Passage Five
A sheriff’s deputy follows a big tornado. He uses his camera to record his trip. Trees and fallen power lines get in his way. He sees a tornado in the distance.
Robert Williams and his family climb into a closet and get ready for the very worst minutes of their lives.
Robert Williams tells his family’s story. The tornado tore took the roof off the house, and the walls fell down. It pulled the kids up and away. A trailer landed on them, trapped him and killed his wife. Williams’ wife died in his arms. There wasn’t anything he could do.
His daughter, Amy, her husband and their ten-month-old baby girl were gone. Amy didn’t know where her baby went. The tornado tossed them in different directions. She got a shirt and put it on her head because it was bleeding. A lady found her and took her to the police. Amy got a ride to a hospital.
The deputy started looking for the baby, "Something caugh
A. killed when a tree fell on her
B. lived through the storm
C. not home during the storm
D. killed when a trailer landed on her
Passage Five
A sheriff’s deputy follows a big tornado. He uses his camera to record his trip. Trees and fallen power lines get in his way. He sees a tornado in the distance.
Robert Williams and his family climb into a closet and get ready for the very worst minutes of their lives.
Robert Williams tells his family’s story. The tornado tore took the roof off the house, and the walls fell down. It pulled the kids up and away. A trailer landed on them, trapped him and killed his wife. Williams’ wife died in his arms. There wasn’t anything he could do.
His daughter, Amy, her husband and their ten-month-old baby girl were gone. Amy didn’t know where her baby went. The tornado tossed them in different directions. She got a shirt and put it on her head because it was bleeding. A lady found her and took her to the police. Amy got a ride to a hospital.
The deputy started looking for the baby, "Something caugh
A. in the mud at the base of a tree
B. high in the branches of a tree
C. in the closet
D. in a bush
Passage Five
It’s easy to find nurses at Seton Medical Center. They wear badges that tell where the nurses are. Even if they are in the halls, the devices can track the nurses.
Hill-Rom made the tracking badges that use infrared signals. The system is wireless and can tell when a nurse goes to a patient’s room. In the past, time was wasted trying to find the nurses. A wall unit lets staff talk to nurses and patients. Hill-Rom has sold more than 850 systems to hospitals.
Many nurses do not like the locator badges. They fear the devices will hear their conversations and spy on them. At Eden Medical Center, nurses protested against the Hill- Rom devices. The badges made nurses feel like they were being watched to see if they did their job right. Although the nurses hid the badges, the hospital found them. Nurses felt Big Brother was watching them.
Eden Medical Center wants to give good patient care. The system can see how long it ta
A. tape conversations
B. monitor break time
C. make them work harder
D. listen to conversations and watch what they do
Passage Five
On a clear night you can see many stars in the sky. These stars are millions of miles away. Are there living things on any of the stars People have always thought about this question. They could not find the answer before now. Today scientists know more about space than ever before. Some machines can help them look for the answer.
How will scientists do this People can’ t go to the stars. The stars are far away. A person would take hundreds of years to the next star in a spaceship. So scientists are sending out radio signals. These signals travel in space at the speed of light. At that speed, radio signals will take 25 years to reach the next star. The signals ask "Is there anyone out here". Living things in space must have machines to hear the signals. We will not get an answer to our signals for more than 50 years. However, scientists are already listening. Someone from space may be trying to send signals to us, too.
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A. a little greater than
B. as great as
C. much greater than
D. less than
Passage Five
Cirque du Soleil (say it: Serk du So-lay) is being accused of out-dated thinking about the dangers of AIDS. It is a modem acrobatic circus from Canada that tours in the United States and other countries.
Last April, the company fired Matthew Cusick because he was HIV positive. This was after he spent four months learning his part in an act.
A spokesman for the circus said Cusick was fired for safety reasons. They said he was a danger to others.
He disagreed.
Hundreds of people picketed a show in San Francisco. They said that firing him was not legal.
Cusick says the company knew he. was HIV positive when they hired him. It was not fair to let him put so much time into learning his act, and then fire him before he performed.
He says he is not a danger to others. People can only get AIDS if infected blood contacts another person’s blood, or open wound.
The company says what their acrobats do i
A. they haven't practiced enough
B. the equipment is in need of repairs
C. they perform risky acts without nets
D. some are HIV positive
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