1 . A snowboarder was feeling lucky to be alive yesterday after a helicopter rescue(直升机营救).
Ben Akintola, 30, was snowboarding in the French Alps under a clear blue sky in the afternoon when a large amount of snow fell down the side of the mountain. He didn’t have time to escape(逃脱) and it hit him with full force and knocked him senseless.
He woke in the night in total darkness. He was lying on an icy rock. Amazingly, he still had a mobile phone signal(信号), so he called a friend a thousand kilometers away in Britain. His friend called the French rescue services.
“I was waiting for what seemed like hours on that rock. I was beginning to give up hope when I heard the sound of a helicopter. It was circling around in the darkness, looking for me. I was trying my best to wave my mobile around. Fortunately the helicopter pilot saw the light.”
“I was overjoyed when the helicopter headed my way. It stayed above me and began lowering a rope.”
Ben was in hospital last night but he was not being treated for any serious injuries. He’s looking forward to going home today.
The French rescue services said: “We were very pleased that we were able to save Ben. The risk of snow slide off-piste(非滑雪场地的) is much higher at this time of year. All snowboarders and skiers should stay on the ski runs and not go off-piste. Ben was very lucky.”
1. What happened to Ben?A.He got lost in the French Alps. | B.He had a snowboarding accident. |
C.He was separated from his friends. | D.He was knocked down by falling rocks. |
A.from his friend | B.in the early afternoon |
C.after receiving his call | D.when seeing his mobile |
A.It made him strong in the darkness. | B.It caused him to hope for the best. |
C.It was shorter than he expected. | D.It was a little discouraging. |
A.A Lucky Escape | B.A Rocky Mountain |
C.Risks of Snowboarding | D.French Rescue Services |
2 . If you’ve made a routine of a daily walk, congratulations! You’re getting many benefits of a walk. But there’s one simple mistake that could be putting your life at risk. Almost 129,000 pedestrians were injured, and 5,376 were killed in traffic crashes in the United States in 2015, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
Luckily, there are some steps you can take to stay safe on foot. Sure, you drive on the right side of the road in the US, but that’s not where you should be as a pedestrian.
Seems like it couldn’t make much difference.
On the other hand, when you’re walking against traffic, you can see the cars heading toward you. Facing those vehicles lets you see danger coming and get out of the way if necessary, and you aren’t putting your life in the hands of every driver who passes.
A.If there’s a sidewalk available, you should always use it |
B.Where it is convenient and clear, make sure to take the route |
C.Next time you go for a walk or run, face the traffic and keep watchful |
D.You may be taken aback by such a big difference between the choices |
E.Look backwards and forwards all the time when you walk along the traffic |
F.This means one crash-related pedestrian death every 1.6 hours |
G.But a study of car accidents between 2006 and 2010 would argue otherwise |