1 . Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her three-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new baby. They found out that it was going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael _____to his sister in Mommy's tummy（肚子）.
The pregnancy progressed _____for Karen. Then the labor pains came. Every five minutes ... every minute. But complications _____during delivery. Finally, Michael's little sister was born. But she was in serious _____. With siren （警报）howling in the night, the ambulance _____ the infant(婴儿) to the Intensive Care unit at St. Mary's Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee.
_____inched by. The little girl got worse. The doctors told the parents, "There is very little hope. " Karen and her husband contacted a local cemetery (墓地) about a burial plot. They had _____a special room in their home for the new baby — now they planned a funeral.
Week two in Intensive Care. It looked as if a funeral would come_____the week was over. Michael, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister, "I want to sing to her," he said. Kids were never_____in Intensive Care. But Karen made up her mind. She would take Michael_____they liked it or not.
She _____ him in an oversized scrub suit and_____him into ICU (重症室). He looked like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse_____him as a child, "Get that kid out of here now! " The usually _____lady glared into the head nurse's face, her lips a _____line. "He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!" Karen towed Michael to his sister's bedside. He gazed at the tiny baby _____the battle to live. And he began to sing _____ the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang:
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray"
_____the baby girl responded. The pulse rate became _____and steady.
Keep on singing, Michael. "You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away — " The breathing became as smooth as a kitten's purr.
Keep on singing, Michael. "The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping,… " Michael's little sister relaxed as rest.
Funeral plans were_____. The next day — the very next day — the little girl was well enough to go home!
The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of God's love!1.
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The pregnancy progressed _____for Karen. Then the labor pains came. Every five minutes ... every minute. But complications _____during delivery. Finally, Michael's little sister was born. But she was in serious _____. With siren （警报）howling in the night, the ambulance _____ the infant(婴儿) to the Intensive Care unit at St. Mary's Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee.
_____inched by. The little girl got worse. The doctors told the parents, "There is very little hope. " Karen and her husband contacted a local cemetery (墓地) about a burial plot. They had _____a special room in their home for the new baby — now they planned a funeral.
Week two in Intensive Care. It looked as if a funeral would come_____the week was over. Michael, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister, "I want to sing to her," he said. Kids were never_____in Intensive Care. But Karen made up her mind. She would take Michael_____they liked it or not.
She _____ him in an oversized scrub suit and_____him into ICU (重症室). He looked like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse_____him as a child, "Get that kid out of here now! " The usually _____lady glared into the head nurse's face, her lips a _____line. "He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!" Karen towed Michael to his sister's bedside. He gazed at the tiny baby _____the battle to live. And he began to sing _____ the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang:
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray"
_____the baby girl responded. The pulse rate became _____and steady.
Keep on singing, Michael. "You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away — " The breathing became as smooth as a kitten's purr.
Keep on singing, Michael. "The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping,… " Michael's little sister relaxed as rest.
Funeral plans were_____. The next day — the very next day — the little girl was well enough to go home!
The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of God's love!1.
| A．talked | B．sang | C．played | D．whispered |
| A．quietly | B．peacefully | C．hopefully | D．normally |
| A．arose | B．raised | C．rose | D．aroused |
| A．situation | B．condition | C．place | D．position |
| A．took | B．sent | C．carried | D．rushed |
| A．The years | B．The months | C．The weeks | D．The days |
| A．fixed up | B．made up | C．built up | D．set up |
| A．until | B．before | C．after | D．when |
| A．asked | B．allowed | C．admitted | D．acquired |
| A．no matter | B．even if | C．whether | D．as if |
| A．put | B．dressed | C．wore | D．fit |
| A．marched | B．forced | C．hid | D．followed |
| A．required | B．replied | C．recognized | D．regarded |
| A．warm-hearted | B．well-managed | C．mild-mannered | D．cold-blooded |
| A．firm | B．strong | C．hard | D．tough |
| A．losing | B．lost | C．to lose | D．having lost |
| A．in | B．on | C．at | D．with |
| A．Finally | B．Instantly | C．Patiently | D．Interestingly |
| A．calm | B．quiet | C．slow | D．fast |
| A．put off | B．put away | C．put up | D．put down |
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2 . On a cool November afternoon in Fleming Island, Florida, Melissa Hawkinson, 41, was driving her five-year-old twins home from school when she saw a sudden splash in Doctors Lake just ahead. What was that? She thought. As she drove up to the scene, she saw a half-submerged car sinking about 30 yards offshore. “It was going down pretty quickly,” Hawkinson recalls. She stopped the car near the boat ramp and ran toward the water. Water is going to be cold, she thought.
She took off her vest and leather boots, got into the icy water, and swam to the car, where she found Cameron Dorsey, five, trapped into his car as the swirling water rose around him.
Hawkinson tried to open the door, but it was locked. So she pushed and pulled hard on the partially open window until she could reach through and unlock the door. She pulled the boy free, swam to shore, and handed him off to onlookers who were only watching them on a dock. The driver, the boy’s suicidal father, swam back to land on his own. Afterward, Hawkinson sat on the shore wrapped in a blanket. “For ten or 15 minutes, I couldn’t stop shaking,” she said.
There’s nothing visibly extraordinary about Melissa Hawkinson, an energetic stay-at-home mom with brown hair and a sweet smile. Yet something made her different from the dockside onlookers that day. Why do some people act quickly, willing to take a risk for a stranger? What makes them run toward danger rather than away from it? Hawkinson, the Granite Mountain Hotshots (能手，高手)---19 of whom lost their life this past summer in Arizona--- every hero who puts his or her life on the line to save another: what makes them brave?
Moreover, can bravery be learned, or is it a quality with which you are born? The answer is complex. Bravery taps the mind, brain and heart. It comes from instinct, training and sympathy. Today, neurologists, psychologists and other researchers are studying bravery, trying to uncover the mystery.
1. It can be learned from the passage that _______.
2. What conclusion can we draw from the third paragraph?
3. How does the writer find other people on the dockside?
4. What is the writer’s purpose of writing this passage?
She took off her vest and leather boots, got into the icy water, and swam to the car, where she found Cameron Dorsey, five, trapped into his car as the swirling water rose around him.
Hawkinson tried to open the door, but it was locked. So she pushed and pulled hard on the partially open window until she could reach through and unlock the door. She pulled the boy free, swam to shore, and handed him off to onlookers who were only watching them on a dock. The driver, the boy’s suicidal father, swam back to land on his own. Afterward, Hawkinson sat on the shore wrapped in a blanket. “For ten or 15 minutes, I couldn’t stop shaking,” she said.
There’s nothing visibly extraordinary about Melissa Hawkinson, an energetic stay-at-home mom with brown hair and a sweet smile. Yet something made her different from the dockside onlookers that day. Why do some people act quickly, willing to take a risk for a stranger? What makes them run toward danger rather than away from it? Hawkinson, the Granite Mountain Hotshots (能手，高手)---19 of whom lost their life this past summer in Arizona--- every hero who puts his or her life on the line to save another: what makes them brave?
Moreover, can bravery be learned, or is it a quality with which you are born? The answer is complex. Bravery taps the mind, brain and heart. It comes from instinct, training and sympathy. Today, neurologists, psychologists and other researchers are studying bravery, trying to uncover the mystery.
1. It can be learned from the passage that _______.
| A．Melissa Hawkinson was a 41-year-old nurse |
| B．it was spring when the accident happened |
| C．Melissa Hawkinson was picking up her five-year-old son |
| D．Melissa Hawkinson was kind and courageous. |
| A．Not everyone was ready to risk saving the five-year-old boy.. |
| B．The father committed suicide because of the divorce. |
| C．The father was saved in the end by Melissa Hawkinson. |
| D．No one else was available except Melissa Hawkinson. |
| A．Warm and ready to help | B．Thoughtful |
| C．Kind of cold-blooded | D．Not skillful at swimming |
| A．To set us thinking what makes people brave. |
| B．To call on us to learn from such people as Hawkinson. |
| C．To remind people of risk while saving others. |
| D．To show people bravery can be learned. |
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