1 . 25 people were killed and 50 injured on Wednesday in a train accident in Cairo, which surprised local people. According to the BBC, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli visited the scene and he said     1     cause was not yet known, but Egypt's police were conducting an investigation (进行调查)     2     (find) the reason of the accident. Egypt had one of the     3     (old) and largest rail networks, and crashes and other accidents were common.

2 . April 4th was just another day on a Western Australia farm for Zac Mitchell, until it suddenly wasn’t. In an unexpected accident, the cattle worker was feeding the animals in his charge when one bull cleaned him up and kicked his hand up against the rail, resulting in the thumb on his right hand being cut off. “My thumb was still hanging on the rail... when I got up off the ground,” Zac Mitchell says.

His co-workers tried their best to preserve the thumb for reattachment, placing it on ice in a cooler, but two surgeries to put Mitchell’s thumb back in place failed. That’s when doctors came up with another suggestion: Remove one of his big toes to where his thumb used to be.

Mitchell’s lead surgeon, Sean Nicklin, understood the man’s dilemma at first, calling it a “bit of a crazy idea”. After all, Zac Mitchell did not want to be injured in another part of his body. But as the thumb is incredibly important function-wise, Mitchell eventually gave in. Nicklin explains that the big toe is surprisingly fit for a thumb switch: Nerves sync up (同步) nicely, and it looks more like a thumb, though a giant one, than any other alternative they may have come up with. He added that big toes aren’t as necessary for balance and walking as people believe. As far as the foot goes, occasional “fine balance” activities like surfing might be difficult, but most people without a big toe function fine in everyday tasks like walking and even competitive sports.

The eight-hour surgery went well, and Mitchell is expected to have a year or so of recovery in front of him before he heads back into the fields.

1. What happened to Zac Mitchell on April 4th?

A．He cleaned up a bull.	B．He was badly hurt.
C．He started his farm.	D．He lost his thumbs.

2. What suggestion did the doctor give to Mitchell after the unsuccessful surgery?

A．Recreating a new thumb in place.

B．Replacing the thumb with his toe.

C．Transplanting his co-worker’s thumb.

D．Putting back the cut-off thumb again.

3. What is Mitchell’s first attitude to the doctor’s another suggestion?

A．Optimistic.	B．Insignificant.
C．Hesitant.	D．Rejective.

4. According to Nicklin, after the surgery Mitchell is able to       .

A．surf on the sea	B．do daily activities
C．only stay at home	D．work on wheelchair

3 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写一个适当的词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Basketball hero Kobe Bryant's death has drawn an outpouring of shock and sadness across China. Basketball fans in China are now sad after learning that the former Los Angeles Lakers' 18-time NBA All Star had died at the age of 41 in a helicopter crash     1     Sunday in California. Bryant was among nine people on board,     2     (include) his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, who all died in the disaster    3     occurred in the heavy fog.

4 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写一个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

A group doctors,     1    had been specially trained in skiing skills in China over the last four years, provided medical treatment during the Winter Olympics. In the field, if there was an accident, the ski doctors had to be     2    the scene in four minutes with a 10-kilo medical bag and had to deal with the injuries and remove the     3     (injure) athlete from the track in just 15 minutes.

6 . 第三部分：阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Eight – year – old Jesse Abrogate was playing in the sea late one evening in July 2001 when a 7 – foot bull shark attacked him and tore off his arm. Jesse’s uncle jumped into the sea and dragged the boy to shore. The boy was not breathing. His aunt gave him mouth – to – mouth resuscitation (人工呼吸) while his uncle rang the emergency services. Pretty soon, a helicopter arrived and flew the boy to hospital. It was a much quicker journey than the journey by road.
Jesse’s uncle, Vance Folsenzier, ran back into to the sea and found the shark that had attacked his nephew. He picked the shark up and threw it onto the beach. A coastguard shot the fish four times and although this did not kill it, the shark’s jaws relaxed so that they could open them, and reach down into its stomach, and pull out the boy’s arm.
At the Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, Dr Ian Rogers spent eleven hours reattaching Jesse’s arm. “It was a complicated operation,” he said, “but we were lucky. If the arm hadn’t been recovered in time, we wouldn’t have been able to do the operation at all. What I mean is that if they hadn’t found the shark, well then we wouldn’t have had a chance.’
According to local park ranger Jack Tomosvic, shark attacks are not that common. “Jesse was just unlucky,” he says, “evening is the shark’s feeding time. And Jesse was in area without lifeguards. This would never have happened if he had been in area where swimming is allowed.’
When reporters asked Jesse’s uncle how he had had the courage to fight a shark, he replied, “I was mad and you do some strange things when you’re mad.”
1. What was the boy doing when the accident happened?

A．Feeding a hungry shark.	B．Jumping into the rough sea.
C．Dragging a boy to the shore.	D．Swimming in a dangerous area.

2. In which way did the boy’s uncle help with the operation?

A．By finding his lost arm.	B．By shooting the fish.
C．By flying him to hospital.	D．By blowing into his mouth.

3. How wahis uncle in time of danger?

A．Careful.

B．Brave.

C．Optimistic.

D．Patient.