New York Time—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 gunshot wounds,” Sgt. 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 banal 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. President Bush was in Omaha this morning to deliver a speech, but he had left the city by the time the shootings took place.
1. Where did the shooting first come out?
A. In a newspaper B. On the Internet
C. In TV news D. In a police poster
2. What do the underlined words “go out in style” probably mean?
A. go out of the mall in particular clothes
B. walk in the mall with everybody focused on
C. go to a socially event by fashionable means
D. stop his life in a impressive way
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 happened not to be in the city when the shooting took place.
C. Police arrived at the mall before the shootings were over and rescued customers.
D. The official who showed what the note mean have no request of his own identity.
4. We can infer from the passage that ______.
A. There is only one shooter in this event.
B. The shooting created fears among the customers.
C. An important holiday is coming soon.
D. President Bush came here for the shooting.
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New York Time—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 gunshot wounds,” Sgt. 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 banal 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. President Bush was in Omaha this morning to deliver a speech, but he had left the city by the time the shootings took place.
1. Where did the shooting first come out?
A. In a newspaper B. On the Internet
C. In TV news D. In a police poster
2. What do the underlined words “go out in style” probably mean?
A. go out of the mall in particular clothes
B. walk in the mall with everybody focused on
C. go to a socially event by fashionable means
D. stop his life in a impressive way
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 happened not to be in the city when the shooting took place.
C. Police arrived at the mall before the shootings were over and rescued customers.
D. The official who showed what the note mean have no request of his own identity.
4. We can infer from the passage that ______.
A. There is only one shooter in this event.
B. The shooting created fears among the customers.
C. An important holiday is coming soon.
D. President Bush came here for the shooting.
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(Reuters) --- A stampede(蜂拥) killed at least 36 people during New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai, authorities said, but the police denied reports that it was caused by people rushing to pick up fake money thrown from a building overlooking the city's famous waterfront.
It was the worst disaster in the modern city since 58 died in an apartment building fire in 2010.
The cause of the crush has still to be confirmed, though state media and some witnesses have said it was at least partly aroused when people rushed to pick up coupons that looked like bank notes.
A man named Wu said the fake money had been thrown down from a bar above the street as part of the celebrations.
"This incident happened after the stampede," police said in a brief statement, without saying what the real cause was.
Another witness said there had been a problem away from the area where the fake bills were thrown, with people trying to get on to a raised platform overlooking the river.
Xinhua news agency said that people had been trampled on after falling down on the steps up to the platform.
Authorities had shown some concern about crowd control in the days leading up to New Year's Eve. They recently canceled an annual 3D laser(激光器) show on the Bund, which last year attracted as many as 300,000 people.
On New Year's Eve, Beijing also canceled a countdown event in the central business district, Chinese media said, due to police fears about overcrowding.
The Shanghai government said on its official microblog that an inquiry had begun, and that all other New Year events had been canceled.
In 2004, 37 people died in a stampede in northern Beijing, on a bridge at a scenic spot, during the Lunar New Year holiday.
1.According to the passage, why did people go to the Bund?
A. To meet their old friends and relatives.
B. To watch an annual 3D laser show.
C. To celebrate the New Year’s Eve.
D. To pick up bank notes.
2.What can be inferred according to the passage?
A. People like 3D laser show better than any other events.
B. Some possible measures had been taken by authorities.
C. The local government had shown their worry about overcrowding.
D. The celebrations in Beijing were influenced by this stampede.
3.What’s the passage about?
A. A stampede on New Year’s Eve in Shanghai.
B. A laser show on the Bund.
C. An apartment fire in Shanghai.
D.A countdown event in Beijing.
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(Reuters) --- A stampede killed at least 36 people during New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai, authorities said, but the police denied reports that it was caused by people rushing to pick up fake money thrown from a building overlooking the city's famous waterfront.
It was the worst disaster in the modern city since 58 died in an apartment building fire in 2010.
The cause of the crush has still to be confirmed, though state media and some witnesses have said it was at least partly aroused when people rushed to pick up coupons that looked like bank notes.
A man named Wu said the fake money had been thrown down from a bar above the street as part of the celebrations.
"This incident happened after the stampede," police said in a brief statement, without saying what the real cause was.
Another witness said there had been a problem away from the area where the fake bills were thrown, with people trying to get on to a raised platform overlooking the river.
Xinhua news agency said that people had been trampled on after falling down on the steps up to the platform.
Authorities had shown some concern about crowd control in the days leading up to New Year's Eve. They recently canceled an annual 3D laser show on the Bund, which last year attracted as many as 300,000 people.
On New Year's Eve, Beijing also canceled a countdown event in the central business district, Chinese media said, due to police fears about overcrowding.
The Shanghai government said on its official microblog that an inquiry had begun, and that all other New Year events had been canceled.
In 2004, 37 people died in a stampede in northern Beijing, on a bridge at a scenic spot, during the Lunar New Year holiday.
1.According to the passage, why did people go to the Bund?
A. To meet their old friends and relatives.
B. To celebrate the New Year’s Eve.
C. To watch an annual 3D laser show.
D. To pick up bank notes.
2.What can be inferred according to the passage?
A. Some possible measures had been taken by authorities.
B. People like 3D laser show better than any other events.
C. The local government had shown their worry about overcrowding.
D. The celebrations in Beijing were influenced by this stampede.
3.What’s the passage about?
A. A countdown event in Beijing.
B. A laser show on the Bund.
C. An apartment fire in Shanghai.
D. A stampede on New Year’s Eve in Shanghai.
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By the time she ______in the gymnastics tournament at the New York Goodwill Games, she ______ a junior gymnast for eleven years.
A. competed; has been B. competes; has been
C. competed; had been D. will compete; will have been
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By the time she_____in the gymnastics tournament at the New York Good Will Games, she_________ a dedicated junior gymnast for eleven years.
A. competed , have been B. competes, had been
C. will compete, has been D. competed , had been
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Xi’an - A fire at a large shopping mall in the city of Baoji in Northwest Shanxi Province killed at least eight people and injured 23 others, a local official said on Saturday. The fire broke out at 8: 30 p.m. on Saturday on the third floor of the six-story Renmin Shopping Mall, the official said. Eight victims, including one woman, died while trying to escape the blaze. Six suffocated, and two fell to their deaths.
65. Which of the following do you think is the best title for this passage?
A. Shopping Mall Fire B. Danger of Fire
C. A Report from a Local Official D. Fire on Saturday
66. How many men died in the fire?
A. 6 B. 7 C. 8 D. 23
67. When and where did the fire break out?
A. On Saturday morning, on the third floor
B. On Saturday morning, on the second floor
C. On Saturday evening, in a shopping mall
D. On Saturday evening, in an office building
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Malls are popular places for Americans to go. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called "mall rats". Mall rats shop until they drop in the hundreds of stores.
People like malls for many reasons. They feel safe because malls have police stations. Parking is usually free, and the weather inside is always fine. The newest malls have beautiful rest places with waterfalls and large green trees.
The largest mall in the United States is the mall of America in Minnesota. It covers 4.2 million square feet. It has 350 stores, eight nightclubs, and a large park! there are parking spaces for 12.750 cars. about 750,000 people shop there every week.
The first indoor mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina Minnesota. People love doing all their shopping in one place. More malls are built around the country. Now malls are like town centers where people ____________________. They shop, of course, they also eat in food courts(广场) that have food from all over the world. They see films at theaters. Some people even get their exercise by doing the new sport of "mall walking". Others go to malls to meet friends.
In some malls, people can see a doctor and even go to the church. In other words, people can do just about everything in malls. Now people can live in their favorite shopping center in fact.
1.Why do people like malls? (please answer within 10 words)
______________________________________________________________________________________
2.What does “mall” mean here?
______________________________________________________________________________________
3.Except shopping, what else can people do in the mall? (please answer within 30 words)
______________________________________________________________________________________
4.Please fill in the blank in the fourth paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (please answer within 10 words)
______________________________________________________________________________________
5.What is the best title of this passage?
______________________________________________________________________________________
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A stampede(踩踏)killed at least 35 people and injured 43 during New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai, on the city's popular waterfront tourist attraction known as the Bund(外滩), authorities said.
The Shanghai government said that large crowds started to stampede in Chen Yi Square on the Bund just before midnight, with authorities working to rescue and aid the wounded.
It was not immediately clear what triggered the stampede. The official Xinhua news agency said many of the injured were students.
The government said on its official microblog(微博) that an inquiry had begun, with city leaders rushing to the scene and to hospitals to visit the injured. An emergency meeting would be held to ensure stepped-up safety measures were taken throughout the city.
Photographs on Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter, showed densely packed crowds of revelers(狂欢者)along the Bund, which is lined with buildings from Shanghai's pre-communist period on the bank of the Huangpu River.
In some photographs, rescue workers were seen trying to resuscitate victims lying on the pavement while ambulances waited nearby.
Authorities had shown some concern about crowd control in the days leading up to New Year's Eve. They recently canceled an annual 3D laser show on the Bund that last year attracted as many as 300,000 people.
At dawn on Thursday, there were still small crowds of revelers trying to find taxis home and workers were clearing up trash strewn around the Bund. There was little sign of the mayhem that had broken out just hours earlier.
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard and Pete Sweeney; Editing by Howard Goller and Mark Bendeich)
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A. An accident that killed some people.
B. A new-year celebration.
C. A popular tourist attraction in Shanghai.
D. Some old buildings along the Huangpu River.
2. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A. The reason of the stampede was not clearly known.
B. At dawn on Thursday, no one could be seen around the Bund.
C. The city leaders were busy visiting the injured in hospitals.
D. The 3D laser show on the Bund had been put on every year.
3.What can be inferred from the passage?
A. All the injured students will return to school soon.
B. There will be stricter rules concerning public safety throughout the city.
C. It will be impossible to find out the reason of the accident.
D. People didn’t know that the 3D laser show had been cancelled.
4. Where can you most probably find the passage?
A. From a science text book.
B. From a traveler’s journal.
C. From a government document.
D. From a news website.
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The first time I went to New York, I was very excited. My friend met me at the airport and took me to a hotel. Since he had to work, he promised to see me 1.next day and left.
After a short rest, I went to a restaurant near the hotel to get something to eat.2. I couldn’t speak English, I couldn’t tell the waiter 3.I wanted. I felt very upset and started to make some gestures, 4.the waiter just couldn’t understand me.
Finally, I ordered the same thing the man5.the next table was eating. After dinner, I started 6. walk along Broadway until I came to Time Square with its movie theatres and huge crowds 7.people. I didn’t feel a bit tired so I continued to walk.
When I returned to the hotel, I couldn’t sleep. I lay awake all the night, thinking about the day’s experience. I decided 8.I had to learn to speak English. (165 words)
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Each week New York-based hairstylist Mark Bustos tries to make a small difference in people’s lives 1. giving haircuts to homeless people.
During the week, Mark Bustos works in his high-class salon, but each Sunday, he walks around the city asking people 2. they’d like a haircut. He then gives them a stylish haircut -- 3. same kind he would give to any paying customers, except that these are done for free for those who are homeless or cannot afford a haircut 4.(them).
Mark’s work began in 2012 when visiting family in the Philippines. Instead of just 5.(take) a typical, relaxing vacation, he decided to give poor local children haircuts. “I felt so happy doing it that I’ve continued since returning,” Mark explains.
Changing someone’s appearance can have a huge impact on their life. Remember the homeless retired soldier who received a make-over? He found a job, 6.(rent) a house and quit drinking alcohol afterwards. 7.(simple) change how a person looks and give them a huge increase in 8. (confident).
Mark Bustos proves that there are many ways 9.(give), and that you can easily use your 10.(person) abilities to make a difference in somebody’s life.
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