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BAM，Iran:56—year—old man was rescued alive after spending 13 days below ruins of the earthquake—flattened Iranian city of Bam ,but he then slipped into a coma and doctors said yesterday they feared for his life .
The man was found by rescuers on Wednesday afternoon trapped below a wardrobe （衣柜）which had apparently saved his life .
“It seems he had some water because around him was wet ,” said medic Mehdi Shadnoush , part of a Ukrainian-Iranian team .
“When he arrived at the hospital his signs of life were very weak . He was frozen and now he is in a coma ,” Shadnoush said .
The man lay on a hospital bed covered by a white blanket and had an oxygen mask over his mouth and nose . He looked very thin and had a white-and-black beard .
“We are following his condition minute by minute but we don’t hold out too much hope ,” Shad -noush said .
State radio had originally reported the man’s age as 57. But doctors said that when he was first brought to the hospital he had been able to give his first name , Jalil , and his age , 56. He then slipped into a coma overnight .
He was the first survivor to come alive out of the ruins of the ancient Silk Road city 1,000 kilometres southeast of Teheran since a woman in her 90s was rescued on January 3.
The December 26 earthquake , which measured 6.8 on the Richter scale , struck just before dawn , destroying 90 per cent of the city’s buildings and killing more than 30,000 people .
Experts say it is very rare for people to survive for more than 72 hours in such conditions . Temperatures have fallen to around freezing most nights since the earthquake struck .
Tremors（震动）continued to shake another region of Iran for a third day yesterday , causing damage to buildings but no persons , the official Iranian news agency reported .
The small earthquakes , measuring 3.4 and 4.2 on the Richter scale were the latest of more than 30 tremors to make nervous the southwestern province of Khuzestan . There were no reports of any damage to its many oil installations （设置）.
Fearful that the tremors foretell a major quake , schools in Khuzestan have been closed , ambulance and fire brigade services moved out into the open and many persons have spent the last few nights sleeping in tents .
In Bam yesterday , United Nations officials , aid workers and foreign diplomats toured the destroyed city to mark the launch of a 90-day UN request for funds to help the city and its survivors .
“Altogether I think US$ 100 million has been given and promised by the international community , which is an impressive sign of international solidarity （团结）,” said Jan Egeland , UN under-secretary for humanitarian affairs .
Aid workers said the man rescued on Wednesday afternoon had traveled from a nearby village to Bam for medical treatment and was staying with his sister when the earthquake hit .
“We have sent people to his village to bring his wife to the hospital ,” said Iranian aid worker Mohammad Reza Tahmasbi .
Rescue workers were pushed to look for the man after a woman living nearby noticed his body had not yet been got back .
56．Which of the following is the best title of this passage ?
A．A 56-year-old Man Spends 13 Days in Quake Ruins .
B．The Rescue Workers Try to Save an Old Man .
C．United officials , Aid Workers Tour the City .
D．A 56-year-old Man Saved .
57．What does the author think saved the 56-year man ?
A．Water . B．A wardrobe . C．Long life . D．workers’ carefulness .
58．The 56-year-old man was .
A．a person living in Bam B．a villager living near Bam
C．a traveler D．a survivor
59．What will the future of the 56-year-old man be like ?
A．Unknown . B．Dead . C．Healthy . D．Bright .
60．The word “coma” in the passage probably means .
A．nervousness B．anxiousness C．sleep D．unconsciousness
B
Personally , I like Chinese New Year’s movies very much . Because they are filled with joyous themes , and this kind of movie is a good choice for people who finally finish a year’s hard work and wish to add some refreshment to their new year .
And it proved to be true that Chinese New Year’s movies are in need , for they were well received by common people in the late 1990s. However , after less than 10 years of flourishing , they are now facing a great decline in box office income .
I think the failure of Chinese New Year’s movies is for two main reasons : lack of creation and low quality of production .
Audiences are not fools . They watch movies in order to get satisfaction , happiness and enlightenment（启发）,not to be tricked by meaningless , same stories . If a movie tells a boring story , how can filmmakers expect applause （鼓掌）from the audience .
And at the same time we hope that directors choose actors and actresses carefully . The success of a movie is mostly determined by a fine story and good performances . If performers aren’t able to communicate a character’s emotions exactly , no matter how wonderful a story is , the movie may be a failure . So a popular New Year’s movie ought to be creative and elaborately（精心地）produced .
My favourite Chinese New Year’s movie is “Be There or Be Square” (Bu Jian Bu San), directed by Feng Xiaogang . It’s a story about love and life . The hero is a Chinese man who struggles hard in the US . One day , he meets a girl from Beijing . The two share the same goal : making their fortunes in America . After a series of ups and downs , they fail to realize their dreams . But , they finally fall in love with each other and decide to go back to China to make a brand new start .
Feng is good at providing humorous and simple lines with deep and strongly felt meaning . As far as the audience is concerned , it was acceptable and interesting . And the leading actor and actress showed superior performances . They cooperated so well and acted so naturally that it seemed they were truly a pair of lovers .
From the simple but moving story , I got a lot . Besides money and fame , there are many other beautiful things worth pursuing（追求）and loving .
Good stories and actors are what the audience desire . Whether Chinese New Year’s movies will last in the New Year’s film market depends mostly on the filmmakers’ attitude towards movie production . I hope that in the coming new year , I can spend several hours in a cinema enjoying a good movie instead of just chatting with my friends to escape a boring movie .
61．From the passage we know .
A．the author thinks highly of the present New Year’s movies
B．the author are complaining of some New Year’s movies
C．people don’t need New Year’s movies now
D．none of New Year’s movies are well produced
62．In the opinion of the author , New Year’s movie should solve the following problems except
.
A．lack of creation B．low-quality of production
C．directors’ careful choices of actors and actresses D．simplicity
63．One of the things that make the author like the movie “Be There or Be Square” (Bu Jain Bu San )is .
A．humor , simplicity and satisfactory end B．nature , enlightenment and sad background
C．good theme , good performances and a brand new start
D．creation , good production and natural performances
64．Film-makers’ attitude to movie production will .
A．mostly determine whether the New Year’s film market will last
B．determine the success of the future New Year’s movies
C．mostly determine whether Chinese New Year’s movies will last in the New Year’s film market D．determine Chinese film market
C
George E. Elliott Jr , who has died , aged 85 , gave the unnoticed warning about aircraft coming near Pearl Harbour , in 1941 , as described in history books and movies like “Tora , Tora , Tora” .
Elliott died on Saturday of complications （并发症）from a stroke（中风）,his family said .
The former Army radar operator detected incoming Japanese aircraft on December 7, 1941. He then gave a warning , but it was brushed aside. Nearly an hour later , the enemy planes reached the US Navy’s fleet (舰队) in the harbour .
In a 50-year anniversary（周年）story , a reporter from the US’s Associated Press told how Elliott and another soldier , Joseph L. Lockard ,had been on duty that day since 4 am at Kahuku Point on the northern tip of Oahu Island , Hawaii . They had been familiarizing themselves with a strange new invention that could “see” 130 miles (208 kilometres ) out to sea —something called “radar .”
Just after 7 am , Elliott saw “something completely out of the ordinary” on the screen , a huge blip (信号) , due north , 137 miles (219.2 kilometres )out . The information was called in to headquarters , and the operators were told it was a flight of B-17 Flying Fortresses due in from California .
They kept tracking for practice , and the blip grew so large that Lockard figured the set was broken . They turned it off at 7:45 , after the blip disappeared behind Oahu’s mountains .
About 10 minutes later , the first bombs were falling on the battleships in the harbour .
Later that morning , when Elliott and Lockard arrived back at their base , they learned the significance of what they had observed .
Elliott served in the Army until 1945 , and then worked for New Jersey Bell Telephone for 33 years before retiring .
In later years , his warning at Pearl Harbour brought him reward . The actions of the radar operators were described in the 1970 movie “Tora , Tora , Tora,” and on television specials and in history books .
65．What made George E. Elliott Jr rewarded ?
A．His job . B．His invention .C．His warning at Pearl Harbor .D．His specials .
66．The word “ brushed aside” in the 3rd paragraph means .
A．accepted B．loved C．detected D．refused to pay attention to
67．From the passage we know George E. Elliot , Jr once mainly did kinds of jobs .
A．1 B．2 C．3 D．4
D
Excited by the successful landing of the rover (探测机器人) on Mars , scientists from NASA( the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration ) have spent the last few days studying data (数据)from the robot and working on getting it ready to roll .
Spirit made a dangerous , but safe , landing on Mars on Sunday on what scientists believe is the rocky bed of an ancient lake that once may have contained life .
Just three hours later , the six-wheeled rover began sending black-and –white photos of its surroundings back 170 million kilometers to Earth . The rover sent back a few colour photos on Monday .
The scientists were overjoyed by the success . Two of every three past purpose of landings on Mars have failed .
“It’s a big step forward for all humanity . Now we have another rover on another planet , exploring a new world . What more could you ask for ?” said Charles Elachi, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
The first images from Spirit show a flat , wind-damaged surface dotted with small rocks . The scene made scientists eager to send the rover around the planet in search of evidence （证据）that the landing site was once covered with water .
The US$ 820 million project also includes a twin golf cart-sized rover called Opportunity , set to land on Mars’ other side on January 24.
The dozens of initial（开始的）,low-resolution（分辨能力）photos show Spirit landed upright （垂直的）,level and facing south on a flat stretch of the hole the scientists believe once contained a lake .
It will be about a week before the six-wheeled robot is ready to roll off its lander and move around Mars .
Spirit’s successful landing has ended the trend of failed missions to Mars . NASA’s last attempt to land on Mars , in 1999 , ended in failure . Its last successful landing was in 1997 , when Pathfinder carried the tiny Sojourner rover to the surface of Mars .
Over the next three months , the robot will use a range of instruments to look for evidence of past water activity in the rocks and soil of the planet .
68．What is inferred in the passage ?
A．NASA is pleased with its rover . B．NASA is disappointed with its rover .
C．NASA is curious about its rover D．NASA is sad about its rover
69．Mars is according to the first images from Spirit .
A．a rocky bed of an ancient lake that once contained life
B．a flat , wind-damaged surface dotted with small rocks
C．a flat stretch of the hole that once contained a lake
D．a landing site once covered with water
70．The US$ 820 million project at least includes rovers .
A．2 B．3 C．4 D．5
E
August has always been difficult for me . It is the time when I realize that the books my English teacher assigned （布置）to me are not going to read themselves and that I have a difficult month in front of me .
You might think that I don’t want to spend my summer reading , but that’s not the problem : I love reading . On the first day of my summer holiday this year , I went to the library and got “ A Gathering of Old Men” by African-American writer Ernest Gaines . I enjoyed it very much . I read all the magazines that my parents subscribe to （订阅）and spend about 30 minutes every day with the morning paper .
So why do I hate summer reading for school ? Because the books on summer reading lists are often slow-going and just uninviting （不吸引人）. Teachers and librarians don’t understand that summer reading can be entertaining as well as educational . They choose books that a friend of my mother’s calls “spinach books” : good for you , but not much fun to take in . Every summer , I read them , hate them and get bitter about the experience .
This bitterness started three years ago when I was about to begin high school . As preparation , my English teacher told me to read “ The Age of Innocence” (《纯真年代》)by American author Edith Wharton .I’m sure there are many people who enjoyed “The Age of Innocence” ——some might even say it’s their favourite book .
But I don’t think any of these people read it as a 14-year-old boy on his summer vacation .
“The Age of Innocence” is the story of a forbidden romance in New York 100years ago . At 14, my only experience with romance was my love for baseball .I couldn’t imagine being in love , much less being in love in 1900. “The Age of Innocence” was totally different to my life .
Most of my required summer reading has been like that——books written in a style that plays up the adjectives and plays down the verbs . I guess teachers don’t think exciting plots make for “good literature” . To me , though , a good writer describes events and characters in a way that makes the reader want to know what happens next .
If I ware making up a summer reading list , it would include “The Friends of Eddie Coyle” by George V. Higgins , “The Right Stuff” by Tom Wolfe , and “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer . These are all books that have literary value but , just as important , can also entertain kids on vacation . If the teachers could stand a little fun in the books they assign , my Augusts would be a lot more enjoyable .
71．The author thinks he/she will have a difficult Aug