A gunman killed eight people at a mall in Omaha this afternoon and then killed himself, setting off panic among holiday shoppers, the police said.
“The person who we believe to be the shooter has died from self-inflicted(自残式的) gunshot wounds,” Sergeant Teresa Negron of the Omaha Police Department said at televised news. “We have been able to clear the mall,” she said. “We don't believe we have any other shooters.” The police said that at least five other people had been injured in the shootings.
She did not give the shooter's identity. “We are still conducting the investigation,” Sergeant Negron said, adding that the city’s mayor, who was out of town, was on his way back to Omaha.
She said the police received a 911 call from someone inside the Westroads Mall on the west side of Omaha, and shots could be heard in the background. The first police officers arrived at the mall six minutes after the first call, she said but by then the shootings were over.
It is reported that the gunman left a suicide note that was found at his home by relatives. A law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity(匿名) said the note indicated that the gunman wanted to “go out in style.”
The shootings broke the usually ordinary routine of holiday shopping. The gunman was said by some witnesses to have fired about 20 shots into a crowd. Some customers and workers ran screaming from the mall, while others dived into dressing rooms to hide from the shooter.
Shoppers and store workers were trapped inside the mall, which has roughly 135 stores. Others streamed out of mall exits with their hands raised. Our president was in Omaha this morning to deliver a speech, but he had left the city by the time the shootings took place.
1.Where can we probably read this article?
A. A travel magazine.
B. A daily newspaper.
C. A story book.
D. A research report.
2.What do the underlined words "go out in style" probably mean?
A. To go out of the mall in particular clothes.
B. To walk in the mall with oneself focused on.
C. To stop his life in an impressive way.
D. To go to a social event by fashionable means.
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Nobody knows why the shooter did so and nothing was found at his home.
B. The city’s mayor went to the site when the shooting took place.
C. Police arrived at the mall before the shooting was over and rescued customers.
D. The official who showed what the note meant wanted to keep himself from being known to the public.
4.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A. President Happened to Escape a Shot
B. Shoppers in Great Panic before the Holiday
C. Shooter Found Dead in a Mall on the west of Omaha
D. Gunman Killed 8 People, Then Himself at a Mall in Omaha
My husband hasn’t stopped laughing about a funny thing that happened to me. It’s funny now but it wasn't at the time.
Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in town, I wanted a rest before catching the train, so I bought a newspaper and some chocolate and went into the station coffee shop － that was a cheap self-service place with long tables to sit at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, put the newspaper and chocolate on the table to keep a place, and went to get a cup of coffee.
When I went back with the coffee, there was someone in the next seat. It was one of those wild-looking youngsters, with dark glasses and worn clothes, and hair colored bright red at the front. Not so unusual these days. What did surprise me was that he'd started to eat my chocolate!
Naturally, I was annoyed. However, to avoid trouble--and really I was rather uneasy about him--I just looked down at the front page of the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me closely. Then he took a second piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn't dare to start an argument. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I got it.
The boy gave me a strange look, and then stood up. As he left he shouted out. “This woman's crazy!” Everyone stared. That was embarrassing enough, but it was worse when I finished my coffee and got ready to leave. My face went red--as red as his hair--when I realized I'd made a mistake. It wasn’t my chocolate that he’d been taking. There was mine, unopened, just under my newspaper.
1.The woman in the story ________.
A. wanted a newspaper and some chocolate to take home to her family
B. bought some chocolate so that she could keep a place at the table
C. had been very tired and needed some time to recover
D. always went shopping with her family on Fridays
2.When the woman saw the boy go on eating the chocolate, she felt ________.
A. more and more disappointed at losing the chocolate
B. too tired to start an argument
C. too shy to look in the boy’s direction
D. more and more angry with the boy
3.The woman’s face turned red ________.
A. because she realized that she had been quite wrong about the boy
B. because she realized that the boy was poor and angry
C. because she saw everyone staring at her
D. because she hated being shouted at
4.From the story we can see the woman ________.
A. was careless and selfish
B. was being careless
C. often made mistakes
D. was crazy
● http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/
Fantastic site from CNN. Over 50 news stories categorized under headings such as crime, environment and adventure. Each story has a range of activities focusing on comprehension and vocabulary, mostly of the multiple-choice variety.
● http://www.npr.org/
NPR is an American radio network with an extensive audio archive---an excellent source of authentic English.
● http://www.humorlinks.com/
Hilarious site bringing together over 7,000 links to humor of every kind, from American comedy to Australian cartoons. Here you will see the funniest jokes and pictures from all over the world.
● http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/
Hundreds of fascinating interviews with famous people from every walk of life: action, cartoons, musicians, painters, philosophers, political activists, scientists and writers.
● http://www.bbc.co.uk./music.listen
Lots of online music from classical to jazz, from blues to rap. You can listen to radio programs or select a range of special features.
● http://www.onestopenglish.com
Here you will find listening activities--updated each month--from the online magazine from Macmillan.
1.http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/ is a website intended for those who______.
A. are learning English
B. are writing news stories
C. are interested in environment protection
D. are designing activities for newspapers
2.For someone who is doing a project on this year’s Nobel Prize winner, ______will be the most suitable websites to turn to.
A. http://www.onestopenglish.com
B. http://www.humorlinks.com/
C. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/
D. http://www.bbc.co.uk./music.listen
3.Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A. Web’s Radio: New Access to Information
B. Guide to Suitable Websites
C. How to Surf the Internet Wisely
D. Recommendation of Online English Magazines & Videos
1.他出了一次车祸，结果只得在医院里躺了整整一个月。
2.人们意见分歧很大，结果，讨论一无所获。
3.你还知道那些其他濒临灭绝的物种吗？
4.我相信你对动植物逐渐消亡很关心。
5.他以他的爸爸是一位著名的科学家而自豪。
6.戴西急忙穿戴起来，她穿好牛仔裤和毛衣。
7.我们的毛皮用来制作像你穿的那种毛衣。
8.她很快就适应了那里的天气。
9.即使游客喜欢看到我们，他们还是不想保护我们。
10.尽管我有些观点跟他不同，我喜欢与他一起干活。
11.旅游公司提出申请，希望做有偿捕猎，这样农民就可以赚很多钱。
12.我们的航班被推迟，这意味着我们要在机场等待4个小时。
13.我们能做些什么来保护麋鹿，使他们不会再次消失？
14.你认为中国的熊猫正处在危险中吗？
15.请你建议我们应该做些什么来保护野生动植物你呢?
16.你知道恐龙为什么在大约65万年前突然灭绝了？
17.国家自然保护区不应该向旅游者开放。你同意吗？
18.人们相信，总有一天会有足够多的动物再次在野外生活。
19.给熊猫造一个新家的项目正在开发中。
20.从现在起，我将更加关注野生动植物的保护。
21.当你被问到难题的时候，你应该怎么做？
22.这药物对那个病人立即起了作用。
23.我午饭更喜欢吃蛋糕，不喜欢吃面条。
1.Milu deer has disappeared from China.
Milu deer has ______ ________ from China.
2.People hope that Taiwan will return our motherland as soon as possible.
_______ __________ __________ that Taiwan will return our mother land as soon as possible.
3.The old lady is sleeping peacefully.
The old lady is sleeping _________ ____________.
4.I got up so late that I was late for school.
I got up late. ________ ________ __________, I was late for school.
5.Although tourists like to watch us, they didn’t want to protect us.
They didn’t want to protect us ____ ____ tourists like to watch us.
1.This kind of drug can p_________ children from mosquitoes.
2.The noise outside a__________ our study.
3.The farm covers an a_________ of 30 mu.
4.I have a pain in my s__________ as I ate a green grape just now.
5.The little baby should stay away from i__________.
6.Sea water __________ (含有) salt.
7.The road is covered with thick __________ (泥土).
8.I have not heard from my brother ___________（最近）．
9.The tiger is a __________ (凶猛的)animal.
10.The little girl loves collecting __________ (蝴蝶).
