After study for hours, I went outside and up to the roof nearby for a break and watched people cwimming in the sea. It was a sunny day—a blue, cloudless sky over a calm sea. But then, as I looked in the distance. I discovered a series of three or four big waves heading towards the shore. I’d seen these mini-tsunamis (小型海啸)many times before. They were heading at speed in the direction of the swimming area. Most people knew to look out for them, but from the screams that started coming from the beach, I could tell someone was in trouble.
Without thinking, I ran down into the street, holding my bodvboard (冲浪板)on the way and shouted at a stranger to call the coastguard(海岸警卫).My neighbor Tom had heard the screaming as well and was also outside with his bodyboard, so togetlier we rushed to the steps that led down to the sea.
Once we got closer, we discovered the waves had pulled a boy and a girl into the open sea. I knew that the nearest boat would take at least 30 minutes to reach us. I wasn’t used to this sort of emergency—I’d never been trained as a lifeguard—but I didn’t think twice about trying to save them. I suppose in a way I wanted to impress everyone; at 19, a deal like that can seem like a good opportunity to show off.
Tom and I dived into the water and it took us 10 minutes to get to them. When we finally reached them, they were almost lifeless with only their heads coming in and out of the water. We could tell they were still alive from their small breaths but it was clear they wouldn't have been able to stay there much longer. I held the boy and pulled him over my board. Tom then moved the girl onto his board.
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We discussed pushing them back to the shore, but we were too far out.
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That night, word came from the hospital that the two kids were in good condition.
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1. Where did the shark attacks occur recently?
| A．In North Carolina. | B．In California. | C．In Florida. |
| A．A writer for a magazine. |
| B．A researcher from a museum. |
| C．A shark expert from a university. |
| A．Only swim where the water is warm. |
| B．Make their presence known in the water. |
| C．Avoid wearing certain types of bathing suits. |
| A．They closed down the beaches. |
| B．They conducted a study on shark attacks. |
| C．They forced boats and fishermen to stop all activities. |
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Last Sunday I witnessed traffic accident on my way home. I was wandering down the sidewalk while I heard a loud noise. Two taxis crashed into each other about ten meter away. I went up and found the two drivers badly injured, bleeding or trapped in the taxis. Lucky, they were rescued in time because of people came to help them and called an ambulance. It was clear that the taxi drivers were such eager to take more passengers that they drive too fast. These drivers lacked responsibility for the safe of their passengers. What they did was dangerous for others as well as them.
Justin Foster,
5 . It is interesting to see that the force of only 6 or 7 people pushing in the same direction can cause up to 1,000 pounds of force—enough to break brick walls. During a fatal stampede (蜂拥), people can even die standing up. People die when pressure is put to their bodies in a front to back direction, causing them not to be able to breathe.
If you are in a crowd, the first and most important thing is to make yourself familiar with your surroundings and find different exits. No matter where you are, make sure you always know how to get out.
Make yourself aware of the type of the ground you are standing on, and know that in a crowd of moving people wet ground can cause you to fall.
When in danger, a few seconds can make a difference, giving you the possibility of making use of your escaping route. Always stay closer to the escape route. If you find yourself in the middle of a moving crowd, do not fight against the pressure and do not stand still or sit down, because you can easily get trampled (踩踏). Instead, move in the same direction of the crowd; make use of any space that may open up to move sideways to the crowd movement where the flow is weaker.
Keep your hands up by your chest, like a boxer—it gives you movement and protects your chest. If you fall, get up quickly. If you can’t get up because you are injured, get someone to pull you up. If you have kids, lift them up. If you fall and cannot get up, keep moving in the same direction of the crowd, or if that is not possible, then cover your head with your arms; do not lie on your stomach or back.
1. Why may people in a stampede die standing up?| A．They can’t breathe freely. |
| B．They push in the same direction. |
| C．They are not able to get up. |
| D．They aren’t familiar with the surroundings. |
| A．Harmful. | B．Shocking. |
| C．Deadly. | D．Hateful. |
| A．Fight against the pressure. |
| B．Stand still where you are. |
| C．Sit down covering your head. |
| D．Move along the escape route. |
| A．How to stay far away from a crowd. |
| B．What to do when you are in a crowd. |
| C．Where to go when you are in danger. |
| D．How to get along with a big crowd. |
6 . Two deer jumped out in front of 16-year-old Amanda Floyd's car. She stepped on the brake, stopping the car just in time. But later, she started texting. Distracted (分心的)，Amanda turned left and right, then crashed into another car. Luckily, she wasn't in a real car--she was in a driving simulator (模拟器) at Roosevelt High School, Ohio, US. “I never really realized that cars make a turn that much," Amanda, a Junior, said. She added that she wouldn't text while driving anymore.
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and State Highway Patrol brought the simulator to the school. They said they wanted to help students learn about the danger of driving while drunk, while texting, or while talking on the phone.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, distracted driving claimed 3,4501ives in2016 alone. Experts believe the actual figure is probably higher.
The simulator is basically a computer program. Like many computer games, it was a hit with the students. They lined up and crowded around to watch each other take turns. The simulator has a steering wheel! (方向盘) ,brake and gas pedal (油门踏板) . It is made up of three large computer screens on a table.
Students choose a distraction, such as driving while drunk or texting. They always crash, of course. Then, they are pulled over by the police to be taught the bad results of their driving: how much damage they've caused, what their fine is, if anyone died in the accident, and if they're going to go to prison.
"It teaches how to drive without being on the road," said Shante Thompson, 16. She had just crashed into a deer.
ODOT spokesman Justin Chesnic said hundreds of kids have gone behind the wheel so far. He said even more have benefited from watching their classmates. "Driving is such a major responsibility, so take it seriously" he said.“Put away your cellphone. A lot of the accidents out there are because of distracted driving. It can not only change your life, but it can change someone else's life forever. The results are serious."
1. What does the author intend to do in Paragraph One?| A．Introduce the topic of the text. |
| B．Illustrate the author's point of view. |
| C．Provide some advice for the readers. |
| D．Offer some background information. |
| A．It tests the students' ability to stay focused. |
| B．It gets students to have fun between classes. |
| C．It teaches students how to deal with traffic accidents. |
| D．It makes students aware of the dangers of distracted driving. |
| A．It is connected to the local police station. |
| B．It is a real car but has large computer screens. |
| C．It attracts the students' interest as a computer program. |
| D．It benefits the students who use it more than those who only watch. |
| A．Traffic rules in Ohio, US. |
| B．Danger of distracted driving. |
| C．Simulated driving for students. |
| D．Advantages of computer games. |
7 . Alexis, 17, sat quietly in the passenger seat of her dad’s car. She let her eyes lazily scan, the landscape for wildlife. Then a deer came into view about 200 yards in front of them. “Dad, there’s a deer there!” Alexis said. It was a male deer with sharp sntlers(角) on each side of its head.
As the car moved closer, Alexis saw that the deer’s head was bent toward the ground. Then she heard a scream and saw an arm fly up near the deer’s head. Alexis realized the deer was attacking a woman. Sue, a 44-year-old mother, had been out for her morning run. The deer followed her and edged closer. “I knew I was in trouble,” Sue says. She went to pick up a stick for self-defense, and the deer charged. It lifted her with its antlers and threw her into the air. Sue could feel blood flew down her leg. Within seconds, the deer had pushed her off the road.
When Alexis and her father pulled up, the deer was throwing Sue like a doll. Alexis looked into the woman’s terrified eyes, and before her father had even stopped the car, the teenager jumped quickly out of the car and ran toward the deer. “I was kicking it to get its attention,” she says. Then her father, who had followed his daughter, pushed the deer away from the women.
Alexis helped Sue into the car, and then applied a piece of cloth to Sue’s injured leg. “We’re going to get you to a hospital,” Alexis said. Then she heard her father shout loudly. He had been knocked to the ground. Alexis took hold of a hammer from the car and ran to where her father lay on his back. She beat the deer’s head and neck, but the blows didn’t scare it away. “I was losing faith,” she says. “A couple more strikes, Alexis,” said her father. “You can do it.” Turning the hammer around, Alexis closed her eyes and beat the deer’s neck with all her strength. When she opened her eyes, the deer was running away. Alexis got in the driver’s seat and sped toward the nearest hospital.
After Sue was treated, she tearfully thanked her rescuers. “You expect a teenage girl to get on the phone and call for help,” she says, “not to beat up a deer.”
1. What was Sue doing when she was attacked by the deer?| A．She was driving home. | B．She was resting on the road. |
| C．She was taking exercise. | D．She was feeding wild animals. |
| A．changed | B．cut |
| C．attacked | D．moved |
| A．She pushed the deer away. | B．She hit the deer with her feet. |
| C．She drove the car to hit the deer. | D．She beat the deer with a hammer. |
| A．Strong. | B．Cruel. |
| C．Energetic. | D．Brave. |
8 . “Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill.”
It might sound like something straight out of a horror movie, but for 38 minutes terrified Hawaiian residents thought the world was going to end.
On Saturday, locals and tourists on the small island woke up to a message that many have feared amid North Korea’s development of a nuclear weapon.
Panicked residents gathered family members, ran out onto the streets and anxiously sought shelter as they awaited the attack. Cars were abandoned on highways and people who were outside at the time hid in the basements of neighbours as others prepared to flee.
Stacey Bow, 56, of Honolulu was awakened to the emergency alert(警报) on her smart phone and woke up her 16- year- old daughter, who became hysterical, crying. Cherese Carlson, said the moments following the alert were filled with fear. “I had no friends here to turn to for help,”she said. “There was nothing I could do but sit in my car worried that it was the end of my life.”
Others thought that it was a hoax or a false alarm, since the sirens(报警汽笛) did not ring out. “I thought to myself, it must be someone’s last day at work or someone got extremely upset at a superior and basically did this as a joke,” said Brian Naeole, who was visiting Honolulu from Molokai, adding that he didn’t hear sirens and neither TV nor radio stations issued alerts.
It turned out that the incident was caused by a worker who pressed the wrong button. A revised alert informing people of the “false alarm” did not reach mobile phones until about 40 minutes after the first warning was sent. Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency administrator Vern Miyagi said, “there was no automated way to send a false alarm cancellation. We had to initiate a manual process. And that was why it took a while to inform everyone”. He apologised for the false alarm.
1. When did the people probably receive the alert message?| A．At 8:07 a.m. |
| B．At 11:05 a.m. |
| C．At 6:13 p.m. |
| D．At 9:05 p.m. |
| A．She was a local living in Honolulu. |
| B．She celled up her friends for assistance. |
| C．She had to hide in a strong basement |
| D．She was probably a tourist visiting Hawaii. |
| A．Desperate. |
| B．Calm. |
| C．Terrified. |
| D．Funny. |
| A．expressed in words |
| B．controlled by computers |
| C．operated by hand |
| D．performed by robots |
| A．A shop manager. | B．A policeman. | C．The woman's neighbour. |
10 . Recently, I flew to Las Vegas to attend a meeting. As we were about to arrive, the pilot announced that there would be a slight
The movement was so fierce that several passengers felt
About twenty minutes into the adventure, the entire airplane became very
There was now a sense of anxiety and fear that could be
| A．mistake | B．delay | C．change | D．wind |
| A．forced | B．warned | C．swept | D．reminded |
| A．watching | B．visiting | C．circling | D．crossing |
| A．arrive | B．enter | C．stop | D．land |
| A．if | B．though | C．because | D．while |
| A．light | B．pale | C．dark | D．quick |
| A．sick | B．nervous | C．angry | D．afraid |
| A．empty | B．narrow | C．secret | D．open |
| A．serves | B．aims | C．fails | D．happens |
| A．quiet | B．hot | C．dirty | D．crowded |
| A．partly | B．gradually | C．shortly | D．clearly |
| A．pilot | B．baby | C．guard | D．man |
| A．seats | B．passengers | C．flight | D．airplane |
| A．realized | B．hoped | C．agreed | D．insisted |
| A．health | B．safety | C．joy | D．future |
| A．teachers | B．books | C．experience | D．theories |
| A．learning | B．taking | C．missing | D．enjoying |
| A．sat | B．lay | C．went | D．rode |
| A．nearly | B．finally | C．really | D．suddenly |
| A．attempted | B．managed | C．wanted | D．decided |
