Neighbors rescued a woman from her burning home early Monday morning,and three f

Neighbors rescued a woman from her burning home early Monday morning,and three f

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Neighbors rescued a woman from her burning home early Monday morning,and three firefighters were hurt putting out the flames in Green Bay.
The fire was discovered around 4 o"clock at a three-story home in the South Quincy Street on the city"s east side. Investigators(调查者) say 68-year-old Mary Taylor lives there with her two dogs.
“I got out of bed and went to the front window and could hear somebody was yelling(叫喊),‘Fire!’” Curt Dworak said.When he realized what was happening, he threw on some clothes and ran to help. “I was just hoping Mary wasn"t in there,but her car was in the driveway,so I just reacted,” he said, “I just broke the glass and then went in through the window.”
Dworak yelled for Mary but got no response. As he searched,the fire grew and debris(碎片) started falling around him. I didn"t know what to do. I yelled for her a couple more times,and then I heard her. Disoriented(分不清方向的)and unable to move, Mary was sprawling(趴) on the floor in the back of her house,so Dworak picked her up and carried her to safety.
Dworak, who has been hailed as a hero by Green Bay Fire Department but shrugged of the praise,said,“They would have done the same thing. Mary is a nice lady,and how could you live with yourself if you didn"t do something like that?”
Mary was up and talking before she was taken to the hospital to be checked out. Dworak escaped without a thin cut.
小题1:
As soon as Dworak realized there was a big fire,he        .
A.went to his front window and stood watching
B.put on his clothes quickly and rushed there
C.searched for Mary"s crying in her room
D.put away his clothes and jumped off his house
小题2:
The sentence “ but her car was in the driveway” in Paragraph 3 implies(暗指) that
      .
A.Mary was just in the house.B.Mary"s car was in Dworak"s way.
C.Mary"s car was broken.D.Mary"s car was in good condition.
小题3:
The underlined Word “ hailed” in Paragraph 5 can be replaced by “         ”.
A.namedB.checkedC.praisedD.trained
小题4:
What can we learn from the passage?
A.It was Dworak who found the fire first.
B.Dworak was badly injured by the fire.
C.Mary lost consciousness in the flames.
D. Mary is friendly to her neighborhood.

答案

小题1:B
小题1:A
小题1:C
小题1:D
解析

举一反三
At 7:49 a.m. local time on Wednesday, April 14th, a huge earthquake struck Yushu County in Qinghai, China, described as “end of the earth” in a famous poem of the Tang Dynasty.
The earthquake destroyed many houses, cut off power and caused over 2,000 deaths and injuries. On the night when the earthquake happened, many survivors had to sit or lie on the ground in terrible darkness. Some brought their own tents and others turned on the lights of motorcycles. It seemed that the earth was at an end. But their natural character made them get together to fight the early spring’s cold nights. Facing the disaster, they chose to be stronger and standing still and firmly like Yushu, the name of their hometown meaning “Standing like Trees”.
The disaster drew much attention both at home and abroad. Our country leaders ordered rescuers(营救人员) to value every life and never to give up. Thousands of rescuers and medical teams rushed to Yushu from many areas of China, bringing machines, medicines and something necessary to the quake-hit town. They entered every village to search for survivors. Governments, organizations and volunteers are offering money and materials to the areas.
We believe that under the leadership of the Central Government, people in the disaster areas are sure to restore production and rebuild homeland as soon as possible. And the overall victory can be achieved in the earthquake rescue work.
小题1:
In Paragraph 2, the writer refers to the meaning of “Yushu” to show that _______.
A.the strong trees stand still to fight the early spring’s cold nights
B.some trees were cut down to make tents to live through the disaster
C.the big tree standing still brings the local people good luck
D.people there are brave and strong when facing the earthquake
小题2:
Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A.Yushu, a young town, was destroyed in the terrible earthquake.
B.A huge earthquake once hit Yushu County in the Tang Dynasty.
C.The whole nation does its best to help rebuild the new homeland.
D.There was still electricity after the earthquake struck the town.
小题3:
The underlined word “restore” in Paragraph 4 probably means _______.
A.战胜B.储存C.恢复D.修理

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1. 我细细地看了这篇文章,了解到那是为农村妇女写的。
I ___________________the text and realized that it was __________________ women in the countryside.
2. 我发现林巧稚把毕生都奉献给了病人,而自己却选择了独身。
I discovered that Lin Qiaozhi __________ her patients and had chosen not to have a family ___________.
3. 多亏了他的研究,联合国在消除世界饥饿的战斗中又多了些方法。
______________his research, the UN has more tools in the battle ______________.
4. 他们主要是想保持土壤肥沃且免受病害。
They ______________ keeping their soil ___________________.
5. 在人们感到沮丧的时候,他可以使他们开怀大笑,于是他们就对自己的生活感到比较满足。
He made people laugh at a time when they ______________, so they could feel _____________their lives.
6. 不是所有文化背景下的人都以同样方式寒暄,接触陌生人时,距离太近或太远都会使他们不舒服。
Not all cultures ______________________the same way, _____________________ in the same way with
touching or distance between people.
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WASHINGTON — Money can buy happiness, but only if you spend it on someone else, according to researchers.
Spending as little as $5 a day on someone else could significantly boost happiness, the team at the University of British Columbia and Harvard Business School found on Thursday.
Their experiments on more than 630 Americans showed they were measurably happier when they spent money on others --- even if they thought spending the money on themselves would make them happier.
“We wanted to test our theory that how people spend their money is at least as important as how much money they earn,” said Elizabeth Dunn, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia.
They asked their 600 volunteers first to rate their general happiness, report their annual income and detail their monthly spending including bills, gifts for themselves, gifts for others and donations to charity.
“Regardless of how much income each person made, those who spent money on others reported greater happiness, while those who spent more on themselves did not,” Dunn said in a statement.
Dunn’s team also surveyed 16 employees at a company in Boston before and after they received an annual profit-sharing bonus of between $3,000 and $8,000.
“Employees who devoted more of their bonus to pro-social spending experienced greater happiness after receiving the bonus, and the manner in which they spent that bonus was a more important predictor of their happiness than the size of the bonus itself,” they wrote in their report, published in the journal Science.
“Finally, participants who were randomly (随机地) required to spend money on others experienced greater happiness than those required to spend money on themselves,” they said.
They gave their volunteers $5 or $20 and half got clear instructions on how to spend it. Those who spent the money on someone or something else reported feeling happier about it.
“These findings suggest that very minor adjustment in spending allocations (分配) --- as little as $5 --- may be enough to produce real gains in happiness on a given day,” Dunn said.
This could also explain why people are no happier even though US society is richer.
“Indeed, although real incomes have increased dramatically in recent decades, happiness levels have remained largely flat within developed countries across time,” they wrote.
小题1:
Dune’s experiment on 630 Americans was to ________.
A.help people make careful plans for their moneyB.encourage people to be generous to others
C.see how to spend money is important to happinessD.test whether $5 is enough to buy happiness
小题2:
What can we conclude according to the experiment?
A.Happiness largely depends on the size of your bonus money.
B.Happiness, as a matter of fact, has nothing to do with money.
C.The more money you give away, the happier person you will be.
D.Spending money for the good of society will make you happier.
小题3:
How many different ways are used by the researchers to test their theory?
A.Two.B.Three.C.Four.D.Five.
小题4:
The last sentence of the passage means _______.
A.happiness does not necessary increase as money grows
B.people in richer countries actually have more problems
C.fast economic growth has a bad effect on people’s life
D.great increase of income contributes to keeping happiness level stable

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Following the nuclear at the Fukushima (福岛) nuclear power station in Japan, Germany has decided to abandon the use of nuclear energy sooner than it had planned.
Germany was planning to cut its use of nuclear power slowly over 25 years. But now, the government has speeded up its program. Germany’s government has said that seven of its 17 nuclear reactors (反应堆) will stop working for three months for safety checks.
Nuclear power has been very unpopular in Germany since the Chernobyl (切尔诺贝利) nuclear reactor disaster in Ukraine (乌克兰) in 1986. Since then, the country has been working on developing new resources of energy.
The plan to give up nuclear power will cost the country at least 150 billion euros (1.4 trillion yuan)) in investment. Experts say this will likely lead to a rise in electricity prices.
Some experts think Germany is setting a good example for countries such as the US to follow. Germany now gets 23 percent of its energy from nuclear power –about as much as the US.
However, France, which relies on nuclear energy for more than 70 percent of its power, shows no sign of changing its policy.
小题1:
We can most probably read the article _______. 
A.in a newspaper B.in a pamphlet(小册子)
C.in an advertisementD.in a textbook
小题2:
The most appropriate heading for this article is _______.
A.Germany to develop its new resources of energy
B.Nuclear power no longer popular in Germany
C.Germany to have safety checks for some nuclear reactors
D.Germany to end its nuclear energy program
小题3:
According to the article, all of the following statements are true EXCEPT______.
A.In both the US and Germany, approximately a quarter of their energy are from nuclear power now.
B.The explosion of some Fukushima nuclear reactors has quickened Germany’s pace to abandon nuclear energy.
C.France, which relies on nuclear energy for more than 70 percent of its power, will follow Germany and cut its use of it at any cost.
D.The Chernobyl nuclear disaster seemingly cast a huge shadow over the Germans, making them increasingly suspicious of the safety of nuclear energy.

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The bus driver and his passengers were being hailed as heroes last night after rescuing a woman from her burning car following a crash on the Bluff Highway. The 60-year-old woman was taken by ambulance to Southland Hospital after firefighters battled for 30 minutes to cut her from her car.
Acting Senior Sergeant Brock Davis, of Invercargill, said emergency services were called to the scene of the crash at the crossroads of Motorimu Rd and State Highway I shortly before 5:00 p.m. yesterday.
Mr. Davis said a Mitsubishi car driven by a 30-year-old man traveling north on the highway and the woman’s southbound(南行的)Suzuki Alto collided(碰撞). The man suffered slight injuries in the crash, he said.
Invercargill Passenger Transport Ltd driver Bill McDermott and his passengers—New Zealand Aluminum Smelters Ltd workers were first on the scene and alerted emergency services. The scene at the spot was disordered, Mr. McDermott said.
“There was a car on its side and a guy wandering around who was quite excited,” he said. “We stopped, got out and found a lady trapped in her car …… then we noticed flames in the engine bay and the smell of petrol.” Mr. McDermott took a fire extinguisher(灭火器)from the bus,doused(泼洒)the flames,and several other workers controlled traffic.
However,he said his actions were “no big deal”. He was not willing to take any credit for helping the woman.
“The praise goes to all the guys that jumped off that bus.” Invercargill Senior Station officer Alan Goldsworthy, who was an officer in charge at the scene, said there was a possibility the car could have burst into flames if Mr. McDermott and the smelter workers had not helped. “They should acquire a good pat on the back.” he said.
小题1: It can be known from the passage that the car accident happened _____.
A.at noon B.in the morning
C.in the afternoon D.at night
小题2:Who should get the biggest praise according to the reporter?_____.
A.Brock Davis.B.Bill McDermott.
C.Allan Goldsworthy.D.The firefighters.
小题3:The underlined sentence “They should acquire a good pat on the back” in the last paragraph really means _____.
A.the government should give each of the heroes a gold medal of honor
B.the saved woman should offer as much money to the heroes as she can
C.everybody there should pat the heroes on the back gently and thankfully
D.the good deeds of the heroes are well worthy of great appreciation

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