An Announcement

   It was a small town which lay by the coast. Most people there lived by catching fish. The hurricanes often struck the area from July to October. Some of the people died on the sea when their boats were blown over by the high winds. So they paid much attention to the weather forecasts (预报). They were afraid to meet with the hurricanes when they were catching fish on the sea. Each of the families had a radio and people always took them with themselves and listened to them at any time.

It was September. A hurricane attacked the town one night. Plenty of trees were pushed over and all the electric and telephone lines were broken. People couldn’t watch TV, or call their friends, or go to work. To their anger, they couldn’t listen to the weather forecasts the Town Radio Station broadcast. The food and fresh water would soon be in  short and the patients couldn’t be given medical care—no medicine could be carried there. People didn’t know what would happen and they looked anxious.

On the fourth day they read an announcement(通告)on the Town Weekly. It was written, “Recently we have to stop the weather forecast because of the bad weather. We usually get the forecasts from the airport. But the roads are all blocked by the fallen trees and stones. Whether or not we’ll be able to broadcast the weather forecast tomorrow depends on the weather!”

1．The people in the town often took radios with themselves because　　   .

A. they felt lonely when catching fish on the sea and listened to the weather forecasts

B. they were interested in the weather forecasts

C. they couldn’t watch TV on the sea

D. they hoped to listen to some good news

2．　　   ,so they paid much attention to the weather forecast.

A. They hoped to escape from the hurricanes

B. Some people had their boats blown over and died on the sea

C. Hurricanes could push over the trees

D. people in the town like to talk about the weather

3．In a word,　　   .

A. the weather forecast would soon be broadcast

B. the weathermen couldn’t forecast the weather

C. the weather would soon be fine

D. the weathermen felt sorry

4．Read the announcement, the people were　　   .

A. encouraged　　　　  B. happy　　　　    C. excited　　　　　　  D. disappointed

   It was a small town which lay by the coast. Most people there lived by catching fish. The hurricanes often struck the area from July to October. Some of the people died on the sea when their boats were blown over by the high winds. So they paid much attention to the weather forecasts (预报). They were afraid to meet with the hurricanes when they were catching fish on the sea. Each of the families had a radio and people always took them with themselves and listened to them at any time.

It was September. A hurricane attacked the town one night. Plenty of trees were pushed over and all the electric and telephone lines were broken. People couldn’t watch TV, or call their friends, or go to work. To their anger, they couldn’t listen to the weather forecasts the Town Radio Station broadcast. The food and fresh water would soon be in  short and the patients couldn’t be given medical care—no medicine could be carried there. People didn’t know what would happen and they looked anxious.

On the fourth day they read an announcement(通告)on the Town Weekly. It was written, “Recently we have to stop the weather forecast because of the bad weather. We usually get the forecasts from the airport. But the roads are all blocked by the fallen trees and stones. Whether or not we’ll be able to broadcast the weather forecast tomorrow depends on the weather!”

1．The people in the town often took radios with themselves because　　   .

A. they felt lonely when catching fish on the sea and listened to the weather forecasts

B. they were interested in the weather forecasts

C. they couldn’t watch TV on the sea

D. they hoped to listen to some good news

2．　　   ,so they paid much attention to the weather forecast.

A. They hoped to escape from the hurricanes

B. Some people had their boats blown over and died on the sea

C. Hurricanes could push over the trees

D. people in the town like to talk about the weather

3．In a word,　　   .

A. the weather forecast would soon be broadcast

B. the weathermen couldn’t forecast the weather

C. the weather would soon be fine

D. the weathermen felt sorry

4．Read the announcement, the people were　　   .

A. encouraged　　　　  B. happy　　　　    C. excited　　　　　　  D. disappointed

CPR is cardiopulmonary resuscitation (心肺复苏). It forces air into the lungs and pumps(用泵抽) blood and oxygen to the brain in order to increase the chances that a person whose heart stops will survive. It increases the chances that he or she will suffer little or no brain damage.
The American Heart Association suggests two ways to perform CPR. One combines the use of hands to pump the victim’s chest with rescue breathing. The other method is called “Hands-Only CPR”, which is for people who are unwilling or unable to perform rescue breathing. Some people fear infection(感染). Others say they are afraid of making the patient worse.
But the American Heart Association strongly asks people in contact with a victim(受害者) to take action and tells how to take it. It says you can recognize a person needing CPR. He or she is unconscious(无意识) -- unable to communicate or react to surroundings or speech. His or her skin has lost color. The person is not breathing. If such conditions describe the situation, chances are the heart has stopped beating.
You should act by calling for help, or sending someone else. Even if you cannot do mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing, you can perform Hands-Only CPR. You can do chest compressions(压迫) that help to keep blood flowing to the brain and the heart. To perform the compressions, place one hand over the other and press firmly on the center of the victim’s chest. Push down about five centimeters. Aim for one hundred compressions each minute.
Doctor Sayre suggests that medical workers do both the breathing method and chest compressions as usual. He says some victims, including babies, need the mouth-to-mouth breathing with the compressions. Still, the doctor says it is better to do just chest compressions than to do nothing.
 

Elizabeth Clay decided to go home and spend the holiday with her parents. The next day she drove her old car home along the road.    36    she found she got a flat tire（轮胎）. The 22-year-old student   37     to stop her car by the side of the road in the winter night and opened the trunk. No spare tire.

At this time, a car    38   . Paul and Diane told Clay to    39     them to a service station near their    40    . They arrived to see that it had no suitable tires to              41    with her car. “Follow us home,” said Paul.

The couple called around to find a tire. No   42   . They decided to let her use their own car. “Here,” Paul said, handing Clay a set of keys, “Take our car. We won’t be using it over the holiday.”

Clay was   43    . “But I’m going all the way to South Carolina, and I’ll be gone for two weeks.” she   44    them.

“We know,” Paul said. “We’ll be  45   when you get back. Here’s our number if you need to   46     us.”

Unable to believe her eyes, Clay watched as the   47   put her luggage into their car and then sent her off. Two weeks later she   48   to find her old car cleaned inside and out with three new tires and the radio    49  .

“Thank you so much,” she said. “How much do I owe you?” “Oh, no,” Paul said, “we don’t want any money. It’s our   50   .” Clay realized that while it might have been their pleasure, it was now her duty to pass on their “do unto others” spirit.

A．Suddenly      B．Finally     C．Immediately D．Fortunately

A．liked         B．wanted     C．allowed    D．managed

A．passed         B．stopped    C．went      D．started

A．help           B．push        C．take        D．follow

A．garage        B．house       C．shop        D．hotel

A．agree          B．come       C．go          D．deal

A．problem       B．message   C．success     D．luck

A．interested     B．worried    C．suprised    D．sad

A．persuaded     B．advised    C．reminded        D．promised

A．happy         B．here       C．away       D．busy

A．get in touch with             B．keep in touch with

            C．be in touch with               D．put in touch with

A．repairmen     B．cleaners   C．friends     D．couple

A．shocked        B．happened        C．returned   D．came

A．done          B．repaired   C．tied        D．rebuilt

A．wish          B．job         C．duty        D．pleasure   

Aggressive pedestrians are in fact as dangerous as careless drivers. They cause traffic accidents, injury and death.
These dangerous walkers can be seen in any big city all over the world. About 69% of last year’s pedestrian deaths in the US occurred in urban areas. They cross streets ignoring “DON’T WALK” signals, suddenly appear without warning from behind parked vehicles, walk slowly at crossroads with cell phones attached to heads, blocking traffic.
These pedestrians and drivers share a common disregard for the rules of the road, both for selfish reasons. The drivers believe in the power of their machines. If their machines can go faster, they believe they have the right to go faster. If their machines are bigger, they believe they have the right to push smaller vehicles aside. Aggressive pedestrians, on the other hand, believe in the primacy(首位) of the individual, the idea that they are first in any environment, under any circumstances, even when they are on foot in a roaring tide of steel and rubber.
Last year, an estimated 5,220 pedestrians died in traffic accidents. Some 69,000 pedestrians were injured. On average, that worked out to one pedestrian killed in a traffic crash every 101 minutes, and one injured every eight minutes.
The good news is that the accident rate is dropping. For example, the number of pedestrians killed last year was 24 percent less than the number killed in traffic accidents a decade earlier. The bad news is that the basic causes of pedestrian deaths remain pretty much the same----disregard for traffic signals, inattention and crossing roads under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Alcohol, in fact, was involved in 46 percent of the traffic accidents that resulted in pedestrian deaths. Of those, 31 percent of the pedestrians were found to be drunk.
The bottom line is that the pedestrians must do more to protect their lives as well as the lives of other road users. They can start by obeying traffic signals, using marked cross-walks and calling a cab when they’ve had too much to drink.
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