During the mid­1960s，Vinh Linh，Quang Tri in Vietnam was a wasteland，which was often under attack from the US air force.Vietnamese soldiers who were fighting against the US discussed how to make people there safe.Some suggested moving the people underground.Then they began to build a tunnel (隧道)．

The Vinh Moc tunnel was built for the people of Son Trung and Son Ha in Vinh Linh county of Quang Tri Province.It was built in several stages，beginning in 1966 and was in use until 1971.It grew to include wells，kitchens，rooms for each family and hospitals.Around 60 families lived in the tunnel.

Deep under the ground，hidden from soldiers，people lived in the tunnel for many years.They survived.The tunnel was a success and no villagers lost their lives thanks to it.

During that time,17 children were born in the tunnel，each of whose lives was a proof that the tunnel was effective in protecting the villagers.As time goes by，it has become both a historical site and a tourist attraction for people wishing to learn about a heroic period in Vietnam’s history.

The total length of the tunnel network is nearly 2 km，and has three floors.It was built over two years.The two sides have small houses every 3m.The tunnel center has a 150­seat hall，a hospital and maternity rooms (產(chǎn)房)．It is linked to the sea by seven exits，which also function as ventilators (通風(fēng)設(shè)備)，and to a nearby hill by another six.

60．What does the Vinh Moc tunnel have according to the passage?

A．Kitchens，hospitals and a hall.

B．Wells，windows and kindergartens.

C．Kitchens，kindergartens and hospitals.

D．A hall，maternity rooms and schools.

61．The villagers living in the tunnels were________during those years.

A．a(chǎn)wful                    B．safe 

C．poor                     D．generous

62．According to the passage，the Vinh Moc Tunnel________.

A．is nearly 2km in length with bad ventilation

B．had been built for 7 years before it came into use

C．is a place that shows the bravery of the local people

D．was first built as a base for the Vietnamese army

63．What is the best title for the passage?

A．How to protect the Vinh Moc tunnel.

B．A painful memory of the Vietnam War.

C．The wisdom and bravery of the Vietnamese.

D．The Vinh Moc tunnel—a famous historical relic in Vietnam.

      Mr. King was over sixty and lived by himself a long way from town. He nearly hadn’t left his home. But one day he went into town to buy things. After he bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table by himself. When he looked around, he saw several old people put glasses on before they read their newspapers. So after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself a pair of glasses, too. He walked along the street and soon found a shop.

The man in the shop helped him try on many pairs of glasses, but Mr. King always said, “No, I cannot read with them.”

The man became more and more puzzled and in the end ha said, “Excuse me, but can you read?”

“No, of course not!” Mr. King said angrily. “If I can read, why have I come here?”

55. Mr. King lived ________

A. alone                B. with several old people

C. with his family        D. with his wife

56. What did the old people in the restaurant do before they read?

A. they drank something.

B. they took out their newspaper.

C. they took their glasses off.

D. they put their glasses on.

57. What mistake did Mr. King make?

A. He didn’t try on all the glasses in the shop.

B. He thought that he would be able to read with glasses even if he couldn’t read.

C. He went to the wrong shop.

    D. He didn’t know how to choose glasses.

CHANGSHA，F(xiàn)eb．14（Xinhua）――Areas of China affected by the recent severe weather have shifted from emergency work to reconstruction，with transport and power supplies returning to normal．

The government of central Hunan Province．one of the areas hardest hit by the worst weather in half a century，said that it would offer a subsidy of 5，000 yuan（694 U. S. dollars）to each household whose residence was destroyed．Around 67，000 houses in Hunan collapsed in the snowy weather，which persisted from mid-January through late in the month．

The provincial civil affairs authorities have started checking those in need of government help，pledging they could move to new houses by May．

According to the latest official statistics，snow-related catastrophes killed 107 people and caused 111.1 billion yuan in direct losses．In a11，21 provinces，autonomous regions and municipalities have been affected．A total of 354,000 houses collapsed and 1.5 million people were evacuated．

Seven provinces―Hunan，Guizhou，Jiangxi，Anhui，Hubei，Zhejiang and Sichuan-and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region were the worst-hit areas，the Ministry of Civil Affairs said．

In Guangxi，l,332 schools were damaged and more than l,200 classrooms became dangerous．

Yu Yizhong，director of the region’s education department，urged local education administration bureaus and schools to try to raise funds and launch repair and reconstruction work as soon as possible to ensure the spring term opens as scheduled．

The extreme weather aim affected nearly 24.4 million hectares of farmland and 18.6 million ha of forests．Agricultural technicians have been organized to go to rural areas to help farmers with crop planting．

On Thursday，nearly 30 agricultural experts in eastern Anhui Province set out for a week-long service journey to snow-stricken rural areas．They will check damage and help farmers replant vegetable fields? Similar technical teams have been organized in other provinces such as Jiangxi to help farmers restore agricultural production．

Also in Jiangxi，rural credit cooperatives have provided farmers with loans totaling 3.5 bil1ion yuan．

56．According to the report，the severe weather lasted about        ．

A．one week                B．two weeks                     C．one month              D．two months

57．         was／were hit hardest by the winter storm．

A．Hunan Province      B．7 areas                 C．21 areas                 D．8 areas

58．The underlined word in Paragraph 4 means        ．

A．weather                 B．great disaster        C．great destruction      D．great hit

59．What’s the best title of the passage?

A．China’s snow disaster areas shifting focus to reconstruction work．

B．Heavy snow in East and South China．

C．Severe disaster in China．

D．Great losses in snow-hit areas in China．