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Among the dead in South Asia’s tsunami ^① were many tourists at Sri Lanka’s national wildlife park at Yala. But very few of the park’s animals — elephants, buffaloes, monkeys and wild cats — appear to have died. There are theories that animals can sense natural disasters and flee to safety.
First, it’s possible that the animals may have heard the quake before the tsunami hit. The underwater rupture likely produced sound waves known as infrasound ^② or infrasonic sound. Humans can’t hear infrasound, but many animals including dogs, elephants, tigers and pigeons can.
A second early warning sign the animals might have sensed is ground vibration ^③ . The massive quake would have produced vibrational waves known as Rayleigh waves. These vibrations move through the ground like waves move on the surface of the ocean but faster. They travel at ten times the speed of sound. The Rayleigh waves would have reached SriLanka hours before the water hit. Mammals, birds, insects and spiders can sense Rayleigh waves. So the animals at Yale might have felt the Rayleigh waves and then run to higher ground.
But what about humans? While we can’t hear infrasound, we can feel it, although we don’t necessarily know we’re feeling it. We also experience Rayleigh waves by special sensors in our joints, which exist just for that purpose. Sadly, it seems we don’t pay attention to the information when we get it. Maybe we screen it out because there’s so much going on before our eyes and in our ears. Humans have a lot of things on our minds and usually that works out OK.
Notes:
①tsunami n. 海啸
②infrasound n. 次声
③vibration n. 振动，颤动
Choose the best answers according to the above:
小题1: Why did few animals at Yala die when the tsunamis that caused a huge number of human deaths hit?

A．Because the animals were staying at a higher place in the park.

B．Because the animals were able to run much faster than human beings.

C．Because human beings cannot hear the infrasonic sound.

D．Because the animals might have picked up the danger signals and ran away.

小题2:Which of the statements about “Ravleigh waves” is true?

A．Rayleigh waves are massive vibrational waves that usually cause quakes or tsunamis.

B．Rayleigh waves move on the ocean surface at a speed ten times that of sound waves.

C．Rayleigh waves can be felt both by animals and human beings.

D．Rayleigh waves, just like infrasonic sound, can only be felt by animals.

小题3:When a tsunami hits, it is possible that＿＿＿＿.

A．we can’t feel the infrasound so we can’t be informed of the danger

B．we can feel Rayleigh waves as well as infrasound so we are able to escape the danger like animals

C．we were so busy with things on our minds that we feel neither infrasound nor Rayleigh waves

D．we think nothing of the information of its coming even though we can also get it

小题4: What does the underlined word “that” in the last sentence refer to?

A．Screening out the information.

B．There being so much going on before our eyes and in our ears.

C．Having a lot of things on our minds.

D．Paying attention to the information.

The Blacks are American tourists. They visit in Beijing now. This is their first visit to China. They are going to stay in China for three months. They want to visit some big cities and villages. They hope to learn some Chinese, too.
Mr. Black is a taxi driver. He likes to drive in Beijing. Mrs. Black is a school teacher. She is visiting a city school today and a village school tomorrow. Their daughter is a middle school student. She is going to meet some Chinese students.
They are taking a lot of pictures in China. When they return to America, they are going to show the pictures to their friends. They want the American people to know more about China.
小题1:The Blacks are from .

A．China

B．England

C．Canada

D．the USA

小题2:The Blacks are staying in now.

A．England

B．Beijing

C．Shanghai

D．New York

小题3: Mr. Black is .

A．a teacher

B．a doctor

C．a taxi driver

D．a worker

小题4:There are people in Mr. Black’s family.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

小题5:Why are they going to show the pictures to their friends when they go back to America?

A．Because the pictures are very beautiful.

B．Because they like China.

C．Because they want the American people to know more about China.

D．Because they want the American people to come to China.

The Blacks are American tourists. They are visiting Beijing now. This is their first visit to China. They are going to stay in China for three months. They want to visit some big cities and villages .They hope to learn some Chinese ,too.
Mr. Black is a taxi driver. He likes to drive in Beijing .Mrs Black is a school teacher. She is visiting a city school today and she’s going to visit a village school tomorrow. Their daughter is a middle school student. She is going to meet some Chinese students.
They are taking a lot of pictures in China. When they go back to America, they are going to show the pictures to their friends. They want the American people to know more about China.
小题1:The Blacks are from .

A．China

B．England

C．Canada

D．the USA

小题2:The Blacks are staying in now.

A．England

B．Beijing

C．Shanghai

D．New York

小题3:Mr.Black is .

A．a teacher

B．a doctor

C．a taxi driver

D．a worker

小题4:There are people in Mr. Black’s family.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

小题5:Why are they going to show the pictures to their friends when they go back to America?

A．Because the pictures are very beautiful.

B．Because they like China.

C．Because they want the American people to know more about China.

D．Because they want the American people to come to China.

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
Put yourself in these tourists’ position. You are walking an icy mountain path in the Alps in Europe. Suddenly you spot a body on the ground, face downward and stuck to the ice. You think someone may have been murdered or in a fatal accident. So you rush back and call the police. The police, however, quickly realize that this body is different from others they’ve found on the mountain. For one thing, it is mostly undamaged. For another, its skin is dried out, like a mummy’s（木乃伊）. And there is an old small stone knife beside the body.
The body turned out be much older than the tourists could have guessed. When specialists（专家）had a chance to examine it, they discovered it had been there for about five thousand years!
How could a body stay preserved for all this time? Two things probably helped. First, the place where the man died was somewhat sheltered, so animals couldn’t get at it. Then he was quickly covered by falling snow. Wind blowing through the snow probably “freeze-dried” his body, removing all moisture(水分) from it.
Objects found with the body told something about the Iceman’s life. He wore a well-made fur jacket and trousers. He clearly had been hunting, because he carried arrows, and animal bones were nearby. He also had a grass cushion for sitting or sleeping on. Perhaps he was tired when he lay down for the last time.
The body was found in 1991, when some of the ice on the mountain melted. Searching for the cause of the Iceman’s death, scientists put the body back into cold conditions---and hoped.
1. What does the underlined word “spot” in the first paragraph probably mean?
A. lay B. dig C. find D. carry
2. Which of the following is NOT the reason that the police realize that the body is different from others?
A. The body’s skin is like a mummy’s. B. Beside the body is an old small stone knife.
C. The body is much older than others. D. The body is mostly undamaged.
3. At what time of a year was the Iceman probably died?
A. Early fall. B. Late spring. C. Summer. D. Winter.
4. This passage is mainly to _____________
A. tell us what life was like 5, 000 years ago.
B. warn us not to go to the Alps.
C. introduce a mysterious Iceman to us.
D. explain the mystery of the Alps.

That it keeps raining cats and dogs ________ the tourists.

A．worry

B．worried

C．worries

D．worrying