题目内容
Good Housekeeping has discovered that even if a child wear a helmet when she bikes, or skates, it may not protect her from a serious head injury.
Every year, 390,000 children under age 15 go to hospital emergency rooms with bike-related injuries. Of that number, about one third children suffer head injuries and an estimated 200 die. By wearing a helmet, a child can reduce her risk of injury by as much as 85 percent. But remember —— a bicycle helmet must fit properly to be safe. Here are five steps to making sure your child's helmet fits properly.
1) If you haven't bought your child's helmet already, you might want to consider one with a rear stabilizer(稳定杆). A rear stabilizer holds the back of the head gently and helps the helmet stay correctly positioned.
2) The helmet should fit closely and shouldn't slide from side to side or front to back. If your child can put two fingers on both temples inside the helmet, it's too big. Try a smaller size. But if the next size down is too small, use the fit pads(护垫). Fit pads come in different sizes and attach to the helmet with Velcro.
3) Tell your child to open her mouth widely and ask if she can feel the helmet push down onto the top of her head. If she can't, you need to readjust her helmet.
4) To prevent strap slippage, wind a rubber band around the strap where it meets the fastener.
5) Recheck the fit regularly.
You should replace the bicycle helmet:
If she has been in an accident with it.
If the buckle(金属扣) breaks or if a piece breaks off.
If it doesn't have a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, American Society for Testing and Materials, or Snell Memorial Foundation sticker.
If it doesn't fit correctly. Even if the helmet fit perfectly two years ago, it might be too small now.
35. Who is this passage mainly written for?
A. Children. B. Teachers. C. Parents. D. Helmet producers.
36. What does the author mainly want to stress in the second paragraph?
A. The bike-related injury is a serious threat to the children.
B. The bicycle helmets must fit properly while the children are biking.
C. It’s necessary for the children to wear helmets while biking.
D. Many students suffer bike-related injuries every year.
37. If a girl finds a helmet a little bit big for her head, what should she do?
A. She must buy a smaller size.
B. She can use some fit pads.
C. She can put fingers on both temples inside the helmet.
D. She must make helmet slide from side to side.
38. Phil White, a father, found the buckle of his girl’s helmet broken, he can_______
A. buy a new bicycle helmet for her B. mend the bicycle helmet himself
C. continue to use the bicycle helmet D. throw away the broken buckle
CBBA
Proverbs(谚语) are quite common in spoken English. We do not normally put them in a composition or letter. Sometimes it is helpful if you know what common proverbs mean. Here are a few examples:
Once bitten, twice shy. If a dog bites me, I shall be twice as careful in future when I see it. This proverb is also used to apply to many things and not only to dogs. If you have been cheated at a shop, you will not go to the same shop again.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. If I am a hunter, trying to catch birds, it is better to catch one bird than to see two birds in a bush but not be able to catch them. Thus this means that what you have already got is better than the chance of being able to get something bigger in the future.
Too many cooks spoil the broth(soup). When too many people do something together, they get in each other’s way and cannot do a good job.
To pour oil on troubled waters Is to try to calm things down. Oil is lighter than water. If a ship is in trouble at sea, another ship may come to help it. The second ship can send small boats to rescue people. However, it may first pour oil on the sea to make the sea less rough.
Don't be a dog in a manger(马槽). Means “ Don’t be selfish.” In a stable(马厩), the manger is the place where the horse’s food is put. Sometimes a dog will sleep in the manger and bard when a horse comes to get its food. The dog does not want to eat the hay in the manger but it will not let the horse eat it.
He’s sitting on the fence. Means that somebody will not say whether he is in favour of a plan or against it. He is sitting on a fence between two opposing sides, perhaps waiting to see which side will win.
He who pays the piper calls the tune. A piper is a musician . The man who employs or pays a musician can say what tunes the man will play. Thus this means that if a man provides the money for a plan, he can say how it will be carried out.
You can’t get blood out of a stone means that you can’t get something out of a person who has not got any of the things you want. For example, you cannot get a million dollars from a poor man.
【小题1】Peter had a bicycle which was much too small for him but he did not want to let his younger brother ride on it. His mother was angry and said to him : “______”.
| A．You cannot get blood out of a stone | B．Don’t be a dog in a manger |
| C．The early bird gets the worm | D．Don’t be a horse in the manger |
| A．he was sitting on the fence | B．once bitten, twice shy |
| C．he who pays the piper calls the tune | D．a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush |
| A．a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush | B．I am sitting on the fence |
| C．Once bitten, twice shy | D．too man cooks spoil the broth |
| A．a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush | B．too many cooks spoil the broth |
| C．you cannot get blood out of a stone | D．he who pays the piper calls the tune |
deed.