1 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

China’s Good Samaritan Law (见义勇为法) Takes Effect

China’s Good Samaritan Law went into effect on October 1 to encourage people who are ready to help others. Under the law, people who voluntarily offer emergency assistance to those who are, or who they believe to be, injured, ill or in danger, will not have civil responsibility in the event of harm to the victims.

The new law aims to ease the reluctance people feel toward helping strangers for fear of legal consequences if they make mistakes in treatment. It is a response to the phenomenon of people hesitating     1     ( help) fallen senior citizens due to concern that they might be blackmailed (讹诈) later.

There has been no shortage of cases     2     people hesitated to offer assistance to those who are in need over the past decade. And some good Samaritans have been blackmailed for charitable acts. In 2011, a two-year-old girl known as Xiao Yueyue was run over by two cars, and 18 people passed by     3     offering emergency help. The girl died after days of medical treatment. In 2014, a man from Guangdong Province aided a senior citizen, but he     4     (accuse) of knocking him down. The man committed suicide when     5     (face) with demands for a large sum of money.

These cases     6     (arouse) debate about morality and heroism in China in recent years. “If you don’t provide help, you will blame yourself, but if you do help, you are likely     7     (hurt) by the people you help. It is really a difficult choice,” one netizen said on Sina Weibo.

    8     there had been calls for a national Good Samaritan law, only a few cities pushed ahead with such laws before the nationwide law came into effect.

However, some experts are concerned     9     there could be some danger from a nationwide Good Samaritan Law. “Rescuers who know little about first aid could bring serious harm to people in critical conditions,” said Yang Lixin, a professor at the Renmin University of China. He hoped that the government     10     introduce details of the policy soon while encouraging people to voluntarily offer assistance.

3 . Directions: Complete the following paragraphs by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.
Note that there is one word more than you need.

A Bad Idea

Think you can walk, dive, take phone calls, e-mail and listen to music at the same time? Well, New York's new law says you can't. And you'll be     1     $S100 if you do it on a New York City street.

The law went into force last month, following research and a(n)     2    number of accidents that involved people using electronic gadgets when crossing the street.

Who's to    3     ? Scientists say that our multitasking abilities are limited.

"We are under the impression that our brain can do more than it often can," says Rene Marois, a neuroscientist in Tennessee. “But a major limitation is the inability to    4    on two things at once".

The young people are often considered the great multitaskers. However, an Oxford University research suggests this idea is open to question. A group of 18-to 21-year-olds and a group of 35-to 39-year-olds were given 90 seconds to translate    5    into numbers, using a simple code. The younger group did 10 percent better when not interrupted. But when both groups were interrupted by a phone call or a(n)     6    message, the older group matched the younger group in speed and     7    .

It is difficult to measure the productivity    8    by multitaskers. But it is probably a lot. Jonathan Spire, chief analyst at Basex. a business-research firm, estimates the cost of interruptions to the American economy at nearly $650 billion a year.

The    9    is based on surveys with office workers. The surveys conclude that 28 percent of the workers' time was spent on interruptions and    10    time before they returned to their main tasks.

4 . Shanghai’s Metro operators are fed up with passengers eating food on the go and they want the practice gone. They’re responding to the ______ complaints made by other passengers who dislike the smell of food in the trains and the mess that’s often ______. Now, lawmakers are considering a ______ on all food and drink on the Metro that could ______ by the end of the year.

According to Ding Wei of the Shanghai government, 80 percent of people surveyed ______ the ban and he says, “It is necessary to ban eating and drinking on trains to ______ the smooth operation.” Ding admits, ______, that there is some opposition to the ban and some questions ______ how it could be enforced.

Should bottled water be banned? How about snacks for people who have low blood sugar and need to keep their blood sugar ______? Or, what about children eating their breakfast on the way to school? And what’s to be done with all those vending machines on the platforms which ______ eating by selling snacks and drinks?

These are questions that have to be dealt with, but subway systems in other cities have introduced eating bans ______. Singapore and Hong Kong are food free. Toronto has a ban against “pungent(刺鼻的)” foods on its system. And New York was pressed to introduce a ban after an infamous food fight in 2011. A woman was eating spaghetti on the train and when people complained of the mess and the smell, she started throwing the spaghetti at them! She was later ______ for causing a public disturbance.

As it stands now, the proposed law in Shanghai says first offenders will be given a warning and ______ offenders will be fined between 50 and 500 yuan.

Ultimately, though, the success of the ban will depend on people believing that it’s in their best ______, that riding on a clean, relatively odor free, subway is good for everyone and that selfish behavior won’t be tolerated. And is it really too much to ask hungry riders to curb their appetites until they arrive at their destination? It’s the Metro, ______, not a restaurant on wheels!

1.

A．numerous

B．enormous

C．extraordinary

D．grateful

2.

A．left alone

B．left out

C．left behind

D．left off

3.

A．law

B．regulation

C．ban

D．routine

4.

A．come true

B．take effect

C．keep up

D．carry out

5.

A．object

B．oppose

C．support

D．ignore

6.

A．preserve

B．ensure

C．assure

D．make

7.

A．however

B．therefore

C．furthermore

D．thus

8.

A．according to

B．thanks to

C．due to

D．as to

9.

A．up

B．down

C．lower

D．taller

10.

A．persuade

B．risk

C．permit

D．encourage

11.

A．successfully

B．efficiently

C．passionately

D．aggressively

12.

A．assumed

B．arrested

C．accused

D．advocated

13.

A．criminal

B．following

C．minor

D．repeat

14.

A．interests

B．senses

C．knowledge

D．advantages

15.

A．in all

B．at all

C．after all

D．above all