10.Four schoolchildren from Belgrave,England were out on their bikes on Wednesday evening.Unexpectedly,they saw an elderly man gasping for breath in the street.They tried to call the police and ambulance service,but their phones were not working,due to network problems.
Before the Polish man became unconscious,the children kept him calm while they flagged down(招停),a passing driver.The children used words they had picked up from their Polish classmates to translate the injured man's answer to the driver's questions.Gray,10,and his six-year-old sister,Lily,stayed with the man while Thyus and Owen,both 11,led the ambulance to the spot where he lay.Soon the man was taken to hospital.
The fantastic four children who came to the aid of the elderly man deserve the highest respect for their quick thinking and courage in an emergency situation.They are a credit not only to themselves,but to their families and their school.And it is great to be able to hear such a positive story about young people.
What is not so positive about this story is the fact that several adults apparently walked by without stopping to help.This seeming indifference to an emergency situation is a well-noted phenomenon which psychologists sometimes refer to as"the bystander effect".Research suggests that when a group of people witness an emergency,people are likely to assume that somebody else will intervene and they feel that the burden of responsibility is lifted from their shoulders.
Perhaps the answer to this sort of thing is to introduce a"Good Samaritan"law.This already exists in France and places a legal responsibility on people who witness an emergency situation to help put as long as they can do so.This certainly seems to remove any doubt about who bears the burden of responsibility for offering assistance-----everybody!
29.In paragraph 3,the author mainlyB
A.shows his great sympathy for the man
B.gives high praise to the four children.
C.offers his special thanks to the driver
D.expresses his anger at several adults
30.What can we learn about the elderly man?A
A.he spoke Polish with the children
B.he fell from his bike and got injured
C.he was taken to hospital by a passing driver.
D.he recovered consciousness in the street
31.The underlined word"intervene"in paragraph 4is closest in meaning toD.
A.be curious
B.go on
C.give up
D.get involved
32.In France,if an emergency happens to someone,A.
A.offering help to him is required by law
B.people have the right to leave the scene
C.others must get permission before helping him
D.the witnesses will be punished if the rescue fails.
分析 本文讲述了四个孩子看到老人昏倒在街头,冷静勇敢地成功地救助了他,受到了公众
解答 29.B.考查段落大意.在第三段中的deserve the highest respect for their quick thinking and courage in an emergency situati,作者高度赞扬了孩子们面对紧急情况时所表现出来的机智和勇气.故选B.
30.A.考查推理判断.由第二段中的"The children used…the driver's questions"可知,孩子们用他们从波兰同学那里学来的波兰语为老人翻译,故老人和孩子们之间讲的是波兰语.故选A.
31.D.考查词义猜测.根据画线词后的"they feel that the burden of responsibility is lifted from their shoulders"可推测,人们感觉责任不在自己肩上是因为他们认为其他人会"参与"救助.故选D.
32.A.考查细节理解.由最后一段中的"This already exists in France…can do so."可知,在法国,人们如果遇见紧急情况,他们有法律责任去尽力提供帮助.故选A.
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