2 . Mount Hood is the highest mountain in Oregon, a state in the western United States. At 3, 400 meters it is attractive to many people, some of whom, of course, run into trouble. Each year 25 to 50 people have accidents or get lost on Mount Hood and need rescue（营救）. Although most of these are understandable accidents, a few result from careless risk-taking.

In one recent case, three experienced climbers went hiking in the middle of a snowstorm in December. Most hikers climb Mount Hood in May or June when the weather conditions are good. But in December, the mountain is covered in snow and ice. Winds up to 135 kilometers per hour blow the snow around, making it difficult to see. Temperatures can drop below freezing. As one rescue worker put it, "What were they thinking? They were just asking for it. "

During a rescue a few years ago, a helicopter full of rescue workers crashed and the rescue workers were almost killed. Linda Carle, who lives in the Mount Hood area, asks, If someone made a muddled decision, why should rescue teams have to risk their lives to save them? Why do people take unnecessary risks and do things that aren't right if they know that they can get into trouble? "

Most of the Mount Hood rescue workers are either volunteers or part of the local police department There is no charge for these rescues. It is the taxpayers who pay the bill. Linda Carle suggests that people who take careless risks and need rescue should ay for the rescue. She fees it is only fir that costs for things like damaged helicopters and medical care for rescuers should be paid for by the people who take the risks. What would you do if you were the local police officer at Mount Hood?

1. What can we learn about Mount Hood?

A．It lies in the west of the United States.

B．It is the highest mountain in the United States.

C．The best time to climb the mountain is from May to July.

D．Hundreds of people get lot in the mountain every year.

2. What does the underlined word "muddled" in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?

A．poor

B．important

C．wise

D．clear

3. According to Linda Carle, who should pay for he costs of rescues?

A．Taxpayers

B．Risk takers

C．Government

D．Police

4. What will probably be written in the following part?

A．Advice on stopping people from climbing Mount Hood.

B．Other serious accidents in Mount Hood.

C．The requirements of becoming a volunteer.

D．Some possible ways to solve the problem of rescue costs.

3 . It was late, about 10:15 p.m., when Janice Esposito arrived at the Bellport train station; she jumped into her Honda Odyssey and began the 20-minute drive home to her husband and seven-year-old son. She'd just returned from visiting her mother and had traveled the route many times before. She practically________on autopilot: a left onto Station Road, then a left on Montauk Highway, and then- wham! Out of nowhere a car T-boned Esposito's minivan (小型货车)，________her to move backward some 100 feet onto the railroad tracks. She________in the minivan, bruised (撞伤) but mostly just knocked out by the________and the airbags.

As it happened, Pete DiPinto was getting ready for________. He'd just closed his book and was getting under the covers when he heard the sound of metal on metal and breaking glass coming from not far outside his bedroom window. A volunteer________ and retired teacher, DiPinto, 64, never________to think. He grabbed a flashlight and, still dressed in his pajamas, ran out the door.“Any firefighter would have done what I did," he told Newsday,“We re always on________”

The first car he came upon, 2,000 feet from his front yard, was the one that had________ Esposito. Once DiPinto concluded the driver was OK, he looked around and________Esposito's minivan positioned on the railroad tracks. And then he heard a terrible sound; the bells signaling an oncoming________.

"The gates were starting to come down," he told Newsday.“I see the headlight of the train." DiPinto ran quickly to Esposito's minivan and knocked on the driver's side window. She________looked at him, her eyes unfocused.“I don't know where I am," she said. She seemed unhurt. "Honey, you're on the railroad________,”DiPinto shouted.“We have to get you off right now!" He pulled hard on the________, but the door was crashed in and________.The heavy diesel train, traveling at 65 miles per hour, was moving fast toward them. DiPinto ran to the passenger side and threw open the________，“Please, don't let her be________,”he thought. He pushed aside the deflating (瘪了的) airbags, grabbed Esposito's arms, and________her toward him across the passenger seat until he could help her out and quickly get her to________behind a signal box a few feet away. Within six seconds, he estimated, the train crashed into the minivan.“It was like a Hollywood movie," DiPinto told reporters the next day.

But this one bad a twist. "Last night," South Gountry Ambulance chief Greg Miglino told CBS New York,“the________arrived in pajamas, not in a fire truck."

1.

A．walked

B．drove

C．rode

D．hiked

2.

A．allowing

B．ordering

C．forcing

D．reminding

3.

A．sat

B．stood

C．hid

D．waited

4.

A．action

B．noise

C．bomb

D．impact

5.

A．class

B．bed

C．dinner

D．work

6.

A．firefighter

B．driver

C．doctor

D．engineer

7.

A．wanted

B．troubled

C．intended

D．stopped

8.

A．schedule

B．time

C．target

D．duty

9.

A．warned

B．hit

C．caught

D．followed

10.

A．assumed

B．suspected

C．spotted

D．predicted

11.

A．car

B．truck

C．train

D．ambulance

12.

A．just

B．yet

C．still

D．even

13.

A．yards

B．stations

C．tracks

D．bridges

14.

A．belt

B．handle

C．bell

D．key

15.

A．jammed

B．unlocked

C．open

D．gone

16.

A．bag

B．box

C．book

D．door

17.

A．scared

B．ignored

C．trapped

D．defeated

18.

A．carried

B．rushed

C．guided

D．pulled

19.

A．return

B．safety

C．work

D．life

20.

A．hero

B．actor

C．reporter

D．police

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题
1. What happened to the woman?

A．Her laptop didn't work.

B．Her baggage was stolen.

C．Her apartment was broken into.

2. Why is the laptop so important?

A．It has work files.

B．It has learning materials.

C．It has important pictures.

3. When is convenient for the woman to receive a call?

A．7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

B．8:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

C．8:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.

5 . Mickey Wilson was on the mountain at the Basin Ski Area. He with his friends Simmons and Mueller had got ______ the cable car (索道缆车) when they heard a scream. Their friend Richard was on the cable car ahead of them, but when they reached the top, Richard disappeared. They walked toward the ______ and found skiers stood on the slope (坡), ______ to the cable car.

“Oh, Richard!” ______ Wilson.

When Richard tried to jump off the cable car, his backpack was ______ in the chair. The backpack belt twisted around his neck, making him ______. The cable car operator quickly stopped it. Now Richard’s body was swinging four feet above the snow. The friends ______ the skis on their feet and ran toward the scene. Their efforts to make a human pyramid to reach Richard were ______. With the clock ticking, Wilson ran to the ladder of a nearby lift tower. Scared skiers watched as he ______ up. After reaching the top, Wilson’s first ______ was to climb onto the steel cable that held the chairs. Then he sat over the cable and used his hands to pull himself to Richard quickly. Wilson’s greatest fear wasn’t that he’d fall, ______ that he wouldn’t reach Richard. “This was ______ or death,” he said. In the process, his jacket was stuck on the movable footrest. The footrest began to slide down with Wilson ______. Fortunately he managed to free himself and reached Richard ______ that could happen.

The patrol (巡查) had gathered below and performed emergency ______ on Richard who had been hanging for 5 minutes and then skied him down to an ambulance.

1.

A．in

B．off

C．over

D．around

2.

A．car

B．way

C．scream

D．chair

3.

A．getting

B．pointing

C．returning

D．falling

4.

A．yelled

B．warned

C．insisted

D．repeated

5.

A．placed

B．left

C．caught

D．folded

6.

A．active

B．comfortable

C．sensitive

D．breathless

7.

A．picked up

B．kicked off

C．put away

D．took up

8.

A．on time

B．in need

C．by accident

D．in vain

9.

A．ran

B．struggled

C．walked

D．came

10.

A．impression

B．aid

C．challenge

D．choice

11.

A．and

B．or

C．so

D．but

12.

A．risk

B．life

C．effort

D．chance

13.

A．attached

B．pulled

C．involved

D．defeated

14.

A．until

B．as

C．before

D．while

15.

A．treatment

B．experiment

C．operation

D．task

6 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What trouble did the library fall in?

A．It hadn't enough money left to move its instruments.

B．It hadn't enough money left to buy all the books it needed.

C．It hadn't enough money left to move all the books it had.

2. What bright idea did one of the librarians offer?

A．The library could have all the books lent to the readers in the city.

B．The students around the city could come for help.

C．The librarians could have all the books delivered to their homes.

3. What can be inferred according to the recording?

A．Use your head, and you can find a way.

B．More hands, lighter work.

C．Where there is a will, there's a way.

7 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How many factors of car accidents are mentioned?

A．2.

B．3.

C．4.

2. What measure has been taken to reduce car accidents?

A．Improved highway design.

B．Stricter traffic management.

C．Strengthened training for drivers.

3. What remains an important cause of road accidents?

A．Poor traffic control.

B．Some driverless cars.

C．Drivers’ carelessness.

8 . Those with closed minds refused to consider any contradictory facts, and they proceed with their planned course of action, full speed ahead, with their “minds made up” and tightly shut. As an illustration, consider the situation in 1986, prior to the space shuttle Challenger’s disatrous launch that killed all seven astronauts aboard, there was a heated telephone debate between two engineers from the company that produced the shuttle booster rockets and the top officials of NASA (the federal government’s space agency). The engineers insisted that the flight was too risky because of freezing temperature at the Florida launch site. They explained that some of the seals on the fuel tanks were not designed to withstand such low temperatures and might leak under pressure, thus endangering the craft and crew.

Despite the pleas to stop the flight, officials at NASA overruled the engineers, who were best qualified to make judgments about the complex technical problems of space flight. What caused the officials to ignore the engineers? Several flights had already been postponed, and it would not look good to postpone another. It would be bad public relations to disappoint the crowds of people and news reporters waiting for the launch. Top government officials were ready to appear on the national television and take the credit for another safe flight. As a result, with their minds absolutely closed to the facts presented by the engineers, NASA officials ordered the Challenger to take off. Seventy-three seconds later, the spacecraft was enveloped in flame.

Incredibly, seventeen years later, the lesson of the Challenger disaster was repeated. In 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart while re-entering the earth’s atmosphere, killing another crew of seven. During the shuttle’s liftoff, a piece of foam insulation(泡沫隔热材料) had broken off, hitting the shuttle's wing at five hundred miles per hour. Lower-level engineers at NASA begged for photographs of the Columbia in orbit, which might have shown the extent of the damage, but their closed-minded superiors ignored their requests. It was the damage caused by the 1.7 pound chunk of insulation that doomed the Columbia.

There is no virtue in ignoring contradictory facts and “sticking to your guns” when the course taken shows all the signs of being the wrong one. Closed minds are especially noticeable in political campaigns and debates. Many people line up to support one candidate or another and won’t listen to any facts presented by the opposing candidate.

All those with an open mind say is this: “I don’t know everything, so I’d better keep my mind, eyes, and ears open to any new facts that may come along.” The world would be a much better and safer place if everyone had this attitude.

1. Which of the following brought about the disastrous launch of the Challenger?

A．Its crew	B．The engineers
C．The fuel tanks’ seals	D．The size of its rocket

2. When the engineers appealed to stop the launch of the Challenger, the government officials ___________.

A．postponed the flight at once.

B．made judgments about the complex technical problems.

C．announced the news on national television.

D．ordered to launch the Challenger as scheduled.

3. What could be inferred from Paragraph 3?

A．The Columbia disaster was impossible to foresee.

B．Engineers were to blame for the Columbia’s explosion.

C．The Columbia disaster could have been avoided.

D．The Columbia was deliberately damaged.

4. What does the underlined phrase “sticking to your guns” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Holding firm to your own opinion.

B．Remaining and firing your gun at enemies.

C．Strengthening your status.

D．Keeping an open mind.

5. What is the main purpose of the passage?

A．To inform readers about what an open mind is.

B．To entertain readers with two stories of tragedies in space.

C．To persuade readers to keep an open mind.

D．To criticize what NASA officials had done in aerospace history.

6. How does the author support the argument of the passage?

A．By stating arguments.	B．By giving examples.
C．By explaining statistical data.	D．By providing research result.

9 . As reported in JAMA Surgery, the researchers discovered that e-scooter(电动摩托车) injury rates had increased dramatically in just four years, rising from 6 per 100,000 in the population to 19 per 100,000. Of the estimated 14,651 e-scooter-related injuries in 2018, 4,658, or 32%, involved the head. “While most people recover from head injuries, there is going to be a subset with long-term disability and life changes,” said Dr. Benjamin Breyer.

Dr. Benjamin Breyer of the University of California, Los Angeles, pointed to a 2019 analysis of the data from two hospitals in Southern California, which found just 4.8% of injured e-scooter riders were wearing helmets.

Dr. Joann Elmore, a professor of medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, believed that most e-scooter users are probably unaware of the risks. To make the point, she described a photo taken by a colleague. “There were two riders on an e-scooter,” she said. “No one had shoes on. There were no helmets. And the woman in front had a baby in a baby carrier.”

The new report highlights the need for more research on new technologies, said Dr. Guohua Li, a professor of epidemiology(流行病学).

“Just as there is a global network of experts working on infectious diseases, there needs to be a similar program devoted to the surveillance(监视，监察) and prevention of injuries caused by merging technologies products and lifestyles, such as e-scooters, e-sports, etc.,” Li said in an email.

“The challenge for researchers and policymakers is to keep up with the ever-changing society and protect the public from unnecessary harm caused by new technologies and products without hindering innovation,” he added.

1. What can we know from the passage?

A．E-scooter injury rates had increased due to speeding.

B．32% of injured e-scooter riders weren’t wearing helmets.

C．There is a program devoted to the prevention of injuries caused by advanced technologies.

D．Protection and innovation are of equal importance.

2. What can we infer from Dr. Joann Elmore’s comments?

A．She is an anti-scooter.

B．The woman in front was pregnant.

C．She is concerned about the e-scooter users.

D．Most e-scooter riders often drive at high speed.

3. What does the underlined word “hindering” probably mean?

A．Preventing.	B．Limiting.
C．Developing.	D．Making progress.

4. What’s the author’s main purpose of writing the passage?

A．To arouse people’s awareness of the risks and self-protection.

B．To introduce a new way of transport — e-scooters.

C．To ask people not to ride e-scooters any more.

D．To urge policymakers to make laws as soon as possible.

10 . "The firefighters of Paris told me they are very hopeful about saving the northern tower, " French Junior Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Twitter late Monday, adding that the firefighting efforts would continue for hours.

The Notre Dame Cathedral(巴黎圣母院)， one of the most famous landmarks in the French capital， was engulfed in flames Monday evening as a catastrophic fire tore through the historic structure， collapsing its spire as fire officials raced to save the monument from total destruction.

Video and photos posted on social media showed flames engulfing the cathedral, thus both the ceiling and the 90-meter spire came crashing down. The fire spread to one of the cathedral's towers, but French officials said late Monday that firefighters were optimistic they could save both towers.

French President Emmanuel Macron said a national fundraising campaign would be launched on Tuesday and called on the world's "greatest talents" to assist in the effort. "We will rebuild, Macron told reporters. "We will rebuild Notre Dame because this is what the French expect, because this is what our history deserves.

Officials said there were no deaths in the fire. Jean-Claude Gallet, chief of the Parisian fire department, said one firefighter was injured while responding to the flame. Two-thirds of the cathedral's roof was destroyed,   Gal let   said. The fire broke out just before p. m. minutes after the cathedral, which has been partly rebuilt, closed to the public. Around 30 000 people visit the church daily.

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 architecture. Hugo wrote the book to remind people of it, with hope they would work to protect the beautiful old buildings of Paris. The loss of cultural relics will never come again if they are lost only once.   This is a painful loss of world civilization.

1. The following issues are wrongly stated in the text except________________.

A．the Notre Dame Cathedral was totally destroyed

B．firefighters were pessimistic because they couldn't save both towers

C．a national fundraising campaign would be launched to rebuild the cathedral

D．the Cathedral became truly famous for its long history and many treasures

2. What does the underlined word" engulfed" in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Flooded.	B．Swallowed.
C．Disappeared.	D．Constructed.

3. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．A fire broke out in the Notre Dame Cathedral

B．The mystery of the Notre Dame Cathedral

C．A national fundraising campaign

D．The rebuilding of the Notre Dame Cathedral