54. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

　　 A. The woman driver was driving north before the accident.

　　 B. The first witnesses of the accident were passers-by.

　　 C. The firefighters spent half an hour helping the woman out.

　　 D. With the bus driver and his passengers’ help, the woman’s car didn’t burst into flames.

53. Who should get the biggest praise according to the reporter?

　　 A. Brock Davis.　　　　　 B. Bill McDermott.

　　 C. Allan Goldsworthy.　 D. The firefighters.

52. It can be known from the passage that the car accident happened _______.

　　 A. at noon　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. in the morning　

　　 C. in the afternoon　　　 　　 D. at night

51. How many kinds of medicine are used for the children six years old?

　　 A. All of them.　　　　　　 　 B. Three kinds of medicine.

　　 C. Two kinds of medicine.

　　 D. Nearly not any medicine.

E

　The bus driver and his passengers were being hailed (拥戴) as heroes last night after rescuing a woman from her burning car following a crash on the Bluff Highway. The 60-year-old woman was taken by ambulance to Southland Hospital after firefighters battled for 30 minutes to cut her from her car.

Acting Senior Sergeant Brock Davis, of Invercargill, said emergency services were called to the scene of the crash at the crossroads of Motorimu Rd and State Highway I shortly before 5:00 p.m. yesterday.

Mr. Davis said a Mitsubishi car driven by a 30-year-old man traveling north on the highway and the woman’s southbound (南行的) Suzuki Alto collided (碰撞). The man suffered slight injuries in the crash, he said.

Invercargill Passenger Transport Ltd driver Bill McDermott and his passengers-New Zealand Aluminum Smelters Ltd workers were first on the scene and alerted emergency services. The scene at the spot was disordered, Mr. McDermott said.

“There was a car on its side and a guy wandering around who was quite excited,” he said. “We stopped, got out and found a lady trapped in her car ... then we noticed flames in the engine bay and the smell of petrol.” Mr. McDermott took a fire extinguisher(灭火器) from the bus, doused (泼洒) the flames, and several other workers controlled traffic.

However, he said his actions were “no big deal”. He was not willing to take any credit for helping the woman.

“The praise goes to all the guys that jumped off that bus.” Invercargill Senior Station officer Alan Goldsworthy, who was an officer in charge at the scene, said there was a possibility the car could have burst into flames if Mr. McDermott and the smelter workers had not helped. “They should acquire a good pat on the back,” he said.

50. When an adult has a cold, he had better ______.

　　 A. have about fifteen pills a day

　　 B. have pills twice a day

　　 C. have pills four times a day

　　 D. have nine pills a day

49. ________ should stop taking the second kind of medicine.

　　 A. Persons in a bad mood　

　　 B. Sleepless persons

　　 C. Persons with heart trouble　

　　 D. Nervous persons

48. If one aged 22 with fever requires to get rid of the illness, he should take the _______ kind of medicine.

　　 A. first　　 B. second　　　 C. third　　　　 D. fourth

47. What is the most probable meaning of the underlined word “readily” (in paragraph 3)?

　　 A. Specially.　　　 　　　　　 B. Without difficulty.

　　 C. With interest.　　 　　　　　 D. Willingly.

D

The following are four forms about medicine. How to use the medicine is very important. Never take any by mistake.

· Take the medicine with water, followed by one tablet every eight hours, as required. For further nighttime and early morning, take two tablets at bedtime. Do not take more than six tablets in 24 hours. For children six or twelve years old, give half the adult dosage. For children under six years old, go to your doctor for advice. Reduce dosage if nervousness, restlessness or sleeplessness takes place.

· Each pill of the medicine is taken three times every day for those fourteen years old. As usual, a pill at 6:00 a.m. before breakfast, one before 11:00 a.m. and one before sleep. Not for children under six years old and old persons with heart trouble.

· The medicine is for a person with a fever. Once two pills a day before sleep. Half for children under 12 years old. Children with a high fever, go to see a doctor.

· The medicine is taken three times a day. Once five pills for adult with a cold. Half of the pills for children 10 years old. Take the medicine before breakfast, lunch, supper or before sleep.

46. What is the main idea of this passage?

　　 A. How people use different gestures to express the same event.

　　 B. Language influences the way people think.

　　 C. Differences between languages.

　　 D. Differences between gestures.　

45. Dr. Kita made a conclusion that _______, after watching the gestures of speakers of the three

　 　different languages: English, Japanese and Turkish.

　　 A. English was obviously better than Japanese and Turkish

　　 B. Japanese and Turkish people could not express the meaning of “swing”

　　 C. every language had its own special way to describe things

　　 D. no word in Japanese and Turkish could express some ideas of English