Computers Help Fire Fighters
In Kansas City, Missouri, a computer helps fire fighters. The computer contains information about every one of the 35000 street addresses in the city. When fire fighters answer a call, the computer will give them important about the burning building, its position and almost all the ways of helping fire fighters with the problems facing them. For example, it can give medical information about invalids living in a burning building. With this information, the fire fighters can take special care to find these sick persons and carry them away quickly and safely.
The Kansas City computer system also keeps a medical record of each of the city’s 9000 fire fighters. The kind of information is especially useful when a hospital can treat the injured. With this information, doctors at the hospital can treat the injured fire fighters more quickly and easily.
1. Missouri is most likely the name of ___________.
A. a well—known river                   B. the head of the fire fighters
C. a state in the USA                     D. a new kind of computer
2. The computer can give ______________.
A. useful and useless information about the city
B. useful information about everyone living in the city
C. useful information about every street address in the city
D. information about every town around the city
3. In this passage the word “invalid” means a person __________.
A. who is badly injured               B. who is helped by firemen
C. who wants to be a firemen          D. who has become weak through illness or injury
4. If injured, the firemen will ___________.
A. be treated at once with the computer’s help    B. hardly get any treatment
C. ask doctors and nurses for help             D. be taken to hospital by the computer

Computers Help Fire Fighters

In Kansas City, Missouri, a computer helps fire fighters. The computer contains information about every one of the 35000 street addresses in the city. When fire fighters answer a call, the computer will give them important about the burning building, its position and almost all the ways of helping fire fighters with the problems facing them. For example, it can give medical information about invalids living in a burning building. With this information, the fire fighters can take special care to find these sick persons and carry them away quickly and safely.

The Kansas City computer system also keeps a medical record of each of the city’s 9000 fire fighters. The kind of information is especially useful when a hospital can treat the injured. With this information, doctors at the hospital can treat the injured fire fighters more quickly and easily.

1. Missouri is most likely the name of ___________.

A. a well—known river                   B. the head of the fire fighters

C. a state in the USA                     D. a new kind of computer

2. The computer can give ______________.

A. useful and useless information about the city

B. useful information about everyone living in the city

C. useful information about every street address in the city

D. information about every town around the city

3. In this passage the word “invalid” means a person __________.

A. who is badly injured               B. who is helped by firemen

C. who wants to be a firemen          D. who has become weak through illness or injury

4. If injured, the firemen will ___________.

A. be treated at once with the computer’s help    B. hardly get any treatment

C. ask doctors and nurses for help             D. be taken to hospital by the computer

以Helping Others Can Help You 为题写一篇短文，说明参加志愿者活动会给我们带来的益处，字数约100（短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数），短文要点如下：

1．获得生活经验和技能,更好地为你的专业或未来的事业服务；

2．结交有趣的人员，学习更多的知识；

3．让你回报社会，消除理解障碍；

4．你自己的看法。

参考词汇：障碍 n. barrier

Computers Help Fire Fighters

In Kansas City, Missouri, a computer helps fire fighters. The computer contains information about every one of the 35000 street addresses in the city. When fire fighters answer a call, the computer will give them important about the burning building, its position and almost all the ways of helping fire fighters with the problems facing them. For example, it can give medical information about invalids living in a burning building. With this information, the fire fighters can take special care to find these sick persons and carry them away quickly and safely.

The Kansas City computer system also keeps a medical record of each of the city’s 9000 fire fighters. The kind of information is especially useful when a hospital can treat the injured. With this information, doctors at the hospital can treat the injured fire fighters more quickly and easily.

1. Missouri is most likely the name of ___________.

A. a well—known river                   B. the head of the fire fighters

C. a state in the USA                     D. a new kind of computer

2. The computer can give ______________.

A. useful and useless information about the city

B. useful information about everyone living in the city

C. useful information about every street address in the city

D. information about every town around the city

3. In this passage the word “invalid” means a person __________.

A. who is badly injured               B. who is helped by firemen

C. who wants to be a firemen          D. who has become weak through illness or injury

4. If injured, the firemen will ___________.

A. be treated at once with the computer’s help    B. hardly get any treatment

C. ask doctors and nurses for help             D. be taken to hospital by the computer

　 “Helping survivors (生还者) of the earthquake and killer waves in the Indian Ocean last week is a race against time” says Kofi Annan , the United Nations secretary-general .

  The concern about offers of international aid is based on history. Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal relationships. One strength of the human condition is our aim to give and receive support from one another under stressful surroundings. Social support consists of the exchange of resources among people based on their interpersonal ties.

   Those of us with strong support systems appear betterable to deal with major life changes and daily problems. People with strong social ties live longer and have better health than those without such ties. Studies over a range of illnesses, from depression to heart disease, show that the presence of social support helps people prevent illness, and the absence of such support makes poor health more likely.

    Social support cushions stress in a number of ways. First, friends, relatives, and co-workers may let us know that they value us. Our self-respect is strengthened when we are popular with others despite our faults and difficulties. Second, other people often provide us with informational support. They help us to notice and understand our problems and find solutions to them. Third, we typically find social companionship supportive. Engaging in leisure-time activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting(转移...注意力)us from our worries and troubles. Finally, other people may give us instrumental support: a financial aid, material resources, and needed services -- that reduces stress by helping us deal with our problems.

59. Research shows that people's physical and mental health _______.

A. depends on the social welfare (福利)systems which support them

B. has much to do with the amount of support they get from others

C. depends on their ability to deal with daily worries and troubles

D. is closely related to their strength for dealing with major changes in their lives

60. The underlined word" cushions" in Para.3 means _______.

A. adds up to                                    B. does away with

C. reduce the effect of                 D. depends on

61. Helping a sick neighbor with some repair work is an example of _______.

A. instrumental support                       B. informational support

C. social companionship               D. the strengthening of self-respect

62. Social companionship is very important because _______.

A. it helps strengthen our ties with relatives

B. it enables us to get rid of our faults and mistakes

C. it makes our leisure-time activities more enjoyable

D. it draws our attention away from our worries and troubles