Sydney 2005-01-01 08:33 --- mother of two, Jillian Searle, had to choose between her children when she made a life-or-death decision.
Swept up by mountainous tsunami(海嘯)waves at a Thai resort ( 旅游勝地), she couldn't hold on to both her young sons and survive. Fighting to stay above the waters, she had to choose which one would have to take his chances in the swirling torrent ( 漩流 ).
“I knew I had to let go of one of them and I just thought I’d better let go of the one that's the older,” she told Sky News Television in a report broadcast on Thursday. She said she was accompanied by the two boys, Lachie, 5, and two-year-old Blake, and their father, Brad, who had watched the drama helplessly from their first-floor hotel room, when the waves struck. “and I was screaming, trying to find him, and we thought he was dead,” she told reporters on arrival back in Australia.
Lachie was found alive about 2 hours later clinging (扳住) to a door and, looked uninjured as his mother spoke to reporters.
British surfer ( 沖浪運(yùn)動員) Martin Markwell is also a lucky man. He had always dreamed of catching that perfect wave-- but when it finally came along, it was a nightmare (噩夢). He was on his surfboard when he was swept up by a tsunami wave.
“It was really terrible because I was surfing. I was really surfing on a wave I wasn't supposed to be on.” he said. “As an experienced surfer, when I saw the wave come, I realized something was wrong, but I couldn't escape because my surfboard was tied to my ankle(腳踝).”
His wife Vicki and son Jake looked on in horror from a hotel balcony (陽臺) as he crashed towards the shore. Luckily, he stayed atop his board until he reached the hotel, jumped off and got to safety as the ocean rolled back to feed a much larger tsunami wave on its way. The family regrouped and ran to safety just minutes before a giant tsunami wave 10 meters high.
小題1: When the waves struck, the father Brad _______.
A.reported the disaster to Sky News Television
B.was watching a drama on TV in the hotel
C.tried to find his son lost in the waters
D.watched things going on, unable to do anything
小題2: The underlined word “him” in the third paragraph refers to _______.
A.a(chǎn)n old manB.LachieC.BradD.Blake
小題3: It's not true that Lachie and Martin _______.
A.were both accompanied by their family when the disaster happened
B.both survived from the high waves when tsunami struck
C.were both travelers from Europe on holiday in Thailand
D.were both alive owing to their proper judgment and determination
小題4:The best title of this news story would be_______.
A.Narrow escapeB.Disaster caused by tsunami
C.Exciting surfing experienceD.Struggle against tsunami

小題1:.D
小題1:.B
小題1:.C
小題1:.A
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The Intel Science Talent Search is the top science competition for high school students in the US. The 40 finalists were honored in Washington last week. They met with scientists and politicians. President Obama welcomed them to the White House.
These 40 students were selected from almost 2,000 contestants nationwide. They had to present original research to be judged by professional scientists. The students showed their research projects on large posters. The winners were announced on March 15th, 2011.
Wendy Hawkins is executive director of the Intel Foundation, who says the 40 finalists represented excellence across many areas of science.
Selena Li is from Fair Oaks, California. She wanted to find a more effective treatment for liver cancer. She began her research four years ago. A scientist at the University of California, Davis, taught her how to design and do experimental work in the laboratory. Ms. Li placed 5th in the Intel Science Talent Search and was awarded 30,000 dollars.
Scott Boisvert lives near Phoenix, Arizona. He began using a laboratory at the University of Arizona at the age of 14. Over four years, he completed a project studying a fungus(真菌) linked to the decrease in amphibians(兩棲動物)around the world. He was trying to find out if different chemicals and substances in the water could kill the fungus. He collected and tested water samples across Arizona. He says, “My results were able to identify a list of chemicals that were significant in the growth and in the movement of the fungus.” He placed10th in the Intel competition and was awarded 20,000 dollars.
Evan O’Dorney of Danville, California, won the top award of 100,000 dollars in this year’s Intel Science Talent Search. For his mathematical project, he compared two ways to estimate the square root of an integer (整數(shù)) , a number with no fractional parts.
Wendy Hawkins at the Intel Foundation says these young people represent the next generation of scientists who will help shape America’s future.
小題1:According to the passage, if you want to win the Intel Science Talent Search, you must________.
A.have high academic achievement
B.be excellent in all areas of science
C.offer original research
D.do many experiments in a university lab
小題2:Who will be probably engaged in math study in the future and become a mathematician?
A.Wendy Hawkins.B.Selena Li.
C.Scott Boisvert.D.Evan O’Dorney
小題3:Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Scott Boisvert found a new fungus linked to the decease in amphibians.
B.The 1st, 5th and 10th students in the competition come from California.
C.Scott Boisvert is the youngest winner among the 40 students.
D.The Intel Science Talent Search is an intense competition.
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London Thursday July 26(Reuters)--Ian Johnstone missed his girlfriend so much that he flew back to Britain from Australia to propose to her.The problem is that she flew in the opposite direction.
He and Amy Dolby even managed to miss each other when they sat in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore at the same time to wait for connecting flights.
Dolby,heartbroken when she arrived at Johnstone’s Sydney apartment to find he had flown to London,told the Times:“It was as though someone was playing a cruel joke on us.He is the most romantic person I have ever known.I think our problem is that we are both quite impulsive(沖動的)people.We are always trying to surprise each other.”
After an 11,000-mile flight across the globe,she was greeted by Johnstone’s astonished flatmate asking what she was doing there.
“The terrible truth dawned when I found that Lan’s rucksack and most of his clothes were missing.I sat on the end of his bed and cried my eyes out.And that really annoyed me,”she said.
Johnstone,a 27-year-old bricklayer,had taken a year off to travel round Australia.But he was missing Dolby,a 26-year-old secretary,so much he got a job on a Sydney building site and started saving for a surprise.
He then flew home to Britain and went to her apartment armed with an engagement ring,champagne and flowers.
“I really missed Amy and I’d been thinking about her all the time.I thought she was winding me up when she phoned me from Australia.”he said.
Johnstone then asked Dolby to marry him on the phone.“I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry but I accepted,”she said.
Dolby was given a short tour of Sydney by Johnstone’s friends and Johnstone had to stay in Britain for two weeks because he could not change his ticket.
小題1:According to the text,it seemed that       .
A.Johnstone and Dolby could have seen each other in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore
B.the couple pretended not to see each other in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore
C.the young lovestruck couple had both intended to propose to each other
D.Dolby stayed longer in Sydney than Johnstone stayed in Britain
小題2:We can learn from the text that        .
A.Johnstone was not as impulsive as Dolby
B.Johnstone got a job in Sydney in order to start saving money for a surprise to Dolby
C.Dolby was heartbroken because someone was playing a cruel joke on her
D.Dolby was greeted by Johnstone’s flatmate at the airport
小題3:When Johnstone asked her to marry him on the phone,Dolby didn’t know whether to laugh or cry because she had a mixed feeling of        .
A.excitement,anger and shyness
B.sadness,happiness and surprise
C.love,hatred and nevousness
D.cheer,regret and annoyance
小題4:Which of the following shows the right order of what happened in the story?
a.Johnstone flew back to Britain to propose to his girlfriend,Amy Dolby.
b.Johnstone started working at a Sydney building site.
c.Johnstone went to Amy’s apartment in Britain with an engagement ring.
d.Johnstone proposed to Dolby over the phone.
e.They were waiting for their connecting flight in the airport in Singapore.
f.Dolby called Johnstone from Australia.
A.b—a—d—e—c—fB.c—a—b—e—f—d
C.b—a—e—c—f—dD.b—a—f—e—c—d

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Several factors make a good newspaper story. First,  1  ,it must be new. But since TV can react to events so quickly, this is often a problem for    2 . They usually respond    3  it in one of three ways.
One by providing   4   detail, comment or background information.
One by finding a new    5   on the day’s major stories.
One by printing completely different stories which   6  doesn’t broadcast.
What else? Well—it also has to be   7 . People don’t want to read about    8  , everyday life. Because of this,  many stories   9  some kind of conflict or danger. This is one reason why so much news seems to be   10   news, “ Plane lands safely—no-one hurt ”doesn’t sell newspapers. “Plane   11 —200 feared dead !” does .
Next, there’s human interest. People are interested in other   12  —particularly in the rich, famous and powerful. Stories about the private lives of pop singers, actors, models, politicians,   13 , all appear regularly in certain newspapers .
Finally, for many editors,   14  is an important factor, too. They prefer stories about people, places and events which their readers know. That’s   15  the stories in Tokyo’s newspapers are often very different from the stories printed in Paris, Cairo, New York or Buenos Aires.
小題1:
A.graduallyB.extremelyC.obviouslyD.precisely
小題2:
A.newspapersB.publicationsC.reportersD.broadcasters
小題3:
A.withB.onC.ofD.to
小題4:
A.extraB.a(chǎn)vailableC.reliableD.memorable
小題5:
A.directionB.lookC.a(chǎn)ngleD.section
小題6:
A.TVB.internetC.newspaperD.radio
小題7:
A.conventionalB.dramaticC.professionalD.sensitive
小題8:
A.commonB.usualC.ordinaryD.special
小題9:
A.urgeB.neglectC.increaseD.involve
小題10:
A.goodB.badC.excitingD.informative
小題11:
A.crashesB.bumpsC.strikesD.drops
小題12:
A.placesB.peopleC.thingsD.news
小題13:
A.in additionB.in any caseC.for exampleD.a(chǎn)fter all
小題14:
A.personalityB.similarityC.toleranceD.familiarity
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It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross’s campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within hours of arriving in Angola television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. “I knew the statistics,” she said, “But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13-year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her.”
The Princess concluded with a simple message: “We must stop landmines”. And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.
But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the press. They described her as “very ill-informed” and a “l(fā)oose cannon (亂放炮的人).”
The Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms: “This is a distraction we do not need. All I’m trying to do is help.”
Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their support for the Princess. To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess’s trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government’s policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the government.
To try and limit the damage, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkind, claimed that the Princess’s views on landmines were not very different from government policy, and that it was “working towards” a worldwide ban. The Defence Secretary, Michael Portillo, claimed the matter was “a misinterpretation or misunderstanding”.
For the Princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience had also given her the chance to get closer to people and their problems.
小題1: Princess Diana paid a visit to Angola in 1997______.
A.to voice her support for a total ban of landmines.
B.to clarify the British government’s stand on landmines.
C.to investigate the sufferings of landmine victims.
D.to establish her image as a friend of landmine victims.
小題2:. What did Diana mean when she said“…putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to
me” (Para.1)?
A.She just couldn’t bear to meet the landmine victims face to face.
B.The actual situation in Angola made her feel like going back home.
C.Meeting the landmine victims in person made her believe the statistics.
D.Seeing the pain of the victims made her realize the seriousness of the situation.
小題3: Some members of the British government criticized Diana because______.
A.she was ill-informed of the government’s policy.
B.they believed that she had misinterpreted the situation in Angola.
C.she had not consulted the government before the visit.
D.they were actually opposed to banning landmines.
小題4: How did Diana respond to the criticisms?
A.She made more appearances on TV.
B.She paid no attention to them.
C.She met the 13-year-old girl as planned.
D.She rose to argue with her opponents.
小題5: What did Princess Diana think of her visit to Angola?
A.It had caused embarrassment to the British government.
B.It had brought her closer to the ordinary people.
C.It had greatly promoted her popularity.
D.It had affected her relations with the British government.

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OPEC Decides not to Increase Production 
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The 11 oil ministers decided to meet again on July 3 to discuss the effects of the Iraq temporary stop .The organization’s president ,Chakib Khelil of Algeria ,said after the meeting that stocks were high and prices were stable ,so quota(配額) increases were not necessary .
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Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister Ali Al-Nuaimi had earlier said there would not be any shortage of oil in the market .The organization had already taken steps to fill the gap .he said .OPEC Secretary General Ali Rodriguez added that the period of the Iraq stopping exports was not known ,so other exporters were not going to lift quotas yet .If the market was destabilized (動搖的),a suitable response could be made .
Iraq on Monday stopped shipments of crude oil to protest against the U.N. Security Council’s decision to extend the oil-for–food program by only a month , instead of the normal six-month renewal(延期).
Just before the Vienna meeting , oil prices had gone up ,with a barrel of OPEC crude selling for 27.05 dollars ,up from 26.81 dollars last Friday .North sea oil was at 29.26 dollars Monday evening .
OPEC wants the oil price to stay within a margin of 22 to 28 dollars and achieved that with cuts in January and March that reduced 2.5 million barrels per day off quotas .
(Reports from SOHU English News HOMEPAGE (CHINESE) June 6 ,2001)
小題1:.Iraq made the decision to stop oil deliveries because ____ .
A  oil price is too low in the international market
B the U.N.Security Council has decided to shorten the time for the oil-for-food programme 
C many oil wells were destroyed during the war in the late 1980s
D it couldn’t get enough money to develop its economy
小題2:.The attitude the E.U. Commission took towards Iraq’s output stop is ___ .
A  active      B concerned      C cold      D surprising
小題3:“The organization ”here refers to _____ .
A OPEC       B  the E.U. Commission     C  the U.N. Security     D WHO
小題4:.The main idea of the passage is ____ .
A the oil prices in the world were stable though Iraq had stopped oil deliveries  
B OPEC wants the oil price to stay within a margin of 22 to 28 dollars
C OPEC will not increase oil production to make up the shortfall that is caused by Iraq .
D  oil is connected with people’s daily life
小題5:.The 11 oil ministers decided to meet on July 3 so that ____ .
A they can persuade Iraq to continue oil production 
B they can have a discussion about the effects of Iraq’s temporary oil stop
C  they can have a talk with the U.N. Security Council
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A new report says sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is melting more quickly than expected. American scientists say the ice is melting even faster than computer programs had estimated.
Scientists know that climate change has a major effect on the Arctic Ocean partly because sea ice is disappearing. They also know that areas of open seawater are expanding. Such areas are known to take in sunlight and increase temperatures. Scientists say this has helped to cause the loss of the Arctic’s ice cover.
For the study, the American scientists compared eighteen computer programs with observations made by satellites and other instruments. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change used the computer programs to prepare its 2007 estimates of climate change.
The computer programs gave estimates of the amount of ice in the Arctic Ocean in the month of September. September is when the Arctic has the least ice, after the warm, summer months. The computer estimates suggested an ice loss of two and a half percent for every ten-year period between 1953 and 2006.  
Newer studies of the Arctic have used information gathered by aircraft, satellites and ships. This information showed a loss of September ice cover of almost eight percent for every ten-year period between 1953 and last year. This means the ice is disappearing about thirty years faster than the computer programs estimated.
The scientists say the programs might not have recognized the full effect of increased carbon dioxide and other gases in Earth’s atmosphere. They say their study suggests the gases may have more of an effect than had been thought.
小題1:It is reported that sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is melting more quickly than expected mainly because _________.
A.climate changeB.sea ice’s disappearance
C.seawater’s expansionD.the loss of the Arctic’s ice cover
小題2: How did the scientists draw the conclusion that sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is melting more quickly than expected?
A.The scientists have been observing the Arctic Ocean for many years.
B.The scientists have compared the computer programs with observation made by satellites and other instruments.
C.The scientists have figured out many numbers with the help of computer.
D.The scientists have found that the seawater take in sunlight and increase temperatures.
小題3:If the ice melts at the present speed, by the end of this century the ice loss in the Arctic Ocean will be _________ according to newer studies.
A.22.5%B.35%C.72%D.100%
小題4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.The figures of the computer estimates are wrong.
B.Scientists study climate change through studying sea level.
C.Newer studies show gases may have more effect on sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.
D.The ice is melting even faster than satellites have estimated.
小題5:This report mainly warns human to _________.
A.prevent the sea ice in the Arctic Ocean from melting any more
B.pay more attention to the loss of the Arctic’s ice cover
C.take necessary steps to protect the environment of our earth
D.stop summer sea ice in the Arctic from disappearing so fast

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Neighbors rescued a woman from her burning home early Monday morning,and three firefighters were hurt putting out the flames in Green Bay.
The fire was discovered around 4 o'clock at a three-story home in the South Quincy Street on the city's east side. Investigators(調(diào)查者) say 68-year-old Mary Taylor lives there with her two dogs.
“I got out of bed and went to the front window and could hear somebody was yelling(叫喊),‘Fire!’” Curt Dworak said.When he realized what was happening, he threw on some clothes and ran to help. “I was just hoping Mary wasn't in there,but her car was in the driveway,so I just reacted,” he said, “I just broke the glass and then went in through the window.”
Dworak yelled for Mary but got no response. As he searched,the fire grew and debris(碎片) started falling around him. I didn't know what to do. I yelled for her a couple more times,and then I heard her. Disoriented(分不清方向的)and unable to move, Mary was sprawling(趴) on the floor in the back of her house,so Dworak picked her up and carried her to safety.
Dworak, who has been hailed as a hero by Green Bay Fire Department but shrugged of the praise,said,“They would have done the same thing. Mary is a nice lady,and how could you live with yourself if you didn't do something like that?”
Mary was up and talking before she was taken to the hospital to be checked out. Dworak escaped without a thin cut.
小題1:
As soon as Dworak realized there was a big fire,he        .
A.went to his front window and stood watching
B.put on his clothes quickly and rushed there
C.searched for Mary's crying in her room
D.put away his clothes and jumped off his house
小題2:
The sentence “ but her car was in the driveway” in Paragraph 3 implies(暗指) that
      .
A.Mary was just in the house.B.Mary's car was in Dworak's way.
C.Mary's car was broken.D.Mary's car was in good condition.
小題3:
The underlined Word “ hailed” in Paragraph 5 can be replaced by “         ”.
A.namedB.checkedC.praisedD.trained
小題4:
What can we learn from the passage?
A.It was Dworak who found the fire first.
B.Dworak was badly injured by the fire.
C.Mary lost consciousness in the flames.
D. Mary is friendly to her neighborhood.

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BEUING (Associated Press 美聯(lián)社) —China has a growing middle class, a tradition of expecting education and 21 million new babies every year. Selling educational toys should be easy.
While China may be the world’s biggest toy maker, many of the best are exported. Department stores here do not have enough toys of high quality. It is said that the demand for educational toys is low.
A US company, Baby Care, is trying to change that with a new way to sell toys in China.
Baby Care works basically together with doctors in Beijing hospitals.  People who join the company’s "mother club" can get lectures and newsletters on baby and child development at no extra cost, if they agree to spend 18 dollars a month on the company’s educational toys and child-care books.
"We want to build a seven year relationship with those people," said Matthew J. Estes, Baby Care’s president. "It starts during pregnancy (孕期), when the anxiety and needs are highest." Baby Care works on a one-to-one basis. Doctors, nurses, and teachers paid by Baby Care advise parents and explain toys that are designed for children at each stage of development to age six.
Baby Care opened its first store in China last June in a shopping center in central Beijing and another near Beijing Zoo. It plans to have 80 stores in China within six years.
It is a new model for China and develops a market in young children’s education and health that no other companies are in.
小題1:What do the first two paragraphs mainly tell us?
A.Educational toys and foreign toy markets.
B.Problems with China’s toy market and education.
C.Reasons for pushing sales of educational toys in China.
D.Baby population and various kinds of toys made in China.
小題2: Which of the following is a fact according to the passage?
A.Club members buy Baby Care products for free child care advice.
B.Doctors in Beijing help in making Baby Care products.
C.Parents are encouraged to pay $ 18 for club activities.
D.Baby Care trains Chinese doctors at no extra cost.
小題3: Baby Care is developing its business in China by ___________.
A.opening stores in Beijing hospitals
B.offering 18 month courses on child care
C.setting up children’s education centers
D.forming close relationships with parents
小題4:Which of the following would be the most suitable title for the passage?
A.Mother’s Club in China.B.Baby Care and Doctors.
C.American Company Model.D.Educational Toys in China.

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