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If you had a strange sound in your ear,what would you do? One man in Wales who thought he had a fly in his ear called 999,the emergency services number in Britain.And so did a woman who was worried about her green potatoes.Could she make chips with them? Were they poisonous? She didn’t hesitate about calling the local ambulance service to ask.According to a recent report,more than 31,000 non-urgent calls were made to the Welsh Ambulance Service in the last year.

Inappropriate calls are a headache for health professionals everywhere.In the US,prank calls to 911 happen on a daily basis.Many callers use apps which hide their identity.But those who try to be funny shouldn’t be surprised if the police have the last laugh.One man from Colorado was arrested for making more than 1,200 prank calls,according to a report on the US television station KOAA—TV.

People who take these calls are trained to stay calm and keep a straight face,no matter how strange the call sounds.“There’s no way for us to know whether the call is real,accidental or a prank call,”said a public safety worker interviewed by the American TV channel.

The Head of Clinical Services at the Welsh Ambulance Service,Richard Lee,has a warning for prank callers.He says,“When people misuse the service it means our precious time is being taken away from someone who really does need our help.”Indeed,these hotlines are supposed to help the seriously ill or those with a life—threatening injury.You never know,one day,the person who needs assistance could be you or someone in your family.

1.How does the author introduce the topic of the text?

A.By giving examples. B.By telling a story.

C.By listing figures. D.By making a comparison.

2.Why are prank calls usually made?

A.To be helpful. B.To deal with problems.

C.To get praise. D.To play tricks.

3.What does the phrase“have the last laugh”in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A.Win at last. B.Never find them.

C.Laugh at them. D.Know nothing.

4.What does the author intend to suggest in the text?

A.Prank calls are usually easy to identify.

B.Operators feel annoyed by strange callers.

C.Prank calls may cause serious results.

D.Prank callers should be punished by law.

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Most of us spend our lives seeking the natural world. We go fishing, sit in the garden, have a picnic, live in the suburbs or go to the seaside. The most popular leisure activity in Britain is going for a walk. When joggers jog, they don’t run the streets. Every one of them tend to go to the park or the river.

But despite this, our children are growing up nature deprived (剥夺). I spent my boyhood climbing trees. These days, children are robbed of these ancient freedoms, due to problems like crime, traffic, the loss of the open spaces and strange new ideas about what is best for children, that is to say, things that can be bought, rather than things that can be found.

The truth is to be found elsewhere. A study in the US: families had moved to better housing and the children were assessed for ADHD—attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (多动症). Those whose accommodation had more natural views showed an improvement of 19%; those who had the same improvement in material surroundings but no nice view improved just 4%.

ADHD is one of the great problems of modern childhood. One study after another indicates that contact with nature gives huge benefits to ADHD children. However, we spend money on drugs rather than on green places.

The life of old people is measurably better when they have access to nature. The increasing concern for the growing population of old people is in quality rather than quantity of years. And study after study finds that a garden is the single most important thing in finding that quality. Even problems with crime and aggressive behavior are reduced when there is contact with the natural world.

We need the wild world. It is essential to our well-being, our health and our happiness.

1.According to the author, people enjoy ________ to seek nature.

A. jogging on the street

B. sitting in the garden

C. shopping in the supermarket

D. running in the gym

2.From the second paragraph, we can see that ________.

A. adults deprive the children of their rights to approach nature

B. climbing trees will certainly do good to the children

C. children probably spend less time in nature nowadays

D. children tend to be happier as a result of their material satisfaction

3.In what way do people benefit from their contact with nature?

A. Children with ADHD can be cured.

B.A garden nearby improves the quality of old people’s life.

C. Problems with crime and violent behavior will easily be solved.

D. Children’s performance at school is greatly improved.

4.What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Access to nature improves our life.

B. Nature treats children with ADHD.

C. Getting close to nature reduces crime.

D. Man can’t live without natural areas.

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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1--20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳的选项,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

Some people are just born to be failures. That’s the way some adults look at ______ kids. Maybe you've heard the saying, “A bird with a ______ wing will never fly as high.” I'm sure that T. J. Ware was made to ______ this way almost every day. At high school, T. J. was the best-known troublemaker in his town. He was a silent boy, didn’t answer questions and often ______ .

I met T. J. for the first time at an activity aimed at getting students more involved in community charity. When I ______, the community leaders ______ me that T.J. had the longest arrest(拘留) record in the history of town. Actually, I wasn’t the first to hear about T.J.’s darker side as the first words of ______ .

At the start of the activity, T. J. was just ______ outside the circle of students, against the back wall, with a(n) ______ look on his face. He didn’t readily join the discussion groups, and didn’t seem to have much to say. But gradually, the interactive games ______ him in. T. J. shared his great thoughts on ______ . The other students ______ his ideas and were impressed with his passion for helping those in need. ______ , they elected T. J. co-chairman of the group.

After the activity, T. J. started showing up at school and being active in class, which none of his teachers expected. More ______ , two weeks later, T. J. led a group of 70 students in a drive to collect ______ . They collected a school______ : 2,854 cans of food in just two hours, (the shortest time in the history of town) enough to take care of ______ families in the area for 75 days.

T. J. reminds us that a bird with a broken wing only needs ______ . Once it has ______ , it can fly higher than the rest. Now T. J. is ______ quite nicely as a chairman of a nationwide charity organization.

1.A. failed B. troublesome C. annoyed D. worried

2.A. single B. faulty C. burden D. broken

3.A. think B. walk C. feel D. struggle

4.A. fought B. drove C. challenged D. laughed

5.A. looked up B. stood up C. finished up D. turned up

6.A. warned B. suggested C. reminded D. reached

7.A.explanation B. communication C. introduction D.instruction

8.A. standing B. laughing C. hiding D. wandering

9.A. worried B. interested C. indifferent D. puzzled

10.A. allowed B. showed C. drew D. put

11.A. games B. concerns C. school D. charity

12.A. ignored B. welcomed C. doubted D. misunderstood

13.A. However B. Besides C. Anyway D. Therefore

14.A. importantly B. surprisingly C. luckily D. popularly

15.A. money B. rubbish C. cans D. food

16.A. restaurant B. record C. yard D. term

17.A. needy B. lonely C. friendly D. likely

18.A. persuading B. mending C. observing D. teaching

19.A. healed B. noticed C. appeared D. changed

20.A. behaving B. growing C. flying D. achieving

阅读下面短文。从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

“The way we choose to respond when others make mistakes can cause them to feel ashamed or can allow them to remember our kindness and share our stories with future generations.”

——Michelle Sedas

When I read the above quote I couldn’t help but Doris.She had been a science teacher by ,but she also was a very person.All around her room were dolls that she had made.They were the most interesting dolls I’d ever seen;each was very from the other.

By talking to Doris I learned she’d a class in doll making.One day while I was in her room she took one of the dolls out of the case to me.This doll was very with fine artistic work.I was that anyone could do such unique work.

As Doris was the doll carefully in her hand,I could see a slight break in the skirt.I was to know what happened. Doris said that on the way to class she the side of the skirt.She expressed how scared she was and almost didn’t go to at all.When it came her to show the doll to the teacher,she had to point out the in the skirt.Doris felt for sure that the doll would be because of it.Much to her surprise the teacher told her she was just going to this break and grade the doll on the other good it had.Doris shared that this remark and from the teacher changed her life.

This teacher could have made Doris feel by her mistake.But her willingness to ignore the mistake,Doris was sharing her kindness with the next generation.

1.A.give up B.think of C.turn down D.call on

2.A.birth B.accident C.profession D.mistake

3.A.creative B.generous C.energetic D.conservative

4.A.far B.different C.free D.safe

5.A.prepared B.quitted C. taken D.organized

6.A.flatter B.upset C.comfort D.show

7.A.common B.cheap C.expensive D.unusual

8.A.disappointed B.annoyed C.terrified D.amazed

9.A.turning B.bending C.mending D.shaking

10.A.sorry B.proud C.curious D.content

11.A.burned B.decorated C.replaced D.bumped

12.A.class B.church C.hospital D.work

13.A.honor B.task C.turn D.choice

14.A.spot B.break C.hole D.patch

15.A.rejected B.appreciated C.destroyed D.removed

16.A.value B.ignore C.notice D.assess

17.A.talents B.quantities C.varieties D.qualities

18.A.responsibility B.habit C.attitude D.standard

19.A.ashamed B.shocked C.puzzled D.overjoyed

20.A.as for B.because of C.in spite of D.apart from

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