A Swedish man was dug out alive after being snowed in his car on a forest track for two months with no food, police and local media reported on Saturday.
The 45-year-old from southern Sweden was found on Friday, February17, too weak to say more than a few words.
He was found not far from the city of Umea in the north of Sweden by snowmobilers who thought they had come across a ruined car until they dug their way to a window and saw movement inside.
The man, who was lying in the back seat in a sleeping bag, said he had been in the car since December 19.
“Just incredible that he’s alive considering that he had no food, but also since it’s been really cold for some time after Christmas.” a rescue team member told regional daily Vasterbottens- Kuriren, which broke the news.
Ebbe Nyberg, duty officer at the Umea police, said police saw no reason to doubt that the man had been stuck in the car for a very long time.
“We would not make up something like this. The rescue services were on site too and saw the same as us.” he told Vasterbottens-Kuriren.
Umea University Hospital, where the man is recovering after being rescued by police and a rescue team, said in a statement he was doing well considering the circumstances.
Doctors at the hospital said humans would normally be able to survive for about four weeks without food. Besides eating snow, the man probably survived by going into a dormant-like(休眠似的)state, physician Stefan Branth told Vasterbottens-Kuriren.
“A bit like a bear that hibernates. Humans can do that.” he said. “He probably had a body temperature of around 31 degrees which the body adjusted to. Due to the low temperature, not much energy was used up.”
“Why the man ended up under the snow in the forest remains unknown,” police said.
【小题1】Who found the Swedish man in the snow?

A.Snowmobilers.B.The police.C.A rescue team.D.Local people.
【小题2】“Police saw no reason to doubt that the man had been stuck in the car for a very long time.” implies that     .
A.police didn’t think it trueB.police were sure of the fact
C.police had some doubt on the factD.police had reasons to doubt the fact
【小题3】The reason why the man could survive was most probably that     .
A.he was only forty-five year oldB.he did not use any energy
C.he slept in the sleeping bag D.he was in a dormant-like state
【小题4】Which is the correct order of the following events?
a.The Swedish man was stuck in the snow.
b.He was sent to Umea University Hospital.
c.He was found by snowmobilers.
d.He was recovering after treatment.
e.He stayed in his car for nearly two months.
f.He was dug out by people.
A.e, a, c, d, f, bB.a, e, c, f, b, d
C.a, f, c, e, b, dD.e, c, f, a, d, b
【小题5】Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A.A Traffic AccidentB.A Long Sleep in Winter
C.An Incredible SurvivalD.A Successful Rescue



Clyde, a small-clawed otter, was moved from Auckland Zoo to Wellington Zoo two months ago. The zookeepers hoped he and the other otter Bonnie might start a family together.
But only two days after he arrived, Clyde went missing. He had dug his way under one of the walls and was nowhere to be seen.
The zookeepers set up cages inside the zoo, with plates of Clyde’s favorite fish in them, hoping to catch him.
Two days went by and still there was no sign of Clyde.
At last a couple saw Clyde at their house --- a whole kilometer away in Newtown. Clyde was hiding in an out-of-reach hole outside their laundry.
The zookeepers arrived and set up some more traps to try to catch him. But Clyde is a pretty smart otter. Twice he managed to get the fish out of a trap without being caught.
Five days after he’d escaped, Clyde’s days on the run came to an end when he was finally caught in one of the traps.
It was no good putting Clyde back in his old home---he’d only dig his way out again. So he and Bonnie were put into the zoo hospital. There was no chance of their escaping from there.
Meanwhile, the zookeepers were working hard to make Clyde’s old home safer. They put an iron barrier underground to stop him digging their way out. Then Bonnie and Clyde went home again.
But a month after his first escape, Clyde was out again. Once more the zookeepers came
hurrying to catch Clyde. They found him by following the bubbles he made in the river nearby.
Nobody knew how Clyde had escaped. But this time he was only out for an hour. So---back he went to the hospital again.
Poor Clyde. It seemed that he wasn’t happy at Wellington Zoo, even though he and Bonnie were getting on well together. The keepers didn’t like seeing him unhappy, so they planned to look for a home for him somewhere else. 
【小题1】Where was Clyde found after his first escape?

A.Back in Auckland Zoo.B.In a river nearby.
C.At a house a kilometer away.D.In the zoo hospital.
【小题2】How did zookeepers catch Clyde after his second escape?
A.They set up cages in the zoo.
B.They attracted Clyde with fish.
C.They dug a hole outside his home.
D.They followed the bubbles in the water.
【小题3】What do we know about Clyde?
A.He often gets ill.
B.He is good at digging.
C.He likes hiding in a hole.
D.He escaped to meet Bonnie.
【小题4】Where is the passage most likely to have been taken from?
A.A news report.B.An advertisement.
C.A book review.D.A research paper.

Giving Back

Fair Way

The Westborough High School golf team had taken the official photos with the state prize. The other teams, disappointed, were on the bus heading home. And then Westborough instructor Greg Rota noticed something wrong on one of the score cards. A 9 had been recorded as a 7. They were not the state prize winner; Woburn High had won. “No one would have known.” said Woburn’s instructor, Bob Doran. For Rota, it wasn’t a difficult decision: “The prize wasn’t ours to take.”

Coin Stars

“College students are lazy, but they also want to help,” says University of Pennsylvania graduate Dana Hork. So she made it easy, placing cups in rooms where students could leave their spare coins, and handing out cups to first-year students to keep in their rooms. Her “Change for Change” effort has collected $ 40,000 for charities (慈善机构), which were decided upon by students.

Never Forgotten

A school in Massachusetts received a $ 9.5 million check (支票) from Jacques LeBermuth. But it took officials several days of digging to discover his connection to the school. Records showed the LeBermuth came from Belgium and studied in the school in the 1920s. When his family fell on hard times, he was offered free room and board. LeBermuth became a trader, owned shares of AT&T and lived off the earning until he died, at age 89.

1.What did Greg Rota probably do in the end?

A. Took photos of Doran.          B. Had a meeting with Doran.

C. Returned the prize to the organizer.  D. Apologized to Woburn High School.

2.Greg Rota’s decision shows that he was ________.

A. honest B. polite   C. careful D. friendly

3.The underlined word “Change” in the second paragraph means ________.

A. Idea     B. Decision       C. Cups    D. Coins

4.What did the school officials do after receiving the check from Mr LeBermuth?

A. They tried to find out why he gave them the money.

B. They went to Belgium to pay their respects to him.

C. They dug out the records that were buried underground.

D. They decided to offer their students free room and board.

5.Jacques LeBermuth gave the money to the school because ________.

A. the school asked for it         

B. he had no need for that much money

C. the school had helped him in the past        

D. he wanted to be remembered by the students

 

Two thieves came to a house to steal something. They dug a hole in the wall of the house.

  There lived many mice in the house. The woman in the moonlight saw a mouse crawl(爬行) into the house. “Look! In comes one,” she said to the man in the house. The thief was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside, “She found me when I was just in.” But the thief outside didn’t believe him, so he said, “Let us try to crawl into the house together.” At that time two mice happened to crawl into the house, too. The woman saw the mice and shouted, “In come two, catch them!” The two thieves were terribly frightened. The man in the house said, “You saw them come in but where are they? I will catch them tonight.” The two thieves started running away at once.

  The two thieves wanted to make it clear whether they had been found or not the night before. The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house. The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields. The rope broke and the woman came home for a rope. She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some. She picked out two which looked like mice. At the time the man couldn’t wait for her any longer in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up. The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and said, “How they look like the two of last night.” The man said, “I asked you to fetch a rope, why don’t you hurry for it?” The two thieves ran away very quickly without their sweet potatoes.

1.The two thieves failed to steal anything from the house because _____.

A.they were found out

B.they were frightened by what they had heard in the house

C.they didn’t work together well with each other

D.mice stopped them from doing so

2.From the last paragraph, we know that _____.

A.the two thieves were famous selling sweet potatoes

B.the woman recognized the two thieves

C.the woman pretended to know nothing about the two thieves and made fun of them

D.the two thieves didn’t know that they were not found at all

3.When the woman said, “How they look like the two of last night,” _____.

A.she referred to the two thieves

B.she meant nothing

C.she said it on purpose

D.she referred to the mice

4.The best title for the passage may be ____.

A.Two Clever Thieves

B.Terrible Mice

C.Hit the Mark by a Fluke

D.A Clever Couple

 

People bury treasure to stop other people from taking it. They choose a quiet place, dig a deep hole and bury the treasure in it. Then they make a map of where the treasure is or write down other clues(线索)that will help them or someone else to find it again.

In Britain a few years ago, a writer wrote about some treasure that he had buried. He put clues in the story to help readers find it. Thousands of people hunted for the treasure. They dug holes all over Britain, hoping to find it.

One of the most popular adventure stories ever written is Robert Louis Stephenson's “Treasured Island”, an exciting story about a young boy, Jim Hawkins, who is captured by pirates (海盗) and later finds some buried treasure.

Then there is the true story about a man who had to travel overseas for a year. He did not trust banks, so he buried his life savings in a park. Then he went away. On his return, he went straight to the park. But the park was no longer there. In its place there was a huge building.

And then there was the man who buried his savings, all in bank notes, in a waterproof(防水的)bag. When he dug it up years later, there was nothing left. Worms and insects had eaten the bag and everything in it.

And of course, these are stories about people who bury things and either forget where they have buried them or lose the map.

Although it is true that people sometimes lose their money because a bank fails, banks are still the safest place to keep our savings and treasures.

1.People who bury treasure usually        .

A. do not trust banks              

B. have a little money .

C. want to live in a quiet place.      

D. expect to lose it

2.The writer in Britain        .

A. really had buried something.     

B. started a nationwide treasure hunt.

C. had lost his treasure and wanted people to help him find it.

D. caused trouble because people dug holes everywhere.

3. “Treasure Island”        .

A. is a story about pirates.          

B. is about the adventures of Jim Hawkins.

C. is the most popular story ever written.

D. is a well-known fairy tale.

4.The man who buried his money in a park        .

A. thought his money was safer there than in a bank.

B. travelled on the sea for a year.     

C. got his life savings back again.

D. stayed away longer than he expected.

5.From these stories we understand that        .

A. we cannot trust banks.           

B. we should not trust anyone.

C. a waterproof bag is not proof against worms and insects.

D. insects eat anything.

 

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