1 . 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 |
A.The hammer. | B.The coin. | C.The screw. | D.The horn. |
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. |
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 |
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 |
2 . Cassie Thomas thought she was just meeting with the media at her lunch break. Instead, the nurse at Janet Weis Children’s Hospital near Danville got a surprise party from her workmates. It was her first day back to work after a family vacation in Clearwater, Florida, and what a vacation it was!
“Just as I looked up, there was this big pinks lightning that just came down and hit the beach, ” Cassie said. Cassie, her husband, and their two daughters were on their hotel balcony last week when they heard and saw the storm.
After Cassie saw the lightning, she saw two boys lying on the beach. So, she shouted to them. “Then one boy sat up and he just started shouting back, and I said, ‘Jay, call 911; I’m going. ” Cassie said. So the 31-year-old nurse sprang into action. She ran down 16 flights of stairs onto the beach where she found the two boys, Jansen and Cameron, who are from North Carolina. Cameron had no heartbeat.
“I rolled Cameron over and I just started compressing(按压),”Cassie said. She didn’t realize it at the time, but she-was risking her own life to save the teenage boys.
“My daughters were on the balcony and it was a very dangerous situation to put myself in. I just wished to keep me safe because I was going, ” Cassie said. “It just goes to her character to help others. And you know what? When it’s your kid, you’d want someone to be coming in and saving his life, ” one of her workmates said.
Cassie was there when Cameron got out of the hospital. “He just said, ‘Thank you; thank you; thank you.’ He gave me so many hugs, ” Cassie said. “A nurse never truly goes on vacation. I just keep telling everybody the same thing. It’s just what you do. ”
Cassie and two other people got Good Samaritan awards from the Clearwater Police Department for saving Cameron’s life. Cassie’s workmates said they couldn’t be any prouder of this-life-saving nurse.
1. Why did Cassie’s workmates give her a surprise party?A.To welcome her back to work. |
B.To see her off for her vacation. |
C.To honor her for her heroic act. |
D.To congratulate heron the interview. |
A.They were pulled into the sea. |
B.They were hit by lightning. |
C.They fell off from the balcony. |
D.They got caught in a rain. |
A.She called 911. |
B.She took them to a hospital. |
C.She jumped into the sea to save them. |
D.She gave first aid to one of them. |
A.Nurses have no time to go on a vacation. |
B.Nurses are ready at all times to help others. |
C.Nurses don’t like to go on a vacation. |
D.Nurses may be called back to work during vacation. |
A man looking at his Smartphone while walking across a railway
The Smartphone
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One day, I was cooking in the kitchen when the telephone rings. I went to answer it immediately. She was my close friend, Lisa. When we were talking on a phone, the fire alarm sounded. I dashed back to the kitchen. The room full of smoke and the beef was bad burnt. I quickly turned off the gas, opening all the windows, and then rushed out of the house. In my surprise, two fire engines were outside my house. I was rather worrying. I told about the firemen that it was my careless cooking which caused the heavy smoke.
Sam Watts was a 37-year-old fisherman living and working in Canada. One day, Sam planned to head out into the Pacific at 9 am and work straight through until 5 pm the next day. Joining Sam would be his crewman (船员), 24 yearold Tom Buck.
Although Sam had been warned that a storm was coming, there was little that would keep him from going. As he sailed through the waves about 120 kilometers from land, Sam let out his threekilometerlong fishing line. The storm was gaining strength on land but had yet to reach the men far offshore (离岸的). That changed around 1 am. Waves rocked the small boat, which began to turn sideways like an amusement park ride. “Get us out of here!” Tom screamed to Sam. “Let’s go back!”
With the winds and waves kicking up, the boat began to fill with water. Sam and Tom tried to pull in the fishing line together, but the high waves filled the boat with water, forcing Sam to make a hard decision. He cut the line, losing thousands of dollars worth of equipment and fish in the sea. He then pointed the boat toward a port five hours away. Sam then called his boss, William Fox, to report his position.
With dawn coming, Sam spotted the rise of the mountains on the horizon (地平线). He was figuring out a route through the dangerous waters when suddenly the motor stopped. “I couldn’t believe it,” Sam said. “We were 24 kilometers off the coast, and the motor died.” High waves raised and dropped the boat, sending the men crashing into the sides. “William, William!” Sam yelled into the radio. “If you’re coming to get me, come now!”
“We’re coming!” William shouted back.
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The next morning, Sam spotted a fishing boat in the distance.
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6 . On Sunday, undersea explorer Tim Taylor and his team at the Lost 52 Project announced that they had located the long-lost submarine on June 5 about 1,427 feet underwater off Okinawa, Japan. Last year, researcher Yutaka Iwasaki found that the Navy had originally made an error in translating the Japanese war records that detailed where the Grayback had likely sunk. All this time, the Navy's historical records had listed an incorrect site for the submarine's location.
With the help of autonomous underwater vehicles, remotely operated vehicles and advanced imaging technology, the team discovered the Grayback about 100 miles from the area where it was originally thought to have gone down. The discovery was officially confirmed by the Navy, Robert S. Neyland, the head of the Naval History and Heritage.
On January 28, 1944, the Grayback set sail from Pearl Harbor for the East China Sea. About a month later, the submarine reported sinking two Japanese ships on February 19. Though the Grayback was scheduled to arrive in Midway on March 7, more than three weeks passed without sight of the submarine. And on March 30, 1944, the Grayback, one of the most successful submarines of World War II, was reported lost.
Gloria Hurney, whose uncle Raymond Parks died on the Grayback, said that she wasn't sure that the Grayback would ever be recovered. So when she first learned of the discovery, she felt a mixture of shock, disbelief, sadness. Eventually, though, those feelings turned into relief, comfort and peace. Hurney said in a statement to CNN. ''I believe it will allow recovery as relatives of crew members come together to share their stories. '' Neyland said in a statement, ''Each discovery of a sunken craft is an opportunity to remember and honor the service of our Sailors. ''
1. Why was the submarine NOT found before?A.The Navy was wrong in changing records into Japanese . |
B.The technology was not so advanced. |
C.No information about the submarine was obtained. |
D.There was no need to find it. |
A.By accident. | B.By the Navy's hard-working. |
C.By the families' determination. | D.By modern technology. |
A.People's feeling about the discovery was complicated. |
B.The Grayback would be recovered soon. |
C.The Grayback was the most successful submarine of the World WarⅡ. |
D.The Grayback was supposed to reach the destination on April 7. |
A.Tim Taylor and his team announced a new discovery. |
B.A World War Ⅱ submarine was discovered. |
C.An opportunity to remember and honor the service of Sailors. |
D.A mistake the Navy made in translating the Japanese war records. |
7 . A disastrous fire surrounded Notre Dame(巴黎圣母院)destroyed large parts of the Gothic architecture on Monday.
“Notre Dame is our history, our literature, part of our spirit, the place of all our great events, our wars, our liberations, the center of our lives” French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters in front of the still burning Paris landmark and promised to rebuild Notre Dame.
“Notre Dame is burning, and I know the sadness felt by so many fellow French people. But tonight, I’d like to speak of hope too, ”he said, announcing the launch of a fundraising campaign.
“Let’s be proud, because we built this cathedral(大教堂)more than 800 years ago, we’ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improve it. So I gravely(严肃地)say tonight: we will rebuild it together. ” he added.
The disastrous fire engulfed(吞没)the upper reaches of Paris' towering Notre Dame Cathedral as it was undergoing renovations(翻新).
Tourists and Parisians looked on horrified from the streets below. France’s Interior Ministry said firefighters might not be able to save the structure.
The fire collapsed the cathedrals’ spire(尖顶)and spread to one of its landmark towers “Everything is burning; nothing will remain from the frame,” Notre Dame spokesman Andre Finot told French media. The 12th-century cathedral is home to incalculable(不可计算的)works of art and is one of the world's most famous tourist attractions, due to Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
The cause of the fire was not known, but French media quoted the Paris fire brigade(消防队)as saying the fire is “potentially linked” to a 6 million- euro($6.88 million)renovation project on the church’s spire and its 250 tons of lead. Officials opened an investigation as Paris police said there were no reported deaths. Some 400 firefighters were battling the fire well into the night.
1. What’ the main point of Emmanuel Macron’s speech?A.Notre Dame was the symbol of Paris in history. |
B.It took more than 800 years to build Notre Dame. |
C.He was desperate when he made the announcement. |
D.The French government are going to rebuild Notre Dame. |
A.Notre Dame Cathedral was burnt down entirely. |
B.The structure was well saved by the firefighters. |
C.People who were killed in the fire are some firefighters. |
D.The fire was likely caused by a renovation project on the church’s spire. |
A.The novel made the Notre Dame famous. |
B.The cathedral is repeatedly mentioned in the novel. |
C.The novel became a bestseller thanks to the cathedral. |
D.The novel became more mysterious due to the cathedral. |
A.Disappointed. | B.Humorous. |
C.Objective. | D.Critical. |
8 . A rocket problem that forces astronauts to evacuate (撤退) may appear to be a plot straight out of a Hollywood movie. However, that is exactly what happened to Russian astronaut Alexey Ovchinin and American astronaut Nick Hague.
The event happened shortly after the Soyuz rocket and its Soyuz MS-to space capsule (联盟号太空舱) carrying the astronauts took off from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
The takeoff went off smoothly, but just 119 seconds later, officials from Russia’s space agency informed NASA the booster (助推器) had failed to separate from the capsule.
It will take a few weeks for experts to determine what caused the problem of the usually reliable Soyuz rocket.
A.To their sadness, this event became a nightmare for their future space journey. |
B.The two scientists were on their way to carry out a six-month task at the International Space Station. |
C.Surprisingly, the harrowing event has not stopped Hague’s and Ovchinin’s wish to go to space. |
D.Thus, the astronauts didn’t head to the International Space Station. |
E.And luckily, they became the main characters of the movie about space exploration. |
F.Fortunately, the “movie” had a happy ending with both scientists returning to Earth safely. |
G.Fortunately, Hgue and Ovchinin had been well-trained for such emergencies. |
9 . A family in New Tazewell, Tennessee, recently found out that when the situation is
On December 8, Chris and Nicole Davidson were enjoying a nice,quiet
That night
That’s when the family decided to try another
“The smoke was so
A.important | B.emergent | C.extreme | D.reliable |
A.evening | B.morning | C.noon | D.midnight |
A.borne | B.collected | C.adopted | D.known |
A.terrified | B.ended | C.recovered | D.started |
A.went up | B.watched out | C.woke up | D.ran out |
A.panic | B.danger | C.trouble | D.loss |
A.backed | B.headed | C.felt | D.climbed |
A.recovered | B.flattened | C.blocked | D.cleared |
A.approach | B.goal | C.escape | D.preparation |
A.arrive | B.get | C.solve | D.reach |
A.communicated | B.ran | C.apologized | D.turned |
A.exhausting | B.inconvenient | C.thick | D.confusing |
A.door | B.window | C.court | D.platform |
A.went through | B.jumped off | C.climbed up | D.broke out |
A.Luckily | B.Hopefully | C.Amazingly | D.Unfortunately |
A.provide | B.help | C.survive | D.prevent |
A.raised | B.earned | C.donated | D.handled |
A.entertaining | B.amusing | C.terrifying | D.inspiring |
A.brave | B.scared | C.helpless | D.worried |
A.intended | B.fought | C.dealt | D.rose |
10 . An executive was driving his new car on a street.He was
He jumped out of the car,
“Thank you,” the little boy
After that, he never did
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A.spot | B.situation | C.surface | D.lounge |
A.saw | B.found | C.stuck | D.grabbed |
A.Remaining | B.Growing | C.Building | D.Making |
A.cost | B.spend | C.use | D.cause |
A.begged | B.required | C.asked | D.wondered |
A.get | B.light | C.lift | D.put |
A.Worried | B.Depressed | C.Moved | D.Surprised |
A.chew | B.melt | C.spit | D.swallow |
A.medicine | B.handkerchief | C.belt | D.money |
A.demanding | B.expecting | C.checking | D.wanting |
A.push | B.bring | C.hand | D.raise |
A.recovery | B.repair | C.reform | D.record |
A.information | B.hope | C.attention | D.noise |