1 . As reported in JAMA Surgery, the researchers discovered that e-scooter(电动摩托车) injury rates had increased dramatically in just four years, rising from 6 per 100,000 in the population to 19 per 100,000. Of the estimated 14,651 e-scooter-related injuries in 2018, 4,658, or 32%, involved the head. “While most people recover from head injuries, there is going to be a subset with long-term disability and life changes,” said Dr. Benjamin Breyer.

Dr. Benjamin Breyer of the University of California, Los Angeles, pointed to a 2019 analysis of the data from two hospitals in Southern California, which found just 4.8% of injured e-scooter riders were wearing helmets.

Dr. Joann Elmore, a professor of medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, believed that most e-scooter users are probably unaware of the risks. To make the point, she described a photo taken by a colleague. “There were two riders on an e-scooter,” she said. “No one had shoes on. There were no helmets. And the woman in front had a baby in a baby carrier.”

The new report highlights the need for more research on new technologies, said Dr. Guohua Li, a professor of epidemiology(流行病学).

“Just as there is a global network of experts working on infectious diseases, there needs to be a similar program devoted to the surveillance(监视，监察) and prevention of injuries caused by merging technologies products and lifestyles, such as e-scooters, e-sports, etc.,” Li said in an email.

“The challenge for researchers and policymakers is to keep up with the ever-changing society and protect the public from unnecessary harm caused by new technologies and products without hindering innovation,” he added.

1. What can we know from the passage?

A．E-scooter injury rates had increased due to speeding.

B．32% of injured e-scooter riders weren’t wearing helmets.

C．There is a program devoted to the prevention of injuries caused by advanced technologies.

D．Protection and innovation are of equal importance.

2. What can we infer from Dr. Joann Elmore’s comments?

A．She is an anti-scooter.

B．The woman in front was pregnant.

C．She is concerned about the e-scooter users.

D．Most e-scooter riders often drive at high speed.

3. What does the underlined word “hindering” probably mean?

A．Preventing.	B．Limiting.
C．Developing.	D．Making progress.

4. What’s the author’s main purpose of writing the passage?

A．To arouse people’s awareness of the risks and self-protection.

B．To introduce a new way of transport — e-scooters.

C．To ask people not to ride e-scooters any more.

D．To urge policymakers to make laws as soon as possible.

2 . We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough,_________suddenly everything seems to get out of control. What always_________is that a great number of things choose to go wrong at_________same moment.

Things can go wrong on a big scale, as a number of people recently discovered. During the rush hour one evening two cars collided (猛撞) and both drivers began to_________. The woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a_________. She suddenly got into a panic and stopped her car. This made the driver following her_________hard. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown_________, the cake went right through the windscreen and landed on the road. Seeing a cake flying_________the air, a lorry driver who was drawing up alongside the car,_________all of a sudden. The lorry was__________with empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on to the road. This led to yet__________angry argument. Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind. It took the police nearly an hour to__________the traffic on the move again. In the meantime, the lorry driver had to sweep up hundreds of__________bottles. Only two stray dogs__________from all this confusion, for they greedily ate what was left of the__________. It was just one of those days!

1.

A．thus

B．but

C．so

D．and

2.

A．comes

B．strikes

C．happens

D．works

3.

A．exactly

B．possibly

C．practically

D．probably

4.

A．fight

B．talk

C．discuss

D．argue

5.

A．learner

B．passenger

C．driver

D．instructor

6.

A．stop

B．brake

C．burst

D．quit

7.

A．upward

B．backward

C．forward

D．sideward

8.

A．through

B．over

C．around

D．across

9.

A．pulled down

B．pulled up

C．pulled in

D．pulled out

10.

A．occupied

B．burdened

C．loaded

D．equipped

11.

A．the other

B．other

C．others

D．another

12.

A．get

B．have

C．keep

D．take

13.

A．empty

B．full

C．dirty

D．broken

14.

A．benefited

B．suffered

C．separated

D．differed

15.

A．beer

B．vehicle

C．cake

D．bottle

3 . A few years ago, a doctor gave a wrong prescription to a 9-year-old boy because he had accidentally clicked the next medicine listed in the drop-down menu. Unfortunately, the boy died.

Dr. Gidi Stein heard the story and felt forced to do something. “It was like killing someone with a spelling error. He just clicked on the wrong button,” Stein said. “One would have thought there’d be some kind of spell-checker to prevent these terrible things from happening. But apparently this is not the case.”

Several things were immediately obvious to the 54-year-old Stein, who had previously studied computer science. “If you look at this problem from a bird’s eye view, there were so many places down the line where this decision could have been stopped — from the physician to the pharmacy (药房) even to the mother. All of them had all the relevant information to have a judgment call that this was just the wrong drug for the wrong patient.” For Stein, it represented a systemic failure.

Stein compared this with credit cards. “If you use your credit card in the daily routine over time, a pattern of how we use our cards comes out: the grocery store, the gas station in our local town. If your credit card would appear tomorrow in Zimbabwe, it would be unusual. The credit card company would call you and say, ‘Hey, was that you?’”

But nothing like that existed in the field of prescription drugs. So Stein set up a company called MedAware. He came up with a machine learning outlier detection (异常检测值) system. In other words, he trained the computers to realize if a doctor accidentally prescribed the wrong medicine.

The system is already used in hospitals and doctor’s offices. To date, MedAware has used their technology to help nearly six million patients in the United States and Israel.

1. What led to the boy’s death?

A．The doctor’s carelessness.	B．The drawback of the computer.
C．The doctor’s poor medical skill.	D．The incomplete health care system.

2. What does Stein feel about this medical accident?

A．Angry.	B．Frightened.
C．Embarrassed.	D．Regretful.

3. What can MedAware’s technology do?

A．Help doctor choose right medicine.	B．Reminds patients to take medicine.
C．Introduce new drugs to doctors.	D．Check the prescription.

4. Where is this text most likely from?

A．A diary.	B．A guidebook.
C．A magazine.	D．A science fiction.

4 . A snowboarder was feeling lucky to be alive yesterday after a helicopter rescue(直升机营救).

Ben Akintola, 30, was snowboarding in the French Alps under a clear blue sky in the afternoon when a large amount of snow fell down the side of the mountain. He didn’t have time to escape(逃脱) and it hit him with full force and knocked him senseless.

He woke in the night in total darkness. He was lying on an icy rock. Amazingly, he still had a mobile phone signal(信号), so he called a friend a thousand kilometers away in Britain. His friend called the French rescue services.

“I was waiting for what seemed like hours on that rock. I was beginning to give up hope when I heard the sound of a helicopter. It was circling around in the darkness, looking for me. I was trying my best to wave my mobile around. Fortunately the helicopter pilot saw the light.”

“I was overjoyed when the helicopter headed my way. It stayed above me and began lowering a rope.”

Ben was in hospital last night but he was not being treated for any serious injuries. He’s looking forward to going home today.

The French rescue services said: “We were very pleased that we were able to save Ben. The risk of snow slide off-piste(非滑雪场地的) is much higher at this time of year. All snowboarders and skiers should stay on the ski runs and not go off-piste. Ben was very lucky.”

1. What happened to Ben?

A．He got lost in the French Alps.	B．He had a snowboarding accident.
C．He was separated from his friends.	D．He was knocked down by falling rocks.

2. The French rescue services learned about Ben’s difficulty ________.

A．from his friend	B．in the early afternoon
C．after receiving his call	D．when seeing his mobile

3. How did Ben feel about the wait?

A．It made him strong in the darkness.	B．It caused him to hope for the best.
C．It was shorter than he expected.	D．It was a little discouraging.

4. What’s the best title for the text?

A．A Lucky Escape	B．A Rocky Mountain
C．Risks of Snowboarding	D．French Rescue Services

5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What happened to the man?

A．He had a terrible weekend.

B．He was hit by a car.

C．He fell off his bike.

2. How is the bike now?

A．It is in good shape.

B．It is under repair.

C．It is completely damaged.

6 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where was the woman when the accident happened?

A．Near a bank

B．In Union Street

C．Under the traffic lights

2. What color were the traffic lights when the truck went over them?

A．Yellow

B．Red

C．Green

7 . I was eleven years old standing outside in just my underwear (内衣) while I saw our house burnt to the ground. A few minutes earlier I had been sound asleep in my bed when a _________ woke me up. My nana’s _________ was just next to my brother’s and mine. A fire had broken out there and awakened her. Hearing her shouting, my older brother _________ quickly. While I was walking difficultly in the _________ and darkness, he ran from room to room _________ everyone in the house. The house, however, was over 50 years old and made of wood. Before we could _________ anything, the fire destroyed it.

I stood there _________ when the fire destroyed my books, clothes, and toys. I watched_________ while my mom cried and my dad sighed (叹息). I _________ what was going to happen to us since we had __________ all of our things. As I looked around, though, I __________ something for the first time: The things that __________ aren’t things. I saw my older brother running to get __________. I saw my nana and dad sitting together and my mom __________ our little dog. I realized at that moment that we were all__________. Everything that was essential (必要的) had survived the fire. Our __________ would continue. We were so __________. We would all be around to love each other for many years to come. And that was all that mattered.

I __________ think of that fire that helped me to become who I am today. It showed me for the very first time what is truly __________ in my life. It helped me to learn that the__________ we share is far more important than the things we own.

1.

A．ring

B．fight

C．noise

D．laugh

2.

A．farm

B．store

C．house

D．bedroom

3.

A．settled

B．jumped

C．searched

D．acted

4.

A．snow

B．smoke

C．wind

D．storm

5.

A．waking

B．asking

C．encouraging

D．serving

6.

A．find

B．do

C．change

D．control

7.

A．guessing

B．hiding

C．shaking

D．listening

8.

A．angrily

B．carefully

C．calmly

D．helplessly

9.

A．wondered

B．explained

C．recorded

D．accepted

10.

A．missed

B．lost

C．repaired

D．damaged

11.

A．remembered

B．imagined

C．realized

D．ignored

12.

A．matter

B．disappear

C．recover

D．remain

13.

A．help

B．chance

C．success

D．advice

14.

A．training

B．holding

C．dressing

D．washing

15.

A．tired

B．careless

C．poor

D．alive

16.

A．education

B．business

C．life

D．story

17.

A．lucky

B．patient

C．brave

D．strong

18.

A．already

B．still

C．once

D．just

19.

A．beautiful

B．difficult

C．important

D．possible

20.

A．knowledge

B．responsibility

C．opinion

D．love

8 . John was repairing his motorcycle in the yard while his mom was cooking in the kitchen. Suddenly the motorcycle ran through the glass door while John was still ________ on it. So he was ________to the floor inside the house.

His mom, hearing the________, ran out and found John badly________ lying on the floor, the motorcycle lying next to him and the glass door________. The mom called an ambulance (救护车) quickly. After the ambulance arrived and took John to the________, the mom pushed the motorcycle outside. Seeing the ________on the floor, the mom got some paper towels to clean it, and threw the towels in the________.

After John’s wound was ________, he left the hospital. After arriving home, he ________at the broken door and the damage done to his motorcycle and felt very ________. So he went to the bathroom, sat on the toilet and ________a cigarette. After finishing the cigarette, he threw it into the toilet bowl.

The ________in the kitchen heard a loud explosion (爆炸声). She ran into the bathroom and found John lying on the floor again and his clothes ________away. The fire was caused by the towels covered with gas in the toilet bowl. The mom had to call an ambulance again.

The ________ambulance crew (工作人员) came again. They were ________to see John was seriously hurt again. When they carried John to the ambulance, one of them ______the mom how John had burned himself. So she told them what ________to John after he was taken to the hospital last time. One of them couldn’t help laughing so ________that John fell to the ground. Then John got a(an) _______arm.

1.

A．repairing

B．running

C．getting

D．riding

2.

A．moved

B．thrown

C．hit

D．invited

3.

A．sound

B．story

C．news

D．word

4.

A．affected

B．stuck

C．beaten

D．hurt

5.

A．painted

B．damaged

C．repaired

D．closed

6.

A．hospital

B．company

C．yard

D．school

7.

A．water

B．gas

C．paper

D．glass

8.

A．street

B．kitchen

C．toilet

D．bedroom

9.

A．discovered

B．received

C．changed

D．covered

10.

A．looked

B．shouted

C．knocked

D．laughed

11.

A．excited

B．sad

C．interested

D．safe

12.

A．lit

B．bought

C．dropped

D．expected

13.

A．doctor

B．mom

C．nurse

D．son

14.

A．washed

B．put

C．taken

D．burned

15.

A．honest

B．different

C．careless

D．same

16.

A．unwilling

B．surprised

C．ready

D．sure

17.

A．asked

B．showed

C．taught

D．advised

18.

A．happened

B．belonged

C．devoted

D．turned

19.

A．hard

B．easily

C．freely

D．politely

20.

A．long

B．open

C．strong

D．broken

9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

On Sunday, a bus in Chongqing fell into the Yangtze River,     1     left 15 people dead. The accident     2    (cause) by a fight between an angry passenger and the bus driver.

A woman passenger failed     3    (get) off at the right bus stop. She asked the driver to stop the bus and let her get off, but the driver refused. A quarrel then occurred, with both sides   using unkind     4    (word). Five minutes later, she struck the driver on the head with her smartphone, and the driver fought back with his right hand. Within two seconds, the driver took back his hand. However, he     5    (lose) control of the bus before he realized it. The bus hit a red car, and fell into the river.

    6     is very basic common sense that the lives and safety of the whole bus depend upon the driver, but the woman attacked the driver because of her own fault. On     7     other hand, the driver didn’t stay calm. As a driver     8    (responsibility) for the whole bus, he should have stopped the bus by the roadside to ensure safety while under attack. It was     9    (extreme) reckless(鲁莽的) to fight back.

I wonder why none of the passengers took action to stop the fight.     10     any one of the passengers had stepped forward bravely, the tragedy might have been prevented.

10 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How is the woman feeling?

A．Good.

B．Sad.

C．Angry.

2. What is the “something terrible”?

A．Her ball got lost.

B．Her car was damaged.

C．Her dog got killed.