3 . On Thursday morning, two teenage boys were rescued by a drone (无人机) in Australia while lifeguards were still training to use the machine.

The ________, aged 15-17, got into difficulties about 700 feet off the coast of Lennox Head, New South Wales (NSW). A passer-by saw them ________ in dangerous waves. Lifesavers ________ sent the drone to drop a lifeboat, and the pair made their way safely to the ________.

The drone, known as “Little Riper”, was actually not ________ to be saving anyone just yet—lifeguards were being trained to ________ the machine. When a call came through about the swimmers in ________ the drone happened to be nearby.

Jai Sheridan was the lifeguard who ________ the drone. He described the experience as ________. “The Little Ripper ________ proved itself today. It is a highly efficient piece of lifesaving equipment. I was ________ the drone when the alarm was raised. I directed it towards the swimmers and dropped the ________. With its support they made their way to safety. They were ________, but not hurt. The teens were saved in just 70 seconds with the drone—while a lifeguard would have taken up to six minutes to ________ the rescue.”

John Barilaro, an official of the state,________ the rescue as historic. “It was the world's ________ rescue by the unmanned airplane,” he said. “Never before has a drone been used to ________ swimmers like this.”

Last December, the NSW state government ________ some “Little Ripper” drones for 247, 000 pounds.________ some are designed to spot sharks, others are ________ with lifeboats, alarms and loudspeakers. “It was money well spent,” said John Barilaro.

1.

A．swimmers

B．managers

C．visitors

D．passers-by

2.

A．playing

B．racing

C．struggling

D．training

3.

A．finally

B．secretly

C．immediately

D．gratefully

4.

A．island

B．ship

C．hospital

D．shore

5.

A．recommended

B．supposed

C．allowed

D．guided

6.

A．get familiar with

B．repair

C．take care of

D．power

7.

A．charge

B．place

C．action

D．trouble

8.

A．flew

B．brought

C．checked

D．designed

9.

A．funny

B．useful

C．amazing

D．important

10.

A．necessarily

B．basically

C．probably

D．certainly

11.

A．studying

B．piloting

C．boarding

D．inspecting

12.

A．lifebelt

B．lifeline

C．lifeguard

D．lifeboat

13.

A．sick

B．tired

C．excited

D．surprised

14.

A．record

B．complete

C．experience

D．report

15.

A．thanked

B．greeted

C．imagined

D．praised

16.

A．latest

B．best

C．first

D．quickest

17.

A．save

B．warn

C．protect

D．reward

18.

A．offered

B．bought

C．booked

D．made

19.

A．Since

B．Unless

C．While

D．Before

20.

A．equipped

B．connected

C．covered

D．filled

4 . As America continued to suffer from the pandemic (流行病), there were some ordinary individuals who held us together.

Here is how one _________ went. Louis Galvan was clearing off table 411, where a couple of his most loyal customers had _________ dinner. Like many others, his restaurant was hurting. The restaurants had just _________ some workers for the baseball season. More than 30 of his employees were counting on a big opening day that would never _________. In the days before the governor _________ his state’s restaurants, Galvan was especially _________ for regulars such as the ones at table 411. That night, they had_________ about $90 worth of food. But it was the _________ they'd left behind that blew him away. _________, it was two tips. One was $1,900 in cash. The other written on the credit card receipt, was $7,500. The couple __________ left a handwritten note on the receipt: “Hold it to __________ your guys over the next few weeks.”

“We were __________ that they were so generous. We didn't __________ it. They went above and beyond what was __________. I wasn't sure if we were going to stay open, but __________ we have someone like that, we're going to keep going. We will be offering food orders to go.” said Galvan. He divided the money __________ among the employees, so everyone got about $300. __________, Galvan could now pay the tip forward. “If there's anyone who does not have food to eat, __________ just needs a glass of water, they are __________ to come by. We are here __________ our community.” Galvan said.

1.

A．story

B．project

C．record

D．saying

2.

A．begun

B．finished

C．taken

D．served

3.

A．fired

B．helped

C．hired

D．introduced

4.

A．go

B．work

C．end

D．come

5.

A．called

B．designed

C．advertised

D．closed

6.

A．good

B．annoyed

C．grateful

D．sorry

7.

A．cooked

B．ordered

C．reserved

D．donated

8.

A．tip

B．dish

C．food

D．ticket

9.

A．Suddenly

B．Actually

C．Fortunately

D．Generally

10.

A．already

B．yet

C．also

D．still

11.

A．observe

B．recommend

C．test

D．pay

12.

A．anxious

B．smart

C．embarrassed

D．amazed

13.

A．resist

B．explain

C．expect

D．recognize

14.

A．important

B．necessary

C．obvious

D．lucky

15.

A．knowing

B．promising

C．imagining

D．pretending

16.

A．equally

B．possibly

C．partly

D．accidentally

17.

A．In either case

B．On the contrary

C．What's more

D．Regardless of that

18.

A．so

B．but

C．and

D．or

19.

A．welcome

B．willing

C．responsible

D．confident

20.

A．within

B．for

C．beyond

D．by

5 . A survey said the average Asian dad spent one minute a day with his children. I was shocked. I mean, a whole minute? Every day? Get real. Once a week maybe. The fact is, many Asian males are terrible at kid—related things. In fact, I am one of them.

Child—rearing (养育) doesn’t come naturally to guys. My mother knew the names of our teachers, best friends and crushes. My dad was only vaguely aware there were short people sharing the apartment. My mother bought healthy fresh food at the market every day. My dad would only go shopping when there was nothing in the fridge except a jar of capers and a bay leaf. Then he’d buy beer. My mother always knew the right questions to ask our teachers. My dad would ask my English teacher if she could get us a discount on school fees. My mother served kid food to kids. My dad added chili sauce to everything, including our baby food.

The truth is, mothers have superpowers. My son fell off a wall once and hurt himself all over. I demanded someone bring me a computer so I could google what to do. My wife ignored me and did some sort of chanting phrase such as “Mummy kiss it better,” and cured l7 separate injuries in less than 15 seconds.

Yes, mothers are incredible people, but they are not always right. Yet honesty forces me to record the fact that mothers only know best 99.99 percent of the time.Here are some famous slip-ups.

The mother of Bill Gates: “If you’re going to drop out of college and hang out with your nerdy friends, don’t come running to me when you find yourself penniless.” The mother of Albert Einstein: “When you grow up, you’ll find that sitting around thinking about the nature of time and space won’t pay the grocery bills.” The mother of George W. Bush: “You’ll never be like your dad, who became President of the United States and started his own war.”

1. The tone for the writer to write the passage is ___.

A．cruel

B．humorous

C．disapproving

D．critical(批评的)

2. In paragraph 2 the writer makes a comparison between mothers and fathers to prove that ______.

A．females love kids more than males	B．males are not good at child—rearing
C．Males are not interested in child-rearing	D．child-rearing is difficult both for females and males

3. What does the underlined word “slip-ups” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．stories

B．shortcomings

C．mistakes

D．advantages

4. The last paragraph is mainly developed by ___.

A．providing different examples	B．following the order of space
C．making comparisons	D．analyzing causes