A schoolgirl saved her father's life by kicking him in the chest after he suffered a serious allergic (过敏的) reaction which stopped his heart.
Izzy, nine, restarted father Colm's heart by stamping (踩) on his chest after he fell down at home and stopped breathing.
Izzy's mother, Debbie, immediately called 999 but Izzy knew doctors would never arrive in time to save her father, so decided to use CPR.
However, she quickly discovered her arms weren't strong enough, so she stamped on her father's chest .
Debbie then took over with some more conventional chest compressions (按压) until the ambulance arrived .
Izzy, who has been given a bravery award by her school, said: "I just kicked him really hard. My mum taught me CPR but I knew I wasn't strong enough to use hands. I was quite scared. The doctor said I might as well be a doctor or a nurse. My mum said that Dad was going to hospital with a big footprint on his chest.
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She's a little star," said Debbie, "I was really upset but Izzy just took over. I just can't believe what she did. I really think all children should be taught first aid. Izzy did CPR then the doctor turned up. Colm had to have more treatment on the way to the hospital and we've got to see an expert."
Truck driver Colm, 35, suffered a mystery allergic reaction on Saturday and was taken to hospital, but was sent home only for it to happen again the next day. The second attack was so serious that his airway swelled, preventing him from breathing, his blood pressure dropped suddenly, and his heart stopped for a moment.
He has now made a full recovery from his suffering.
1.Izzy kicked her father in the chest ______ .
A. to express her helplessness B. to practise CPR on him
C. to keep him awake D. to restart his heart
2.What's the right order of the events?
a. Izzy kicked Colm.
b. Debbie called 999.
c. Izzy learned CPR.
d. Symptoms of Colm's allergic reaction.
A. cabd B. dbca C. cdba D. dcab
3.What does Paragraph 8 mainly talk about?
A. What Colm suffered.
B. Colm's present condition.
C. What caused Colm's allergy.
D. Symptoms of Colm's allergic reaction.
假定你是李华。你收到了美国笔友彼得寄来的最新英文小说。请给他回信，内容包括：
1.小说收到；
2.回赠礼物；
3.礼物意义；
4.邀请来华。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,
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Best wishes.
Yours,
Li Hua
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处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
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。
Today is my mum’s birthday. This afternoon, I went to the biggest shopping center downtown, and buy a present for her. Then I took the subway home. Sitting on the train, I thought my mum would very happy when she saw the presents. At the next station, an old man, that carried two heavy bags, got on the train but stood in front of me. He looked tired. I hesitated for the moment, and then offered my seat to her. The old man thanked me a lot of and sat down. Seeing his smile，I felt happily.
From this experience, I will be ready to helping others in the future.
Rene Laennec was a French doctor who learned to tap on people’s chests to find out illness from an Austrian doctor named Leopold Auenbrugger. As a boy, Leopold used to tap wine1.(contain) in his father’s inn to see how much wine they held. A full one made2.different sound from an empty one. When he became a doctor, he 3. (tap) people’s chests to see how much liquid was in their lungs. Laennec did the same and learned to tell by tapping carefully on a chest 4.it was diseased or not. But he was even more interested 5.diseases of the heart, and he wished that he could hear heartbeats clearly. In those days, a doctor would place his head on a patient’s chest to listen, but if the patient was 6. (extreme) fat it was impossible to hear any heartbeat at all.
One day when Laennec 7.(walk) in the park, he saw some girls playing with a see-saw(跷跷板). One of them scratched the end of the board while the others placed their ears against the other end. On walking up, the doctor was asked why the sounds travelled along the wood. “The sounds are magnified(放大), girls, er…”Suddenly he turned and rushed back to the hospital. Quickly8.(take) some thick paper, he rolled it up like a tube and began listening to patients’ chests. He heard the heartbeats and 9. (they) breathing clearly. Laennec soon made a better instrument of wood, one he called a stethoscope(听诊器). Later, they 10. (make) of steel and rubber.
The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish from each other a lot. This is because the culture systems are two separate systems _________.
The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are gestated(孕育) by _______. In China, the mother river is the Yellow River_______the Indian one is the Hindu River. These two cultures were _______ for several thousand years and formed their own styles. Then in the Tang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture_______went overseas to Japan, _______into the Japanese society and_______ the Japanese culture nowadays. Though a bit different from the Chinese one, it _______to the same system.
When the two mother rivers gave birth to the eastern culture, another famous culture was _______on the Mesopotamian Plain(美索不达米亚平原）—the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. And these two are well-known as the________of the European culture.__________ the Chinese culture, the European one also__________waters.When the colonists of England __________in America, their culture went with them over, the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn't ________from the European one a lot.
At the same time, the________of the language systems adds to the cultural differences. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic (象形文字的) language while the Western languages are________based on the Latin system, for example, the one I’m using to write this paper.
Other factors like human race difference________ as well. However, ________the far distance and the steep areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom________until recent centuries. ________, they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no-interference（干扰） from the other.
1.A. in all B. above all C. in no case D. on the whole
2.A. rivers B. lakes C. mountains D. plains
3.A. or B. for C. while D. when
4.A. improved B. developed C. created D. protected
5.A. gradually B. naturally C. suddenly D. quietly
6.A. changed B. mixed C. decided D. forced
7.A. expanded B. interrupted C. shaped D. influenced
8.A. comes B. belongs C. amounts D. adds
9.A. carried out B. given out C. brought up D. picked up
10.A. base B. sign C. result D. content
11.A. With B. Like C. Via D. Except
12.A. crossed B. formed C. affected D. spread
13.A. went up B. joined up C. settled down D. broke down
14.A. differ B. suffer C. result D. come
15.A. feature B. development C. appearance D. distinction
16.A. simply B. mostly C. properly D. partly
17.A. counts B. reduces C. lasts D. changes
18.A. in term of B. in case of C. due to D. as to
19.A. communicate B. distinguish C. transform D. display
20.A. However B. Furthermore C. Meanwhile D. Therefore
Ways to save time
We all wish we had just a bit more time. Just think what you could do with an extra hour or two each day: you could finally stick to an exercise routine, or spring-clean the house, or write your novel, or learn the guitar and so on.
1.But I can help you find more hours in your day for the things that really matter.
★Get Out of Bed Earlier.
If you normally get up at 7:30 a.m. try getting up at 7:00 a.m. That half-hour might not sound like much, but it could be time that you use to exercise, to read that book you've been meaning to finish.2.
★Do the Important Tasks First.
Once you get to work, get the important ones done first (not the easy ones, or even the urgent ones). 3.If you work like this, you’ll usually save time. The urgent tasks will still get done, and you won't miss the important ones.
★Reduce Interruptions.
If colleagues have a habit of hanging around your desk to chat, or if the phone is constantly ringing, you might find that it takes you half the day to finish a simple task like writing a letter.4.
★5.
A few minutes chatting, browsing the web, and so on, can easily turn into hours of wasted time over the course of a day. If your concentration is slipping, take a proper break: go and get a glass of water, or stretch your legs a bit. And if you’re facing a difficult task, try breaking it into small steps or stages so that it’s easier to deal with.
A. Stay Focused on Your Work.
B. Take Breaks When Necessary.
C. Would you want me to make your day longer?
D. I can’t magically make all your days 25 hours long.
E. Or simply to get your day off to a calm and organized start.
F. Constant interruptions don’t just eat up time, they also break your concentration.
G. You can afford to spend at least an hour working on big, important tasks rather than on all those little urgent ones.
