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山东省青岛市五十八中2018届高三上册英语期中考试试卷
How to escape from a car in water
“If you get on your phone and call your parents or your sister, or 911,you will die, " says Robert May, a 21-year-old veteran （老兵）of the Indiana State. No one else will arrive in time: you have to save yourself.
Move quickly. Minivans (微型货车) might float for as long as 10 minutes. In a study from the University of Manitoba, three passengers were able to exist with a child mannequin (人体模型) through a single driver-side window in justS3segonds.
Unbuckle (揭开) your seatbelt, lower your window and climb out, ideally onto the roof of the vehicle. Unfasten them from the backseat, pull them into the front and push them out of your window, oldest ones first. In May's experience, electric car windows will continue to work after falling into water..
Don't open the door, water will flood in. Once full of water, the vehicle will sink fast. Vehicle submersions (淹没) have one of the highest death rates of any type of single-motor-vehicle incidents, responsible for 400 deaths a year in North America.
After you get on top of your car, figure out if it makes sense to stay put or swim for dry ground.Just get out first, May says.
A. From there, call for help.
B. You will be then totally out of danger.
C. Research has been done to confirm this.
D. If there are children present, attend to them first.
E. In one study, a 65-passanger bus sank in nine seconds.
F. Still, keep a small grass-breaking tool on your key ring, just in Case.
G. However, the chances of survival are highest if you get out in the first 60 seconds.
There is an old Spanish saying which states, “Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.” How many times have we put off our dreams tomorrow? {#blank#}1{#/blank#} We have to go for them now!
Tomorrow is not promised.
Nobody likes to talk about death, but everybody is going to die at one point. None of us know the day or the hour. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Don't go to your tomb(坟墓) with unrealized dreams. Make the decision to go after every dream, big or small right now.
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One of the biggest dream killers is fear. Many people could have achieved amazing things if only they weren't afraid. Just think about all the things you've wanted to go, but allowed fear to convince you that you weren't talented, or good enough. Fear is not real. It is a product of thoughts you create.
Take action to realize your dream.
You can dream about writing a great play, but it's never going to happen unless you actually put pen to paper. You can dream about finding a cure for cancer, but it will never happen unless you actually become equipped with the necessary tools to find that cure. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}
Possibilities are waiting on you.
There are so many amazing opportunities and people waiting on you. How do you get to them? Simple! Follow your dream. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} You'll never see those doors if you sit around waiting on a dream to happen, instead of actually working to make it happen.
A. Don't let fear win. B. In other words, dreams don't work unless you do. C. Our dreams should not, and cannot wait. D. Therefore, today is all we have. E. You'll be much happier if you go for it. F. You were born into the world with a unique gift, which nobody can copy. G. Doors that you couldn't imagine open up when you go after what you want. |
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A. I was in third grade then. B. Saanya's unexpected success began in 2005. C. But Saanya decided to raise the money herself. D. But she isn't doing homework or in front of a computer screen E. No matter who you are, there is always an opportunity to make a difference. F. Saanya had established her own non-profit organization called "Children Helping Children". G. One of her goals is to support the schooling of these eight children until they graduate from college. |
In the late afternoon, 15-year-old Saanya Hasan Ali can often be found in her comfortable family room. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} She is cutting, drawing, gluing and folding, surrounded by a colorful chaos of paper, rubber stamps, buttons, and ribbons (带). "I just love arts and crafts (手工艺)," says Saanya. During the past six years, Saanya has raised $26,000 through the sale of her cards to help children and families in need.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} "My mother received an e-mail from Pennies for Education and Health (PEH) organization. They were raising money for children in India to be able to go to school," explains Saanya, who was nine years old at the time. Her mother, Salma, offered to donate $75 in Saanya's name. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Saanya made cards to sell at a family wedding that summer. To her own surprise, she earned $600, enough to send eight children to school for the year. "I kept on making cards, and the following summer I was able to help support the kids for another year,"" explains Saanya. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Saanya acknowledges that her project has helped her to see the world through different eyes. "Now that I am in high school, I would also like to inspire other kids to do their own projects. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Making cards is my small effort," she says. "If everyone does their small part, it can grow into something beyond your expectations."
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