1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why do the speakers stop the car?

A．They both feel thirsty.

B．They arrive at the parking lot.

C．They hear something strange.

2. What’s wrong with the car?

A．The oil has run out.

B．The motor is out of work.

C．There’s no water in the tank.

2 . What was Becky doing when a car crashed into her house?

A．Doing the gardening.

B．Eating dinner.

C．Doing the cleaning.

3 . 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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4 . On Tuesday, Nicholas went out again to find help. He had walked for about a mile when a volunteer searcher found him. After two days stuck in the snow, Nicholas was saved.

On Tuesday, Nicholas ______.

A．returned to his shelter safely	B．was saved by a searcher
C．got stuck in the snow	D．stayed where he was

5 . One Sunday, Nicholas, a teenager, went skiing at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine. In the early afternoon, when he was planning to go home, a fierce storm swept into the area. Unable to see far, he accidentally turned off the path. Before he knew it, Nicholas was lost, all alone! He didn’t have food, water, a phone, or other supplies. He was getting colder by the minute.

What happened to Nicholas one Sunday afternoon?

A．He got lost.

B．He broke his skis.

C．He hurt his eyes.

D．He caught a cold.

6 . 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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7 . Several high school football players made their hometown very proud when they rushed to help a woman trapped in her car after having an accident.

On a recent morning, Cesar, Treyvon, Antwion, Messiah, Tyson and Alto were on their way to school when they heard _______ from a crashed car. A woman, believed to be in her 50s, collided (碰撞) with another vehicle. The _______ made both her passenger’s and driver’s side doors shut.

Together, the young men worked to open the passenger door in a(n) _______ to save the woman trapped in the car. But they soon _______ they would also have to open the driver’s door in order to _______ the woman from her badly damaged car.

“We’re pretty big people. We’re _______ . We play football, so we lift weights a lot. We used all our muscles, but the door was just _______ bent and broke,” said Treyvon Adams.

As the players helped the woman out from her crashed car, Treyvon _______ the driver of the other vehicle to ensure his safety as well.

Meanwhile, inside the school, math teacher Luis Goya called 911 when he _______ the crash. Mr Goya later ________ with CNN, “We are very ________ of them. This is the kind of news that we ________. That is more positive.”

After the group of guys ________ in freeing the woman trapped in her car, they received significant ________ for their heroic act. But Treyvon said, “We’ve been ________ in a lot of different ways. We appreciate it, but I feel we just did the right thing.”

1.

A．songs

B．remarks

C．complaints

D．cries

2.

A．vehicle

B．impact

C．police

D．woman

3.

A．mess

B．hour

C．effort

D．case

4.

A．realized

B．imagined

C．admitted

D．expected

5.

A．observe

B．free

C．adapt

D．stop

6.

A．abnormal

B．careful

C．strong

D．fashionable

7.

A．fortunately

B．potentially

C．constantly

D．extremely

8.

A．sought for

B．made fun of

C．checked on

D．kept in touch with

9.

A．heard

B．performed

C．reported

D．felt

10.

A．worked

B．shared

C．agreed

D．argued

11.

A．confident

B．ashamed

C．proud

D．short

12.

A．need

B．ignore

C．design

D．avoid

13.

A．failed

B．worried

C．improved

D．succeeded

14.

A．comfort

B．attention

C．attraction

D．suggestion

15.

A．recognized

B．encouraged

C．warned

D．protected

8 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. brake            B. victims        C. issued       D. confirmed       E. pace        F. typically G. multiple       H. seriously       I. slippery     J. canceled          K. visibility

NINE people died and 43 were injured in two rear-end crashes on Shanghai’s S32 Expressway that occurred during heavy fog yesterday morning.

Two were       1       dead at the scene in one of the accidents, and five were found dead in the other. Two more people died in hospital, police said.

Police first received a report at 5:54 am that     2     vehicles had crashed on the S32, near a ramp of S2. The S32 links Shanghai with Zhejinag Province’s Jiaxing and Huzhou.

Two people were killed after getting out of their vehicle to see what was causing congestion ahead. They were hit by an out of control tanker, police said.

When police arrived at that scene, they found a further five people had been killed when a construction vehicle was crushed by two large vehicles from both front and back. The crash was about three kilometers away from the accident that killed the two people on the expressway. The injured were sent to local hospitals.

Some drivers reported that the road was very     3     and braking had led to vehicles losing control.

“The fog was very heavy,” an unidentified driver told Shanghai Television Station. “When I saw the accident ahead, I wanted to slow down and       4     . But once I hit the brake, the vehicle went out of control.”

Zhoupu Hospital treated 12 people. “One of the     5     died on the road to the hospital,” Ding Fuhao, a doctor with the hospital, told the television station. “Three were     6     injured.”

The city’s meteorological authority     7     an orange alert on heavy fog at 6:06 am, meaning     8    would be lower than 200 meters in some areas.

The dense fog hit coastal areas in particular, including Chongming Island, Pudong New Area, Baoshan and Fengxian districts. The alert was    9    at 9:44am. This was Shanghai’s first orange alert of heavy fog since the arrival of autumn.

Several expressways in the city were closed or subject to speed limits yesterday morning.

Pudong International Airport was also affected by the bad weather. The airport’s traffic was about 60 percent less than normal in the morning but picked up the    10     after the orange alert was canceled, the city’s television station said.

9 . What happened to Mr. Lee?

A．He was late for the meeting.

B．He had an accident.

C．He fell ill.

10 . 语篇填空

We were appointed to investigate a rash of attacks on international shipping. During our journey, our boat experienced a     1    (violence) crash and I fell from the boat. In the darkness, I saw a black mass disappearing in the east. It was our boat. I immediately shouted out aloud, “Help, help!” and swam     2    (desperate) towards the boat. However, it seemed that I was sinking and I couldn’t breathe. I struggled hard against     3    (draw) deeper down into the sea. Fortunately, I felt myself quickly drawn up to the surface of the sea. Conseil,     4     came to my rescue, had to keep me up. I was too tired and could only depend on Conseil for our     5    (preserve).

Conseil cried out aloud     6    (get) help from others. Soon, a voice responded to ours. After a while a hard body     7    (strike) me. Next, I felt I was being drawn up to the surface of the water. I woke up and saw     8     familiar face. It was my Canadian friend Ned! He was fortunate enough to find a large island, a whale-like human construction     9    (make) of steel. I quickly climbed onto it.     10     daybreak, a noise came from inside of the boat. Eight strongmen came out and drew us down into their machine.