1 . Nearly two years ago, Lauren Kornacki, a recent college graduate, walked outside her family’s home in Virginia to ask her dad if she could borrow his car. As she rounded the corner from the front yard into the garage, Lauren, saw her father, Ale, lying unconscious, pinned on his back beneath his car. The car had fallen off the jack while he was changing the brake pads on the right rear tire.

Lauren yelled inside at her mother to call emergency services, and then ran to the car. “I thought, I’m going to lose my dad,” she says. Unsure of what to do, she stuck both hands under the wheel hub where Alec had removed the tire and pulled up with all her strength. To her surprise, she lifted the car. Then she held it up with one arm and, with the other, pulled her father out from under the car by his pants leg.

Alec wasn’t breathing, so Lauren, a lifeguard certified in CPR, began performing chest compressions. Within seconds, Alec took a breath and opened his eyes. “Stay with me,” Lauren whispered as they waited for the ambulance. “Just keep breathing.”

Doctors treated Alec for five fractured ribs, a fractured sternum, and fractured vertebrae, but he was able to return to his job as an IT professional two months later. Lauren, now a computer engineer, says she didn’t stop to think. “Everyone has a basic instinct to help the ones they love,” she say.

1. What had happened about her father when Lauren arrived at the garage?

A．He was replacing a part of his car.

B．He was lying at the right side of his car.

C．He was pressed under his car out of consciousness.

D．He was repairing the right rear tire of his car on the jack.

2. Why was Lauren surprised when she lifted the car?

A．Her father could escape the death.	B．She hadn’t expected her effort so effective.
C．She was very anxious to save her father.	D．The car was not that heavy as she thought.

3. What might make Lauren’s father come back to himself so quickly?

A．Professional emergency service.	B．Unconditional love from a daughter.
C．A strong and tough body.	D．A timely professional first aid.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．The Girl Lifted a Car off Her Dad	B．The Gil Breathed Life into Her Dad
C．Dad Got Pinned Beneath a Car	D．A Loving Daughter and a Lucky Dad

3 . Notre-Dame, the cathedral (大教堂) that serves as one of Paris’s most beloved monuments, is on fire. According to The New York Times, the fire began around 6: 30 p.m. local time, when tourists urgently rushed out of the building. While Andre Finot, a spokesman for the cathedral, told The Times, that the cause of the fire is still unknown and that no one has been hurt while damage to the building appears catastrophic(灾难性的).

CNN reports that over 400 firefighters have been sent to fight the fire, but that they may be unable to save the cathedral. Built in the 12^th century, Notre-Dame houses several relics important to Catholics (天主教徒). NBC News reports that relics from Saint Genevieve and Saint Denis may been lost, together with a relic believed to be from Jesus Christ’s crown of thorns, but it states that authorities now believe that the cathedral has been saved from “total destruction”.

Notre-Dame is visited by a reported 30, 000 people a day and 13 million people per year. Its destruction represents a global cultural loss. “This is just horrible”, Mohamed Megdoul, 33, a film producer and witness to the fire told The Times, speaking through tears. “A thousand years of history is being wiped away. This belonged to the whole world, and now it’s disappearing.”

French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his sadness on Twitter. “Notre-Dame of Paris in flames,” reads an English translation of his statement. “Emotion for a whole nation. Thoughts for all Catholics and for all the French. Like all our countrymen, I’m sad together to see this part of us burn.” Other politicians, including Melanis Trump, London Mayor Sadiq Khan, U. K. Prime Minister Theresa May also shared their sadness on Twitter.

1. What do we know about Notre-Dame according to the passage?

A．It has been completely destroyed by the fire.

B．It’s a huge political loss to the world.

C．It’s only meaningful to Catholics.

D．The reason of the fire remained to be found out.

2. What does the underlined sentence in the third paragraph imply?

A．The history of France is destroyed because of the fire.

B．The loss the fire caused is huge.

C．The damage of Notre-Dame is being wiped off.

D．The cathedral has been saved from “total destruction”.

3. What’s the purpose of writing the passage?

A．To report a disaster of Notre-Dame.

B．To express people’s sadness of the destruction.

C．To emphasize the value of Notre-Dame.

D．To show the concerns from the worldwide.

4 . A Russian spacecraft traveling to the International Space Station Thursday had to make an emergency landing when a rocket engine failed to fire. It was the latest in a recent series of failures for the Russian space program, which is also used by the U.S. to carry its astronauts to the station.

United States astronaut Nick Hague and Russian astronaut Alexei Ovchinin landed safely about 20 kilometers from Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan. The city is about 450 kilometers from the Russia’s Baikonur space center, which Russia operates through an agreement with the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Both the U.S. space agency NASA and Russia’s Roscosmos reported that the two were quickly recovered from the landing area by rescue crews. A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said, “Thank God the crew is alive” after they had landed safely.

About two minutes after launching, the three-stage Soyuz booster rocket suffered an unspecified failure of its second stage. Russia’s TASS news agency said the capsule carrying the two men separated from the troubled rocket safely. This caused the capsule to drop very sharply into the Earth’s atmosphere. Parachutes（降落伞）helped slow the returning capsule. Search and rescue teams were sent to recover the crew.

Russia’s RIA news agency reported that Russia has immediately put off all manned space launches after the failure. Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin said he had ordered a state commission to carry out an investigation into what went wrong. He said Russia will share all relevant information with the U.S.

The TASS news agency said that the ISS crew has enough supplies and that the failed launch will not affect operations.

The U.S. and other nations have depended on Russia to carry astronauts to the ISS since the retirement of the Space Shuttle program in 2011. In coming years, American aerospace companies SpaceX, with its Dragon 2, and Boeing, with its Starliner, are expected to return to space.

1. What can be the best title of the text?

A．The Rescue of Two Astronauts

B．The Launch of Russian Spacecraft

C．Cooperation between Russia and America

D．Emergency Landing in Failed Space Launch

2. What caused the failure of the launch?

A．The problem of the engine.	B．The terrible weather.
C．The drop of the capsule.	D．The wrong operation.

3. What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?

A．SpaceX is sure to go back to space soon.

B．America carried astronauts to the ISS by itself before 2011.

C．Now only Russia can carry astronauts to space.

D．the ISS crew lives a very good life in the space station.

4. What can we learn about the launch?

A．The capsule landed safely in Dzhezkazgan, Russia.

B．Russia had never failed in the space launch before this failure.

C．The failed launch will have a serious effect on the operations.

D．At first the capsule dropped very rapidly into the Earth’s atmosphere.

5 . At a school in North Carolina, Monica Mitchell-Giraudo, a French teacher, instructs 19 sixth-graders to gather into a circle.

“Okay, everyone, let's take a few mindful breaths, and think about our gratitude (感激) for Amy, who brought us apples for snack today,” says Monica. “What do you notice?”

“I notice my stomach is already growling (做隆隆声),” laughs Ben.

“My mouth is watering,” says David.

Next, the students hold and examine the apples. They pick up the fruit and feel it. Then they bring the apples to their noses, using their sense of smell to enjoy the flowery smell of their snack before taking the first juicy bites.

“Excellent, class,” says Monica. “Before you eat the apple, ask yourself whether or not you're hungry. Remember, you don't have to eat if your body isn't giving you a hunger signal.”

These students are learning a practice called “Mindful Eating”, which builds the children's awareness (意识) of important physical signals like hunger and fullness.

The positive feedback from the children shows how much these newly learned life skills are helping them.

“Mindful eating helps me think about the food that goes into my body,” says Jamie, a student in Monica's class. “I can make better and healthier food choices.”

Unfortunately, these kinds of courses are in short supply because many educators believe that social and emotional programs are too expensive or time-consuming (耗时的). To save costs and reduce staffing problems, prevention programs like The Body Positive are brought into the schools. The program teaches a series of self-exploration exercises that help educators examine their feelings and attitudes about food so that they can pass on these messages to their students, too.

Kathy Laughlin, director of counseling at San Domenico High School, is a fan of the training. “Since we began the program, I have not seen as many girls with problems related to body hatred,” she says. “Mindful eating practice is one of the best ways to help students develop a healthy mind and body connection — one which will help them for years to come.”

1. What did Monica ask her students to do as soon as they were gathered?

A．Express thanks to Amy.

B．Feel a need for the food.

C．Share their eating experiences.

D．Think about the state of hunger.

2. What's the purpose of The Body Positive?

A．To stop eating disorders.

B．To train educators in mindful eating.

C．To change students' attitudes towards eating.

D．To create present moment awareness when eating.

3. What is Kathy's opinion on the emotional program?

A．It is a waste of time.

B．It is hardly practical.

C．It costs a lot of money.

D．It has long-term significance.