1 . UPS deliveryman Ryan Arens was making his rounds near a pond, when he heard a strange sound. It was December, and about 15 feet from the frozen bank was the _________ of that sound — a brown-and-white wire-haired hound（猎犬）had fallen through the thin layer of ice. An elderly man was already on the _________, determined to save her. He was trying to _________ the pond and was striking the ice with a rock to create a(n) _________ to the dog, but seemed to be struggling.

Arens, 44, thought he _________ a better chance. “Animals are my weakness,” he said, explaining _________ he chose to take off his overcoat, even though the temperature was minus 15 and _________ the rescue task.

After breaking the ice using the man’s rock, Arens jumped into the icy water. He surfaced in time to see the dog going under. Arens swam about five feet toward the dog, grabbed hold of her collar, and _________ her out of the water and onto the ice. He then put the dog into the boat and slid it back to the bank, where _________ bystanders carried the dog to the home of the rowboat’s owner, a retired vet. __________ in the house himself, Arens jumped into a warm shower with the dog. A few more minutes in the pond, the vet told Arens, and the dog would have likely __________.

The next day, Arens was again making his __________ in the neighborhood when the dog’s owner came __________ to thank him for saving Sadie. “Would you like to meet her?” he asked. Then he opened the door of his pickup, and Sadie jumped out. She went __________ toward Arens, leaping around him and kissing him. Arens said that special delivery was the __________ of his UPS career.

1.

A．speed

B．source

C．cause

D．volume

2.

A．scene

B．way

C．road

D．air

3.

A．bridged

B．emptied

C．entered

D．crossed

4.

A．solution

B．approach

C．path

D．entrance

5.

A．deserved

B．took

C．enhanced

D．stood

6.

A．why

B．when

C．how

D．whether

7.

A．broke in

B．took over

C．brought about

D．drew upon

8.

A．threw

B．passed

C．shipped

D．pulled

9.

A．dynamic

B．indifferent

C．anxious

D．curious

10.

A．Unless

B．Once

C．Since

D．Until

11.

A．fled

B．returned

C．survived

D．died

12.

A．living

B．rounds

C．trip

D．activities

13.

A．over

B．across

C．off

D．about

14.

A．directly

B．abruptly

C．casually

D．friendly

15.

A．exception

B．caution

C．highlight

D．advance

4 . 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。

On July 8, 2017, eight members of a family in total, were enjoying an evening together at the beach in Panhandle, Florida. As the sun sank lower on the horizon, the two boys Noah, 11, and Stephen, 8 swam into the waves without the grown-ups noticing. Soon they realized that the ocean had pulled them into the sea. After trying and failing to swim back, they started waving and screaming for help. But the lifeguards had been off duty for the evening.

The boys had been struggling for several minutes when Jacky and Tabatha, a couple from Georgia, heard them. They dived into the water and soon reached the two brothers. But after a few minutes, they were all trapped in a rip current (离岸流) — a powerful one that could sweep even the strongest swimmer out to sea! By then, some teenagers had heard the cry. One of the teens rushed into the water, grabbed Jacky, and pulled him back to shore. Meanwhile, Tabatha could feel herself being pulled farther out. She was already exhausted and beginning to feel desperate as she was trying to save both boys alone.

Onshore, Jacky was terrified. A man stopped. ''What’s wrong?'' asked Shaun, who was heading back to his car. ''My wife is drowning!'' Brittany said. Shaun immediately strode (大步跨) into the water. But several minutes later, a gaping 15 feet still lay between him and Tabatha and the boys. He knew that if he continued, he'd become another victim. He turned around to seek help.

It was about that time that Roberta, the boys' mother, returned from the bathroom and looked around for her children. She was shocked to spot them floating much farther out than they were allowed to go. She fought the waves to get to her screaming sons and the stranger who was trying to save them, but she quickly discovered it was nearly impossible to make headway in any direction. Looking around, Roberta sighed with relief to see some more people coming to help.

注意:
1.所续写短文的词数应为150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 they tried in vain to rescue the brothers and Tabatha, a risky idea came to them.

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By then, more swimmers had also noticed the group in trouble and rushed to join the human chain.

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5 . What do we know about the woman?

A．She is a policewoman.

B．She knows little about the fire.

C．She is a survivor of the big fire.

6 . What happened to Larry last night?

A．He couldn’t find his hotel.

B．He was caught in the rain.

C．He fell into water.

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

Grabbing buckets of water, he and his wife ran to the crash site. Up close, the accident looked worse. The car 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 20-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 but failed. When the flames got into the front seats, he knew he had to get the young man out. So Languell opened the car’s back door and climbed in. Using a pocket knife he’d brought with him, he cut through Thompson’s seat belt. Now that Thompson was free, Languell pulled him out, and dragged him to safety before the entire car was in flames.

It is empathy that drove Languell to help, just as he said, “My heart goes out to Thompson. When you are that close to that level of hurt, you feel it so directly.” For his heroic action, Languell was added to the list of real-life heroes changing the world.

1. What do we know about Quintin Thompson?

A．He was successfully rescued.

B．He was capable of helping himself out.

C．He saved his car from fire.

D．He remained calm all the time.

2. Which of the following best explains “empathy” underlined in the last paragraph?

A．Wisdom.

B．Sympathy.

C．Honesty.

D．Humor.

3. Which words can best describe Damian Languell?

A．Caring and thankful.	B．Careless and generous.
C．Creative and hard-working.	D．Courageous and helpful.

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Two men were walking on a path in the mountain when it cracked below their feet, leaving them     1     (stick) at the top of what remained.

When the rescue party arrived on the scene, one man     2     (seat) at the top of the steep slope while the other was lying down on the rocky ground below, holding onto his friend’s leg.     3     the time rescuers arrived, he had been holding on to his friend for 45 minutes.

The helicopter,     4     came to their rescue, flew about 100 feet above the two men     5     (avoid) removing any of the ground. The two were not only on     6     (stable) ground, but one of them was holding the other. Therefore, the rescue work was very difficult. The rescue workers had to be extremely careful as the     7     (condition) underfoot were just too unpredictable.

One of the rescue workers went down on the wire from the helicopter and managed to quickly secure a rope around the     8     (low) of the two men, before lifting him to the aircraft.     9     same procedure was repeated for his walking partner.

The two walkers raised the alarm at 11.05 am on Sunday and were rescued by 12.20 pm.     10     of them was injured but they were left “very shaken” by the experience. Both walkers were said to be experienced and well-equipped.