65-year-old Mr. Fairfax had retired from teaching. He was very interested in adventure. This time he made an adventure on a sparsely(稀少的)populated land. In the cold winter, he tried a new place and forgot to bring his cell phone, the only time on the trip. He trekked(艰苦跋涉)more than half a mile with two dogs to a harvested wheat field.
Eyes fixed on the horizon in expectation of another rabbit, Mr. Fairfax stepped on the thin snow on a canal. Suddenly, it collapsed(坍塌)and dropped him four feet to the bottom.
Realizing that he was in trouble and was going to hurt himself, Mr. Fairfax was suddenly picking up a lot of speed. His left leg hit first, and he lay on his side to reach for his shotgun, unloaded it and used it as a crutch(拐杖). He spent an hour and a half climbing the canal but slipped and slid back down when he was partly up. This time, one of his feet got stuck between two rocks. Mr. Fairfax told himself that if he didn't get himself out of that canal, he wasn't going to have a very good night.
Mr. Fairfax walked his foot free and climbed more slowly and cautiously out of the canal. He immediately realized the difficulty of the task before him. The accident occurred about 2 p.m., and it was nearing 5 p.m. with the road far away as the sun was setting.
Mr. Fairfax focused on crawling to safety. Even with his gun supporting him, hopping was impractical. Instead, he sat down and pushed himself backward less than 40 inches at a time with his good leg. He was determined and sure that he must hold on. He was in exhaustion and had more frequent breaks. Temperatures dropped overnight, and his gloves and boots got wet. His hands and feet soon were completely numb.
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Paragraph 1: Mr. Fairfax's dogs had been playing in the field and eventually came up to him.
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Paragraph 2: However, gleams(微光)of daylight remained—Mr. Fairfax saw the sixth car.
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At first, Michael didn’t see the black smoke or flames shooting from the windows of his neighbors’ home. He and his wife had just parked around the corner from their own house when they got a call from one of his daughters: “The house next door is on fire!” He went to check. That’s when he saw two women and a girl helpless and heartbroken on their doorway.
“The baby’s in there!” one of the women cried. Though the fire department had been called, Michael, then 64, immediately ran inside. “The baby” was 8-year-old Tiara, the woman’s granddaughter and a playmate of Michael’s three youngest kids.
Entering the burning house was like “running into a bucket of black paint”. The thick smoke caused Michael to stumble blindly around, burned his eyes, and made it impossible to breathe. The conditions would have been dangerous for anyone, but for Michael, who has severe lung disease, they were life-threatening.
After a few minutes in the smoke-filled house, he retreated outside to catch his breath. “Where is Tiara?” he asked desperately.
“The second floor,” her aunt shouted back.
Michael knew he couldn’t hold his breath for long. However, taking a deep breath, he went in a second time. The darkness was overwhelming. Yet because the house had a similar design to his, he made it to the second floor. He turned to the right and was met by intense heat. He was already out of breath.
“Baby girl, where are you?”
His throat and lungs burned as if he’d inhaled fire instead of the smoke in the air. Every blink stung his eyes. All he could hear was the crackling and popping of burning wood. Then a soft but distinct moan emerged. Still unable to see, Michael fell to his knees on the hot wood floor. He crawled toward the sound, feeling around for any sign of the girl. An unlucky thought crossed his mind: I’m probably gonna die up here.
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Finally, Michael touched something.
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Tiara was safe now; however, Michael fainted down to the ground, unconscious.
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A.A policeman. | B.A car driver. | C.A doctor. |
1. Why did the man have a car accident?
A.He was driving too fast. |
B.He didn’t keep his eyes on the road. |
C.He was answering the phone. |
A.On Christmas Eve. |
B.On Christmas Day. |
C.On December 26th. |
A.He took part in the marathon. |
B.He stayed in hospital. |
C.He went to Tokyo for sightseeing. |
A.Annoyed. |
B.Worried. |
C.Surprised. |
1. What does Bob think of motorcycle racing after the accident?
A.It's still attractive. | B.It's too dangerous. | C.It's violent. |
A.In about two weeks. |
B.In about three weeks. |
C.In about five weeks. |
A.Some magazines. | B.Some flowers. | C.Some medicine. |
On Sunday, a high school senior, 18-year-old Jessica Gallegos, saved the
“I woke them up,and I was yelling,‘Get out! There’s a fire!”’ Jessica told the reporter. “I just remember
After the teens got to
“Jessica saved all of
“I was shaking so badly that I couldn’t stop,” Storhmn told the San Bernardino County Sun. “But all I could think was wow,I got everybody out.’’
Mr. Taylor checked again: water, food, bandage, medicines, a compass, and a map wrapped in plastic... Bingo! He put all that he prepared for the coming hiking into his backpack.
Mr. Taylor was fond of hiking, this time in particular, for it was the first time for him to hike with his two sons, Harry and Joel. Joel liked reading books about explorers and Harry joined the hiking club in his school this term. “It will be an unforgettable experience, definitely.” he whispered to himself, unconsciously a smile spreading over his face.
Harry and Joel, however, argued for the first three miles of their hiking trip. Harry accused Joel of wearing smelly old shoes. Joel blamed Harry for using all of the bug spray (喷雾防虫剂). Harry told Joel he smelled terrible. Joel called Harry a coward (懦夫).
“Will the two of you just quiet down and enjoy our hike together?” their father said. “You’re missing all of the beautiful scenery!”
It was true. Neither Joel nor Harry had taken notice of the bear their father had spied at the start of their trip. They hadn’t looked up at the eagle he pointed out overhead. Worst of all, they hadn’t paid any attention to the turns and twists along the way while they continued their argument.
“Joel threw a stick at me!” Harry screamed. “That’s not true!” Joel shouted back.
Mr. Taylor could no longer contain his anger. “And both of you need to stop arguing!” he erupted. As he turned to face them, his left foot caught on a root. He slipped backward and down muddy bank, falling into the river that ran alongside the path.
Harry and Joel raced to their father’s assistance. They helped him up out of the water, and then dragged his wet backpack up onto land.
Fortunately, their wet-through father found himself just slightly injured.
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But his glasses came off when he fell in the water.
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“Just calm down.” Mr. Taylor shouted, “Without my glasses, we need to work together to find our way.
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Rescue in a Bottle
Curtis Whitson had rafted down the Arroyo Seco, a river in central California, several times before.
This year, Curtis Whitson knew the water-fall was coming. He figured he would get out of his raft into the shallow water, get down the rocks along ropes on either side of the falls, and continue on his way, as he had on a previous trip.
But this year was different. Heavy snow and spring rains had turned the usually manageable falls into something fierce. And this year, instead of his friends, Whitson’s companions were his girlfriend, Krystal Ramirez and his 13-year-old son, Hunter. As the three of them approached the falls late in, the afternoon of the third day of their camping trip, Whitson could tell from the increasing roar of water in the narrowing canyon (峡谷) that they were in serious trouble. There was no way they’d be able to get down the rocks as planned.
“The water was just roaring through there with tremendous force,” recalls Whitson.
They had no smart phone service, and they hadn’t seen a single person in the past three days. And Whitson knew that they’d be sharing the ground there with rattle snakes and mountain lions.
As he was thinking what to do, Whitson hit on a bit of luck — he heard voices coming from the other side of the falls. He yelled, but the sound of the rushing water drowned him out.
“We have to get these people a message,” Whitson thought.
He grabbed a stick and pulled out his pocketknife to carve “Help” in it. Then he tied a rope to it so the people would know it wasn’t just any stick. He tried throwing it over the falls, but it floated away in the wrong direction.
“We’ve got to do something!” Whitson yelled to his son. “Have we got anything else?”
Then he spotted his water bottle. Whitson grabbed it and carved “Help!” on it. Ramirez also reminded him that he had a pen and paper in his backpack.
Whitson knew it was a slim hope. But he wrote “6-15 19:00 We are stuck here@ the waterfall. Get help please” and pushed the note into the bottle. This time, his throw over the waterfall was perfect.
“All right, that’s all we can do,” Whitson told Hunter.
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It took 30 minutes to get back upstream to the beach where they’d had lunch.
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The next morning, the helicopter returned.
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9 . I was walking along the main street of a small seaside town in the north of England looking for somewhere to make a phone call. My car had
There was no sign of a call
Then
Carefully, I remained standing a few feet away and
A.broken up | B.broken down | C.broken of | D.broken in |
A.leaving of | B.setting off | C.blowing off | D.cutting off |
A.hair | B.hand | C.feet | D.body |
A.bare | B.luxuriant | C.tall | D.green |
A.house | B.hall | C.cottage | D.box |
A.sending | B.purchasing | C.trading | D.selling |
A.travels | B.rounds | C.trips | D.rides |
A.completely | B.approximately | C.tightly | D.slightly |
A.delighted | B.furious | C.frightened | D.surprised |
A.suddenly | B.quickly | C.instantly | D.luckily |
A.hidden | B.covered | C.noticed | D.found |
A.color | B.diamonds | C.jewel | D.paint |
A.walked | B.crawled | C.hurried | D.wondered |
A.happiness | B.astonishment | C.rage | D.fear |
A.woman | B.man | C.farmer | D.worker |
A.lower | B.hide | C.show | D.raise |
A.noises | B.footsteps | C.voices | D.sounds |
A.put out | B.smoked | C.took out | D.lit |
A.threw | B.put | C.placed | D.lifted |
A.thick | B.dark | C.bright | D.eye-catching |
On March 8, 2014, a plane
The reason of the lost contact is
The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370 has inevitably captured the attention of the world because so little of its fate is known.