_{Do you want to get home from work knowing you have made a real difference in someone's life? If yes, don't care about sex or age! Come and join us, then you'll make it!
　　Position: Volunteer Social Care Assistant
　　(No Pay with Free Meals)
　　Place: Manchester
　　Hours: Part Time
　　We are now looking for volunteers to support people with learning disabilities to live active lives! Only 4 days left．Don't miss the chance of lending your warm hands to help others!
　　Role:
　　You will provide people with learning disabilities with all aspects of their daily lives．You will help them to develop new skills．You will help them to protect their rights and their safety．But your primary concern is to let them know they are valued.
　　Skills and Experience Required:
　　You will have the right values and great listening skills．You will be honest and patient．You will have the ability to drive a car and to communicate in fluent written and spoken English since you'll have to help those people with different learning disabilities．Previous care-related experience will be a great advantage for you.
1．The text is meant to ______ .
　　A．leave a note
　　B．send an invitation
　　C．present a document
　　D．carry an advertisement
2．What does the underlined part mean?
　　A．You'll make others' lives more meaningful with this job.
　　B．You'll arrive home just in time from this job.
　　C．You'll earn a good salary from this job.
　　D．You'll succeed in getting this job.
3．The volunteers’ primary responsibility is to help people with learning disabilities ______ .
　　A．to get some financial support 
　　B．to properly protect themselves
　　C．to learn some new living skills
　　D．to realize their own importance
4．Which of the following can first be chosen as a volunteer?
　　A．The one who can drive a car.
　　B．The one who has done similar work before.
　　C．The one who has patience to listen to others.
　　D．The one who can use English to communicate.
5．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?
　　A．A girl can’t apply for the position．
　　B．You can get salaries from the position.
　　C．Free meals are available．
　　D．You can get the position in 5 days.}

_{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 conventional chest compressions (按压) until the ambulance 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 scared．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 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 from his suffering.
1．From the passage, which of the sentences about Debbie is true?
　　A．She thought it useless to teach children first aid.
　　B．She thought if her daughter became a doctor, she would kick him harder.
　　C．She did nothing to help her husband.
　　D．She was proud of her daughter.
2．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
3．What's the right order of the events?}

_{A．3124
　　B．4231
　　C．3421
　　D．4312
4．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.
5．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.}

_{On a stormy day last August, Tim heard some shouting．Looking out to the sea carefully, he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea.
       Two 12-year-old boys, Christian and Jack, rowed out a boat to search a football．Once they’d rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water．The pair panicked and tried to row back to shore．But they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.
       Tim knew it would soon be swallowed by the waves.
       “Everything went quiet in my head,” Tim recalls（回忆）．“I’m trying to figure out how to swim to the boys in a straight line.”
       Tim took off his clothes and jumped into the water．Every 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress．“At one point, I considered turning back,” he says．“I wondered if I was putting my life at risk.” After 30 minutes of struggling, he was close enough to yell to the boys, “Take down the umbrella! Let’s aim for the pier（码头）,” Jack said．Tim turned the boat toward it．Soon afterward, waves crashed over the boat, and it began to sink．“Can you guys swim?” he cried．“A little bit,” the boys said.
       Once they were in the water, Tim decided it would be safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier．Christian and Jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs．Tim swam toward land as water washed over the boys’ faces.
       “Are we almost there?” they asked again and again．“Yes,” Tim told them each time.
       After 30 minutes, they reached the pier.
1．Why was the boat far into open water?
　　A．The boys rowed too fast．
　　B．The big current carried it.
　　C．The wind blew it．
　　C．The boys tried to get attention..
2．Why did the two boys go to the sea?
　　A．To go boat rowing
　　B．To get back their football.
　　C．To swim in the open water
　　D．To test the umbrella as a sail.
3．What does “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
　　A．The beach
　　B．The water
　　C．The boat
　　D．The wind
4．Why did Tim raise his head regularly?
　　A．To take in enough fresh air
　　B．To consider turning back or not.
　　C．To check his distance from the boys．
　　D．To ask the boys to take down the umbrella.
5．How can the two boys finally reach the pier?
　　A．They were dragged to the pier by Tim.  
　　B．They swam to the pier all by themselves.
　　C．They were washed to the pier by the waves.
　　D．They were carried to the pier by Tim on his back.}

_{There is an English saying:“____1._____.” 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．_____2．____.
    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 that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise．____3.______．If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.
    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(忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program．_____4.____.
    ______5.____．They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter．
A．Laughter can prolong one’s life.
B．As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh．
C．The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be 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}

_{Last year, my brother and I went to Mianyang for a vacation．Some of my friends who had been there before said ___1___ was a wonderful holiday destination．Before we went, we had planned for months．When the day came, we were ready.
    After our plane landed, we went to the hotel．We had made our reservation six months ___2___ （early）, but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake．We ___3___（tell）that our rooms hadn’t been reserved for that week, but for the week after．I didn’t understand why this would happen and my credit card had already been ___4___ (charge) for the reservation．What’s worse, the hotel had been fully booked．When we were wondering what to do, the manager came out．She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on __5__ top floor．We had never stayed in such an amazing room, and we weren’t charged extra.}