阅读理解. Jan. 7, 2008 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy would marry his girl friend, former supermodel Carla Bruni on Feb. 8 or 9, media reported Monday. The report said that in December

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     Jan. 7, 2008 — French President Nicolas Sarkozy would marry his girl friend, former supermodel
Carla Bruni on Feb. 8 or 9, media reported Monday.
     The report said that in December — less than a month after Sarkozy met Bruni — he gave her a
heart-shaped diamond engagement ring.
     Carla Bruni, Italian singer, former model and girlfriend of France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, holds
the hand of her son Aurelien while wearing a pink heart-shaped ring during a visit to the ancient
Jordanian ruins of Petra Jan. 5, 2008. French newspapers reported that Sarkozy would marry her early
in February.
     Sarkozy and his wife of 11 years, Cecilia, divorced (离婚) in October. Their marital (婚姻) problems became well known in May 2005 when she appeared in public at the side of event organizer Richard
Attias.
     A marriage to Bruni, a one-time star of the catwalks who is now a singer, would be Sarkozy's third:
He divorced his first wife, Marie, in the late 80s — after he had met and befriended Cecilia. Political
analyst Dominique Moisi said that a Sarkozy proposal to Bruni could be part of his desire to head off
any future arguments, and the speed of their visit to the ancient Jordanian ruins of Petra Jan. 5, 2008
would fit with his personality as a busy man in a hurry.
     "Apparently, he's going to marry her, so the problem will be behind him," Moisi said. "He will increase
the opportunities to travel with her, and to say to the French, 'You see, I must remarry ... You need a
first lady.' "
     Bruni, an Italian-born French citizen, has dated famous men including Mick Jagger and Donald Trump. She has also reportedly been linked to singer Eric Clapton and actor Vincent Perez.

1. Sarkozy's second marriage was held _____.

A. in 1996
B. in May 2005
C. once he divorced Marie
D. 11 years later than the first

2. What is the correct order of Sarkozy's marital history?
a.Long marriage to Cecilia.
b. Visiting ruins with Bruni
c. Getting divorced from Marie
d. Giving Bruni a diamond ring
e. To marry the former supermodel

A. c-a-b-d-e
B. e-d-c-a-b
C. c-a-d-b-e
D. a-c-d-b-e

3. The possible purpose of the last paragraph is _____.

A. to provide some unknown stories about Bruni's love affairs
B. to show uncertainty about the former supermodel's loyalty
C. to imply that past experiences have little effect on a person
D. to prove Bruni one of the most popular and attractive females

4. Which would be the best title for the news?

A. Bruni, France's first lady
B. A third marriage to fail
C. France to have first lady
D. President's new girl friend

1-4: ACBC

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You risked your life to save the children.

I was taught by my father that when someone is drowning, you don't ask if they can swim, you just jump in and help. During the war, everyone was drowning, but mostly the Jewish children.

How did you persuade parents to give up their children?

I had to answer honestly that 1 didn't even know if we would get past the guards.

What was the mast frightening moment?

When I saw a priest (牧师) in charge of an orphanage for Jewish children in the ghetto walk with them out to be killed. The children were in their best Sunday suits. The priest was killed with them.

How did you get the children to behave as yon smuggled them out?

I told the older children to act as if they were sick and sometimes gave the younger ones a sleeping pill. They were told to remember their new names. I also told the children to tell guards they had only been visiting a servant in the ghetto and were going back to their real homes outside.

Did you tell your own two children what you did?

I never told them. Only when my daughter went to Israel did she learn all about me. I thought it was only normal to do so. And it was a very painful subject. It was always on my mind that I couldn't do more.

—Samantha Levine

1．We can learn from the passage that Irena Sender ________.

A. will go to Washington to accept the award with her daughter

B. was caught a few times while she was rescuing the Jewish children

C. told those parents that their children's lives would be guaranteed

D. saved thousands of Jewish children at the risk of her own life

2．The expression “everyone was drowning” can best be replaced by “________”.

A. everyone was involved in the war

B. all the people were drowned

C. people were facing danger and death

D. Jewish children were being killed

3．Which of the following could NOT be expected when Sendler was smuggling the Jewish children?

A. Some children were told to pretend to be sick in front of the guards.

B. Some children pretended to be returning home after visiting servants in the ghetto.

C. The children were asked to remember and use new names instead of real ones.

D. The children pretended to be brothers and sisters from one big family.

4．Sendler didn't tell her own children what she did in the war because ________.

A. she thought it was the most frightening experience

B. the topic was too painful and heartbreaking to mention

C. it was already recorded and made known to the public

D. she planned to bury the secret in her heart until her death

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　　When the ocean is deep, tsunamis can travel unnoticed at speeds of up to 800 kilometres per hour. They can cross the entire ocean in a day or less.

　　The wave may only be a few metres, high in the ocean but when it is near the shore and reaches shallow (浅) water, the wave builds up very quickly in height. Witnesses (目击者) in some areas of Indonesia reported seeing up to 10-metre high waves crash into the shore.

1．We can infer from the passage that fewer people would have died in the South Asian tsunami ________.

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A．if there had been warning system along the coast

B．if the earthquake had happened off the coast of Thailand

C．if the tsunami had happened in the day time

D．if the tsunami had happened in the deep ocean

2．What surprises people most about the tsunamis is that ________.

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A．it lasts a long time

B．it travels a long way

C．a tsunamis on one side of the ocean can cause destruction on the other side of the ocean

D．it builds up a high wave