1 . Chase Poust is a 7-year-old boy. He and his dad Steven, and his 4-year-old sister, Abigail were out for a family boating trip on Florida’s St. Johns River near Mandarin Point. Chase and Abigail were swimming at the back end of the anchored boat while Steven was on deck (甲板) fishing.

It was an idyllic (悠闲的) outing — until a strong wave came. It was too strong for Abigail to hold onto the boat. Instantly realizing his sister would be swept away, Chase let go of the boat as well to try and reach her.

Steven jumped into the water but after realizing he couldn’t keep up with both kids, he was faced with a hard decision. “I told them I loved them because I wasn’t sure what’s going to happen,” Steven told News-4 JAX. “I tried to stick with both of them. I wore myself out. She drifted away from me.”

Directing Chase to swim to shore for help, Steven stayed behind, keeping as close as he could to Abigail as the life-vest that was keeping her above the waves floated further and further from his reach.

It was a tough go for the 7-year-old, but rather than attempting to swim all out, Chase wisely paced himself. Stopping to float or dog paddle when he was tired, he’d rest and then set off again. It took Chase an hour to reach the shore. Once on solid ground, he ran to the nearest house and called for help.

Rescuers arrived soon to search for Steven and Abigail. Miraculously, the two were found and rescued about an hour later-more than a mile away from the family’s abandoned boat.

1. What happened during the family boating trip?

A．Chase went out fishing alone.	B．The boat ran into an anchored boat.
C．Steven fell off the boat by accident.	D．Abigail was washed away by a wave.

2. Why was Steven faced with a hard decision?

A．He couldn’t stick with both kids.	B．He didn’t know how to swim.
C．He couldn’t find rescuers nearby.	D．He wasn’t sure what might happen.

3. What did Steven ask Chase to do after the accident?

A．To hold Abigail tightly.	B．To look for helpers.
C．To wait calmly in the water.	D．To give the life-vest to Abigail.

4. Which of the following best describes Chase?

A．Brave and clever.	B．Innocent and kind.
C．Proud and patient.	D．Honest and helpful.

2 . Kellyanne O’Niell had not even completed her first aid course when she was called upon to put her skills into action.

Just halfway through her course, which was offered by Kilcooley Women’s Education Group, Kellyanne was walking home when she found herself faced with an emergency.

A youngster on the street had fallen onto broken glass. Describing the situation, Kellyanne said, “I noticed she fell onto some glass, and when she got up, I spotted a big wound starting at the thumb (大拇指) and finishing at the ring finger. I started applying pressure to the bleeding wound at once and sent someone to bring my first­aid box from my house.”

She continued, “I phoned for an ambulance and gave the lady every last detail that she wanted to know. I got another person to keep an eye out for the ambulance. The young girl was in great pain so she couldn’t stay still. I was scared she was not going to respond to me. I held her hand above the heart so that the bleeding could at least stop a little bit.”

“Once the person came back with the bandage, the ambulance was there. The nurse got me to hold a flashlight for her while she bandaged the wound. Once the girl was all bandaged up, I helped her onto the seat in the ambulance and she was taken to hospital.”

Margaret Pridgen, the British Red Cross trainer who had been teaching Kellyanne, was full of praise for her swift action. She said: “I think this is quite an achievement for this young girl. I have really seen her confidence grow during the training and I’m delighted she had the poise (镇定) to be able to deal with the situation and put her new skills into practice.”

1. We can learn from the text that         .

A．Kellyanne is a first­aid worker

B．Kellyanne felt proud of herself

C．Margaret is the boss of Kellyanne

D．Margaret was satisfied with Kellyanne

2. When Kellyanne dealt with the emergency, she was         .

A．calm	B．hesitant
C．hopeless	D．frightened

3. What’s the correct order of the things Kellyanne did to save the girl?
a. She called for an ambulance.
b. She took steps to help stop the bleeding.
c. She asked someone to fetch her first­aid box.
d. She helped the nurse put the girl into the ambulance.
e. She got someone to keep an eye out for the ambulance.

A．b－a－c－e－d	B．b－c－a－e－d
C．c－a－e－b－d	D．c－a－b－e－d

3 . 根据文中上下文及所给的首字母，写出各单词的正确、完全形式。

A cruise ship     1     (carry) 456 people capsized(翻) on the Yangtze River in China's Hubei province. Officials say so far only 15 people     2     (survive).     3     is reported that the ship sank within a few     4     (minute), while many people were asleep. Most of those     5     board were tourists aged between 50 and 80 travelling from the eastern city of Nanjing to Chongqing. There is no doubt     6     for some of those on the Eastern Star it would have been the trip of a lifetime. One survivor,     7     tour guide said the ship began to shake     8     (violent) and capsized all of a sudden. A 65-year-old woman was among those     9     (save) from the ship by brave divers. She said she tried to hold on to     10     she could find to keep her head above water in the darkness until divers came to her rescue.

4 . 用适当的连词或关系词完成下面短文。

Nat,     1     was ten years old, lived in a small town in England. He always stayed in England for his holidays,     2     one day he decided to go to Spain,     3     all his friends liked to go for their holidays. First he went to Madrid,     4     is the Spanish capital, and stayed in a small hotel. On the first morning, he went out for a walk. In England, people drive on the left. But in Spain, they drive on the right,     5     he forgot.     6     he was walking along a busy street, a bike     7     came before him, knocked him down. Nat was sent to the hospital, in     8     the girl     9     rode the bike said sorry to him. After two days, Nat left Spain and returned to England. He told his friends that he wouldn’t forget the days     10     he stayed in Spain.

5 . 语法填空

Chinese Rescue Icebreaker May Be Stuck in Antarctic ice

All 52 passengers aboard a Russian research ship stuck in ice for over a week in Antarctica were rescued to     1     (safe)on Thursday, but now the Chinese rescue icebreaker has also gotten     2     (stick).

On Friday, the crew of the Chinese icebreaker Snow Dragon, which provided the rescue helicopter, said they were worried about their ship’s ability to move through the thick sea       3     .

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority reported that the Australian icebreaker Aurora Australis, tasked with taking the       4     (rescue)passengers back to Australia, had been instructed to stay in the area in case the Snow Dragon needed help. The Authority said the crew of the Chinese ship would attempt to break through to open water on early Saturday     5     weather conditions were more favorable.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said on Thursday that all the passengers aboard the research ship were rescued after a rescue helicopter was finally able     6     (land)nearby. The passengers     7     (include)scientists, tourists and journalistswere airlifted —12 at     8     time —to the Australian ship.

Terrible weather conditions prevented previous attempts from rescuing the passengers     9     helicopter. Icebreakers from China, Australia and France had also failed     10     (reach)the Russian ship.

6 . The night the Titanic sank

From a high place on the ship, Fred Fleet, who worked on the Titanic, saw the iceberg just a few hundred metres a way. He rang the bell to warn the people to stop the ship.     1     Soon after that, one passenger, Major Peuchen, noticed that the ship wasn't straight in the water. But nobody listened to him.

    2     Another ship, the Californian, was about 30 kilometres north of the Titanic. When the Californian saw the iceberg, it stopped. It also sent a radio message to warn other ships in the area. At about 11:15 pm, the Californian's radio operator turned off the radio, and went to bed. The Titanic sent a message back, giving its position—wrongly!     3    

Soon after midnight, the crew of the Californian saw rockets going up into the sky from the Titanic. Their captain said, “Fireworks!     4     ”The radio wasn't turned on again, and the Californian didn't move. At 12:25 am on the Titanic, people began to get into the lifeboats.

At 2:20 am on April 15th the Titanic finally sank. Another ship, the Carpathia, heard the Titanic's last call for help.     5     At 4: 10 am, the Carpathia saw the Titanic's lifeboats floating on the dark water, and rescued the survivors. Later, the Californian turned the radio back on, and heard that the Titanic had sunk.

A．The accident happened at about 11:40 pm.

B．Everyone was very proud of the Titanic.

C．The passengers of the Titanic are having a party.

D．It was 58 miles away, but it raced to help the ship.

E．But it was travelling too fast to stop, and it hit the iceberg.

F．Before the accident, the Titanic had received an ice warning.

G．A lot of people stayed on the ship instead of trying to escape.

7 . A couple of days ago, we were in Edmonton helping one son move there to live with his brother. _______ we were leaving from their apartment, we noticed a man driving by very slowly. We commented on how _______ it seemed and as we looked back in the _______ we saw he had run off the road into a tree.

We _______ stopped and jumped out of our vehicle. My _______ son reached the car and turned off the man’s vehicle and my husband and older son tried _______ the old gentleman but got no response. Fearing he might have choked (窒息), they struggled to get him out of the vehicle. I quickly threw a _______   from our car onto the wet ground. They _______ him on his side where he started choking and spitting up.

My younger son was on the phone to 91l while my husband and older son each held one of the man’s hands and continued trying to talk to him. I sat beside him and told him that _______   was on the way. When he started to get ________ , we talked calmly to him and kept him quiet. I was so amazed by the number of people who ________ and asked if help was needed, and everything was all right.

When the ________ arrived, the medical workers assured us that we had done what we possibly could. They ________ us and took him back to the hospital as soon as possible.

I told my husband and sons how ________ I was of them for not being afraid to ________ . They joked later that day to their friends that they were real “heroes”.

1.

A．As

B．Before

C．Since

D．Although

2.

A．wonderful

B．important

C．strange

D．necessary

3.

A．window

B．mirror

C．sky

D．distance

4.

A．luckily

B．slowly

C．finally

D．quickly

5.

A．younger

B．older

C．cleverer

D．bigger

6.

A．agreeing with

B．looking for

C．talking to

D．caring about

7.

A．plastic

B．curtain

C．newspaper

D．blanket

8.

A．laid

B．found

C．sent

D．left

9.

A．operation

B．translation

C．research

D．help

10.

A．scared

B．surprised

C．relaxed

D．disappointed

11.

A．moved out

B．looked up

C．slowed down

D．turned away

12.

A．truck

B．car

C．train

D．ambulance

13.

A．thanked

B．inspired

C．encouraged

D．supported

14.

A．careful

B．tired

C．proud

D．afraid

15.

A．hide

B．help

C．explain

D．complain

8 . 假如你是新华社的记者，请根据下面提供的信息，写一篇新闻报道。
时间：4月2日凌晨四点
地点：中山超市
经过：风大、火势蔓延快，消防人员花了两个多小时才将大火扑灭。
结果：整个超市被毁，两名妇女死亡，十多人受伤，直接经济损失达一百多万元，附近的银行也遭到破坏。
原因：不明，警方正在调查之中。

A big fire broke out in Zhongshan Supermarket

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9 . 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。

Everyone at the North Pole was very excited. There was going to be a show and anyone could be in it.

“I will do skating,” said Arctic Fox. “I’m good at that!”

“I’ll do tumbling (翻跟斗),”said Polar Bear. “No one tumbles quite like me!”

“Then I’ll do diving,” said Whale. “I won a prize for diving at school, you know!”

But Walrus was not good at anything.

They all practised hard for the big show, while Walrus hid behind a snowdrift and watched sadly. He wished he was good at something. Then came the big night. Everyone sat down, waiting for the show to begin. Walrus sat in the front row. excited.

Fox came onto the ice and began to skate elegantly and amazingly! Fox made it look so easy.Walrus was sure he could skate just like Fox. He leapt onto the ice and cries. “Look at me!” But Walrus bumped into Fox, and Fox went flat on her face. Flomp! Fox was very upset. “Walrus has ruined my act,” she wailed(高声数落).

Then Polar Bear rolled out across the ice like a big, white snowball. Everyone clapped wildly. Then he did jumps and spins and somersaults, and stood on his head. Walrus was sure he could tumble just like Polar Bear. Suddenly, Walrus leaped into the ice. But Walrus tripped up Polar Bear, who came down with WALLOP! Polar Bear was very angry. “Walrus has ruined my act!” he waited.

Whale was the last. He leaped high out of the water. Then he fell back with an enormous splash! Walrus wished he could dive like that. He leaped into the water, crying “Look at me!” But just at that moment, Whale was spouting a big jet of water. Whoosh! Whale spouted Walrus high into the air! Everyone was watching Walrus. They clapped and cheered at Walrus landed back in the sea with a splash!

Whale roared angrily. “You have ruined my act. Get out of my sight!” Walrus fled and hid behind a snowdrift, feeling sad and a very sorry.

注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；2. 请按如下格式在以下位置作答。

The show was over.

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The audience was really cheering for him.

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10 . 请根据以下新闻材料完成相应的书面表达。

Guangzhou fire kills five

By ZHENG CAIXIONG in Guangzhou | chinadaily.com.cn

Updated: May 14, 2023

Five people were killed in a fire which happened in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, in the early morning of Sunday. 

According to a statement released by Guangzhou Fire and Rescue Brigade on Sunday, the tragedy took place in civilian housing in Baogangxi Road in the city’s Haizhu district after a fire broke out at 2:48 am.

Firefighters and trucks, plus an ambulance, were immediately sent to the scene to help rescue the victims and control the fire after receiving reports from local residents. The fire was soon controlled, said the statement.

Fire fighters and rescue personnel searched for the five victims but medical staff on-the-scene confirmed that all had been killed.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation, it said.

假设你是李华，某校英文报记者，2023年5月14日广州海珠区发生严重火灾，校报要求你针对这起火灾写一篇英文报道，内容包括：
1. 事故时间和地点；
2. 事故救援情况及后果；
3. 评论。
注意： 词数80左右；
必须根据以上新闻报道来改编。
样例：

A Deadly Fire Killing Five

A fatal fire took place at 2: 48 am in the early morning of Sunday, causing five deaths in civilian housing in Baogangxi Road in the city’s Haizhu district, Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, according to a statement released by Guangdong Fire and Rescue Brigade. Firefighters, trucks and an ambulance got involved in the rescue soon after it occurred. Fortunately, the fire was soon controlled but still five were proven dead by the medical staff on -the-scene. The cause unclear, a lesson should be taken from the disastrous fire.

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