Many years ago, my mother read from the book Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey to me. I remember as if it were yesterday, hearing her voice at my side on a cold wintry night. My mother’s voice changed my world.
Long before I could read on my own, she shared with me the strength and beauty of McCloskey’s language a story of a little girl and her mother out in nature, co-existing with a mother bear and her own baby. The power of the story, of language and of my mother all came together. And it happened many times after that, over and over. The read aloud made me a reader.
Years later, I was reading aloud a picture book to a small child in a classroom. His life, so far, had not been easy. His childhood was troubled by poverty and loneliness. In that moment, in the joy of the read aloud, he had an idea that started something big.
What he said was this: “Mrs. Allyn, let’s make sure everyone knows how good this feels. Let’s have a holiday for the read aloud” Therefore, my organization, LitWorld, created a grassroots movement World Read Aloud Day in 2010 to honor this young boy’s wish for everyone to be able to have a read aloud every day.
Since the day he shared that good idea with us, World Read Aloud Day has become a worldwide event reaching over one million people in more than 65 countries around the world. This year we are over 600 cities strong, a number that is growing every day.
Children who grow up as readers become engaged citizens of the global world, and every child deserves the right to read. When I say that reading aloud will change the world, I know it sounds simple. But one of the many great things about giving kids access to the power of stories and sharing them together is that it is simple. It is also cheap and easily done. And the impact is huge.
1. How did the author’s parent change her life?| A．By reading aloud to her. |
| B．By listening to her reading. |
| C．By buying many books for her. |
| D．By encouraging her to read aloud. |
| A．mother | B．teacher |
| C．best friend | D．favorite writer |
| A．To start a holiday. | B．To reduce poverty. |
| C．To found LitWorld. | D．To overcome loneliness. |
| A．Its origin. | B．Its future. |
| C．Its purpose. | D．Its development. |
| A．Sticking to reading isn’t easy. |
| B．Reading gives a high rate of return. |
| C．Reading aloud isn’t actually simple. |
| D．Kids should try to change the world. |
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【推荐1】The Best Books of This Month
Our Class by Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, volunteered to teach a college -level literature class at the East Jersey State Prison. His book covers a variety of styles: personal narratives, plays, songs, poems and history. There are terrible tales of inhumanity, but there is hope in the transformative power of human relationships.
Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan
In this novel, a college student at Oxford in the 1950s befriends C. S. Lewis to find out for her younger brother where Narnia comes from. Her brother, who is housebound (出不了门的) from an illness, has become fascinated with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The story of a loving family journeying toward the light of hope is deeply pleasing.
Orwell’s Roses by Rebecca Solnit
Challenging preconceptions (成见) about the author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, Rebecca Solnit offers an unexpected view of British writer George Orwell. Examining his life and work through the lens (镜头) of Orwell’s passion for and appreciation of nature, Solnit presents a well-researched elegantly written book that deepens our understanding of the literature.
Silverview by John le Carré
In Silverview, John le Carré turns his focus to the world that has occupied his writing for the past sixty years—the secret world itself. Julian Lawndsley has given up his high-flying job in the city for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small English seaside town.
1. What do we know about Chris Hedges?| A．He won prizes for his poems. | B．He once worked as a teacher. |
| C．His book focuses on interpersonal relationships. | D．His work is mainly about music. |
| A．Happy. | B．Worried. | C．Sad. | D．Confused. |
| A．Our Class. | B．Once Upon a Wardrobe. | C．Orwell’s Roses. | D．Silverview. |
by Peter Meyers, Shann Nix
The world is full of brilliant people whose ideas are never heard. This book is designed to make sure that you’re not one of them. Whether you are speaking to a large audience or in a one-on-one conversation, the way in which you communicate ideas, as much as the ideas themselves, can determine success or failure. In this invaluable guide, you’ll learn to master principles that you can apply in a wide variety of situations.
Triple(使增至三倍)Your Reading Speed
by Wade E.Cutler
This fourth edition of the book does just that--with tests that make it fun and simple to acquire the skills that will give you an advantage in school and on the job. The method helps you to break old habits that may be slowing you down, and develop strategies for increased comprehension in less time.
The Memory Book
by Harry Lorayne, Jerry Lucas
Unlock the hidden power of your mind through Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas’s simple memory system, and you can become more effective and more powerful. Discover how easy it is to remember things; learn foreign words with ease; read with speed and greater understanding; shine in the classroom and shorten study hours.
How to Become a Straight-A student
by Cal Newport
Most college students believe that straight A’s can be achieved only through cramming(突击式学习) and painful all-nighters at the library. But Cal Newport knows that real straight-A students don’t study harder--they study smarter. A breakthrough approach to completing academic tasks very well, How to Become a Straight-A student reveals for the first time the proven study secrets of real straight-A students across the country and turns them into a simple, practical system that anyone can master.
1. According to the first advertisement, some brilliant people’s ideas are never heard
because_____.
| A．they are not well-known enough |
| B．their ideas are not creative enough |
| C．they can’t exchange their ideas well. |
| D．their ideas are rather complex. |
| A．They help to improve your memory. |
| B．They help you to read much faster. |
| C．They offer you the latest ideas. |
| D．They include many tests. |
| A．hard work leads to success |
| B．cramming before exams work |
| C．there are techniques for learning |
| D．anyone can be a college student |
| A．As We Speak |
| B．Triple Your Reading Speed |
| C．The Memory Book |
| D．How to Become a Straight-A student |
【推荐3】There are so many people who are struggling with insomnia (失眠). Now a major publisher has come up with a novel idea — audiobooks with such soothing sounds as soft rainfall and lapping water to relax the listener and send them off to sleep.
In a project to be launched this week, Penguin Random House has cooperated with the Sleep Council and the Children’s Sleep Charity in creating collections of “Sleep Tales” for adults and children. These audiobooks are part soundscape, part descriptive narrative, with softly spoken voices to calm anxieties and take listeners to sleep. Each story lasts about 15 minutes,enabling listeners to set their sleep timer.
The stories draw on the Sleep Council’s research into sounds that help people wind down, such as waves lapping on a shore , soft rainfall and birdsong.
Richard Lennon, publisher at Penguin Audio, told The Guardian the project was inspired partly by the realization that increasing numbers of people were listening to audiobooks as they were going to sleep or as part of their bedtime routine. He said both adults and children respond to something comforting and familiar as they are nodding off. These are tales without a beginning, a middle or an end. He added, “It’s something that’s being described to you, rather than a story that’s being told to you.” There are no authors’names. He said, “We’re launching them as simply Penguin, Puffin and Ladybird Sleep Tales, rather than mentioning the writers by name because the focus isn’t just on the words. The combination of the words, the voice and the sound design all contribute to the relaxing atmosphere.”
“Audience research had been very positive.” Lennon said. One listener reported, “The story made my mind stop racing.”
The phrase “sleep like a baby” does not apply to a lot of children, with four in ten having sleep problems. But Lennon said the children’s sleep tales were not intended to replace a bedtime story, only to become part of a bedtime routine.
Lisa Artis of the Sleep Council said not everyone liked the same sounds. “Some people love thunder and lightning or bird tweeting. That’s why we came up with different stories with different effects. For some people, listening to rain just makes them want to go to the toilet.”
She added that listening to “non-stimulating” stories was about switching off before bedtime. “It is the sort of thing you need to be doing before bed to feel more relaxed, rather than scrolling through Facebook and checking work emails. We need to forget about everything that’s going on because we will not get a good night’s sleep otherwise.”
1. What does the underlined word “novel” mean in paragraph 1?| A．Original. | B．Practical. | C．Fictional. | D．Functional. |
| A．They are created for adults. |
| B．Each story lasts about thirty minutes. |
| C．They are both soundscape and descriptive narrative. |
| D．Each story has a beginning, a middle and an end. |
| A．Not many people prefer listening to audio books before sleep. |
| B．A boring story is more likely to make people sleepy. |
| C．The environment is very important for reading stories. |
| D．The audio books prove effective in helping people sleep in the research. |
| A．releasing audio books to send listeners to sleep |
| B．the new trend of people’s reading habit |
| C．audio books are becoming more and more popular |
| D．ways to help people sleep easily |
【推荐1】Reading can be a social activity. Think of the people who belong to book groups. They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now, the website BookCrossing.com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group.
Members go on the site and register the books they own and would like to share. BookCrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book. Then the person leaves it in a public place, hoping that the book will have an adventure, traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it.
Bruce Pederson, the managing director of BookCrossing, says, “The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read. BookCrossing combines both.”
Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffee shops. Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it.
People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it. E-mails are then sent to the BookCrossers to keep them updated about where their books have been found. Bruce Pederson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.
BookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to the “real” and not the virtual(虚拟). The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred thirty-five countries.
1. Why does the author mention book groups in the first paragraph?| A．To explain what they are. |
| B．To introduce BookCrossing. |
| C．To stress the importance of reading. |
| D．To encourage readers to share their ideas. |
| A．Meet other readers to discuss it. | B．Keep it safe in his bookcase. |
| C．Pass it on to another reader. | D．Mail it back to its owner. |
| A．Online Reading: A Virtual Tour | B．Electronic Books: A new Trend |
| C．A Book Group Brings Tradition Back | D．A Website Links People through Books |
【推荐2】“Elsa, it’s you!” It was a four-year-old’s surprise birthday party, and her favorite Disney character, Elsa from Frozen, had arrived. The two happily began to sing the movie’s big song, “Let It Go,” and were soon joined by Tinker Bell and four other fairy-tale princesses: Anna, Ariel, Jasmine, and Snow White. You would swear you were celebrating at the most magical place on earth.
But this wasn’t Disney World. It was the pediatric (儿科的) cancer ward at a hospital on Long Island in New York. And the princesses were college students who volunteer for A Moment of Magic, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to lift the spirits of sick children.
Kylee McGrane, now 23 and her friend Maggie McAndrew, then both students on service scholarships at the College of Mount Saint Vincent in New York City, were searching for a new community project, ideally one with kids. That sparked an idea—dressing up as Disney princesses and visiting pediatric cancer patients. “When kids are in a hospital for so long, they don’t get all the magic that most kids do,” says McGrane. “It’s nice to give them time to be themselves.”
In 2015, after raising to pay for costumes and travel expenses, McGrane and McAndrew landed their first gig, at Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York. They dressed as Elsa and her sister, Anna, to the delight of the girls and smiles from the boys. They spent nearly three hours singing songs, taking pictures, and traveling from one bedside to the next until they had visited and chatted with every one of the 50 children. “To see the kids believe in me, my character … It was life-changing,” says McGrane.
Of course, a princess can work only so many miracles at once, so McGrane and McAndrew recruited their peers. Today, A Moment of Magic has 400 volunteers from 11 colleges around the country.
1. According to the text, we can know that_________| A．Frozen is a famous cartoon character. |
| B．Tinker Bell is a college student. |
| C．The four-year-old child is a cancer patient. |
| D．A Moment of Magic is an organization to help treat sick children. |
| A．They follow their dreams of being princesses. |
| B．They need to win the scholarships. |
| C．They tend to take a new job. |
| D．They help the “special” kids get the magic that most kids do. |
| A．Her life is changing. |
| B．Her behavior has a great influence on the kids. |
| C．Her mission is not only to offer the kids a little magic, but hope. |
| D．Her future job should be an actress. |
| A．Make a gift of rose, hand stay lingering fragrance. |
| B．Where there is kindness, there is goodness; where there is goodness, there is a magic. |
| C．Venture outside your comfort zone, the rewards are worth it. |
| D．If I go, there is just no telling how far I will go. |
Our library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.
Zones
The library is divided into different zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.
Computers
You can use your own computer to connect to the wifi specially prepared for notebook computers; you can also use library computers; which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.
Groupstudy Places
If you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor. Some study rooms are for 23 people and others can hold up to 68 people. All rooms are marked on the library maps.
There are 40 groupstudy rooms that must be booked via the website. To book, you need an active University account and a valid University card. You can use a room three hours per day, nine hours at most per week.
Storage of Study Material
The library has lockers for students to store course literature. When you have obtained at least 40 credits (学分), you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year’s rental period.
Rules to be Followed
Mobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.
Please note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.
1. The library’s upper floor is mainly for students to________.
| A．read in a quiet place |
| B．have group discussions |
| C．take comfortable seats |
| D．get their computers fixed |
| A．help students with their field experiments |
| B．contain software essential for schoolwork |
| C．are for those who want to access the wifi |
| D．are mostly used for filling out application forms |
| A．A group must consist of 8 people. |
| B．Threehour use per day is the minimum. |
| C．One should first register at the university. |
| D．Applicants must mark the room on the map. |
| A．can afford the rental fee |
| B．attends certain courses |
| C．has nowhere to put his books |
| D．has earned the required credits |
| A．Mobile phones. | B．Orange juice. |
| C．Candy. | D．Sandwiches. |
【推荐1】Boston wants to be smarter. The city has taken advantage of tiny sensors, big data and other technologies to become more responsive to its residents' needs. But technology alone is not sufficient to make today's cities livable. Boston has discovered that it also needs to reach the old-fashioned low-tech community and integrate that technology with city life.
Kris Carter, co-chair of the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics, rolled out Boston's smart city program in 2014.It started with an app that residents could download to report locations where sidewalks needed repair. The city checked those reports and ranked them in a database, which repair workers used to prioritize (确定优先顺序) their work.
The system worked beautifully，except for one problem: most of the alerts came from wealthier neighborhoods, where the concentration of smartphone-equipped residents was highest. "The complaints that had been coming in from the app didn't always reveal the greatest community need for repairs," explains Carter.
Boston's high-tech initiatives shouldn't disproportionately (不成比例地) benefit the already well-resourced. Under Carter, technology is getting into the city's functioning and daily life, but with a special eye to serving those populations and neighborhoods that need the most support. "What we want to know is how to target problems in a smart way that addresses both needs and equity (公正) goals," he says.
Carter's group has moved away from the model common to many smart city initiatives of letting tech-savvy (精通科技产品的) residents and high-tech companies drive the process. Instead，they run meetings in local libraries and other public spaces to find out what problems people in different neighborhoods care about solving. When it came to sidewalks, Boston introduced a second method of collecting repair tips. In addition to its smartphone app, it hired people to get out and walk the city's 1,700 miles of sidewalks to take notes on their condition.
Whether using low-tech or high-tech approaches, says Carter, to stay smart, a city needs to continually reassess its options to spot opportunities to improve residents' lives.
1. What is Boston like now?| A．It's well-equipped. | B．It's old-fashioned. |
| C．It's highly livable. | D．It's badly maintained. |
| A．It gets many inaccurate reports. |
| B．It fails to serve the whole society. |
| C．It always makes repair workers copfused. |
| D．It is ranked very low among various apps. |
| A．They rolled out a second app. |
| B．They reduced the running costs. |
| C．They asked the neighborhood for help. |
| D．They employed people to collect repair tips. |
| A．A commonly-adopted model was launched. |
| B．A smart city involves more than technology. |
| C．The app-backed system makes the city smarter. |
| D．The disadvantaged voiced complaints about high-tech. |
【推荐2】An Afternoon in the Park
There once was a little boy who wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to the place where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with Twinkies and a six-pack of root beer and he started his journey.
When he had gone through about three blocks, he met an old woman. She was sitting in the park just staring at some pigeons. The boy sat down next to her and opened his suitcase. He was about to take a drink from his root beer when he noticed that the old lady looked hungry, so he offered her a Twinkie. She gratefully accepted it and smiled at him. Her smile was so pretty that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered her a root beer. Once again she smiled at him. The boy was delighted! They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word.
As it grew dark, the boy realized how tired he was and he got up to leave, but before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug. She gave him her biggest smile ever.
When the boy opened the door to his own house a short time later, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face.
She asked him, “What did you do today that made you so happy?”
He replied, “I had lunch with God.” But before his mother responded, he added, “You know what? She’s got the most beautiful smile I’ve ever seen!”
Meanwhile, the old woman, also shining with joy, returned to her home.
Her son was surprised at the look of peace on her face and he asked, “Mother, what did you do today that made you so happy?”
She replied, “I ate Twinkies in the park with God.” But before her son responded, she added, “You know, he is much younger than I expected.”
1. Why did the boy think he had had lunch with God?| A．Because she’d got the most beautiful smile he’d ever seen. |
| B．Because he and God never said a word when together. |
| C．Because he met God after three blocks. |
| D．Because he was God in the lady’s eyes. |
| A．To set us thinking what God is like. |
| B．To show that God lies in people’s kindness to each other. |
| C．To call on us to be happy and smile every day. |
| D．To make us see that life is beautiful indeed. |
| A．by example | B．by process |
| C．by comparison | D．by classification |
【推荐3】I received a private message on Facebook. It began harmlessly enough: “Hey, girl. Wanted to invite you to join my next challenge group --- we'll be focusing on fitting in 30 minutes of exercise and balanced nutrition.”
It was all becoming too much. Facebook was running my life, not me.
But what killed Facebook for me was when I posted a photo, and five minutes later my son asked me how many “likes” it had got. His question was a wake-up call.
“Likes” are signs of acceptance and approval(认可). I had forgotten that acceptance and approval need to come from within and had unknowingly set him a bad example.
Before Facebook, surfing the internet was an occasional distraction(使人消遣的事) and I spent a lot more time reading books and magazines. I checked in with friends through texts, emails and phone calls.
To recreate the simplicity (质朴) of those days and set a healthier example for my son, I deactivated my Facebook account.
I'd been in the habit of checking Facebook many times a day, so I had to come up with some new habits. I carried a novel and a crossword puzzle book around with me. I rediscovered knitting(针织). I started taking yoga classes.
I started to remember a few things. My body is fine just the way it is. I have friends who will help me out when I'm in trouble, and I will help them out. I do my best to be a good mother, and our son is happy and healthy. We are very lucky to be able to afford two vacations a year.
I stopped looking at the world through my cellphone. I felt completely present in the moment.
The break left me feeling better about myself, my family, my home and my life.
After a few weeks, I returned to Facebook. Now I look at the photos of my friends' kids growing up and treasure how social media allows me to keep in touch with family far and wide. I look in on a daily basis, but no longer with the desire constantly to post updates.
It is not an addiction any more
1. The underlined word “deactivate” in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to “________”.| A．close | B．update | C．keep | D．check |
| A．she went to the gym as often as she could. | B．She developed some healthy habits. |
| C．She tried to make money for her holidays. | D．She traveled around a lot for a year. |
| A．it was good for her eyes. | B．It stopped her getting news. |
| C．It distanced her from her friends. | D．It gave her time to find beauty in life |
| A．Critical | B．Supportive. | C．Objective | D．Indifferent. |
【推荐1】Money might not grow on trees, but it seems that furniture does! Gavin Munro, a UK-based designer, has come up with a brilliant alternative to cutting beautiful trees and converting them into furniture.
He first came up with the idea of growing furniture when he was working as a gardener in California and also made furniture with washed-up driftwood on the side.
After several attempts, he finally managed to develop a model chair using four trees. Munro is now tending to a small 2.5 acre “furniture forest” of 400 trees in a field north of Derby, England. He uses specially designed plastic frames to make young oak and ash trees into the shapes of chairs, tables, frames, or lamps.
A forest that grows furniture sounds like a setting right out of Alice in Wonderland, but there’s nothing magical about it, just a lot of hard work. The forest consists of rows upon rows of trees covered in blue plastic molds, converting them into furniture as they grow. Once they take the desired shape, they are cared for until thick, mature and ready for harvest.
After harvesting, each piece is planned (刨平) and finished to show off the wood grain inside. “It’s an art form in itself, keeping track of everything,” Munro said.
The entire process takes about four to eight years, resulting in fully functional, organic, eco-friendly furniture, and more long-lasting than anything else on the market. They are grown and grafted (嫁接) into one solid piece without any joints that loosen over time. As Munro puts it, “These pieces of furniture could last for centuries.”
Quality isn’t an issue with forest-grown furniture, but maintenance and scalability (可伸缩性) certainly are. For now, Munro expects to grow 50 pieces a year, with the first lot of chairs available for purchase in mid-2017, priced at $3,700 each.
1. The first paragraph mainly serves as ___.| A．comment | B．praise |
| C．introduction | D．background |
| A．while serving as a gardener | B．while relaxing at home |
| C．while studying in California | D．when he grow up |
| A．Rich imagination. | B．Perfect design. |
| C．Large irrigation. | D．Hard work. |
| A．an essay | B．a report |
| C．a novel | D．a diary |
【推荐2】Generally,when rescue workers save the lives of people in emergency situations,they never see each other again.However,this was not the case for Mike Wilson,a member of the U.S.Air Force,and Jennifer Brown,the"little"girl Wilson picked up from the waters of Hurricane Ike in 2008.
The Air Force pilot took a photo of the moment Jennifer gave her rescuer the biggest hug that he would never forget.The photo touched hearts around the world.For Wilson, who was fighting an illness at the time,it was especially precious.He carried the photo with him everywhere to remind him of one of the most special moments in his life. Eventually, he decided to find the little girl who changed his life and even ran a FindIkeGirl activity on social media.
Finally,10 years later,the two met again on the set of The Real in September 2018. And Wilson told Jennifer,"You, rescued me more than I rescued you".They did not end their friendship there.Ever since they met again,Wilson has visited her family and has spoken to her on the phone weekly.This Saturday,he will visit the Browns again,as 14-year-old Jennifer is bringing him to her military training program,which she encouraged herself to join in with the support Wilson has provided."I'm going because I would do anything for her and her family in return for the hug.They mean as much to me as my own family,"Wilson says.
The girl tells PEOPLE:"The program was very interesting and a challenge for me because I had never done it before".She even plans to join the military one day."I am Proud of her no matter what she does and will support her in everything she does,"Wilson said."I think she understands service and I believe that she will do great things no matter what she chooses."
1. How did Wilson and Jennifer come to know each other?| A．Wilson took a photo for Jennifer. |
| B．Wilson rescued Jennifer in a disaster. |
| C．Jennifer encouraged Wilson to fight an illness. |
| D．Jennifer brought Wilson to a training program. |
| A．find the girl he once saved |
| B．raise money for Jennifer's dream |
| C．share the moving story of Jennifer |
| D．encourage more people to be helpful |
| A．managed to save Wilson's life |
| B．offered Wilson courage to go on |
| C．made Wilson known to the world |
| D．developed a lasting friendship with Wilson |
【推荐3】We don’t know when and where the next earthquake will hit. But we do know the importance of safety and preparation. The only way to be ready for the unexpected is to prepare ahead of time. It’s especially important if you live in earthquake zones. So here are some important steps to build your own Earthquake Action Plan.
1. Talk to your friends and families and decide on a place to meet if you’re separated after an earthquake.
2. Make an emergency（紧急情况）communication plan in case cell towers or phone lines are down. You can also ask relatives or friends outside your area to be your contacts.
3. Locate a safe place in every room of your house and discuss with your families the safest places to be during an earthquake. Remember, if you’re：
a. Inside, get under something heavy like a study table or against an inside wall and cover your head.
b. Outside, stay away from buildings and get out into the open.
c. In your car, stop and stay in your seat. If you’re stopped near a building or under an overpass（天桥），try to safely move away from it.
4. Store first-aid kits（急救箱）anywhere you spend a lot of time（house, car, workplace, etc. ）.
5. Pack plenty of batteries, flashlights, and bottles of water to prepare for power outages and water shortages.
6. Review your home’s important systems（electrical, gas, water, etc. ）and know how to operate them or shut them off in an emergency.
Although they’re somewhat unusual, earthquakes are incredibly terrible, overwhelming, and unpredictable forces of nature. But with some knowledge and preparation, we can mitigate risks and do the best we can to keep ourselves and our families safe.
1. Paragraph 1 mainly shows it’s very important to ______.| A．know the use of an Earthquake Action Plan |
| B．know when an earthquake will come |
| C．stay away from earthquake zones |
| D．prepare for an earthquake |
| A．that are very safe |
| B．where you often stay |
| C．that are under something heavy |
| D．that your friends and families know |
| A．deciding where to meet with others after an earthquake |
| B．making sure that you have contacts out your area |
| C．practicing how to escape with your families |
| D．finding safe places in your house |
| A．Lower. | B．Avoid. |
| C．Stop. | D．Treat |
