1 . Life can change in the blink of an eye. For Bridgette Ponson, one of those
Soon, Chris Crowder, CEO of the school, became
“It was a split second,” Chris recalls. “I immediately just ran into the classroom building because I knew I had to get a lot of people to lift this car. We have about 220
A whole group of kids could be seen working together to lift the car enough for Mom and her kids to get
A.discoveries | B.observations | C.explorations | D.moments |
A.approached | B.hit | C.delighted | D.confused |
A.searching | B.waiting | C.trapped | D.tied |
A.Thankfully | B.Honestly | C.Absolutely | D.Obviously |
A.witness | B.cause | C.victim | D.damage |
A.learned | B.realized | C.recalled | D.explained |
A.accompany | B.treat | C.save | D.welcome |
A.aware | B.afraid | C.ashamed | D.approving |
A.doubt | B.wonder | C.exception | D.delay |
A.domestic | B.energetic | C.innocent | D.ordinary |
A.made | B.helped | C.watched | D.heard |
A.calling | B.looking | C.running | D.climbing |
A.ahead | B.close | C.free | D.lost |
A.stress | B.injuries | C.hunger | D.diseases |
A.expected | B.determined | C.advised | D.reminded |
1. Who is the speaker probably?
A.A bank manager. |
B.A supermarket manager. |
C.A supermarket detective. |
A.The causes of theft. |
B.The prevention of theft. |
C.The characteristics of thieves. |
A.Lowering goods prices. |
B.Putting alarms on goods. |
C.Using monitoring equipment. |
3 . Any car accident is frightening, but an accident in which your vehicle is thrown into the water, with you trapped inside, is absolutely terrifying.
Brace yourself for impact (撞击力). As soon as you're aware that you're going off the road and into a body of water, adopt a brace position. The impact could set off the airbag system in your vehicle, so you should place both hands on the steering wheel in the “ten and two” position.
Undo your seat belt.
Break the window. If you aren’t able to open the window, or it only opens halfway, you’ll need to break it with an object or your foot. It may feel counterintuitive (有悖常理的) to let water into the car.
Escape when the car has equalized. If it has reached the dramatic stage where the car cabin has been filled with water and it has become balanced, you must move quickly and effectively to ensure your survival.
A.Open the window as soon as you hit the water. |
B.Surviving a sinking car is not as difficult as you think. |
C.It takes 60 to 120 seconds for a car to fill up with water usually. |
D.Such accidents are particularly dangerous due to the risk of drowning. |
E.In conclusion, if you know what to do in the water, you will be safe. |
F.This is the first thing to attend to, yet it often gets forgotten in the panic. |
G.But the sooner the window is open, the sooner you can escape directly through it. |
1. What is probably the man?
A.A policeman. | B.A tour guide. | C.A taxi driver. |
A.Someone was sick. | B.She felt very sleepy. | C.The roads were empty. |
A.It fell off a bridge. | B.It ran into trees. | C.It hit a man. |
A.Near a farm. | B.On the grass. | C.In her car. |
1. Where was the woman when the accident happened?
A.Near a bank | B.In Union Street | C.Under the traffic lights |
A.Yellow | B.Red | C.Green |
1. How did the woman scratch the red car?
A.Her car backed into it. | B.Her shopping cart hit it. | C.Her bags dropped on it. |
A.Leave a note. | B.Go to a grocery store. | C.Drive away quickly. |
7 . April 4th was just another day on a Western Australia farm for Zac Mitchell, until it suddenly wasn’t. In an unexpected accident, the cattle worker was feeding the animals in his charge when one bull cleaned him up and kicked his hand up against the rail, resulting in the thumb on his right hand being cut off. “My thumb was still hanging on the rail... when I got up off the ground,” Zac Mitchell says.
His co-workers tried their best to preserve the thumb for reattachment, placing it on ice in a cooler, but two surgeries to put Mitchell’s thumb back in place failed. That’s when doctors came up with another suggestion: Remove one of his big toes to where his thumb used to be.
Mitchell’s lead surgeon, Sean Nicklin, understood the man’s dilemma at first, calling it a “bit of a crazy idea”. After all, Zac Mitchell did not want to be injured in another part of his body. But as the thumb is incredibly important function-wise, Mitchell eventually gave in. Nicklin explains that the big toe is surprisingly fit for a thumb switch: Nerves sync up (同步) nicely, and it looks more like a thumb, though a giant one, than any other alternative they may have come up with. He added that big toes aren’t as necessary for balance and walking as people believe. As far as the foot goes, occasional “fine balance” activities like surfing might be difficult, but most people without a big toe function fine in everyday tasks like walking and even competitive sports.
The eight-hour surgery went well, and Mitchell is expected to have a year or so of recovery in front of him before he heads back into the fields.
1. What happened to Zac Mitchell on April 4th?A.He cleaned up a bull. | B.He was badly hurt. |
C.He started his farm. | D.He lost his thumbs. |
A.Recreating a new thumb in place. |
B.Replacing the thumb with his toe. |
C.Transplanting his co-worker’s thumb. |
D.Putting back the cut-off thumb again. |
A.Optimistic. | B.Insignificant. |
C.Hesitant. | D.Rejective. |
A.surf on the sea | B.do daily activities |
C.only stay at home | D.work on wheelchair |
1. What is the woman?
A.A diver. | B.A lifeguard. | C.A swimming instructor. |
A.The woman. | B.A student. | C.The man. |
A.Five minutes later. | B.Ten minutes later. | C.Twenty minutes later. |
A.She cried. | B.She went back in the pool. | C.She had no idea of what happened. |
A.She has an accident. |
B.She has to call an ambulance. |
C.She had her cellphone stolen. |
1. Why did the man come back late?
A.He hurt his hands and knees. |
B.He went to pub with Julie. |
C.He waited a long time for the bus. |
A.She was fined. | B.She got injured. | C.She had an accident. |
A.Outside the pub. | B.At a bus stop. | C.In his car. |
A.Looking for something. |
B.Struggling to stand up. |
C.Trying to seek help. |