1 . What are the speakers talking about?

A．A fire.

B．A restaurant.

C．An earthquake.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What are the speakers talking about?

A．A fire accident.

B．A traffic accident.

C．A riding accident.

2. Who is the man speaker probably?

A．A: truck driver.

B．A waiter.

C．A policeman.

3. When did the accident happen?

A．At noon.

B．At daybreak.

C．At midnight.

4. How many people were killed in the accident?

A．Four.

B．Five.

C．Seven.

4 . Why did the accident happen?

A．The man was driving fast.

B．The man was drunk.

C．The man didn’t see the girl.

5 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What happened to the school bus?

A．It ran a red light.

B．It hit a car.

C．It turned over.

2. What was the result of the accident?

A．The car driver's face was injured.

B．Two students had their arms broken.

C．The bus driver was seriously injured.

3. What did the headmaster think of the bus driver's reaction?

A．What he did was quite right.

B．He could have prevented the accident.

C．He shouldn't have opened the door.

4. What did John Pineda see?

A．The car was going slowly.

B．The bus driver turned left.

C．Nobody was crossing the street.

6 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where did the accident happen?

A．On a highway

B．On a freeway

C．On a road

2. What was strange about the accident?

A．Two people got hurt

B．The truck turned over

C．No one was killed

7 . Family of a Sydney father sticking to life following a New year’s Eve fireworks explosion (燃放鞭炮) say the incident was an “unexpected accident”. Adrian Alafaci, 28, from Sans Souci, was in a dangerous condition on Thursday afternoon after a firework exploded in his face when he tried to light it just after midnight.

Adrian was ringing in the new year with a small group of friends on a beach near river-side Drive at Sans Souci. The explosion left him with serious face and head injuries and he was taken to St George Hospital without any delay. His daughter was not with him at the time. No one else was injured during the incident, police said.

People around San Souci and Brighton Le Sands said fireworks were going off in the streets for hours with some even thrown from passing cars.

Whitney Pitman posted online that someone threw a cracker at her car from a unit block as she was driving. Luckily, it was only knocked off her car. “Imagine if my window was down,” she said. “Seriously, how stupid are people these days.”

Another woman said one was let off under her son’s window in Ramsgate. “We were up all night, too,” she said.

Colleen Euston, who lives in Sans Souci, posted online that fireworks were going off in her street from 9 p.m to 2 a.m and some were thrown from a passing car.

In New South Wales it is never legal to use fireworks without a license. Only “toy fire works” such as sparklers, party poppers and toy pistol caps, can be used without a license.

1. From the first paragraph we can learn that_________.

A．a fireworks explosion means a disaster

B．a Sydney father got injured by a firework

C．a Sydney family were injured in an accident

D．accidents cannot be avoided at New Year’s Eve

2. When the incident happened, Adrian________.

A．was on a street	B．was with his family
C．was celebrating Christmas	D．lit a firework himself

3. What was Whitney Pittman worried about?

A．Throwing fireworks at passing cars.	B．Throwing fireworks from passing cars.
C．Letting off fireworks under the window.	D．Fireworks going off from 9 p.m to 2 a.m.

4. In New South Wales, lighting fireworks is__________.

A．always against the law	B．limited to toy fireworks
C．not permitted without a license	D．the main cause of human injuries

8 . Sam, an unemployed piano tuner, said it was only the second thing he had ever won in his life. The first thing was an Afghan blanket at a church raffle（抽奖）when he was 25 years old. But this was much bigger: it was $120,000! He had won the Big Cube, a state lottery(彩票) game．To win, a contestant must first guess which number a spinning cube will stop on. The cube has six numbers on it: 1X, 10X, 50X, 100X, 500X, and 1000X.If he is correct, the contestant must then guess which of two selected variables（变量）is going to be greater. So, just guessing which number appears on the cube does not guarantee that you will win any money.
Sam correctly guessed 1000X, but he still had to choose between two variables. One variable was the number of cars that would run the stop sign at Hill Street and Lake Avenue in six hours. The other variable was the number of times that a teenage boy would change TV channels in a three-hour period. This was a tough decision.
Finally, Sam flipped a coin. It came up heads, so Sam picked the teenager. He picked right. The stop sign was run only 76 times, but the teen clicked 120 times. Sixty-year-old Sam jumped for joy, for he had just won 1000 times 120, or $120,000.Sam dreamily left the lottery studio. Talking excitedly on his cell phone while crossing the street, he got hit by a little sports car.
Sam is slowly getting better. He was in the hospital for a month. His hospital bill was $110,000.And the insurance company for the little sports car’s owner sued（起诉）Sam for $9,000 worth of repairs．Also, Sam still has to pay federal taxes on his winnings．Sam doesn’t play the state lottery any more. He says it’s better to be unlucky.
1. What can be inferred about Sam from the passage?

A．He always has bad luck.	B．He seldom goes to a raffle.
C．He is a very careful person in life.	D．He used to be crazy about lottery tickets.

2. Which of the following played a vital role in Sam’s winning the big prize?

A．The cube.	B．The coin.
C．The blanket.	D．The stop sign.

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

A．The lottery game was a complete lie.

B．Sam was quite familiar with the boy.

C．The owner of the car is now in hospital.

D．Sam will have none of the prize money left.

4. What could be the best title for the passage?

A．Curiosity killed the cat	B．Joy puts heart into a man
C．Extreme joy ends in sorrow	D．A bird in hand is worth two in the bush