First aid is emergency care for a victim of sudden illness or injury until more skillful medical treatment is available. First aid may save a life or improve certain vital signs including pulse, temperature, an unobstructed airway, and breathing. In minor emergencies, first aid may prevent a victim's condition from worsening and provide relief from pain. First aid must be administered as quickly as possible. In the case of the critically injured, a few minutes can make the difference between complete recovery and loss of life.

　　First-aid measures depend upon a victim's needs and provider's level of knowledge and skill. Knowing what not to do in an emergency is as important as knowing what to do. Improperly moving a person with a neck injury, for example, can lead to permanent spinal injury and paralysis.

　　Despite the variety of injuries possible, several principles of first aid apply to all emergencies. The first step is to call for professional medical help. The victim, if conscious, should be reassured that medical aid has been requested, and asked for permission to provide any first aid. Next, assess the scene, asking other people or the injured person's family or friends about details of the injury or illness, any care that may have already been given, and preexisting conditions such as diabetes or heart trouble. The victim should be checked for medical bracelet or card that describes special medical conditions. Unless the accident scene becomes unsafe or the victim may suffer further injury, do not move the victim.

　　First aid requires rapid assessment of victims to determine whether life-threatening conditions exist. One method for evaluating a victim's condition is known by the ABC, which stands for：

　　A- Airway：is it open and unobstructed? .

　　B- Breathing：is the person breathing? Look, listen, and feel for breathing.

　　C- Circulation：is there a pulse? Is the person bleeding externally? Check skin color and temperature for additional indications of circulation problems.

　　Once obvious injuries have been evaluated, the injured person's head should be kept in a neutral position in line with the body. If no evidence exists to suggest potential skull or spinal injury, place the injured person in a comfortable position. Positioned on one side, a victim can vomit without choking or obstructing the airway.

(1) It is very important in first aid to________.

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A．move the injured person from the scene' of accident immediately

B．spend a few minutes for making the difference between recovery and death

C．know what to do and what not to do according to the condition of the victim

D．remove the medical bracelet or card from the victim

(2) One of the following practices is NOT right in the first aid, that is________.

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A．to check whether the victim is breathing

B．to let the victim lie on one side

C．to telephone a hospital at once

D．to wait patiently for more skillful medical treatment before carrying on first aid

(3) The article implies that the provider of first aid should be especially careful ________.

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A．in handing the victim only if he learns that the victim has both diabetes and heart trouble

B．in handing the victim if he learns that the victim has diabetes or heart trouble

C．not to move the victim if he finds a medical bracelet on the victim

D．not to move the victim if he finds the accident scene to be unsafe

(4) According to this article, first aid is usually provided by_______.

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A．professional doctors

B．the victim's family members

C．the victim's friends

D．those people who are not necessarily professional doctors

(5) This article can be said to be one to_______.

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A．give basic knowledge about how to practice first aid

B．give a brief introduction to the history of first aid

C．give some knowledge to anyone who may be injured in an accident

D．give warning that first aid is dangerous to those who do not know how to ded with it

　The Times of London has started an important new service-e-paper. It's quite different form the current online service, but exactly the same as tile printed newspaper back in Britain. The News, Sport, Business section, T2, The Game (even Monday), the classifieds, even the crossword are all laid out just as in the paper. It's the actual paper without the paper. To try a free demonstration, click the button below.

　　Now you can access The Times newspaper as it is printed from 5 am GMT on the day of publication. For the first time, wherever you are outside the UK, you can get today's newspaper on your screen from just 24p per day.

　　In addition to the new e-paper, subscribing（订阅）to Times online gives you the complete Newspaper Edition Headline List, as well as full access to the Times online website and all associated online services.

　　Your subscription now brings you daily access to：

　　The new e-paper edition

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(1) Where can this ad be found?

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(2) The underlined sentence“It's the actual paper without the paper” means_______.

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A．information in e-paper can be received free of charge

B．information in e-paper is given without being printed

C．information in e-paper cannot be found in any other papers

D．information in e-paper is limited to only a few fields

(3) According to the advertisement, ________.

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A．the more papers you subscribe to, the less you will have to pay

B．the longer your subscription to the paper is, the less you will have to pay

C．The Times newspaper is printed in different parts of the world

D．what happen in the late afternoon appear in the same day's Times

　　Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there's a big difference between “being a writer” and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter.“You've got to want to write,”I say to them,“not want to be a writer.”

　　The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and pooh-pay affair. Not every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the US. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer, I had no prospects（前途）at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn't even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used typewriter and felt like a great writer.

　　After a year or so, however, I still hadn't got a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story, that hardly made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write, I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn't going to be one of those people who die wondering, “What if?” I would keep putting my dream to the test, even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the Shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.

(1) The passage is meant to_______.

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A．warn young people of the hardships that a successful writer has to experience

B．advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writer

C．show young people it's unrealistic for a writer to go for wealth and fame

D．encourage young people to pursue a writing career

(2) What can be concluded from the passage?

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A．Great writers often find their work interesting and rewarding.

B．A writer's success depends on luck rather than on effort.

C．Famous writers usually live in poverty and loneliness.

D．The chances for a writer to become successful are small.

(3) The underlined part refers to those________.

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A．who think too much of the dark side of life

B．who regret giving up their career halfway

C．who think a lot without making a decision

D．who are full of imagination even upon death

(4) “Shadowland”in the last sentence refers to________.

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A．the beautiful wonderland one often dreams about

B．the bright future that one is looking forward to

C．the state of uncertainty before one's final goal is reached

D．the wonderful world that exists only in one's imagination

　Is there life on Mars? We do not know. We are sure that earth people do not like to live on Mars. Earth people need oxygen to breathe. There is almost no oxygen on Mars.

　　Living on Mars would be like living on a very high mountain. There would be little air. It might be 50 degree above zero at noon and 100 degree below zero at night.

　　Many people think there may be plants on Mars. We know that Mars has carbon. This is a kind of material found in all plants and animals on earth. Through a telescope, Mars looks red. In some places, it seems gray. At times, the gray colour turns gray-green, then brown, then gray again. The gray-green colour may be a kind of plant life changing colour with seasons.

　　Will man go to Mars one day? If they do, they will have to take along their own oxygen, food, clothing, and shelter（住所）.

(1) What do you think is the main reason why men can't live on Mars? Because

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A．living on Mars is like living on a high mountain

B．there is no oxygen on Mars

C．there are not any plants or animals on Mars

D．on Mars it is too hot at noon and too cold at night

(2) The story does not say this, but from what we have read, we can tell that

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A．someday we may know if there is life on Mars

B．men must take food and clothing with them when they go to Mars

C．people on Mars need no air to breathe

D．the plants on Mars are red

(3)“Carbon”is _______.

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A．a kind of food

B．a gas only found on the earth

C．a kind of material whose colour is gray

D．a kind of material that almost all living things need

(4) The main idea of the whole story is that________.

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A．there may be life on Mars

B．earth people could live on Mars

C．Mars turns its colour with seasons

D．Man will one day land on Mars

(5) Which of the following does this story lead you to believe？

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A．Some earth people have already visited Mars.

B．There is a lot of oxygen and carbon on Mars.

C．There may be strange forms of life on Mars.

D．Mars is earth people's future home.

　　What will city life be like in the future? Some people think that life in the cities is going to be horrible. They say that cities will become more and more crowded. As the number of people increases, there will be less space for each person. This overcrowding will cause other problems—more crimes, dirtier streets, and worse problems with traffic than we have now. How will people find enough drinking water, energy (such as gas and electricity) and housing? Because life will be hard, people who live in cities will worry more, and they may become sick. For these reasons, some say that nobody will want to live in city areas.

　　How can we deal with such problems as overcrowding, crime, and traffic? In some cities, thousands of people are already sleeping in the streets because there is little suitable housing—and because houses are too expensive. The crime rate isn't going down. Instead, it is increasing so fast that many people are afraid to go out at night. Traffic is also getting worse.

　　More and more often, traffic jams are so bad that cars don't move at all for several streets. These problems have been getting worse, not better, so many people see no hope for the future of the city.

　　Los Angeles, California, for example, has no subway system and buses are slow. Instead, many commuters drive many miles from their home to work. Many of these drivers spend several hours every day on busy freeways. New York, however, has a big transit system--buses, commuter trains, and subways. Because the public transportation is crowded and dirty, many people drive private cars, and the traffic jams are worse than in Los Angeles. A taxi driver complains：“I was driving home, but in forty-five minutes I moved only two miles ! Finally, I turned off the engine and just sat there. A lot of people left their cars where they were in the middle of the street and went into a bar for a few beers!”

　　On the other hand, some cities have clean, fast and pleasant public transportation systems. In Paris, France, and Toronto, Canada, for example, anyone can use buses and subway to move quickly from one part of the city to another.

(1) What do some people think is the main problem of the city life？

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(2) Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

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(3) The best way to work out the problem in Los Angeles may be________.

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A．cutting down the number of private cars

B．getting more buses in the freeway

C．persuading people to live nearer to their work

D．building a subway system

(4) According to the passage, _______ has a better traffic condition.

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Tales From Animal Hospital

David Grant

　　David Grant has become a familiar face to millions of fans of Animal Hospital. Here Dr Grant tells us the very best of his personal stories about the animals he has treated, including familiar patients such as the dogs Snowy and Duchess, the delightful cat Marigold Serendipity Diamond. He also takes the reader behind the scenes at Harmsworth Memorial Animal Hospital as he describes his day, from ordinary medical check-ups to surgery（外科手术）. Tales From Animal Hospital will delight all fans of the programme and anyone who has a lively interest in their pet, whether it be cat, dog or snake!

￡14.99 Hardback 272pp Simon Schuster

ISBN 0751304417

Isaac Newton：The Last Sorcerer

Michael White

　　From the author of Stephen Hawking：A life in Science, comes this colourful description of the life of the world's first modem scientist. Interesting yet based on fact, Michael White's learned yet readable new book offers a true picture of Newton completely different from what people commonly know about him. Newton is shown as a gifted scientist with very human weaknesses who stood at the point in history where magic ended and science began.

￡18.99 Hardback 320pp Fourth Estate

ISBN 1857024168

Fermat's Last Theorem

Simon Singh

　　In 1963 a schoolboy called Andrew Wiles reading in his school library came across the world's greatest mathematical problem：Fermat's Last Theorem（定理）. First put forward by the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat in the seventeenth century, the theorem had baffled and beaten the finest mathematical minds, including a French woman scientist who made a major advance in working out the problem, and who had to dress like a man in order to be able to study at the Ecole Polytechnique. Through unbelievable determination Andrew Wiles finally worked out the problem in 1995. An unusual story of human effort over three centuries, Fermat's Last Theorem will delight specialists and general readers alike.

￡12.99 Hardback 384pp Fourth Estate

ISBN 1857025210

(1) What is Animal Hospital?

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(2) In Michael White's book, Newton is described as_______.

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A．a person who did not look the same as in many pictures

B．a person who lived a colourful and meaningful life

C．a great but not perfect man

D．an old-time magician

(3) Which of the following best explains the meaning of the word“baffle”as it is used in the text?

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A．To encourage people to raise questions.

B．To cause difficulty in understanding.

C．To provide a person with an explanation.

D．To limit people's imagination.

(4) The person who finally proved Fermat's Last Theorem is________.

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(5) What is the purpose of writing these three texts?

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A．To make the books easier to read.

B．To show the importance of science.

C．To introduce new authors.

D．To sell the books.