Oindrila Basu from India, 25, is a key member of a global forestry organization. Back in her youth, she had to be taught the importance of nature. She used to destroy nests of the bulbul bird just for fun. Once, her mother caught her and forced her to find the eggs and replace the nest. With a heavy heart, the girl realized she had done something terrible.
This is just one way that Basu’s parents shaped her understanding and appreciation of nature. Living in the countryside, she spent her youth studying ants before a rain, watching sunbirds drink bottlebrush nectar, counting fireflies and watching seedlings grow. Then her parents decided to move to a nearby city with better educational opportunities and she stopped having firsthand experiences with nature.
As she struggled to choose a college major, her mother suggested a career in forestry. That’s when her journey began and she fell in love with forestry. Away from the crowded concrete cities, in the lap of the Himalayas, she got her bachelor’s degree in forestry from Kumaun University, India. When she went on to study for a master’s in forestry from the Forest Research Institute, India, she finally got introduced to a like-minded group of people, devoted to the same cause-the International Forestry Students’ Association（IFSA）.
IFSA is a global organization connecting students to exchange knowledge and participate in forestry activities. The youth joining IFSA are encouraged to undertake its mission-to enrich forest education and spread a love of nature through events and intercultural exchanges.
After six months of exciting international conferences and workshops, Basu, found her home-a family that loved forests as much as she did. She felt rejuvenated（重生的）; her passion had a direction. Now she wanted to do more.
Now with the IFSA, Basu recalled her experience of joining, “On purpose or by chance we chose forestry, or rather, forestry chose us”.
1. What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?| A．Basu fell in love with nature when she first saw bird nests. |
| B．Basu didn’t go to school when she lived in the countryside. |
| C．Basu’s parents didn’t like her to spend much time in nature. |
| D．Basu’s love for nature grew as she learned more about it. |
| A．The development of an Indian family. | B．The road to forestry of an Indian girl. |
| C．The importance of protecting forest. | D．The influence of IFSA on everyone. |
| A．communicate with nature lovers | B．escape city life |
| C．take a master’s degree course | D．organize forestry activities |
| A．Challenging. | B．Moving. |
| C．Inspiring. | D．Promising. |
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【推荐1】Shark attacks in the screen are amazing. That’s because your actual chances of ever being attacked by a shark are mere one in 11.5 million. That’s roughly the same as your chances of winning an Oscar, which makes shark attack survivor, Mike Coots both incredibly unlucky and lucky: When Mike was 18, he lost his leg to a shark bite.
“I was attacked by a tiger shark in late October 1997. It was near my home on the island of Kauai — a typical fall morning with friends. The waves were really good, so nothing was stopping us.” That is until a large shark came right up under Mike and sank his teeth into Mike’s lower leg. As he tried to free himself, the shark bit down harder, shaking its head back and forth and tossing Mike around like a rag doll. Mike followed his instinct (本能): He struck the shark in the face, again and again until the shark released him. As Mike swam back into shore, he realized his lower right leg was gone. Mike’s friends rushed to his aid, and sent him to the hospital.
As soon as Mike was well, he did what many of us might consider unthinkable: he started riding the waves again, in fact, his first time back was near the site of his attack. But Mike was unshaken. Instead, he was curious — why was he attacked? His curiosity led him to research sharks, and Mike did learn something that would change his life: Humans are far more dangerous to sharks than the other way around.
His situation as a shark survivor empowered him to give sharks a voice, Mike says. He began working with the Hawaii state authorities (当局) to help pass a ban (禁令) on shark-derived products. “I partnered with other like-minded shark attack survivors and marine biologists, and we headed to Washington to urge (敦促) senators to create a nationwide bit! protecting sharks.”
1. Why does the author show the chances of being attacked by sharks?| A．To inform readers of some related knowledge. |
| B．To attract people to watch shark attacks in the screen. |
| C．To stress Mike’s unusual experience of the shark attack. |
| D．To show everyone has the chance of winning an Oscar. |
| A．By hitting the shark hard continually. |
| B．By swimming desperately to the shore, |
| C．By screaming loudly for his friends’ help. |
| D．By shaking its head up and down to get away. |
| A．To overcome his fear of sharks. |
| B．To research on how sharks attack humans. |
| C．To find out the reason for his being attacked. |
| D．To prove humans are more dangerous than sharks. |
| A．He passed a ban on shark-derived products. |
| B．He created a nationwide bill in Washington. |
| C．He worked with the authorities to protect sharks. |
| D．He urged shark attack survivors to protect sharks. |
【推荐2】A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill, he was very worried. He telephoned the vet.
“What’s the problem?” The vet asked him when he arrived.
“My cow's ill,” the farmer said. “I don’t know what's the matter with her. She’s lying down and won’t eat. She's making a strange noise.”
The vet looked over the cow. "She's certainly ill," he said, "and she needs to take some very strong medicine." He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, "Give her these. The pills should make her better."
“How should I give them to her?” the farmer asked.
The vet gave him a tube and said, "Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pills in the tube and blow. That 'll make it."
The next day the vet came to the farm again. The farmer was sitting outside his house and looked more worried.
“How's your cow?” the vet asked.
“No change,” the farmer said, “and I’m feeling very strange myself.”
“Oh?” the vet said, "Why?"
“I did what you said,” the farmer answered. “I put the tube in the cow's mouth and then put two pills down it.”
“And?” the vet asked.
“The cow blew first,” the farmer said.
1. In the story, the vet must be _________.| A．the farmer's friend | B．a milk factory |
| C．a hospital for cows | D．a doctor for animals |
| A．couldn't lie down | B．didn't eat the pills |
| C．couldn't make any noise | D．was ill |
| A．Bottle of pills. | B．A long tube. | C．Two pills. | D．A small box. |
| A．to blow the tube | B．to make the cow take the pills |
| C．to take the medicine | D．to put the tube in his mouth |
【推荐3】Mei Lum is the fifth-generation owner of Wing on Wo & Co. in Manhattan’s Chinatown.
For Lum, the oldest-running business in Manhattan’s Chinatown sees the neighbourhood growing larger and larger and is an informal living room where she came of age. In the store on Mott Street, she shared meals with her family, took Chinese lessons with her grandparents and helped clean the store as a young girl.
Wing on Wo was started in the 1890s. In the early days, Wing on Wo was a general store that mainly sold dried fish and canned (罐装的) goods. It was also an informal post office. When Lum’s grandmother, Nancy, took over in 1965, she decided to focus on porcelain (瓷器) specifically. Its heyday (全盛时期) was the late 70s to the late 80s. A lot of the goods came from Hong Kong, where Lum’s grandfather grew up.
In 2016, her grandmother planned to sell the porcelain specialty shop and its building. Lum, who was preparing to study international relations at Columbia University, decided to take over the store — not only to preserve (保护) its cultural value, but to create a community centre.
“I see the store as a place for conversation for Asian Americans. They want to learn about family history and tradition, and are curious about their cultural identity. I want them to learn about their identity through our porcelain,” Lum said.
Wing on Wo has remained a family business from its founding. Lum’s father, Gary, has been manning the counter (柜台) for the past 30 years. Her mother, Lorraine, processes orders and manages the website. Even her grandmother helps out with some work in the store.
The pandemic pushed Lum to start learning how to run an online store. She’s also added a lot of new activities, including youth programs, an artist residency and a ceramicist fair, to ensure that in addition to preserving tradition, the business is shaping the future of Chinatown.
1. What did the store mean to Lum according to paragraph 2?| A．It gave her a chance to help her neighbours. |
| B．It played an important role in her childhood. |
| C．It helped her to develop a money-saving lifestyle. |
| D．It had a great influence on her choice of university. |
| A．She sold Wing on Wo. | B．She opened a new general store. |
| C．She began selling only porcelain in the store. | D．She changed the store into a porcelain factory. |
| A．To collect money for her college education. |
| B．To learn business skills from her grandmother. |
| C．To encourage young people to start a family business. |
| D．To provide a historical connection for Asian Americans. |
| A．Responsible and forward-looking. | B．Humorous and hard-working. |
| C．Creative and honest. | D．Kind and patient. |
【推荐1】"The sun isn’t even out. You get up, button your uniform, tie your boot laces, and kiss your family goodbye. You close your eyes and take a moment to make peace with the reality that you may never see them again." This is the daily routine of a ranger.
Globally, about 150 rangers die each year protecting parks and wildlife, according to the Thin Green Line Foundation. This year, this number of rangers lost is likely to increase as the COVID-19 pandemic takes its toll-both in terms of rangers catching the disease and in carrying out their duties.
On July 31, World Ranger Day, the Global Wildlife Program（GWP）, funded by the Global Environment Facility（GEF）, would like to honor the bravery and determination of all rangers—who are nature’s frontline defenders—by sharing their stories.
Patience Tsitsi Shumbayaonda, 28, has been a ranger with Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority（ZimParks）for three years. She and her colleagues patrol in conservation areas that are benefitting from the GWP-Zambezi Valley Biodiversity Project, to strengthen biodiversity and ecosystems management in the Mid-and Lower Zambezi Valley in Zimbabwe.
"Being a ranger is physically strong," with a typical day patrolling protected areas, monitoring for illegal activities, tracking and poachers（盗猎者）, keeping track of available water in water bodies, fire management, looking for animals in distress, and helping communities address human-wildlife conflict.
“Our job is not only to protect the animals from the people, but also the people from animals," she said, "We do come face to face with dangerous animals but if we keep our distance from them, they will go away. I think somehow, they feel our positive energy and do not attack us.”
"It’s not our duty only as rangers to look after wildlife, but it is everyone’s task—as communities, as nations, and globally. I hope that the illegal trade of endangered species is stopped and that people value wildlife as we rangers do, such that we live in harmony with nature.”
1. What does the first paragraph function as ________| A．An introduction to the topic. | B．A link between the next two paragraphs. |
| C．A view point to be argued next. | D．A quote to make the author’s view trustworthy. |
| A．To raise the awareness of environment protection. |
| B．To let people know the troubles the rangers meet with. |
| C．To show respect for the courage and will-power of the rangers. |
| D．To encourage common people to look after wildlife. |
| A．poachers’ attack | B．communities fight | C．wild animals attack | D．catching the COVID-19 |
| A．wild animals are likely to attack rangers |
| B．wildlife poaching is allowed in some countries |
| C．it’s only rangers’ duty to protect endangered species |
| D．it’s all the people’s responsibility in the world to take care of wildlife |
【推荐2】In some places, people collect honey from wild bees. This is common in many parts of the world, especially South Asia. Honey hunting is a local tradition in southern India but it is not an undemanding job. The bees in southern India can grow up to the size of the smallest adult human finger. And these giant honey bees build their hives(蜂窝)on the sides of mountains!
It takes many years for a honey hunter to learn to collect honey from these hives. From a young age the honey hunter learns everything about bees. He practices climbing hundreds of meters above the ground. Before the honey season, the honey hunter prepares for many days.
When the day of the honey hunt season arrives, the honey hunter goes to the edge of the mountain early in the morning. He climbs down with a rope and lights some dry branches on fire. The smoke makes the bees leave the hive. With the bees flying around the honey hunter, he uses a long sharp stick to gently get pieces of the wax(蜜蜡)filled with honey. He then takes them back to the village in a box made of bamboo.
Usually the hunter takes some honey and leaves some of the hive on the mountainside. He does not take the part of the hive with the baby bees in it since he does not want to destroy the home of the bees. When the honey hunter returns, the village celebrates!
“They have been hunting honey in this way for more than 2,000 years. Honey was and still is an important part of their diet, cooking and medicine,” Simone Gie from the organization Slow Food International, said.
1. The underlined word “undemanding” in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by “________”.| A．regular | B．boring | C．easy | D．difficult |
| A．has a short history | B．needs careful preparation |
| C．makes some villages rich | D．is often done by a young man |
| A．Bamboo. | B．Branches. | C．A rope. | D．A stick. |
| A．how to protect baby bees | B．the importance of honey |
| C．the new use for honey | D．how honey is hunted |
【推荐3】If you want your children to become ready, willing, and able gardeners, take steps early. It is not difficult, but you might need to change your thinking about children in the garden.
● Arouse their interest
The first step is to get your child interested in plants. This, he says, is getting more difficult because of competition from electronics.
● Teach your children well
Children not old enough to care for a plant by themselves, need adults to teach them. This may be the best way to get children interested in gardening.
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Don’t forget that children like responsibility. Find a gardening task that fits their age and is just for them. They can fill containers with soil. You can show them how to water and how to place labels.
Small children can help in other ways. Lowenfels says his first garden job at age 5 was deadheading dandelion flowers into a container. When his own children wanted to be in the garden, he gave them the job of hunting worms. Then they moved on to deadheading dandelions and pulling weeds.
| A．Give them a job |
| B．Children copy adults |
| C．Teach them responsibility |
| D．Taking a child to a plant store is a good place to start |
| E．That is one of the many suggestions made by Jeff Lowenfels |
| F．You can also show them how to provide the right amount of light |
| G．Gardening with children is a great way to get children connected with nature |
【推荐1】The workers who brought the girl to the orphanage (孤儿院) knew little about her. The streets where they found her had been her home for many years. Her parents were unknown. They left her long ago. At the orphanage, the girl, like all the children there, was taught to read and write. While she was studying at the orphanage, she learned something else - to be independent (独立的，自主的). At twenty-one, she left the orphanage and began work as a secretary. And then, in 1975, while she was still working as an ordinary secretary, something special happened. She entered the Miss Hong Kong competition and won it. This was the turning point in her life. Now her name, Mary Cheung, was known to everybody.
Mary entered the competition because she wanted to show that orphanage girls could be something. Winning the competition gave her the chance to start a new life. This led her first into television and then into business as a manager.
When she was working as a manager, she had trouble with her reports. “My English just wasn’t good enough.” she says. Luckily, she had a boyfriend (who later became her husband) to help her.
Mary studied management at Hong Kong Polytechnic and graduated in 1980. She started her own business in 1985. But she did not stop developing herself. She then studied at the University of Hong Kong. Since 1987, she had spent a lot of time on photography. She has held several exhibitions of her work in many places-China, New Zealand and Paris. She still found time, however, to work on TV, write for newspapers and bring up her family.
The girl from the street has come a long way, but her journey is not finished yet.
1. Before Mary Cheung was brought to the orphanage, _______.| A．The workers knew her well. |
| B．She had lived in the streets for many years. |
| C．She had learned to write and read by herself. |
| D．She had lived with her parents whose names were not known |
| A．popular and successful. |
| B．understood by others. |
| C．Miss Hong Kong. |
| D．known to everybody. |
| A．a novel. |
| B．a science magazine. |
| C．a history textbook. |
| D．a newspaper. |
| A．All the children at the orphanage liked Mary. |
| B．Mary’s life in the orphanage was difficult. |
| C．Mary’s boyfriend was good at English. |
| D．Mary was not happy when she was working as a secretary. |
【推荐2】When you picture doing a science project, you might imagine looking through a microscope or building a model volcano. But science projects can be done anywhere. Many teens get inspired from playing musical instruments to doing gymnastics. All it takes to transform your favorite activities into a science project is identifying a problem you want to solve.
Elizabeth, 14, who is in seventh grade at Davis Drive Middle School in Cary, N. C, designed a program. Her method is based on the golden ratio (比例). This ratio is often used to create pleasing parts in artworks. The ratio also appears in nature. Elizabeth’s data storage strategy helps computers write data evenly (均匀地) across memory devices. This could help such devices last longer.
“As long as I can remember, I’ve been an artistic person,” Elizabeth says, “In fourth grade, my art teacher taught us about the golden ratio. And at that point it was just, you know, something to use when we were painting.” But last year, Elizabeth had to replace the memory in her own computer, thinking the golden ratio might work in information storage, too. Elizabeth tested her golden-ratio technique by running programs on a computer.
But before this project, Elizabeth had no coding experience. To prepare, she spent months reading a textbook on how to code. She says, “It wasn’t like an ‘ah-ha’ moment. Writing programs is such a boring process. But it was just exciting to explore and see the computer actually just doing stuff that I told it to do after those hours.”
“Don’t limit yourself,” Elizabeth adds, “One of the biggest challenges you face is changing your mindset. I never thought that science or computer science would be my kind of thing, but after learning a bit about programming, I found that it was actually a new way to express myself. Words, painting, now programming.”
1. What can we learn about science projects according to this passage?| A．They can come from different hobbies. | B．They will inspire teens to find solutions. |
| C．They need skills in building models. | D．They may involve great imagination. |
| A．Strengthening memories. | B．Storing information. |
| C．Creating fine works. | D．Protecting nature. |
| A．Imagination is the source of creation. | B．Laugh it off when facing difficulties. |
| C．Well begun is half done. | D．Every effort will pay off. |
| A．Expressing doubts. | B．Making promises. |
| C．Offering advice. | D．Giving response. |
【推荐3】Seeing that the capital was in danger, the emperor decided to ask for help from the neighbouring state. He wanted to pick 20 talented people to go with him. However, among his followers, he could only find 19 who were good enough. Then, a man came and recommended himself.
The emperor looked at the man with doubt, “How long have you been here with me?” the man answered, “Three years.” The emperor said, “ I hear that a person with talent is like an awl (锥子) in a cloth bag. Its sharp point will soon pierce (刺穿) through the bag. You’ve been here for a long time, but I haven’t seen any of your achievements. Maybe you don’t have any talent?”
The man answered slowly but confidently, “What I’m asking you now is to put me into that bag. If you do that, I would pierce through it. But not only the point—the whole awl.”
The emperor was quite impressed. He allowed the man to join his team. As they arrived in the state, the emperor talked with the king . However, the king hesitated (犹豫) to offer help. None of the 19 men could find a way to solve the problem. At this point, the man stood up. He walked to the king with a sword (剑) in hand. The king was shocked. Very calmly, the man explained the importance of the alliance (联盟) between the two states. Finally, the king agreed and sent his army to help them.
With the help of the man, the capital was saved and the man became a hero of the state.
1. The emperor didn’t believe the man at first because ________.| A．the man looked small. |
| B．he had never seen the man’s achievements. |
| C．the man was not strong enough to pierce his bag. |
| D．he had already decided to take another person. |
| A．He was shocked. | B．He was impressed. | C．He was scared. | D．He was excited. |
| A．Success is just a matter of time. |
| B．We will realize our value, no matter how we appear. |
| C．We should be brave and confident when chances come up. |
| D．We can all become heroes as long as we do not fear death. |
【推荐1】Faced with a declining population and shrinking workforce, Japan has been increasingly turning to robots for help. Over the years, the androids have been employed to perform a large number of human tasks, including building products and providing care and companionship for the elderly. The latest addition to the Japanese “workforce” may be Model-T. Designed by Telexistence Inc., this seven-foot-tall robot is currently undergoing trials restocking sandwiches, drinks, and ready meals on shelves at select locations of local convenience store chains Lawson and FamilyMart.
Telexistence has received funding from technology investment company Softbank Group and cell phone service operator KDDI in Japan, with overseas investors including European passenger aircraft maker Airbus Ventures. It named its robot Model-T, a nod to the Ford Motor car that began the age of mass motoring a century ago.
Model-T, whose face somewhat resembles that of a kangaroo, is certainly not the first restocking robot. However, the warehouse robots currently being used by companies, like Walmart and Amazon, are only able to accomplish single, repetitive tasks, such as carrying boxes. Model-T, on the other hand, has a wide range of movement and can be used to restock objects of various sizes, making it ideal for convenience and grocery stores, which sell a large variety of items.
“It is able to grasp or pick and place objects of several different shapes and sizes into different locations，” Matt Komatsu, head of business development and operations at Telexistence Inc., told CNN Business. However, Model-T is not autonomous. Instead, it is operated by human “pilots” wearing a virtual reality(VR) headset and special gloves, which allow them to feel the product the robot is holding in their hands and guide it to the right shelf. Since the video connection between the robot and the human operator has a mere 50 milliseconds delay, the navigation process is seamless. Telexistence says the VR-controlled androids are easier to develop and maintain. They are also ten times cheaper than autonomous robots, which require complex programming.
Though Model-T appears to have passed the trials, it is not quite ready to enter the labor force. Besides being a lot slower than human labour, it is also only capable of lifting packaged items, and cannot grasp loose items such as fruits and vegetables. Telexistence hopes to introduce a faster Model-T within the next two years.
1. What is the main driving factor for the invention of Model-T?| A．The demands of senior citizens. | B．The development of technology. |
| C．The shortage of labour force. | D．The appeal of convenience stores. |
| A．It is an updated version of Ford Motor. | B．It may create a new age like Ford Motor. |
| C．Its bond with Ford Motor is inseparable. | D．Its design is as fashionable as Ford Motor. |
| A．It has a cute appearance to attract customers. | B．It can accomplish single and repetitive tasks. |
| C．It is flexible while performing its duty. | D．It comes in a wide variety of sizes. |
| A．It doesn’t need maintenance. | B．It performs tasks automatically. |
| C．It requires complex programming. | D．It depends largely on human’s operation. |
| A．Smooth. | B．Complex. | C．Time-consuming. | D．Annoying. |
| A．Its limitations. | B．Its working principle. |
| C．Its applications. | D．Its exciting prospect. |
【推荐2】Dreams can be familiar and strange, fantastical or boring, but some dreams might be connected to the mental processes that help us learn. In a recent study, scientists found a connection between nap-time dreams and better memory in people who were learning a new skill.
In the study, 99 college students between the ages of 18 and 30 each spent an hour on a computer, trying to get through a virtual maze（迷宫）.The maze was a different place each time they tried—making it even more difficult. They were also told to find a particular picture of a tree and remember where it was.
For the first 90 minutes of a five-hour break, half of the participants stayed awake and an half were told to take a short nap. Participants who stayed awake were asked to describe their thoughts. Participants who took a nap were asked about their dreams after sleeping—and they were awakened within a minute of sleeping to describe their dreams. Stickgold, a neuroscientist（神经科学家）,wanted to know what people were dreaming about when their eyes weren’t moving during sleep.
Four of the 50 people who slept said their dreams were connected to the maze. Some dreamed about the music that had been playing when they were working; Others said they dreamed about seeing people in the maze. When these four people tried the computer maze again, they were able to find the tree faster than before their naps.
Stickgold suggests the dream itself doesn’t help a person learn—it’s the other way around.He suspects that the dream was caused by the brain processes associated with learning.
All four of the people who dreamed about the task had done poorly the first time, which makes Stickgold wonder if the dreams show up when a person finds a new task particularly difficult. People who had other dreams, or people who didn’t take a nap, didn’t show the same improvement.
1. After having a short nap, participants of the experiment were asked to__________.| A．stay in a different place in the maze. |
| B．try to remember something about their dreams |
| C．design a virtual maze which is difficult to get through. |
| D．get through a virtual maze on a computer from the same place |
| A．Participants who took a nap were required to express their thoughts. |
| B．Some dreams may encourage people to invent something new. |
| C．Participants who dreamed about films could finish the task more easily. |
| D．Participants whose dreams had something to do with the maze could find the tree faster. |
| A．every person may dream about what they learned |
| B．once people’s eyes stop moving, they are sure to dream about something |
| C．people’s brain processes may still be connected with their learning in their dreams |
| D．no matter how fantastical or boring, dreams are connected with people’s life |
| A．Dreams Are Strange |
| B．Not All Dreams Are True |
| C．Dreaming and Memory |
| D．Stickgold, a Dream Expert |
【推荐3】There are plenty of things you can do right now to prepare if you live in an area where earthquakes often happen.
① Make sure each member of your family knows what to do no matter where they are when earthquakes happen:
Agree on a meeting place where you can all reunite afterward.
Find out about earthquake plans developed by children’s school or day care.
Remember transportation may be affected, so keep some emergency supplies--food, liquids, and comfortable shoes, for example—at work.
② Make sure all family members know where your gas, electric and water main shutoffs are and how to turn them off if there is a leak or electrical short.
③ Find the exact position of your nearest fire and police stations and emergency medical places.
④ Talk to your neighbors--how could they help you, or you them after an earthquake?
⑤ Take Red Cross First Aid and CPR Training Course.
⑥ Make your disaster supply bag. Beyond the usual flashlights, batteries and radios, include a first-aid bag; work gloves; shoes or boots; a week’s supply of medicine you or your family might need; credit card and cash; personal identification; extra set of keys; matches in a waterproof container; map of your area; phone numbers of family and other important people; copies of insurance policies and other important documents; a certain amount of water per person; three-day supply of food per person; hand tools; something for joy (toys, books, coloring books and crayons, playing cards)
⑦ Make sure bookcases, cupboards, tall furniture, and etc. stand well. Move the items which are heavy or easy to break to lower shelves. Fasten drawers and cabinet doors with latches or locks. Look for other steps you can take in your home and workplace to reduce your chances for injury and loss.
⑧ Ask about the safety of your home and/or business. It’s well known that some brick buildings can fail quickly during earthquakes. A check by an engineer now can help you decide what to do so that your buildings can withstand shaking.
1. How can you prepare your family for a possible gas leak caused by an earquake?| A．Keep food and liquid supplies at work. |
| B．Tell them where the main shutoffs are and how to shut them off. |
| C．Find the exact position of your nearest fire station. |
| D．Make agreement with the neighbors to help each other. |
| A．Flashlights | B．Some medicine |
| C．Some water and food | D．Bookcases and cupboards |
| A．make sure the heavy items do not fall | B．add more bricks to your building |
| C．go to your company and raise some questions | D．ask an engineer to check it |
