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

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

Today I am known for my voice.Perhaps the greatest honor came when I was asked to read a book on tape.

But it____ a long time to believe such good things could happen to me.When I was a youngster I stuttered(口吃) so badly that I was completely ____to speak in public.

____, when I was 14, Professor Donald Crouch came to our school.He was a retired college professor.English was his favorite subject and ____ was his deepest love.He held a book of poems as if it were a diamond necklace, ____pages as if uncovering treasures.When he heard our school was teaching Shakespeare and other classics, he could no longer____not being a part of our school.

When he____that I not only loved poetry but was____it, we became closer.There was, however, one____between us-Professor Crouch could not bear the____that I refused to read my poems to the class.

“Jim, poetry is____to be read aloud,” he said. “You should be able to speak those beautiful words.” I shook my head and turned away.

One day he____me.After handing in a poem, I waited for his____.It didn’t come.Instead, one day as the students gathered together, he____me, “Jim, I don’t think you wrote this poem.”

I stared at him in___.“Why,” I started, anger____me.“of course I did!” “Well, then,” he said, “you’ve got to prove it by getting up and reciting it ____memory.”

By then the other students had settled at their desks.With knees shaking, I walked up to the front.For a moment I stood there, ____.Then I began, and kept going.I recited my poem all the way____!

Afterwards, Professor Crouch congratulated me, and encouraged me to read other writers’ poetry before public. I discovered I did have a(n) ____and found my fellow students actually looked forward to hearing me recite.

1.A. lasted B. took C. spent D. wasted

2.A. uncertain B. uncomfortable C. unbelievable D. unable

3.A. However B. Besides C. Then D. Therefore

4.A. novel B. Architecture C. art D. poetry

5.A. drawing B. Writing C. turning D. finding

6.A. protect B. help C. keep D. stand

7.A. learned B. recognized C. decided D. proved

8.A. Writing B. reading C. reciting D. saving

9.A. difference B. difficulty C. promise D. similarity

10.A. truth B. idea C. fact D. belief

11.A. said B. meant C. taught D. prepared

12.A. fooled B. joked C. tricked D. scolded

13.A. idea B. reward C. congratulation D. comment

14.A. told B. noticed C. attacked D. challenged

15.A. disbelief B. silence C. sadness D. excitement

16.A. flowing B. flooding C. filling D. sweeping

17.A. with B. By C. from D. in

18.A. terrified B. hopeless C. disappointed D. breathless

19.A. down B. along C. through D. around

20.A. voice B. sound C. appearance D. interest

With around 100 students scheduled to be in that 9:00 am Monday morning lecture, it is no surprise that almost 20 people actually make it to the class and only 10 of them are still awake after the first 15 minutes; it is not even a surprise that most of them are still in their pajama’s(睡衣). Obviously, students are terrible at adjusting their sleep cycles to their daily schedule.

All human beings possess a body clock. Along with other alerting systems, this governs the sleep/wake cycle and is therefore one of the main processes which govern sleep behaviour. Typically, the preferred sleep/wake cycle is delayed in adolescents, which leads to many students not feeling sleepy until much later in the evenings. This typical sleep pattern is usually referred to as the “night owl” schedule of sleep.

This is opposed to the “early bird” schedule, and is a kind of disorder where the individual tends to stay up much past midnight. Such a person has great difficulty in waking up in the mornings. Research suggests that night owls feel most alert and function best in the evenings and at night. Research findings have shown that about 20 percent of people can be classified as “night owls” and only 10 percent can be classified as “early birds” ------ the other 70 percent are in the middle. Although this is clearly not true for all students, for the ones who are true night owls, this gives them an excellent excuse for missing their lectures which unfortunately fall before midday.

1.What does the author stress in Paragraph 1 ?

A. Many students are absent from class.

B. Students are very tired on Monday mornings.

C. Students do not adjust their sleep patterns well.

D. Students are not well prepared for class on Mondays.

2.Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 2?

A . Most students prefer to get up late in the morning.

B. Students don’t sleep well because of alerting systems.

C .One’s body clock governs the sleep/wake cycle independently.

D. Adolescents’ delayed sleep/wake cycle isn’t the preferred pattern.

3.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “classified”?

A. Criticized B. Grouped

C. Organized D. Named

4.What does the text mainly talk about?

A. Functions of the body clock.

B. The “night owl” phenomenon.

C. Human beings’ sleep behaviour.

D. The school schedule of “early birds”.

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