1 . What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A．Driving license.

B．Car accidents.

C．How to drive.

2 . Traffic Accidents and Road Safety

The number of road accidents and the deaths arising from those accidents has increased greatly over the past year.       1    .

We must all be aware of the causes of traffic accidents and act to prevent them. This is true of everyone as accidents affect driven of vehicles as well as cyclists and pedestrians. We all have a responsibility to prevent accidents. Here are some of the major causes of road accidents.

●Driven not paying attention

This is the most common cause of accidents.     2     they are not prepared when another driver does something wrong, like changing paths without signalling or giving wrong signals.

●Drivers being impatient in a traffic jam

Many drivers are aggressive and push into other paths of traffic or overtake other cars. These are both very dangerous because they can easily lead to crashes.

●    3    

Recently the number of people fined for speaking on their mobile phoned while driving has increased by 30 percent. Speaking on the phone requires concentration and takes a driver's attention from the road.

●Drinking and driving

If you drive after you have had alcoholic drinks, you are breaking the law and risking your own life as well as the lives of others     4    , even if they have had just couple of beers, do not allow them to drive.

●Drivers speeding

Speed kills This is a fact that is easily overlooked, but driving too fast through city streets is very irresponsible and dangerous. Our city streets are away busy with people, cars and bicycles.     5    . They should be especially careful near schools, where there are likely to be many children.

A．Road safety for pedestrians

B．Divers speaking on mobile phones

C．Drivers must watch out for people crossing the road

D．Unless driver's drinking alcohol is absolutely banned

E．When drives do not pay attention to surrounding traffic

F．If you are with someone she who has been drinking alcohol

G．This notice is aimed at increasing people's awareness of the problem

3 . They had to get many people out of the burning building as quickly as they could. So they told them to jump out of the window.

The first one out of the window was a man.   He was followed by his two children. Next, a baby and then the baby's mother came flying out of the third-storeyed window, all driven by desperation and the smoke that was coming from the apartment.   Brian Smith and Corey Boykin helped them all. "We caught everything that came out of the window. " Smith said.

A fire started on the second floor. "I got my family out," said Smith. "Then I started banging on doors on the first floor. I tried getting to the second floor, but the smoke was too black. I couldn't see; I couldn't breathe. So I turned around and came outside. That's when I saw people hanging out of the window.”

Boykin was at his friend Melanie Nunemaker's house, across the street from the apartment.   He knew something was wrong when he saw a baby drop out of the window.   Catching the child below was Smith.

Boykin ran to a nearby house to get a ladder and rushed back to help.   He found Smith with his arms outstretched, shouting," Jump! I get you. "He caught several people.   Boykin climbed the ladder to warm people on the third floor to turn around and come toward him because they couldn't see through the smoke.

And he wasn't finished. When Boykin saw his burnt-out neighbors，he took 20 of them back to Nunemaker's house. "They gave us clothes，shoes，whatever they had-and we didn't，"one of the neighbors Chase Ray said, "They saved us."

1. Why did people jump from the building？

A．They faced deadly threat.	B．Their houses were damaged.
C．Their doors were locked.	D．They knew they would be safe.

2. What did Boykin do when he knew something was wrong？

A．He got his family out.	B．He came to the rescue.
C．He caught a dropping baby.	D．He started banging on doors.

3. Who saved the people on the third floor?

A．Nunemaker and Chase Ray.	B．Smith and Nunemaker.
C．Chase Ray and Boykin.	D．Boykin and Smith.

4. What does the underlined part" we didn't" in the last paragraph mean?

A．We didn't give clothes to others.	B．We didn't live comfortably.
C．We didn't have these things.	D．We didn't accept these things.

5. What can be a suitable title for the passage?

A．A Heroic Act	B．"Help"
C．An Accident	D．Four Men

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

On April, 15th, France’s world-famous Notre-dame de Paris Cathedral caught fire. Flames could be seen rising through the top of the monument.     1     (it) tall, narrow spire（塔尖）was soon destroyed.

The Cathedral,     2     dates back to the 12th century, is one of the world’s most famous tourist     3     (attraction). About 12 million people visit it each year. It sits in     4     center of Paris, along the Seines River.

The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo wrote on Twitter Monday, “A     5     (terror) fire is underway at Notre-dame de Paris Cathedral.” He added that Paris firefighters were still trying to contain the fire. She urged people     6     (stay) away from the area. French President Macron delayed a     7     (schedule) speech and arrived at the scene of the fire Monday night. The cause of the fire was not     8     (immediate) known.

After the fire, workers soon got down     9     restoring parts of Notre-dame. Parts of the monument     10     (surround) by a metal and wood support structure. Besides, the Cathedral’s bronze statues were removed for repairs.

5 . Most people agree that being a good driver means being safe and not aggressive on the road. One debate some people still argue, however, is who drives better: men or women? Although it’s impossible to say that one gender drives better than another definitively, there are some noteworthy trends.

Male drivers tend to have more accidents

Data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) shows that male drivers tend to have more total accidents than females. The IIHS, an independent non-profit devoted to reducing car accidents, also found that 71 percent of all motor vehicle crash deaths in 2017 were males. Although the gap has narrowed, almost every year from 1975 to 2017, the number of male crash deaths was more than twice the number of female crash deaths, per the IIHS.

Women might be less-confident behind the wheel

Although male drivers have more accidents, other research shows women aren’t “perfect” drivers, either. Researchers from the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute studied traffic accidents over 20 years and found that female drivers are more likely to run into a car driven by another woman than a man. The study, however, doesn’t explain possible reasons for this pattern.

One that they might consider testing in the future is that some research also shows women are less-confident behind the wheel than men. A study from UCLA exploring the relationship between new drivers’ skills and different variables, including gender(性别), shows female students were less confident drivers than men.

So are men better drivers than women?

Gender is just one factor when it comes to safe driving, along with others such as age, and even the time of day people drive. One study shows that both genders have a greater accident risk when driving at night, but males still have a higher risk at all times of the day. Driving quality also changes based on location, too, as some states are more dangerous than others. Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that Wyoming, Mississippi, and Montana have high accident death rates, without regards to gender. It goes to show that everyone should learn and practice safe driving habits instead of worrying about who drives better.

1. According to the data from the IIHS, what is the percentage of males among car accident victims before 2017?

A．Bigger than 71%

B．Smaller than 71%

C．Exactly 71%

D．Not clear.

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．In recent years, the number of car accidents caused by males is twice as much as that that by females.

B．Researchers have found out why there's higher possibility for women drivers to run into each other.

C．While driving in the daytime, male drivers have a greater accident risk than female drivers.

D．Many studies have shown that females are better and safer drivers than males.

3. What does the underlined word "variables" in Paragraph 4 possibly mean?

A．factors

B．varieties

C．phenomena

D．consequences

4. From which column of a newspaper is the passage probably taken?

A．Science

B．News

C．Culture

D．Traffic

6 . Joanne was stuck in a traffic jam in central Birmingham at 5:30, and at 6:30 she was expected to be chairing a meeting of the tennis club. At last, the traffic was moving. She swung quickly racing to her house. As she opened the door, she nearly tripped over Sheba.

“Hey, Sheba,” she said, “I’ve got no time for you now, but I’ll take you out as soon as I get back from tennis club.” Then she noticed Sheba seemed to be coughing or choking. Obviously, she could hardly breathe. Immediately, Joanne realized she would have to take her to the vet (兽医). When she got there, the vet was just about to close for the day. Seeing the state of Sheba, Dr. Sterne brought her quickly into his office.

“Listen, doctor, I’m really in a rush to get to a meeting-can I leave her with you, and go and get changed? I’ll be back in ten minutes to pick her up, and then I’ll take her on to the meeting with me. Is that OK?”

“Sure,” said the doctor.

Joanne made the quick trip back to her house in a couple of minutes. As she was once more entering the hallway, the phone by the door began to ring.

“This is Dr. Sterne,” said an anxious voice. “I want you to get out of that house immediately,” said the doctor’s voice. “I’m coming round fight away, and the police will be there any time now. Wait outside!”

At that moment, a police car screeched to a stop outside the house. Two policemen got out and ran into the house. Joanne was by now completely confused and very frightened. Then the doctor arrived.

“Where’s Sheba? Is she OK?” shouted Joanne.

“She’s free, Joanne. I took out the thing which was choking her, and she’s OK now.”

Just then, the two policemen reappeared from the house, half-carrying a white-faced man, who could hardly walk. There was blood all over him.

“My God,” said Joanne, “how did he get in there? And how did you know he was there?”

“I think he must be a burglar,” said the doctor. “I knew he was there because when I finally removed what was stuck in Sheba’s throat; it turned out to be three human fingers.”

1. What was Joanne supposed to do at 6: 30?

A．To walk her dog.	B．To see her doctor.
C．To attend a club meeting.	D．To play tennis with her friends.

2. Joanne wanted to get back to her home again ____________.

A．to dress up for the meeting

B．to phone the police station

C．to catch the badly hurt burglar

D．to wait for her dog to be cured

3. From the passage, we can infer that ____________.

A．Sheba fought against the burglar

B．the police found the burglar had broken in

C．Joanne had planned to take her dog to the meeting

D．the doctor performed a difficult operation on the dog

4. In this passage, the writer intends to tell us that the dog is ____________.

A．clever	B．friendly
C．frightening	D．devoted

7 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Miners have dangerous jobs because occasionally the earth sinks or falls apart. When this happens, miners are     1    (trap) underground. They are buried     2     they don't have air to breathe, food to eat, and water to drink, they will die. They     3     not go without any of these things for long, but the first is the most important.     4    is difficult to figure out where miners are and reach them in time. Trapped miners dream of     5       (be) free and don't give up.

In August 2010, 33 miners     6     (go) to work in a mine in Chile, All of a sudden, a wall broke apart and rocks and dirt filled     7     mine's exit. At first,people thought all the miners died.     8     , after working for 17 days, people at the surface learned the miners were still alive.     9    , people on the surface figured out where the miners were and dug a     10    to send them food and water.

8 . My uncle will never forget what happened to him yesterday. Towards the evening, he was     1    (邀请) to an inn. He enjoyed his dinner with his friends,     2    (喝) a lot of wine As a r    3    , he got drunk. He insisted on driving home after the meal, although his friends tried to     4    (说服)him not to.       A few minutes later, he was winding his w    5     on the street.   And then his car ran     6    a tall tree. Fortunately, he was still alive, though s    7     injured. The police came to the scene, and he was taken to hospital. Naturally, he had to     8     in hospital for several days. W    9     still, his driving license was cancelled. How he regretted     10     he had done without listening to his friends.

9 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where does the conversation take place?

A．Inside a car.

B．In a parking lot.

C．On the side of a street.

2. What did the man see the woman do in the car?

A．Look out of the window.

B．Answer her phone.

C．Do her hair.

3. Why was the man angry?

A．The woman damaged his car.

B．The woman borrowed his car.

C．The woman called the police.

4. How does the woman probably feel in the end?

A．Worried.

B．Relaxed.

C．Surprised.

10 . Why did the woman have to change the way?

A．She lost the way.

B．An accident just happened.

C．Something was wrong with her car.