefit to everyone who buys them.

B．play a lottery is just like investing in the stock market

C．a lot of people buy lottry tickets ,but lotteries cause disagreement

D．lotteries are just legalized vice

小题2:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ?

A．Politicians like lotteries because they do not have to pay extra tax.

B．The popularity of lotteries in America actually is social progress .

C．Some critics do not like lotteries because many poor people waste their money on them .

D．People love the lottery because it is a stock market.

小题3:In just one hour in the last few days , the Pennsylvania lottery sold tickets totaling about ______________.

A．$1.62million

B．$90 million

C．$9.6million

D．$87million

小题4:People who are addicted to playing lotteries should __________.

A．join a club	B．kick the habit
C．win the Pennsylvania	D．save every cent

Rain is pouring down from the sky without any sign of stopping．Farmers begin to worry about their crops since it _____ as long as 24 hours．

A．would rain

B．had rained

C．was raining

D．has been raining