2 . Breath of Life

As Norwood drove through St. Petersburg, Florida, the laughter from the four teenage girls inside her car ______gave way to screams. They were hit by another car and ______ into a tree.

Then smoke ______ from the car. A bystander shouted, “It's about to ______! Get out!” Norwood immediately crawled out. Along with two of her friends, who'd also managed to ______ themselves, she ran for her ______.

But halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, Simmons, wasn't with them. Norwood ran back and found Simmons stuck in the back ______. “She wasn't ______,” Norwood told Inside Edition. She ______open the back door and pulled her friend out. She dragged Simmons a few feet to safety and laid her on the ______. “I checked her pulse and put my ______ against her chest.” No sign of life. “That’s when I started CPR (心肺复苏术).”

______ on the lawn and looking down at her dying friend, Norwood started ______ Simmons's chest. She breathed into her friend's mouth in hopes of filling her lungs with the ______ of life. Fortunately, Simmons began coughing and breathing for air.

Soon, paramedics (医务人员) arrived and rushed Simmons to hospital. When she heard how Norwood had saved her life, “I wasn't ______,” Simmons said. “She always backs me up.”

1.

A．increasingly

B．suddenly

C．frequently

D．cautiously

2.

A．crashed

B．pulled

C．settled

D．fell

3.

A．released

B．rose

C．cast

D．slid

4.

A．speed up

B．run out

C．wear out

D．blow up

5.

A．injure

B．free

C．care

D．control

6.

A．liberty

B．rescue

C．life

D．target

7.

A．seat

B．window

C．car

D．handle

8.

A．moving

B．crying

C．breathing

D．praying

9.

A．kicked

B．pushed

C．threw

D．pressed

10.

A．ground

B．door

C．bed

D．tree

11.

A．mouth

B．head

C．heart

D．shoulder

12.

A．Bending

B．Lying

C．Kneeling

D．Standing

13.

A．petting

B．squeezing

C．pumping

D．clicking

14.

A．thought

B．method

C．struggle

D．kiss

15.

A．touched

B．delighted

C．honored

D．shocked

3 . Home fires can happen quickly, destroying lives and property, but unlike other disasters, most home fires can be prevented. Read on to learn 4 unexpected home fire dangers.

Having old smoke alarms

An effective smoke alarm can make much difference when it comes to surviving a house fire. It’s not enough to change the batteries twice a year, you also need to replace your alarms every decade. “You should test your smoke alarms every month,” says Lorraine Carli, vice president of the National Fire Protection Association. “But also don’t forget to check the dates and replace an alarm that is more than 10 years old.”

Leaving the kitchen while you cook

One in five Americans admitted leaving food cooking unattended on the stove, which was found an American Red Cross survey. Walking away from food cooking in the kitchen is a serious fire risk. “The leading cause of home fires is cooking and the leading cause of those fires is unattended cooking,” says Carli. “If you need to use the stove or oven, be sure to keep an eye on it.”

Turning the heat too high when you cook

Turning up the heat too high can be deadly, even if you’re in the kitchen while you cook. Kevin Kelley, senior director of the American Red Cross, recommends paying close attention and turning off the burner if you see smoke or grease (油脂) starting to boil while frying food.

Having a dirty stove while you cook

If your stove is covered with grease, a small kitchen fire can get out of hand quickly. Clean and clear the area around the stove before turning on the heat, or the result will be dangerous.

1. How long should a smoke alarm usually last?

A．2 years.

B．10 years.

C．12 years.

D．8 years.

2. What is the leading cause of home-fires?

A．Having a dirty stove.	B．Keeping burners at high temperatures.
C．Using old smoke alarms.	D．Cooking with nobody in charge.

3. According to the passage, what is one possible way to avoid home fires?

A．Replacing stoves regularly.	B．Cleaning the stove area often.
C．Checking the smoke alarms yearly.	D．Making less fried food.

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Notre Dame (巴黎圣母院）fire has been put out, but its spire (尖顶）and a large portion of its wooden roof     1     (damage). The terrible destruction causes a sudden sharp pain to people around the world. "What a pity that we cannot see the damaged parts of the wonder anymore.”

But     2     good news is that there is at least one way of seeing them, namely through a video game     3     (call) Assassin's Creed: Unity. In this game, the player can travel to one city after another and enter the buildings exactly like what they are in     4     (real), and see Notre Dame as it was before the fire. Further, with virtual (虚拟的) reality technology，    5     is already quite mature, one can even look around the undamaged Notre Dame as if it is still there. Maybe digital (数字的) technology could help to     6     (well) protect architectural cultural heritage than ever before.

The idea of making digital     7     (model) of ancient buildings to save their data     8     (date) back to the 1990s and the necessary technology has continued to advance since then.     9     scanning the ancient buildings with lasers, building 3D models with multiple images, as well as measuring everything precisely, engineers can make a copy as accurate as the real one.

As computers and smartphones are hugely popular, the digital model has great useful value. It allows tourists     10     (feel) the cultural relics without touching them.

5 . Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route—through the boot(行李箱).

Mr. Johnson’s car had finished up in a ditch(沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr. Johnson said. “I couldn’t force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.”

Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape.

Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came.”

It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench(扳子) and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by. “It was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up.”

His hands and arms cut and bruised(擦伤), Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer’s wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates. Huddled in a blanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.

1. What is the best title for this newspaper article?

A．The Story of Mr. Johnson, A Sweet Salesman

B．Car Boot Can Serve As The Best Escape Route

C．Driver Escapes Through Car Boot

D．The Driver Survived A Terrible Car Accident

2. Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johnson?

A．The hammer	B．The coin.
C．The screw.	D．The horn.

3. “Finally it gave” (Paragraph 5) means that ________.

A．Luckily the door was torn away in the end

B．At last the wrench went broken

C．The lock came open after all his efforts

D．The chance was lost at the last minute

4. It may be inferred from the passage that ________.

A．the ditch was along a quiet country road

B．the accident happened on a clear warm day

C．the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditch

D．Mr. Johnson had a tender wife and was well attended

7 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How did the woman scratch the red car?

A．Her car backed into it.

B．Her shopping cart hit it.

C．Her bags dropped on it.

2. What does the woman decide to do in the end?

A．Leave a note.

B．Go to a grocery store.

C．Drive away quickly.

8 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the weather like?

A．Sunny.

B．Windy.

C．Rainy.

2. What will the speakers do?

A．Call the police.

B．Listen to the radio.

C．Get out and help the guy.

9 . 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。

A little girl whose parents had died lived with her grandmother and slept in an upstairs bedroom.

One night there was a fire in the house and the grandmother died while trying to rescue the child. The fire spread quickly, and the situation was terrible.

Neighbors called the fire department, and then stood helplessly by, unable to enter the house because flames blocked all the entrances. The little girl appeared at an upstairs window, crying for help, just as word spread among the crowd that the firefighters would be delayed a few minutes because they were all at another fire.

Suddenly, a man appeared with a ladder, put it up against the side of the house and disappeared inside. When he reappeared, he had the little girl in his arms. He delivered the child to the waiting arms below, and then disappeared into the night.

An investigation revealed that the child had no living relatives, and weeks later a meeting was held in the town hall to determine who would take the child into their home and bring her up.

A teacher said she would like to raise the child. She pointed out that she could ensure her a good education. A farmer offered her an up-bring on his farm. He pointed out that living on a farm was healthy and satisfying. Others spoke, giving their reasons why it was to the child’s advantage to live with them.

Finally, the town’s richest resident rose and said, “I can give this child all these advantages that you have mentioned here, plus money and everything that money can buy.”

Throughout all this, the child remained silent, her eyes on the floor.

“Does anyone else want to speak?” asked the meeting chairman. A man came forward from the back of the hall. He walked slowly and appeared to be in pain.

注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150词左右；
2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1

When he got to the front of the room, he stood directly in front of the little girl and help out his arms.

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Paragraph 2

When asked about her choice, the girl gave people the reasons firmly.

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10 . The town of Paradise has suffered a fire, which lasted 17 days and caused a loss of $16.5billion. As a result, the beautifully named place ________ its beauty.

Shane Grammer, Creative Director for Disney's theme parks in Los Angeles, paid close attention to the news of the fire's deadly path. In fact he felt quite ________ to help when seeing the picture shared by his friend, in which only a white chimney of his house ________ after the fire.

“I've got to ________ that chimney.” he said. “I'm not trying to say anything. It's just that I'm an artist And it was a(n) ________ for me express myself and be an artist, wasn't it?”

Grammer spent three hours spray-painting the image of a woman on the chimney in black and white, which was ________ mysterious. Perhaps it served as a(n) ________ of the beauty of life or just life itself.

Then Grammer put its picture on social media. On seeing it, the victims of the fire could not ________ themselves. “Beautiful and impressive,” one of them remarked. And another said, “You bring beauty and ________.”

At this time, Grammer became aware that something ________ had been transformed by a purely artistic expression. “When the first mural(壁画) moved so many people, I knew I had to ________,” he told the journalist. Grammer returned to Paradise eight times in three months, ________ which he completed 17 murals of victims and other figures.

Today, Grammer's efforts have ________ into a movement. He has also painted murals in dark places around the world that seriously need some light.

Ironically, the first painting, on the chimney in Panadise, existed for just several months, ________ the bulldozer(推土机)was a merciless art critic. But Grammer couldn't be more pleased about it, which means the spirit of Paradise is ________ again.

1.

A．destroyed

B．created

C．witnessed

D．lost

2.

A．powerless

B．enthusiastic

C．urgent

D．reluctant

3.

A．left

B．remained

C．disappeared

D．collapsed

4.

A．mend

B．rebuild

C．paint

D．preserve

5.

A．risk

B．opportunity

C．job

D．duty

6.

A．strikingly

B．originally

C．deliberately

D．accidentally

7.

A．label

B．object

C．content

D．reminder

8.

A．support

B．contain

C．help

D．release

9.

A．hope

B．mystery

C．entertainment

D．expectation

10.

A．brighter

B．higher

C．bigger

D．deeper

11.

A．take back

B．come back

C．bring back

D．hold back

12.

A．to

B．from

C．of

D．during

13.

A．broken

B．looked

C．developed

D．dipped

14.

A．since

B．while

C．unless

D．once

15.

A．lasting

B．rising

C．fading

D．accumulating