1 . 语法填空

People love the view of old buildings in Paris, especially the Notre-Dame Cathedral (巴黎母院).     1    (fortunate), on April 15, a fire destroyed the spire (尖顶) of the cathedral, and two-thirds of the roof. Flames could be seen     2    (rise) through the top of the monument. The citizens in Paris gathered around the cathedral, praying for the hundreds of     3    (firefighter) who fought the flames.     4     was no wonder that people felt sad. The church itself after all, is a historical and artistic treasure.     5    (build) in 1163, it is one of the world’s most famous tourist sites, attracting about 12 million     6    (visit) every year.

Notre-Dame Cathedral is home to many     7    (religion) artworks, paintings and sculptures. Despite its long history and many treasures, the cathedral     8    (need) the help of a writer to become truly famous. Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, presented the building to     9     wide range of readers. He wrote the book to remind people of it, with the hope     10     they would protect the beautiful old buildings of Paris.

4 . Last year in a cross-country race in Sanqing Mountain, Gentian left everybody far behind, but unexpectedly he felt a sharp pain and saw that there were teeth marks and blood on his calf (腿肚子).    1    But he didn't know that it was a poisonous snake called ''five-step snake'' in Chinese that bit him.

Deep in the mountain, with no phone, Gentian kept running with the injury on his leg for 15 minutes and finally met a local farmer.    2    He happened to know about herbs and medicine. Immediately, he used some herbal medicine to deal with it. Later, the organizing committee's ambulance rushed to take him to the local hospital.

What should you do if you encounter a snake while outside? Remember: first of all, do not excite it. Data show that people who excite snakes are easily bitten.    3    Second, avoid the places where snakes like to stay. Snakes like to bathe in the sun during the day, and usually stay on gravel and cliff edges. Third, if you happen to see a snake crossing through the road, you must stop and wait for it to pass.

    4    First, sit down and try to avoid the acceleration of blood circulation. Then tie the limb 10-30cm above the wound with a strong rope, and curitopenabout1cm above the wound. The cut should be 1-2cm wide, and squeeze blood from top to bottom. Generally, snakebites occur at the ankle.     5     Also, make sure to call the ambulance ASAP.

A．He sensed that his situation was not good.

B．Then what to do if you're bitten by a snake?

C．So staying still can prevent you from meeting a snake.

D．He thought his high end shoes could protect against the snake.

E．However, those who run immediately are less likely to be bitten.

F．In this case bending the knee to reduce blood flow can be helpful.

G．Despite the language barrier, he understood what had happened.

5 . They had to get as many people out of the burning building as quickly as they could. So they told them to jump out of the window.

The first one out of the window was a man, who was followed by his two children. Next, a baby and then the baby’s mother _______the third-story window. All of them did this in _______. At that moment the smoke was billowing (涌出) from the apartment in Columbus, Ohio, Brian Smith and Corey Boykin tried their best to _______them.

It happened last November at around 4 am, when a _______ started on the second floor. “I got my family out, ”said Smith. “Then I started knocking on doors on the first floor but no one answered. I tried _______ the second floor, _______ the smoke was too black. I couldn’t _______; nor could I breathe. So I _______ and came outside. That’s when I saw people outside the _______.”

Boykin was at his ________ Melanie Nunemaker’s house, across the street from the apartment. He knew something was ________, saying, “I saw a baby drop out of the window, and Smith was ________ the child below.”

Boykin ran to a nearby house to get a ladder and ________ to help. He found Smith outstretched (伸开) his arms, shouting, “________! I’ll get you.” He caught several people.

Boykin ________ the ladder to ask those on the third floor to turn around and go toward him ________ they couldn’t see through the smoke.

“I ________ walking out through the front door, but a big cloud hit me. The smoke was getting to me so ________ that I couldn’t breathe,” a man called Chase Ray told 10TV. “He ________ my life, for sure.”

And it didn’t ________. When Boykin saw his burned-out neighbors, he took 20 or so of them back to his friend Nunemaker’s house. “We gave them clothes, shoes, whatever we had,” Boykin said.

1.

A．came out of

B．looked out of

C．knocked on

D．pointed to

2.

A．peace

B．fear

C．silence

D．secret

3.

A．free

B．find

C．help

D．surprise

4.

A．game

B．party

C．fight

D．fire

5.

A．reaching

B．blocking

C．kicking

D．covering

6.

A．so

B．and

C．for

D．but

7.

A．see

B．talk

C．shout

D．listen

8.

A．got off

B．went by

C．carried on

D．turned around

9.

A．car

B．window

C．school

D．company

10.

A．neighbor

B．friend

C．teacher

D．student

11.

A．important

B．necessary

C．special

D．wrong

12.

A．praising

B．treating

C．catching

D．teaching

13.

A．rushed

B．promised

C．agreed

D．learned

14.

A．Run

B．Jump

C．Help

D．Quick

15.

A．left

B．ignored

C．climbed

D．moved

16.

A．because

B．unless

C．though

D．until

17.

A．avoided

B．hated

C．tried

D．continued

18.

A．early

B．softly

C．fully

D．badly

19.

A．risked

B．saved

C．changed

D．admired

20.

A．disappear

B．burst

C．finish

D．settle

8 . A new collection of photos brings an unsuccessful Antarctic voyage back to life.

Frank Hurley’s pictures would be outstanding — undoubtedly first-rate photo-journalism — if they had been made last week. In fact, they were shot from 1914 through 1916, most of them after a disastrous shipwreck (海难), by a cameraman who had no reasonable expectation of survival. Many of the images were stored in an ice chest, under freezing water, in the damaged wooden ship.

The ship was the Endurance, a small, tight, Norwegian-built three-master that was intended to take Sir Ernest Shackleton and a small crew of seamen and scientists, 27 men in all, to the southernmost shore of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea. From that point Shackleton wanted to force a passage by dog sled (雪橇) across the continent. The journey was intended to achieve more than what Captain Robert Falcon Scott had done. Captain Scott had reached the South Pole early in 1912 but had died with his four companions on the march back.

As writer Caroline Alexander makes clear in her forceful and well-researched story The Endurance, adventuring was even then a thoroughly commercial effort. Scott’s last journey, completed as he lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger, caught the world’s imagination, and a film made in his honor drew crowds. Shackleton, a onetime British merchant-navy officer who had got to within 100 miles of the South Pole in 1908, started a business before his 1914 voyage to make money from movie and still photography. Frank Hurley, a confident and gifted Australian photographer who knew the Antarctic, was hired to make the images, most of which have never before been published.

1. Who reached the South Pole first according to the text?

A．Frank Hurley.

B．Ernest Shackleton.

C．Robert Falcon Scott.

D．Caroline Alexander.

2. What does Alexander think was the purpose of the 1914 voyage?

A．Artistic creation.	B．Scientific research.
C．Money making.	D．Treasure hunting.

3. What do we know about the photos taken by Hurley?

A．They were made last week.

B．They showed undersea scenery.

C．They were found by a cameraman.

D．They recorded a disastrous adventure.

10 . 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 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. Which statement is true according to the passage?

A．Mr. Johnson’s car stood on its boot as it fell down.

B．Mr. Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam.

C．Mr. Johnson’s car accident was partly due to the slippery road.

D．Mr. Johnson struggled in the pouring mud as he unscrewed the back seat.

4. “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

5. 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