Being safe in your everyday life needs knowledge(知识)．If you remember the following information，your life will be much safer．
·Always notice the environment around you．You shouldn’t walk alone outside．Make sure where the public phones are．If anything dangerous happens，you can find them easily．
·Your bag should be carried towards the front of your body instead of putting it on your back．When a bus is full of people, it is easy enough for a thief to take away the things in the bag on your back．
·If you are followed by someone whom you don’t know, cross the street and go to the other way，let the person understand that you know he or she is after you．Next，don’t go home at once．You are safer in the street than you are alone in your home or in a lift(电梯)．
· If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop a few minutes earlier before the bus leaves．This stops other people from studying you．On the bus，don’t sit alone．Sit behind the driver or with other people．Don’t sleep．
【小题1】Which of the following is NOT safe when you are out?

A．Go home alone late at night．	B．Make sure where the public phones are．
C．Don’t get to the bus stop too early．	D．Always notice the environment around you．

【小题2】You’d better put your bag    when there are too many people on a bus．

A．on your back	B．beside you
C．in front of you	D．behind the driver

【小题3】What can you learn from the text?

A．How to notice the environment around you．

B．How to be safe in your everyday life

C．How to cross the street

D．How to use the public phones

Eighty-year-old retired tailor, James McKay, spent Saturday night in jail after     thirty-year-old Keith Smith over the head       his walking stick. McKay's wife, Laurence told us that while McKay is usually a       person, he had been       to this act of violence by getting wet just once too often.

Smith lives above the McKays and it appears that not only is he a keen gardener, he is also a       collector. Unfortunately for him, the water he sent over his balcony every day ended up on the McKay's, or too often, on the McKays      .

“For the last fortnight, since Smith moved into the flat above us, we have hardly dared to go to our      ,” said Laurence. She added that it wasn't so much the water falling onto their balcony from Smith watering his plant       bothered them, it was more the way he cleaned his fish tanks. “We'd be       there happily reading our newspapers, when       so much water would come from above that we'd be as wet as if we'd       with our clothes on! Neither could we get rid of the       of fish!”

And on Saturday evening it was just too      . “It was James's birthday,” explained Laurence, “and I'd made him a birthday cake. The candles were a great sight as you can imagine, but James didn't get to blow them out.”      , Smith emptied one of his larger tanks over his balcony and both the McKays and the cake were wet      . Rarely had Laurence seen McKay move so fast. “I couldn't       him. He was up there in a flash. It was the fastest I'd seen him move since 1964.”

Smith is not going to take things further with the police. He has also promised to change his       from now on. And what of James McKay?       he left the police station, a large crowd of supporters sang him, “Happy Birthday”. “      the most exciting birthday      !” said the cheerful old man. “The best since my adolescence I'd say!”                 

11．A. hitting B. tapping       C. pushing      D. touching

12．A. by      B. via      C. through      D. with

13．A. quiet   B. peaceful     C. sensitive     D. stubborn

14．A. accustomed       B. taken   C. driven D. attracted

15．A. fish     B. seed    C. plant   D. newspaper

16．A. himself       B. itself   C. themselves D. herself

17．A. bathroom   B. kitchen       C. bedroom    D. balcony

18．A. which B. what   C. that     D. whether

19．A. sitting B. exercising   C. sleeping      D. eating

20．A. regularly     B. unconsciously   C. precisely    D. suddenly

21．A. swum B. showered   C. watered      D. drowned

22．A. taste   B. sense  C. feeling D. smell

23．A. little    B. soon   C. late     D. much

24．A. Beside B. Instead       C. Otherwise  D. Consequently

25．A. over    B. across C. through      D. down

26．A. stop    B. blame  C. ignore D. stand

27．A. views  B. attitude       C. ways  D. mind

28．A. While  B. Since  C. Until   D. As

29．A. Sincerely    B. Impossibly  C. Definitely   D. Previously

30．A. before B. ever    C. already       D. since

It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2008．While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone.

The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries，saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live.

I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before. People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect on our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity as a whole. And it has influenced us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can be everlasting.   

1．Why was the bike so important to the couple?

      A．The man’s job was bike racing.            B．It was their only possession.

     C．It was a nice Kona 18 speed.               D．They used it for work and daily life.

2．We can infer from the text that _______

      A．the couple worked 60 hours a week.     B．people were busy before Christmas

      C．the stranger brought over the bike        D．life was hard for the young family.

3．Which of the following is TRUE?

      A．The author’s husband often parked the bike beside the back door.

      B．The author used to get to work by bike.

      C．Several strangers offered bikes to them, but they only accepted one of them.

      D．Somebody had stolen their bike before, but soon returned it to the author.

4．What do the couple learn from their experience?

      A．Strangers are usually of little help.       B．One should take care of their bike.

      C．News reports make people famous.     D．An act of kindness can mean a lot.