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Passage 1(2022 年廣東, A) Lisa was running late. Lisa, 25, had a lot to do at work, plus visitors on the way: her parents were ing in for Thanksgiving from her hometown. But as she hurried down the subway stairs, she started to feel unfortably warm. By the time she got to the platform, Lisa felt weak and tired— maybe it hadn’ t been a good idea to give blood the night before, she thought. She rested herself against a post close to the tracks. Several yards away, Frank ,43, and his girlfriend, Jennifer, found a spot close to where the front of the train would stop. They were deep in discussion about a house they were thinking of buying. But when he heard the scream, followed by someone yelling, “ Oh, my God, she fell in! ” Frank didn’ t hesitate. He jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on the rails. “ No ! Not you ! ” his girlfriend screamed after him. She was right to be alarmed. By the time Frank reached Lisa, he could feel the tracks shaking and see the light ing. The train was about 20 seconds from the station. It was hard to lift her. She was just out. But he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform so that bystanders could hold her by the arms and drag her away from the edge. That was where Lisa briefly regained consciousness, felt herself being pulled along the ground, and saw someone else holding her purse. Lisa thought she’ d been robbed. A woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help stop the blood pouring from her head. And she tried to talk but she couldn’ t, and that was when she realized how much pain she was in. Police and fire officials soon arrived, and Frank told the story to an officer. Jennifer said her boyfriend wa — just as he had been seconds after the rescue, which made her think about her reaction at the time. “ I saw the train ing and I was thinking he was going to die, ” she explained. 1. What was the most probable cause for Lisa’ s weakness? A. She had run a long way. B. She felt hot in the subway. C. She had done a lot of work. D. She had donated blood the night before. 2. Why did Jennifer try to stop her boyfriend? A. Because they would miss their train. B. Because he didn’ t see the train ing. C. Because she was sure Lisa was hard to lift. D. Because she was afraid the train would kill him. 3. How did Frank save Lisa? A. By lifting her to the platform. B. By helping her rise to her feet. C. By pulling her along the ground. D. By dragging her away from the edge. 4. When did Lisa bee conscious again? A. When the train was leaving. B. After she was back on the platform. C. After the police and fire off icials came. D. When a man was cleaning the blood from her head. 5. The passage is intended to________. A. warn us of the danger in the subway B. show us how to save people in the subway C. tell us about a subway rescue D. report a traffic accident Passage 2(2022 年寧夏 海南,全國(guó) Ⅰ , B) Computer programmer David Jones earns £ 35,000 a year designing new puter games,yet he cannot find a bank ready to let him have a credit card(信用卡 ). Instead, he has been told to wait another two years,where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David’ s firm releases (推出 ) two new games for the fast growing puter market each month. But David’ s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Even though he earns a lot, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage (抵押貸款 ), or get credit cars. David got his job with the Liverpoolworking for a time in a puter shop. “ I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs, ” he said. David spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother 50 pounds a week. But most of his spare time is spent working. “ Unfortunately, puting was not part of our studies at school, ” he said.“ But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway. ” David added: “ I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement (退體 )is a possibility. You ne