Norm Pethrick, a 36-year-old man in Australia’s northern city Darwin, was praised on Thursday for jumping onto a crocodile’s back to save his wife Wendy at Litchfield National Park, a popular tourist spot southwest of Darwin, a local newspaper reported.
Ms Pethrick was standing on a river bank Wednesday afternoon when the saltwater crocodile lunged (扑), locking its jaws on both her legs as it tried to drag her underwater.
Norm Pethrick, who with his wife had been collecting water, immediately went to help her. He jumped onto the back, poked (戳) the eyes of the crocodile and finally got his wife free.
Ms Pethrick was later taken to Royal Darwin Hospital for a medical treatment. The doctors said she was suffering eight puncture wounds (伤口) in her right leg, a puncture wound in her left leg and a serious cut to one of her fingers.
“This could have been a fatal and tragic situation,” said the general manager of Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), Dr Len Notaras, according to a local report.
He said Ms Pethrick was saved by her husband’s “quick and diligent actions”.
Dr Notaras also said she would remain in hospital for three to four days and have an operation to clean the wounds, which are easy to get infected because of bacteria (细菌) on the teeth of the crocodile.
1.This passage is most likely to be found in _____.
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A．a travel guide |
B．a newspaper |
C．a textbook |
D．a novel |
2.The crocodile attacked Ms Pethrick when she was ______.
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A．standing on the river bank |
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B．swimming in the river |
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C．watching the crocodile |
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D．fishing in the water |
3.Which of the following statements is TRUE about Ms Pethrick?
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A．Her eyes were badly poked. |
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B．She had eight wounds altogether. |
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C．One of her fingers also got hurt. |
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D．One of the crocodile’s teeth was found in her leg. |
4. According to the passage, Norm Pethrick can be described as following EXCEPT _______.
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A．brave |
B．diligent |
C．quick |
D．humorous |
5. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
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A．A man saves wife’s life from crocodile’s jaws |
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B．The husband should save the wife |
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C．A crocodile is not so dangerous as people imagine |
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D．Human beings can beat crocodiles sometimes |
Plants are very important living things. Life could not go if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals. So animals and man need plants in order to live. This is why we find that there are so many plants around us.
If you look carefully at the plants around you, you will find that there are two kinds of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering plants.
Flowering plants can make seeds. The seeds are protected by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed, some have two, three or four, and some have many seeds. But a few fruits have no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit.
Most non-flowering plants don’t grow from seeds. They grow from spores(孢子). Spores are so small and light that they can float in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as the seeds. When these spores fall on wet and shady places, they usually grow into new plants.
1.The main idea of the passage is that __________.
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A．plants are important for life |
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B．plants cannot grow without air |
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C．there are many plants around us |
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D．we cannot live without water |
2.Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
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A．Plants can be divided into main types: flowering plants and non-flowering plants. |
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B．All fruits have seeds in them |
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C．Seeds are protected by the fruits. |
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D．Some plants grow from spores. |
3.The word “non-flowering ” in this passage means __________.
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A．开花的 |
B．有花的 |
C．多花的 |
D．不开花的 |
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18:00 Around China 18:30 Children’s program 19:00 News 19:30 Weather report 19:40 Around the world 20:10 TV play: Sisters 21:00 English for today 21:15 Popular music 21:55 Talk show |
17:45 Computers 18:10 Foreign arts 18:30 English classroom 19:00 Animal world 19:25 China’ 99 20:20 Sports 21:00 Guo Lanying 21:45 English news 22:05 On TV next week |
1.If you want to watch a football game, the best program for you would be ___ _.
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A．Sports |
B．TV play |
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C．Around the world |
D．Talk show |
2.The program of _____ will let you know much about western countries.
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A．Sisters |
B．Around China |
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C．Around the world |
D．On TV next week |
3.If you want to know something about tigers, elephants and monkeys, the best program for you is__ _.
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A．Around China |
B．Animal world |
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C．TV play |
D．Foreign arts |
4.English classroom is a program that___.
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A．lets you know something about classrooms. |
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B．tells you something about students |
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C．lets you know something about school life |
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D．teaches you English |
Jenny went to visit her friends in New York last weekend. Her friends met her at the airport on Friday afternoon and drove her to the hotel. They had dinner at a Chinese restaurant and went to see a film after that.
Jenny and her friends set out early on Saturday morning for a farm and stayed there until Sunday morning. During their stay, they went fishing and swimming in the small river on the farm. They played football in the field and enjoyed a big meal around a camp fire（篝火）, singing and dancing till late into the night.
Nobody could get up early on Sunday morning. So when they got back to New York City, it was about three o’clock in the afternoon. They drove right to the airport because Jenny didn’t want to miss her plane back home. Jenny only stayed in New York for two nights but she had a great time with her friend.
1.Jenny went to New York________.
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A．to do some shopping |
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B．to see her friends |
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C．to spend her summer holiday |
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D．to find a job |
2.How did Jenny get to New York?
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A．By train. |
B．By bus. |
C．By plane. |
D．On foot. |
3.Where did Jenny and her friends go on Saturday?
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A．To the farm. |
B．To the Chinese restaurant. |
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C．To the airport. |
D．To the railway station. |
4.When did Jenny go back home?
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A．On Saturday afternoon. |
B．On Sunday morning. |
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C．On Saturday evening. |
D．On Sunday afternoon. |
Once there was a poor farmer and his farm belonged to(属于) a rich man. One day he brought a basket of apples to the rich man’s house. On the doorsteps, he met two monkeys dressed like children. They jumped onto the basket to eat the apples and threw some on the ground. The farmer politely took off his hat and asked the monkeys to get off. They obeyed(服从) and the farmer went into the house. He asked to see the rich man. A servant took him to the room where the rich man was sitting.
“I have brought you the basket of apples you asked for,” he said.
“But why have you brought a half-empty basket?” the rich man asked.
“I met your children outside, and they stole some of the apples.”
1.Why did the farmer bring apples to the rich man? Because .
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A．he was poor |
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B．he liked the rich man |
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C．his farm belonged to the rich man |
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D．the rich man’s children liked apples |
2.What did the monkeys do when the farmer was on the doorsteps?
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A．They jumped and jumped. |
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B．They played. |
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C．They ran away. |
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D．They ate some of the apples. |
3.The monkeys left the basket because .
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A．they had thrown apples on the ground |
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B．the farmer had politely asked them to get off |
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C．they were afraid of the hat |
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D．the farmer was angry wit h them |
4.How did the rich man feel when he saw the basket? He felt .
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B．moved |
C．excited |
D．unhappy |
Nancy had just got a job as a secretary in a company. Monday was the first day she went to work, so she was very 36 and arrived early.
She 37 the door open and found nobody there. “I am the 38 to arrive.” She thought and came to her desk. She was surprised to find a bunch of 39 on it. They were fresh. She 40 them and they were sweet. She looked around for a 41 to put them in. “ Somebody has sent me flowers the very first day!” she thought 42 . “ But who could it be?” she began to 43 .
The day passed quickly and Nancy did everything with 44 interest. For the following days of the 45 , the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the followers and then 46 her work.
Then came another Monday. 47 she came near her desk she was overjoyed to see a(n) 48 bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, 49 the old ones.
The same thing happened again the next Monday. Nancy began to think of ways to find out the 50 .
On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to hand in a plan to the 51 . She waited for his directives(命令)at his secretary’s 52 . She happened to see on the desk a half-opened notebook, which 53 : “ In order to keep the secretaries 54 , the company has decided that every 55 a bunch of fresh flowers should be put on each secretary’s desk.”
Later, she was told that their general manager was a business management psychologist（心理学家）.
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