1 . Sunday evening, October 30, 1938, was peaceful in New York City. Some people were returning home from a trip to the countryside, and others were sitting down to dinner. In those days, televisions were not very common. Most people listened to the radio for news and entertainment.

At eight o’clock that evening, there was a concert of dance music, but Suddenly, the programme was cut off by a news report: a large spaceship had landed in a field and an army of Martians (火星人) was moving towards New York City and then the radio went silent.

People felt worried. Some drove out of the city as quickly as possible, but soon the roads were crowded with cars. Some people put wet towels on their faces because they thought there was a gas attack. In New Jersey, some farmers went out with guns. Although it was dark, they found a large cylinder (圆柱体) standing in a field, and, thinking it was the Martian spaceship, the shot at it many times.

Many people were so frightened that they did not hear the next announcement on the radio: “Ladies and gentlemen, you are listening to a radio play called The War of the Worlds.”

A message was sent to police stations that there was no real Martian attack, and the police Offices soon returned calm to New York City.

Many people were very angry that they had been fooled by the play, and complained to the radio station. But what about the spaceship that the farmers found in the field? The next morning, they found that they had damaged a large water tank (罐)!

1. According to the news report, ___________.

A．a Martian spaceship had landed	B．a spaceship was found at the airport
C．there would be a concert that evening	D．there was a gas attack in New York City

2. The road was crowded with cars because ___________.

A．many people wanted to see the Martians

B．the Martian army was standing in the way

C．people were trying to get home from work

D．many people were trying to leave New York City

3. Who went out in the fields with guns to fight the Martians?

A．Policemen.

B．Firemen.

C．Dancers.

D．Farmers.

4. What can we learn about the radio station from the article?

A．it was fooled by a news reporter.

B．It played a joke on the listeners.

C．It called the police to catch the Martians.

D．It often announced the news about spaceships.

2 . On a Monday morning, a bus full of bright-eyed kids was on the way to school along with Connor and his brother Seamus. The bus was being driven by a 60-year-old driver, McDougal. _______, both the brothers heard McDougal fall to the floor of the bus.

“I didn’t see him fall. I heard him _______ the ground, and then the bus started veering (转弯) all over the road,” Connor recalled the moments before _______ set in.

After the bus driver fell down, Connor and Seamus _______ the emergency situation. They realized that they must jump into action. Otherwise, the students on the bus would be in danger of getting _______. Connor knew that no matter what happened, he needed to get the bus to stop moving. So he _______ and pressed on the brake (刹车) and told Seamus to call 911.

Meanwhile, Seamus tried to keep his fellow classmates _______ and in their seats. He told everyone it was going to be okay and the police were on their way. Seamus even gave one crying frightened student a _______.

The bus didn’t veer off the road because of the _______ thinking and actions of these two brothers. The bus could have hit another vehicle or perhaps something worse could have happened. Thanks to the ________ efforts of these two young men, they managed to save the lives of everyone on the bus.

1.

A．Immediately

B．Actually

C．Suddenly

D．Obviously

2.

A．kick

B．break

C．hit

D．cover

3.

A．pain

B．sorrow

C．disappointment

D．fear

4.

A．heard about

B．were aware of

C．related to

D．gave way to

5.

A．lost

B．punished

C．burnt

D．hurt

6.

A．looked up

B．got up

C．signed up

D．spoke up

7.

A．fit

B．awake

C．calm

D．busy

8.

A．hug

B．lesson

C．treat

D．warning

9.

A．hard

B．quick

C．creative

D．serious

10.

A．courageous

B．painstaking

C．energetic

D．limitless

3 . Braving the elements

On Dec.26, Gelinne, 60, was looking out the back windows of his home at the frozen lake. Then an airplane came into his sight. Gelinne looked up just in time to see that small air plane a few hundred yards away, losing control.

As the plane disappeared behind the trees, Gelinne, a former Navy officer, realized it was going to land in the lake. He flashed on a moment from more than 20 years earlier: Gelinne was at work in a bank. When a fire alarm rang, he escaped from the chaos but has always wondered if he could have stayed inside and helped.

On this day, Gelinne didn’t hesitate. He ran down to the waterfront. The plane had skidded (侧滑) to a stop on the broad, frozen lake, far from shore. It was now sinking. The pilot was standing on the wing. Gelinne knew from his Navy training that even a few minutes in the icy water could kill the pilot.

Gelinne tested the ice with his foot and decided not to take any chances walking on it. So he pulled a boat out from under his back deck.

Then he set off, pushing his boat across the ice. It was tough work. When Gelinne reached the plane, it had broken through the ice and sunk; only its tail was visible. The pilot was standing on a tail wing, submerged up to his chest, surrounded by open water. Gelinne pushed his boat off the ice and into the water, paddling (划) toward the pilot.

Gelinne focused on keeping the pilot calm, joking, “Just hang on to the boat as if you were hugging your wife.” The pilot grabbed the boat’s bow, but Gelinne knew he had to get the pilot out of the water and up onto the shelf of unbroken ice behind him before the man lost too much body heat.

By now a police officer had arrived and radioed for help. A lifeboat appeared, breaking through ice as it arrived. It picked up the pilot and rushed him to safety. Later the boat returned to help Gelinne, now extremely tired, to shore.

“I’m 60 years old,” Gelinne says. “There was no way I could get him to shore.” Still, he was satisfied he’d gone the right way that day.

1. Why did Gelinne run outside without hesitation?

A．He had rescucing experience.	B．He wanted to offer help in time.
C．He needed more time to prepare.	D．He was amazed at what had happened.

2. How did Gelinne help the pilot?

A．He made a call to the police.	B．He got the pilot out of the water.
C．He asked the pilot to grasp the bow.	D．He picked up the pilot onto the shore.

3. What Gelinne did in the rescue proved him to be ____________.

A．generous

B．brave

C．curious

D．strict

4. What can Gelinne probably learn from the rescue?

A．Think twice before action.

B．One good turn deserves another.

C．It’s never too late to make things right.

D．One should always be ready to seize chances.

4 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Driving to Palm Springs two years ago, I met a snowstorm. A car suddenly changed the direction     1     (avoid) hitting mine and drifted (漂移) towards the side of the cliff. Meanwhile, some drivers     2    (sit) in different cars rushed out. They     3    (take) off the chains that had protected their own tyres and put them on that car’s tyres     4    (rapid). Just as the car was about to be lost off the cliff, those drivers stepped up, letting their kind hearts go beyond the snowstorm.

5 . On a sunny afternoon, Anthony Perry stepped off the train at Chicago’s 69th Street station. The 20-year-old, who worked nights in a grocery store, was on his way to see his ________.

On the platform, something unthinkable happened: a man fell over the edge and onto the electrified train tracks! As Perry and other horrified passengers watched, he shook uncontrollably as the ________ moved through his body.

“Help him!” someone cried. “Please, someone!”

Perry couldn’t just stand there and ________. He sat at the edge of the platform and eased himself down. ________ all rails between the man and him were electrified, he quickly leaped towards the victim, using a high-knee technique from his high school football days.

Perry soon reached down and grasped the victim’s wrist. ________, he felt a powerful electric shock shoot through his body. Perry jumped back. He reached down a second time, and was shocked again. But the third time he seized the man’s wrist and forearm, and managed to move the guy’s body away from the ________.

“Give him chest compressions!” yelled an old lady on the platform.

Perry was no expert, but for a few moments he worked on the man’s heart until the victim regained ________. Then, first-aiders arrived. Perry let the professionals ________. Heart still racing from the electric shocks, he climbed back up onto the platform, grabbed his things and continued on to his grandfather’s.

The evening news reported the incident, ________ an unnamed hero with saving the victim’s life. To many, Perry’s ________ deeds demonstrated the power of choosing compassion over personal safety.

1.

A．manager

B．client

C．grandfather

D．aunt

2.

A．current

B．oxygen

C．wave

D．blood

3.

A．imagine

B．watch

C．shout

D．record

4.

A．Hoping

B．Assuming

C．Complaining

D．Recalling

5.

A．Instantly

B．Slightly

C．Normally

D．Surprisingly

6.

A．train

B．crowds

C．platform

D．rails

7.

A．strength

B．balance

C．consciousness

D．control

8.

A．look ahead

B．take over

C．get around

D．keep away

9.

A．providing

B．engaging

C．assisting

D．crediting

10.

A．generous

B．grateful

C．courageous

D．faithful

6 . 语法填空

Sammy Armstrong was driving to his office when he    1    (notice) a car was stuck on railroad tracks. Then he heard a train whistling. Sammy threw down his sunglasses and keys and ran toward the car.     2    elderly man, Jean Papich, eighty-four, sat in the driver’s seat,     3     (turn) the key hitting the gas. His wife, Marion, seventy-eight, was looking     4     (nervous) at him. Then Sammy walked toward the car and pushed it forward, but his boot slipped on the warm asphalt (沥青).

7 . A mother and her four young children were asleep when a fire erupted in the home.

Ramon Pasborg was _______ home when he smelled smoke and saw flames (火焰) coming from a window. Pasborg decided to _______ the driveway, where he saw a young girl and two boys leaving the house. They told Pasborg that their mother and 4-year-old little brother were still inside — and without _______ he entered the house. Pasborg could not see anything inside because of heavy smokes, so he crawled (爬行) on his hands and knees on the floor several feet into the kitchen before he found the small child. He immediately _______ the boy around the waist, picked him up and carried him, outside.

With a temperature below zero, Pasborg quickly put all four children in is truck to keep them _______ before entering the burning home a second time, this time crawling through the kitchen _______ into the house in search of the children's missing mother. Moments later, Pasborg found the woman lying on the floor, badly burned and struggling to breathe. After dragging her outside, he noticed that she was _______ and no longer breathing, so he began performing lifesaving measures until she suddenly took a deep breath. Pasborg then drove the family to the end of the driveway near the highway and awaited the _______ of emergency first responders.

The family were touched by the _______ and selflessness Pasborg displayed. The hero's willingness to _______his own life to rescue this family was the difference between life and death for this young mother and her child.

1.

A．staying

B．moving

C．walking

D．driving

2.

A．pull into

B．run into

C．break into

D．look into

3.

A．question

B．hesitation

C．permission

D．expectation

4.

A．touched

B．surrounded

C．grabbed

D．shook

5.

A．warm

B．calm

C．clean

D．awake

6.

A．lower

B．closer

C．higher

D．deeper

7.

A．discouraged

B．unresponsive

C．impatient

D．unpleasant

8.

A．entry

B．return

C．arrival

D．guide

9.

A．loyalty

B．courage

C．generosity

D．humbleness

10.

A．risk

B．sustain

C．adjust

D．save

8 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A Kentucky pizza driver, Ralph Letner, is a hero after he helped to evacuate people from a home    1    was on fire when he arrived at a home in Somerset to make a delivery. He saw the house burning, so he ran inside, shut off the breaker, and got on his knees to move through the smoke and find the occupants. Once Ralph located homeowner lesse Decker tying to battle the flames, he escorted (护送) him out the front door. Jesse says Ralph is a hero for saving his life.But,like all great    2     (hero), Ralph    3    (simple) says he was raised to help others in need.