Night terror
In the middle of the night, as most of the residents slept, much of a 12-story Florida building collapsed, killing lots of people and sending survivors escaping for their lives. In this darkest time, however, the warmth and sparkles of humanity stood out.
Alfredo Lopez and his wife, Marian, were asleep when the first thundering explosion made them awake at 1:14 am on Thursday, June 24. Moments later, a second boom, much louder than the first, shook the bed in their apartment on the fifth floor.
Alfredo rushed to waken his 20-year-old son, Michael, urging him to get dressed, before running to the balcony window. The swirling (旋动) dust and ash made it difficult to see only a few feet in any direction. “All I could see was just white dust, very thick. I could barely see the balcony,” he recalled. The lights cut out and the emergency alarm came on, warning the residents of the Champlain Towers South to move out. They rushed out and ran downstairs, as they realized before the world knew of the disaster, they were fighting to survive by themselves.
On the same fifth floor, in unit 111, a two-bedroom oceanfront apartment, Gabriel Nir, 7 years old and his 5-year-old sister, Chani, all heard the first thunderous noise. Their parents were out of town for some business, leaving their grandma, Garfinkel, who was asleep, to look after them. They panicked and confused, and after a while, they began to realize what had happened and try to make their grandma wake up. Together they walked to the door, only to find it jammed in the twisted doorframe. All measures taken, they had no choice but to shout, “Help! Help! The door won’t open.”, wishing people outside would hear and come to help.
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“I heard people screaming. I have to go back to make sure everyone’s OK,” Michael yelled to his mother.
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“I can’t make it. I’m 88. I’ve had a good life,” Garfinkel shouted, pointing at the walker (助行架).
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David and Susan lived with their parents about a mile from town, but they went there to school every day. It was a pleasant walk down the lane, and through the grassland by the pond. No one knows exactly whether they liked it better in spring or in winter. They used to pretend that they were travelers exploring a new country with lush vegetation (茂盛的草木) and bright yellow daffodils (水仙花) dotting the field, and would drop leaves on the road that they might find their way back again. Everything seemed amazing and appealing. When the ice was thick and firm, they went across the pond. But their mother did not like to have them do this unless someone was with them.
“Don’t go across the pond today, children,” she said, as she kissed them and bade them goodbye one morning. “It is beginning to melt It can be dangerous.”
“All right, mother,” said David, though not very good-naturedly, for he was very fond of running and sliding on the ice. When they came to the pond, the ice looked hard and safe. There said he to his sister, “I knew it hadn’t melted any. Mother is always afraid we shall be drowned. Come along, and we will have a good time sliding. The school bell will not ring for an hour at least.”
“But you promised mother,” said Susan. “No, I didn’t. I only said ‘All right,’ and it is all right,” said David, holding his head high. “Oh, well, I didn’t say anything; so I can do as I like,” said Susan. So they stepped on the ice without any delay, and started to go across the pond merrily. They had not gone far before the ice gave way, and they fell into the chilly water all at once.
“Help! Help!” they both cried for help in panic.
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A man who was at work near the shore heard the screams of the children.
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David and Susan went home almost frozen.
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A brave dog fought off a coyote (丛林狼) twice her size to protect her 10-year-old owner after it attacked them. Owner Lily Kwan, 10, said she had just heard her neighbors in her Toronto, Canada community on Tuesday warning people of a coyote going after children in the area when the animal started biting at her heels while she was walking dog Macy.
In the video captured by a neighbor’s security camera, Lily can be seen running down the sidewalk with her six-year-old rescue dog while the coyote followed them so closely.
“I thought, ‘Am I next, what is going to happen to me?’” Lily told the local newspaper. “I was screaming for help but no one heard me,” said Lily. “I saw this coyote trying to attack my dog and I tried to ring people’s doorbells and knock on people’s doors. Luckily, this one neighbor let me in.”
But while Lucy made it to safety, Macy wouldn’t follow her inside. Instead the little dog turned around toward the coyote. After briefly screaming Macy’s name, Lily ran onto the neighbor’s second floor. Macy could be seen fighting with the coyote, before it caught her and bit her in its mouth and shook her violently. She cried in pain, but kept barking and bit the coyote back until it gave up and ran away finally.
“She’s a super brave dog,” Lily said “I love her so much, and I just thought this tiny dog could protect this huge human being, trying to fight off this huge coyote.”
Lily’s mother, Dorothy Kwan, said she was not surprised when hearing Macy’s action. “My dog would do anything for our family, so I’m actually not surprised that she did that,” Dorothy Kwan said.
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Dorothy said she was shocked by the coyote’s scaring behavior.
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Macy was taken to the ICU on Tuesday, and returned home on Thursday.
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One cloudy day, Joe and his son, Joey, who was six, were polishing off sandwiches at a wildlife refuge. The father planned for the two of them to spend the day canoeing (划独木舟) in the huge swamp.
Joe had never ventured into the muddy waters before, which were famous for alligators (鳄鱼). He had researched what to do if they encountered one—just in case—bang the paddle against the boat to scare it off.
Joe was at the canoe rental counter, less than 6m from the water’s edge, when he heard a splash and a scream. Joey had slipped on long and soft grass at the edge of the water and fallen into the water. When Joe whipped around, he saw an alligator which was estimated to be at least 2.4m long and close to 90kg was about to attack.
Time seemed to stop as Joe ran toward his son and into the water, which was almost a meter deep. As Joey moved violently and screamed, Joe wrapped his left arm across the boy’s chest and began pulling him back toward the bank. With his right hand grabbing a paddle, Joe tried to scare off the alligator as hard as he could and it was like punching bricks. But the alligator didn’t even make a tiny step backward.
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A young man standing in line at the rental stand ran over to come to the boy’s rescue.
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Joe picked up the boy, thanked the stranger and rushed to the nearest hospital.
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5 . Rene Compean was no stranger to Angeles National Forest. But when
As the day
Compean climbed to a spot, where he found one bar of
Sixty miles away, Ben Kuo was working in the company when he read a tweet from the Los Angeles Police Department, whose search-and-rescue teams had spent the previous night
Kuo has an unusual hobby. He frequently tries to
Compean's story probably would have ended differently had a total stranger with strong satellite skills and a sharp eye for
| A．exploring | B．planning | C．searching | D．discovering |
| A．settled | B．ran | C．faded | D．expanded |
| A．worry | B．desire | C．excitement | D．fear |
| A．expense | B．battery | C．volume | D．access |
| A．unprepared | B．uncertain | C．unsuitable | D．unqualified |
| A．pencil | B．signal | C．space | D．message |
| A．sleep | B．explode | C．break | D．die |
| A．linking | B．printing | C．attaching | D．taking |
| A．wait | B．sigh | C．work | D．reflect |
| A．oxygen | B．speed | C．temperature | D．pressure |
| A．forced | B．hugged | C．developed | D．slid |
| A．survive | B．prevent | C．shelter | D．relax |
| A．guard | B．track | C．business | D．duty |
| A．in all | B．in vain | C．in turn | D．in time |
| A．announced | B．served | C．delivered | D．released |
| A．estimate | B．assume | C．claim | D．identify |
| A．started | B．furthered | C．continued | D．narrowed |
| A．matched | B．confirmed | C．existed | D．joined |
| A．wildness | B．direction | C．detail | D．location |
| A．courageous | B．lucky | C．risky | D．cautious |
Most of the fire accidents happen because of our carelessness. Every year there are many fire accidents, resulting in a great loss of property and life. Many of these can be easily avoided if we are more careful and observe certain rules regarding fire-protection. There have been some unforgettable accidents in my life. One has left me a shocking impression.
It was 9 am on Sunday. I was busy in doing my homework at home and my mother was preparing tea for me in the kitchen when suddenly there were shouts, cries and a lot of confusing noise coming from outside. Immediately, I rushed out to figure out what was all that. I was informed that a supermarket warehouse (仓库) in our neighborhood had caught fire.
Wanting to help put out the fire, I ran to the place. A big crowd of neighbors had collected as well. Some were helping throw water and some were trying to beat the fire with sticks. Although all the people struggled to help, before long, the fire, driven by the strong winds, swallowed the whole building. Before the owner, the employers and all the neighbors could to anything more, huge and high columns of smoke and flames spread fast. Seeing things were almost out of control, someone called firefighters at once. With all the belongings inside burning in the fire, the owner could do nothing except cry, helpless and heartbroken.
It was a horrible scene which I could never forget. Without powerful equipment, we could just wait for firefighters’ coming.
During the waiting for fire rescue, many began talking about how the fire broke out and who was to blame for the accident. Were the members of the supermarket themselves or the others responsible for the accident? When people continued chatting about the possible causes of the fire, the fire-engines soon arrived at the scene.
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Without any delay, the firemen hurried for fighting the fire.
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The policemen set about looking into the cause of the fire.
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On March 21, a passenger plane
The China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 left Kunming at 1:11 pm and was scheduled
In an instruction,
All-out search and rescue work was carried out immediately. Since the crash site is located in a mountain forest, the search for the black box relies
China Eastern Airlines has grayed out its logo on its Sina Weibo account and also changed its website to black and white,
Today was Sunday, so I was in no hurry to get out of bed. As I rolled over and stretched, I heard my father shouted, “Oh, dear, fire!” There was unmistakable urgency in his voice. Upon hearing that, I got up and hurried downstairs. And my mother who was preparing breakfast also stopped cooking immediately. My father showed us a video shot by some witness, where we saw a fire inside a building. My mother stood beside him and shook her head.
“What a pity! Is it local?” my mother asked. As a policeman, my father had a keen observation ability. “It’s your hospital!” he watched the screen carefully and said in surprise.
It turned out that a building of the hospital where my mother worked as a head nurse was on fire. We found out later that an old wire first caused the building to catch fire and it began to spread. The camera captured the firefighters’ figures in black and orange uniform as they aimed endless streams of water at the fire.
“I have to get there,” said my mother, feeling anxious. My father and I offered to go with her. She threw on uniform and drove to the site.
Luckily, the fire didn’t spread to the building where my mother worked. After making sure that it was safe, we came to my mother’s office. My mother’s co-workers came to the office off and on as well. They were horrified at the sight of the next building but still thought about how to help.
Through a front window, I suddenly saw the rows of medical records in the next building, and I hurried to tell my mother. She felt really nervous and instantly consulted with her co-workers about how to cope. The situation was very urgent. They knew that if they waited until the firefighters who were busy evacuating (疏散) patients got here, those recordings might burn up. The fire broke out before the records, which were irreplaceable histories of their patients, could be entered into the computer.
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They decided to rescue the records, and my father and I offered to help.
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Finally, some firefighters arrived.
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1. What happened to the woman at the beginning?
| A．She lost her phone. |
| B．She couldn’t find the way. |
| C．She was trapped in heavy snow. |
| A．By having more clothes on. | B．By using the car heater. | C．By drinking hot tea. |
| A．It broke down. |
| B．She stopped to answer a call. |
| C．The car was running out of gas. |
| A．They called an ambulance. |
| B．They led the woman to her home. |
| C．They helped the woman go to the main road. |
1. Who is the audience for this speech?
| A．Adults in the workplace. | B．Kindergarten students. | C．High school students. |
| A．Careful. | B．Young. | C．Experienced. |
| A．New York. | B．California. | C．Massachusetts. |
| A．A well-known storyteller. |
| B．The person giving the speech. |
| C．A teenager who got in an accident. |
