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     WASHINGTON -According to statistics compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
72 officers were killed by criminals in 2011, increased markedly in recently years.
     The 2011 deaths were the first time that more officers were killed by suspects than car accidents.
The number was the highest in nearly two decades, excluding those who died in the Sept. 11 attacks
in 2001 and the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.
     While the F.B.I. and other law enforcement(执行) officials cannot fully explain the reasons for the
rise in officer homicides, they are clear about the terrible consequences.
     "In this law enforcement job, when you pin this badge on and go out on calls, when you leave
home, you can't guarantee that you will come back," said Sheriff Ray Foster of Buchanan County,
Va.
     After a series of killings in early 2011, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. asked federal authorities
to work with local police departments to try to come up with solutions to the problem.
      The F.B.I., which has tracked officer deaths since 1937, paid for a study conducted by John Jay
College that found that in many cases the officers were trying to arrest or stop a suspect who had
previously been arrested for a violent crime.
     That prompted the F.B.I. to change what information it will provide to local police departments,
the officials said. Starting this year, when police officers stop a car and call its license plate into the
F.B.I.'s database, they will be told whether the owner of the vehicle has a violent history. Through the
first three months of this year, the number of police fatalities has dropped, though it is unclear why.
     Some law enforcement officials believe that techniques pioneered by the New York Police
Department over the past two decades and adopted by other departments may have put officers at
greater risk by encouraging them to conduct more street stops and to seek out and confront (对抗)
suspects who seem likely to be armed. In New York and elsewhere, police officials moved more
officers into crime-ridden areas.
     Some argue that the rise in violence is linked to the tough economy. With less money, police
departments, after years of staffing increases, have been forced to make cutbacks(削减).
     The police chief in Camden, N.J., J. Scott Thomson, whose force of 400 was cut by nearly half
last year because of financing issues, said that having fewer officers on the street "makes it that much
more difficult to create an environment in which criminals do not feel as encouraged to attack anothe
r person, let alone a law enforcement officer."
     "Every stop can be potentially fatal, so we are trying to make sure the officers are ready and
prepared to face deadly force every single day they go out." Ms. Klimt said.

1. rising/increasing   2. included  3. explanation 4 guaranteed/assured   5. Solutions
6. arms     7. Financial/Economic     8. laid       9. moved     10. courage
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     Phoenix , Arizona, the USA was shaken by a big sandstorm recently. It was a huge dust storm that
struck Phoenix a little after 7:00 pm local time.
     Arizona has sandstorms particularly during the monsoon( 季风 )season which usually starts from
mid-June until the end of September. However, this was so far the biggest. The cloud of dust turned day
into night. Some trees were downed, gardens were destroyed and it knocked out power for thousands
of local people along the area, but luckily no death happened. A number of the people's pools became
dirty with dust. People who lived in Phoenix for more than 40 years said that this was the first time they
had experienced this huge dust storm. It could greatly influence people's health.
     The big dust cloud started in Tucson traveling north across the desert. The huge storm ran up to 60
miles per hour. It was more than 100 miles wide and a mile high. Besides Phoenix and near cities ,the
storm also reached Yuma area in southwestern and far western Arizona. It reduced the visibility ( 能见度 ) in these areas, putting off the flights at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
     The storm only takes place in Arizona, the Sahara Desert and areas of the Middle East, because of
the dry environment and large amounts of sand. Because of the serious shortage of rain, a wall of there's
a large possibility that the water is polluted because of the storm.
1. It is fortunate that though the big sandstorm happened,______.
A. people's health was not influenced
B. it didn't do harm to people's gardens
C. the electricity power remained normal
D. all the local people in the area survived
2. Sandstorms take place in Arizona as a result of _____.
A. its being too far away from the sea.
B. its dry environment and large amounts of sand
C. its being close to the Sahara Desert
D. its looking like areas of the Middle East
3. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Sandstorms do a great deal of harm to people
B. We must do something to prevent sandstorms.
C. Phoenix , Arizona in the US experienced a huge sandstorm.
D. Phoenix, Arizona in the us has more sandstorms.
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     CBS News-Veteran(资深的)broadcast journalist Mike Wallace died at 93 on April 7, 2012. He 
 had been in declining health in recent years but the cause of death has yet to be released.
"It is with enormous sadness that we mark the passing of Mike Wallace," CBS president and CEO
Leslie said in a statement.  "His extraordinary contribution as a broadcaster is immeasurable. His loss
will be felt by all of us at CBS. "
     Wallace was a correspondent(记者)on the CBS News program"60 Minutes"from 1968 where
he earned a fame as one of the toughest interviewers in the business. He spent 38 seasons with the
program befor e announcing his retirement in 2006.
     "He loved being Mike Wallace,"CBS News chairman Jeff Fager said. "if he showed up for an
interview, it made people nervous. "He knew that he was going to get to the truth. And that's what
motivated him. "
     Over the years, Wallace sat down with seven U.S. presidents as well as other world leaders,
celebrities(名人),sports stars and controversial figures such as Malcom X and Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
Wallace also made his name as a war correspondent in the 1960s, covering Vietnam. He began his
journalism career in the 1940s as a radio broadcaster for Chicago Sun. He joined CBS News in
1951 and later returned to the network in 1963 after leaving in 1955. Wallace also appeared on
one-on-one interview show"Night Beat,"which later aired on ABC. During his remarkable career,
he won more 20 Emmy Awards and several other honors.
     News colleagues remembered Wallace fondly for his form and sharp reporting. "Mike's tough
questioning inspired generations of journalists. "ABC News President Ben Sherwood said in a
statement.
1. Which program was Wallace best known for?
A. Chicago Sun news.
B. ABC news.
C. 60 Minutes.
D. Night Beat.
2. The underlines word"that"in paragraph 4 refers to           .
A. winning Emmy Awards or other honors
B. making people he interviewed nervous
C. challenging people to reach the truth
D. loving showing up for an interview
3. Wallace didn't work for CBS News in the          .
A. 1970s
B. 1960s
C. 1950s
D. 1940s
4. What can be conclude from the comments on Mike Wallace in the passage?
A. His co-workers admires him for his sharp questions.
B. He loved to show off the truth got from the interviewees.
C. It was pleasant for people he interviewed to answer his questions.
D. He is best respected by his remarkable contribution in the war.
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      The US government has started a website, Admongo, to help children think critically about
the advertising aimed at them. It claims to provide visitors with an "education" through games
and other entertainment.
      A cartoon man dressed in old time pilot clothing greets visitors to Admongo. "Call me Haiz",
he says upon arrival in a rocket ship that opens up with a crazy world inside it. Spacey dance
music plays in the background as Haiz tells visitors that  they need to learn  about advertising.
      Its inventors say eight to twelve  years old is the age kids d evelop their critical thinking
abilities. Kids that age are also a big market for advertisers.
      The idea behind Admongo is to teach children three things: To identify the advertiser. To
know what the advertiser is really saying. And to know what the advertisement is trying to get
the child to do.
Children learn these things through a video game. They create their own game character. They
can choose different skin colors, hair styles, eye and mouth shapes. Then they begin a trip through
ad-land, where there are ads on buses and billboards. The players have to find all the marketing in
the neighborhood before they can move on to the next level.
     The Admongo game takes players inside a home, to the advertising studio and everywhere else
ads can be found. It is a complete exploration of the world of marketing.
One such area is food marketing. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says it is a big business.
The FTC estimates that food, drink and fast-food restaurants spent more than one and a half billion
dollars on advertising to young people in 2009.
     The FTC says children are important for three reasons. They buy products. They influence
parents and caregivers to buy. And they are the future adult buyers of the products.
A recent study says most advertising aimed at children is for foods of the lowest nutritional value.
First Lady Michelle Obama has said she would like to see advertisers marketing healthy foods for
children.
1.What is the best title of the text?
A. The guide of Admongo          
B. An education website for children
C. A popular online video game      
D. A website aimed at children
2. Why did the government start the website?
A. To attract the biggest market of buyers.  
B. To sell the products of its company.
C. To help children know about advertising.  
D. To advertise the video game for children.
3.What can players do in the website game?

A. Choose hair styles for their character.    
B. Travel to a supermarket.
C. Eat in a fast-food restaurant.    
D. Play video games during the trip.

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     Houston, Texas (June 8, 2002)-In 2004, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
will send two robots (机器人) to separate places of Mars to seek out past or present signs of water. It is
all exciting idea to send two robots driving over very different places of Mars at the same time, to be able
to see what is on the other side of the hill.
     Last month, NASA announced it was sending one robot to Mars, but after two weeks, it decided there
was enough money for two.
     The robots will be sent up within two weeks of each other in May and June of 2003 from Kennedy
Space Center. If all goes well, the two spacecraft (宇宙飞船) will touch down on Mars,after a
seven-and-a-half-month space flight,on January 2 and 2O, 2OO4 The robots, each weighing 150 kilograms,
can cover 100 meters per day. They are designed to be able to examine the mineral content of the soil, and
their special camera will take pictures of the lands and hills Although they will be under control from Earth,
the robot, are able to move more freely compared to those sent up before them.
     The actual landing points have not been determined yet, but the scientists say it will be in areas where
they hope to find water.
1. According to the news report, scientists plan to send robots up to Mars to ______.
A. find out whether there is water on Mars
B. see if robots can find minerals there
C. test how fast robots can drive there
D. prove that robots can work on Mars
2. How long in between will the two robots be sent to Mars?
A. 1 year
B. 7.5 months.
C. 2 months.
D. 2 weeks.
3. One of the important jobs for the robots on Mars is to ______.

A. study the soil
B. walk everywhere
C. test the new camera
D. find a suitable landing point

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     "A good book for children should simply be a good book in its own right," says Mollie Hunter. Born
and brought up near Edinburgh, Mollie has devoted her talents to writing primarily for young people. She
firmly believes that there is always and should always be a wider audience for any good book whatever its main market is. In Mollie's opinion it is necessary to make   full use of language and   she  enjoys  telling a
story, which is what every writer should be doing. "If you aren't telling a story, you're a very dead writer indeed," she says. With the chief function of a writer being to entertain (让人愉快), Mollie is indeed an entertainer. "I have this great love of not only the meaning of language but of the music of language," she says. "
This love goes back to early childhood. I've told stories all my life. I had a school teacher who used to ask us what we would like to be when we grew up and, because my family always had dogs, and I was very
good at handling them, I said I wanted to work with dogs, and the teacher always said 'Nonsense, Mollie, dear, you'll be a writer.' So finally I thought that this woman must have something, since she was a good
teacher and I decided when I was nine that I would be a writer."
     This childhood intention is described in her novel, A Sound of Chariots, which although written in  the
third person is clearly autobiographical (自传体的) and gives a picture both of Mollie's ambition  (理想)
and her struggle towards its achievement. Thoughts of her childhood inevitably(不可避免地) brought
thoughts of the time when her home was still a village with buttercup meadows(草地) and strawberry fields-sadly now covered with modern houses. "I was once taken back to see it and I felt that somebody had
lain dirty hands all over my childhood. I'll never go back,"she said. "Never.""When I set one of my books
in Scotland,"she said,"I can recall my romantic (浪漫的) feelings as a child playing in those fields, or
watching the village blacksmith at work. And that's important, because children now know so much so
early that romance can't exist for them, as it did for us."
1. In Mollie Hunter's opinion, which of the following is one sign of a poor writer? 
A. Being poor in life experience.     
B. Being short of writing skills.
C. The weakness of description.         
D. The absence of a story.
2. What do we learn about Mollie Hunter as a young child? 
A. She didn't expect to become a writer.
B. She didn't enjoy writing stories.
C. She didn't have any particular ambitions.
D. She didn't respect her teacher's views.
3. In comparison with children of earlier years, Mollie feels that modern children are     
A. more intelligent(聪明的)               
B. better informed(见多识广的)
C. less eager to learn                     
D. less interested in reality
4. What's the writer's purpose in this text? 
A. To describe Mollie Hunter's most successful books.   
B. To share her enjoyment of Mollie Hunter's books.
C. To introduce Mollie Hunter's work to a wider audience.
D. To provide information for Mollie Hunter's existing readers
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     WENZHOU(Xinhua) -The train collision in east China's Zhejiang Province has killed 39 people and
left 192 others injured as of Sunday night, said a spokesman with the Ministry of Railways.
     A total of 132 people are still being treated in hospitals, said Wang Yongping, spokesman with the
ministry at a press conference. Eleven people remain in critical condition, said Cheng Jinguo, head of the
health bureau in the city of Wenzhou, where the collision happened Saturday night. Cheng said at the
press conference that 52 people who suffered slight injuries had been discharged from hospital. Wang
expressed condolences (哀悼) to the concerning families and sincere apology to all the passengers.
     The train's black box has been discovered and the ministry is investigating the cause of the crash,
Wang said the ministry will make public the cause of the accident as soon as the investigation is done and
publish the names of the killed and injured.
     He said the crash has caused large number of casualties and great property losses. The ministry will
find out the cause through thorough investigation and take effective measures to prevent similar accidents.
     Despite the accident, the spokesman said the ministry is still confident in the high-speed train. "China's
high-speed train is advanced and qualified. We have confidence in it," he said.
     The damaged rails have been repaired and were ready to restart operation but the reopening was
delayed by the stormy weather, according to Wang. Wang did not provide the exact time when the line
would start operating again.
     The accident occurred at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday on a bridge near Wenzhou when bullet train D301
rear-ended (追尾) D3115, which reportedly lost power after lightning strike.
1. According to Cheng Jinguo, ______ people who had been slightly injured had been recovered and
    left hospital.
A. 39      
B. 139        
C. 52       
D. 11
2. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. The operation was restarted the next day.
B. There was a thunderstorm when the trains crashed.
C. The cause of the collision was made clear.
D. Similar accidents would be avoided in later operations.
3. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The Railway Ministry is investigating the cause with the help of the  "black box".
B. Bullet train D301 hit the train D3115 that stopped ahead of it due to lack of power.
C. Bullet train D3115 was forced to stop as a result of human interference.
D. The operation of the line would be restarted with the stormy weather over.
4. What can be the best title of the passage?
A. Trains Crashed Causing Deaths and Damage.
B. Terrible Weather Leading to Trains' Collision.
C. Investigations upon Trains' Collision.
D. Confidence in Development of High-speed Trains.
5. This passage is most likely to be taken from ________.
A. a science fiction      
B. an essay  
C. a travel brochure  
D. a newspaper
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     Jiuquan, Gansu Sept. 25 (Xinhua)-China launched its third manned spacecraft on Thursday with three
astronauts on board to attempt the country's first-ever space walk.
     The spaceship Shenzhou-7 blasted off on a Long March II-F carrier rocket from the JiuQuan Satellite
Launch Center in the northwestern Gansu Province at 9:10 pm. after a breathtaking countdown to another
milestone on China's space journey. Onboard pilots Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng are expected
to orbit the earth for three days, when one of them will float out of the cabin about 343 kilometers above the
earth.   
     When they make it, China will become the third country in the world who is able to conduct
extra-vehicular activity (EVA) in space following the former Soviet Union and the United States.   
     President Hu Jintao watched the historic moment at the launch center, joined by Chinese experts and other
work staff.   
     Two taikonauts would enter the orbital module, where one would put on domestically-made spacesuit
Feitian and leave the module to take back test samples loaded outside, said Zhou Jianping, chief designer of
the country's manned space project.
     The other would wear a Russian Orlan suit and stay in the depressurized cabin for support, said Zhou.
"We wish we could fly freely in space just like Feitian on the ancient Buddhist murals, so we gave this name
to the homemade spacesuit," said Zhou. Feitian, which literally means flying in the sky, is the name of a
legendary Buddhist goddess.
     Other tasks of the Shenzhou-7 crew include the release of a small monitoring satellite and a trial of the
data relay of the satellite Tianlian-I.   
     The taikonauts, all 42 years old, are scheduled to land in the central region of north China's Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region in a re-entry module after their mission is completed.
1. The underlined word in the second paragraph means _____.
A. the action of counting seconds forwards from zero
B. the action of counting seconds backwards to zero
C. the period of time just before something important happens
D. something that can be counted
2. They call the spacesuit Feitian because _____.
A. The spacesuit can help them to fly freely in the sky
B. Feitian is the name of a legendary Buddhist goddess
C. The spacesuit is made in Russia
D. They wish they could fly freely in space just like Feitian
3. The main task of the Shenzhou-7 crew is to _____.
A. float out of the cabin about 343 kilometers above the earth
B. conduct extra-vehicular activity in space
C. release a small monitoring satellite
D. take back test samples loaded outside
4. According to the text, we can know that_____.
A. China has launched two manned spacecraft with astronauts on board
B. The three pilots are expected to orbit the earth for 3 days
C. The former Soviet Union and the United States can not conduct extra- vehicular activity in space
D. Two taikonauts would leave the module to take back test samples