3 . Peter, 60, loved his job as a bus driver. He had been one almost all his life, loving the little children who rode his bus daily. It made him feel much younger. His record was clean, without one accident, which made him a trustworthy driver.

However, Mr. Clark, Peter’s boss, was worried and thought that it was time for him to retire (退休). “You don’t have a choice here, Peter.” he said seriously. “We don’t want to invite any risk to the children.”

“But I have a perfect record,” reasoned Peter. “You know, for an elderly man like me, my job is the only thing that keeps me alive. I want to keep my job.”

“Would you take responsibility if something bad happened to those children?” Mr. Clark said.

Peter thought it over, and very reluctantly, he gave in to Mr. Clark’s request. Peter decided to retire a week later.

The day before his last day, Peter was dropping of the kids at his first stop when he looked out of the window and saw a lady who had passed out. He asked the kids not to leave the bus and got down to help the woman.

Just when he finished, he heard cries behind him. The children were looking out of the window and shouting. “Fire! Fire! Help!” “How could that have happened?” Peter was shaking in fear. With shaking hands, Peter dialed 911 and rushed to help the children. Covering himself with his jacket, Peter rushed into the burning car and took the children out one by one. Thankfully, the firefighters arrived soon and helped Peter, saving all students.

The next day, Peter found the whole school standing in front of his home. When Peter got close to them, Mr. Clark started clapping and everyone joined him. “You are a hero, Peter! You saved the lives of those young children.” he said. “You are the best driver. We hope you can keep the job!”

1. What made Mr. Clark worried?

A．He couldn’t talk Peter into retiring.

B．Taking school bus was unsafe for children.

C．Peter was too old to be a school bus driver.

D．The school bus driver must be changed actually.

2. What does the underlined “reluctantly” mean in Paragraph 5?

A．Angrily.

B．Unwillingly.

C．Doubtfully.

D．Cheerfully.

3. Why were the children shouting?

A．They were caught in the burning bus.

B．They couldn’t find Peter on the bus.

C．They were frightened by the woman.

D．They didn’t want a new school bus driver.

4. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?

A．Putting Out the Fire	B．A Dangerous Bus Journey
C．Working After Retirement	D．An Old Hero Driver

4 . After their business trip, John and Mary returned, eager to see their lovely children. As they drove into their hometown feeling glad to be back, they noticed ________, and they went off their usual route to see what it was. They found a ________ in flames. Mary said, “Oh, well, it isn’t our fire, let’s go home.”

But John ________ closer and screamed, “That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn’t be ________ work yet, maybe there is something we could do.” “It has nothing to do with us,” Mary ________.

But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in ________. A woman on the lawn was screaming, “The children! Get the children!” John ________ her by the shoulder saying, “Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!” “In the ________,” cried the woman. “Down the hall and to the left.”

In spite of Mary’s disagreement, John ________ for the basement which was full of smoke and ________ hot. He found the door and two children. ________ he left he could hear some more sobbing. He ________ the two badly frightened children into ________ arms and started back asking how many more children were down there. They told him ________ more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, “John! Don’t go back! It’s ________! That house will fall down any second.”

________ he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children. As he climbed up the ________ stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely ________ about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the ________ and fresh air, he found that he had just ________ his own children.

The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.

1.

A．direction

B．mistake

C．danger

D．smoke

2.

A．home

B．plant

C．store

D．kitchen

3.

A．ran

B．walked

C．drove

D．rode

4.

A．at

B．off

C．to

D．on

5.

A．whispered

B．nodded

C．disagreed

D．required

6.

A．ruins

B．pieces

C．flames

D．silence

7.

A．pushed

B．seized

C．greeted

D．stopped

8.

A．basement

B．department

C．house

D．hall

9.

A．went

B．reached

C．asked

D．rushed

10.

A．heavily

B．slightly

C．partly

D．terribly

11.

A．If

B．As

C．Since

D．Unless

12.

A．comforted

B．delivered

C．recognized

D．protected

13.

A．cheering

B．freezing

C．waiting

D．suffering

14.

A．many

B．several

C．three

D．two

15.

A．dangerous

B．foolish

C．practical

D．painful

16.

A．Therefore

B．So

C．Instead

D．But

17.

A．wide

B．endless

C．narrow

D．dirty

18.

A．particular

B．interesting

C．familiar

D．fortunate

19.

A．car

B．sunlight

C．crowd

D．arms

20.

A．rescued

B．found

C．lost

D．missed

5 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the man doing?

A．Comforting the woman.

B．Asking for information.

C．Finding the damaged bike.

2. What do we know about the driver?

A．He didn’t drive fast.

B．He managed to save a boy.

C．He had a poor view of the road.

6 . Emma Jones’ three-year-old son, Eric, was sharing a hot dog on the deck overlooking her friend Sarah Roth’s swimming pool. One moment Jones was watching Eric play around with the other children at this _________ of moms and kids last July. The next moment he disappeared without a _________. She turned to her friend Machel Rawlings and asked, “Have you seen Eric?”

Rawlings stood, _________ the pool and suddenly screamed. Eric was found _________ face down in the deep end. What happened next was a _________ textbook response: As Rawlings dived in the pool, grasped the boy, _________ him over and swam him to the end. Meanwhile, their host, Sarah Roth, dialed 911. At the pool’s _________, Rawlings handed Eric up to his mother. His skin was blue and wasn’t breathing.

Rawlings who’d taken a CPR course just four months earlier, immediately began rescue breathing. Hanging up the phone, Roth, a former flight attendant who’d accumulated _________ experience before, _________ CPR from Rawlings. Three long minutes went by with Roth breathing into Eric’s mouth and __________ chest compressions (按压) while Rawlings and Jones __________ his condition. Gradually his color __________, and as the ambulance was arriving on the __________, Rawlings looked at Roth. “He’s breathing,” she said.

The __________ with which the women acted saved Eric’s life. Emma Jones found any words seemed powerless. She said __________, “They did everything right.”

1.

A．encounter

B．gathering

C．union

D．game

2.

A．trace

B．symptom

C．footprint

D．signal

3.

A．found

B．reviewed

C．fixed

D．scanned

4.

A．lying

B．floating

C．sinking

D．diving

5.

A．initial

B．typical

C．creative

D．effective

6.

A．rolled

B．knocked

C．checked

D．ran

7.

A．point

B．edge

C．stage

D．spot

8.

A．accessible

B．abundant

C．apparent

D．significant

9.

A．took up

B．took in

C．took place

D．took over

10.

A．performing

B．working

C．testing

D．stretching

11.

A．maintained

B．adapted

C．monitored

D．tracked

12.

A．faded

B．changed

C．returned

D．revealed

13.

A．pool

B．scene

C．route

D．court

14.

A．courage

B．kindness

C．persistence

D．decisiveness

15.

A．actually

B．fairly

C．finally

D．simply

8 . On the way home from his job at a cake shop on one August evening, Craig Schum stopped his car at the East Hampton Airport for a break. He got out of the car and kicked off his shoes to relax.

Within seconds, though, Schum saw something shocking: A small plane dived and crashed into the woods at about 100 yards from the run-way. “I don’t remember making the decision that I should go help out,” he says. “I just started running.” Schum rushed across the street barefoot before taking off his apron (围裙). Then he climbed over a six-foot-high fence and ran toward the woods.

When he got there, he discovered the pilot, Stephen Bochter－his head was covered in blood－beside the burning plane. Brochter’s only passenger, his wife, Kim Brillo, was on the ground, unable to move. “She had blood all over her,” says Schum. “I thought she was dead.”

Without a second thought, Schum struggled to lift the fence and brought Brochter and Brillo out from under it. There was only one thought in Schum’s mind that he must bring the couple to safety as quickly as possible. Moments later, the entire plane exploded (爆炸). After the ambulance arrived, Bochter and Brillo were taken to a nearby hospital and treated for injuries.

Brochter, an experienced pilot, later said that the plane’s electrical system had failed shortly after take-off. He had been trying to land at the East Hampton Airport when the plane began to fall. He managed to level the wings before crashing into the woods. “Everything was on fire, and Schum came out of nowhere to save us,” says Bochter. “We are extremely lucky to have lived through it because of him.”

1. What did Schum do upon seeing the plane crash?

A．He called the police at once.	B．He decided to pull over.
C．He rushed to rescue without thinking.	D．He got back to put on his shoes.

2. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 3?

A．How Schum got to the crash site.	B．How terrible the crash was.
C．How Schum helped with the crash.	D．How the injured were treated.

3. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．The crash of the plane was no surprise.

B．Schum came to help at Brochter’s request.

C．The plane broke down near its destination.

D．Brochter appreciated Schum’s timely help.

4. What’s the best title of the text?

A．An Angel in an Apron	B．An Experienced Pilot
C．A Terrible Plane Crash	D．A Couple in Love

9 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What does the man do?

A．A policeman.

B．A firefighter.

C．A reporter.

2. How many kids died from the fire?

A．2.

B．5.

C．28.

3. Where did the boy throw the cigarette end?

A．On the carpet.

B．On the sofa.

C．On the table.

4. Why was the boy able to touch the cigarette end?

A．His father asked him to throw it.

B．His father was drunk and sleeping.

C．His father left him alone at home.

10 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What happened to the woman?

A．She lost her luggage

B．She lost her air tickets

C．She lost her contact(联系)with her friend

2. What was the woman’s flight number?

A．Flight 1489

B．Flight 4479

C．Flight 4089

3. What’s the woman’s phone number?

A．38725781

B．37825681

C．38725871