A. someone who can deal with the business all by himself B. someone who doesn’t stand on other people’s feet C. someone who has nothing wrong with his feet
D. someone who can understand money and can earn a lot of it 5. From the passage, we can tell it must be _________. A. a letter B. a lecture C. a call
D. an advertisement
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Fire fighting is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save people’s lives. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone else in the family, such as stairways and emergency exits, but not elevators.
From the lower floors of buildings, escape through windows is possible. Learn the best way to get out from a window with the least chance of serious injury.
The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average person, hanging by the fingertips will have a drop of about 6 feet to the ground. It is about the
height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way down than to stay in a burning building.
Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed before opening the window. Otherwise, smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may have leaked into the room.
On the second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those which open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement might end in injury. Bushes and trees can help you to have a soft landing.
1. Which of the following should not be used when trying to escape from a fire? A. Windows. B. Elevators. C. Fire exits. D. Stairways.
2. How far from the ground is the second floor window? A. About 12 feet. B. About 6 feet.
C. About the height of an average man. D. Nearly 10 feet.
3. According to the passage, windows are _______ of escaping a fire. A. the only way. B. the best way.
C. safer than any other ways.
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D. one of the possible ways.
4. The writer suggests that _______. A. breathing in smoke might be harmful
B. smoke will enter the room through an open window C. fresh air can’t reach the second floor window
D. to keep you head low will help you to escape a fire
5. If you are on the second or third floor when a fire breaks out, you’d better get to the roof and _______.
A. drop directly onto the ground
B. firstly drop onto a roof then onto the cement
C. drop from a roof window then onto bushes or trees D. drop onto the cement rather than bushes and grass
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Moods, say the experts, are feelings that tend to become fixed, influencing one’s outlook for hours, days or even weeks. That’s great if your mood is a pleasant one, but a problem if you are sad, anxious, angry or simply lonely.
Perhaps the best way to deal with such moods is to talk them out; sometimes, though, there is no one to listen. Modern pharmacology（药理学）offers a lot of tranquilizers（镇静剂）.What many people don’t realize, however, is that scientists have discovered the effectiveness of several non-drug methods to set you loose from an unwanted mood. These can be just as useful as drugs, and have the added benefit of being nonpoisonous. So next time you feel out of sorts, don’t head for the drug-store but try the following methods.
Of all the mood-altering self-help techniques, aerobic exercise seems to be the most efficient cure for a bad mood. “If you could keep up the exercise, you’d be in high spirits”, says Kathryn Lance, author of Running for Health and Beauty.
Researchers have explained biochemical and various other changes that make exercise compare favorably to drugs as a mood raiser. Physical exertion such as housework, however, does little. The key is aerobic exercise, running, cycling, walking, swimming or other repetitive and sustained activities that increase the heart rate, increase blood circulation and improve the body’s use of oxygen. Do some of the activities for at least 20 minutes a session three to five times a week.
1. What is the main subject discussed in the passage? A. How to beat a bad mood. B. How to talk bad moods out. C. How to do physical exercises. D. How to join in aerobic exercises.
2. According to the passage, all of the statements are true EXCEPT that ________. A. climbing is an efficient cure for a bad mood B. moods can have a bad effect on people’s health
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C. aerobic exercise can help people get rid of bad moods D. pharmacology has provided people with many tranquilizers
3. “Feel out of sorts” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by “________ ”. A. put things in order B. are in high spirits C. are in a bad mood D. search for tranquilizers
4. It can be inferred from the passage that _______. A. some drugs are more effective than physical exercises
B. a person does not need aerobic exercise if he is in a good mood C. the best way to overcome a bad mood is to talk to oneself D. when in a bad mood, one may not work very efficiently 5. What will not be changed in body when we have exercise? A. Blood circulation. B. Heart rate. C. Intelligence. D. Oxygen use.
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Do you have bright ideas? Ideas for inventions that change society or, at least, make life easier for somebody? Perhaps we all do sometimes but we don't often make the idea a reality. Recently, in Britain, there was a competition called British Designers for
Tomorrow. The competition encouraged young people to carry out their ideas. There were two groups in the contest: Group One was for school children under 16. And there were eleven prize-winners altogether.
Neil Hunt, one of the prize-winners, was called “Sunshine Superman”. It's important when people study the weather to be able to record sunshine accurately. We need to know how many hours of sunshine we have and how strong it is .Most sunshine recorders only record direct sunlight. Neil's more accurate and this is very important for research into way of using solar power.
You can do so much with animated cartoon. Look at Simon West's idea for animated road signs. He uses pictures which appear to move as you go nearer to or farther from them. This isn't a new idea. But it is mew to use these pictures on road signs. “We found that people were more likely to see moving signs,” said Simon, now you can really see rocks falling, trains moving, horses running or a car falling over the edge of a cliff. Write a warning!
The ideas in the competition were so inventive that we are surprised that British
industry doesn't ask more school children for suggestions. Perhaps this will be the start of “pupil power!”.
1. The writer holds that people seldom _______. A. have bright ideas
B. turn their bright ideas into reality
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C. make their life easier
D. think of inventing something
2. The organizers of the competition hoped the school children who took part in it would _______.
A. become good designers for future Britain B. invent something for immediate use
C. design something useful for the next day D. win as many prizes as they could
3. Neil Hunt's design would finally lead to the improvement of the way of _______. A. recording direct sunshine
B. recording the hours of sunshine C. using the energy of the sun D. knowing how strong sunlight is
4. What's the use of Simon West's animated road signs? ____ A. To warn people to be careful while working
B. To warn People on the roads of the danger ahead C. To add to the beauty of a city
D. To help make a car trip more exciting.
5. The writer seems to be encouraging the British industry to ______. A. take better care of school children B. help school children in their studies
C. stop asking school children for suggestions
D. pay more attention to school children's inventive power
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Tom Brennan was working in a Philadelphia office building when he noticed a black bag .The bag contained a book.
This chance discovery ended a 12-day search by the Library Company of Philadelphia for a historical treasure -- a 120-page diary kept 190 years ago by Deborah Logan ,“a woman who everybody knew in her day ,” James Green, the librarian told the magazine. Most of the diary is a record of big events in Philadelphia. It also includes a description of British soldiers burning Washington, D.C., in the war of 1812. She describes president James Madison on horseback as “perfectly shaking with fear” during the troubled days. George Washington, she writes, mistook her for the wife of a Frenchman and praised her excellent English.
The adventure of the lost book began September 4 when Cory Luxmoore arrived from England to deliver the diary of his ancestor （祖先）to the Library Company, which he and his wife considered to be the best home for the diary.
Green told American Libraries he had the diary in his possession “about five minutes” when Luxmoore took it back because he had promised to show it to one other person .On returning to his hotel after showing the precious book to Green, Luxmoore was shocked to realize that he had left it in the taxi.
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Without any delay, Green began calling every taxi company in the city, with no luck. “I’ve felt sick since then”, Luxmore told reporters.
According to Green, no one had yet learned how the diary came to the office building. Tom Brennan received a reward of 1,000, Philadelphia gained another treasure for its history, and Luxmoore told reporters, “It’s wonderful news. I’m on high.” 1. This article mainly tells about the story of ________. A. a lost diary B. Debrah Logan C. Cory Luxmoore
D. The Library Company
2. From the text, we learn that the diary is now owned by ________. A. Tom Brennan
B. an unknown person C. a Philadelphia
D. the Libray Company Philadelphia
3. Philadelphia is thought to be the best name for the diary because ________. A. it was written in Philadelphia B. it tells stories about Philadelphia
C. people in the city are interested in old things
D. the British and the Americans once fought in Philadelphia
4. Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to the diary? a. Tom Brennan found the book in an office building. b. The book was shown to James Green. c. Cory Luxmoore arrived from England. d. The book was left behind in a taxi. A. a, b, c, d B. c, b, d, a C. a, c, d, b D. c, a, b, d
5. What did Cory Luxmoore mean when he said “I’m on high?” A. I’m rich. B. I’m famous. C. I’m excited. D. I’m lucky.
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The first newspapers were written by hand and put up on walls in public place. The earliest daily newspaper was started in Rome in 59 BC. In the 700’s the world’s first printed newspaper was published. Europe didn’t have a regularly published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.
The first regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published once a week. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Couran. It came
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