1 . The very unusual series of events finished as Sondrup was heading home from an extended work shift. She had just completed her fourth continuous night shift, and _________ was coming over her. Little did she know that July 26, 2023, would become a day unforgettable in her _________.

While driving home, Sondrup _________ a truck had overturned on State Route 143 near Sky Harbour, with a man _________ inside. Despite her tiredness, she made an inspiration—of-the-moment decision to help.

“It’s _________, but there were so many reasons that led me to that fine moment,” recalled Sondrup. “_________, I wouldn’t have been there.”

Under what she described as a turn of fate (命运), Sondrup _________, joined by a couple of other individuals who happened to be passing by. With unquestionable timing, no other cars were on the road, allowing her to cross over safely and reach the _________ scene.

Sondrup courageously _________ under the truck to check the injured man. In an act of __________, she used a bystander’s belt as a makeshift tourniquet (止血带) to stop the bleeding. Months have passed since that fateful day, and on October 18, the Phoenix Fire Department __________ Sondrup for her life-saving actions.

“I really feel that my guiding __________ led me to that very moment,” she told Fox 10Phoenix. “I’m not without imperfections, but I believe that at that __________ moment, I received a guiding premonition (预感).”

The man Sondrup rescued recently reached out to express his __________ for the second chance at life. “I wish him nothing but the best,” Sondrup said. “I hope he experiences a new __________ and a future filled with success.”

1.

A．tiredness

B．happiness

C．stress

D．anger

2.

A．description

B．memory

C．opinion

D．request

3.

A．believed

B．summarized

C．tracked

D．noticed

4.

A．preserved

B．introduced

C．trapped

D．exchanged

5.

A．possible

B．different

C．strange

D．interesting

6.

A．Obviously

B．Normally

C．Formally

D．Likely

7.

A．pulled over

B．turned on

C．looked around

D．worked out

8.

A．progress

B．accident

C．reference

D．survival

9.

A．watched

B．explored

C．climbed

D．contacted

10.

A．struggle

B．contribution

C．experiment

D．wisdom

11.

A．recognized

B．encouraged

C．concentrated

D．promoted

12.

A．proposal

B．focus

C．goal

D．force

13.

A．key

B．awkward

C．spare

D．public

14.

A．demand

B．appreciation

C．desire

D．view

15.

A．solution

B．title

C．health

D．personality

2 . On June 14, 2022, Mia Samolinski was driving a Subaru Outback in the parking lot when she stepped on the gas pedal (油门) instead of the brake (刹车) and drove into the water. It _______ just after 10 pm at Patchogue Bay A brave boy, Anthony Zhongor, _______ the incident and dove into the water after making an emergency call.

Samolinski was at risk of _______. The 18-year-old high schooler was desperately banging (猛敲) on the door and window with all the _______ trying to break the window.

“_______ that got me nervous, scared for her,” said Zhongor, “so I just dove into the water.” He swam to the car, but with no time to spare, he had to _______ how to get Samolinski out of the vehicle. They both tried to unlock the door, but with no _______, they had to find another way. That was when Zhongor realized he could use his own _______. His body successfully made the _______ of the car go deeper into the water, which helped ________ the back end. Samolinski opened the back door and managed to ________. They swam to shore together. Samolinski was so ________ that she couldn’t help crying, but luckily, they both weren’t injured.

“It doesn’t matter who it was, they were in an ________ situation,” said the 17-year-old hero. “I couldn’t watch anybody ________ in front of me.”

________, it turned out they both attended Patchogue-Medford High School, but they had no idea they were schoolmates.

1.

A．happened

B．appeared

C．changed

D．turned

2.

A．reported

B．prevented

C．witnessed

D．recalled

3.

A．starving

B．dying

C．escaping

D．bleeding

4.

A．confusion

B．passion

C．quality

D．strength

5.

A．At last

B．As usual

C．Of course

D．For example

6.

A．worry about

B．talk about

C．speak out

D．figure out

7.

A．aim

B．luck

C．proof

D．secret

8.

A．weight

B．enthusiasm

C．imagination

D．height

9.

A．bottom

B．window

C．nose

D．wheel

10.

A．reach

B．balance

C．protect

D．lift

11.

A．stand

B．escape

C．hide

D．participate

12.

A．frightened

B．excited

C．ashamed

D．disappointed

13.

A．unavoidable

B．similar

C．alarming

D．embarrassing

14.

A．suffer

B．cheat

C．relax

D．complain

15.

A．Confusingly

B．Obviously

C．Responsibly

D．Interestingly

3 . Nicole Salgado and and her family woke up on New Year’s Day to panic knocking at the front door of their home in Avodale, Arizona. Her house was on fire, but she didn’t know it. “We were all ________,” Salgado said. “Then all of a sudden around 7:30 in the morning, we heard banging on our door and our doorbell was ________. And we kind of got ________.”

Salgado, a mother of four, ran to ________ the kids while her husband hurried to the front door. There, they found their next-door neighbour, Carolyn Palisch, urging the family to leave the house. He opened the door and their neighbour Carolyn said their house was on fire and told them to leave. Salgado ________ grabbed her kids and ________ from the burning home. No one was wearing socks or shoes ________ her oldest child.

Making sure that everyone was out, they realized the full extent of it. They were just in ________ as they watched their home burn. According to Salgado, minutes after they escaped, the ________ collapsed and smoke filled the inside of their home. ________ said if the family had still been sleeping when the roof fell down, they would have breathed the smoke and immediately ________.

“We are so grateful to just be ________,” Salgado wrote in a post to social media. The doorbell camera caught the moment when Palisch saved their lives. Salgado said the family decided to post the video to share with the world what Palisch did for them. The video has now been ________ almost 7 million times on Tiktok.

In the footage (一段镜头), Palisch is seen yelling outside the Salgado family’s door, surrounded by smoke and ________. She ________ to knock at the door loudly and repeatedly until she is able to help the family escape. “If it weren’t for her, it would be a totally different story,” said Salgado. “We feel so thankful to her. She saved all of us.”

1.

A．sleeping

B．dining

C．playing

D．chatting

2.

A．going down

B．going off

C．going about

D．going ahead

3.

A．scared

B．embarrassed

C．thrilled

D．discouraged

4.

A．turn away

B．pick out

C．take on

D．check on

5.

A．cheerfully

B．unconsciously

C．instantly

D．amazingly

6.

A．learned

B．benefited

C．escaped

D．recovered

7.

A．due to

B．except for

C．regardless of

D．free from

8.

A．vain

B．shock

C．line

D．order

9.

A．dam

B．tower

C．bridge

D．roof

10.

A．Firefighters

B．Nurses

C．Architects

D．Lawyers

11.

A．stayed up

B．worked out

C．turned up

D．passed out

12.

A．absent

B．alarmed

C．alive

D．annoyed

13.

A．viewed

B．applied

C．evaluated

D．blamed

14.

A．plants

B．branches

C．papers

D．flames

15.

A．pretends

B．agrees

C．continues

D．declines

4 . NEW DELHI—Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday inspected the bridge collapse site in the western state of Gujarat, where more than 100 people were killed, officials said. Ahead of the visit, Modi chaired a high-level meeting on Monday night during which he was briefed about rescue efforts.

The century-old British-era pedestrian suspension bridge (吊桥) collapsed on Sunday evening, with hundreds of people falling into Machchhu River in Morbi town, about 241 km west of the capital city, Gandhinagar. Reports said that 177 people were rescued and over 100 people were undergoing treatment at the Morbi civil hospital.

Soon after the bridge visit, Modi reached the civil hospital in Morbi to meet the injured. The prime minister was seen asking the survivors about their health. According to officials, search and rescue operations, carried out by teams of the State Disaster Response Force and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the Indian navy, the Indian air force and the Indian army, were called off (取消) on Monday evening and began again on Tuesday morning. Officials said Modi also met with those involved in rescue and relief operations.

The local government of Gujarat has already ordered an investigation into the deadly collapse of the bridge. The bridge is a popular tourist attraction in the area. It was shut for renovation (整修) for seven months and was open for the public on Oct 26, the Gujarati New Year.

Reports said that around 500 people, much beyond its capacity, were on the suspension bridge at the time when it crashed into the river.

Police have arrested nine people including officials of Oreva, the company that carried out the repair work, ticket sellers and security men. However, the owners of the company have not been arrested. Oreva group is actually a Gujarat-based watchmaker company. Reports said that the watchmaker reportedly outsourced (转包) the “technical aspect of the renovation” to a smaller construction company, Devprakash Solutions.

Oreva has been accused of violating multiple safety rules, leading to the huge tragedy just four days after the bridge reopened to the public. Questions have been raised over why Oreva with no experience in construction was given responsibility for maintaining a bridge.

1. What did Modi first do after hearing the bridge collapse?

A．He paid a visit to the bridge.

B．He held and took charge of a meeting.

C．He went to see the injured in the hospital.

D．He met with those involved in rescue and relief operations.

2. How can we evaluate the bridge before it collapsed?

A．It was too old to repair well.

B．It was maintained very well.

C．It had a safety risk.

D．It was solid enough.

3. What can replace the underlined word “violating” in the last paragraph?

A．Making.

B．Obeying.

C．Breaking.

D．Replacing.

4. Which can serve as the best title for the news report?

A．Indian PM inspects site of deadly bridge collapse

B．Police arrest security men after bridge collapse

C．Modi is briefed about rescue efforts after bridge collapse

D．Around 500 people are on suspension bridge when it collapses

5 . 阅读下面短文， 根据所给情节进行续写， 使之构成一个完整的故事。

Ken Scott kicked off the covers and leapt out of bed at his home in the Rocky Mountain town of Mullan, Idaho. He’d just heard on the radio that the nearby Silver Mountain Resort had been blessed with nearly a foot and a half of new snow. As an experienced ski addict, he didn’t want to miss this big golden opportunity. These conditions are what skiers live for.

When Scott reached Silver Mountain’s locker room, he came across his friend Paul, a former ski instructor who had also been a regular on these slopes for more than two decades. Both of them were exhilarated. Before setting off, it was Paul’s routine to check his phone tightly fixed inside his parka (风 雪外套). For the next hour the pair skied on various runs under a lightly dull sky, making fresh tracks. They were both in a playful mood, laughing as they tackled the steep runs.

Almost immediately, the snow beneath their feet gave way. In a millisecond, Paul realized what was happening. “Avalanche! (雪崩)” he yelled to Scott, who was not far behind. Scott responded. The sudden snow slide caused fear in his voice. “This is happening!” Instantly, both were hit by a mass of snow that would hit and carry them some 500 feet down the mountain. Scott felt it surrounding and enclosing him, moving quickly up his back and over his shoulders, then heavy against his neck. Snow filled the space in front of him and piled up around the whole of him. Paul, too, was swept downhill.

They remembered the avalanche survival lessons they had learned. Keep your head up. Try to swim. Stay on top of the snow. But the snow was too powerful and they felt themselves rolling like a load of clothes in a washing machine. When Scott finally came to rest, he was lying on his left side and completely buried, skis and poles still attached.

注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:

Paul was luckier, ending up partially buried and probably surviving.

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Recalling the terrible experience, Scott thanked his friend and the rescue team.

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