【正文】 a fashion magazine. D. In a newspaper. B I discovered the power of fear when I became stuck to my driveway, as if my feet were crazy— glued to the cement（水泥）． As much as I tried, I could not move them. The realization that my daughters were playing in Nancy39。s house was one of them. I tried to call out for my daughters hoping to see them run safely to my arms, but my voice was also stuck stuck in my throat with no intention of ing out. There I stood, helpless, paralyzed and silenced by fear, unable to protect the two little girls I loved more than even I had realized. Although trapped in a body that couldn39。re on our way, it instantly dissolved the crazy glue that had held my feet to the cement and it unlocked the soundproof box that had silenced my voice. I was free to make sure my daughters were safe. As I continued down the driveway, two little girls, my two little girls, ran toward me from across the street. They had e home to tell me about the fire in the garage next to Nancy39。 safety struck her. 25. What made the author able to move and speak again? A. Shouting from other anxious mothers. B. Strange silence in the neighborhood. C. The alarm of the ing fire engine. D. The courage to protect her daughters. 26. What does the author suggest at the end of the story? A. She burst into tears of relief and happiness. B. She was really thankful to see her girls saved. C. She was too excited to believe what she saw. D. She overcame her fear and fully recovered, 27. What is the best title for the text? A. Love in Fire B. The Power of Fear C. A Narrow Escape D. The Price of Fear C MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are free, but without tutoring, and are open to anyone, anywhere inthe world. The courses are flexible – normally three to five hours of study a week – done at any time, short (5 to 10 weeks) and videorich. They are also heavily dependent on crowd sourcing: you can discuss a course with fellow students through online forums(論壇 ), discussion boards and peer review. Students don39。s answer to US platforms such as Coursera, EdX and Udacity, which have been offering MOOCs from top US universities for the past two years. The response has been incredible, with more than three million people registering worldwide. Meanwhile, in 2020, Edinburgh University became the first nonUS institution to join Coursera39。s degrees, so this was a logical expansion,” says Professor Jeff Haywood, Edinburgh39。s an investment in teaching methods research. How am I going to teach introductory philosophy to 100,000 people? That39。D.” He adds “If you look ahead 10 years, you39。ve got to research that. Our MOOCs are no more in petition with our degrees than a lifelong learning course because they don39。s academic lead, goes further: “We39。t just receive an exam, but be able to discuss and mark each other39。s no reason why someone doing GCSEs should not look at our MOOCs and get quite a way through them, or someone at PhD level and beyond, says Professor Bernie Morley, expert for learning and teaching. 28. MOOCs have these features EXCEPT that_______. A. MOOCs are free of charge for anyone B. MOOCs can be adjusted according to people’s learning pace C. MOOCs provide teachers’ instruction s if you have some difficulty D. MOOCs have a platform for learners to share their learning experience 29. The response to FutureLearn has been thought to be unbelievable because ______. A. all the courses on the platform are available to anyone in the world B. Edinburgh University became the first nonUS institution to join it C. the number of people registering in the platform is beyond expectation D. students can get a certification of participation without passing assessments 30. What can be inferred from Professor Bernie Morley in the last paragraph? A. People with various learning levels will probably show interest in MOOCs. B. People at PhD level have already known everything about MOOCs. C. Inside Cancer will be the most popular course for someone doing GCSEs. D. MOOCs are not so petitive as lifelong learning courses due to credits. 31. The passage mainly deals with _____. A. the various opinions on FutureLearn B. the advantages of online teaching methods C. the popularity of nocredit courses D. the emergence of a new learning platform D “Heaven is where the police are English, the cooks are French, the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian and everything is anized by the Swiss. Hell (地獄 ) is where the police are German, the cooks are English, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss, and everything is anized by the Italians.” Obviously the national stereotypes (模式化的思想 ) in this old joke are generalizations (普遍化 ), but such st