10.Four schoolchildren from Belgrave,England were out on their bikes on Wednesday evening.Unexpectedly,they saw an elderly man gasping for breath in the street.They tried to call the police and ambulance service,but their phones were not working,due to network problems.
Before the Polish man became unconscious,the children kept him calm while they flagged down(招停),a passing driver.The children used words they had picked up from their Polish classmates to translate the injured man's answer to the driver's questions.Gray,10,and his six-year-old sister,Lily,stayed with the man while Thyus and Owen,both 11,led the ambulance to the spot where he lay.Soon the man was taken to hospital.
The fantastic four children who came to the aid of the elderly man deserve the highest respect for their quick thinking and courage in an emergency situation.They are a credit not only to themselves,but to their families and their school.And it is great to be able to hear such a positive story about young people.
What is not so positive about this story is the fact that several adults apparently walked by without stopping to help.This seeming indifference to an emergency situation is a well-noted phenomenon which psychologists sometimes refer to as"the bystander effect".Research suggests that when a group of people witness an emergency,people are likely to assume that somebody else will intervene and they feel that the burden of responsibility is lifted from their shoulders.
Perhaps the answer to this sort of thing is to introduce a"Good Samaritan"law.This already exists in France and places a legal responsibility on people who witness an emergency situation to help put as long as they can do so.This certainly seems to remove any doubt about who bears the burden of responsibility for offering assistance-----everybody!
29.In paragraph 3,the author mainlyB
A.shows his great sympathy for the man
B.gives high praise to the four children.
C.offers his special thanks to the driver
D.expresses his anger at several adults
30.What can we learn about the elderly man?A
A.he spoke Polish with the children
B.he fell from his bike and got injured
C.he was taken to hospital by a passing driver.
D.he recovered consciousness in the street
31.The underlined word"intervene"in paragraph 4is closest in meaning toD.
A.be curious
B.go on
C.give up
D.get involved
32.In France,if an emergency happens to someone,A.
A.offering help to him is required by law
B.people have the right to leave the scene
C.others must get permission before helping him
D.the witnesses will be punished if the rescue fails.
分析 本文講述了四個(gè)孩子看到老人昏倒在街頭,冷靜勇敢地成功地救助了他,受到了公眾
解答 29.B.考查段落大意.在第三段中的deserve the highest respect for their quick thinking and courage in an emergency situati,作者高度贊揚(yáng)了孩子們面對(duì)緊急情況時(shí)所表現(xiàn)出來(lái)的機(jī)智和勇氣.故選B.
30.A.考查推理判斷.由第二段中的"The children used…the driver's questions"可知,孩子們用他們從波蘭同學(xué)那里學(xué)來(lái)的波蘭語(yǔ)為老人翻譯,故老人和孩子們之間講的是波蘭語(yǔ).故選A.
31.D.考查詞義猜測(cè).根據(jù)畫線詞后的"they feel that the burden of responsibility is lifted from their shoulders"可推測(cè),人們感覺(jué)責(zé)任不在自己肩上是因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)為其他人會(huì)"參與"救助.故選D.
32.A.考查細(xì)節(jié)理解.由最后一段中的"This already exists in France…can do so."可知,在法國(guó),人們?nèi)绻鲆?jiàn)緊急情況,他們有法律責(zé)任去盡力提供幫助.故選A.
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