2 . 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要

From the health point of view, we are living in a wonderful age, immunized from birth against many of the most dangerous diseases and freed from the once deadly illnesses thanks to modern drugs and surgery. But though the possibility of living a long and happy life is greater, every day we witness the unbelievable killings of men, women and children on the roads. It is a never-ending battle which man is losing against the car. Thousands of people the world over are killed each year and we are quietly sitting back and letting it happen.

It has been rightly said that when a man is sitting behind a steering wheel, his car becomes the extension of his personality. There is no doubt that the car often brings out a man’s very worst qualities. People who are normally quiet and pleasant may become unrecognizable when they are behind a wheel. All their hidden frustrations and disappointments seem to be brought to the surface by the act of driving.

The surprising thing is that society smiles gently on the driver and seems to forgive his behavior. Everything is done for his convenience. Cities are allowed to become almost uninhabitable（不宜居住的）because of heavy traffic; towns are made ugly by huge car parks; the countryside is ruined by road networks; and the mass annual deaths becomes nothing but a number, to be conveniently forgotten.

It is high time rules were created to reduce this senseless waste of human life. Here are a few examples of some of the things that might be done. The driving test should be standardized and made far more difficult than it is; all vehicles should be put through strict tests for safety; present drinking and driving laws should be made much stricter; maximum and minimum speed limits should be required on all roads. These measures may sound strict. But surely nothing should be considered as too severe if it results in reducing the annual loss of human life. After all, the world is for human beings, not cars.

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3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Thirteen miners have been rescued after     1     (trap) for over 80 hours in a mine in China’s Sichuan province, local authorities said Wednesday. Rescue     2     (start) after a water inrush accident that happened at 3:26 pm on Saturday(Dec.14, 2019) in Shanmushu mine in Yibin. As of Tuesday, five people were killed and 13 remained     3     (miss). At 3:00 am Wednesday, a trapped miner walked out of the tunnel (巷道)sector that is about 313     4     (meter) underground. He reported that his 12 colleagues were safe. At 5:55 am, two other miners were rescued.

All the miners were lifted out of the mine     5     7:56 am Wednesday. “It’s a miracle of life,” said Duan Yijun, head of emergency management department,     6     closely watched the situation at the site. Experts said the accident site was about 10 km away from the mine     7     (enter). The water in the tunnel was waist-deep in some areas, and it was extremely difficult     8     (walk) with heavy equipment.

Rescuers were     9    (final) able to confirm the trapped miners were alive after tapping on a steel pipe in the tunnel and receiving responses from     10     other end.

4 . Luke is a cute dog, living together with me for five years. We get lots of   _________   in our area during the summer season. Many forests are badly _________ by fire each year. That hot summer, not far from our shelter, a forest   _________ fire. It was July, and there had been a heat wave going on for three days.

Somehow, Luke rushed toward the forest. There was no longer any hope at that moment to wait for Luke to come back to the _______. In fact, I was waiting for firefighters to tell me that he had _______ in the forest. Suddenly, a fireman burst into my office and     _______     me that Luke had succeeded in saving four kittens who had been _______by the flames. I _______   accompanied the fireman to the forest to get him back. _______ we got to the scene of the incident, we didn’t see Luke. Then we heard the   ________ of a dog barking in the forest. I ________the barks as Luke’s. The firemen ________ the tracks of the dog until they found him barking loudly by the side of an injured ________. Thanks to Luke, four kittens and a fireman were saved. This true story shows us that pets are loving, caring and compassionate. We should love and ________them. Little animals can do     ________     things for humans.

1.

A．rain

B．sun

C．noise

D．fires

2.

A．damaged

B．removed

C．changed

D．treated

3.

A．made

B．caught

C．set

D．burned

4.

A．forest

B．house

C．area

D．shelter

5.

A．lost

B．died

C．appeared

D．remained

6.

A．warned

B．reminded

C．informed

D．promised

7.

A．buried

B．trapped

C．controlled

D．swallowed

8.

A．immediately

B．slightly

C．approximately

D．particularly

9.

A．Since

B．Unless

C．When

D．Until

10.

A．call

B．shout

C．voice

D．sound

11.

A．understood

B．recognized

C．treated

D．realized

12.

A．recorded

B．noticed

C．followed

D．wanted

13.

A．fireman

B．doctor

C．farmer

D．teacher

14.

A．save

B．raise

C．protect

D．hate

15.

A．fun

B．enormous

C．little

D．risky

5 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

On August 14, 1996, a tiny drop     1     a very toxic（有毒的）chemical called dimethyl-mercury（二甲基汞）fell onto the left hand-of Karen Wetterhahn, a toxicologist and professor of chemistry at Dartmouth College. Wetterhahn was an expert on     2     toxic metals cause cancer. When the poisonous drop fell onto her hand, she wasn’t     3     (worry); she was wearing protective gloves.

    4     (unfortunate) the dimethyl-mercury went through her glove. After a while, Wetterhahn     5     (have) difficulty walking and speaking. After three weeks, she was in a state of deep unconsciousness. Karen Wetterhahn died five months later. She was 48 years old, a wife and mother of two.

You might say that a toxicologist studies substances that lead to     6     (die). But toxicology is also about saving lives. What can kill, can cure. Medical     7     (research) such as Weterhahn risk their lives daily for the benefit of others. Their work is dangerous, but it has the potential     8     (save) lives. In memory of Wetterhahn’s life and work, Dartmouth College created the Karen Wetterhahn Memorial Award. The award     9     (give) to female science students     10     receive money to continue their scientific research.

6 . The phone rang. I waited for the answering machine to get it, but for some reason, it was not picking up. I sighed, annoyed because I knew the call was either going to be for my wife, Susan (she was the only one who received calls on the home line, and she left to take Alyce to school ten minutes ago), or it was the latest of 300 attempts to sell me something I had absolutely no interest in.

''Hello, '' I said, an edge in my voice. 12-year-old daughter, ''Mommy was just in a car accident. '' My heart stopped and then began pounding. ''Are you all right? '' ''Yes. '' ''Is Mommy? '' A deep sob. ''I don't know…I don't think so. Come quick. '' I rushed a few blocks to what looked like a shoot for a disaster movie. Fire engines, police cars, and ambulances were randomly parked in the street; helicopters circled. A city bus was on the wrong side of the road. In front of it were the smashed remains of Susan's car. Susan was pinned under the dashboard (仪表盘). There was no front windshield (挡风玻璃).

Alyce was standing on the corner crying, covered in tiny pieces of glass but uninjured. Inconceivable! Susan wasn’t so lucky. But she was alive. It turned out that she had broken nearly every bone in her body, and she would spend almost three months in the hospital.

More than two years later, Susan and I were at a musical event. Our director, Danny, rushed up to us. He said excitedly, ''There's a woman here tonight from one of the church choirs who you have to meet! '' He returned with an African American woman with a bright, glowing smile. She told us she lived in the apartment building by where the accident had happened. That morning, she had rushed to the street, still in her bathrobe, and seen Alyce standing by the side of the wrecked car, crying. She approached her, asking, ''Is that your mom in there? '' Alyce nodded, and the woman said, ''Let's pray together. ''

Sweet, innocent Alyce looked at this woman wearing a cross around her neck and told her that she needed to call me, but her backpack with her phone was trapped inside the crushed vehicle. So the woman lent Alyce her phone. After the accident, she said, she had continued to pray for our family. We had our picture taken together, and as we were saying goodbye, she hugged us all warmly. We realized we had never been formally introduced, so she said to me, ''I'm sorry, I never got your name. '' I told her it was Doug, and she paused, as if maybe she hadn't heard me. I repeated, ''Doug, like Douglas. '' She looked at us and said, ''Wait, your name is Susan? '' Susan nodded. ''And your name is Douglas? '' The woman put her hand over her heart. ''Oh my goodness, '' she said. ''My name is Susan Douglas. ''

1. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．Both the author's wife and the daughter were not severely injured.

B．The author was calm when he heard about the accident.

C．The author was the only one who received calls on home line.

D．The author rushed to the accident like a shoot.

2. What does the underlined word inconceivable refer to in the 3^rd passage?

A．Innocent.	B．Unconscious.
C．Incredible.	D．Unfortunate.

3. Why did the African American woman want to see the author's family?

A．They were from the same church choir.

B．She witnessed the whole accident and offered to help two years ago.

C．She shared the same first name with the author's wife.

D．She would like to talk about her experience and had a picture taken.

4. What is the best title of the article?

A．The Bus Crash Angel	B．The Unwanted Call
C．An Expected Crash	D．A Fun Encounter

7 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（^），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：(1)每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
(2)只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

As is known to all, drunk driving in the road traffic safety is strictly prohibited. Unluckily, I saw a traffic accident on my way home on last night. A car hit a motorbike. The motorbike driver was bad hurt and sent to hospital. After a while, the traffic police came. Under the help of the people who witnessed a accident, the police found out a truth. The driver of the car was drinking and his car went out of control. At last he was taken to the police station. All the people there think the car driver was to blame for this accident.

Which is reported in the news reports, drunk driving should be treated more seriously. It often causes many people lose their lives, such as the accident that happened in Hangzhou and Chengdu. It is high time that we prevent drunk driving.

8 .

﹡After the fire, what now?

Bishop Patrick Chauvet, Notre Dame (巴黎圣母院)’s manager, admitted that the famous building would close for “five to six years” as he spoke with local business owners Wednesday. He added that it was unclear what the church’s 67 employees would be doing in the future. French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that he wanted the church rebuilt in five years.

﹡What are the new rules?

While tourists can’t go inside the site itself, the area still may prove popular to those paying their respects. Visitors are welcome to write messages of support in both the main and local city halls.

The island that houses the church has been closed and the people there have been evacuated since the fire. Paris businessmen who depend on Notre Dame tourism are worried about the church’s future as well as their own.

﹡_________________________

It’s known that spring is a busy time for tourists in Paris. The travel company recommends people visit other places, like the Basilique Saint-Denis, the Sacre-Coeur and so on. Those who tend to observe church services during Holy Week are advised to go to Saint-Eustache.

﹡Looking ahead to rebuilding

It seems rebuilding can begin, since firefighters put out the fire early Tuesday, more than 12 hours after nearly 400 firefighters had battled the flames that changed the city’s skyline. Two policemen and one firefighter were not badly injured, according to the Paris Fire Service.

A large campaign to raise money already is underway to rebuild the church. Up to Wednesday, donations came to $1 billion.

1. What does the underlined word “evacuated” mean?

A．removed

B．examined

C．accused

D．ruined

2. Which of the following subtitles can fill in the blank?

A．Saint-Eustache is favored by tourists.

B．Tour companies offer other choices.

C．Church culture develops fast in Paris.

D．The best time to visit Paris is spring.

3. According to the passage, what will happen after the fire?

A．The government will arrange work for 67 employees.

B．Visitors will be forbidden to leave messages anywhere.

C．Churches in Paris will also be examined and repaired.

D．More money will be donated for the rebuilding project.

9 . A mother and daughter were rescued from the wreckage (残骸) of a car crash thanks to an app. It can ______ people anywhere in the world using just three ______.

Valerie Hawkett, 33, lost ______ of her Ford Fiesta while ______ round a sharp bend in Somerset last October. Ms Hawkett's ______went flying over a bush and landed on its _____     in a field.

Her four-year-old ______   Tegan was in the back and the ______ mother called the police to come to her aid — but she didn't know ______ she was.

Officers were able to find their way to Ms Hawkett in the field--- after ______ her the link to a website called what3words. It is able to find the exact ______ of any location on Earth. It told Ms Hawkett the three-word square she was in —“Weekend foggy earphones” — which _______ policemen to a road near a field on the A36 heading out of Norton St Philip, Somerset.

Ms Hawkett, from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, said: “It was absolutely brilliant. It's really, really _______ . I could have been in that field all day ______ the three-word location.”

Ms Hawkett said her car landed on its side, with the only means of ______being through the back passenger-side door. She said:“The only thing ______ me in my seat was my seat belt. But I _________ to get that undone and get me and my daughter out through the back door. I ______ the police after we got out the car.”

Ms Hawkett and Tegan were taken to a ______ nearby to be checked over — but were told they were ______ injured and sent home shortly afterwards.

1.

A．trust

B．accept

C．train

D．find

2.

A．words

B．videos

C．pictures

D．signals

3.

A．sight

B．control

C．hope

D．track

4.

A．driving

B．walking

C．running

D．cycling

5.

A．phone

B．glasses

C．vehicle

D．freezer

6.

A．side

B．front

C．back

D．middle

7.

A．son

B．niece

C．daughter

D．nephew

8.

A．excited

B．panicked

C．grateful

D．curious

9.

A．how

B．who

C．where

D．what

10.

A．handing

B．texting

C．attaching

D．applying

11.

A．effect

B．function

C．advantage

D．position

12.

A．compared

B．added

C．connected

D．directed

13.

A．cheap

B．good

C．safe

D．light

14.

A．thanks to

B．in favor of

C．but for

D．in relation to

15.

A．success

B．attempt

C．support

D．escape

16.

A．following

B．holding

C．pushing

D．attracting

17.

A．managed

B．promised

C．pretended

D．forgot

18.

A．helped

B．inspired

C．called

D．stopped

19.

A．hospital

B．shelter

C．subway

D．motorway

20.

A．steadily

B．rapidly

C．obviously

D．slightly

10 . Notre-Dame de Paris, a cathedral church in Paris, is the most famous of the Gothic cathedrals of the Middle Ages. For the French, it represents something immortal, ever-present and unchanging, like a mountain. Built over almost two centuries, the Notre-Dame is, as President Emmanuel Macron said, “where the French lived all their great moments”. Soldiers prayed here before leaving for the Crusades; Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned here; it survived the French Revolution, two World Wars and the Nazi occupation. It is where men bend their knees to profess love and thousands of tourists take photos every day.

A fire, whose cause was not identified yet, engulfed(吞没), on April 15th, the cathedral's upper structure. More than 400 firefighters took part in the 15-hour battle to control the blaze(火苗) that triggered sorrow over the globe. The extent of the damage is still unknown, but the fire destroyed much of the gothic cathedral’s wood-timbered roof and spire(塔尖). The cathedral will certainly be restored (the French government promises), but the sight of flames bringing down the spire moved the world in a manner far exceeding its religious significance.

French Culture Minister Franck Riester on Thursday said the government would draw all the consequences from the huge flames that destroyed the centuries-old Notre Dame Cathedral, adding measures to protect the national heritage were on the table. “Staff from the fire department, the culture ministry and the city town hall rushed to the Cathedral, when the fire started, to protect the main artworks that were inside. The artworks, which include relics such as the Christ's crown of thorns and French king Saint-Louis's 13th century tunic, were first moved to the city town hall and will now be transferred to the nearby Louvre Museum .” the minister told Le Parisian newspaper in an interview without giving details on the possible measures.

1. What can we learn about the Notre-Dame de Paris?

A．It is the most well-known cathedral.	B．Most of the French think little of it.
C．It was built by Napoleon Bonaparte.	D．It’s still in existence after two World Wars.

2. The underlined word “triggered” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by___________.

A．destroyed.

B．avoided.

C．caused.

D．prevented

3. What is true about the Cathedral in the accident?

A．Only the spire was brought down by the flames.

B．It was completely burnt in the fire.

C．The gilded crown of thorns in it was gone forever.

D．The cause of the accident to the Cathedral was still unknown.

4. According to Franck Riester, what has already done by the government?

A．Rebuild the cathedral.

B．Rescue the artworks inside the cathedral.

C．Transfer the relics to the nearby Louvre Museum.

D．Release the cause of the fire to the public.