1 . More and more people have been reported to be attacked by sharks in Hawaii specifically in Maui. Researchers from the Land and Natural Resources Department of Hawaii conducted a study to find out the reason behind the alarming increase of these incidents and came up with various explanations.

In order to keep track and record the data on the behavior and activities of sharks living around Oahu and Maui islands and open seas, some tiger sharks were tagged and monitored. Tech Times reported that Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology(HIMB) headed by Charles Meyer found a trend on the locations where sharks prefer to stay. They found that these sharks preferred waters rich in coral reefs filled with foods for them.

Another contributing factor to higher visibility of sharks on waters usually visited by human is the global warming. Since temperature on the sea floor increased faster than the previous years, sharks tend to find and stay on places where human also find comfortable.

Humans may also be to blame for the rise in shark attack incident increase, as people tend to stay longer in the ocean nowadays. Man also engages in a lot of activities in the ocean, such as swimming, spear fishing, surfing and kayaking.

Avoiding swimming in waters and near dead animals is the simplest significant ways on how man can protect himself from the sharks. Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology advised ocean lovers not to think of fear when thinking about sharks but instead think of ways on how to protect themselves. Swimming in the ocean is swimming in a wilderness environment. Sharks are part of this environment. We have to accept that they’re there and take measures to avoid encounters, which are going to occur from time to time.

1. why did the researchers conduct a study?

A．To report people were attacked by sharks.

B．To give people serious information.

C．To warn people not to get close to sharks.

D．To provide the public reasonable explanations.

2. what did Charles Meyer find about tiger sharks?

A．These sharks live on Oahu and Maui island.

B．It is not easy to tag and monitor tiger sharks.

C．These sharks love to stay where coral reefs are rich.

D．There are so many locations for the tiger sharks.

3. which is the reason for sharks attacking humans?

A．Climate change has a great impact on them .

B．Sharks can hardly find food in deepwater.

C．Humans have damaged their usual habitat.

D．Sharks are annoyed with the swimmers.

4. Where can we probably read the passage?

A．In a travel magazine.

B．In a story book.

C．In a newspaper.

D．In a research report.

2 . New York—A truck struck a 56-year-old woman riding a Citi Bike through Midtown Thursday morning, and officers Dimitri Coutsouvelis and Thomas Demery came to her rescue, officials said.

Two counter-terrorism policemen on Sixth Ave. near W. 47th St. spotted the white truck dragging the Citi Bike about 9:30 a. m. — moments after it struck the woman, who was found lying on the street with an injured right leg, frightened witnesses said.

“She was just lying there in a lot of pain,” said Stanford Dawson, 57, who sells goods on the comer of Sixth Ave. and 48th St. “You could see her leg was turned back and the knee bones were sticking out through the skin.’’

One of the policemen ran after the truck and forced it to stop while the other tended to the woman.

“The driver acted a little confused about what happened,” said Police Officer Thomas Demery, who ran to stop the truck after hearing the “sound of the bike being dragged.”

“The woman suffered a deep gash on her leg from her knee to her hip,” said the policeman. “I kept telling her not to look at it, that it’s going to be fine. I kept comforting her.”

The ambulance rushed her to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. The driver of the truck remained at the scene, policemen said. No charges were immediately filed.

“I can’t tell you how proud I am of the work that the Critical Response Team does each and every day protecting New York City. Generally, people think they always face danger all day and sometimes they shall feel bored in the street,” said Counter-terrorism Chief James Waters. “They always perform admirably, including today.”

“It feels really good to be a part of helping fellow New Yorkers. That’s what we guys want to express most,” Demery said.

Cars have struck and killed many bicyclists so far this year, and the reported number of deaths is a 21 % increase compared to the 13 killed during the same time last year.

1. Which is right about the truck driver?

A．His over-speeding made the accident happen.

B．He kept driving, not knowing the accident.

C．He was arrested shortly after the accident.

D．He had his leg hurt in the accident.

2. Who ran to take care of the injured woman?

A．Thomas Demery.

B．James Waters.

C．Stanford Dawson.

D．Dimitri Coutsouvelis.

3. What do the policemen think of their work on the street?

A．Rewarding.

B．Boring.

C．Acceptable.

D．Dangerous.

4. What can be inferred about the woman?

A．She was struck by a truck.	B．She was badly injured in the foot.
C．She was lucky to get timely help.	D．She was unconscious in hospital.

3 . A young English teacher saved the lives of 30 students when he took______ of a bus after its driver suffered a serious heart attack. Guy Harvold,24, had ______ the students and three course leaders from Gatwick airport, and they were travelling to Bournemouth to ______ their host families. They were going to ______ a course at the ABC Language School in Bournemouth where Harvold works as a ______.

Harvold, who has not ______ his driving test, said, "I realized the bus was out of control when I was ______ the students." The bus ran into trees at the side of the road and he ______the driver was slumped(倒伏) over the wheel. The driver didn't ______. He was unconscious. The bus______ a lamp post and it broke the glass on the front door before Harvold ______ to bring the bus to a stop. Police______ the young teacher's quick thinking. If he hadn't ______ quickly, there could have been a terrible______.

The bus driver never regained consciousness and died at Easy Surrey Hospital. He had worked regulary with the ______ and was very well regarded by the teachers and students. Harvold said, "I was ______ that no one else was hurt, but I hoped that the driver would ______.

The head of the language school told the local newspaper that the school is going to send Harvold on a weekend ______ to Dublin with a friend, thanking him for his ______. A local driving school has also offered him six ______driving lessons.

1.

A．control

B．care

C．advantage

D．note

2.

A．taken in

B．picked up

C．tracked down

D．helped out

3.

A．greet

B．thank

C．invite

D．meet

4.

A．present

B．introduce

C．take

D．organize

5.

A．drive

B．doctor

C．librarian

D．teacher

6.

A．given

B．marked

C．passed

D．conducted

7.

A．speaking to

B．waiting for

C．returning to

D．looking for

8.

A．learned

B．noticed

C．mentioned

D．doubted

9.

A．sleep

B．cry

C．move

D．recover

10.

A．ran over

B．went by

C．carried

D．hit

11.

A．remembered

B．continued

C．prepared

D．managed

12.

A．witnessed

B．recorded

C．praised

D．understood

13.

A．appeared

B．reacted

C．escaped

D．interrupted

14.

A．delay

B．accident

C．mistake

D．experience

15.

A．airport

B．hospital

C．school

D．police

16.

A．happy

B．fortunate

C．touched

D．sorry

17.

A．survive

B．retire

C．relax

D．succeed

18.

A．project

B．trip

C．dinner

D．duty

19.

A．bravery

B．skill

C．quality

D．knowledge

20.

A．necessary

B．easy

C．different

D．free

4 . 短文改错
When the accident was happened, I was standing near a bus stop. There I saw an old lady waiting a bus with her umbrella. The bus soon arrived. There were too many passengers hurried to get on it that the old lady couldn’t get on. A driver closed the door without looking careful and drove away. Unluckily, the old lady’s umbrella was caught by the door. He shouted to the driver but he didn’t hear. The bus pulled her along the road. Finally, she fall to the ground. Several minutes late, the ambulance came and took her to hospital. I thought it was the driver should be responsible for the accident.

5 . A Heroic Driver

Larry works with Transport Drivers,   Inc.   One morning in 2009, Larry was ______along 165 north after delivering to one of his _______. Suddenly, he saw a car with its bright lights on. _______ he got closer, he found ____ vehicle upside down on the road. One more look and he noticed _______ shooting out from under the _______ vehicle. Larry pulled over, set the brake and _______the fire extinguisher (灭火器). Two good bursts from the extinguisher and the fire was put out.

The man who had his bright lights on _______ and told Larry he had _______ an emergency call. They ________ heard a woman’s voice coming from the wrecked (毁坏的) vehicle. ________the vehicle, they saw that a woman was trying to get out of the broken window. They told her to stay ________ until the emergency personnel arrived, ________ she thought the car was going to ________. Larry told her that he had already put out the fire and she should not move ________ she injured her neck.

Once fire and emergency people arrived, Larry and the other man ________ and let them go to work. Then, Larry asked the ________ if he was needed or ________ to go. They let him and the other man go.

One thing is ________—Larry went above and beyond the call of duty by getting so close to the burning vehicle! His ________ most likely saved the woman’s life.

1.

A．walking

B．touring

C．traveling

D．rushing

2.

A．passengers

B．colleagues

C．employers

D．customers

3.

A．Since

B．Although

C．As

D．If

4.

A．each

B．another

C．that

D．his

5.

A．flames

B．smoke

C．water

D．steam

6.

A．used

B．disabled

C．removed

D．abandoned

7.

A．got hold of

B．prepared

C．took charge of

D．controlled

8.

A．came down

B．came through

C．came in

D．came over

9.

A．returned

B．received

C．made

D．confirmed

10.

A．then

B．again

C．finally

D．even

11.

A．Starting

B．Parking

C．Passing

D．Approaching

12.

A．quiet

B．still

C．away

D．calm

13.

A．for

B．so

C．and

D．but

14.

A．explode

B．slip away

C．fall apart

D．crash

15.

A．as if

B．unless

C．in case

D．after

16.

A．stepped forward

B．backed off

C．moved on

D．set out

17.

A．woman

B．police

C．man

D．driver

18.

A．forbidden

B．ready

C．asked

D．free

19.

A．for certain

B．for consideration

C．reported

D．checked

20.

A．patience

B．skills

C．efforts

D．promise

6 . Mr. Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route—through the boot (行李箱).
Mr. Johnson’s car had finished up in a ditch (沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr. Johnson said, “I couldn’t force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.”
Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot (汽车行李箱). Then he began his struggle to escape.
Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew(拧开…的螺丝) the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came.”
It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench(扳钳) and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by. “It was the only chance I had. ________ but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled (move with difficulty) as the car filled up.”
His hands and arms were cut and bruised (擦伤). Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer’s wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates. Huddled in a blanket, he said, “The thirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible(can be seen), police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.
1. What is the best title for this newspaper article?

A．The Story of Mr. Johnson, A Sweet Salesman

B．Car Boot Serve As The Best Escape Route

C．Driver Escaped Through Car Boot

D．The Driver Survived A Terrible Car Accident

2. Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johnson?

A．The hammer.	B．The coin.
C．The screw.	D．The horn.

3. “Finally it gave”(Paragraph 5) means that ________.

A．luckily the door was torn away in the end

B．at last the wrench went broken

C．the lock came open after all his efforts

D．the chance was lost at the last minute

4. It may be inferred from the passage that __________.

A．the ditch was along a quiet country road

B．the accident happened on a rainy cold day

C．Mr. Johnson’s car stood on its boot as it fell down

D．the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditch

7 .      No one knows yet the accurate number of lives which have been lost in this terrible fire. But reports suggest that it is more than one hundred.
     A wall of flames fifty feet high and at least one hundred and fifty miles wide is now racing towards the forests and rich farmlands of southern Victoria . Towns less than one hundred miles from Melbourne will be in danger unless the wind changes . People are rushing excitedly into the streets . The police have warned them not to see the fire but many people are doing so .
     The cause of the fire is unknown . No rain has fallen in this part of Australia for three months , and the hot , north-west wind from the great central desert is blowing at more than thirty miles an hour .
     The firefighters are travelling to the fire by road , rail and air . But it is not easy to get there . Flames and fallen trees have cut off or blocked roads and railway lines . The thick smoke often prevents them from finding the air strips (飞机跑道).
     It is said that the fire has brought the greater danger to the country since the Second World War .
1. By the time the article was written , the fire        .

A．had just broken out	B．had been put out
C．was spreading violently	D．was coming to an end

2. The writer wrote this article mainly to tell people        .

A．the fire was terrible and dangerous

B．it was impossible to put out the fire

C．more than one hundred people died of the fire

D．to join in the fight against the fire

3. In the 4th paragraph , the writer suggested that        .

A．the fire would soon be controlled by the firefighters

B．it would be very difficult to put out the fire

C．the government was paying great attention to the fire

D．the fire had caused great losses and the airport was in ganger

4. The underlined word “ accurate” in the first sentence has the same meaning as        .

A．recent

B．whole

C．rough

D．exact

8 . 根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
If you are in a crowd, the first and most important thing is to make yourself familiar with your surroundings and mentally notice alternate exits.    1    Make yourself aware of the type of ground you are standing on, and know that in a crowd of moving people wet or uneven ground can be slippery or hazardous, causing you to fall.    2    When in danger, a few seconds can make all the difference, giving you the possibility of taking advantage of 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, do not stand still or sit down, because you could easily get trampled.    3    Take advantage 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.    4    If you cannot get up because you are injured, get someone to pull you back up. If you have kids, lift them up.If you fall and cannot get up, keep moving by crawling in the same direction of the crowd, or if that is not possible, then cover your head with your arms and curl up into fetal position.    5    

A．Be aware of the general atmosphere of the event, as panic situations can often be expected.

B．There is always space between people.

C．Do not lie on your stomach or back, as this dangerously exposes your lungs.

D．The worst is to be pushed by the crowd against an immovable object

E．If you fall, get up quickly.

F．No matter where you are, make sure you always know how to get out.

G．Instead, move in the same direction of the crowd.