It was 12:45 pm on January 2, 2007. 50-year-o...

It was 12:45 pm on January 2, 2007. 50-year-old Wesley Autrey was waiting for the train at a subway station in New York. His two daughters, aged four and six, were with him.

Suddenly, a sick man fell down on the platform (站台). The man, 20-year-old Cameron Hollopeter, got up, but then fell again—this time, onto the track between the two rails (道轨). A train was coming into the station. It was a frightening moment.

But Mr Autrey wasn’t frightened. He looked at the man and the space that the man was in. It was about half a meter deep. And he thought, “The train is going to travel over this man. If he tries to get up, the train will kill him. But if he lies on the ground and doesn’t move, he’ll be OK.” So he got an idea.

He jumped down and kept Mr Hollopeter down on the ground. The train driver saw them. He was terrified, but he couldn’t stop in time. The train traveled over the two men before it stopped.

The people on the platform were surprised. When Mr Autrey heard them screaming, he shouted, “We’re OK down here, but I’ve got two daughters up there. Let them know their father is OK.”

In an interview on a TV show, Mr Autrey said, “The only thing that happened to me was my blue hat got dirty.”

1.Why did Mr Hollopeter fall on the platform and then the track?

A．Because he was ill.                      B．Because he walked so fast.

C．Because he was too old.                  D．Because the subway station was so crowed.

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Mr Autrey was so frightened when he saw what had happened.

B．Mr Autrey thought the space that the man was in was about one meter deep.

C．The train driver saw the two men but he couldn’t stop the train in time.

D．Mr Autrey and Mr Hollopeter were both taken to a hospital.

3.Mr Autrey was worried about ________ when the train stopped.

A．his two daughters   B．Mr Hollopeter      C．his blue hat        D．the train driver

4.Mr Autrey lay on top of Mr Hollopeter in order to ________.

A．keep him calm                         B．keep him down

C．keep him warm                         D．keep him awake

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A．A Sick Man                            B．Save One’s Life

C．Mr Autrey and Mr Hollopeter              D．The Subway Hero

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—The new movie Forever Young was first shown on January 12th.

—It ________ be worth watching. The tickets sell out every day.

A. can't　　 B. might　　 C. must

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Last night, my 10-year-old car broke down on the road. It was so late, and I was 50 kilometers from home, I couldn’t find anyone to__________ me up, so I decided to take a bus. I went east__________ my house was in the east. A bus stopped at the traffic light, but it went west. I asked the driver _________the bus station was. “Four more lights” the driver said. “It's so terrible!” I said to___________. About twenty minutes later, I___________got to the bus station. After waiting for fifteen minutes, I began to__________ if I could take a bus. When I was lost in thought, a car stopped in front of the station. The door opened, and I was surprised to find that it was the _________ driver. “1 just can't leave you here,” she said. I’ll take you __________my car and give you a ride home.” “It's a long way,” I said. “Come on,” she said, “I have _________else to do.” When I got home, I wanted to give her_________. However, she refused and said “Just do something nice for others.”

1.A.call B.pick C. cheer D.wake

2.A.unless B.until C.though D.because

3.A.how far B.how often C.how long D.how many

4.A.itself B.myself C.herself D.himself

5.A.nearly B.hardly C.finally D.quietly

6.A.pay B.ask C.look D.worry

7.A.worried B.same C.popular D.different

8.A.on B.to C.in D.off

9.A.nothing B.anything C.something D.everything

10.A.advice B.courage C.attention D.money

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Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California's Santa Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn't reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I thought I'd just go east.

A bus stopped. I got on and asked the driver how far she was going, "Ten more miles," she said. There was another bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long night.

I got off at the end of the route and she told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus came up. There was no lighted number above its windshield. It was out of service, but the door opened. It was the same driver.

“I just can't leave you here,” she said. “This isn't the nicest place. I will give you a ride home.”

“You will drive me home on the bus?" I asked, astonished.

“No, I will take you in my car,” she said.

“It's a long way," I insisted.

“Come on, ” she said. “I have nothing else to do.”

As we drove from the station in the car, she began telling me a story, A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good man picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I'm just passing the favor(善意的行为) along,” she said.

When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn't accept. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along," she said.

1.There was something wrong with the writer's car ______.

A．late at night                            B．early in the morning

C．an hour before sunset                    D．thirty minutes after sunset

2.The writer changed his mind after waiting 30 minutes because ______.

A．he became impatient and a bit worried

B．a taxi ride would be more comfortable

C．he knew the driver would never return

D．the bus driver had given him wrong information

3.The bus driver drove the writer home later because ______.

A．her brother had told her to do so

B．she wanted to earn more money

C．she happened to go in the same direction

D．she wanted to do something good for others

4.The underlined word "astonished" in the passage probably means ________.

A．surprised         B．grateful           C．happy            D．angry

5.The bus driver hoped that the writer ________.

A．would drive someone home

B．would help someone in need

C．would keep her in memory

D．would give the money to others

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Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California's Santa Ana Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn't reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I figured I'd just head east. A bus pulled up, and I asked the driver how far she was going. “Four more lights,” she said. There was another bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long night. She dropped me off at the end of her route and told me which bus to look for.

After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus pulled up. There was no lighted number above its windshield (挡风玻璃). It was out of service. But the door opened, and I was surprised to find that it was the same driver. “I just can't leave you here,” she said. “This isn't the nicest place. I'll give you a ride home.” “You'll drive me home in the bus?” I asked, perplexed (困惑). “No, I'll take you in my car,” she said. “It's a long way,” I protested. “Come on, ” she said. “I have nothing else to do.”

As we drove from the station in her car, she began telling me a story. A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good Samaritan picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I'm just passing the favor along, ” she said. When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn't hear of it. “That wouldn't make it a favor, ” she said. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along.”

1.Why did the writer say that he would have a long night?

A. He wondered how long he had to wait for the next bus.

B. No driver would give him a ride.

C. He didn't know the routes.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

D. He perhaps would have to take a taxi.

2.Judging from its context, the place where the writer waited for the second bus was_____.

A. very quiet and peaceful                    　　　

B. dark without street lights

C. neither clean nor beautiful                    　　　　

D. a little unsafe

3.The bus driver drove the writer home later because ________.

A. she happened to go in the same direction

B. she wanted to do something good for other people

C. her brother told her to do so　　　　　　　

D. she wanted to earn more money

4.The bus driver hoped that the writer ________.

A. would do as she did

B. would keep her in memory

C. would give the money to others

D. would do her a favor

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It was 11:50 pm on 6 February, 2018. The ground was shaking and an earthquake of magnitude 6.4 was hitting Taiwan. Seventeen people were dead, two hundred eighty-five people got hurt, and an entire hotel fell down and lay on a street in the city of Hualien.The government said that at least seven buildings had partly collapsed or been left at dangerous angles, and the city's hospital was also damaged. Rescuers gathered around the buildings and shone flashlights into the windows. They had spent 106 hours after the earthqucake until they found they were not able to get the last two people out. The last two bodies are the grandparents of a Chinese family of five who were all killed in the hotel at the lower floors of the 12-story Yun Men Tsui Ti building. Fourteen of the seventeen people who died in the earthquake were trapped in that building.

The earthquake was followed by more than one hundred small earthquakes, with the largest one of magnitude 5.7 on 7 February at 23:21, 19 km northeast of Hualien city. No one was killed in those quakes.

earthquake/quake 地震; magnitude震級; collapse倒塌; angle 角度;rescue 救援;rescuer救援人員;trap堵塞;落入陷阱

1.How long had it taken to rescue these trapped persons after the earthquake?

A. 10 days

B. only 72 hours

C. 168 hours

D. 106 hours

2.Which floor of the Yun Men Tsui Ti building might the Chinese family stay on ?

A. 12

B. 2

C. 9

D. 11

3.Which is true according to this article?

A. The last two dead bodies are from a Chinese family of 5 in which there are three people alive.

B. Luckily, the hospital in Hualien city is not damaged, and people can go there for help.

C. Two hundred eighty-five people got hurt because of the earthquake.

D. Rescuers had kept searching until they got all the people and bodies out.

4.What is Not true about the rescuing?

A. Rescuers shone flashlights into the windows to check if there would be anyone that they could help.

B. Many buildings in Hualien fell down on Feb. 6, 2018.

C. The biggest earthquake in Feb in Taiwan is up to magnitude 6.4.

D. Fourteen people were dead in the quakes after the earthquake on Feb 6, 2018.

5.What date did the rescue end on ?

A. Feb. 7.

B. Feb. 11.

C. Feb. 8.

D. Feb. 19.

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It was last January, when I’d just finished a charity(慈善) and was on the train back home, that I put down my phone and started writing thank-you notes to people who had helped.

When I got off the train, I felt amazingly good. The next day, I wrote more thank-yous and the same feeling of happiness hit me again. I suddenly had the idea: Why not keep on doing this for every day of the year?

To keep on task, I decided to pick out a different theme for each month. January was charity.

February would be neighbors, I decided. And I thought of a number of names right away: the owner of our local bookstore, who let me and my little son in before the store opened and offered to play his favorite songs; our babysitter, who dropped off a bag of old board games for our kids to play; …

While writing the notes, I realized how often I had spent my time on the phone moving from app to app, appreciating(欣赏) other people’s lives. Writing thank-you notes allowed me the time to do something different, paying more attention to my own life.

In the following months, I wrote to my friends, doctors, teachers and parenting role models. In July, my “food” month, I wrote to Julie, who used to cook at my favorite restaurant. It went like this:

Dear Julie,

I’ve been finding myself missing you lately. Thank you for hosting and cooking beautiful and thoughtful food. Jake and I will never forget when you sent out biscuits shaped into the number VI for our sixth anniversary (周年纪念日）. We talk about it every year.

Thank you. We miss you.

Love,

Gina

I was happy to receive a note back from her. Julie replied, “I don’t think I’ve ever received such a touching letter before. I’m going through a hard time right now, and this helps.”

On December 31, I wrote my last card — to Jake, my husband, and our two kids. And I took a picture of us, so I could remember the feeling welling up inside me. Gratitude.

1.The underlined word “this” in Paragraph 2 means ________.

A.writing thank-you notes B.putting the phone away

C.taking the train back home D.raising money for charity

2.How did Julie most probably feel after reading the note from Gina?

A.Shy and surprised. B.Pleased and relaxed.

C.Nervous and excited. D.Moved and encouraged.

3.The theme of the December notes might be “________”.

A.photos B.family C.holidays D.community

4.What did Gina get by doing her task according to the passage?

A.Many thanks from her neighbors. B.More time to appreciate her own life.

C.More help from people around her. D.Happy moments to be with her friends.

5.The best title for the passage can be ________.

A.My Thank You Year B.An Amazing Trip

C.Happiness inside Us D.Important People in Our Life

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Jack London was a famous American writer. He was born on January 12, 1876 in America. His family was very poor, and Jack had to leave school to make a living when he was a teenager.

But Jack loved studying, he worked hard to make living and finally he was able to return to school. He tried very hard at every subject, and he was especially good at literature.

However, he didn’t stay at school for very long. In 1897, he went to Alaska (阿拉斯加) to look for gold. Instead of gold, he found ideas for his books and stories. He returned and started to write. His writings were so successful that he became rich and famous in his twenties.

Most of stories in Jack’ books are about some characters who fight against difficulties. One of his most famous books is Love of life which was very successful. But Jack London was not a happy man. He took his own life in 1916 when he was only 40 years old.

1.Jack London was from _______.

A. the USA B. London C. France D. Alaska

2.Jack London was a famous _______.

A. worker B. teacher C. writer D. doctor

3.In Alaska, Jack London _______.

A. found a lot of gold B. bought many books

C. became very rich D. learned a lot

4.He became famous for his _______.

A. gold B. books C. life D. stories

5.He began to work in _______ and died in _______.

A. 1897, 1916 B. 1888, 1916

C. 1900, 1956 D. 1876, 1900

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People heard about Kobe Bryant's death on January 26. It seemed like the whole world was feeling sad. Many people had never met Kobe. Still, they said they felt like they had lost a family member.

How can people be affected (影响) by the death of someone they have not met? Why might some people see Kobe as a family member?

1.

Feeling Connected

People follow famous people online. They see the good and bad times shared by them. 2. He clearly had many fans. They're from all over the world and could feel connected with each other even they never met.

The Randomness(不可预测性) Of Death

Kobe died in a helicopter crash(直升机坠机). The weather was very foggy. 3. Studies have shown that when we see ways to change something, it can bring stronger feelings. We might say, "If it had been a clear day, Kobe would still be alive."

Because Life Is Short

4. Many felt like they had gotten to know Kobe. They watched him play basketball on TV for years. His death was sad. It reminded us that we will die someday.

Kobe's death was a reminder that life is too short to hold onto problems of the past. Thoughts of death can bring fear. 5. And we need to live a meaningful life for them and also for ourselves.

A.This can bring "what if" thoughts.

B.Kobe had millions of followers on social media.

C.Our feelings may be more about us than Kobe.

D.But we are connected with our loved ones.

E.There are reasons that explain why his death had a strong influence

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(C)

Jack London was a famous writer. He was born on January 12, 1876, in San Francisco, California. His family was so poor that Jack had to leave school to make money at an early age. As a result, he had little education as a child. He worked hard in many different jobs--- working as a paper boy, a sailor, and a miller. Though he had to work long hours at these jobs, London spent all his free time on books, especially those travel and adventure books borrowed from the library. He travelled to Japan and Korea in 1893. These trips made London decide to educate himself and change his life. He returned to school, quickly completed high school and entered the University of California. After only one term, however, London gave up his studies and travelled to Alaska in 1897 in search of gold, but he failed as a gold miner.　

Though unsuccessful, the trip to Alaska provided ideas for his career as a writer. Once back in California, London decided to work as a writer. He bought a typewriter and worked up to fifteen hours a day, changing his Alaskan adventures into short stories and novels.　

In 1903, he became famous all over the country after he published the popular novel The Call of the Wild. He soon became the highest paid writer in the US. During his career, he wrote more than fifty books and got more than a million dollars. Several of his novels, including The Call of the Wild (1903), The Sea Wolf (1904), The White Fang (1906), have become American most famous novels. People can always get encouragement and ideas about life from his works. To Build a Fire, for example, tells the story of a man who fought against the extreme cold to live through the Alaskan winter.

Jack London was a great writer in the history of literature. His works have been translated into different languages and are still popular all over the world. However, he was not a happy man. In poor health, he killed himself in 1916.

1.Why didn’t Jack London get much education when he was young?

A. Because he could learn from his jobs.

B. Because he spent all his time travelling.

C. Because his family couldn’t afford his schooling.

D. Because he could teach himself by reading books.

2.Which of the following jobs didn’t Jack do in his life?

A. A miller.　　 B. A sailor.　　 C. A writer.　　 D. A waiter.

3.What made Jack London start writing?

A. The trip to Alaska.

B. The books he read.

C. The university education.

D. The trip to Japan and Korea.

4.Which of the followings is in the right order?　

a. He travelled to Japan and Korea.　

b. He went to Alaska in search of gold.　

c. He published the book the White Fang.　

d. He became famous all over the country.　

e. He returned to school and entered the university.

A. a-e-b-d-c　　 B. a-b-e-c-d　　 C. e-a-b-d-c　　 D. e-d-c-a-b

5.According to the passage, Jack London’s books are _______________.

A. surprising　　 B. humourous　　 C. encouraging　　 D. sympathetic

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