1 . It was a bright May afternoon along the Maryland coast. Jonathan Bauer, and his 13-year-old daughter, Ava, were driving with the windows down as they headed home on the bridge. Suddenly, the calm was disturbed by the squeal of tires.
Not far ahead of them, a pickup(皮卡车) was drifting from one lane to the other. It slammed into a concrete barrier, flipped over the car directly ahead of them, and came to rest hanging over the railing of the bridge. Bauer hit the brakes in time, but another car came sliding backward toward him and struck his car’s fender(挡泥板). Bauer stopped his car. “Ava, are you OK?” he asked. She was shaken, but otherwise unhurt.
And then a scream came from the pickup above the waters of the bay. The driver dashed to the railing. Bauer ran up beside him. The man pointed down, saying something in Spanish. There was a car seat in the water. Struggling next to it was a girl, about two years old, terrified, floating on her back and crying.
Matters quickly went worse when the girl rolled over onto her stomach. “Ava! Stay by the car!” Bauer yelled, drooping to remove his shoes. Would he get hurt? Could he reach the girl in time? No time to wonder. All he had in mind was the faith that she must be saved immediately.
A moment later he was bouncing off the sandy bottom-unhurt! Bauer swam to the girl and lifted her out of the water: mouth half open, eyes nearly closed, not breathing. Standing, he laid her against his shoulder and hit at her back with the flat of his hand. Water came streaming from her mouth and slowly her eyes were opened. He pulled her close, hugging her to shelter her from the cold.
A boat pulled up and hauled them aboard. Ava Bauer was so inspired by her father’s actions that four months later she became a firefighter so that she, too, could save lives. “That girl is going to live a whole life because of him,” she says. “It’s incredible.”
1. What can we learn about Bauer and his daughter from the first two paragraphs?| A．They had a great time along the Maryland coast. |
| B．They crashed their car into others’ on the bridge. |
| C．They suffered a severe hit and hung over the railing. |
| D．They witnessed a terrible accident on the way home. |
| A．He saw a girl struggling in the water. |
| B．He was asked to help the pickup driver. |
| C．He was caught by the cry from the pickup. |
| D．He was concerned about the falling of the pickup. |
| A．Warm-hearted and modest. |
| B．Strong-willed and optimistic. |
| C．Determined and considerate. |
| D．Good-tempered and intelligent. |
| A．A Leap of Faith |
| B．An Unexpected Crash |
| C．A Moment of Inspiration |
| D．A Well-organized Rescue |
2 . It was a cold, sunny December day when I set out for a run in Moab, Utah, with my dog, Taz.
About an hour into my
I shouted for help and was intent on
On the third day, I felt myself growing weaker. I was coming to terms with the fact that I might
Taz returned,
| A．move | B．march | C．walk | D．run |
| A．fell | B．jumped | C．broke | D．headed |
| A．loss | B．shock | C．pain | D．need |
| A．push | B．locate | C．find | D．confirm |
| A．stand | B．escape | C．cry | D．shout |
| A．pushing | B．dragging | C．lifting | D．pulling |
| A．took | B．cost | C．wasted | D．gave |
| A．Temporarily | B．Eventually | C．Fortunately | D．Initially |
| A．normal | B．boiling | C．freezing | D．average |
| A．admiring | B．repeating | C．delivering | D．providing |
| A．humble | B．confident | C．positive | D．negative |
| A．quieter | B．longer | C．shorter | D．louder |
| A．sharpen | B．adopt | C．appreciate | D．crack |
| A．agree | B．help | C．leave | D．die |
| A．effort | B．trial | C．chance | D．break |
| A．alive | B．asleep | C．awake | D．alone |
| A．came out | B．turned out | C．proved out | D．worked out |
| A．survey | B．interview | C．rescue | D．sports |
| A．blood | B．cells | C．water | D．sweat |
| A．entered | B．made | C．reached | D．got |
A man who was missing for 17 days after an earthquake in China’s Sichuan Province has been found alive, according to local media reports.
The 28-year-old hydropower station employee Gan Yu had stayed behind with his colleague Luo Yong after an earthquake hit Sichuan on Sept. 5,
Gan did first aid for his colleague and helped prevent flooding by releasing water from the dam (大坝). Both Gan and Luo then stayed in the station for over a day without food or mobile signal. They attempted
However, Gan was discovered by
4 . Surfer Dudes to the Rescue!
About 50 feet from shore of the Northern California’s Trinidad State Beach, two brothers were fighting for their lives. They had been swept out to sea in a rip current (激流), their mouths barely able to stay above the water. Thick fog made it difficult for beachgoers to see the guys, but the screams were unmistakable. And every second counted. The brothers, ages 15 and 20, were wearing shorts and T-shirts, unsuitable for a November day, let alone the freezing water. Keven Harder, a supervising ranger (巡查员), told the North Coast Journal in nearby Eureka that swimming in such a temperature “takes the fight right out of you.”
Luckily, four surfers in wet suits were nearby. Narayan Weibel, Spenser Stratton, and Adrian York, all 16, along with Taj Ortiz-Beck, 15, were on their surfboards riding up and down the coast on five-foot waves when they heard the cries. They turned and saw two bobbing heads and four struggling arms. “We looked at each other and knew these guys were about to drown,” Weibel told the Washington Post.
Weibel, Stratton, and Ortiz-Beck paddled toward the distressed swimmers while York headed to shore to warn someone to call 911. He then dived back in to help his friends.
As the surfers drew close, the brothers were still fighting hard for their lives. “It was pretty stressful, but there wasn’t any time to think about it, and that helped me keep my cool,” Ortiz-Beck says.
Ortiz-Beck pulled up alongside the younger brother. Grabbing him under his arms, he raised him up onto his board. Stratton and Weibel, meanwhile, hurried to help the older brother. He was large, 250 to 300 pounds, and he was panicked.
“I told them, ‘Calm down—we got you!’” says Weibel. “They thought they were going to die.”
York arrived in time to help get the older brother atop the second board. The surfers then paddled several minutes through choppy water to the medical help waiting onshore. The brothers were scared but fine.
“When we get a call like this one, it’s usually too late by the time we get there,” says Dillon Cleavenger, a first responder. “I can’t say enough about what these boys did. They were willing and prepared to risk their lives.”
1. What can we know from the first paragraph?| A．Two brothers were almost drowned in the sea. |
| B．Beachgoers happened to meet the two brothers. |
| C．The supervising ranger warned them not to swim then. |
| D．Surfers barely wore T-shirts and shorts in such weather. |
| A．Swimming in a rip current. | B．Surfing on high waves. |
| C．Struggling with their arms to shore. | D．Practising diving in the sea. |
| A．Andrian York dived back to call the police |
| B．Keven Harder played the most important role |
| C．Narayan Weibel tried to calm down the brothers |
| D．Ortiz-Beck saved the larger and panicked brother |
| A．Hardworking and friendly. | B．Kind and humorous. |
| C．Devoted and talented. | D．Brave and determined. |
| A．She lost his bags. | B．She ran into him. | C．She forgot his name. |
6 . Colleen and Terence have known each other for more than 35 years and have been out fishing together more than 500 times. On a freezing
After the 4.8m boat
The last bag of air on the boat was almost gone. “But Colleen remained amazingly
He swam against the tide for more than an hour. He ran into rocks and
Colleen was
| A．dusk | B．noon | C．night | D．morning |
| A．fortune | B．suffering | C．play | D．holiday |
| A．sailed | B．wandered | C．sank | D．stopped |
| A．care about | B．knew about | C．talked to | D．heard of |
| A．kind | B．warm | C．panic | D．calm |
| A．deep | B．blue | C．icy | D．rapid |
| A．weaker | B．stronger | C．wiser | D．luckier |
| A．saw | B．made | C．got | D．injured |
| A．depending | B．living | C．drowning | D．swimming |
| A．counted | B．seized | C．made | D．enjoyed |
| A．courage | B．faith | C．interest | D．trouble |
| A．everything | B．much | C．something | D．little |
| A．gradually | B．immediately | C．seriously | D．eventually |
| A．taken | B．made | C．gotten | D．stopped |
| A．concerned | B．worth | C．safe | D．ready |
| A．Ask a repair shop for help. | B．Buy another car. | C．Fix the car herself. |
| A．An accident. | B．A restaurant. | C．A cook. |
1. What sport made the man injured?
| A．Football. | B．Basketball. | C．Baseball. |
| A．In a month. | B．In two months. | C．In five months. |
| A．On a football field. | B．At a park. | C．In a hospital. |
