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

There is no doubt that to study abroad gives you an excellent opportunity to learn things which are very helpful in your career building.Today Canada has earned a good name in providing quality education and safe healthy environment for its students.That is why more than 130,000 international students enroll(登记入学) every year in famous Canadian universities.It is an ideal education destination and gives students a unique experience education and its versatile(多样的) arts and culture.Canada spends a lot on education and is ranked the highest in G-8 countries.

To study in Canada is very cheap.These universities are affordable compared to other universities in the world such as in the US, New Zealand and UK where cost of education and living is very high.According to a survey in 2006, “Canada offered the lowest tuition fees(学费) for foreign students compared to UK and Australia.”

The low rate of crimes and the peaceful safe environment of the country also attract a lot of international students to Canadian universities.Canada has 92 universities and 175 community colleges and university degrees have three levels—Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral.

A Bachelor’s degree in Canada is for three or four years’ full-time study depending on the nature of the program you are doing.On the other hand, a Master’s degree consists of two years of study.For a Doctoral program in Canadian universities, you require a minimum (最低/小的) of three to four or sometimes five years of research and study.

You can also find many diploma(文凭)and certification (认证) programs in Canadian universities where the time is generally one year.Some of the Canadian universities are well-regarded worldwide and the degree and diploma obtained from these Canadian universities are recognized globally and promise bright future.After the completion of studies, a person could also find great job offers in Canada itself.International students require a work permit to work on campus.

1.We can learn from the passage that ______________.

A.Canada has 92 community colleges

B.Canada spends the least on education among G-8 countries

C.to study in Canada is cheaper than in Australia

D.130,000 Chinese students enroll in Canadian universities every year

2.How long will you spend at least in total if you want to finish your Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Canada?

A.11 years

B.9 years

C.8 years

D.7 years

3.What advantages does Canada have to attract foreign students according to the passage?

(1) Quality education (2) Safe environment (3)Versatile culture

(4) Bright job future (5) High scholarship (6) Low tuition fees

A.(1) (2) (4) (5) (6)

B.(1) (2) (3) (4) (6)

C.(1) (3) (4) (5) (6)

D.(1) (2) (3) (5) (6)

4.What’s the best title for the passage?

A.Study in Canada --- a unique experience

B.The life in Canada

C.Benefits of studying abroad

D.Canadian culture

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

They wear the latest fashions with the most up-to-date accessories(配饰).Yet these are not girls in their teens or twenties but women in their sixties and seventies.A generation which would once only wear old-fashioned clothes is now favoring the same high street looks worn by those half their age.

Professor Julia Twiggy,a social policy expert,said,“Women over 75 are are shopping for clothes more frequently than they did when they were young in the 1960s,In the 1960s buying a coat for a woman was a serious matter.It was all expensive item that they would purchase only every three or four years—now you can pick one up at the supermarket whenever you wish to.Fashion is a lot cheaper and people get tired of things more quickly.”Professor Twiggy analyzed family expending data and found that while the percentage of spending on clothes and shoes by women had stayed around the same—about 5 or 6 percent of spending,the amount of clothes bought had risen sharply.

The professor said,“Clothes are now 70 percent cheaper than they were in the 1960s because of the huge expansion of production in the Far East.In the 1960s Leeds was the heart of the British fashion industry and that was where most of the clothes came from,but now almost all of our clothes are sourced elsewhere.Everyone is buying more clothes but in general we are not spending more money on them,”

Fashion designer Angela Barnard,who runs her own fashion business in London,said older women were much more affected by celebrity style than in previous years.She said,“When people see stars such as Judi Dench and Helen Mirren looking attractive and fashionable in their sixties,they want to follow them.Older women are much more aware of celebrities. There’s also the boom in TV programmers showing people how they can change their look,and many of my older customers do yoga to stay in shape well in their fifties.When I started my business a few years ago,my older customers tended to be very rich,but now they are what I would call ordinary women.My own mother is 61 and she wears the latest fashions in a way she would never have done ten years ago.”

1.It can be concluded that old women tend to wear the latest fashions today mainly because____________.

A.clothes are much cheaper than before

B.TV shows teach them how to stay in shape

C.they feel much younger now

D.they get tired of themselves more quickly

2.What can we learn about old women in terms of fashion?

A.they are often ignored by fashion designers.

B.they are regarded as pioneers in the latest fashion.

C.they are now more easily influenced by stars.

D.they are more interested in clothes because of their old age

3.Which is the best possible title of the passage?

A.Boom of the British Fashion Industry

B.The More Fashionable,the Less Expensive.

C.Unexpected changes in Fashion.

D.Age Is No Barrier for Fashion Fans.

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