Norm Pethrick, a 36-year-old man in Australia’s northern city Darwin, was praised on Thursday for jumping onto a crocodile’s（鱷魚） back to save his wife Wendy at Litchfield National Park, a popular tourist spot southwest of Darwin, a local newspaper reported.
Ms Pethrick was standing on a river bank Wednesday afternoon when the saltwater crocodile lunged (撲), locking its jaws on both her legs as it tried to drag her underwater.
Norm Pethrick, who with his wife had been collecting water, immediately went to help her. He jumped onto the back, poked (戳) the eyes of the crocodile and finally got his wife free.
Ms Pethrick was later taken to Royal Darwin Hospital for a medical treatment. The doctors said she was suffering eight puncture wounds (傷口) in her right leg, a puncture wound in her left leg and a serious cut to one of her fingers.
“This could have been a fatal and tragic situation,” said the general manager of Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), Dr Len Notaras, according to a local report.
He said Ms Pethrick was saved by her husband’s “quick and diligent actions”.
Dr Notaras also said she would remain in hospital for three to four days and have an operation to clean the wounds, which are easy to get infected because of bacteria (細(xì)菌) on the teeth of the crocodile
小題1:This passage is most likely to be found in _____.

A．a(chǎn) travel guide

B．a(chǎn) newspaper

C．a(chǎn) textbook

D．a(chǎn) novel

小題2:The crocodile attacked Ms Pethrick when she was ______.

A．swimming in the river

B．standing on the river bank

C．watching the crocodile

D．fishing in the water

小題3:Which of the following statements is TRUE about Ms Pethrick?

A．Her eyes were badly poked.

B．She had eight wounds altogether.

C．One of her fingers also got hurt.

D．One of the crocodile’s teeth was found in her leg.

小題4:According to the passage, Norm Pethrick can be described as following EXCEPT ______.

A．brave	B．diligent
C．quick	D．humorous

小題5:Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A．The husband should save the wife

B．A man saves wife’s life from crocodile’s jaws

C．A crocodile is not so dangerous as people imagine

D．Human beings can beat crocodiles sometimes

Nearly a thousand people laugh heartily together for half an hour every morning in a park in Shenzhen. Guangzhou Daily took a closer look at those happy people.
They are members of a group named Laughing Club, and when they get together, all they do is laugh.
Zhang Lixin, the founder of the club and regarded as the ‘laugh leader’, told the paper that laughing does him a lot of good. He started after he read some advice in a book and tried giggling after quarrelling with his wife to relax.
After laughing for a few days, Zhang found himself more outgoing and relaxed. Soon his wife joined him, bringing the family more laughter and less bickering.
When he got to know a kind of “l(fā)aughing yoga” is good for the health, Zhang went to Bombay to learn from the locals and developed what he learned into more than 30 ways of laughing.
The “l(fā)ion bellow (吼)”is to shout with the fingers outstretched near the ears. There is the “open mouth laugh”, the “bow-pulling laugh”, the “welcoming laugh” and even the “quarrelling laugh”, with different arm movements of laugh style.
The “l(fā)augh movement” swept over Shenzhen in a few of months, attracting tens of thousands of people to join, and has been followed in nearby cities such as Guangzhou.
Every morning at the lake front and at 8 pm on every Monday, Wednesday, Friday at the mountain peak square in Lianhua Mountain Park, club members gather to laugh and shout loudly.
小題1:From the first paragraph we know that _________________________.

A．Guangzhou Daily is the source of the information

B．those happy people come from Guangzhou Daily

C．there is a Guangzhou Daily office near Laughing Club

D．Guangzhou Daily supported the laugh movement

小題2:The people in Laughing Club laugh because they _____________________.

A．live a happy life	B．a(chǎn)lways feel happy
C．just can’t help it	D．want to relax themselves

小題3: Which of the underlined words has a meaning similar to “l(fā)aughing”?

A．Giggling.

B．Quarrelling.

C．Outgoing.

D．Bickering.

小題4:According to the passage, when cannot you see club members practicing laughing in Lianhua Mountain Park?

A．At 8 pm on Sunday.	B．At 8 pm on Monday.
C．At 8 pm on Friday.	D．At 8 pm on Wednesday.

小題5:What’s the idea expressed by the last two paragraphs?

A．The members of Laughing Club are increasing.

B．The laugh movement is becoming popular.

C．The laughing is done only in parks.

D．Laughing Club is practicing laughing hard.

An alcohol breath test (ABT) is often used by the police to find out whether a person is drunk while driving. In the United States, the legal blood alcohol limit is 0.08% for people aged 21 years or older, while people under 21 are not allowed to drive a car with any level of alcohol in their body. A “positive” test result, a result over the legal limit, allows the police to arrest the driver. However, many people who tested positive on the test have claimed that they only drank a “non-alcoholic” energy drink. Can one of these energy drinks really cause someone to test positive on an ABT? Researchers in Missouri set up an experiment to find out.
First, the amount of alcohol in 27 different popular energy drinks was measured. All but one had an alcohol level greater than 0.005%. In nine of the 27 drinks, the alcohol level was at least 0.096%.The scientists then investigated the possibility that these small levels of alcohol could be discovered by an ABT. They asked test subjects to drink a full can or bottle of an energy drink and then gave each subject an ABT one minute and 15 minutes after the drink was finished.
For 11 of the 27energy drinks, the ABT did find the presence of alcohol if the test was given within one minute after the drink was taken. However, alcohol could not be discovered for any of the drinks if the test was given 15 minutes after the drink was consumed. This shows that when the test is taken plays an important role in the test result. The sooner the test is conducted after the consumption of these drinks, the more likely a positive alcohol reading will be obtained.
小題1:What is the legal alcohol level for a 20-year-old driver in the US?

A．0.000%.

B．0.005%.

C．0.080%.

D．0.096%.

小題2:What is the purpose of the Missouri experiment?

A．To warn people of the dangers of drinking energy drinks.

B．To introduce a new method of calculating blood alcohol levels.

C．To discover the relation between energy drinks and ABT test results.

D．To change the current legal alcohol limit for drivers in the United States.

小題3:The underlined word “subjects” in Paragraph 2 refers to_____.

A．the things that are being discussed

B．a(chǎn)reas of knowledge studied in school

C．the person in an experiment

D．the people who belong to a country

小題4:Which of the following affects the ABT test result most for energy drink consumers?

A．The age of the person who takes the test.

B．The place where the test is given.

C．The equipment that the test uses.

D．The time when the test is taken.

Three astronauts returned to Earth safely on Wednesday after a successful 15-day mission （任務(wù)）, marking another step forward towards the country’s goal of building a manned space station by 2020.
Zhang Youxia, commander-in-chief of China’s manned space program, said the Shenzhou X mission was a “complete success”.
The Shenzhou X landed safely in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at about 8:07 a.m. on June 26, 2013. All three astronauts were in good physical condition.
Nie Haisheng, commander of the Shenzhou X crew and a second-time space traveler, was the first to get out of the bowl-like module（艙）, followed by Wang Yaping, the only female astronaut of the mission, and Zhang Xiaoguang. During a brief welcoming ceremony held at the landing area, the astronauts waved happily to a crowd consisting of officers, the search and recovery team, and health personnel.
“It feels really good to be back home,” said astronaut Nie Haisheng.
“We are dreamers, and we have now realized our dream,” said Zhang Xiaoguang. “Our space dream knows no limit, and our hard work will never stop,” he said.
Compared with its previous mission Shenzhou IX last year, the Shenzhou X is no longer experimental but considered an applicable shuttle（航天飛機(jī)）system for sending astronauts and supplies to orbiting modules. The mission aims to further test technologies designed for docking（對(duì)接）and supporting astronauts’ stay in space, as well as to use new technologies related to the construction of a space station.
In its 15-day journey in space, Shenzhou X docked with the orbiting space lab Tiangong-1 twice, once through automatic operation and the other manual（手控的）.The Tiangong-1 space lab has been in orbit for more than 600 days. It’s designed to work for two years. The module is considered the first step in building a permanent space station in the future. And the astronauts spent 12 days in Tiangong-1, where they conducted space medical experiments, technical tests and gave a science lesson to students on Earth on June 19 about basic physics principles. The lecture was the second video class sent from space, with US astronaut Barbara Morgan’s 25-minute class being the first in 2007.
China is the third country after the United States and Russia to acquire the technologies and skills necessary for space rendezvous（交會(huì)）and docking procedures, as well as supply manpower and material for an orbiting module via different docking methods.
Previous docking procedures conducted between Shenzhou-type spacecraft and the orbiting space lab included two automated dockings by the unmanned Shenzhou-8 in 2011 and both an automated and manual docking by the manned Shenzhou-9 in 2012.
Since its first manned space space mission in 2003, China has sent ten astronauts and six spacecrafts into the space.
小題1:According to the passage, the Shenzhou X ________.

A．was sent into space on June 11, 2013

B．is still an experimental shuttle system

C．sent many supplies to the manned space station

D．returned to Earth safely on the afternoon of June 26

小題2:China sent the Shenzhou X into space to ________.

A．learn how to make use of a manned space station

B．prove the importance of the manned space program

C．experiment on how to make astronauts stay in space safely

D．test new technologies for the construction of a space station

小題3: We can learn from the passage that ________.

A．Nie Haisheng is the only male astronaut of the mission

B．The Tiangong-1 space lab was founded in 2012

C．China is the second country to give a space class

D．the Tiangong-1 was mainly designed to serve Shenzhou X

小題4:What is the best title for the passage?

A．China Prepares for Next Manned Mission

B．Shenzhou X Spacecraft Mission Is a Success

C．China’s Shenzhou X Is Now in Space

D．Astronauts of Shenzhou X Mission Are Meeting Media

Sports News of the Week
Bolt gains 100m title again in Moscow

Last updated: Monday, Aug-12-2013, 08:54
USAIN BOLT of Jamaica won the men's 100 meters final during the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Moscow on Sunday．
Usain Bolt was made to look human by a combination of a Russian rainstorm and a fired-up Justin Gatlin on Sunday but the Jamaican superstar was still good enough to regain his world 100 meters title in a surging 9．77 seconds．
With former world and Olympic champion and twice-banned doper Gatlin leading at halfway, Bolt was forced to race a rival, rather than the clock．
Jason Dufner wins PGA Championship

Last Updated: Monday, August 12, 2013, 10:38
Jason Dufner won his first major title at the 95th PGA Championship, the top U．S． golf competition, seizing an early lead on Sunday at Oak Hill, Texas and holding on for victory despite a bogey-bogey finish．

The 36-year-old American, who squandered a four-shot lead with four holes to play in losing the 2011 PGA Championship, fired a final-round two-under par 68 to finish on 10-under par 270 for 72 holes．
Isinbaeva leads harvest day for host Russia at Moscow worlds

Last updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 10:35
Russia's "pole vault queen" Elena Isinbaeva ignited the Luzhniki stadium as she claimed her third world title on the fourth day of the 2013 IAAF World
Championships here on Tuesday, which saw host Russia harvested two gold and one silver medals in seven finals.
Ireland's Heffernan wins world walk title at 35 Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14,2013,15:15
Ireland's Robert Heffernan won the world championship 50km walk title on Wednesday as the 35-year-old finally tasted glory after 13 years of heartbreak and near-misses．
Heffernan, fourth in the 2012 Olympic 50km and fourth in both walks at last year's European championships, broke clear of Mikhail Ryzhov after 35km to deny Russia a clean sweep of the walks after they took gold in both 20km events earlier in the week．
小題1:When did Bolt regain the men's 100 meters final?

A．August 11．

B．August 12．

C．August 13．

D．August 14．

小題2:Where is the PGA held?

A．Jamaica．

B．Russia．

C．America．

D．Ireland．

小題3:______ won the world championship at last after trying hard for 13 years．

A．Jason

B．Bolt

C．Isinbaeva

D．Heffernan

“I stepped out and was flabbergasted,” local journalist Bahram Baloch told the BBC. “I could see this gray, dome-shaped (圓頂形的) body in the distance, like a giant whale swimming near the surface. Hundreds of people had gathered to watch it in disbelief.”
This island has become a global curiosity. How was it formed in just a few minutes?
As you might already know, many islands in the sea are formed by volcanoes. There are numerous volcanoes under the sea. As the hot lava erupts and cools down, it piles up and forms the shape of a mountain. When the mountain “grows” to higher than the sea level, the part that’s above the water is what we call an “island”.
This is how the island was formed after the Pakistan earthquake, except that instead of a regular volcano, it was a “mud volcano” that brought about this island. Lava is not the only thing that’s locked under the Earth’s crust — there is also gas. When an earthquake happens and breaks part of the crust, the gas is released at an extremely high speed, pushing mud up to the surface, according to National Geographic.
But only earthquakes that are extremely powerful can cause mud volcanoes to push up enough mud to produce islands — and this 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Pakistan was strong enough. The island is about 20 meters high, up to about 90 meters wide and 30 meters long, nearly the size of a soccer field.
In fact, mud volcano islands aren’t new. This is the fourth island of this kind in the region since 1945. But those islands usually didn’t last long.
“It will probably be gone within a couple of months,” said Bill Barnhart, a researcher with the US Geological Survey. After all, “it’s just a big pile of mud that was on the seafloor that got pushed up”.
小題1:What is the article mainly about?

A．The disastrous effects of coastal earthquakes.

B．The difference between mud volcanoes and regular volcanoes.

C．How islands are formed by mud volcanoes.

D．The great natural wonders of Pakistan.

小題2:The underlined word “flabbergasted” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to __________.

A．surprised

B．disappointed

C．worried

D．curious

小題3:We can infer from the article that __________.

A．the new island near the coast of Pakistan actually took a few months to form

B．scientists still know little about different types of volcanoes

C．a(chǎn)nother earthquake is likely to happen in Pakistan within a couple of months

D．not all volcanoes change the geological appearance of the Earth

小題4:According to the article, islands formed by mud volcanoes __________.

A．a(chǎn)re quite difficult to locate

B．usually disappear after a short period of time

C．a(chǎn)re formed by hot lava from volcanoes

D．used to be part of the Earth’s crust

A public high school in the rural town of Boonsboro，Maryland，offers a special program recently. Top students in the ninth and tenth grades can attend single－sex classes for math，science，English and social studies.
The aim is to help teenagers keep their mind on their work by keeping males and females apart. Rebecca Brown chooses the students for what Boonsboro High School calls the Academy. “What we really want to do is take that top group of kids and take them to the very highest level they can achieve here，so that they’re prepared for college，” she said. They need high marks and test scores and strong teacher recommendations. They also need to be involved in activities.
Michael Bair has been at Boonsboro High School for twenty years and directs the Academy. His ninth－grade English class for boys centers on books that he believes boys find interesting. “The novels they’re reading now，are very manly novels. They’re novels that deal with the arrogance(傲慢)of man and the pride of man.” One of those books，for example，is “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London. This classic story tells of a dog stolen from his home and sold to work as a sled dog in Canada’s Klondike Gold Rush.
On this day，the students are working in small groups. Vincent and Logan explain why they’re drawing pictures that relate to the story. Vincent said，“The main character，Buck，gets abducted(綁架),? and they send him off to the Yukon in a train. So I’m drawing part of the story where he’s in the train. It gets you to visualize the setting of the story and gets you to think more about what’s going on in the story，the important events of the story.”“ Instead of just doing work sheets about it，this is a lot more fun，” Logan added happily.
Morgan Van Fleet likes being in the Academy. She says boys and girls act differently when they are together in a classroom. “To me，it almost seems like it’s hindering(妨礙)? your chances at developing yourself because you’re more focused on ‘Oh，I wish they’d shut up. Oh，what do they think of me？’ instead of focusing on what’s the homework or what’s going on in this class，what’s the lesson.”
小題1:What is the purpose of the text?

A．To educate.

B．To persuade.

C．To instruct.

D．To introduce.

小題2:In Rebecca Brown’s opinion，________.

A．a(chǎn)ny student in Boonsboro High School can take part in the program

B．students in the program are expected to get well prepared for college

C．students can all achieve their highest levels in the program

D．students don’t have to join in the activities.

小題3:The underlined word “visualize” in Paragraph 4 probably means “________”．

A．form a picture of	B．pay a visit to
C．take a look at	D．have a gift for

小題4:What can we conclude from the text?____________.

A．Michael Bair considers it unsuitable for boys to read the book “The Call of the Wild”．

B．Vincent thinks that his drawings can help understand the novel better.

C．Jack London is a main character in the book “The Call of the Wild”．

D．Morgan Van Fleet thinks the program does no good to her.

小題5:The text is probably taken from________.

A．a(chǎn) school’s introduction	B．a(chǎn) teacher’s diary
C．a(chǎn) headmaster’s speech	D．a(chǎn) news report

JIUQUAN, China—China’s Shenzhou-9 spacecraft blasted off(點(diǎn)火升空)at 6:37 pm Saturday, from a remote desert in western China, sending a crew of three, including the country’s first female astronaut, into space.
The successful launch, powered by a Long March 2F rocket, was shown live on state television Saturday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert in western China.
The Chinese astronauts will complete the country’s first manned space docking mission(載入太空對(duì)接任務(wù)), an important step in Beijing’s ambitious plan to build a permanent space station by 2020. Possible future missions could include sending a man to the moon.
The crew is expected to spend more than 10 days in space and dock with the Tiangong-1 space lab module, which China launched in September 2011. Two of them will live and work inside the module to test its life-support systems, while the third will remain in the capsule to deal with any unexpected emergencies.
China first launched a man into space in 2003, followed by a two-man mission in 2005 and a three-man trip in 2008 that featured the country’s first spacewalk. In November 2011, the unmanned Shenzhou-8 successfully docked twice with Tiangong-1 by remote control. The manned docking would be considered a milestone for China’s space program.
China is hoping to join the United States and Russia as the only countries to send independently maintained space stations into orbit(軌道). It is already one of just three nations to have launched manned spacecraft on their own.
The program is a source of enormous national pride for China, reflecting its rapid economic and technological progress and ambition to rank among the world’s leading nations.
小題1:From the passage, we know that       .

A．China plans to build a permanent space station on the moon in the near future

B．the Shenzhou-9 will dock with Tiangong-1 for the third time

C．the success launch of Shenzhou-9 is a milestone for China’s space program

D．plenty of people had the opportunity to watch the live broadcast o the launch on TV

小題2:In space, the three astronauts will complete the following tasks EXCEPT______.

A．handling some emergencies	B．testing the life-support system
C．walking in space	D．docking with a space lab module

小題3:What can be concluded according to the passage?

A．More and more manned space stations will be sent into space from China.

B．The docking of Shenzhou-9 will be more successful than that of Shenzhou-8.

C．There are only three countries which sent space station into space.

D．The rapid development of China’s economy and technology has contributed a lot to the success of Shenzhou-9 program.

小題4:What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．China sent its first woman into outer space.

B．Shenzhou-9 sent three astronauts, including a female, into space.

C．China’s advanced space technology amazed the world.

D．Three Chinese astronauts began their space voyage.

While many other teen stars built up their celebrity status(名人地位) by working hard on popular TV shows, Justin shot straight to the top by using social media.
A few years ago, Justin uploaded(上傳) videos of himself on YouTube, showing covers of his favorite songs at home. He just saw it as a bit of fun for friends and family, but when music manager Scooter Braun saw one of the videos, he flew to Justin’s hometown of Ontario, Canada to sign him up. Justin was just 13.
Shortly after, Justin was flown to the US. He eventually started working with R&B superstar Usher. Justin’s first album My world was released in 2009. But all the time, Justin continued to build his fan base on his YouTube account, where some of his original home videos can still be found, and where he continues to post music. “I wasn’t sending mixtapes or anything like that to record labels,” he told us when we met him on his promotional tour for his latest film Justin Bieber: Never Say Never. “I was just doing regular stuff at home and I just posted videos online without purpose. I would never be here if it wasn’t for the Internet and YouTube.”
But it isn’t just YouTube that helps Justin’s popularity. He also updates his Twitter account (@Justin-Bieber) regularly and has about 8.8 million followers. In fact, he’s so popular that Justin was responsible for 3% of the site’s activity at one time and so popular that entire racks of servers on Twitter were devoted to him.
In light of his story, many young, aspiring artists are now taking advantage of Twitter and YouTube. Both these sites can help artists build fan bases in the hope that they’ll become the next big thing. Justin added, “I think my story brings hope to people and I think that’s very important. The only thing holding you back is yourself. Never say never.”
小題1:What is the best title for the passage?

A．A famous young man	B．YouTube---A popular website
C．Justin’s way to success	D．Social media is the most important

小題2:The underlined word “covers” in Paragraph 2 means_____.

A．The cover of a book.

B．The shelter from attack.

C．The sheet on the bed.

D．Another version of a pop song by a different artist.

小題3:Which one is right according to the passage?

A．Justin posted videos online in order to succeed.

B．Justin becomes a celebrity partly owing to social media.

C．Justin has the same way to succeed as others.

D．Justin has built many websites.

小題4:What can we know from Paragraph 5?

A．Many young, aspiring artists are objection to Justin’s way.

B．Many celebrities like Justin must appear in the future.

C．Justin tells others never to depend on social media.

D．Justin has set an example to many young, aspiring artists.