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V. Reading Comprehension (15%)
A
It was 3.21 a. m. when
nine
-year-old Glenn Kreamer awoke to
the smell of burning.
Except for the
crackling
（
爆
裂
声
）
of flames somewhere
below there was not a sound
in the two-
storey house at Baldwin, Long Island.
With his father away on night duty at a
local factory, Glenn was worried about the
safety of his mother, his sister Karen,
14 and his 12
-year-old brother Todd. He
ran
downstairs through the
smoke
-filled house to push and pull at
Karen and Todd until
they sat up. Then
he helped each on through the house to the safety
of the garden.
There, his sister and
brother, taking short and quick breaths and
coughing, collapsed
on the lawn.
The nine-year-old raced back into the
house and upstairs to his mother's room. He
found it impossible to wake her up.
Mrs. Kreamer, a victim of the smoke, was
unconscious, and there was nobody to
help Glenn carry her to the garden. But the boy
remained calm and, as a fireman said
later,
-control of a trained
adult.
On the bedroom
telephone, luckily still working, Glenn called his
father and, leaving
Mr. Kreamer to
telephone the fire brigade and ambulance service,
got on with the task
of saving his
mother.
First he filled a bucket with
water from the bathroom and threw water
over his mother
and her bed.
Then, with a wet cloth around his head he went
back to the garden.
He could
hear the fire engine coming up, but how would the
firemen find his mother in
the smoke-
filled house where flames had almost swallowed up
the ground flo
or?
Grasping
firmly a ball of string from the garage, Glenn
raced back into the house and
dashed
upstairs to his mother's room. Tying one end of
the string to her hand he ran
back,
laying out the string as he went, through the hall
and back out into the ga
rden.
Minutes later he was telling fire chief
John Coughlan
:
mother.
bedroom floor.
71
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Why did Glenn
run downstairs first?
A
．
He wanted to
find out what was happening.
B
．
He was worried about his
mother's
safety.
C
．
He wanted to
save his sister and brother.
D
．
He went to see
if his father had come
back.
72
．
Who called the
fire brigade and ambulance service?
A
．
Glenn.
B
．
Glenn's father.
C
．
Glenn's sister.
D
．
Glenn's neighbor.
73
．
What did Glenn
do to protect himself?
A
．
He put a wet
cloth around his head.
B
．
He threw water
all over himself.
C
．
He hid himself
in the bathroom.
D
．
He rushed out
to the lawn.
74
．
Glenn saved
his family because __________.
A
．
his father had
taught him to do so on the phone
B
．
he had learned
something about
first aid
C
．
he had dealt
with the emergency calmly and wisely
D
．
he had followed his
mother's
instruction
B
There are three separate sources of
danger in supplying energy by nuclear
powe
r
(
原
子
能
).
First, the radioactive material must
travel from its place of production to the power
station.
Although the power
stations themselves are strongly built, the
containers used for the
transport of
the materials are not. Normally, only two methods
of
transport are in use,
namely road or rail, Unfortunately,
both of these may have an effect on the general
public, since they are sure to pass
near, or even through, heavily populated
areas.
Second, there is the
problem of waste. All nuclear power
stations
produce wastes that
in most cases will remain radioactive
for thousands of years. It is impossible to make
these wastes nonradioactive, and so
they must be stored in one of the inconvenient
ways that scientists have invented. For
example, they may be buri
ed under the
ground,
or dropped into deserted mines,
or sunk in the sea. However, these methods do not
solve the problem, since an earthquake
could easily break the containers.
Third, there may occur the danger of a
leak (
泄
漏
) or an
explosion at the power s
tation.
As with the other two dangers, this is
not very likely, so it does not provide a serious
objection to the nuclear program.
However, it can happen.
Separately, these three types of
dangers are not a great cause for worry. Taken
together, though, the probability of
disaster (
灾
难
) is
extremely high.
75. Which of
the following if FALSE?
A.
It is possible that a leak or an explosion occurs
at a power station.
B. It is
unusual for radioactive materials to be
transported across land.
C.
The containers are likely to be broken by an
e
arthquake.
D. Nuclear
wastes remain dangerous in most cases for many
years.
76. The author thinks
that the ways to store nuclear wastes
are
.
A.
easy
B. impossible
C. reasonable
D.
ineffective
77. What do we learn from
the la
st paragraph?
A. The
power station is a safe place.
B. The dangers of nuclear energy can be
prevented.
C. The general
public are strongly against the nuclear
program.
D. By itself, none
of the three dangers is very likely to cause much
worry.
78. What is this
passage about?
A. Uses of
nuclear power.
B. Dangers from
nuclear power.
C. Public
anger at nuclear power.
D.
Accidents caused by nuclear power.
C
There is one foreign
product the Japanese are buying faster faster than
others
，
and its
popularity has caused an uneasy feeling
among many Japanese.
That product is foreign
words.
Gairaigo-words that comefrom outside
have been part of the Japanese language
for
centuries. Mostly
borrowed from English and terms are often changed
into forms
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