1 . Harry Burleigh headed into the woods for a camping trip with his fishing equipment. A few days later, his wife Stacy grew
Stacy called the
On May 15, the rescuers finally caught a break when they
“This was the
A.excited | B.concerned | C.annoyed | D.puzzled |
A.authorities | B.hospital | C.agencies | D.family |
A.hesitantly | B.instantly | C.secretly | D.suddenly |
A.news | B.hope | C.sign | D.wonder |
A.spotted | B.offered | C.sought | D.constructed |
A.turned down | B.depended on | C.called in | D.cut off |
A.equipment | B.break | C.food | D.path |
A.bought | B.left | C.presented | D.fetched |
A.fire | B.bed | C.video | D.face |
A.river | B.chance | C.team | D.shelter |
A.hunting | B.exploring | C.walking | D.marching |
A.Amused | B.Awkward | C.Upset | D.Relieved |
A.cause | B.outcome | C.award | D.evaluation |
A.determined | B.tolerant | C.disciplined | D.flexible |
A.affect | B.instruct | C.encourage | D.reunite |
2 . Tears of happiness and shouts of joy rang out last week at the San Jose mine in northern Chile as 33 miners were lifted to freedom, one by one. The men, ranging from 19 to 63 years old, have been buried alive since a cave in the copper and gold mine where they were working fell down on August 5. It is the longest time anyone has ever survived being trapped underground.
After the fall, the men found an emergency shelter off one of the mine’s tunnels. The temperature in the dark shelter was around 90 F. For more than two weeks, the miners’ water came from the radiator tanks on their work vehicles. They shared a supply of food that was meant to last for only 48 hours.
The miners were totally separated until rescue teams made contact with the men on August 22. They sent a note to the surface explaining their situation. Rescuers drilled small holes to reach the cavern and sent down supply tubes containing food, water, clothes, medicine, fresh air and other supplies. They also received letters from their families, a television set and games.
Additional falls slowed down rescue efforts. Finally, a tunnel was built that could fit a 13-foot rescue capsule, called the Phoenix. The escape hole measures 28 inches across, a tight fit for the winding 20-minute, 2,041-foot ride. The first miner reached the surface just after midnight on Wednesday. More than half of the men had been brought to safety by Wednesday afternoon.
The miners were met by family members who were waiting at Camp Hope, a settlement of tents near the mine. Chile’s president, Sebastian Pinera, cheered at the scene and hugged the miners. “We made a promise never to surrender, and we kept it,” he said. After an immediate medical exam, the men were air-lifted to the nearest hospital for 48 hours of observation.
1. The first paragraph tells us that trapped miners ________.A.shouted in joy after getting rescued |
B.were buried while having a rest |
C.came to the ground together |
D.were all different in ages |
A.It was very hot inside. |
B.It had food supply for 48 workers. |
C.It had water stored for two days. |
D.It had a hole to get fresh air. |
A.Miners got weak without food. |
B.Additional collapse happened later. |
C.The escape hole was too narrow to use. |
D.The rock was too hard to dig a tunnel. |
A.dig out |
B.cheer up |
C.give in |
D.take a chance |
As the late afternoon sun beat down on his farm last May, Brandon Leseberg finished feeding his cows and decided to call it a day. As they often did, his two sons, Louie, 6, and Everett, 3 followed him. As they headed for the house, the two boys ran ahead of their father who stopped to close the gate. Louie stopped at a water tap (水龙头) above an old well. Unknown to the Lesebergs, the board covering the well had, over time, grown brittle (易碎的). When Louie stepped on it, it caved in.
Brandon had just finished locking the gate when he tuned around and saw only his youngest son. “Where’s Louie?” he shouted. “He fell in the hole!” Everett said. Brandkon, 37, quickly realized what had happened. He ran to the well and heard Louie struggling. Without hesitation, he jumped in.
As he fell some 70 feet down the well Brandon heard Louie screaming. Somehow Brandon managed to grab onto a pipe that ran down the side of the well. He hit the cold water at the bottom of the well. He popped his head out of the water and grabbed Louie, who was panicking and trying to stay afloat (漂浮的) in the water. Brandon raised his son onto his chest as he put his own legs and back against the narrow walls for support. “All right, Dad, you can pull us out now,” Louie said.
If only it were that easy. There was no way he could climb out. The pipe that he’d grabbed during his fall was too slippery (滑的) to be of any use. There was only one way out. Looking up to see Everett looking down at them from the top of the well, Brandon shouted, “Everett, you’re going to have to be a big boy and save us. Run to the road and stand by the mailbox until someone stops. Tell them we need help.”
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Everett did as he was told.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The neighbours now turned their attention to Brandon, but he was too heavy to pull out of the well using just the rope.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4 . It was just a normal day for Ruth Miller, a 63-year-old woman until everything went horribly wrong. She was walking to her car after shopping when the unthinkable happened.
Right as she was unlocking her car, a man quickly came up behind her and tried to wrestle her purse away. She was in a state of shock. Luckily she remembered she had her Safe Personal Alarm (SPA) on her purse, and since she was too scared to scream for help, she quickly reached for the alarm and pulled the pin (保险栓). Immediately her SPA started just screaming. The man didn’t know what to do! He froze for a second, and then ran away like a bat out of hell!
SPA is a safety device capable of creating a 125 dB sound that attracts attention and scares away potential attackers. To compare, it’s the same volume as a military jet during take-off.
Paul Davidson, the inventor of SPA, knows all too well the type of situation that Ruth found herself in. But that’s not the only type of situation that SPA helps protect against. Parents can give it to their kids as an extra means of protection. Teenagers can use it so they can feel safe walking home. Women can know ifs there when they have to use the parking lot at night. “My mother, who is 76 years old, carries it around in case she falls and needs to ask people for help. I only wish I’d have thought of it earlier,” said Paul.
The police have been recommending SPA since it first hit the market. In fact, since its launch, SPA has been in a state, shifting between in stock and sold out nearly every other week, and it’s also got tons of loyal followers worldwide.
1. What does the underlined part “the unthinkable” in Paragraph 1 refer to?A.An attempted robbery. | B.A wrestling match. |
C.An angry argument. | D.A car accident. |
A.She fought violently. | B.She froze in great fear. |
C.She cried desperately for help. | D.She sounded her safety device. |
A.To imply the elderly need more care. | B.To suggest he cares about his mother. |
C.To show SPA can be widely used. | D.To make an advertisement for SPA. |
A.SPA is well received in the market. | B.People hesitate to pay for security. |
C.SPA was sold out in the first two weeks. | D.The police seldom recommend products. |
5 . The life of a premature (早产的) baby born during the winter storm in Texas was saved thanks to a team of medical professionals, including a doctor and two nurses who traveled from east Austin to Marble Falls in an effort to save the newborn baby's life.
When Arias began experiencing pains, she and her parents headed to the closest hospital, Baylor Scott & White. Arias gave birth to her daughter, Zaylynn, who weighed just over one pound and was in need of advanced special care. However, the hospital does not offer the specialized care premature babies require, short of proper equipment.
"We had five or six people out at the nurses' station calling hospital networks all over the state of Texas, "said Meredith Schubert, the nurse on duty when Arias arrived. "Nobody could answer our cry for help."
They finally reached Dr. John Loyd, division neonatologist chief at Dell Children's Medical Center in Austin, Texas. Around 5 pm, after already having worked a long time , Loyd packed his SUV with equipment and he and two NICU (新生儿重症监护室) nurses set out for Marble Falls, about 55 miles away. The drive took Loyd and the nurses about two hours as they drove in the night through ice and snow.
After safely arriving at the Marble Falls medical center around 8 pm, the Dell Children's workers set up a simple NICU. Together, the Dell Children's and Baylor Scott & White teams worked around the clock to care for the mother and daughter.
Once the weather cleared enough to allow for a helicopter to safely land, Zaylynn was sent to Dell Children's, where there is a Level IV NICU.
"It was unbelievable when the helicopter lifted off. There were tears from all of us," said Schubert. "It was a huge relief (安慰) and sense of accomplishment and joy that she was doing so well and getting to the place that she needed to be."
Arias told KVUE that she was thankful to the doctors and nurses who worked together to save her daughter.
1. What was the problem with the newborn baby?A.She got a serious disease. | B.She was born too heavy to survive. |
C.She had to return home in a snowstorm. | D.She failed to get the treatment she needed. . |
A.It received no answer. | B.First aid was put off because of it. |
C.It wasn't sent out for the heavy snow. | D.The information it contained was wrong. |
A.Experienced nurses. | B.Medical equipment. |
C.Means of transport. | D.Excellent medical skills. |
A.Proud. | B.Anxious. | C.Excited. | D.Heartbroken. |
6 . Someday soon an emoji (表情符号)might really save lives.
Hiroyuki Komatsu is a Google engineer who suggested adding a series of new emojis to the standard emoji library. It could help those with food allergies (过敏)understand what they are eating anywhere in the world. Emojis should cover characters representing major food causing allergies. They make people understand what are used in foods even in foreign countries and safely select meals.
Emojis are universal because they are chosen and developed by the Unicode Consortium, a non-profit company that oversees, develops and maintains how text is represented. This is in regards to all software products and standards. It's thanks to the Unicode Standard that when you text a friend six pizza emojis, they’ll see those six pizza pieces on their phone. This is true regardless of whether they use an iPhone or an Android.
Because emojis are everywhere and visual(视觉的),they could be helpful for restaurants and food packaging designers. They can communicate whether a product is made with common causing-allergy food. But as Komatsu’s advice argues, many of the most common causing-allergy foods are missing or poorly represented by the present emoji library. For example, there is an emoji for octopus, but nothing for squid. There is a loaf of bread that could symbolize grain, but a picture of wheat could be clearer. The emojis can be more direct when symbolizing foods.
It’s not uncommon for the Unicode Consortium to add new emojis to the library: several food-related emojis were put into use last June, including some long-waited food emojis. Apple included support for multiracial emojis in a recent iOS update. An artist even recreated Moby-Dick in emoji characters. Some might be sorry for the continuing death of the written word if Komatsu’s suggestion is accepted, but look on the bright side: if you ever see that happy poop on a box, you’ll know to stay away.
1. How will emojis save lives according to the text?A.By showing what the food contains visually. | B.By telling the safest places in the world. |
C.By teaching people how to treat allergies. | D.By adding standard emojis about safety. |
A.Emojis have the same meanings around the world. |
B.The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit company. |
C.What emojis represent is different in different places. |
D.Different mobile operating systems have different emojis. |
A.Emojis are easy to mix up. | B.Present emojis are not enough. |
C.Emojis can't interest most users. | D.Emojis can't represent foods directly. |
A.Doubtful. | B.Worried. | C.Supportive. | D.Uninterested. |