1 . During the day, I heard something happened at the Twin Towers. But nobody seemed to really ____ what was going on. Not until school let out did I realize something might be ____. My dad usually ____ me up, but he wasn’t there. My dad was a firefighter. His ____ was less than a mile from the Twin Towers.

When I got home, my mum told me that the Twin Towers had been attacked, and that my dad had gone there to ____. I remember only bits and pieces, like my mum calling hospitals all over New York City, ____ to find my dad. Hopelessly, she told me that he was probably ____.

We didn’t learn exactly what had happened to him until much later. We ____ that he had sent a radio message at 9:56 am when he and hundreds of other ____firefighters were in the burning South Tower, saving as many people as possible. Just three minutes later, the tower ____.

Twenty years later, I still ____ my dad every day. He instilled (灌输) in me a ____ for my community, and his ____ encouraged me to volunteer.

Looking back, I don’t think only of the sad ____. I also remember the great acts of so many people, ____ my dad. I’m really proud to call him my hero.

1.

A．wonder

B．care

C．know

D．anticipate

2.

A．wrong

B．ambitious

C．different

D．strange

3.

A．stimulated

B．picked

C．recalled

D．shifted

4.

A．objective

B．region

C．mission

D．station

5.

A．help

B．assign

C．cease

D．cite

6.

A．hoping

B．promising

C．requiring

D．refusing

7.

A．significant

B．gone

C．chosen

D．mistaken

8.

A．made sense

B．made sure

C．picked out

D．found out

9.

A．serious

B．courageous

C．excited

D．surprised

10.

A．showed up

B．shut up

C．fell down

D．broke down

11.

A．protest

B．miss

C．worry

D．quote

12.

A．profile

B．passion

C．love

D．resolution

13.

A．carefulness

B．patience

C．wisdom

D．bravery

14.

A．event

B．lesson

C．option

D．change

15.

A．apparently

B．occasionally

C．literally

D．especially

2 . The sound that woke Damian Languell at 8:15 am was so loud that he assumed it came from inside his house. As he got up to investigate, he heard another sound, this one coming most definitely from outside. Looking out of his bedroom window, he spied a tree engulfed (淹没) in smoke about 500 yards away. A car was wrapped around the tree’s base, its engine on fire.

Grabbing buckets of water, Languell and his girlfriend ran to the crash site. The wreck looked worse up close. The car, a 1998 Buick, was split nearly in two, and the tree was where the driver’s seat ought to have been, as if planted there. No one should have survived this crash, and yet there was 16-year-old Quintin Thompson, his terrified face pressed against the driver’s side window, in visible pain. Languell tried putting out the fire with his buckets of water with no success. When the flames got into the front seats, he realized he had to get the boy out of there.

In an act that a police report described as showing “complete disregard for his own safety”, Languell opened the Buick’s back door and crawled in. Thompson was struggling to get free, Languell says. “That’s when I noticed how bad his legs were.” Using a pocketknife he’d had the foresight to bring with him, he sawed through Thompson’s seat belt.

Now that Thompson was free, Languell pulled him out a back window of the vehicle, then dragged the teen to safety before the entire car was engulfed in flames.

Although Thompson suffered multiple fractures (骨折) to his legs, spine, and face, a social media post described him as “looking great, smiling, and joking.” Languell thinks about that day often. “My heart goes out to Thompson. When you are that close to that level of hurt, you feel it so directly.”

1. When Damian heard the big sound, ______.

A．he called 911 immediately

B．he stayed inside his house

C．he woke up his girlfriend

D．he got up to see what happened

2. When Damian rushed to the crash site,　　　.

A．the police had arrived

B．the whole car was completely in flames

C．Thompson was terrified and painful

D．Thompson was smiling and joking

3. We can describe Thompson as 　　　.

A．brave	B．lucky
C．simple-minded	D．warm-hearted

4. What played the most important role in Thompson’s survival?

A．His own bravery and persistence.

B．The several buckets of water.

C．The timely arrival of the police.

D．The pocketknife Damian carried with him.

3 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

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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Shortly after, the radio died and the wind continued to blow straight offshore, driving the men farther out to sea.

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The next morning, Sam spotted a fishing boat in the distance.

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5 . An executive was driving his new car on a street.He was _______for kids rushing out from between parked cars.

_______his car passed, a brick hit the car’s side door.He pressed hard the brake and drove the car back to the_______ from where the brick had been thrown.

He jumped out of the car,_______ a kid and pushed him up against a parked car, shouting, “What was that all about and who are you?Just what the hell are you doing?”_______more and more angry, he went on “That brick you threw will_______much money. Why did it?” “Please, mister, please, I’m sorry. I didn’t know what else to do!”_______the youngster. “My brother fell out of the wheelchair and I can’t_______him up.” Sobbing, the boy asked, “Could you help me? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy.”

_______beyond words,the driver tried to__________the rapidly swelling lump(块)in his throat. He helped the young man back into the wheelchair and used a __________ wiped the scrapes(擦伤)and cuts,__________ everything would be okay.

“Thank you,” the little boy__________his brother to the sidewalk toward their home.

After that, he never did__________the side door in order to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your__________.

1.

A．looking

B．watching

C．caring

D．waiting

2.

A．Before

B．Although

C．As

D．While

3.

A．spot

B．situation

C．surface

D．lounge

4.

A．saw

B．found

C．stuck

D．grabbed

5.

A．Remaining

B．Growing

C．Building

D．Making

6.

A．cost

B．spend

C．use

D．cause

7.

A．begged

B．required

C．asked

D．wondered

8.

A．get

B．light

C．lift

D．put

9.

A．Worried

B．Depressed

C．Moved

D．Surprised

10.

A．chew

B．melt

C．spit

D．swallow

11.

A．medicine

B．handkerchief

C．belt

D．money

12.

A．demanding

B．expecting

C．checking

D．wanting

13.

A．push

B．bring

C．hand

D．raise

14.

A．recovery

B．repair

C．reform

D．record

15.

A．information

B．hope

C．attention

D．noise

6 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

It was a very hot afternoon. My friend Leah and I were waiting for the rush hour train. We were tired and couldn’t wait to get back to the place where we were living.

When the train arrived, we got into the second carriage from the front. The air-conditioning wasn’t working at the rear (后部), so the front was particularly crowded that day. I sat by the window admiring the changing landscape.

Suddenly we felt enormous pressure pushing us backwards into our seats. The windows broke into tiny pieces and dust flew around violently. I could barely open my eyes.

The train was suffering from a crash, and it didn’t feel as if it were going to stop. I thought I would be dead. I thought about my husband Guy, who was supposed to receive the news first. I thought of my dear father and other family members, wondering how each would deal with my death.

Voices began to break through my thoughts. People were anxious. Strangely, I was totally calm. I wasn’t panicking; my heart wasn’t even beating fast. When the train finally stopped, we slowly stood up, pushing off the table that had fallen onto us; others stayed in their seats and many were injured and covered in blood. I could hear screaming. A soldier pushed the damaged door open for us to escape.

Our carriage had run out of rails and we were halfway home. We had a lot of blood on us and I searched my body for wounds, but I didn’t find any. My knees felt painful and my hips were black and blue, and Leah had her hand cut when jumping off the train, but that wasn’t serious.

Helicopters landed and we saw soldiers running in and out. All around us were ambulances (救护车) and people lying on the ground. Everyone was shouting for help. I rang Guy, who was very calm and said he would come and get us. Seeing all these brought me great emotional hurt.

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It was almost dark by the time we found Guy and he drove us home.
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Paragraph 2:
In the days that followed, I convinced myself I had internal bleeding.
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7 . I was recently involved in a bad traffic accident. I was knocked unconscious by the impact so I don’t __ anything about the accident. My first memory is being given oxygen as the doctors and nurses tried to ____ me back to life.

As I lay in the emergency room, I found myself ____ my life and thanking God that I was still __. The good news is that nobody else was __.

Since that day, the physical recovery has been __ but not as tough as the emotional recovery. I've learned a lot about myself and about what really ____ in this world. Things that are really important are not“things”. I’m not invincible(无敌的)and I cannot ____ everything that happens in my life. I need to be better at ____ the things that come into my way that I didn’t plan for. As someone who was always in a ____，it taught me to slow down a little. I have learned to live each day honestly and ____.

___ I continue to heal physically and emotionally，I have a different opinion on ____ . When tragedy strikes，you can either let it ____ your spirit，or use it as an opportunity to grow. I have chosen to ____ from it.

1.

A．receive

B．remember

C．mention

D．care

2.

A．bring

B．hit

C．pay

D．answer

3.

A．sacrificing

B．predicting

C．analyzing

D．mourning

4.

A．wealthy

B．alive

C．optimistic

D．healthy

5.

A．threatened

B．informed

C．ignored

D．hurt

6.

A．difficult

B．smooth

C．quick

D．stable

7.

A．works

B．happens

C．matters

D．functions

8.

A．understand

B．control

C．identify

D．oversee

9.

A．rejecting

B．identifying

C．improving

D．accepting

10.

A．hurry

B．dilemma

C．routine

D．mess

11.

A．comfortably

B．quietly

C．fully

D．busily

12.

A．As

B．Before

C．Unless

D．Although

13.

A．love

B．future

C．work

D．1ife

14.

A．1ift

B．break

C．protect

D．show

15.

A．suffer

B．escape

C．discover

D．learn

8 . 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

9 . 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。

On Sunday, a bus in Chongqing fell into the Yangtze River,     1     left 15 people dead. The accident     2    (cause) by a fight between an angry passenger and the bus driver.

A woman passenger failed     3    (get) off at the right bus stop. She asked the driver to stop the bus and let her get off, but the driver refused. A quarrel then occurred, with both sides   using unkind     4    (word). Five minutes later, she struck the driver on the head with her smartphone, and the driver fought back with his right hand. Within two seconds, the driver took back his hand. However, he     5    (lose) control of the bus before he realized it. The bus hit a red car, and fell into the river.

    6     is very basic common sense that the lives and safety of the whole bus depend upon the driver, but the woman attacked the driver because of her own fault. On     7     other hand, the driver didn’t stay calm. As a driver     8    (responsibility) for the whole bus, he should have stopped the bus by the roadside to ensure safety while under attack. It was     9    (extreme) reckless(鲁莽的) to fight back.

I wonder why none of the passengers took action to stop the fight.     10     any one of the passengers had stepped forward bravely, the tragedy might have been prevented.

10 . It’s not often sunny in Paris, but people still love to walk along the bank of the Seine. They love the view of the city’s old buildings, especially Notre Dame Cathedral, with its iconic spire (标志性塔尖).

Unfortunately, that view has been forever changed. On April 16 a fire destroyed the spire of the 850-year-old wooden Notre Dame Cathedral built in 1163, and two-thirds of the roof.

The fire shocked and saddened Parisians. Citizens gathered around the giant church, singing hymns (赞美诗) and praying for the hundreds of firefighters who fought the flames.

“The importance of Notre Dame, not only to Catholics (天主教) but to all Parisians, cannot be underestimated (低估),” wrote French author Bernard-Henri Levy. “For many in France, it’s more than a house of worship. It’s a symbol of French culture, architecture and history.”

The church is also home to many religious artworks, paintings and sculptures. Luckily, its world-famous colored glass windows survived the fire. These windows are made of many small pieces of glass and feature various Christian images.

Despite its long history and many treasures, the Cathedral needed the help of a writer to become truly famous. Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, presented the building to a wide audience of readers. The book’s ugly lead character, Quasimodo, serves as a symbol for Paris’ forgotten Gothic (哥特式的) architecture. Hugo wrote the book to remind people of it, with the hope that they would work to protect the beautiful old buildings of Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron has promised to reconstruct the historic building. “Note Dame is our history, our literature and it’s our imagery,” he said in a public speech following the fire.

1. Which of the following is true about Notre Dame Cathedral?

A．It is a representative architecture of France.

B．It is made of wood and metal.

C．It is a place for entertainment.

D．It will be rebuilt in a different style.

2. What makes the Cathedral known to the world?

A．Its famous spire.

B．Its colored glass windows.

C．Victor Hugo’s novel.

D．Religious treasures inside.

3. What’s the writer’s attitude towards the damage to the church?

A．Uncaring.	B．Regretful.
C．Negative.	D．Optimistic.