His name is James，but people call him Rocky.The name fits.He’s big，over six feet tall，and he’s tough when he needs to? be.James “Rocky” Robinson lives and works in New York City’s Bedford?Stuyvesant district，one of the poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods in the United States.Yet it is here in Bed?Stuy that he is saving lives and reviving a community.

In 1966，when Rocky was twenty?six years old，his seven?year?old niece was struck by a car on the street of Bed?Stuy.Had someone at the scene known first aid or CPR，she might have lived.But by the time she reached a hospital，she was dead.

His niece’s unnecessary death was one reason why Rocky became a paramedic (护理人员)．Working for the Emergency Medical Service of New York City，he realized that more than half the city’s emergency calls came from high?crime areas.According to Rocky，residents of crime?plagued minority neighborhoods like Bed?Stuy sometimes had to wait as long as 26 minutes after calling 911 for an ambulance while calls in richer white communities were answered in_a_fraction_of_the_time.

Rocky decided to find out more about the problem.His research showed that the richer communities had organized their own ambulance corps (特殊部队) to improve city services because the city was overwhelmed with calls.“If that’s the key to success，”he told his friend and EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) colleague，Joe Perez，“we’ll start our own corps in Bed?Stuy！”

In 1988，Rocky had no idea that he and Joe would be attempting to establish the first minority?run ambulance service in the country，or just how creative he would have to be to overcome the difficulty.The pair’s first challenge was to find a location for the headquarters.They took over an abandoned building that was commonly used by drug dealers.Because there was no electricity or running water (except for the leaks in the roof)，the two men worked during daylight hours.They used a two?way radio to receive emergency calls.

Although they could make do with their new headquarters，Rocky and Joe still lacked the most important component of an ambulance service：an ambulance.An old Chevrolet (雪佛兰) got them to the scenes of accidents，fires，shootings，and stabbings.But the car didn’t always start.At times，they were forced to strap (用带捆绑) their trauma kits and oxygen tanks to their backs and run on foot to the emergencies.Everyone laughed，except the victims who were still alive when? Rocky and Joe arrived.

1.The author believes the name “Rocky” fits James because________.

A．he is a tall and tough man

B．he is tall and does something big

C．he is living in a tough community

D．he leads a tough community

2.James’ seven?year?old niece would have been saved if________.

A．she had been sent to a better hospital

B．she had got first aid and arrived in hospital earlier

C．James had been at the spot

D．emergency calls had been available in the area

3.The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 means________.

A．in a short time

B．over a long time

C．in the near future

D．from time to time

4.We can infer from Paragraph 4 that________.

A．ambulance corps were only allowed in rich white communities

B．James found white communities made more emergency calls

C．city services were not enough to meet people’s need

D．it was easy to establish the minority?run ambulance service

Jerry is a popular manager of a restaurant．The reason why the waiters   1 ．Jerry was because of his attitude．He was a natural motivator（鼓舞人心的人）．If a（n）  2   was having a bad day，Jerry was always there，telling the employee how to look on the  3  side of the situation．

    This attitude really made me  4  ，so one day I asked him，“I don’t get it！No one can be a positive person 5  ．How do you do it?”

    “Each time something bad happens，I can choose to  6  it．Every time someone comes to me 7 ，I can choose to accept their complaining  8 I can point out the positive side of life．Why don’t we just do that later?”Jerry replied．

    Jerry told me an unusual story out of his experience．One day he left the back door of his restaurant  9  and was robbed by three armed men．While trying to open the safe，his hand，shaking from  10  ，slipped off the combination（开启号码的号码组合）．The robbers got angry and  11    him．

    Luckily，Jerry was found quickly and rushed to the  12  ．After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of serious care，Jerry  13  with fragments（碎片）of the bullets still in his body．

    1 saw Jerry about six months after the  14 ．I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the  15  took place．“Weren’t you scared? Did you  16  consciousness?”I asked．

    “No．”Jerry said．“But when I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses，I got really scared．”

    “A nurse asked if I was allergic（过敏的）to anything．‘Yes’I replied．The doctors and nurses stopped  17  as they waited for my reply．I took a deep breath and yelled，‘  18  ’!”

    “Over their laughter，I told them，Please  19  on me as if I am alive，not dead．”

    Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors，but also because of his amazing  attitude．Attitude，after all，is  20  ．

1．A．followed                 B．1ed                      C．caught                   D．fled

2．A．nurse                    B．doctor                 C．adviser                   D．employee

3．A．right                      B．dark                    C．positive                  D．negative

4．A．regretful                  B．curious                C．angry                     D．disappointed

5．A．all the time               B．therefore              C．sooner or later               D．occasionally

6．A．insist on                B．stick to                C．take care of            D．1earn from

7．A．smiling                  B．1aughing              C．complaining            D．singing

8．A．so                         B．or                        C．but                        D．and

9．A．open                     B．shut                     C．locked                   D．closed

10．A．excitement             B．happiness              C．eagerness               D．nervousness

11．A．shot                     B．killed                   C．beat                       D．hit

12．A．restaurant              B．house                  C．company                D．hospital

13．A．died                     B．disappeared            C．recovered               D．escaped

14．A．accident                B．meeting                C．class                      D．party

15．A．murder                B．robbery                C．show                     D．concern

16．A．catch                   B．gain                     C．forget                    D．lose

17．A．to work               B．to talk                  C．working                 D．talking

18．A：Papers                 B．Bullets                 C．Cakes                    D．Flowers

19．A．operate                B．joke                     C．regard                    D．look

20．A．something             B．nothing                C．none                      D everything

A French father-of-two who swam across the Channel 16 years after losing all his limbs(四肢) in an electrical accident said Sunday that he was “the happiest man alive.”

Philippe Croizon, a 42-year-old former metalworker, said he had performed his feat(壮举)to inspire all those “who think life is nothing but suffering.”

He set off from Folkestone in southern England just before 8:00 am on Saturday, and arrived on the French coast near Wissant just before 9:30 pm, aided by his specially designed flipper-shaped prosthetic(假肢的)legs.

Steadying himself with his prosthetic arms, Croizon kept up a constant speed in good weather and was accompanied by wild dolphins for part of the 33-kilometre (20-mile) crossing. “For a while, I didn’t realize what I’d done. It was only that night, when I went to bed, that suddenly I burst out laughing, and told myself, ‘You did it!’,” he told AFP by telephone from his home in northern France.

In 1994 Croizon was hit by a 20,000-volt charge as he attempted to remove a television aerial from a house roof. “I was on my hospital bed; they’d just finished cutting off my last leg. You can imagine how that felt. And then I saw a television documentary on a female swimmer who crossed the Channel,” he explained.

“There and then, I asked myself: ‘Why not me one day?’” he said.

Croizon trained for two years and last month completed a 12-hour swim between the ports of Noirmoutier and Pornic on France’s Atlantic coast, but his final Channel crossing was much faster than he had expected. “I wanted to slow down, but I couldn’t. The motor was running,” he said, adding that he had expected to be at sea for 24 hours.

“It was huge. I was in the zone. I was inside my head. I didn’t want to disappoint anyone,” he said, declaring that his next long-distance challenge will be to swim between Europe and Africa.

60. What led to Philippe’s decision to swim across the English Channel?

A. The aim to inspire all those suffering from disabilities.

B. His strong will and determination.

C. The female swimmer who crossed the Channel.

D. His unfortunate experience.

61. We can infer from the passage that ______.

A. Philippe’s success in crossing the Channel was incredible

B. the wild dolphins kept him company all the way

C. it took him 24 hours to cross the Channel

D. Philippe planned to travel to Africa

62. What does the underlined sentence mean in the last paragraph?

A. Philippe was swimming in his head.

B. Philippe filled his mind with determination to succeed.

C. Philippe was imagining his success.

D. Philippe was dreaming about his swimming across the Channel.

63. What can be the best title of the passage?

A. Limbless Man Crosses The English Channel

B. Crossing The Channel with Prosthetic Flippers.

C. Philippe’s Purpose of Crossing the Channel.

D. How Philippe Became Limbless.