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原创预测题（一）
【阅读格言】
喜欢读书，就等于把生活中寂寞的时光换成了巨大的享受。
文章来源： China Daily
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【语篇导读】
几声毫无预兆的枪响，打破了弗吉尼亚理工大学的宁静。32位无辜的年轻学生在这起枪杀案中丧生。据称，这是美国历史上最为严重的一起校园枪杀案，它撕裂了所有美国人的心。枪响过后，震惊和悲伤过后，布什总统将对此做出怎样的回应呢？
Bush’s speech on Va.
Tech shooting and school safety
Good morning. This week, the thoughts and prayers of millions of Americans are with the victims of the Virginia Tech attacks. We mourn promising lives cut short. We pray for the wounded. And we send our love to those who are hurting.
The day after the attack, Laura and I attended a memorial service on the campus in Blacksburg. We met with faculty members who lost students and colleagues, and shared hugs with grieving moms and dads—including parents who had lost their only child. We offered what words of comfort we could, and we were moved by the solidarity and strength of spirit we found. We wanted everyone at the university to know that this tragedy saddened our entire Nation—and that the American people stand with them in an hour of darkness.
We can never fully understand what would cause a student to take the lives of 32 innocent people. What we do know is that this was a deeply troubled young man—and there were many warning signs. Our society continues to wrestle with the question of how to handle individuals whose mental health problems can make them a danger to themselves and to others.
Colleges and state and local officials are now confronting these issues, and the Federal government will help. I’ve asked top officials at the Departments of Education, Justice, and Health and Human Services to provide the Virginia Tech community with whatever assistance we can, and to participate in a review of the broader questions raised by this tragedy.
I have directed these officials to travel to communities across our Nation, to meet with educators, mental health experts, and state and local officials. I have asked the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Mike Leavitt, to summarize what they learn and report back to me with recommendations about how we can help to avoid such tragedies.
This week at Virginia Tech, we saw a glimpse of humanity at its worst, and we also saw humanity at its best. We learned of students who risked their own safety to tend to wounded classmates. We heard of a teacher who used his body to barricade a classroom door, and gave his life so his students could escape through windows. And we saw the good people of Blacksburg embrace victims of this tragedy and help their neighbors endure, and heal, and hope.
That hope was expressed in a letter written by a Virginia Tech graduate shortly after the attack. He wrote: “Today, there is pain everywhere in our community, and our hearts are troubled. Yet I am certain our university will persevere.” H
【阅读格言】
喜欢读书，就等于把生活中寂寞的时光换成了巨大的享受。
文章来源： China Daily
难度星级___***___ 字数___568___
第一节限时 ___9___ 分钟
第二节限时 ___10___ 分钟
开始时间 ___正确数___
【语篇导读】
几声毫无预兆的枪响，打破了弗吉尼亚理工大学的宁静。32位无辜的年轻学生在这起枪杀案中丧生。据称，这是美国历史上最为严重的一起校园枪杀案，它撕裂了所有美国人的心。枪响过后，震惊和悲伤过后，布什总统将对此做出怎样的回应呢？
Bush’s speech on Va.
Tech shooting and school safety
Good morning. This week, the thoughts and prayers of millions of Americans are with the victims of the Virginia Tech attacks. We mourn promising lives cut short. We pray for the wounded. And we send our love to those who are hurting.
The day after the attack, Laura and I attended a memorial service on the campus in Blacksburg. We met with faculty members who lost students and colleagues, and shared hugs with grieving moms and dads—including parents who had lost their only child. We offered what words of comfort we could, and we were moved by the solidarity and strength of spirit we found. We wanted everyone at the university to know that this tragedy saddened our entire Nation—and that the American people stand with them in an hour of darkness.
We can never fully understand what would cause a student to take the lives of 32 innocent people. What we do know is that this was a deeply troubled young man—and there were many warning signs. Our society continues to wrestle with the question of how to handle individuals whose mental health problems can make them a danger to themselves and to others.
Colleges and state and local officials are now confronting these issues, and the Federal government will help. I’ve asked top officials at the Departments of Education, Justice, and Health and Human Services to provide the Virginia Tech community with whatever assistance we can, and to participate in a review of the broader questions raised by this tragedy.
I have directed these officials to travel to communities across our Nation, to meet with educators, mental health experts, and state and local officials. I have asked the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Mike Leavitt, to summarize what they learn and report back to me with recommendations about how we can help to avoid such tragedies.
This week at Virginia Tech, we saw a glimpse of humanity at its worst, and we also saw humanity at its best. We learned of students who risked their own safety to tend to wounded classmates. We heard of a teacher who used his body to barricade a classroom door, and gave his life so his students could escape through windows. And we saw the good people of Blacksburg embrace victims of this tragedy and help their neighbors endure, and heal, and hope.
That hope was expressed in a letter written by a Virginia Tech graduate shortly after the attack. He wrote: “Today, there is pain everywhere in our community, and our hearts are troubled. Yet I am certain our university will persevere.” H
