Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao promised that the country would take actions to improve school bus safety on Sunday, a day after China saw its second terrible school bus accident in November, 2011.
“School buses should be safe mobile campuses(校园) for students,” the premier said at a national meeting on women and children, “Society(社会) should remember in mind that children should be the first to enjoy all kinds of social caring and the last ones to suffer from any disaster.”
School buses have become a hot topic in China since the deaths of 21 people, including 19 pre-school students, in a traffic accident between a truck and a school-owned minibus in Gansu province on Nov. 16, 2011. The nine-seat minibus was carrying 64 people at the time of the accident, according to the reports.
The second accident, in which a school bus in the northern province of Liaoning rolled over on Friday, left 35 people injured, according to China Daily.
“In recent days, a series of big accidents involving school buses has led to great anger among the people. These accidents have also made me uncomfortable,” said Mr Wang, an old teacher from Jiangsu. And he also thought that school bus safety must become a serious problem for schools and the government.
Premier Wen has already asked the government to develop new safety standard (标准) for school buses and made sure to help local government with safe buses for school-age children.
1.How many seats did the minibus in Gansu province have before it was turned into a school bus?
A. 64 B. 21 C. 9 D. 19
2.What does “roll over” mean in Paragraph 4?
A. 倒车B. 翻车C. 撞车D.飞车
3.How did Mr Wang feel when such accidents happened?
A. nervous B. angry C. stressed D. tired
4.Which of the following sentences is Not True?
A. 21 pre-school students died in the school bus traffic accident in Gansu.
B. 35 people were hurt in the school bus accident in Liaoning.
C. Mr. Wang thought school bus safety was a serious problem.
D. The government has been asked to develop new safety standard for school buses.
On March 31, 2013, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health of Hong Kong and the Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission notified(通知) the World Health Organization of three confirmed human cases of influenza A (H7N9) in Shanghai and Anhui. On April 2, the CHP confirmed four more cases in Jiangsu province.
The first reported death associated(与……有联系) with H7N9 was an 87-year-old man who died on March 4. A second man, Wu Liangliang, aged 27, died on March 10. On April 3, Chinese government reported another death, bringing the number to three. On April 4, the number of reported cases was 14, with 5 deaths. On April 6, 2013, the Chinese Ministry of Health reported 18 positive cases, death toll still at 6. Two days later, positive cases rose to 24 and one death case from Shanghai brought the death toll to 7.
The World Health Organization reiterated(重申) there was still no evidence of human-to-human transmission(传播) of the new strain of H7N9 bird flu.
1.The first person died of H7N9 on ______________.
A. March 4 B. March 10 C. March 31 D. April 2
2.On April 26, the number of reported cases was _________.
A. 50B. 100 C. 120 D. 130
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. We have known the H7N9 bird flu could be transmitted between people.
B. On April 8, 2013, the positive cases rose up to twenty-five.
C. In the report, there were 24 positive cases and 7 people died in all.
D. The transmission only happened in Shanghai.
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Once I spoke at a high school. After the speech, the principal asked me to see a special student. An had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him. I agreed.
He was Matthew. he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to see five, then they were told would not make it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal weight lifter.
I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. He spoke about and succeeding and seeking（追寻）his dreams.
When we finished talking, I went to my and pulled out the first gold medal I won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about and overcoming obstacles（克服障碍）than I ever would. He looked at it for a while, then took it off and handed it to me. He said, “You are a champion. You earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.”
Last summer I got the news that Matthew had and a letter Matthew had written to me a few days before:
Dear Rick,
My mom said I should send you a thank-you letter. The doctors are to tell me that I don't have long to live any more. But I still smile as much as I can.
I told you that in the future I was going to the Olympics and win a gold medal. But I know now I'll . I know I'm a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you.
Thank you for loving me.
Your friend
Matthew
1.A. excuse B. effect C. operation D. illness
2.A. While B. When C. Although D. Because
3.A. they B. he C. she D. him
4.A. winning B. teaching C. playing D. working
5.A. home B. desk C. classroom D. bag
6.A. failure B. success C. luck D. smile
7.A. around B. in C. back D. down
8.A. went away B. passed away C. stayed away D. moved away
9.A. surprised B. brave C. sorry D. happy
10.A. never B. ever C. often D. seldom
—Sir, would you mind my sitting next to you?
—__________. My father will sit here in a minute.
A. Never mind B. Not at all C. Of course not D. You’d better not
In the UK, a woman usually doesn’t like to be asked ___________.
A. where she comes from B. how much she weighs
C. whether she had been married D. what is her age
