(　　)3.cause C．vt.&n.(雷电等)袭击

　　(　　)4.furniture D．n.墓地；公墓

　　(　　)5.bury E．n.灾难

　　(　　)6.occur F．vt.经历

　　(　　)7.violent G．n.家具

　　(　　)8.wave H．vi.发生

　　(　　)9.strike I．adj.猛烈的；激烈的；强烈的

　　(　　)10.cemetery J．vt.埋葬

　　【答案】　1－5　EFAGJ　6－10　HIBCD

　　Ⅱ.选择下列句中词组的汉语意思

　　A．脱掉　 　B．接(某人)　 　C．结果为...... D．放下 E．平均

　　1．On average，men still earn more than women.

　　2．If she insists on sleeping on the floor，put down a mattress to make her more comfortable.

　　3．The boy was so tired that he fell asleep before his mother could take off his clothes.

　　4．Don't worry.I've arranged for a car to pick up the guests at the station at 8 o'clock.

　　5．In English，if new words continue to be used for at least five years they generally end up in the Oxford English Dictionary.

　　【答案】　1－5　EDABC

　　What Is a Tornado?

　　A tornado is a rotating (旋转的) column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground.The most violent have winds of more than 400 kilometres per hour.Almost all of them occur in the US，in the area from Texas in the southeast to South Dakota in the north.

Tornadoes can pick up cars，trains and even houses and put them down in the next