Kevin Hines, a manic-depressive, was 19 and in one of his weekly downswings on an overcast Monday morning in 2000. He went to the nearby Golden Gate Bridge to kill himself mostly because, with only a four-foot (1.2-metre) railing to leap, "I figured it was the easiest way." He dived over, but flipped and hit the water at 75mph with his feet first. His legs were crushed, but he somehow stayed conscious and started paddling with his upper body until the Coast Guard fished him out.
Mr. Hines is one of 26 people who have survived suicide attempts at the bridge, but 1 223 are known to have succeeded (i. e., were seen jumping or found floating). People are throwing themselves off the bridge at the rate of two a month, which makes it the most popular place in the world for suicides. One book on the subject says that the Golden Gate is "to suicide what Niagara Falls is to honeymooners".
Many San Franciscans think that the solution is to emulate the Emp
A. Some examples that bridges with barriers saved many people’s lives.
B. Some suicides were successfully prevented.
C. Some barriers over bridges are accepted both ornamentally and financially.
D. Some barriers over bridges are in progress.
Kevin Rogers used to be my boss.
At that time he was a hardworking, up-and-coming businessman and a real
slave-driver, always telling us we had to sell more and more. As soon as I
could, I got a job with another company. The last time I saw Rogers was more
than ten years ago. At least that’s what I thought until last Thursday. But now
I’m not so sure. I was on my way back to my office in the center of town. There is a small park nearby which I sometimes walk through after lunch. It was almost empty, except for an unshaven, shabby-looking man on one of the benches. He looked about fifty years old and was wearing an old, grey overcoat. It was a cold, wintry day, and he was shivering. "It’s been a long time since I had a meal. Can you help me" he said. There was something about his voice that sounded familiar. I gave him a A. was working for a man called Rogers B. was on his way to work in the morning C. was going back to work after lunch D. had finished work and was going home [单项选择]Soon after principal Kevin Lowndes welcomes new students to Wheaton High School each fall, he begins recruiting the next freshman class. Seven years ago, Montgomery County’s school board placed Wheaton in a group of five public high schools known as the "Down County Consortium (联盟). " The board approved specialty themes for each, then invited families in the area to choose the school and program they like best.
The aging brick building in a working-class neighborhood of Silver Spring now showcases its engineering and bioscience programs during open houses and information sessions, in an online video, and during visits to middle schools and informal meetings with neighborhood parents. "You need to get out there and sell your school and sell your programs and recruit your students," Lowndes said. As school choice becomes a slogan of 21st century education reform, especially for the growing charter school movement, traditional public schools also are embracing free-market compet A. The magnet programs were cut down in Prince George’s school. B. It is impossible to achieve diversity goals in black school system. C. The magnet programs should be abandoned in all schools. D. School officials cost too much money on extracurricular activities. [填空题]Letter One
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