| A．A fire. | B．A matchbox. | C．A rain. |
2 . Matthew Layton was 20 minutes from home in Sevierville, Tennessee, on a cold November night in 2016 when he got a cell phone call from his mother. “The mountain’s on fire,” she screamed, “and Brian’s up there!”
Layton’s family owned a dozen rental cabins(小屋) on Shields Mountain, and Layton’s friend and fellow rental-cabin owner, Brian McGee, age 56, was up there trying to put the fire out by himself. Layton, 32, hit the gas. He lived on the mountain too.
Layton turned around and headed for a dirt road. He made it about halfway up the steep, winding path before his front-wheel-drive car gave up. He called McGee, who drove down in his pickup so they could fight the fire together.
They headed first to Layton’s rental cabins. “I wanted to make sure our guests were gone. They were,” says Layton. At that point, he had a choice: try to save his cabins or rescue people renting other cabins nearby. “On the mountain, you don’t have many locals. They’re mostly tourists who don’t know their way around,” he says.
Over the next two hours, the two friends drove through the smoky mountain, knocking on doors and leading panicked people to safety. “I know that mountain so well,” Layton says, “I could drive and know exactly where I am just by time traveled.” Thanks to their brave and immediate action, the two helped 14 people out of the danger.
Fourteen people died that night in Sevier County. But the fire didn’t take away a single life on Shields Mountain. And though his home and business were destroyed, Layton remains calm. “I wasn’t worried about my loss, not when I saw those families trapped on the mountain,” he says, “I knew I was gonna help them.”
1. Where was Layton when the fire broke out?| A．Visiting his mother. | B．Away from his home. |
| C．Heading for the cabins. | D．Driving on a dirt road. |
| A．Layton’s car broke down halfway. | B．Brian was in charge of Layton’s cabins. |
| C．Layton picked up Brian on the path. | D．Brian lived in the mountain alone. |
| A．They put out the fire before it spread. | B．They turned to locals for help. |
| C．Layton was familiar with the area. | D．Brian gave up his own cabins. |
| A．He blamed himself. | B．He suffered a lot. |
| C．He felt sorry. | D．He was relieved. |
| 时间、地点 | 10月2日，澳大利亚维多利亚州(Victoria)西南部森林，持续四个多星期 |
| 起因 | 某青年扔烟蒂(stub) |
| 救援 | 数千名消防队员(fireman)及当地群众 |
| 后果 | 19人死亡，约80人受伤，至少3000万美元损失 |
| 影响 | 全国震惊。伤者康复，惩处肇事者。呼吁行事谨慎，避免引起类似灾难。 |
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1. How many children are injured every year in Britain?
| A．About 10,000. | B．Less than 100,000. | C．More than 1,000,000. |
| A．By using mats. |
| B．By fitting safety gates. |
| C．By accompanying the children all the time. |
| A．The kitchen. | B．The bathroom. | C．The living room. |
| A．A writer. | B．A TV host. | C．A radio host. |
The decision facing one Brooklyn jury（陪审团）was how much a landlord should pay in damages to the boy — named “G.M.M.” in court documents — after an investigation showed he had been living in an apartment illegally coated with lead paint.
Attorneys（律师） representing G.M.M. said $3.4 million was the right number, arguing that the boy would have had a bright career ahead of him; both of his parents had graduated from college and his mother received a master’s degree. But the landlord’s defense put the figure at less than half that — $1.5 million. Attorney Roger Archibald noted that because the boy was Hispanic, G.M.M. was unlikely to attain the advanced education that would provide to such a large income.
The 4-year-old’s case is a rare public look at one corner of the American legal system that explicitly uses race and gender to determine how much victims or their families should receive in compensation（赔偿） when they are seriously injured or killed.
As a result, white and male victims often receive larger awards than people of color and women in similar cases. These differences largely derive from projections of how much more money individuals would have earned over their lifetimes had they not been injured — projections that take into account average earnings and employment levels by race and gender.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
| A．Description of the boy’s damage. |
| B．Situation of the boy’s family. |
| C．Compensation for the boy’s damage. |
| D．Advantages of American legal system. |
| A．The boy’s illness resulted from the lead paint of the apartment. |
| B．The compensation mainly depends on the costs for treatment. |
| C．The boy would earn a lot of money without the injury. |
| D．The jury is in favor of the G.M.M attorneys in the boy’s case. |
| A．Gender and education. |
| B．Race and gender. |
| C．Race and education. |
| D．Social status and education. |
| A．Angry. | B．Satisfied. | C．Unjust. | D．Optimistic. |
It was a cold morning. It was snowing and there was thin ice on the streets. Few people went to buy the books and the young man had nothing to do. He hated to read, so he watched the traffic. Suddenly he saw a bag fall off a truck and it landed by the other side of the street.
“It must be full of expensive things,” Henry said to himself. “I have to get it, or others will take it away. ”
He went out of the shop and ran across the street. A driver saw him and began to whistle (鸣笛), but he didn’t hear it and went on running. The man drove aside, hit a big tree and was hurt in the accident. Two weeks later Henry was taken to court (法庭). A judge asked if he heard the whistle when he was running across the street. He said that something was wrong with his ears and he could hear nothing.
“But you’ve heard me this time.” said the judge.
“Oh, I’m sorry. Now I can hear with one ear.”
“Cover the ear with your hand and listen to me with your deaf (聋的)one. Well, can you hear me? ”
“No, I can’t, Sir.”
1. What was Mr. King?
| A．a driver | B．a doctor | C．a policeman | D．a shopkeeper |
| A．Because Henry was too lazy. | B．Because Henry hoped to be rich. |
| C．Because Henry finished middle school. | D．Because Henry sold few books. |
| A．He drove aside and hit a big tree. | B．He began to whistle to him. |
| C．He went out of the bookstore. | D．He shouted at him. |
| A．He wanted to have a joke with the judge. |
| B．He wanted to get the judge’s help |
| C．He wanted to find another piece of work |
| D．He didn’t want to pay for the accident. |
