"Mom,guess what I've learned in Scouts(童子军营) today!" shouted Ruth Perkins' daugh?ter Ann-Marie. Ruth smiled at her daughter's 1 As the 12-year-old girl went on and on a-bout the Heimlich Maneuver(海姆利克氏急救法) ,mom nodded 2 . Little did she guess how well her daughter 3 it!

  Three weeks later, Ann-Marie and her mom 4 for lunch at a restaurant on their way home. As the 5set down their water, Ann-Marie heard a gasping(气踹吁吁的) sound be?hind her.

  "Someone can't 6   !" She thought. Turning, she saw Peter, the restaurant owner,a man on the back. Eighty-four-year-old Bill Russell had recently lost his 8 and had come here to help himself 9 the day―his wedding anniversary. Now he was choking on a piece of 10   . Just then,one customer yelled, "Does anyone know the Heimlich Maneu?ver?"

  In the crowded restaurant, only Ann-Marie's hand shot up―and it was 11 "I hope I remember everything they 12 me," she thought. "I have to try!"

  "I need him to stand up," Ann-Marie said,and Peter and Ruth 13 the 150-pound man. Then Ann-Marie planted her leg between Bill's feet and locked her arms around him. Pla?cing her hands just above his14 ,she made a fist with her right hand and cupped it with her left.

"Please, please let this be 15 " Ann-Marie prayed. Gathering all her 16 , she gave Bill a forceful thrust(猛推) ,and the piece of meat was dislodged at last. Bill sank into a chair. "It's 17   !" he cried, "Thank you!"

  Just then,doctors arrived and 18 Bill,who refused to go to the hospital,saying he felt19 .

  "You did the right thing,and you did it well!" a doctor told her.

  At a statewide conference last month, Ann-Marie was  20 . "I'm so glad I was there,”said Ann-Marie," and that I knew just what to do!”

(   ) 1.A. determination   B. curiosity   C. friendship   D. excitement

(   ) 2.A. honestly   B. politely   C. proudly   D. slowly

(   ) 3.A. knew   B. answered   C. guided   D. improved

(   ) 4.A. prepared   B. begged   C. stopped   D. expressed

(   ) 5.A. owner   B. waitress   C. customer   D. friend

(   ) 6.A. drink   B. listen   C. breathe   D. talk

(   ) 7.A. taking   B. watching   C. touching   D. hitting

(   ) 8.A. son.   B. wife   C. job   D. home

(   ) 9.A. get through   B. get on   C. get away from   D. get over

(   ) 10.A. rice   B. meat   C. fish   D. bone

(   ) 11.A. speeding   B. shaking   C. trembling   D. breaking

(   ) 12.A. gave   B. passed   C. offered   D. taught

(   ) 13.A. lifted   B. avoided   C. followed   D. encouraged

(   ) 14.A. head   B. stomach   C. feet   D. eyes

(   ) 15.A. simple   B. different   C. fast   D. right

(   ) 16.A. power   B. energy   C. strength   D. force

(   ) 17.A. gone   B. broken   C. trapped   D. pushed

(   ) 18.A. comforted   B. checked   C. reminded   D. Cured

(   ) 19.A. patient   B. successful   C. hopeful   D. fine

(   ) 20.A. honored   B. inspired   C. respected   D. inspected

  Now the town of Grantham in Lincolnshire has produced a fiery export after a local produc?er grew the world's hottest chilli(红辣椒) .

  Measuring 1. 17 million on the Scoville Scale(史高维尔指示) 一an official 1 of spicy(辛

辣的) heat the chilli is so 2 that it is not good to health.

  3by Nick Woods, 39 , the chilli―which was planted in a  made it to the Guin?ness Book of World Records 5 it is much hotter than its previous title holder, the Bhut Jolo-kia,from India.

  Mr Woods said that he grew the record-breaking chilli 6 .

   He 7 ,"I did not set out to grow it. It is really easy for chillies to crossbreed(杂交) in a greenhouse. It tasted nice at first when I  8 ,like a strange fruity  9 . After a while, it hit me. All of a sudden I felt it 10 in the back of my throat so hot that I could not 11 . In the meantime,I 12 to shake uncontrollably. I had to sit down,and I felt physically.

  13 The burn on my tongue lasted half an hour and the 14 went on and on. I was real?ly 15   . I really don't suggest anybody 16 it raw like that."

He said, " We do feel quite 17 to get it because everyone in the world has heard of the Guinness Book of Worm Records. 18 someone else comes along and 19 it,they can never take it away from us that we once 20 the world record." 

(   ) 1.A. account   B. measure   C. assessment   D. analysis

(   ) 2.A. hot   B. big   C. red   D. smelly、

(   ) 3.A. Cooked   B. Improved   C. Grown   D. Created

(   ) 4.A. garden   B. forest   C. cave   D. greenhouse

(   ) 5.A. because   B. if   C. until   D. although

(   ) 6.A. secretly   B. accidentally   C. eagerly   D. bravely

(   ) 7.A. explained   B. argued   C. complained   D. announced

(   ) 8.A. listened   B. tried   C. watched   D. felt

(   ) 9.A. taste   B. smell   C. appearance   D. size

(   ) 10.A. swinging   B. burning   C. jumping   D. melting

(   ) 11.A. speak   B. write   C. remember   D. understand

(   ) 12.A. continued   B. pretended   C. began   D. avoided

(   ) 13.A. sick   B. tired   C. strong   D. excited

(   ) 14.A. adjustment   B. thought   C. effect   D. impression

(   ) 15.A. sorry   B. worried   C. guilty   D. careful

(   ) 16.A. describe   B. carry   C. eat   D. touch

(   ) 17.A. puzzled   B. depressed   C. satisfied   D. honored

(   ) 18.A. Even if   B. As if   C. Since   D. Unless

(   ) 19.A. proves   B. avoids   C. treats   D. beats

(   ) 20.A. supported   B. found   C. organized   D. held

  When I was a little boy,my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one evening 1 when she made breakfast after a long, 2 day at work. On that 3 so long ago,my mom placed a plate of eggs,sausage and extremely burn?ed biscuits in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if my dad 4

  5all my dad did was reach for his biscuit,6 at my mom and asked me how my day was at school. I don't remember what I told him that evening, but I do remember watching him eat it happily!

  When I got up from the table to my room to prepare for tomorrow's 7   ,I heard my mom 8 to my dad for burning the biscuits. And I'll never forget what he said―"Baby,I  9 burned biscuits.”

  Later that night, I asked him if he 10 liked the burned biscuits. "Your mom put in a hard day at work today and she's real very 11    ," he said. " 12   ,a little burnt biscuit never 13 anyone!" Hearing that,I was very moved by the 14 of my father and the deep love between them.

  In bed that night,I thought about the 15 at dinner and the kindness my Daddy 16 to my Mom.

You know,life is full of 17 things and people:Fm not the best housekeeper or cook.What I've learned over the years is that learning to 18 each other's faults is one of the most important 19 to creating a healthy, permanent relationship. We could extend this to any 20 in fact. For example, we should show consideration to our friends. 

(   ) 1.A. in particular   B. on purpose   C. by accident   D. at first 

(   ) 2.A. hungry   B. tough   C. unique   D. strange

(   ) 3.A. holiday   B. midnight   C. morning   D. evening

(   ) 4.A. imagined   B. sensed   C. noticed   D. stared

(   ) 5.A. Yet   B. Thus   C. Otherwise   D. As

(   ) 6.A. aimed   B. glared   C. shouted   D. smiled

(   ) 7.A. interview   B. classes   C. breakfast   D. housework

(   ) 8.A. agree   B. refer   C. apologize   D. complain

(   ) 9.A. love   B. miss   C. forget   D. cook

(   ) 10.A. just   B. already   C. recently   D. actually

(   ) 11.A. unhappy   B. tired   C. careless   D. nervous

(   ) 12.A. Therefore   B. Besides   C. So   D. However

(   ) 13.A. disappoints   B. changes   C. hurts   D. worries

(   ) 14.A. humour   B. consideration   C. motivation   D. attention

(   ) 15.A. scene   B. comment   C. emergency   D. struggle

(   ) 16.A. promised   B. supplied   C. showed   D. pointed

(   ) 17.A. uncertain   B. useless   C. unusual   D. imperfect

(   ) 18.A. discover   B. accept   C. remove   D. doubt

(   ) 19.A. commands   B. ideas   C. keys   D. rules

(   ) 20.A. generation   B. experience   C. environment   D. relationship

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