1. Where are the speakers?
| A．On the street. | B．In the truck. | C．In the emergency center. |
| A．Lie under a tree. | B．Wait for the doctors. | C．Make a phone call. |
Today is a bad day for me. I fell off
1. What does the woman probably do?
| A．A coach. |
| B．A lifesaver. |
| C．A trainer. |
| A．They are easy. |
| B．They are boring. |
| C．They are important. |
| A．Over the phone. | B．In a hospital. | C．On a beach. |
5 . Florida shores may soon become a bit safer thanks to the creativity of 13-year-old Kaial Hajik in Panama City Beach. After hearing of several drownings (溺亡) in the Gulf of Mexico over the past few years, Kail worked with his father Joe Hajik to design an emergency kit prototype (原型) called the LifeBoKx.
The LifeBoKx includes basic life-saving equipment and educational materials to be positioned along the shoreline of Panama City Beach. The emergency kit includes two life jackets and visual aids including the “Drowning Chain of Survival,” a visual representation from the International Life Saving Federation (ILS) telling how to safely behave when drowning.
Kaial and his father said the story of Richard Stacey Redman made them want to create the LifeBoKx. Redman drowned on Panama City Beach in 2019 trying to save a drowning child. “It’s not just people drowning. It’s actually the people who work to help save these people that are losing their lives,” Joe Hajik said.
The LifeBoKx is just an idea for now, but the father-son team imagines placing the emergency kits throughout the Panama City Beach shoreline.
Wil Spivey is the director of the newly created Beach Safety unit. Kaial and Joe Hajik presented the LifeBoKx to Spivey and his team. When asked about the prototype, Spivey said, “Our main feeling is that we just thought it was really exceptional — that a young man saw a need or problem in his community and tried to take action and stand up and do something meaningful about it.”
Spivey said his team supported Hajik and offered suggestions. The LifeBoKx could not stand as a replacement to lifeguards and trained emergency responders but Spivey said it offered some useful tools, particularly the educational materials, and the possibility to help the progress of emergency response.
1. What do we know about the LifeBoKx?| A．It is supported by the ILS. |
| B．It has been used across the world. |
| C．It provides some life-saving equipment. |
| D．It was created to teach children to swim. |
| A．The increasing number of drownings in their country. |
| B．Redman’s story of being drowned. |
| C．Kaial’s experience of drowning. |
| D．Their shared love of creating. |
| A．It is still in development. |
| B．It has gotten many orders. |
| C．It is popular among children. |
| D．It has not been accepted by officials. |
| A．He didn’t think it was creative. |
| B．He doubted if it would be useful. |
| C．He thought it might replace lifeguards one day. |
| D．He thought it might speed up emergency response. |
6 . All seven people have been rescued from a stricken cable car high above a remote Pakistan valley, a spokesman for the state-run emergency services said.
Pakistani authorities said army commandos (突击队), with the help of civilians, made the final rescues after an operation lasting hours. Floodlights were installed and a ground-based operation reached the remaining two people late on Tuesday more than 12 hours after their cable car was damaged, leaving it hanging unsteadily at an angle.
A helicopter had earlier plucked two children to safety before darkness. High winds meant the air rescue had to be called off. Rescuers used the cable keeping the cable car from plunging (突然向下冲) into the valley as a zip line to rescue three more children. Relatives of those trapped prayed while watching the operation and anxious crowds gathered on both sides of the valley, which is in a mountainous area of Battagram, about 125 miles (200km) north of Islamabad.
Several military helicopters had earlier in the day flown sorties and an airman was lowered by a set of bands to deliver food, water and medicine. Commandos could be seen on local TV trying to lower themselves on ropes from the helicopters to the cable car. An expert confirmed that the rescue was delicate because the wind created by the helicopters’ blades could further weaken cables holding the car up in the sky.
The children trapped were teenage boys studying at the government high school. The school is located in a mountainous area and there are no safe crossings, so it’s common to use the chairlift. People who live in the northern mountainous regions of Pakistan often use chairlifts for transport from one village to another. In 2017, 10 people were killed when a chairlift cable broke sending passengers plunging into a valley in a mountain hamlet near the capital, Islamabad.
1. How many people were saved 12 hours after cable car was trapped?| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Seven. | D．Five. |
| A．By cable car. | B．By helicopter. | C．By floodlights. | D．By a zip line. |
| A．The weather condition was tough with heavy rain. |
| B．The cable was left hanging at a dangerous angle. |
| C．The air rescue staff were incompetent. |
| D．The wind created by the helicopters’ blades is strong. |
| A．To inform the underlying accident. | B．To provide background information. |
| C．To indicate the following settlement. | D．To public the rescuing result. |
7 . There have been several incidents in recent years where people died because of unsafe crowd conditions and stampedes (人群的蜂拥), the latest one unfolding in Seoul, South Korea, with at least 155 deaths reported. This may leave some people thinking there’s little you can do to survive a stampede.
The key to staying safe in a crowd begins as soon as you arrive at the location, says Randy Atlas, a safety consultant based in Fort Lauderdale.
If there’s a sudden panic and crowds begin to push in a certain direction, your instinct (本能) may be to fight back and push the opposite way.
As you move forward with the crowd, it’s best to move in a diagonal (对角线的) direction so you can potentially angle your way out of the situation. The goal is to get to the edge of the stampede where it’s less likely that you’ll end up stuck at a choke-point, like a doorway.
In many stampede events, people die simply because they are crushed to the point they can’t breathe. But a possible way to avoid this is to place your arms in front of you, almost in a boxer-like position. That could give you some very valuable breathing room — literally.
| A．Another potential way is to shelter yourself. |
| B．But that could be a big mistake, Atlas warns. |
| C．In this case, you don’t necessarily have to wait and let time slip by. |
| D．Namely, to take note of where the nearest exits are. |
| E．It’s a simple pose, but surprisingly effective and possibly life-saving. |
| F．Other events, such as a Halloween gathering, are likely to turn deadly. |
| G．Indeed it’s a frightening situation and circumstances may make it impossible to escape. |
8 . Last week when I was reading at home, my younger sister rushed in and told me an old man was lying on the ground in front of our building. I immediately took my first-aid (急救) kit and ran downstairs. He was suffering a slight heart attack. And I performed CPR on him. Luckily, an ambulance came soon and he was taken to hospital. Later that day I was told by the hospital what I did helped rescue the old man’s life. I was happy to hear that.
You can gain the knowledge, skills and confidence to act in an emergency. You never know when you might need them — maybe at home, at work, at school or on holiday. If you have the skills, you can act whenever you’re needed.
You can stay safe at work.
It’s useful for your future career (事业). The first-hand experience you gain through learning first aid and using your skills could help you decide if you want to pursue (追求) a career in the healthy profession.
| A．But at the same time I felt a bit sad. |
| B．You can easily get a job in this profession. |
| C．You can be a helper in your community. |
| D．Illness and injury can happen anytime in the workplace. |
| E．You can take first-aid courses (课程) in your community for free. |
| F．It’s necessary for everyone to learn some basic first-aid techniques. |
| G．It also shows your commitment to the career in the health profession. |
9 . Science labs are a place of great excitement and learning, but it is important to stay safe and alert at all times.
Know about all safety procedures.
Report all spills (溢出), injuries, or broken equipment to your teacher. Immediately after a spill or breakage occurs, it must be reported to your teacher. Never try to clean up a chemical spill without consulting your teacher first.
Dress for lab work. Do not wear bulky (笨重的) clothing as this will be difficult to manage and may come into contact with a flame or chemicals.
Know where to find safety equipment. Familiarize yourself with the location of any and all safety equipment which may be available, including the fire extinguisher (灭火器), first aid kit, and the eyewash station.
| A．There are many dangers in a lab. |
| B．Wear proper protective equipment. |
| C．Listen carefully to your teacher at all times. |
| D．Roll up your sleeves and keep long hair tied back. |
| E．Listen to all instructions before beginning any experiments. |
| F．If an emergency does occur, you must know the correct way to act. |
| G．If you have access to an emergency shower, know where this is located. |
10 . Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)(心肺复苏) is a hands-on emergency intervention used to restore breathing and a heartbeat in a person who has gone into cardiac arrest.
Time is of the significance, but before you attempt CPR on someone, you’d better follow these steps:
Try to wake the person. Tap on the person’s shoulder firmly and ask“Are you OK?” in a loud voice. Move on to the next steps after five seconds of trying to wake the patient.
Call 911. Anytime a patient won’t wake up, call 911 immediately.
Check for breathing. Tilt(倾斜) the patient’s head back to open the airway and determine if they are breathing.
| A．Put the person on their back. |
| B．Make sure the environment is safe. |
| C．Place your hands on the person’s chest. |
| D．If you can’t, you can ask a bystander to call. |
| E．Check to see if the person has a pulse and is breathing. |
| F．If the patient doesn’t take a breath after 10 seconds, start CPR. |
| G．Common causes of cardiac arrest are a heart attack or near-drowning. |
