1UnitUnit 5 5 WhatWhat werewere youyou doingdoing whenwhen thethe rainstormrainstorm camecame一、阅读理解一、阅读理解共共 1515 小题小题, ,计计 3030 分分) )阅读下面短文阅读下面短文, ,从每小题从每小题 A A、B B、C C、D D 四个选项中四个选项中, ,选出能回答所提问题或完成所给选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。句子的最佳答案。 AA little girl walked to and from school every day. Though it was not fine and clouds appeared in the sky that morning, the little girl made her daily trip to school as usual. When school was over, the winds became stronger and it began to rain.The mother of the little girl felt worried that her daughter would be afraid when she walked home from school and that lightning(闪电)might make her child scared. Following the bright light of lightning, the mother quickly got into her car and drove to her childs school.When the mother drove along the road, she saw her little girl walking alone in the rain. To her great surprise, she found that when a lightning came, her daughter stopped, looked up and smiled. Another lightning came and then another followed. With each lightning, the little girl stopped, looked up and smiled.Inside the car, the mother asked her daughter, “What were you doing? Why did you look up and smile when the lightning came? “The little girl answered with a smile, “Mum, you know, God was looking at me. Each time I felt a little afraid walking in the rain, God would take a picture of me. I knew he was playing a game with me.1. How did the little girl go to school every day?A. By car B. On foot C. By bus2. What was the weather like that day?A. It was rainy B. It was fine C. It was only cloudy.3. At first the mother feel worried because_.A. she couldnt help her daughterB. her daughter hadnt taken her umbrella2C. her daughter might be afraid of the lightning4. According to the article, we can know that the little girl wasA. Shy B.brave C.nervous5. This passage is possibly from_.A. a menu B. a dictionary D.a magazineBPerhaps your childhood piano lessons made you never want to play the piano again. Perhaps a piano is too expensive for you to afford. Now, thanks to a program in Sydney called “Play Me, Im yours“, people are able to play the piano in public places for free. They share beautiful music, and the program also helps them communicate with each other.Thirty pianos have been placed in different parts of the city, including in several parks, at a bus stop and on some streets. The pianos have the logo“Play Me, Im yours “on them. People are invited to play music or sing songs with the pianos, no matter what level of ability they have. Lots of people have been attracted(被吸引) to the program and stopped to watch or play the pianos.“Play Me, Im yours “is a part of the Sydney Festival. It is a project of the British artist Luck Jerram. He wants to help people in the city connect with each other. He thinks that so many peopleare sitting in front of computers and busy with their work all hours, and they almost have no chance to enjoy music. So the purpose of the project is to help them relax and make new friends.The program“ Play Me, m yours” has also reached England and Brazil(巴西) before. It waswarmly welcomed there. But its greatest success seems to come at the Sydney Festival. “Its a chance or people to be creative, connect with strangers and just have some fun, “Jerram said.6. According to the first sentence of the passage, your childhood piano lessons may be _.A. boring B.valuable C. interesting D.meaningful7. Thirty pianos are placed in parts of the city except(除了)_.3A. in parks B. at a bus stop C. on streets D. in a school8. The aim of the project is to help people_.A.sing songs B.play the piano for freeC.relax and make friends D. enjoy beautiful music9. _countries have had the program.A. Two B.Three C. Four D. Five10. What can be the best title for the passage?A. Beautiful music B. A British artist, Luck JerramC. The Sydney Festival D. A program“Play Me, I m yoursCLast Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories(新界), destroying (毁坏)fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged(破坏)that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether(总共) over two hundred hundred people were homeless after the storm.A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour. “I was eating with my wife and children. “he said. “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very scared.”Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.Th