Fifteen people were killed and 38 others injured in a road accident early Wednesday morning in Enshi,Central China's Hubei Province.The bus,travelling from Wanzhou in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality to Shenzhen in South China's Guangdong Province,had 53 passengers on board,three more than permitted.

At around 1 am on Wednesday,the bus increased speed gradually on a curve(弯路)and plunged more than 30 metres into a valley below.Thirteen people,including one of the two drivers,died at once.Two others died on the way to hospital.

Although the cause of the accident is still unclear,the local police said the driver paid no attention to the official warning signs on the expressway.It hit a section which had been closed as a result of snow.Because of the freezing weather and icy roads,the expressway had been closed by police since Tuesday morning.But the bus drivers took the dangerous route,paying no attention to the warnings.

The rescue team,which included more than 30 medical workers and 120 local villagers,joined together and rushed to the scene at the news of the accident.By 5 am,all of the injured had been sent to three local hospitals for emergency treatment.A hospital source said most of the patients were in a stable(稳定的)condition but a few were still in danger.

According to a 2002 national public opinion poll,traffic accidents ranked as people's third biggest security concern.

1.What probably caused the accident?

A. The bad weather

B. too many passengers

C. the driver’s paying no attention to warnings

D. too fast speed

2.When the accident took place,___________.

A. the bus was on the way to Shenzhen

B. most of the passengers were sound asleep

C. all the passengers were given immediate rescue

D. it was snowing hard

3.The expressway was closed to ____.

A. protect the passengers from being frozen

B. make the police have a good rest

C. stop cars traveling around

D. avoid the happening of traffic accidents

4.The passage is about ____.

A. how a road accident took place

B. safety measures

C. a terrifying accident

D. the basic rules for safety

5.What is the author’s attitude towards the accident?

A. Subjective(主观的)

B. objective(客观的)

C. Sad

D. angry

At first sight the planet Mars(火星)does not appear very welcoming to any kind of life. It has very little oxygen and water, the temperature at night is below 50 degrees and winds of 100 miles (161 kilometers)per hour cause severe dust storms. However, the surface of the planet seems to show that water flowed across it at some time in the past, and it is believed that there would be enough ice at the poles to cover the planet with water if it melted. Although there is no life on the Mars now, some scientists think there may have been some form of life a long time ago. At that time, the planet had active volcanoes(火山); the atmosphere was thicker and warmer; and there was water. In fact, in some ways the Mars may have been similar to the Earth, where life exists.

Some people believe that the Mars could support life in the future if the right conditions were produced. The first step would be to warm the planet using certain gases which trap the Sun’s heat in the planet’s atmosphere. With warmth, water and carbon dioxide(二氧化碳), simple plants could begin to grow. These plants could slowly make the Mars fit to live on. It is judged that the whole process might take between 100, 000 and 200, 000 years. In the meantime, people could begin to live on the planet in a special closed environment. They would provide a lot of useful information about conditions on Mars and the problems connected with living there.

1. According to the passage, the planet Mars has no __________on it.

A.animals B.mountains

C.dust D.winds

2. What is the topic of Paragraph 2?

A.Certain gases should be used to warm Mars.

B.Plants should be grown to make Mars fit to live on.

C.Mars could support life with right conditions in the future.

D.People could live on Mars in a special closed environment.

3. The most suitable title for the passage is __________.

A.No Life on Mars

B.A Study of Mars

C.The Future conditions on Mars

D.The Possibility of Life on Mars

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