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According to State Police, the incident occurred about 2:40 p. m. on State Route 436 in the town of
Ossian after three sisters were dropped off the bus.
As the last sister was leaving the bus, driver John Coley, 62, of Wayland, Steuben County, told police
that he was not paying attention when he closed the door and trapped her backpack inside. Coley then
continued 900 feet before he realized the girl was being dragged, State Police said.
The girl was hurt and was transported to Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital in Dansville,
Livingston County, by Dansville Ambulance.
Another 8-year-old child on the bus said he hit his head on the seat in front of him when the bus came
to a sudden stop, causing an earache.
Conservation staff in New Zealand have put down 33 stranded(搁浅)whales after several attempts to
refloat them failed.
The whales shot Thursday were the last of 99 that stranded themselves Monday on Farewell Spit on
the South Island. Department of Conservation area manager John Mason says staff and hundreds of
volunteers had tried all week to get the whales refloated.
He says they thought they were successful Wednesday when they got the whales into deep
water-but were saddened Thursday to find that they had swum back ashore. He says the condition of
the whales had significantly become worse.
As well as the 33 whales that were shot, 36 had died naturally since Monday and 17 were
successfully refloated. Thirteen remain unknown.
1. The last sister was dragged by the bus because_______.
A. she stood too close to the bus when getting off
B. the bus driver stopped the bus suddenly
C. something was wrong with the bus door
D. her backpack was stuck in the closed door
2. It can be inferred from the first news that_________.
A. three sisters were dragged about 900 feet by a school bus
B. the driver stopped the bus immediately he realized his mistake
C. two children were hurt and sent to hospital
D. a boy was hurt when the bus started suddenly
3. How many whales were trapped ashore in total?
A. 33
B. 36
C. 99
D. 13
4. The 33 refloated whales returned ashore on_________
A. Monday
B. Tuesday
C. Wednesday
D. Thursday
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leaders in social media every day, and especially that I get to work from my home.
Usually the people who tell me that working from home is wonderful have never worked from
home. They spend most of their career working from an office and hate it.
In fact, I love being able to work from home and make my own hours. I truly appreciate being
able to drop what I"m doing to attend kids or go shopping, but there"s a side to it we don"t often talk
about, the hard side. No one wants to believe people like me, working from home, have anything to
complain about. Really, I"m not going to complain, but I do want to share a few things about
telecommuting(远程办公)that few home -based people want to tell you, because working from home
doesn"t look so wonderful.
One of the reasons I love my job is the flexibility. I know that I can volunteer for school projects,
meet friends for lunch and work out for an hour as long as I get my work done. But did you know
telecommuters have to make up the time if they wish to pepper their days with fun distractions?So
while my husband and kids are watching a movie, I"m working until midnight. Besides, when you
work from home, you"re held to your phone and Skype(网络电话)in case someone wants to talk to
you during business hours. So it"s not so easy to be flexible!
1. We learn from the passage that the writer_____________.
A. is quite satisfied with her present work
B. can balance her work and family life well
C. complains about the disadvantages of working from office
D. presents some unknown facts of working from home
2. The last paragraph mainly tells us that__________.
A. you"re not as flexible as you think you are
B. you"re usually a slave to yourself
C. the writer can always make full use of the freedom
D. the writer is always busy with her work
3. The writer probably agrees that__________.
A. east or west, home working is the best
B. freedom should always come before work
C. get work done, or you"ll have no freedom
D. all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
4. Who is the passage mainly intended for?
A. Telecommuters.
B. Office workers.
C. Job hunters.
D. Researchers.
d a lot of houses downbelow Anna"s were washed away. Anna"s house was 2 enough to escape the flood, so when the water
had 3 and the other houses were standing there 4 no roof and no walls and all covered with mud(泥), her house was just all right.
Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children, 5 Anna took in one
of the families that had lost 6 in the flood and she 7 her home with them until it was 8 for them
to rebuild their house.
Anna"s friends were 9 when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted
to give 10 so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to 11 .
"Well," Anna 12 her friends, "at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then
lived found herself very 13 , because her husband had been killed in the 14 and she had a lot of
children, 15 I have now. The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, "We won"t be able
to have much for 16 this year, so I"m going to make only one present to all of us. Now I"ll go and get it."
She came back with a 17 who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. "Here"s our 18 ,"
she said to her children.
The children were 19 and happy to get such a present. They 20 the little girl, and she grew up as
their sister. Such was that Christmas present."
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Th ere is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn (荆棘) bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief. "For your wonderful kindness," the good fairy said to the girl, "I will give you any wish you would like." The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, "I want to be happy." The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared. As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness. She would only smile and answer, "The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl." When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her, that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. "Tell us, please," they begged, "Tell us what the good fairy said." The lovely old woman simply smiled and said, "She told me that everyone, no matter how secure they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or  poor, had need of me." | |||
| 1. ______ the girl felt sad and lonely. | |||
| A. There were many friends but B. There was nobody to love her so C. There was nothing to do D. Seeing the butterfly was caught | |||
| 2. Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn, the orphan girl ______. | |||
| A. helped the butterfly escaped from the thorn B. felt sorrow, but she didn"t go up to help it C. fell down on it too D. failed to help it rele  ase from the thorn | |||
| 3. The only thing that the little girl wanted was________. | |||
| A. to be rich B. to have her own parents C. to have a lot of friends D. happiness | |||
4.The neighbors all gat hered around the old happy woman when she was dying,because ______. | |||
| A. they loved this woman deeply and they didn"t wanted her to die B. the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died C. they want  ed to know the secret of her lifetime happinessD. they wanted to pray for her after her death | |||
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Last summer I was a volunteer (志愿者) at a shelter(收容所) for the homeless, a place for homeless | |||
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| I was feeling pretty low.It was the week before I was scheduled for gallbladder surgery(胆囊手术)and I couldn"t escape my worried 21 .The surgeon was highly 22 but was new to me ---and he didn"t have the best bedside manner.My sister,an 23 operating-room director,who usually put my 24 at ease about my medical care, had moved away recently.This would be my first time 25 an operation without her right there by my side. I was on my own." 26 something goes wrong ?"I tossed(翻来覆去) and turned all that night. The next day I 27 I had to get my mind out of everything.A good 28 will do the trick,I thought.I _29 to the bookcase in my guest bedroom to get something to_30__.Next to the bookcase _31some novels I had 32_ from a library sale over a year ago.Right on top I saw a best-selling mystery novels. I sat down in the bedroom,33 the book and began to read.I could"t_34__it----the book"s prologue (开场白)began with a woman awaiting surgery!She was also feeling__35__,struggling with knowing if she had __36_the right hospital,the right doctor. "This is a team_37__,"the doctor said to her. "We mustn"t __38_someone very important,"he continud," the most important member of our team.Do you know who that is?"I read on ,breathless. The doctor patted the woman"s hand gently and pointed to her."39__,"he told her. And I realized my life wasn"t only in the doctor"s hands;it was in mine as well.Immediately I felt more confident and _40__about the upcoming surgery. | |||
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rk, making 8 with the four volunteers in the kitchen. One was a very nice 
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