According to EMTP and Stat Gear CEO Avi Goldstein, every driver should be taught how to get out of a car when it becomes submerged in water.
“Accidents and natural disasters often occur so quickly that it’s essential for drivers to be prepared,” says Goldstein. “In this case, preparation is simply knowing what should be done before it happens.”
Goldstein offers the following lifesaving tips:
1.Try to stay calm. The worst thing you can do is become overly agitated and panicked.
2. Don’t try to open the door. This will cause the car fill with water very quickly.
3. Unfasten your seat belt or cut it if it’s jammed.
4. Help free anyone else in the car.
5. Use a window punch — preferably spring-loaded. It’s nearly impossible to break a car window with your hands or feet.
6. Exit through the broken window and swim up to safety.
“Every car should be equipped with a window punch and seat belt cutter, but they are usually completely forgotten by car owners,” says Goldstein. For example, the T3 Tactical Auto Rescue Tool from Stat Gear features a 440c stainless steel serrated knife, seat belt cutter, spring-loaded window punch and LED light.
Goldstein asserts that the T3 or another similar tool should always be within arms length of a driver. “If for any reason a driver becomes pinned into his or her seat, emergency tools need to be within reach--otherwise they are useless. They will do you no good in your trunk or backseat.” The following is a quick demonstration on how to escape a sinking car with a baby on board.
1.What is the meaning of the underlined word in paragraph 1?
A. washed B. cleaned C. stuck D. discovered
2.According to the passage, where should you put a window punch and a seat belt cutter in your car?
A. Near the driver’s seat. B. In the trunk.
C. In the back seat. D. Under the engine.
【小题What will be following the passage?
A. How to save a baby in a car.
B. How to help a baby escape from a car.
C. How to escape from a sinking car with a baby.
D. How to avoid sinking a car with a baby.
When I was a boy my father told me that he could do anything he wanted to. Dad said that he wanted to be the first to develop color prints in our city and so he did．
When I was 16，Dad looked closely at the violin I played and said that he wanted to make one．He read about violin-making, and then became a violin-maker at the age of 43. He bought the tools and materials, opened a small store and set Mom up as the shopkeeper, while he worked at a local company. He retired from the company 17 years later and continued to make violins and other instruments.
Dad often guessed why the Stradivarius violins sounded so beautiful. Some experts told him that it was the special varnish(油漆)that gave the instruments their beautiful sound．Dad argued that chemists could analyze the varnish—if that was the answer．
One of Dad’s friends asked him which kind of wood was used to make violins．When Dad explained that the top was made of spruce(云杉), his friend said that he had all old piece of spruce which Dad might be interested in.
He worked for the next 12 months making a violin from the wood that his friend had given him. It proved to be an excellent violin and it would become Dad’s masterpiece. He believed that the secret of the Stradivarius sound was in the wood itself.
Later, the instrument was stolen, Dad’s spirit was broken and he stopped making instruments. But he kept the music shop until he was 80 years old, selling guitars and violins.
The violin has been missing for more than 25 years．Somewhere a musician is playing a late-20th-century violin with an excellent tone．The owner today may never understand why this Ordinary-looking violin sounds so much like Stradivarius．
1.In Paragraph l，the writer mentioned his father’s developing color prints to .
A. let others know that he believed his father
B. show that his father would like to make violins
C. Prove that his father could do anything he wanted to
D. give an example showing that his father was an inventor
2.What did the writer’s father think about Stradivarius violins?
A. They were made by experts．
B. The wood of the violins was special．
C. The way of making them was unusual．
D. The varnish was different from the others．
3.From the underlined sentence, we learn that the writer’s father ．
A. found another new job
B. wanted to become famous
C. lost interest in instruments
D. liked the violin very much
4.What could be the best title of the passage?
A. My Experienced Father
B. My Father and His Violin
C. The Secret of Making Violins
D. The New Owner of the Violin
书面表达
假定你是高三学生李华，从网上获悉一家国际青少年自愿者组织正在全球招募暑期志愿者。
请写一封电子邮件申请参加。主要内容如下：
1．写信目的；
2．自我介绍；
3．希望获准。
注意：
1．词数100左右；
2．文章的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Sir or Madam,
With all my best regards.
Yours sincerely，
Li Hua
短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(A)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
A woman was taken to the hospital. While having an operation, she had a nearly death experience. Seeing God, she asked how this was it. God said, “No, you had another 40 years.”On recovery the women decided to have a plastic surgery. She had someone change her hair color, thinking since she had so many time to live, she'd better make full use from it. Finally she got out of the hospital. While crossing the street, she killed by an ambulance speeded by. Arriving in the front of God, she demanded，“They said I had another 40 years!” God replied, “But I didn't recognize you.”
阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的词（1个单词）或括号内单词的适当形式。
Welcome back to the hot topic of studying abroad！ Last time, we talked about the general "soft- ware" needed to have a 1.____(success) studying experience overseas, 2. refers to the ability to understand western culture, and problem solving skills when 3. (face) critical situations, etc.
Now,1 will dig deeper into the concept of software". Everyone is talking about culture shock nowa-days, but you may wonder what it actually 4. _(mean). Simply put: culture shock is the diffi-culty people may experience when being exposed and adjusting to a 【小5】 (remarkable) different new culture. Usually, people often go 5.._ four distinct phases: the honeymoon phase, the ne-gotiation phase, the adjustment phase and the mastery phase. Culture shock can happen immediately upon your 6.____(arrive) in the country.
For international students, perhaps the most direct impact of culture shock is the variety of accents, especially in multicultural countries 7. the U.S. Canada or Australia. There are two main reasons: Firstly, these countries have highly diversified groups of residents from different cultural8.___ _(background). Secondly, there are many international students from all around the world every year studying in these countries, so you shouldn't be surprised 9. (find) all kinds of unfamiliar accents around the university campus.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A.B.C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳
选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Abbaye,a master artist, was ready to retire in 1392. One day, Bartoli, a rich Italian merchant, ___________ him saying, "Could you____________my portrait on my banquet room wall? It's 20 feet tall.”
“I'm ready to retire," Abbaye shook his head,“so I'm not____________．”But seeing the disappointment in Bartoli's eyes, he____________4his mind, "Well, there's a possibility if you can find it in your ___________ to allow me to explore the ___________ of my abilities. Furthermore, already I can see your___________ .So I insist
that while l work your portrait stay_____________ even from you!”
“No problem," Bartoli agreed, though he thought it was____________ ，"Anything you wish, but it must look realistic．”
Immediately the master artist ___________ a high curtain in front of the wall, -through which Bartoli couldn't see at all.
A week passed. "How is it coming?" asked the ___________ Bartoli.
“It's coming quite well. You see, a masterpiece ___________ quite a while at least.” Abbaye answered from behind the___________．
Another three, four weeks passed and___________half a year went by. Bartoli lost his ___________ .“Today I must see it!" he shouted.
Stepping from behind the curtain___________ surprised by such anger, Abbaye said calmly," That's fine.
You needed only to request it.” And he____________ aside the 20 - foot curtain.
Bartoli stared at the masterpiece and then his mouth ___________open. He was obviously so angry that his eyes ___________ red. So what was wrong? Abbaye had drawn to his heart's ___________ for 20 feet tall. Perhaps Bartoli couldn't tolerate his abstract expression, which Picasso would have been proud of.
1.A.sent for B. thought of C. laughed at D. heard from
2.A.fix B.make C.paint D.repair
3.A.possible B. free C. reliable D. available
4.A.formed B.changed C. got D. insisted
5.A.heart B.mind C. room D.brain
6.A. challenges B. limits C. control D. confidence
7.A.figure B. portrait C. image D. masterpiece
8.A.safe B. lonely C. private D. cool
9.A.terrible B. common C.funny D. strange
10.A.brought B. decorated C. hung D. bought'
11.A.hopeful B.anxious C.serious D. careful
12.A.affords B. spends C. costs D. takes
13.A.wall B. curtain C. picture D. ladder .
14.A. in total B. obviously C. eventually D. above all
15.A.money B. mood C. temper D. taste
16.A.as if B. even if C. now that D. in case
17.A.set B. pulled C.left D. stood
18.A.felt B. remained C. kept D. fell
19.A.changed B. showed C.found D.turned
20.A. content B. confidence C. power D. design
