An 18-year-old high school student who had just learned to swim in the last summer vacation saved the life of a drowning Ohio boy on Friday afternoon.
Tom Erickson was credited with (因．．．．．．而受赞扬)saving the life of Jason Pryor,10, in Mill Creek (小河) Park. Young Jason Pryor, from Chillicothe, was visiting relatives from Anchor Point when he fell into Mill Creek.
The Pryor boy had no business playing near the edge of the river, but he had no idea of the danger.
The creek, with much more water than usual for the recent spring rains, flowed fast and carried the boy around a bend and out of sight from his parents, who took Jason out there and said they had not even witnessed the incident.
Luckily for Jason, one of the most unselfish students from Brentwood’s Central High School was taking a walk alone through the park.
As soon as he found the boy struggling in the water, Erickson jumped into the creek and managed to pull the drowning boy out of the water. And it was reported that Erickson had never received any life-saving instruction before.
“I wasn’t sure I could do it,” Erickson said. “I didn’t know if I could swim through the river by myself, not to mention getting another person out with me.”
This incident should be a lesson to young children who do not know how to swim. Stay away from dangerous bodies of water.
1. Young Jason Pryor lives at _______.
A. Anchor Point B. Chillicothe, Ohio C. Mill Creek D. Brentwood
2.Which of the following sentences is true according to the passage?
A. Life-saving instruction helped a lot in the incident.
B. Jason’s parents saw him fall into the creek but couldn’t help.
C. The creek flowed fast because it was very straight without any bends.
D. Erickson was not sure if he could save the boy when jumping into the creek.
3.What’s the possible meaning of the underlined sentence “The Pryor boy had no business playing near the edge of the river,” in the third paragraph?
A. The accident was none of the boy’s business.
B. The boy had no friends to play with him.
C. The boy shouldn’t have played near the creek. ks5*u
D. The boy was very busy and had no time to play.
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Did You Know the Danger of Water B. Be Responsible Parents
C. The Fast Running Mill Creek D. Beginning Swimmer Saved Drowning Boy
Geena David knew she wanted to be a movie star when she was very young. She was not sure what gave her the idea, but she wanted to look like a movie star. “I have a lot of pictures from my childhood of me wearing sunglasses,” she ways. “I used to wear them to watch TV.”
Early movie actors started wearing sunglasses not because they looked good, but because their eyes hurt. The lights used on movie sets were extremely bright and could cause a painful problem known as “Klieg eyes”. It was named after the Klieg brothers who invented the lights. Actors wore sunglasses to give their eyes a rest. But when movie stars began wearing their sunglasses in public, they quickly became a must.
Eventually actors started wearing sunglasses in their movies as well as on the street. Audrey Hepburn wore ultra-cool Ray-Ban sunglasses in the 1961 movie, Breakfast at Tiffany’s. As a result, Ray-Ban sunglasses started to appear more and more in the movies. In 1979, Ray-Ban “Wayfarers” were worn by Jake and Elwood in The Blue Brothers. Tom Cruise wore Ray-Ban “Aviator” sunglasses in the 1986 hit, Top Gun. Then in 1997, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones made Ray-Ban “Predator” sunglasses famous in Men in Black.
Of course sunglasses aren’t just a fashion statement. The main reason to wear sunglasses is to protect our eyes against UV radiation. UV radiation can damage our eyes, so people now choose their sunglasses carefully. But you don’t have to give up style for safety. The choice of frames and lenses available these days is huge. So you can protect your eyes and still be the coolest person on the beach.
1. What is mainly discussed in this passage?
A. The use of sunglasses. B. The history of sunglasses.
C. The sunglasses wearing. D. Why movie stars like to wear sunglasses.
2. Why did Geena David like to wear sunglasses?
A. She was a movie star. B. She wanted to follow a movie star.
C. Wearing sunglasses was good to her eyes. D. It was good wear sunglasses when watching TV.
3. Early actors’ eyes hurt because _______.
A. they wore sunglasses. B. they went out in the sun too much
C. the lights on movie sets were too bright D. their scripts were written in very small writing
4. We may know from this passage that _______.
A. Audrey Hepburn was a famous film star
B. Ray-Ban is the name of sunglasses maker
C. sunglasses made Top Gun the hit in 1986
D. Men in Black must be an advertisement of sunglasses
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1.What is the purpose of the text?
A. To introduce a language school in Japan. B. To hire language teachers to work in Japan.
C. To describe working conditions in Japan. D. To make clear the requirements for Japanese teachers.
2.We know from the text that those who are going to Japan will _______.
A. teach English only in Osaka B. receive a degree from a university
C. have free accommodation D. get trained for the job
3.Before going to Japan, you need _______.
A. to see the manager of NOVA France B. to take some computer courses
C. to write a letter to Japan D. to find a place to live
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The summer I was ten, my mother decided to bring us to the world of art. My brother and I were not very excited when we realized what my mother meant. What she meant was that we would have to spend one afternoon a week with her at the Fine Arts Museum. Before each visit to the museum, she made us read about artists and painting styles. It was almost as bad as being in school. Who wants to spend the summer thinking about artists when you could be with your friends at the swimming pool?
First we had to read about ancient Egyptians and their strange way of painting faces and then go to look at them at the museum. My 12-year-old brother thought this was so funny, but I was not interested. Later we had to learn about artists in the Middle Ages who painted people wearing strange long clothing. We had to look at pictures of fat babies with wings and curly (鬈曲的) hair and with no clothes on flying around the edges of paintings. I certainly couldn't see what was so great about art.
On our last visit to the museum, something happened when I saw a painting by a woman called Mary. In it, a woman was reading to a child. The colors were soft and gentle, and you could tell by the mother’s expression how happy she was just to be with the child. I couldn't stop looking at this painting! I wanted to see every painting Mary had ever made! It was really worth looking at so many paintings to find a painter who could interest me so much.
1. The aim of the mother’s plan was to _______.
A. take them to visit the museum B. introduce them to the world of art
C. ask them to read about artists D. show them different painting styles
2. What was the writer’s experience in the museum before the last visit?
A. She came to feel her mother’s love. B. She liked many paintings.
C. She hardly enjoyed herself.
D. She could understand the pictures of fat babies.
3. What made the writer go through a change that summer?
A. One of Mary's paintings. B. A strange way of painting.
C. Artists in the Middle Ages. D. Her mother’s instruction.
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For years we have been told that encouraging a child’s self-respect is important to his or her success in life. __41__ child experts are now learning that __42__ praise can lead to the opposite effect. Praise-aholic(受表扬上瘾的) kids who __43__ it at every turn may become teens who try to get the same kind of __44__ from friends when asked if they want to go in the backseat of the car. ks5*u
The meaning of saying “You are the __45__ girl in class,” or talking about the goals she scored but not her general __46__, is that you love her __47__ when she looks the best, scores the highest, achieves the most. And this __48__ over to the classroom.
Social psychologist Carrol Dweck, PhD, tested the effects of overpraise on 400 fifth graders __49__ she was at Columbia University. She found that the kids who were __50__ for “trying hard” did better on tests and were more likely to take on difficult tasks than __51__ praised for being “smart”.
“Praising qualities or abilities leads to a false __52__ that success will come to you because you __53__ that quality, and it devalues(贬值) effort. __54__, children are afraid to take on challenges, ” says Dweck, now at Stanford University, “They think they’d better __55__ while they’re ahead.”
1. A. And B. But C. Then D. So
2. A. enough B. a little C. too much D. some
3. A. expect B. rescue C. notice D. design
4. A. education B. praise C. competition D. direction
5. A. prettiest B. youngest C. tallest D. fattest
6. A. ability B. value C. kindness D. effort
7. A. still B. only C. already D. yet
8. A. carries B. looks C. turns D. takes
9. A. while B. because C. until D. unless
10. A. set down B. looked through C. picked up D. thought highly of
11.A .one B. it C. that D. those
12.A. idea B. plan C. schedule D. decision
13. A. have B. like C. advise D. make
14.A. After all B. At first C. As a result D. In addition
15. A. move B. stop C. fight D. work
-- We have booked a room for today and tomorrow.
-- _______, sir.
A. I'm sure B. My pleasure C. It's all right D. I'll check
