Rescuers have found the bodies of over 130 people killed in two ferry disasters in Bangladesh．The accidents happened during a storm that hit the country on April 21．Hundreds more are missing or feared dead．
The two ferries sank in different rivers near the capital city of Dhakfi as strong winds and rain hit the South Asian country．The government has since banned all ferries and other boats from traveling at night during the April－May stormy season．One of the ferries，MV Mitali，was carrying far more people than it was supposed to．About 400 passengers fitted into a space made for just 300，police said．The second ferry carried about 100 passengers．
“The number of deaths is certain to rise．”said an official in charge of the rescue work．“No one really knows how many people were on board the ferry or how many of them survived．” Ferries in Bangladesh don’t always keep passenger lists，making it difficult to determine the exact number of people on board．Besides the ferry accidents，at least 40 people were killed and 400 injured by lightning strikes．falling houses and trees and the sinking of small boats．Storms are common this time of year in Bangladesh，as are boating accidents．Ferry disasters take away hundreds of lives every year in a nation of 130 million people．Officials blame these river accidents on a lack of safety measures, too many passengers in boats and not enough checks on weather conditions．Ferries are a common means of transport in Bangladesh．It is a country covered by about 230 rivers．Some 20,000 ferries use the nation’s Waterways every year．And many of them are dangerously overcrowded．Since 1977, more than 3,000 people have died in some 260 boating accidents．
(1)
________people have been found dead in the two ferry disasters．
[ ]
A．
Over 130．
B．
At least 40．
C．
About 400．
D．
Over 3,000．
(2)
The two ferry disasters occurred________．
[ ]
A．
at noon．
B．
in the morning．
C．
at night．
D．
In the afternoon．
(3)
________ passengers was MV Mitali designed to carry?．
[ ]
A．
500．
B．
100．
C．
400．
D．
300．
(4)
Officials attribute boating accident to ________．
[ ]
A．
strong winds．
B．
bad weather conditions．
C．
the blockages of waterways．
D．
the lack of safety measures．
(5)
Which of the following statements is NOT true of the two ferry disasters?．
[ ]
A．
They were overcrowded．
B．
They sank on April 21．
C．
The exact number of deaths could be easily determined．
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We’re looking for a very special person preferably over 40, to fill our Father Christmas suit．
Working days：Every Saturday from November 24 to December 15 and every day from December17 to December24 except Sunday, 10∶30－16∶00 Excellent pay．
Please contact(联系)the Enterprise Shopping Center, Station Parade, Eastbourne．
Accountants Assistant
When you join the them in our Revenue Administration Unit, you will be providing assistance within all parts of the Revenue Division, dealing with post and other general duties．If you are educated to GCSE grade C level we would like to talk to you．This position is equally suitable for a school leaver of for somebody who has office experience．
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Software Trainer
If you are aged 24-45 and have experience in teaching and training, you could be the person we are looking for．You should be good at the computer and have some experience in programme writing．You will be allowed to make our decision, and to design courses as well as present them．Pay upwards of ￡15, 000 for the right person．Please apply by sending your CV(简历)to Mrs R．Oglivie, Palmlace Limited．
(1)
Who should you get in touch with if you hope to work in a radio station?
[ ]
A．
Producer Vacancies, Kiss 100．
B．
Mrs R．Oglivie, Palmlace Limited．
C．
The Enterprise Shopping Centre
D．
Wealden District Council．
(2)
We learn from the ads that the Enterprise Shopping Centre needs a person who _________．
[ ]
A．
is aged between 24 and 40
B．
may do some training work
C．
should deal with general duties
D．
can work for about a month
(3)
which position is open to recent school graduates?
[ ]
A．
Producer, London Kiss．
B．
Father Christmas．
C．
Accountants Assistant
D．
Software Trainer
(4)
What kind of person would probably apply to Palmace Limited?
[ ]
A．
One with GCSE grade C level．
B．
One with some office experience．
C．
One having good computer knowledge
D．
One trained in producing music programmes．
阅读理解
Wanted，Someone for a Kiss
We're looking for producers to join US on the sound of London Kiss l00 FM．You'll work on the station's music programmes．Music production experience in radio is necessary, along with rich knowledge of modern dance music．Please apply(申请)in writing to Producer Vacancies，Kiss 100．
Father Christmas
We're looking for a very special person，preferably over 40，to fill our Father Christmas suit．Working days：Every Saturday from November 24 to December l5 and every day from December 17 to December 24 except Sundays, 10∶30－16∶00．
Excellent pay．
Please contact the Enterprise Shopping Centre，Station Parade, Eastbourne．
Accountants Assistant
When you join the team in our Revenue Administration Unit, you will be providing assistance within all parts of the Revenue Division, dealing with post and other general duties．If you are educated to GCSE grade C level we would like to talk to you．This position is equally suitable for a school leaver or for somebody who has office experience．
Wealden District Council
Software Trainer
If you are aged 24－45 and have experience in teaching and training, you could be the person we are looking for．You should be good at the computer and have some experience in programme writing．You will be allowed to make your own decisions, and to design courses as well as present them．Pay upwards of ￡15,000 for the right person．Please apply by sending your CV(简历)to Mrs R．．Oglivie, Palmlace Limited．
(1)
Who should you get in touch with if you hope to work in a radio station?
[ ]
A．
Producer Vacancies, Kiss 100．
B．
Mrs Oglivie, palmlace Limited．
C．
The Enterprise Shopping Centre．
D．
Wealden District Council．
(2)
We Iearn from the ads that the Enterprise Shopping Centre needs a person who ________
[ ]
A．
is aged between 24 and 40
B．
may do some training work
C．
should deal with general duties
D．
can work for about a month
(3)
Which position is open to recent school graduates?
[ ]
A．
Producer, London Kiss．
B．
Father Christmas．
C．
Accountants Assistant．
D．
Software Trainer．
(4)
What kind of person would probably apply to Palmlace Limited?
[ ]
A．
One with GCSE grade C level．
B．
One with some office experience．
C．
One having good computer knowledge．
D．
One trained in producing music programmes．
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I know what you’re thinking：pizza(比萨饼)? For breakfast? But the match is that you can have last night’s leftovers in the a. m. if you want to．
I know lots of women who skip breakfast(不吃早餐), and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it．Some say they don’t have time, others think they’re “saving” calories(卡路里), still others just don't like breakfast food．
But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when you're trying to lose weight．“Eating anything just from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all,” says Katherine Brooking, R．D, who developed the super-easy eating plan for this year’s “SELF CHALLENGE”．And even pizza can be healthy if it’s loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece．
Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories．Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day．Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal．
So eat something in the morning．I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice．I say, try heating up last night’s leftovers---it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, “You can always eat it tomorrow,” I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night．Try it and you may save yourself some pre-bedtime calories．And watch your body gain the fat-burning effects．
(1)
The underlined word “leftovers” in Paragraph 1 probably means _______．
[ ]
A．
food remaining after a meal
B．
things left undone
C．
meals made of vegetables
D．
pizza topped with fruit
(2)
What can we infer from the text?
[ ]
A．
Working women usually have breakfast in a hurry．
B．
Many people have wrong ideas about breakfast．
C．
There are some easy ways of cooking a meal．
D．
Eating vegetables helps save energy．
(3)
According to the last paragraph, it is important to _______．
[ ]
A．
eat something for breakfast
B．
be careful about what you eat
C．
heat up food before eating it
D．
eat calorie-controlled food
(4)
The text is written mainly for those ________．
[ ]
A．
who go to work early
B．
who want to lose weight
C．
who stay up late
D．
who eat before sleep
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Children's Books：Hawking's fact and fiction
George F．R．Ellis& Ruby
BOOK REVIEWED-George's Secret Key to the Universe
by Lucy & Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking's book A Brief History of Time was a huge commercial success．Its achievements in bringing difficult scientific ideas to a wide audience are not so clear．Now the distinguished physicist has teamed up with his daughter Lucy to produce a children's book designed to communicate contemporary physics．Will it capture the attention of young minds and teach them some real science? Or will it be boring and over the heads of the prospective readers?
George's Secret Key to the Universe is an adventure story complete with villains and hero and is illustrated with enjoyable line-drawings．It involves a lost pig, a humorously portrayed intelligent computer, school bullies and a trip through the Solar System．Didactic discussions on aspects of modern physics, such as supernova explosions and black-hole physics are hung on this set-up．There are also fact boxes on physics and astronomy, and some photographs of astronomical phenomena：planets, comets, galaxies and so on．Overall, the book is a serious effort to convey facts and ideas in present day astronomy and astrophysics, within a science-fiction adventure story．
The mixture is great．Children love facts and adventure stories．The combination will catch their interest and keep them occupied for hours．After ten minutes of leafing through the book, my granddaughter Ruby was deeply absorbed and I had to promise to bring it back for her to read after I had completed my review．Like any educational tool, it will succeed for some and not for others．I suppose there should be more of the former．
(1)
Where do you think this passage is taken?
[ ]
A．
From a news story．
B．
From a textbook．
C．
From a book review．
D．
From an advertisement．
(2)
Which of the following books is mainly reviewed in this passage?
[ ]
A．
George's Secret Key to the Universe
B．
A Brief History of Time
C．
The Nature of Space and Time
D．
Hawking's fact and fiction
(3)
What is the author’s attitude towards the book being reviewed?
[ ]
A．
It will be less successful．
B．
It will be more successful．
C．
It will be a complete failure．
D．
It all depends on Ruby
(4)
The underlined word “leafing”(in the last paragraph)probably means ________．
[ ]
A．
adding leaves to a book
B．
throwing away a book
C．
tearing up a book
D．
turning pages of a book
阅读理解，阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。
Virginia is set to begin enforcing the toughest drunken-driving punishment, one that will require thousands of first-time offenders-whether they were highly drunk or slightly over the limit-to install(安装)in their cars blood-alcohol testing devices that can lock the ignition．The devices work like this-A driver must blow into a blood alcohol device linked to the car's ignition．If the result is higher than the legal limit, the car will not start．The device also requires random “rolling retests” once the driver is on the road．
Virginia's current law requires only repeat drunken-driving offenders or those with a blood alcohol level of 0.15 or higher to have an ignition interlock device in their car．
The new law, which takes effect in July, will roughly increase the number of people required to use ignition interlock devices four times, and offenders will have to pay about ＄480 for a typical six-month installation．
The measure has caused a debate between groups battling drunken driving and those representing offenders．Such groups as Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the Washington Regional Alcohol Program say that Virginia's 274 alcohol-related road deaths and more than 5, 500 injuries in 2010 remained unacceptably high despite years of cracking down on drunken driving．Ignition interlock devices, they say, reduce repeat offenses．But some public defenders and lawyers argue that the devices are too severe a punishment for offenders at the legal blood alcohol limit of 0.08, and that the court system will be burdened by more cases going to trial and lower-income drivers will be affected by the fees．
Del．Sal R．Iaquinto, who sponsored the bill, had a simple reply for concerns about the costs of the interlock devices： “How much does a life cost? ” “Blowing into a tube for six months, you will remember that, ” Iaquinto said．“And you?re not likely to offend again．”
(1)
The ignition probably refers to the part in a car where．
[ ]
A．
the alarm goes off
B．
the car is fueled
C．
the key is placed
D．
the engine starts
(2)
Who are required to install the blood alcohol devices according to the current law?
[ ]
A．
The repeat drunken-driving offenders．
B．
The first time drunken-driving offenders．
C．
Drivers whose blood alcohol level is below 0.15．
D．
The drivers who are not able to pay offence fees．
(3)
Some groups support the new law because．
[ ]
A．
the government can be financed to build roads
B．
some traffic deaths and injuries may be avoided
C．
lower-income drivers will not afford to drink again
D．
the court system is forced to work more effectively
