1 . Breath of Life

As Norwood drove through St. Petersburg, Florida, the laughter from the four teenage girls inside her car ______gave way to screams. They were hit by another car and ______ into a tree.

Then smoke ______ from the car. A bystander shouted, “It's about to ______! Get out!” Norwood immediately crawled out. Along with two of her friends, who'd also managed to ______ themselves, she ran for her ______.

But halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, Simmons, wasn't with them. Norwood ran back and found Simmons stuck in the back ______. “She wasn't ______,” Norwood told Inside Edition. She ______open the back door and pulled her friend out. She dragged Simmons a few feet to safety and laid her on the ______. “I checked her pulse and put my ______ against her chest.” No sign of life. “That’s when I started CPR (心肺复苏术).”

______ on the lawn and looking down at her dying friend, Norwood started ______ Simmons's chest. She breathed into her friend's mouth in hopes of filling her lungs with the ______ of life. Fortunately, Simmons began coughing and breathing for air.

Soon, paramedics (医务人员) arrived and rushed Simmons to hospital. When she heard how Norwood had saved her life, “I wasn't ______,” Simmons said. “She always backs me up.”

1.

A．increasingly

B．suddenly

C．frequently

D．cautiously

2.

A．crashed

B．pulled

C．settled

D．fell

3.

A．released

B．rose

C．cast

D．slid

4.

A．speed up

B．run out

C．wear out

D．blow up

5.

A．injure

B．free

C．care

D．control

6.

A．liberty

B．rescue

C．life

D．target

7.

A．seat

B．window

C．car

D．handle

8.

A．moving

B．crying

C．breathing

D．praying

9.

A．kicked

B．pushed

C．threw

D．pressed

10.

A．ground

B．door

C．bed

D．tree

11.

A．mouth

B．head

C．heart

D．shoulder

12.

A．Bending

B．Lying

C．Kneeling

D．Standing

13.

A．petting

B．squeezing

C．pumping

D．clicking

14.

A．thought

B．method

C．struggle

D．kiss

15.

A．touched

B．delighted

C．honored

D．shocked

3 . It was late, about 10:15 p. m. Janice Esposito got off the train at Bellport, New York, went to her car and started driving home. She was so familiar with the route that she almost drove automatically. However, when Esposito's car had just crossed the railroad tracks—bam!, it hit another vehicle and was pushed back onto the tracks. Injured but mostly shocked by the crash and by the airbags that popped up, she was stuck in the vehicle.

As it happened, Pete DiPinto was just about to go to sleep when he heard a sharp noise. As a volunteer firefighter, he fetched a flashlight and rushed out without hesitation. “Any firefighter would have done what I did,” he said. “We're always on duty.”

After making sure that the driver was all right, DiPinto discovered Esposito's car straddling the railway tracks. And then he heard the bell ring, which signaled a train's arrival.

DiPinto rushed to Esposito's car and broke the window on the driver's side. Esposito looked up at him, with her eyes glazing over. “I don't know where 1 am,” she said.

“I have to get you off right now!” DiPinto yelled. The train was running toward them at a high speed. The driver's door cannot be opened due to the collision (硬撞), so DiPinto quickly ran to the other side and managed to open the door. He pulled her toward him across the passenger seat until finally got her out to safety. Several seconds later, the train crashed into the vehicle. “It was like a Hollywood movie,” DiPinto told reporters the next day.

“Last night,” said Gregory Miglino Jr, Chief of the Department in South Country Ambulance, “the hero arrived in pajamas (睡衣裤), not in a fire truck.”

1. What can we know about the accident from Paragraph 1?

A．Esposito's car hit another vehicle.

B．Esposito drove too fast.

C．Esposito didn't know the route well.

D．A running train crashed into Esposito's car.

2. How was Janice Esposito right after the accident?

A．She felt all right.

B．She was badly hurt.

C．She got stuck in the car.

D．She completely lost her consciousness.

3. How was Janice Esposito rescued from her car?

A．Through the window on the driver's side.

B．Through the door on the driver's side.

C．Through the window on the passenger's side.

D．Through the door on the passenger's side.

4. What did Gregory Miglino Jr mean by “the hero arrived in pajamas, not in a fire truck ?

A．DiPinto was not a professional firefighter.

B．DiPinto rushed to save life without thinking about himself.

C．DiPinto was a special firefighter who liked wearing pajamas.

D．DiPinto was unable to find a fire ruck when the accident happened.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How did the woman scratch the red car?

A．Her car backed into it.

B．Her shopping cart hit it.

C．Her bags dropped on it.

2. What does the woman decide to do in the end?

A．Leave a note.

B．Go to a grocery store.

C．Drive away quickly.

5 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

A little girl whose parents had died lived with her grandmother and slept in an upstairs bedroom.

One night there was a fire in the house and the grandmother died while trying to rescue the child. The fire spread quickly, and the situation was terrible.

Neighbors called the fire department, and then stood helplessly by, unable to enter the house because flames blocked all the entrances. The little girl appeared at an upstairs window, crying for help, just as word spread among the crowd that the firefighters would be delayed a few minutes because they were all at another fire.

Suddenly, a man appeared with a ladder, put it up against the side of the house and disappeared inside. When he reappeared, he had the little girl in his arms. He delivered the child to the waiting arms below, and then disappeared into the night.

An investigation revealed that the child had no living relatives, and weeks later a meeting was held in the town hall to determine who would take the child into their home and bring her up.

A teacher said she would like to raise the child. She pointed out that she could ensure her a good education. A farmer offered her an up-bring on his farm. He pointed out that living on a farm was healthy and satisfying. Others spoke, giving their reasons why it was to the child’s advantage to live with them.

Finally, the town’s richest resident rose and said, “I can give this child all these advantages that you have mentioned here, plus money and everything that money can buy.”

Throughout all this, the child remained silent, her eyes on the floor.

“Does anyone else want to speak?” asked the meeting chairman. A man came forward from the back of the hall. He walked slowly and appeared to be in pain.

注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150词左右；
2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1

When he got to the front of the room, he stood directly in front of the little girl and help out his arms.

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Paragraph 2

When asked about her choice, the girl gave people the reasons firmly.

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6 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where does the conversation take place?

A．In the police station.

B．In the street.

C．On the highway.

2. What reason does the woman offer the man?

A．The car is broken.

B．She has important things to do.

C．There was a dog in the street.

3. What's the speed limit here in this street?

A．30 mph.

B．40 mph.

C．50 mph.

4. How would the woman probably feel at last?

A．Regretful.

B．Relaxed.

C．Lucky.

7 . The town of Paradise has suffered a fire, which lasted 17 days and caused a loss of $16.5billion. As a result, the beautifully named place ________ its beauty.

Shane Grammer, Creative Director for Disney's theme parks in Los Angeles, paid close attention to the news of the fire's deadly path. In fact he felt quite ________ to help when seeing the picture shared by his friend, in which only a white chimney of his house ________ after the fire.

“I've got to ________ that chimney.” he said. “I'm not trying to say anything. It's just that I'm an artist And it was a(n) ________ for me express myself and be an artist, wasn't it?”

Grammer spent three hours spray-painting the image of a woman on the chimney in black and white, which was ________ mysterious. Perhaps it served as a(n) ________ of the beauty of life or just life itself.

Then Grammer put its picture on social media. On seeing it, the victims of the fire could not ________ themselves. “Beautiful and impressive,” one of them remarked. And another said, “You bring beauty and ________.”

At this time, Grammer became aware that something ________ had been transformed by a purely artistic expression. “When the first mural(壁画) moved so many people, I knew I had to ________,” he told the journalist. Grammer returned to Paradise eight times in three months, ________ which he completed 17 murals of victims and other figures.

Today, Grammer's efforts have ________ into a movement. He has also painted murals in dark places around the world that seriously need some light.

Ironically, the first painting, on the chimney in Panadise, existed for just several months, ________ the bulldozer(推土机)was a merciless art critic. But Grammer couldn't be more pleased about it, which means the spirit of Paradise is ________ again.

1.

A．destroyed

B．created

C．witnessed

D．lost

2.

A．powerless

B．enthusiastic

C．urgent

D．reluctant

3.

A．left

B．remained

C．disappeared

D．collapsed

4.

A．mend

B．rebuild

C．paint

D．preserve

5.

A．risk

B．opportunity

C．job

D．duty

6.

A．strikingly

B．originally

C．deliberately

D．accidentally

7.

A．label

B．object

C．content

D．reminder

8.

A．support

B．contain

C．help

D．release

9.

A．hope

B．mystery

C．entertainment

D．expectation

10.

A．brighter

B．higher

C．bigger

D．deeper

11.

A．take back

B．come back

C．bring back

D．hold back

12.

A．to

B．from

C．of

D．during

13.

A．broken

B．looked

C．developed

D．dipped

14.

A．since

B．while

C．unless

D．once

15.

A．lasting

B．rising

C．fading

D．accumulating

9 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What does the woman offer to do for the man?

A．Make a cup of tea.

B．Give him some salt.

C．Take him to hospital.

2. Where are the speakers?

A．In a taxi.

B．On a road.

C．At a hospital.

3. What did the woman plan to do?

A．Go shopping.

B．Go to work.

C．Go home.

10 . Surviving Mount Rainier

Bad luck and poor timing left Krasnitskiy and three climbers stuck on Mount Rainier for several long days. They faced mountain climbing’s _________ tests. One man suffered _________ sickness; ice and rockfall _________ down at night; cold nights in a _________ that got torn left them hypothermic (体温过低的). Calm, confidence, skill and the courage to continue up the _________ route, despite illness and injury, likely saved their lives.

The climbers _________ on a Friday, camping low on the route the first night because they were _________ about rockfall after a climber had recently died in an accident at the route’s typical _________ camp.

On Saturday, at about 10,500 feet, one of the climbers became sick from the altitude, which began to slow them down.

By Sunday evening, the ill climber was _________, and they had to make an unplanned camp on steep snow. A __________ wind, unexpected and strong, began to break their tent. It was a cold night.

On Monday, they called 911. For several __________, they watched as high winds __________ rangers’ (护林员) attempts at a helicopter rescue. Their food was __________ and they shared a single bottle of snowmelt (融雪水) each day.

Then the icefall __________ their tent platform and squeezed them together. It was impossible to climb down. On Wednesday, they decided to __________ their climb — __________, carefully, resting when they were weak.

Krasnitskiy thought of all the people who loved him, and it really __________ him that they must be worried. As he climbed, he just kept yelling out to his __________, “We have to get there.”

However, on Thursday morning, their spirits began to __________. They started to __________ whether they could continue. But then the helicopter arrived. They were rescued.

1.

A．best

B．toughest

C．simplest

D．fairest

2.

A．altitude

B．car

C．radiation

D．sleeping

3.

A．slowed

B．settled

C．rained

D．burned

4.

A．cave

B．hut

C．village

D．tent

5.

A．challenging

B．long

C．beautiful

D．southern

6.

A．fell down

B．gave up

C．set out

D．got back

7.

A．concerned

B．crazy

C．guilty

D．unhappy

8.

A．winter

B．training

C．temporary

D．high

9.

A．bored

B．exhausted

C．recovered

D．refreshed

10.

A．bored

B．warm

C．favourable

D．stiff

11.

A．weeks

B．minutes

C．days

D．hours

12.

A．rushed

B．prevented

C．assisted

D．protected

13.

A．running out

B．breaking down

C．put away

D．left over

14.

A．missed

B．exposed

C．widened

D．buried

15.

A．begin

B．continue

C．stop

D．postpone

16.

A．slowly

B．secretly

C．mentally

D．casually

17.

A．beat

B．told

C．hit

D．taught

18.

A．family

B．friends

C．students

D．guides

19.

A．lift

B．rise

C．sink

D．harden

20.

A．admit

B．surprise

C．believe

D．doubt