1 . A Heroic Driver

Larry works with Transport Drivers,   Inc.   One morning in 2009, Larry was ______along 165 north after delivering to one of his _______. Suddenly, he saw a car with its bright lights on. _______ he got closer, he found ____ vehicle upside down on the road. One more look and he noticed _______ shooting out from under the _______ vehicle. Larry pulled over, set the brake and _______the fire extinguisher (灭火器). Two good bursts from the extinguisher and the fire was put out.

The man who had his bright lights on _______ and told Larry he had _______ an emergency call. They ________ heard a woman’s voice coming from the wrecked (毁坏的) vehicle. ________the vehicle, they saw that a woman was trying to get out of the broken window. They told her to stay ________ until the emergency personnel arrived, ________ she thought the car was going to ________. Larry told her that he had already put out the fire and she should not move ________ she injured her neck.

Once fire and emergency people arrived, Larry and the other man ________ and let them go to work. Then, Larry asked the ________ if he was needed or ________ to go. They let him and the other man go.

One thing is ________—Larry went above and beyond the call of duty by getting so close to the burning vehicle! His ________ most likely saved the woman’s life.

1.

A．walking

B．touring

C．traveling

D．rushing

2.

A．passengers

B．colleagues

C．employers

D．customers

3.

A．Since

B．Although

C．As

D．If

4.

A．each

B．another

C．that

D．his

5.

A．flames

B．smoke

C．water

D．steam

6.

A．used

B．disabled

C．removed

D．abandoned

7.

A．got hold of

B．prepared

C．took charge of

D．controlled

8.

A．came down

B．came through

C．came in

D．came over

9.

A．returned

B．received

C．made

D．confirmed

10.

A．then

B．again

C．finally

D．even

11.

A．Starting

B．Parking

C．Passing

D．Approaching

12.

A．quiet

B．still

C．away

D．calm

13.

A．for

B．so

C．and

D．but

14.

A．explode

B．slip away

C．fall apart

D．crash

15.

A．as if

B．unless

C．in case

D．after

16.

A．stepped forward

B．backed off

C．moved on

D．set out

17.

A．woman

B．police

C．man

D．driver

18.

A．forbidden

B．ready

C．asked

D．free

19.

A．for certain

B．for consideration

C．reported

D．checked

20.

A．patience

B．skills

C．efforts

D．promise

4 . On a foggy Sunday morning, Amrisha Vaish was sleeping soundly at home in Arlington, Virginia. The sound that woke him at 7:15 was so loud that he assumed it came from inside his house. As he got up to _______ carefully, he heard another sound, this one coming most definitely from outside. Looking out of his bedroom window, he noticed a tree _______ in smoke about 500 yards away. A car was wrapped by smoke around the tree’s base, and its engine was on fire.

Seeing that, he immediately grabbed buckets of water and ran to the crash site. Up close, the _______ looked worse. The car was split nearly in two, and the tree was where the driver’s seat ought to have been, as if _______ there. He thought that no one could have survived this crash, and yet there was 15-year-old Quintin Thompson, still _______ with his terrified face pressed against the driver’s side window, in visible pain. Vaish tried putting out the fire with his buckets of water yet with no success. When the   _______ got into the front seats, he realized he had to get the boy out of there as soon as possible.

Instantly, Vaish tried to open the back door, but he failed. He picked up a stone beside the tree and hit the back door. This time, it _______. The back door was opened and Vaish crawled in. Thompson was struggling to get free when Vaish noticed how _______ his legs were. Using a pocketknife, Vaish sawed through Thompson’s seat belt. Now that Thompson was free of restraints (束缚), Vaish pulled him out of a window, and then dragged him to safety before the car was _______ surrounded by flames. Vaish called an ambulance as Thompson suffered severely. Soon, the doctors arrived and Vaish felt ________.

1.

A．analyse

B．view

C．examine

D．question

2.

A．enveloped

B．choked

C．marked

D．rescued

3.

A．wound

B．damage

C．engine

D．smoke

4.

A．drawn

B．guarded

C．sent

D．planted

5.

A．calm

B．curious

C．conscious

D．confident

6.

A．water

B．driver

C．passengers

D．flames

7.

A．responded

B．changed

C．worked

D．failed

8.

A．dirty

B．bad

C．unique

D．normal

9.

A．slowly

B．entirely

C．simply

D．deadly

10.

A．relieved

B．touched

C．recognized

D．satisfied

6 . It was rush hour on the morning of June1. Heather Santellano, 36, was driving her car on Houston Harte Frontage Road with her nine-year-old daughter and ten-year-old son in the back. Suddenly, a red pickup truck cut them off. Santellano turned the wheel hard to the right, sending the car running off the road and down an embankment (路堤) that ended in a drop-off after about 50 feet. If the car didn’t stop, it would go up into the air and slide onto the road some 20 feet below. Then came a bit of luck. As the car raced towards the edge, its undercarriage got stuck on the embankment, stopping it cold. The occupants, however, were far from safe. The car had come to rest on top of a retaining wall, literally teetering on the edge of disaster. One sudden move by anyone inside could send it over.

Jacob Rodriguez, a veteran, watched the scene unfold from the company where he works. Then, he and four other men ran to the car. They leaped onto the trunk to balance the weight as the terrified kids in the back seat watched.

Meanwhile, Julio Vasquez and his nephew, Marco Vasquez, were driving to their jobs at nearby Premier Automotive. Julio jumped out of the car to help while Marco went to the shop, grabbed a heavy-duty strap and returned to the dangling car. He tied the car to and F-350 truck that had been driven over by one of the other rescuers. With the car secured the group carefully opened the back doors and helped the children out.

But their departure shifted the car’s weight, causing it to lean forward. The men, still on the trunk, implored Santellano to jump into the back seat to re-balance the weight. She did and then inched out from the back door. Finally, the men carefully got off the trunk Everyone was safe. “Another foot,” Rodriguez told the media, “and this would be different story.”

1. What happened to Santellano’ scar after a red pickup truck cut it off?

A．It ran into the truck and was holed.

B．It rushed to the roadside and was broken.

C．It went into the air and fell sharply onto the road.

D．It slipped off the road and down an embankment.

2. Why did the car lean forward?

A．Because everyone got off the car.

B．Because Santellano jumped into the back seat.

C．Because the helpers ran to the car and leaped onto the trunk.

D．Because the weight of the car was unbalanced when the children left.

3. According to the passage,which words can best describe Jacob and his partners?

A．Generous and outgoing.	B．Friendly and humble.
C．Helpful and professional.	D．Ambitious and optimistic.

7 . Colleen and her husband were part of a group walking the Overland Track. It was the fifth day of a 6-day walk. The guide, who was waiting for them at the nearest camp, had _______ them about the slippery and potentially dangerous conditions. Colleen, an experienced adventurer from Sydney, was a naturally _______ walker. She walked in front of her husband and carefully checked the safety of the track when they were going down a steep slope (陡坡). Suddenly she heard a cracking sound from _______.

"When I realized what was happening, I was heading to a deep ditch (沟壑), my pack on my back." Colleen's fall was only _______by the presence of a branch that stretched across the ditch and kept her from a fall that could otherwise have been deadly.

Colleen hit her head badly and went into _______. She soon woke up and turned around to see her husband sitting stunned on the side of the track. He had accidently fallen from the top. He had first slipped above Colleen, and his full weight, with his pack, _______down on top of her. He was uninjured, and Colleen was suspended on the branch. He reached out to grab Colleen's arm. Colleen felt so painful, the worst physical suffering she had ever felt in her life. She knew _______that her arm was broken.

Her husband took her pack along with his own and together they struggled for the final three kilometers to the camp. Once they reached the camp, the guide gave her first aid and called for the rescue helicopter immediately.

Colleen was _______to the nearest hospital by helicopter. She was examined in the hospital and was told that her head and neck were okay, but her arm had been broken in four places.

Later, Colleen recalled with emotion, "After this personal experience of near-death and being saved, I realized that in some situations there's absolutely no _______to get to hospital, and the rescue helicopter was the only way. At that moment, the most ________ noise was hearing the helicopter come. The helicopter rescue workers were so generous, so highly skilled as well. When they arrived with the policemen, I was never more grateful to see anyone in my whole life."

1.

A．interviewed

B．warned

C．asked

D．taught

2.

A．curious

B．independent

C．cautious

D．patient

3.

A．opposite

B．ahead

C．faraway

D．above

4.

A．broken

B．caused

C．followed

D．protected

5.

A．shock

B．action

C．silence

D．panic

6.

A．lay

B．settled

C．bent

D．crashed

7.

A．straight away

B．after all

C．at times

D．without hesitation

8.

A．forced

B．guided

C．rushed

D．invited

9.

A．possibility

B．privilege

C．alternative

D．necessity

10.

A．familiar

B．wonderful

C．deafening

D．unexpected

8 . I know what courage looks like. I saw it on a flight I took six years ago, and only now can I speak of it without tears filling eyes at the memory.

Our flight left the Orlando Airport one Friday morning. But immediately upon take-off, it was clear that something was wrong. The aircraft was bumping(颠簸) up and down. All the experienced travellers, including me, looked around with knowing smiles. If you fly much, you see these things and learn to act calmly about them. However, we did not remain calm for long.

Minutes after we were in the air, our plane began falling quickly. The pilot soon made a serious announcement. “We are having some difficulties,” he said. “Our indicators show that the control system has failed. We will be returning to the Orlando Airport. The flight attendants will prepare you for a bumpy landing. Also, if you look out of the windows, you will see that we are dumping fuel from the airplane. We want to have as little on board as possible in the event of a rough touchdown.” In other words, we were about to crash. Many travellers looked visibly frightened now. No one faces death without fear, I thought.

Then a couple of rows to my left, I heard a still calm voice, a woman’s voice, speaking in an absolutely normal conversational tone. I had to find the source of this voice. All around, people cried. Many screamed. Finally, I saw her. In this chaos, a mother was talking to her child. The woman, in her mid-30s, was staring full into the face of her daughter, who looked to be four years old. The child listened closely, sensing the importance of her mother’s words. The mother’s gaze held the child so fixed that she seemed untouched by the sounds of grief and fear around her.

Finally, I leaned over and by some miracle could hear this soft sure voice with the tone of comfort. Over and over again, the mother said, “I love you so much. Remember, no matter what happens, I love you always.” Fortunately, our landing gear held at last and our touchdown was not a tragedy.

However, the voice I heard that day never faded. That mom showed me what a real hero looks like.

1. What does the author imply by saying “some travellers’ knowing smiles” in Paragraph 2?

A．They were used to this kind of experience.

B．They were quite familiar with each other.

C．They were well-educated passengers.

D．They were pretending to be calm.

2. What happened shortly after take-off?

A．The plane met bad weather and had to return immediately.

B．The flight indicators showed the plane’s control system failed.

C．One of the passengers was badly ill and the plane had to turn back.

D．A flight attendant explained flight safety instructions to the passengers.

3. Hearing the pilot’s announcement, how did most travellers respond?

A．They asked for help.

B．They remained calm.

C．They cried and screamed.

D．They rejected the bumpy landing.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．The shape of love.

B．The voice of courage.

C．The wisdom of a pilot.

D．The danger of a journey.

9 . As 17-year-old Norwood drove through St. Petersburg, Florida, last February, the laughter and chatter from the four teenage girls inside her car quickly gave way to screams. As they approached a crossroad, another car T-boned them, sending their black car sailing into the yard of a nearby house, coming to a stop only when it crashed into a tree.

As smoke rose from the other car, a bystander shouted, “It’s about to blow up! Get out!” The impact had caved in Norwood’s driver’s side door, jamming it shut. Shaken, but still OK, she crawled out through the window. Along with two of her friends, who'd also managed to free themselves, she ran for her life.

But halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, Simmons, wasn't with them. Norwood ran back to the seriously damaged car and found Simmons lying in the back seat. “She wasn't moving,” Norwood told the reporter. She threw open the back door and pulled her friend out, avoiding the broken glass as best she could. She dragged Simmons a few feet to safety and laid her on the ground. “I checked her pulse.”Nothing. “I put my head against her chest.” No sign of life. “That's when I started CPR.”

If the accident had happened a few weeks earlier, she might not have known what to do. But Norwood, who wants to pursue a career in medicine, had earned her CPR certificate just the day before. Kneeling on the lawn and looking down at her dying friend, Norwood knew she had precious little time to practice what she'd learned.

She started pressing Simmons's chest with her crossed fingers and breathing into her friend's mouth in hopes of filling her lungs with the kiss of life. No response. And then, after the 30th press, Simmons began coughing and gasping for air. The CPR had worked!

Soon, an ambulance arrived and rushed Simmons to the hospital, where she received stitches (缝合) for a wound in her forehead. And then she heard how her best friend had saved her life. “I wasn't shocked,” said Simmons. “She will always help any way she can."

1. On a day of last February, Norwood and her friends ________.

A．witnessed a crash

B．drove into a house

C．ran into an accident

D．got stuck in a traffic jam

2. Norwood ran back to the damaged car just in order to ________.

A．practice CPR	B．help her friend out
C．open the back door	D．stop the explosion

3. Which of the following words can best describe Norwood?

A．Brave.

B．Creative.

C．Ambitious.

D．Optimistic.

4. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Pursuit of dream	B．Breath of life
C．Recovery from injury	D．Loss of memory