A few people were standing outside, watching. For a moment, I stood with them in silent 44 and watched my house 45 . I’d only been in there for a few minutes. and there hadn’t been much smoke, so I was 46 but in shock. I rang my parents, who came straight over and drove me away.
The next time I 47 my house was on the news and that’s when I finally 48 what had happened: my home had been struck by 49 .
Later that morning I went back to the remains of my house. The walls and part of the ceiling were 50 there, but everything was black and everything was 51 . The fireman said the stairs and roof could collapse（倒塌），but 52 I went up to my bedroom to 53 what I could. I found some photographs that had been protected by a glass desk. In my car I had three pairs of shoes. That was all I had left of my 54 life.
The house was later rebuilt, but it's not actually 55 for lightning to strike the same place twice, so I decided to move.
Nature can destroy everything we have. 36. A. quiet B. dark 37. A. kept
C. smelly D frightening B. decided
C.felt D. lost
38..A. flames B. smoke 39. A. clever 40. A .pain 41. A. searching for on
42.A Naturally
C. steam D. fog
C. excited D. calm C.fear D. shame
D. calling
B proud B. hope
B. picking out C. looking after
B. Usually C. Suddenly D.Luckily
43.A. relaxing B. regretting C.shaking D.recovering 44. A. anger B. shock 45. A. showing up B. coming up
46. A. fine B. funny C. kind 47. A. recognized 48. A. checked out
C. pity D.coldness C. breaking down D. burning down D. special
B.saw C. passed D. left
B pointed out C. carried out D. found out
49. A. earthquake B. rainstorm C. lightning D. thunder 50. A. only 51. A. damaged 52. A. confident
B.still C. even D. always B. valued C. stolen D. examined B. patiently C carefully D.strictly
53. A. share 54.A. old
B.save C. clean D. prepare B. boring C. different D. real
D. frequent
55.A. uncommon B. difficult C.wise 第三部分 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸(卡)上将该项涂黑。
A
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Omega AXL Inkless Pen
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Altgalley chopsticks
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55. Which product offers the highest discount ? A. Reusable straw. B. Altgalley chopsticks. C. Omega AXL Inkless Pen. D. Aduro HomeDome Smart Outlet.
56. What do we know about the Omega AXL Inkless Pen?
A. It can be used for a very long time. B. It is a kind of ballpoint pen. C. It can be easily erased. D. It can stand upright.
57. What do the four products have in common? A. They can be connected to smart phones. B. They are widely popular with families. C. They are environmentally friendly. D. They are easy to carry and clean.
B
The world’s oldest known wild bird, an albatross（信天翁） named Wisdom，has returned to her nesting place in the Midway Atoll. The 68-year-old bird has just laid another egg.
The Midway Atoll is made of two small islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is an important place for albatrosses, and an important place for scientists who want to study them. One of the ways scientists can study birds is by banding（给……戴环志） them. Putting a small numbered band on the leg of a bird, helps scientists tell which bird is which. This makes it easier to keep track of what happens among the birds. Over 250.000 albatrosses have been banded on Midway Since 1936.
Wisdom was first banded by scientist Chandler Robbins in 1956, along with thousands of other albatrosses. At the time, she was at least 5 years old. Wisdom carried Robbins’ band around the world for many years. Then, surprisingly, the scientist and the bird were reunited in 2002. when Robbins returned to Midway to research albatrosses again. He rebanded Wisdom and, checking the band records, discovered he had been the first one to put a band on her------ 46 years before.
Wisdom was using the same nesting place. Adult albatrosses spend a lot of their lives flying over the sea, resting from time to time on the water to eat. But they return to the same nesting place every year. When albatrosses choose a partner they remain partners for life. But Wisdom has been alive so long that she has had a few partners .
Wisdom is not just old, she is also active. Because it takes so much time and energy for parent albatrosses to raise a chick------it takes about seven months until it can fly------ many albatrosses lay eggs every other year. But Wisdom has laid an egg every single year since 2006. Because Wisdom has been laying eggs for so long, she could have her chicks and the chicks of her chicks all around her. There may soon be one more to add to the list.
59. What does the author want to do in Paragraph 2? A. Use an example to support the topic. B. Offer some background information. C. Give an explanation for what happened. D. Attract the readers' interest in the topic. 60. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about? A. How albatrosses are banded. B. How biologists study albatrosses. C. The life of Wisdom since she was banded. D. The connection between Wisdom and a scientist
61. What does the underlined word it in the last paragraph refer to? A. Wisdom.
B. Wisdom’s partner. C. A baby albatross. D. A parent albatross.
62. How is Wisdom different from ordinary albatrosses ? A. She lays an egg every year. B. She uses different nesting spots C. She changes partners very often. D. She has been banded several times
C
Rising temperatures may cause significant declines in the global production of the staple food（主食） crops， according to a new study. It’s the latest study to suggest that climate change may threaten some of the world’s most globally important crops ---a major concern for food security in nations around the world.
The new study also suggests that a warmer world will also cause corn yields (产量) to become more variable from one year to the next, in addition to just being lower overall. This means the probability of major corn-producing regions experiencing a bad crop year all at the same time---an event that would significantly drive up corn prices around the world ---increases.
The researchers, led by Michelle Tigchelaar of the University of Washington, used global data on corn production to inform models of corn yields under different future climate scenarios(情况)。