Typically, a person sitting in the driver's s...

Typically, a person sitting in the driver's seat of a car opens the door with the hand closest to it. It makes sense since doors are designed to be opened that way. Pull the handle(把手) and immediately the door is open. But if you happen to do that at the wrong time, you may create an obstacle(阻碍) for a passing cyclist without knowing it. Then the cyclist will be sent falling off the bike, and the car door is likely to be damaged by the fast-moving bicycle.

The car door design and long-time habits have made the process instinctual but clearly the solution is for the person getting out of the vehicle to check for traffic. Luckily, there's a simple way to solve the problem: the Dutch reach. In other words, instead of using your left hand, reach for the door latch(门锁) with your right hand. This will force you to turn your body and look into your side view mirror to see whether any car or bike is coming.

''It's just what Dutch people do,'' said Fred Wegman, the former managing director of the National Institute for Road Safety Research in the Netherlands. ''All the Dutch are taught it. It's part of regular driver education.''

The technique dates back about 50 or 60 years, and it was very popular between the 1960s and the 1980s. But it didn't really become known as the Dutch reach until American physician named Michael Charney started the Dutch Reach Project in 2016 in an effort to popularize the practice in the United States. According to The Times, he was motivated by the death of a 27-year-old who rode into an open car door and died just five blocks from his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Charney's efforts may be paying off. Both Massachusetts and Illinois now include the Dutch reach in their drivers’ manuals(手册).

1.What is the first paragraph intended to show?

A.The poor design of the car door and handle.

B.A common conflict between cars and bicycles.

C.A main cause of traffic accidents related to cyclists.

D.Possible risks connected with opening the car door.

2.What does the underlined word ''instinctual'' in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.Difficult B.Possible

C.Natural D.Dangerous

3.How does the Dutch reach help to reduce traffic accidents?

A.By making the person open the car door more easily.

B.By forcing the person to check for approaching traffic.

C.By reminding the person of the traffic lights frequently.

D.By helping the person see the side view mirror more clearly.

4.What made Charney introduce the Dutch reach into America?

A.Its popularity among Dutch people.

B.Its appearance in drivers’ manuals.

C.A project started in the year 2016.

D.The death caused by a traffic accident.

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A young boy was sitting in the back seat of the car eating an apple. Hw asked his father, “Why does my apple turn brown?” His father answered,”“When the skin is removed, air reaches the flesh of the apple causes oxidarion. This changes the apple’s molecular structure and results in a brownish color.”The boy asked,“Dad，what are you

talking about?”

I know how that boy feels. Sometimes I want answers to some of those confusing questions that we all meet with, such as how to get through difficult times or what to do in a tough situation. I just want to get it right.

The problem is that I don’t always have the answer I need. Nobody else seems to have them, either. So I go on making mistakes and think that I’ll never get it right.

Often I didn’t know what to do. I often made poor choices, but I gradually improved. Then I realized that I don’t HAVE TO always get it right. I don’t have to always know what to do all the time. All I really need to do is try my best, learn from my mistakes and go on.

Dr. Leo Buscaglia once said, “ No one gets out of this world alive, so the time to live, learn, care, share, celebrate and love is now. That would be pretty hard to do when you’re waiting for all the answers first.”

So you got it wrong. You made a mistake. So what should you do next? Forgive yourself and try again. You may not get out of this world alive, but you can get plenty of life out of this world if you are not too worried about always getting it right.

1.In the beginning, the author tells the story of a boy and his father to ____.

A. show that the father is very knowledgeable

B. say something interesting about apples

C. show that children nowadays ask more questions

D. introduce the topic of the passage

2.How did the boy feel when he heard his father’s explanation?

A. He admired his father very much.

B. He knew what his father meant.

C. He felt it was difficult to understand.

D. He thought that he had learned a lot from his father.

3.What do Dr. Leo Buscaglia’s words mean?

A. We can search the answers when enjoying life itself.

B. We must make right choices as often as possible.

C. People have many desires when they enter the world.

D. It is hard to lead a happy and satisfying life.

4.What can be concluded from the passage?

A. We should try to learn and understand the answers to questions.

B. We should learn from our mistakes and try again.

C. It is very important to try to avoid(避免) mistakes.

D. It is our duty to make the world a better place.

5.What is the style of the passage?

A. novel       B. news    C. poem     D. essay

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A young boy was sitting in the back seat of the car eating an apple. He asked his father, “Why does my apple turn brown?” his father answered, “When the skin is removed, air reaches the flesh of the apple and causes oxidation. This changes the apple’s molecular structure and results in a brownish color.” The boy asked, “ Daddy, what are you talking about?”

I know how that boy feels. Sometimes I want answers to some of those confusing questions that we all meet with, such as how to get through difficult times or what to do in a tough situation. I just want to get it right.

The problem is that I don’t always have the answer I need. Nobody else seems to have them, either. So I go on making mistakes and think that I’ll never get it right.

Often I didn’t know what to do. I often made poor choices, but I gradually improved. Then I realized that I don’t HAVE TO always get it right. I don’t have to always know what to do all the time. All I really need to do is try my best, learn from my mistakes and go on.

Dr. Leo Buscaglia once said, “ No one gets out of this world alive, so the time to live, learn, care, share, celebrate and love is now. That would be pretty hard to do when you’re waiting for all the answers first.”

So you got it wrong. You made a mistake. So what should you do next? Forgive yourself and try again. You may not get out of this world alive, but you can get plenty of life out of this world if you are not too worried about always getting it right.

1. In the beginning, the author tells the story of a boy and his father to ____.

A．show that the father is very knowledgeable

B．say something interesting about apples

C．introduce the subject of the passage

D．show that children nowadays ask more questions

2. How did the boy feel when he heard his father’s explanation?

A．He admired his father very much.

B．He knew what his father meant.

C．He thought that he had learned a lot from his father.

D．He felt it was difficult to understand.

3. What do Dr. Leo Buscaglia’s words mean?

A．We must make right choices as often as possible.

B．We can search the answers when enjoying life itself.

C．People have many desires when they enter the world.

D．It is hard to lead a happy and satisfying life.

4. What can be concluded from the passage?

A．We should learn from our mistakes and try again.

B．We should try to learn and understand the answers to questions.

C．It is very important to try to avoid mistakes.

D．It is our duty to make the world a better place.

5. What is the style of the passage?

A. novel       B. news     C. essay     D poem

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A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a person came up and knocked at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch. “It’s 8:05,” he said. Then he went to sleep again. But soon he was waken up again because a second person was knocking at the window. “Sir, do you know the time?” he asked. The driver looked at his watch, and told him it was half past eight.

In this way, the driver thought he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note and stuck(粘贴) it on the window for all to see. It said, “I don’t know the time.”

Again, he lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a third person came and began to knock at the window, “Hey, sir,” he said. “It’s 8:45.”

1.How long had the driver been there when the third person called him?

A. 40 minutes.　　 　 B. 25 minutes.

C. 50 minutes.　　 　 D. 70 minutes.

2.Why did the driver write a note and stick it on the window?

A. Because he didn’t know the time.

B. Because he didn’t want anybody to trouble him.

C. Because he needed somebody to wake him up.

D. Because he wanted somebody to tell him the time.

3.The third person knocked at the window to _____.

A. ask him the time

B. ask him not to sleep

C. see if the driver was sleeping

D.　 tell him what time it was

4.What do you think of the third person?

A. Cold-hearted.　　　　 B. Helpful.

C. Thankful.　　　　 　　 D. Hopeful.

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A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a person came up and knocked at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch. “It’s 8:05,” he said. Then he went to sleep again. But soon he was waken up again because a second person was knocking at the window. “Sir, do you know the time?” he asked. The driver looked at his watch, and told him it was half past eight.

In this way, the driver thought he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note and stuck it on the window for all to see. It said, “ I don’t know the time.”

Again, he lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a third person came and began to knock at the window, “Hey, sir,” he said. “It’s 8:45.”

1. Where did the driver sleep?

A. At the window.    B. In the street road.     C. In his car.       D. In his room.

2.How long had the driver been there when the third person called him?

A. 40 minutes.       B. 25 minutes.         C. 50 minutes.      D. 70 minutes.

3. Why did the driver write a note and stick it on the window?

A. Because he didn’t know the time.

B. Because he didn’t want anybody to trouble him.

C. Because he needed somebody to wake him up.

D. Because he wanted somebody to tell him the time.

4. The third person knocked at the window to _____.

A. ask him the time                      B. ask him not to sleep

C. see if the driver was sleeping        D.  tell him what time it was

5. What do you think of the third person?

A. Cold-hearted.      B. Helpful.         C. Thankful.          D. Hopeful.

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A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a person came up and knocked at the window to ask him the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch. “It’s 8:05,” he said. Then he went to sleep again. But soon he was waken up again because a second person was knocking at the window. “Sir, do you know the time?” he asked. The driver looked at his watch, and told him it was half past eight.

In this way, the driver thought he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note and stuck it on the window for all to see. It said, “I don’t know the time.”

Again, he lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a third person came and began to knock at the window, “Hey, sir,” he said. “It is a quarter to nine.”

1.Where did the driver sleep?

2.How long had the driver been there when the third person called him?

3.Why did the driver write a note and stick it on the window?

4.The third person knocked at the window to ______.

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Sometimes she’d ask the driver to stop in front of a particular building and would sit _________ into the darkness, saying nothing.

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He was found ________in front of the TV set， ________the football match

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Alexis, 17, sat quietly in the passenger seat of her dad’s car. She let her eyes lazily scan, the landscape for wildlife. Then a deer came into view about 200 yards in front of them. “Dad, there’s a deer there!” Alexis said. It was a male deer with sharp sntlers(角) on each side of its head.

As the car moved closer, Alexis saw that the deer’s head was bent toward the ground. Then she heard a scream and saw an arm fly up near the deer’s head. Alexis realized the deer was attacking a woman. Sue, a 44-year-old mother, had been out for her morning run. The deer followed her and edged closer. “I knew I was in trouble,” Sue says. She went to pick up a stick for self-defense, and the deer charged. It lifted her with its antlers and threw her into the air. Sue could feel blood flew down her leg. Within seconds, the deer had pushed her off the road.

When Alexis and her father pulled up, the deer was throwing Sue like a doll. Alexis looked into the woman’s terrified eyes, and before her father had even stopped the car, the teenager jumped quickly out of the car and ran toward the deer. “I was kicking it to get its attention,” she says. Then her father, who had followed his daughter, pushed the deer away from the women.

Alexis helped Sue into the car, and then applied a piece of cloth to Sue’s injured leg. “We’re going to get you to a hospital,” Alexis said. Then she heard her father shout loudly. He had been knocked to the ground. Alexis took hold of a hammer from the car and ran to where her father lay on his back. She beat the deer’s head and neck, but the blows didn’t scare it away. “I was losing faith,” she says. “A couple more strikes, Alexis,” said her father. “You can do it.” Turning the hammer around, Alexis closed her eyes and beat the deer’s neck with all her strength. When she opened her eyes, the deer was running away. Alexis got in the driver’s seat and sped toward the nearest hospital.

After Sue was treated, she tearfully thanked her rescuers. “You expect a teenage girl to get on the phone and call for help,” she says, “not to beat up a deer.”

1.What was Sue doing when she was attacked by the deer?

A. She was driving home.　　 B. She was resting on the road.

C. She was taking exercise.　　 D. She was feeding wild animals.

2.The underlined word “edged” in paragraph 2 probably means _________.

A. changed　　 B. cut

C. attacked　　 D. moved

3.What did Alexis do to save Sue?

A. She pushed the deer away.　　 B. She hit the deer with her feet.

C. She drove the car to hit the deer.　　 D. She beat the deer with a hammer.

4.Which of the following words can best describe Alexis?

A. Strong.　　 B. Cruel.

C. Energetic.　　 D. Brave.

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The person in charge of the meeting asked the people present to sit ______ together and listen______.

A. closely; close      B close; closely

C. close; close        D. closely; closely

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