A young girl is calling a neighbour a superhero because of what he did when she was trapped beneath a car. Nick Harris said he didn't know where he found the strength, but somehow he managed to lift a car off the 6-year-old girl last week, earning himself the title of su?perman. "I just think it's a Christmas miracle," Harris said.

Harris said he had tried several times and again to recreate (再现)the surprising show of strength because instinct (本能)sent him running to the 6-year-old girl's aid. "I just ran over there, saw the tire on her, and lif?ted the car up to get her out from underneath the car,w Harris said. "I don't know how I did it. I've tried three or four times since then.,,

Harris was dropping off his daughter at Eugene Field Elementary Friday morning when he saw a car back out of a driveway, pinning (使不能动弹)the girl under its tire. That girl turned out to be his daughter's best friend.

"I was expecting her to have bad injuries," Harris said. "I've had broken toes, because a car just backed over my foot. And here this whole car was on top of her. I wasn't expecting it to turn out as wonderful as it did. ,, The first grader was flown to Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City by an air ambulance (救护车), but didn't have to stay long.

"They all call me superman now," Harris said. "I'm just a dad. I'm just a dad that was in the right place at the right time. And I was finally able to help and I did something good.

1,  Why was Harris called a superhero?

A.    He saved a girl by lifting a car.

B.    He won in a Christmas competition.

C.    He pushed off the car on his daughter.

D.    He was always ready to help his neighbours.

2.   Harris tried many times to repeat his action in order to    .

A.    prove he had great strength

B.    find out how he had done it

C.    show his daughter he was a hero

D.    make people believe what happened

3.    Where did the accident happen?

A.    Near Children's Mercy Hospital.

B.    Around his neighbour's home.

C.    Outside a supermarket.

D.    At a school gate.

4.    What can we learn about Harris?

A.    He was fond of the movie Superman.

B.    He had the accident while backing his car.

C.    He drove the injured girl to the nearby hospital.

D.    He was once run over on the foot by a car.


Owning a smart phone may not be as smart as you think. It may let you surf the Internet, listen to music and snap photos wherever you are... but it also turns you into a workaholic, it seems.

A study suggests that, by giving you access to e-mails at all times, the all-singing, all-dancing mobile phone adds as much as two hours to your working day. Researchers find that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to e-mails on their mobiles.

The study by technology retailer Pixmania reveals the average UK working day is between 9 and 10 hours, but the further two hours is spent responding to or send?ing work e-mails, or making work calls. More than 90 per cent of office workers have e-mail-enabled phones, with a third accessing them more than 20 times a day. Almost one in ten workers admit spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work e-mails. Some workers confess they are on call almost 24 hours a day, with nine out of ten saying they make work e-mails and calls outside their normal working hours. The average time for first checking e-mails is be?tween 6 am and 7 am, with more than a third checking their first e-mails in this period, and a quarter checking them between 11 pm and midnight.

Ghadi Hobeika, marketing director of Pixmania, says, "The ability to access literally millions of apps, keep in contact via social networks and take photos and videos as well as texts and calls has made smart phones invaluable for many people. However, there are draw?backs. Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and smart phones mean that people literally cannot get away from work. The more constantly in contact we become* the more is expected of us in a work capacity (容量).,,

1.    What can we conclude from the text?

A.    All that glitters is not gold.

B.    It never rains but pours.

C.    Every coin has two sides.

D.    It's no good crying over spilt milk.

2.    The underlined word "accessing" in the third paragraph can be replaced by 

A. calling       B. reaching

C.  getting     D. using

3.    Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A.    The average UK working time is between nine and twelve hours.

B.    Nine tenths spent over three hours checking work e-mails.

C.    One fourth check their first e-mails between 11 pm and midnight.

D.    The average time for first checking e-mails is be?tween 6 am and 8 am.

4.    What's the main idea of the text?

A.    Workaholics like smart phones.

B.    Smart phones bring about extra work.

C.    Smart phones make our life easier.

D.    Employers don't like smart phones.

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A few months before I was born, my dad met a stranger who was new to our small town. From the beginning, my dad was fascinated with this new?comer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around to welcome me into the world a few months later.

As I grew up, I never questioned his place in my family. He was our storyteller. He would keep us spellbound for hours on end with adventures, mysteries and comedies.

If I wanted to know anything about politics, history or science, he always knew the answers about the past, understood the present and even seemed able to predict the future ! He took my family to the first major league ball game. He made me laugh, and he made me cry. The stranger never stopped talking? but my dad didn't seem to mind.

My dad was a non-smoker and he didn't permit alcohol at home, even for cooking. But the stranger encouraged us to try them on a regular basis. He made cigarettes look cool. His comments were sometimes unpleasant and sometimes suggestive.

I now know that my early concepts(观念)about relationships were influ?enced strongly by the stranger. Time after time, he opposed the values of my parents, yet he was seldom rebuked(指责)and NEVER asked to leave.

More than fifty years have passed since the stranger moved in with our family. Still, if you were to walk into my parents' house today, you would still find him sitting over in the corner, waiting for someone to listen to him and watch him draw his pictures. His name? We just call him "TV".

1.________________________ It can be inferred from the passage that   .

A.the stranger was popular with the family

B. the stranger was not very kind to the family at first

C. the stranger arrived soon after the author was born

D. the author's dad was kind and liked to make friends

2. The word "'spellbound" in Paragraph 2 is the closest in meaning to

A.hopeless                       B. upset

C.tired                         D. interested

3. The third paragraph aims to show that the stranger is______ .

A.very curious                      B. knowledgeable

C.very generous                     D. troublesome

4.  How is the passage mainly developed?

A. By time.                      B.  By space.

C. By examples.                     D.  By comparison.

A few years ago, my younger brother and I went to Norfolk, Virginian by plane. 5 , before we took off, we heard the pilot's voice throughout the plane. "Sorry, ladies and gentlemen. We have no 6 on the plane. We have a generator (发电机),and we are going to 7 the engines with it. We will 8 in the air and head to Norfolk, and see what happens.

See what happens? We are going to get up in the air, and see what happens? At this point, one woman started crying. "Oh, no! We are going to 9 ! There were sighs of desperation and  10 spreading throughout the plane, and we hadn't even 11 yet. Thirty minutes passed and we were still 12 there. Then the voice of the pilot came over again, "Ladies and gentlemen, I know you are 13 , so are we. We only have one engine going right now, and it is working double time.

There was crying 14 we had walked into a grave (坟墓).But, the pilot told us our one engine was working double time, and his 15 was to get up in the air, and see what happens! Then we did. We got up in the air and 16 happened. We arrived in Norfolk and everyone  17  for still being alive.

Although I do sincerely like to have a plan 18 "see what happens", which really isn't such a bad life strategy (策略),all too often, I would see people pur?suing their goals 19 with inaction just because they don't have 20 success. Actually, success will never be guaranteed. The 21 thing that you can do is just get up in the air, and see what happens.

If you are planning to learn a new skill, get up in the air, and see what happens! It might not be as

22 as you thought. You might be smarter than you thought. It could be 23 ! So don't stay there trying nothing just because there is no 24 of guaranteed success.

5.    A. Hopefully  B. Excitedly

C. Unfortunately    D. Thankfully

6.    A. service       B. power

C. water  D. fuel

7.    A. shut    B. fix

C. change       D. start

8.    A. get up B. pack up

C. light up      D. speed up

9.    A. wait    B. delay

C. crash   D. suffer

10.   A. rumour      B. anxiety

C. disease       D. smoke

11.   A. looked over       B. gone out

C. got across   D. taken off

12.   A. sitting B. checking

C. watching    D. boarding

13.   A. puzzled      B. patient

C. desperate    D. embarrassed

14.   A. even if       B. as if

C. what if       D. only if

15.   A. comment    B. complaint

C. promise      D. plan

16.   A. everything  B. something

C. nothing      D. anything

17.   A. escaped      B. cheered

C. sighed D. praised

18.   A. less than     B. other than

C. better than  D. more than

19.   A. frozen B. annoyed

C. concerned   D. satisfied

20.   A. realistic      B. organized

C. potential     D. guaranteed

21.   A. same   B. common

C. best    D. last

22.   A. interesting  B. challenging

C. surprising   D. encouraging

23.   A. fun     B. pain

C. sorrow       D. trouble

24.   A. meaning     B. sign

C. action D. reward

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