1 . On July 24, 1916, a natural gas explosion trapped 32 men working in a tunnel 250 feet below Lake Erie. The first rescuers who entered the tunnel were _______ by gas, and for hours no one else dared to enter the suffocating (窒息的),_______ deathtrap.

Then, late that night, someone had an idea:_______ Garrett Morgan and his new invention. Garrett Morgan was a successful _______ owner in Cleveland. The son of freed slaves and the seventh of 11 children, mechanically minded Morgan had opened his own sewing machine shop, which he soon _______ to a tailoring factory with 32 employees.

In the early 1900s, factory buildings were crowded and untidy. They were often _______ of wood, with no fire escapes. Fire could cause serious _______. Concerned about his employees, Morgan _______ with a “safety hood” (头罩) that would allow the wearer to _______ despite a fire’s poisonous smoke.

Morgan knew smoke rises during a fire.________, he created a heat-resistant hood with a long tube reaching to the floor. Wearing Morgan’s hood, a firefighter could breathe the ________ air near the ________ Morgan lined the breathing tube with a sponge-like material that was wetted before use to ________ the air. A second tube was designed to ________ exhaled (呼出的) air.

Called to the scene on the night of the tunnel explosion, Garrett arrived with samples of his safety hood. Still in their nightwear, he and his brother Frank put on the hoods and ________ entered the tunnel. It was a dangerous ________ of the invention, but they saved two lives and ________ four bodies before officials closed the ________. Morgan knew that more lives might have been saved if he had been called sooner.

The daring ________ made Morgan famous and brought requests for safety hoods from fire departments around the country. But his greatest ________ was knowing that his invention would now save more people.

1.

A．lit

B．powered

C．overcome

D．overheated

2.

A．changeable

B．remarkable

C．cautious

D．poisonous

3.

A．show off

B．send for

C．rule out

D．take away

4.

A．factory

B．slave

C．restaurant

D．store

5.

A．declined

B．decided

C．expanded

D．exported

6.

A．afraid

B．true

C．consisted

D．made

7.

A．business

B．damage

C．illness

D．doubts

8.

A．experimented

B．associated

C．equipped

D．struggled

9.

A．exist

B．communicate

C．breathe

D．listen

10.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Anyway

D．Besides

11.

A．cleaner

B．thicker

C．colder

D．warmer

12.

A．ceiling

B．ground

C．roof

D．window

13.

A．feel

B．trap

C．cool

D．heat

14.

A．put on

B．get off

C．pollute

D．release

15.

A．unwillingly

B．bravely

C．gradually

D．simply

16.

A．task

B．test

C．game

D．part

17.

A．overlooked

B．identified

C．recovered

D．buried

18.

A．gap

B．case

C．deal

D．site

19.

A．rescue

B．attempt

C．reform

D．escape

20.

A．fortune

B．comfort

C．achievement

D．reward

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阅读下面两篇短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
This morning, as I was getting close to the supermarket, I saw a small _______ gathering around an elderly woman with blood under her face. I stopped and asked if I could_______. I told her I was certified（授予证书的）in first aid. Then I _______ someone for a first aid kit（工具箱）. But she didn’t want help, saying she was fine. But she wasn’t fine. I asked her to _______ with me and we _______ about her routine of getting groceries. People brought out ice packs, water and paper towels from the ______ nearby. I put on the gloves from the first aid kit, and cleaned her up a bit, but _______ I just talked to her and held her hand.
Two _______   happened to be passing by and _____   to help check her out a bit. Finally, after ten minutes the ______   arrived and I talked to the emergency medical team and they _______
I was certified in first aid years back, and I got re-certified a month ago, but I never ________   it once. However, I realized being certified isn’t _______   about providing the aid. I didn’t stop the bleeding. I didn’t ______ to examine her. Mostly it was about providing comfort for people in a difficult _______. The certification gave me the _______ to do that: to kneel on the sidewalk, holding an old woman’s hand, and to help make those ________   few minutes just a little bit better.
If you’re not certified in first aid, I can’t ________   it strongly enough. It takes four hours of your time at your ________   Red Cross. With what you’ll _______, maybe you’ll be able to help someone like the old lady one day.1.

A．people

B．crowd

C．traffic

D．public

2.

A．help out

B．look out

C．watch out

D．make out

3.

A．paid

B．scolded

C．applied

D．sent

4.

A．accompany

B．walk

C．stay

D．shop

5.

A．talked

B．cared

C．looked

D．quarreled

6.

A．hotel

B．office

C．station

D．supermarket

7.

A．simply

B．maybe

C．mostly

D．extremely

8.

A．policemen

B．doctors

C．clerks

D．volunteers

9.

A．refused

B．woke

C．lay

D．stopped

10.

A．driver

B．family

C．ambulance

D．officer

11.

A．operated on

B．took over

C．ran away

D．turned up

12.

A．used

B．noticed

C．liked

D．met

13.

A．hopefully

B．possibly

C．necessarily

D．commonly

14.

A．want

B．try

C．permit

D．teach

15.

A．place

B．position

C．life

D．situation

16.

A．harm

B．wish

C．lesson

D．confidence

17.

A．scary

B．moving

C．confusing

D．friendly

18.

A．support

B．demand

C．recommend

D．explain

19.

A．local

B．national

C．formal

D．private

20.

A．recognize

B．learn

C．allow

D．offer