Rocky Lyons was five years old when his mother, Kelly, was driving along the country road with him. He was asleep on the front seat of their truck, with his feet resting on her lap. As his mom drove carefully down the winding country road, she turned onto a narrow bridge. The truck hit a rock and slid off the road. She attempted to bring it back up onto the road by pressing hard on the gas pedal and turning the steering wheel to the left. But Rocky’s foot got caught between her leg and the steering wheel and she lost control of the truck.
The truck fell into a 20-foot ravine（峡谷）. When it hit bottom, Rocky woke up. “What happened, Mama?” he asked. “Our wheels are pointing toward the sky.”
Kelly was seriously wounded and blinded by blood. “I’ll get you out, Mama,” announced Rocky, who had surprisingly escaped injury. He climbed out from under Kelly, slid through the open window and tried to yank（用力拉）his mother out. But she didn’t move.
“Just let me sleep,” begged Kelly, who was out of consciousness. Rocky insisted, “Mom, you can’t go to sleep.”
Rocky managed to push Kelly out of the truck and told her he’d climb up to the road and stop a car to get help. Fearing that no one would be able to see her little boy in the dark, Kelly refused to let him go alone. Instead they slowly moved up to the road. The pain was so great that Kelly wanted to give up, but Rocky wouldn’t let her.
Rocky kept repeating the inspirational phrase, “I know you can, I know you can.” When they finally reached the road, Rocky broke into tears seeing his mother’s torn face clearly for the first time. Waving his arms and shouting, “Please stop!” the boy stopped a truck. His mother was sent to hospital.
It took 8 hours to rebuild Kelly’s face. She looks quite different today---“I used to have a straight long nose, thin lips and high cheekbones; now I’ve got a flat cheeks and much bigger lips”--- but she has few scars and has recovered from her injuries.
Rocky’s heroics were big news. Everyone was surprised at this little boy’s power. “It’s not like I wanted it to happen,” The boy explained. “ I just did what anyone would have done.” “If it weren’t for Rocky, I’d have died,” said his mother

  1. 1.

    According to the text, Rocky and Kelly _________

    1. A.
      were lost on a country road
    2. B.
      had limited time to find their way
    3. C.
      were involved in a truck accident
    4. D.
      knew little of what happened to them
  2. 2.

    When he woke up, Rocky ___________

    1. A.
      was frightened by his mother’s blood
    2. B.
      found his mother had fallen asleep
    3. C.
      was stuck against the door of the truck
    4. D.
      found the car was turned over
  3. 3.

    What happened to Kelly at last?

    1. A.
      She passed away
    2. B.
      She survived and recovered from injuries
    3. C.
      She became a hero
    4. D.
      She had a different life
  4. 4.

    What is the best title for the text?

    1. A.
      A Boy and His Mother
    2. B.
      How to Behave Well？
    3. C.
      I Think I Can
    4. D.
      Nothing is Lost

A Swedish man aws dug out alive after being snowed in car on a forest track for rwo months with no food, police and local media reported on Saturday, The 45-year-old from southern Sweden was found on Friday , Fedruary 17, Too weak to say more than a rew wouds, He was found not far from the city of UImea 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 wawmovement 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 waw no reason to doubt that the man had been stuck in the car for a very long time,“We sould 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（休息似的）state ,physician Stefan Branth told Vasterbottens-Knriren ,“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”

  1. 1.

    Who found the Swedish man in the snow?

    1. A.
      Snowmobilers
    2. B.
      The police
    3. C.
      A rescue team
    4. D.
      Local people
  2. 2.

    “Police saw no reason to doubt that the man had been stuck in the car for a very long time”implies that         

    1. A.
      police didn’t think it true
    2. B.
      police were sure of the fact
    3. C.
      police had some doubt on the fact
    4. D.
      police had reasons to doubt the fact
  3. 3.

    The reason shy the man could survive was most probably that         

    1. A.
      he was only forty –five –year old
    2. B.
      he did not use any energy
    3. C.
      he slept in the sleeping bag
    4. D.
      he was in a dormant-like state
  4. 4.

    Which is the correct order of the following evernts?
    a、The Swedish man was stuck in the snow
    b、He was went 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

    1. A.
      eackfb
    2. B.
      aecfbd
    3. C.
      afcebd
    4. D.
      ecfadb
  5. 5.

    Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      A Traffic Accident
    2. B.
      A long Sleep in Winter
    3. C.
      An Incredible Survival
    4. D.
      A Successful Rescue

Have you ever had a day when everything seemed to go wrong, and nothing seemed to go right? Not too long ago I was having one of those days. I was discouraged, weary, and plain sad. My focus was on me. After all, no one else was experiencing the same trials I was.
I expressed my upset state to my mother, hoping for some pity. Instead, she said, “I heard Jamie was having a difficult day too. Why don’t you make her some cookies and take them to her this afternoon?”
I didn’t really want to, but decided that I didn’t want to go back to my other problems just yet. I made the cookies and arranged them on a little plate. Then I made a card with a sunflower on it and wrote a small note of empathy.
That afternoon I dropped by my friend’s house. I went to the door and rang the bell. Soon, Jamie came to the door and looked at me in surprise for the unexpected visit. Before she could say anything I rushed, “ I heard you were having a hard day and decided to bring you something. I hope your day goes better.” The look that came over Jamie’s face was one that I could never put into words. It was as if a darkened sky was suddenly lit with the golden rays of the sun; it was as if in that small act, her day was brightened.
I got back into the car and for some amazing reason; I felt a lot better myself. That day I experienced the truth that James Barri attempted to describe, “ Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.”

  1. 1.

    Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      Sunshine on a Rainy Day
    2. B.
      Discouraged by Nothing
    3. C.
      Giving Help to a Friend
    4. D.
      Experience a Cheerless Day
  2. 2.

    The author made cookies and arranged them on a plate _________

    1. A.
      so as to show off his skills
    2. B.
      to stop thinking about his own worries
    3. C.
      not to let his mother feel down
    4. D.
      not to show his sadness to others
  3. 3.

    How did Jamie feel when seeing the author’s coming?

    1. A.
      She lit up very soon
    2. B.
      She was surprised and scared
    3. C.
      She couldn’t express herself
    4. D.
      She poured out all her worries
  4. 4.

    What do you think of the author’s mother?

    1. A.
      Sympathetic
    2. B.
      Willing
    3. C.
      Instructional
    4. D.
      Selfish
  5. 5.

    The passage is mainly about _________

    1. A.
      dealing with others when they are angry
    2. B.
      adjusting well the mental condition
    3. C.
      taking mother’s advice every hour
    4. D.
      enjoying oneself at any time

As a teacher, I always think it right to teach my students to write about their true feelings and real experiences. But once I was puzzled about this.
After explaining a text one day, I asked my students to write a passage about their families. All the students wrote quite well but the best of them all was the one written by a small girl. I was deeply touched by it. The girl’s father had died years before and her mother had to work hard to support the family. Many times she had seen her mother working deep into the night but never seen tears on her face. Like her mother this girl also works hard at her lessons and she is really good at any of them. I even didn’t know anything about her unlucky family. She always appears happy every day so she is really liked by us all, both the students and teachers.
In order to make her an example to the class, I read this passage to the class. When I finished reading it I found my throat choked and my students’ eyes full of tears. Some of them even wept in a low voice. After the class nearly all my other students wanted to hand in their pocket money for the daily use to help this girl. To tell you the truth, I was really proud of my students.
But to my disappointment, this student of mine left the class even without telling me the next day. I don’t know the reason why, can you tell me?

  1. 1.

    The author asked his students to write about their families because he wanted them to ___

    1. A.
      speak out open-heartedly
    2. B.
      tell him some stories about themselves
    3. C.
      make up some stories about themselves
    4. D.
      say something good to him
  2. 2.

    What do you think about the girl? She is ___

    1. A.
      honest and kind
    2. B.
      hardworking and determined
    3. C.
      brave and helpful
    4. D.
      kind and loyal
  3. 3.

    The underlined word “choked” may mean ___ in Chinese

    1. A.
      疼痛
    2. B.
      激动
    3. C.
      哽咽
    4. D.
      惊奇
  4. 4.

    What do you think is the main reason for the girl to leave the next day?

    1. A.
      She got angry at what the teacher had done
    2. B.
      She didn’t want the others to know her unluckiness
    3. C.
      She didn’t know the teacher’s kindness to her
    4. D.
      She may have found a better school
  5. 5.

    Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

    1. A.
      The teacher asked her students to read the little girl’s article by themselves
    2. B.
      The little girl’s father died of a traffic accident
    3. C.
      The little girl’s classmates were willing to help her
    4. D.
      The little girl’s mother blamed her for her writing

“I don’t believe in Santa Claus!” Trogmire announced.
Tremor looked shocked. “Why not?” he asked.
“Because he never leaves me any gifts at all,” Trogmire growled.
Tremor thought about the evidence for a few seconds. “Maybe,” he suggested, “it’s because when Santa checked his list, your name wasn’t in the ‘nice’ column.”
“So, he could at least bring me a lump of coal!” Trogmire replied. “And,” he went on, “Troubled doesn’t believe in Santa, either.”
“Right,” Tremor said, “because he saw his parents putting the ‘From Santa’ presents under the tree. But I know the truth about that. My mother found out from Troubled’s mother. When Troubled’s parents got an e-mail from Santa, saying that he would never bring Troubled another gift, they didn’t want to tell him the truth. So now they buy presents and pretend they’re from Santa.”
“What did Troubled do to get Santa so mad?” Trogmire questioned.
“I think it had something to do with the time he put glue paper all over the living room floor on Christmas Eve, and left a sign that said, ‘Trapped like a rat!’ hanging over the fireplace.” said Tremor.
“I guess Santa doesn’t have a sense of humour,” sighed Trogmire. “Well, at least I’m not the only one who Santa scratched off his name list.”

  1. 1.

    Why doesn’t Santa leave presents for Trogmire or Troubled?

    1. A.
      Their parents won’t let him leave gifts
    2. B.
      He can’t find their homes
    3. C.
      He often forgets their names
    4. D.
      They have behaved badly
  2. 2.

    Trogmire and Troubled don’t believe in Santa because ________

    1. A.
      Santa has no sense of humor
    2. B.
      Santa doesn’t give them anything
    3. C.
      they are too naughty to believe
    4. D.
      Tremor convinced them he wasn’t real
  3. 3.

    Troubled’s parents never ________

    1. A.
      told him about the message from Santa
    2. B.
      loved him very much
    3. C.
      cared about how he behaved
    4. D.
      bought him anything
  4. 4.

    Trogmire’s last comment could be an example of the saying _______

    1. A.
      Misery(苦难,不幸) loves company
    2. B.
      Easy come, easy go
    3. C.
      Beauty is only skin deep
    4. D.
      Love me, love my dog

I fell in love with England because it was quaint (古雅)—all those little houses, looking terribly old-fashioned but nice, like dolls’ houses. I loved the countryside and the pubs, and I loved London. I’ve slightly changed my mind after seventeen years because I think it’s an ugly town now.
Things have changed. For everybody, England meant gentlemen, fair play, and good manners. The fair play is going, unfortunately, and so are the gentlemanly attitudes and good manners—people shut doors heavily in your face and politeness is disappearing.
I regret that there are so few comfortable meeting places. You’re forced to live indoors. In Paris I go out much more, to restaurants and nightclubs. To meet friends here it usually has to be in a pub, and it can be difficult to go there alone as a woman. The cafes are not terribly nice.
As a woman, I feel unsafe here. I spend a bomb on taxis because I will not take public transport after 10 p. m. I used to use it, but now I’m afraid.
The idea of family seems to be more or less non-existent in England. My family is well united and that’s typically French. In Middlesex I had a neighbour who is 82 now. His family only lived two miles away, but I took him to France for Christmas once because he was always alone

  1. 1.

    The writer doesn’t like London because she ______

    1. A.
      has lived there for seventeen years
    2. B.
      prefers to live in an old-fashioned house
    3. C.
      is not used to the life there now
    4. D.
      has to be polite to everyone she meets there
  2. 2.

    Where do people usually meet their friends in England?

    1. A.
      In a pub
    2. B.
      In a cafe
    3. C.
      In a restaurant
    4. D.
      In a nightclub
  3. 3.

    The writer took her neighbour to France for Christmas because he ______

    1. A.
      had never been to France
    2. B.
      was from a typical French family
    3. C.
      didn't like the British idea of family
    4. D.
      felt lonely in England

Researchers in the United States have developed the first wirelessly controlled device that can supply a drug directly into the body. A small chip is implanted (植入) under the skin. It contains the medicine, which it releases at preset times. The developers say the device could improve the lives of millions of people who take medicine for long-term illnesses. A company called Microchips began developing the device about fifteen years ago. Last month, the company released the results of its first successful tests in humans. The tests took place in Denmark with seven women with osteoporosis（骨质疏松症）.
Osteoporosis causes bones to become weak and break easily. The disorder is common among older people especially women. Many patients have to give themselves daily injection（注射）of medicine. One type of treatment requires injections for two years. The patients stop taking the medicine because of the pain and stress of the injections. As a result, only twenty-five percent of the patients will go through the entire twenty-four months of treatment.
The microchip is a few centimeters long. It has small sections and each section holds a single dose（单次剂量）of medicine. The device has to be programmed with the times to release the drug. Doctors will be able to reprogram the device from a computer or even a cell phone.
For osteoporosis, the physician will program the device, and the device has the ability to release a dose at a given time, every single day. For other diseases, where the physician may want to change the dosing schedule, they will have the ability to wirelessly reprogram that dosing schedule.
The seven women in the study were ages of sixty-five to seventy. The researchers say the implants were just as effective as daily injections. And they say the medicine amounts were more exact than patients often give themselves

  1. 1.

    The best title for the passage should be ______

    1. A.
      A New Company Called Microchips
    2. B.
      A New Way to Take Medicine Every Day
    3. C.
      Good News for Women with Osteoporosis
    4. D.
      Taking Medicine, with Microchip under Skin
  2. 2.

    What does the underlined word “released” in paragraph 1 mean?

    1. A.
      Announced
    2. B.
      Planned
    3. C.
      Got rid of
    4. D.
      Caught hold of
  3. 3.

    We can learn from Paragraph 2 that ______

    1. A.
      older people especially men easily develop steoporosis
    2. B.
      bones’ becoming weak and breaking easily causes steoporosis
    3. C.
      a quarter of the patients will go through the entire two years of treatment
    4. D.
      pain and stress of the injections lead all patients to stop taking medicine
  4. 4.

    What advantages does the microchip have?
    a. effective implants  
    b. less exact medicine amounts
    c. purposely—changed dosing schedule
    d. only one centimeter long and having small sections
    e. improving the lives of millions of people

    1. A.
      a, b, c
    2. B.
      c, d, e
    3. C.
      a, c, e
    4. D.
      b, c, d
  5. 5.

    In which column of a newspaper could we find this passage?

    1. A.
      Arts
    2. B.
      Jobs
    3. C.
      Sports
    4. D.
      Medicine

This Teaching Assistant Level 3 course is designed for people who either are, or wish to become a teaching assistant. Teaching assistants carry out their tasks under the direction of the class teacher. This is a fully supported home study course, and the help is available whenever you need it --- either online or over the phone. There is a huge demand for teaching assistants around the country but also many thousands of applicants for these positions. Having this Teaching Assistant Level 3 qualification will help you stand out from other applicants. Our Level 3 Teaching Assistant course is similar to the NVQ (National Vocational Qualification) Level 3 because it is an equivalent (同等的) level of learning.
The teaching assistant is able to contribute in four main areas:
Supporting the teacher
Supporting the pupil
Supporting the school
Supporting the curriculum
The salary a teaching assistant is expected to earn a year:
London fringe (外围):￡16,856 - ￡26,052
Outer London: ￡18,789 - ￡27,992
Inner London: ￡19,893 - ￡29,088
Rest of England and Wales: ￡15,817 - ￡25,016
The fee and the time of enrolment (入学)
Enroll for only a ￡35 deposit. Teaching Assistant Level 3 is only ￡345. To help you on your way towards achieving your qualification, we are offering all of our potential students a ￡115 reduction in their enrolment fees for June. The normal fee for this course is ￡460 but for this month it has been reduced to only ￡345. There has never been a better time to start learning and take that first step towards a brighter future!
100% money back guarantee, if you are not satisfied. That’s why we’ll happily give you your money back on any course returned within 7 days. It’s easy for you to enroll now by telephone 01223 923 913. You can get free friendly help and advice from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, on Monday to Friday. Call 01223 923 915

  1. 1.

    How can people study this Teaching Assistant Level 3 course?

    1. A.
      Go to the night school
    2. B.
      Go to the full-time school
    3. C.
      Study at home at any time
    4. D.
      Study at weekends or vacations
  2. 2.

    What’s the teaching assistant’s task?

    1. A.
      Listening to the teacher’s lecture all the time
    2. B.
      Only helping teachers prepare their lessons
    3. C.
      Helping promote effective learning and teaching
    4. D.
      Often giving lessons in place of the formal teacher
  3. 3.

    If a teacher assistant earns ￡28,000 a year , he probably works in ______

    1. A.
      downtown Wales
    2. B.
      the fringe of London
    3. C.
      outer London
    4. D.
      downtown London
  4. 4.

    How much should you pay in June if you have paid the deposit?

    1. A.
      ￡35
    2. B.
      ￡310
    3. C.
      ￡345
    4. D.
      ￡460

We human beings haven’t been good friends to animals. For thousands of years, we have been polluting the environment, making it hard for animals to live on the planet. We have been killing animals for their fur, feathers or meat, or simply because they are dangerous. As a result, many kinds of animals have disappeared forever. Hundreds more are on the endangered list today.
Should we care about animals? Of course we should. If animals of a certain kind all disappear, they will never come back again. Animals are more than just resources of things we need. Every kind of animal has its place in the balance of nature. Destroying any kind of animal can lead to many problems. For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks, the corn and grain that the farmers stored were destroyed by rats and mice. Why?  Because hawks eat rats and mice. With less and less hawks to keep down their numbers, rats and mice multiplied quickly. And if people kill too many birds, more and more insects will eat the crops.
Luckily, we’ve realized that we shouldn’t kill animals any more. And people are working hard to save those animals that would disappear soon. The government also passed laws to protect the endangered animals. In fact, quite a few countries have passed such laws. These laws forbid the killing of any kind of animal on the endangered list. We should try our best to protect and save the endangered animals

  1. 1.

    The text calls on us to__________

    1. A.
      keep animals at home
    2. B.
      protect the environment
    3. C.
      protect the endangered animals
    4. D.
      know more about the balance of nature
  2. 2.

    Why do people kill animals?

    1. A.
      Animals cause many serious problems
    2. B.
      They kill animals for something they need
    3. C.
      Animals destroy their natural resources
    4. D.
      They kill animals to protect the environment
  3. 3.

    The example that farmers killed hawks shows that__________

    1. A.
      there were too many rats and mice
    2. B.
      hawks are the most important in the nature
    3. C.
      animals are good food resources
    4. D.
      every kind of animal is important in nature

It had been a difficult move. I’d left my family and friends in Indiana, the beloved state where I’d lived most of my life. My new home in Florida was thousands of miles away from anything I knew. It was hot—all the time. Jobs were hard to come by, but I was up for almost any challenge.
At last, I taught in a special school where students have severe learning and behavioral difficulties.
Another teacher and I had spent weeks teaching the children appropriate behavior for public outings. Unexpectedly, only a few students, including Kyle, had not earned the privilege of going. He was determined to make his disappointment known.
In the corridor(走廊) between classrooms, he began screaming, cursing, spitting, and swinging at anything within striking distance. Once his outburst died down, he did what he’d done when he was angry at all his other schools, at home, even once at a juvenile detention(拘留)center. He ran.
People watched in disbelief as Kyle dashed straight into the heavy morning traffic in front of the school.
I heard someone shout, “Call the police!”
But I ran after him.
Kyle was at least a foot taller than me. And he was fast. His older brothers were track stars at the nearby high school. But I could run long distances without tiring. I would at least be able to keep him in my sight and know he was alive.
After several blocks of running directly into oncoming traffic, Kyle slowed his pace.
He took a sharp left. Standing next to a trash bin, Kyle bent over with his hands on his knees. I must have looked ridiculous. But his was not a look of fear. I saw his body relax. He did not attempt to run again. Kyle stood still and watched me approach. I had no idea what I was going to say or do, but I kept walking closer.
He opened his mouth to speak when a police car pulled up, abruptly filling the space between Kyle and me. The school principal and an officer got out. They spoke calmly to Kyle, who willingly climbed into the back of the vehicle. I couldn’t hear what was said, but I didn’t take my eyes off Kyle’s face, even as they drove away.
I couldn’t help but feel that I had failed him, that I should have done or said more, that I should have fixed the situation.
I shared my feelings with a speech therapist who was familiar with Kyle’s history. “No one ever ran after him before, Rachel,” she said. “No one. They just let him go.”
Things changed the day he ran and I ran after him, even though I didn’t have the right words, even though I wasn’t able to save him from the mess he was in. It was the day I didn’t throw my hands in the air and decide he was too fast, a waste of time and effort , a lost cause. It was the day my mere presence was enough to make a profound difference

  1. 1.

    From the passage we know that _____

    1. A.
      the author left her family to Florida because jobs were hard to come by in Indiana
    2. B.
      students were allowed to go out after they passed some specific tests
    3. C.
      the author worked in a school where students were excellent
    4. D.
      no teacher had ever run after Kyle before except the author
  2. 2.

    Which of the following description about Kyle is not true?

    1. A.
      He had some behavioral difficulties and once moved from one detention to another
    2. B.
      He used to run out to let out his anger when he was in school,home or juvenile detention
    3. C.
      Different from his brothers, he learned in a special school while not a normal high school
    4. D.
      He was moved by his teacher who treated him with more patience and understanding
  3. 3.

    Which is the correct order of the trace?
    ①He burst out when he knew he couldn’t go out.      ②I decided to run after him.
    ③Kyle stoppped beside a trash bin.                      ④A police car came and Kyle left with it.
    ⑤He rushed into the heavy morning traffic.       ⑥Kyle slowed his pace.
    ⑦I walked toward Kyle

    1. A.
      ①⑤②⑥③⑦④
    2. B.
      ①⑤②④⑥⑦③
    3. C.
      ⑤④②⑥③⑦①
    4. D.
      ①②⑥⑦③④⑤
  4. 4.

    What is the best title of the passage?

    1. A.
      Kyle, a Boy with Learning and Behavior Difficulties
    2. B.
      The Teacher Who Ran
    3. C.
      A School with Special Students
    4. D.
      A Terrible Conflict
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