Brave Frenchman Found Half-way Around the World

(NEW YORK) A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two-year-old girl in Manhattan said he didn’t think twice before diving into the freezing East River.

Tuesday’s Daily News said 29-year who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday.

He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Scaport museum. He handed the girl to her father ,David Anderson, who had dive in after him.

“I d idn’t think at all,”  Duret told the Daily News. “ It happened very fast. I reacted very fast.”

Duret, an engineer on vacation ,was walking with his girlfriend along the pier(码头)when he saw something falling  into the water .He thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he approached the river. In an instant ,he took off his coat and jumped into the water.

When he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said . Fortunately, when she was out of the water, she opened her eyes.

Andersonsaid his daughter slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera. An ambulance came later for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from cookers. Duret caught a train with his girlfriend shortly after.

The rescue happened on the day before he left for France. Duret said he didn’t realize his tale of heroism he was leaving the next morning .

“I don’t really think I’m a hero,” said Duret. “Anyone would do the same ting.”

50.why was Duret in NewYork?     【C】

A. To meet his girlfriend              B. To work as an engineer

C. To spend his holiday               D. To visit the Andersons.

51. What did duret do shortly after the ambulance came?              (D)

A. He was interviewed by a newspaper

B. He asked his girlfriend for his dry clothes

C. He went to the hospital in the ambulance

D. He disappeared from the spot quickly

52. Who divide after duret into the river to save the little girl?         (A)

A. David Anderson   B. a passer-by    C. his girlfriend     D. a taxi driver.

53. When was duet most probably found to be the very hero?         (B)

A.  the day when he was leaving for home.

B. a couple of days after the girl was rescued

C. the first day when he was in New York

D. the same day when he was interviewed.

                         The 1900 house

  The bowler famil y was one of more than 400 families who applied to 1900 house, a reality TV shout which took a typical family back a hundred years to se how people lived in the days before the internet, computer games and even electricity.

  The bowler family spent three months in a Londonhome without a telephone, computers, TV, or fast food. The bowlers wore clothes from 1900, are only food available in English at that time, and cooked their meals on a single stove. Paul bowler still went to work every day in a then uniform. The children changed their clothes on the way to and from school and their classmates didn’t know about then unusural home life. Joyce stayed at home, cooking and cleaning like a typical housewif e of the time, though everything took three times as long.

 So does Joyce think that people’s lives were better in the old days?

 “I think people in the old days had just ad many troubles and worries,” Joyce said.

And I don’t think their life was better or worse, there were lots of things back then that

I’m happy I don’t have to deal with nowadays, but on the other hand life was simpler.” “We had a lot more time with our family, and it was hard being nice to each other all the time,” eleven-year-old Hilary said.

   So what did the Bowler family miss most about modern life while living in the 1900 house?

   Paul,39:” telephone and a hot shower”

   Joyce,44:” a quick cup of tea from a kettle you could just turn on”

   Hilary,11:” rock CD”

   Joseph,9:” hamburger and computer games”

54.While the Bowler family was living in 1900 house,_____.                         [A]

A the mother spent more time on housework

B the two children wore the then clothes for school

C they prepared their meals together on a stove

D they ate simple foods they had never seen

55. According to Paragraph 4, what’s Jovce’s opinion about life in 1900?                [C]

A There were fewer problems for the family

B Life was simpler but worse than it is now

C There were things she liked and disliked

D The family had more time to stay together

56.What would Hilary expect most from modern life in the three months?                [C]

A To play computer games             B To make phone calls

C To listen to music                  D To chat on the Internet    

      For these reasons,I believe that lawmakers need to legislate (立法) against spam.Spammers should be fined,and perhaps sent to prison if they continue to disturb people.E-mail is a tool which helps people all over the world to communicate conveniently,but spam is destroying this conwenience.

57.What does the underlined word “correspondence” in the Paragraph 1 probably mean?                                                          【A】

  A.messages     B.ideas          C.connections         D.programs

58.According to the text, what is the major cause of the flooding spam?     【D】[来源:学|科|网]

  A.Companies rely on e-mail for communications.

B.More people in the world communicate by e-mail.

C.Many computer viruses contain spam e-mail.

D.More advertisers begin to promote sales through spam.

59.According to Paragraph 3,who is the final victim of spam?              【D】

 A. The business                 B. The advertiser        

 C.The employee               D.The consumer [来源:学科网ZXXK]

D

      When I first got an email account ten years ago, I received communications only from family,friends,and colleagues.Now it seems that every time I check my e-mail ,I have an endless seriers of advertisement and otner correspondence that do not interest the at all.If we want e-mail to continue to be useful,we need special laws that make spamming(发送垃圾邮件) a crime.

     This problem is troubling for inviduals and companies as well. Many spam emails contain computer viruses that can shut down the entire network of a company.Compa nies rely on e-mail on on e-mail for their Comployees to communicate with each other. Spam frequently causes failures in their local commnications networks,and their employees are thus unable to communicate effectively.such a situationg results in a loss of productivity and requires companies to repeatedly repai their networks.These computer problems raise productton costs of companies ,which are,in the end,passed on to the consumer.

       60.What is the purpose of the text?

       A.To inform                  B.To educate                 C.To persuade               D.To instruet

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