1 . 在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

People in Paris love the view of the city’s old     1     (building), especially Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris (巴黎圣母院). But the top of the 850-year-old church and two-thirds of the roof     2     (destroy) by a fire on April 16. Parisians were so shocked and gathered around the giant church, praying for the hundreds of firefighters     3     fought the flames.

2 . 阅读短文，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

Two firefighters     1     (wait) in line at a fast food restaurant when the siren (警报器) sounded on their fire engine outside. As they turned to leave, a couple who had received their order a moment ago     2     (hand) their food to the firefighters. The couple then got back in line to reorder. To appreciate their selfless act as a reward, the manager refused     3     (take) the couple’s money.

4 . One day, Lisa Holman told her family she would be out that night visiting her friend, only about half an hour’s drive from her house. So it was not alarming as the night grew on and she did not arrive home. As 11 pm passed, her family began to worry. They called her but did not get any answer. They then reached out to Lisa’s best friend, who said Lisa had left to drive home at 9 that night.

The family thought about calling the police that evening but the police typically don’t define a person missing unless there is no contact for 24 hours. The next morning there was still no sign of Lisa. All the family could do was sit home and wait. Lisa’s son decided to drive along Lisa’s route and carefully look for her. He found Lisa’s car had crashed into a tree. What’s worse, there was no sign of Lisa at all.

The family called the police. The police began their search. But due to the heavy rain, the search team was called back. The family was very disappointed but still hopeful and continued the search. 700 feet from Lisa’s car, they finally found Lisa under a rock.

After a few days in hospital, Lisa recovered. She explained that she passed out after her car slid off the road in the rain. After she came to herself, Lisa managed to climb out of the car. While walking to find help, Lisa was exhausted and unable to figure out the direction. So she couldn’t walk on and climbed under a rock as it started raining again. Scared as she was, she turned to her faith in hopes of living to see her son again.

1. When should Lisa arrive home after visiting her friend?

A．About 9 pm.

B．About9:30pm.

C．About 11pm.

D．The next morning.

2. Why did the family give up calling the police that night?

A．Lisa stayed with her best friend.

B．The rocks had blocked all the roads up.

C．The police usually refused to come at night.

D．They had been out of touch with Lisa for less than a day.

3. Why was Lisa unable to go home by herself?

A．She was lost.	B．She was injured.
C．She was locked in her car.	D．She was caught by heavy rain.

5 . Alexis, 17, sat quietly in the passenger seat of her dad’s car. She let her eyes lazily scan the landscape for wildlife. Then a deer came into view about 200 yards in front of them. “Dad, there’s a deer there!” Alexis said. It was a male deer with sharp antlers (角) on each side of its head.

As the car moved closer, Alexis saw that the deer’s head was bent toward the ground. Then she heard a scream and saw an arm fly up near the deer’s head. Alexis realized the deer was attacking a woman. Sue, a 44-year-old mother, had been out for her morning run. The deer followed her and edged closer. “I knew I was in trouble,” Sue says. She went to pick up a stick for self-defense, and the deer charged. It lifted her with its antlers and threw her into the air. Sue could feel blood flew down her leg.

Within seconds, the deer had pushed her off the road. When Alexis and her father pulled up, the deer was throwing Sue like a doll. Alexis looked into the woman’s terrified eyes, and before her father had even stopped the car, the teenager jumped quickly out of the car and ran toward the deer.

“I was kicking it to get its attention,” she says. Then her father, who had followed his daughter, pushed the deer away from the women.

Alexis helped Sue into the car, and then applied a piece of cloth to Sue’s injured leg. “We’re going to get you to a hospital,” Alexis said. Then she heard her father shout loudly. He had been knocked to the ground. Alexis took hold of a hammer from the car and ran to where her father lay on his back. She beat the deer’s head and neck, but the blows didn’t scare it away. “I was losing faith,” she says. “A couple more strikes, Alexis,” said her father. “You can do it.” Turning the hammer around, Alexis closed her eyes and beat the deer’s neck with all her strength. When she opened her eyes, the deer was running away. Alexis got in the driver’s seat and sped toward the nearest hospital.

After Sue was treated, she tearfully thanked her rescuers. “You expect a teenage girl to get on the phone and call for help,” she says, “not to beat up a deer.”

1. What was Sue doing when she was attacked by the deer?

A．She was driving home.	B．She was taking exercise.
C．She was resting on the road.	D．She was feeding wild animals.

2. What did Alexis do to save Sue?

A．She pushed the deer away.	B．She beat the deer with a hammer.
C．She drove the car to hit the deer.	D．She hit the deer with her feet.

3. What is the best title for the passage?

A．A Woman Was Seriously Injured

B．A Girl Saved Her Father Successfully

C．A Dangerous Deer Attacked a Woman

D．A Teenager Rescued Others from a Deer Attack

6 . “Fire! Fire!” What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, old, wooden house and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped outside the house. It was full of thick smoke.

I began to run, but as I was still only half-awake, instead of going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I could see fire all around. The floor became hot under my bare feet. I found an open door and ran into a room to get to the window. But before I could reach it, one of my feet caught in something soft and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a bundle of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my face from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor gave way under me and I crashed to the floor below with pieces of burning wood all around me.

I saw a doorway in fire, then I put the bundle over my face and ran. My feet burned me terrible, but I got through. As I reached the cold air outside, my bundle of clothes gave a thin cry, I nearly dropped it in my surprise. Then I was in a crowd gathered in the street. A woman in a night-dress and a borrowed man’s coat screamed as she saw me and came running madly. She was the Mayor’s wife, and I had saved her baby.

1. When the fire arose in the middle of the night, the author was ________.

A．at home

B．sleeping

C．sitting in bed

D．both A and B

2. The author saved the baby ________.

A．because he was very brave.	B．because he liked the baby very much.
C．but he just happened to save it.	D．because it was the Mayor’s baby.

3. He ran in the wrong direction because he ________.

A．was a stranger there	B．could see nothing
C．was not completely awake	D．Both A and C

4. He put the bundle over his face and ran in order to ________.

A．save the baby

B．call for help

C．protect his face

D．run quickly

7 . One Sunday night, a high school student, Rory Campbell, heard noises next door to his home in Bonita Mews, off St Asaph Road, Brockley. When he went outside, he saw his neighbor climbing out of a front window of his second floor flat, which was on fire. He then saw the man covered in black soot(黑灰), shouting for help.

The 15-year-old boy called the fire service and tried to calm the neighbor, who is in his thirties, until firefighters arrived. Rory said, “He was shouting ‘Help me, help me! Get a ladder, get a ladder!’ He was a bit hysterical(歇斯底里的). I didn’t have time to think. I just tried to calm him by telling him the firefighters were on the way.”

Rory was told by the man that the fire had been caused by a candle falling over. Firefighters from New Cross, Peckham, Lewisham and Forest Hill rescued the man by ladder and got the fire under control within minutes of arriving. The man was taken to a south London hospital where he is still recovering from smoke inhalation(吸入).

25% of the flat was damaged by the fire.

Rory, studying music, added, “As the man walked past me, he said ‘Thanks’ and that meant a lot to me. I do feel good because I helped save his life.”

Another neighbor said, “I heard a lot of noise but thought it was coming from the railway opposite. I couldn’t believe it when I saw the man hanging there. The boy next door really did save his life by calling the firefighters.”

1. According to the passage, what caused the fire?

A．Rory’s smoking.

B．Careless cooking.

C．The gas fire.

D．A lighted candle.

2. Before the firefighters arrived, what did Rory do?

A．He lighted the candle.

B．He calmed his neighbor.

C．He closed doors to stop the fire.

D．He held a ladder.

3. How was the man rescued?

A．He was rescued by ladder.

B．The boy carried him out.

C．He was carried by a firefighter who got into the room.

D．He got out himself.

4. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

A．much of the flat was destroyed

B．Rory was sent to hospital for injuries

C．Rory studied music

D．Rory led an important part in saving the man’s life

8 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A．At a fire scene.

B．In a studio.

C．At home.

2. What does the man think is urgently needed?

A．News reports.

B．Fire engines.

C．Helicopters.

9 . Joanne was stuck in a traffic jam in central Birmingham at 5:30, and at 6:30 she was expected to be chairing a meeting of the tennis club. At last, the traffic was moving. She swung quickly racing to her house. As she opened the door, she nearly tripped over Sheba.

“Hey, Sheba,” she said, “I’ve got no time for you now, but I’ll take you out as soon as I get back from tennis club.” Then she noticed Sheba seemed to be coughing or choking. Obviously, she could hardly breathe. Immediately, Joanne realized she would have to take her to the vet (兽医). When she got there, the vet was just about to close for the day. Seeing the state of Sheba, Dr. Sterne brought her quickly into his office.

“Listen, doctor, I’m really in a rush to get to a meeting-can I leave her with you, and go and get changed? I’ll be back in ten minutes to pick her up, and then I’ll take her on to the meeting with me. Is that OK?”

“Sure,” said the doctor.

Joanne made the quick trip back to her house in a couple of minutes. As she was once more entering the hallway, the phone by the door began to ring.

“This is Dr. Sterne,” said an anxious voice. “I want you to get out of that house immediately,” said the doctor’s voice. “I’m coming round fight away, and the police will be there any time now. Wait outside!”

At that moment, a police car screeched to a stop outside the house. Two policemen got out and ran into the house. Joanne was by now completely confused and very frightened. Then the doctor arrived.

“Where’s Sheba? Is she OK?” shouted Joanne.

“She’s free, Joanne. I took out the thing which was choking her, and she’s OK now.”

Just then, the two policemen reappeared from the house, half-carrying a white-faced man, who could hardly walk. There was blood all over him.

“My God,” said Joanne, “how did he get in there? And how did you know he was there?”

“I think he must be a burglar,” said the doctor. “I knew he was there because when I finally removed what was stuck in Sheba’s throat; it turned out to be three human fingers.”

1. What was Joanne supposed to do at 6: 30?

A．To walk her dog.	B．To see her doctor.
C．To attend a club meeting.	D．To play tennis with her friends.

2. Joanne wanted to get back to her home again ____________.

A．to dress up for the meeting

B．to phone the police station

C．to catch the badly hurt burglar

D．to wait for her dog to be cured

3. From the passage, we can infer that ____________.

A．Sheba fought against the burglar

B．the police found the burglar had broken in

C．Joanne had planned to take her dog to the meeting

D．the doctor performed a difficult operation on the dog

4. In this passage, the writer intends to tell us that the dog is ____________.

A．clever	B．friendly
C．frightening	D．devoted

10 . 25 people were killed and 50 injured on Wednesday in a train accident in Cairo, which surprised local people. According to the BBC, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli visited the scene and he said     1     cause was not yet known, but Egypt's police were conducting an investigation (进行调查)     2     (find) the reason of the accident. Egypt had one of the     3     (old) and largest rail networks, and crashes and other accidents were common.