A schoolgirl saved her father's life by kicking him in the chest after he suffered a serious allergic (过敏的) reaction which stopped his heart.
Izzy, nine, restarted father Colm's heart by stamping (踩) on his chest after he fell down at home and stopped breathing.
Izzy's mother, Debbie, immediately called 999 but Izzy knew doctors would never arrive in time to save her father, so decided to use CPR.
However, she quickly discovered her arms weren't strong enough, so she stamped on her father's chest instead.
Debbie then took over with some more traditional chest compressions (按压) until the ambulance(救护车)arrived.
Izzy, who has been given a bravery award by her school, said: "I just kicked him really hard. My mum taught me CPR but I knew I wasn't strong enough to use hands. I was quite afraid. The doctor said I might as well be a doctor or a nurse. My mum said that Dad was going to hospital with a big footprint on his chest.”
"She's a little star," said Debbie, "I was really upset but Izzy just took over. I just can't believe what she did. I really think all children should be taught first aid. Izzy did CPR then the doctor turned up. Colm had to have more treatment on the way to the hospital and we've got to see an expert."
Truck driver Colm, 35, suffered a mystery allergic reaction on Saturday and was taken to hospital, but was sent home only for it to happen again the next day. The second attack (发作)was so serious that his airway swelled, preventing him from breathing, his blood pressure dropped suddenly, and his heart stopped for a moment.
He has now made a full recovery (康复)from his suffering.
1.Izzy kicked her father in the chest ______ .
A. to express her helplessness
B. to practise CPR on him
C. to keep him awake
D. to restart his heart
2.What's the right order of the events?
① Izzy kicked Colm. ② Debbie called 999.
③ Izzy learned CPR. ④ Colm's heart stopped.
③ ① ② ④ B. ④ ② ③ ①
C. ③ ④② ① D. ④③ ① ②
3.What does Paragraph 8 mainly talk about?
A. What Colm suffered.
B. Colm's present condition.
C. What caused Colm's allergy.
D. Symptoms of Colm's allergic reaction.
4.Why does the author write the news?
A. To describe a serious accident.
B. To prove the importance of CPR.
C. To report a 9-year-old girl's brave act.
D. To call people's attention to allergic reaction.
假设你是李华,是一名高三学生。最近,你校广播站面向全体学生招募两名英语播
音员。你很想尝试一下,请根据下面的要点写一封自荐信。
1. 对播音感兴趣,受过专业训练,梦想成为一名播音员;
2. 擅长英语,去年获得英语竞赛第一名;
3. 希望被录取。
注意: 1. 词数100左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3. 开头和结尾已经写好,不计入总词数。
Dear Sir Or Madam,
I am Li Hua, a student in Grade 3
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I am looking forward to your early reply.
Yours,
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除: 把多余的词用斜线( \ )划掉。
修改: 在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2. 只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Mary is a high school student, who devoted herself to her lessons every day. Last Saturday,as usual, she went to several class. In the evening, she continued to study until deeply into night.She was too sleepy and tired that she couldn’t work effectively. On the Sunday morning, she wasabout to do her lessons while her father came up and advised her to take a break. Soon they came up a good idea. We decided to go cycling in the countryside. Mary enjoyed herself, competing and chatting with her father, and felt relaxing in the open air. On Monday, Mary was energetic but active in class.
Everyone has his own attitude 61 getting old. The night before her eighth birthday, I found my daughter Lizzy sat on her bed 62 (weep).“I love being seven,”she cried.“I don’t want to be eight!”I held her in my arms and explained that 63 was going to be even better to be eight than being seven. I told her how much I loved her and 64 a wonderful birthday she was going to have. 65 (eventual) she was comforted. It’s always strange 66 (tell) that you are a year older, even when you aren’t very old. Now I’m in my early 60s, and I don’t always recognize the face in the mirror, 67 something has changed the way that I think. The process of aging increasingly interests and amazes me, annoys and irritates me, and sometimes still makes me 68 (frighten), too, but much, much less than it used to. There is 69 ongoing sadness at the absence of the friends and family members 70 have died before me.
At the age of sixteen, I joined a volunteer group with my dad. After we arrived, we “our family”was living in a trailer(拖车) that was in condition. A crew had been working on it for two weeks, every time they finished one problem, another surfaced.
We decided the only reasonable was to build a new house-something unusual but under these circumstances. The family was with their new house.
While we ate lunch together, I asked the family’s three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan,“What do you want for your new ?”we were when Josh responded,“I just want a bed.”
The boys had slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats. we decided beds would be the perfect . A few volunteers drove to the nearest city and beds and new bedding.
When we saw the delivery truck coming, we told the family about the . We could hardly ourselves. It was like watching children on Christmas morning.
As we the frames of the beds together, Eric ran into the house to us. As my father slipped a pillowcase (枕套) onto one of the pillows, Eric asked,
“What is that?”
“A pillow,”he replied.
“What do you it?”Eric continued to ask.
“When you go to sleep, you put your on it,”I answered softly. Tears came to our eyes as he handed Eric the pillow. “Oh . . . that’s soft,”he said, it tightly.
Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems urgent, my Dad gently asks,“Do you have a pillow?”We know exactly what he .
1.A. imagined B. discovered C. supposed D. required
2.A. bright B. strange C. perfect D. poor
3.A. but B. for C. so D. once
4.A. effort B. purpose C. solution D. treatment
5.A. amazing B. expensive C. rare D. necessary
6.A. careful B. patient C. thrilled D. nervous
7.A. kitchen B. pool C. room D. family
8.A. upset B. glad C. disappointed D. shocked
9.A. still B. just C. never D. seldom
10.A. award B. gift C. lesson D. target
11.A. bought B. made C. rent D. returned
12.A. program B. journey C. opportunity D. surprise
13.A. contain B. believe C. feel D. express
14.A. awkward B. confused C. excited D. restless
15.A. fitted B. moved C. tied D. replaced
16.A. amuse B. guide C. inform D. watch
17.A. do with B. come with C. try on D. begin with
18.A. body B. head C. back D. hands
19.A. waving B. hugging C. pushing D. pulling
20.A. explains B. means C. proves D. reflects
There is an English saying:“36”Until recently, few people took the saying seriously.
Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body.37
Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found thatlaughter has similar effects to physical exercise.38. If laughter exercises the body, it must bebeneficial.
Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated the pain for the longest time was the group listening to a funny program.39.
40. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, makingthem smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.
A. Laughter can extend one’s life.
B. As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics to help their patients.
C. The reason is that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain.
D. It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet.
E. Although laughter helps cure the disease, doctors still can not put this theory into clinic practice.
F. Laughter is the best medicine.
G. They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health.
