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panic among holiday shoppers, the police said.
"The person who we believe to be the shooter has died from selfinflicted gunshot wounds," Sgt.
Teresa Negron of the Omaha Police Department said at televised news. "We have been able to clear
the mall," she said. "We don"t believe we have any other shooters." The police said that at least five
other people had been injured in the shootings.
She did not give the shooter"s identity. "We are still conducting the investigation," Sergeant Negron
said, adding that the city"s mayor, who was out of town, was on his way back to Omaha. She said the
police received a 911 call from someone inside the Westroads Mall on the west side of Omaha, and
shots could be heard in the background. The first police officers arrived at the mall six minutes after
the first call, she said, but by then the shootings were over.
It is reported that the gunman left a suicide note that was found at his home by relatives. A law
enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity (匿名) said the note indicated that the
gunman wanted to "go out in style".
The shootings broke the usually banal routine of holiday shopping. The gunman was said by some
witnesses to have fired about 20 shots into a crowd. Some customers and workers ran screaming from
the mall, while others dived into dressing rooms to hide from the shooter.
Shoppers and store workers were trapped inside the mall, which has roughly 135 stores. Others
streamed out of mall exits with their hands raised. The president was in Omaha this morning to deliver
a speech, but he had left the city by the time the shootings took place.
B. On the Internet.
C. On TV.
D. In a police poster.
B. The city"s mayor happened not to be in the city when the shooting took place.
C. Police arrived at the mall before the shootings were over and rescued customers.
D. The gunman fired two shots into a crowd.
B. the shooting didn"t trouble the customers much
C. an important holiday is coming soon
D. the president came to the scene soon after the shooting
B. Shoppers in Great Panic before the Holiday
C. The President Happened to Escape a Shot
D. Shooter Found Dead in a Mall on the West of Omaha
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last month really grabbed my attention. My son had come up to nearly 2,000 incoming text messages,
and had sent nearly as many. Of course, he was out of school for the summer and communicating more
with friends from a distance. Nevertheless, he found time to hold down a summer job and complete a
college course in between all that typing with his thumb.
I was even more surprised to learn that my son is normal. Teenagers with cellphones each send and
receive 2,272 text messages a month on average, Nielsen Mobile says.
Some experts regret that all that keyboard jabber is making our kids stupid, unable to read
nonverbal cues such as facial expressions, gestures, posture and other silent signals of mood and
attitude. Unlike phones, text messaging doesn"t even allow transmission of tone of voice or pauses,
says Mark Bauerlein author of a book called The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies
Young Americans and Jeopardizes (危害) Our Future.
Beyond that, though, I"m not sure I see as much harm as critics of this trend. I"ve posted before on
how I initially tried to control my kids" texting. But over time, I have seen my son suffer no apparent ill
effects, and he gains a big benefit, of easy, continuing contact with others.
I don"t think texting make kids stupid. It may make them annoying, when they try to text and talk to
you at the same time. And it may make them distracted,__when buzzing text messages interrupt efforts
to noodle out a math problem or finish reading for school.
But I don"t see texting harming teens" ability to communicate. My son is as accustomed to nonverbal
cues as any older members of our family. I have found him more engaged and easier to communicate
with from a great distance, because he is constantly available via text message and responds with
faithfulness and speed.
B. Absentminded.
C. Comfortable.
D. Badtempered.
B. For Parents, Caring Much for Their Kids
C. Advantages and Disadvantages of Texting
D. The Effect of Communication
B. It is likely to cause trouble in understanding each other.
C. It is convenient for teens to text and call at the same time.
D. It will cause damage to the development of intelligence.
B. opposed
C. supportive
D. doubtful
B. Texting is a very popular way of communication among teens.
C. Parents don"t mind teens" texting and talking at the same time.
D. The writer limited his son to sending or receiving text messages at first.
dragging something under the fence. Upon inspection, to my disappointment, I realized it was the
next door neighbor"s 10yearold daughter"s rabbit. For years I had watched her come home from
school and head straight out to its cage, free it and play with it in the yard. I knew that day would
be no different and fearing for our dog, I had to think fast.
The rabbit was quite dirty, as if it had put up quite a struggle, so I washed it, combed it with the
dog brush and blew it dry with the leaf blower. Upon finishing its grooming I jumped the fence and
replaced it back in its cage hoping its death would be written off as "natural caused".
Back to the hammock and JD. Within the hour the neighbor"s Volvo palled in as usual and out
popped the little girl, and as usual she headed straight for the cage. Only this time she stopped about
six feet away and screamed: "D－A－D－D－Y!!!"
Her father, panicstricken, stood looking at the cage. Being the good neighbor that I am, I rushed
to fence and asked if there was anything I could do.
Her father less than calmly shouted, "What kind of sick individual would dig up a little girl"s rabbit
and put it back in its cage?"
B. the rabbit was too clean
C. the dead rabbit was cleaned and put back into the cage
D. the rabbit was asleep in the cage
B. because she had a habit of going there to see her rabbit
C. because she wanted to see her rabbit again
D. because the rabbit was dead
B. was already dead before the writer saw his dog dragging it
C. was in the cage playing with the dog
D. was at the fence seeking out for food before it was killed by the dog
B. did a smart thing
C. was honest
D. made a mistake
of the school principal, she took all of the desks out of the classroom.
The kids came into the first period. They walked in, but there was nothing in the classroom.
They __2__ looked around and said,"Ms. Cothren, where are our __3__?" And she said,"You
can"t have desks until you tell me how you earn them."
They thought,"Well, maybe it"s our __4__."
"No, "she said.
"Maybe it"s our good behavior."
And she told them,"No, it"s not even your __5__ behavior."
And so they came and went in the first period, still no desks in the __6__. Second period, the
same thing. Third period. __7__ the early afternoon television news reporters had __8__ in Ms.
Cothren"s class to find out about this __9__ teacher who had taken all the desks out of the classroom.
The last period of the day, Cothren gathered her __10__. They were at this time sitting on the
__11__ around the sides of the classroom."Throughout the day no one has really __12__ how you
earn the desks."She said,"Now I"m going to __13__ you."
Cothren went over to the door and opened it, and as she did some soldiers __14__ into the
classroom, each one __15__ a school desk. They placed those school desks in rows. And by the
time they had finished __16__ those desks, those kids for the first time in their lives understood how
they __17__ those desks.
Cothren said __18__, "You don"t have to earn those desks. These guys did it for you. They put
them out there for you, but it"s up to you to sit here to be __19__ for learning, to be good students
and good citizens, because they __20__ a price for you to have these desks, and don"t ever forget it."
( )2.A.obviously
( )3.A.desks
( )4.A.characters
( )5.A.violent
( )6.A.hall
( )7.A.By
( )8.A.reported
( )9.A.intelligent
( )10.A.students
( )11.A.cushion
( )12.A.learned
( )13.A.punish
( )14.A.walked
( )15.A.dragging
( )16.A.leaving
( )17.A.made
( )18.A.coldly
( )19.A.responsible
( )20.A.agreed
B．calmly
B．chairs
B．hobbies
B．excellent
B．dormitory
B．In
B．gathered
B．attractive
B．friends
B．sofa
B．identified
B．scold
B．broke
B．carrying
B．moving
B．traded
B．impatiently
B．anxious
B．paid
C．regretfully
C．erasers
C．marks
C．individual
C．ground
C．On
C．wandered
C．crazy
C．colleagues
C．floor
C．recognized
C．tell
C．rushed
C．pulling
C．placing
C．repaired
C．angrily
C．cautious
C．offered
D．doutfully
D．pens
D．services
D．aggressive
D．classroom
D．At
D．discussed
D．severe
D．assistants
D．bench
D．understood
D．remind
D．ran
D．reaching
D．returning
D．earned
D．sincerely
D．necessary
D．fixed
On my path to the great distant mountain peak, I came to a wide river. Looking far to the right and the
left, I saw no __1__, and pondered how to cross. Suddenly a pretty little __2__ appeared, came to the
shore and offered to take me across, to _3_ me in completing my journey.
The trip started _4_, and I was pleased with the little boat, and _5_ for the assistance it provided.
There were a few areas of _6_ waters, one that even spun us around a few times, but presently we
reached the far _7_.
The trip had been so _8_, my gratitude and happiness so full, that I _9_ to leave that little boat, even
though I knew I must, to continue my journey. Much as I wanted to _10_, to spend more time drifting
on the river in that little boat, the mountain beckoned (举手招唤), and my _11_ had been set.
As I 12 my journey, I kept looking back at that little boat with deep 13 . It had been so pleasant
and had 14 me across the great river; I had grown to 15 that boat deeply. Yet I knew that the boat
had its 16 in the river, and that it couldn"t follow my path to the mountain. 17 I tried to take that boat
along, it could not have made the journey with me, and would have stopped my own 18 .
And as I watched, the little boat turned around and went back to the far shore, there to assist yet
another 19 the path to the mountain. And I realized how"all 20 together for good", for each part of
this magnificent universe perfectly plays its role in assisting all other parts.
| ( )1. A. tree ( )2. A. girl ( )3. A. assist ( )4. A. slowly ( )5. A. upset ( )6. A. fresh ( )7. A. shore ( )8. A. tiresome ( )9. A. attempted ( )10. A. live ( )11. A. record ( )12. A. stopped ( )13. A. comfort ( )14. A. guided ( )15. A. repair ( )16. A. shelter ( )17. A. Only if ( )18. A. progress ( )19. A. choosing ( )20. A. works | B. bridge B. angel B. encourage B. mysteriously B. grateful B. clean B. beach B. miserable B. hated B. continue B. course B. started B. sympathy B. flied B. row B. place B. If only B. preparation B. blocking B. mixes | C. flower C. fish C. threaten C. happily C. greedy C. dirty C. mountain C. wonderful C. refused C. settle C. pace C. continued C. regret C. forced C. love C. load C. What if C. route C. following C. joins | D. bird D. boat D. persuade D. difficultly D. suitable D. strong D. village D. rough D. had D. stay D. standard D. remained D. sadness D. tempted D. pity D. purpose D. Even if D. expectation D. finding D. plays |
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| Joanne was stuck in a traffic jam in central Birmingham at 5?30,and at 6?30 she was expected to be chairing a meeting of the tennis club. At last, the traffic was moving. She swung quickly racing to her house. As she opened the door, she nearly tripped over Sheba. "Hey,Sheba," she said, "I"ve got no time for you now, but I"ll take you out as soon as I get back from the tennis club." Then she noticed Sheba seemed to be coughing or choking. Obviously, she could hardly breathe. Immediately, Joanne realized she would have to take her to the vet (兽医)． When she got there, the vet was just about to close for the day. Seeing the state of Sheba, Dr. Sterne brought her quickly into his office. "Listen, doctor, I"m really in a rush to get to a meeting, can I leave her with you,and go to get changed? I"ll be back in ten minutes to pick her up, and then I"ll take her on to the meeting with me. Is that OK?" "Sure." said the doctor. Joanne made the quick trip back to her house in a couple of minutes. As she was once more entering the hallway, the phone by the door began to ring. "This is Dr. Sterne," said an anxious voice. "I want you to get out of that house immediately," said the doctor"s voice. "I"m coming round to right away, and the police will be there any time now. Wait outside!" At that moment, a police car screeched to a stop outside the house. Two policemen got out and ran into the house. Joanne was by now completely confused and very frightened. Then the doctor arrived. "Where"s Sheba? Is she OK?" shouted Joanne. "She"s fine,Joanne. I took out the thing which was choking her,and she"s OK now." Just then, the two policemen reappeared from the house, carrying a whitefaced man, who could hardly walk. There was blood all over him. "My God," said Joanne, "how did he get in there? And how did you know he was there?" "I think he must be a burglar." said the doctor. "I knew he was there because when I finally removed what was stuck in Sheba"s throat, it turned out to be three human fingers." | |||
| 1. What was Joanne supposed to do at 6:30? | |||
| A. To walk her dog. B. To see her doctor. C. To attend a club meeting. D. To play tennis with her friends. | |||
| 2. Joanne wanted to get back to her home again ________. | |||
| A. to dress up for the meeting B. to phone the police station C. to catch the badly hurt burglar D. to wait for her dog to be cured | |||
| 3. From the passage, we can infer that ________. | |||
| A. Sheba fought against the burglar B. the police found the burglar had broken in C. Joanne had planned to take her dog to the meeting D. the doctor performed a difficult operation on the dog | |||
| 4. In this passage, the writer intends to tell us that the dog is ________. | |||
| A. clever B. friendly C. frightening D. devoted |