2 . When I was 12, I went on a 720-mile cycling trip with my brother and father. Before the trip, we ____ for the journey by having smaller rides. We were all ____ cyclists. When setting out, I ____for an adventure and wanted to see beautiful sights. But what I hadn’t expected was that trouble was ____ the corner.

One night, we were getting to a campsite and cycling down a large hill with ____ to take a rest from ____ up a mountain with aching legs. Suddenly, my brother’s front tyre slipped and he ____ into the middle of the road. My father and I stopped, asking if he was okay. Obviously, he was not hurt too much, but his leg was ____ the bike frame. From the top of the hill, we saw a light coming. Realizing a car was speeding, my father and I were in ____.

Instinctively, I rushed out in front of my brother in the middle of the road, and ____my hands wildly. The car rushed forward, but abruptly turned ____, bypassing my brother and me. My brother was saved from being run over by the car.

My father said I was ____ brave then, but for some reason, I didn’t think I was ____ my life because it seemed like the only thing to do. And I believe that in times of danger we should do what we know is right rather than consider ____ carefully. If I had thought about what I was doing that night, my brother might have been ____from this world.

1.

A．accounted

B．prepared

C．searched

D．answered

2.

A．enthusiastic

B．courageous

C．professional

D．committed

3.

A．paid

B．cared

C．looked

D．longed

4.

A．in

B．around

C．on

D．beyond

5.

A．eagerness

B．anxiety

C．surprise

D．relief

6.

A．hiking

B．climbing

C．wandering

D．cycling

7.

A．sank

B．slid

C．rolled

D．raced

8.

A．attached to

B．buried in

C．loaded with

D．stuck in

9.

A．danger

B．trouble

C．shock

D．vain

10.

A．clapped

B．waved

C．raised

D．rubbed

11.

A．around

B．back

C．ahead

D．aside

12.

A．potentially

B．slightly

C．incredibly

D．generously

13.

A．risking

B．losing

C．saving

D．changing

14.

A．suggestions

B．preferences

C．prospects

D．dilemmas

15.

A．removed

B．released

C．robbed

D．freed

3 . Beldon and Canfield are two seashore towns, not far apart. Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday-makers and other tourists.

Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in Beldon. The next day, this news appeared on page two of the town’s newspaper. The Beldon Post:

FIRE AT SEABREEZE

Late last night firemen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom. The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire. We say again to all our visitors: “Please don’t smoke cigarettes in bed.” This was Beldon’s first hotel fire for five years.

The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one:

ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE

Last night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Seabreeze Hotel. An angry holiday-maker said, “An electric lamp probably started the fire. The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels. When I put my bedside light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp.” We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield.

What are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident. There was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel last August: that is one fact. Do we know anything else? Yes, we know that firemen went to the hotel.

Now what do you think of the rest of the “news”?

1. Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?

A．Beldon and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer.

B．A fire broke out at night in Seabreeze Hotel last summer.

C．It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers.

D．Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter.

2. Which of the following are probably facts?
a. The fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel.
b. A cigarette started the fire.
c. An old lamp started the fire.
d. The fire broke out at night.
e. There has never been a fire in Canfield.

A．b and c

B．a and d

C．c and e

D．a and c

3. The Canfield Times used the headline like this in order to make its readers think.

A．hotels in Beldon often catch fire

B．hotels in Beldon don’t often catch fire

C．this was the second fire at the Seabreeze Hotel

D．Beldon was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe

4. The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the Beldon Post by saying that__________.

A．the bedroom lamps were very old at the Seabreeze Hotel

B．the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place

C．the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things

D．such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years

5. What does the underlined word “We” in the first news refer to?

A．Visitors.

B．The government.

C．The newspaper.

D．The firemen.

4 . When I set out to drop my dad of fat the airport, it was dark and dreary(沉闷的). It started to rain on the way. When I left the airport, the visibility wasn`t clear because of the drops of rain. It was before 6 am.

Even though the road conditions were poor, I drove at my normal speed. I was angry with the more cautious drivers ahead of me that were delaying my drive. The exit ramp (坡道) to the highway was a tight spiral(急盘旋). It is a dangerous spot in good weather and totally scary when the weather is miserable or it is dark. But I didn`t want to slow down and arrive home any later than necessary. I drove down the ramp too fast. The road was wet and my car slid, landing face down on the passenger side.

I didn’t like to drive by myself at the time and had debated taking my husband and son with me on the trip. Thankfully, I was alone in the car. My accident was slight. In fact, I was lucky enough not to have a single scratch. I shuddered to think the injuries my son would have suffered had he been in the backseat of that car with no seatbelt when it rolled. After the ear rolled three times, I found my mobile phone was lost in a pile of small things that were all lying in the bottom of the car. A lady was kind enough to let me borrow her mobile phone, but with-out the numbers preprogrammed who could I call? I was lucky enough to remember my father`s mobile phone number, and fortunate that he hadn`t yet got on his plane.

You never know when an accident will happen. As a driver, I will keep safety in mind by obeying all traffic laws and have safe-driving habits, especially in bad weather. Insist your children always wear their seatbelts. Life is a journey and everyone should value it and enjoy the ride.

1. Why was the author angry with those drivers?

A．She thought they drove too slowly.	B．They didn’t pay attention to the safety.
C．They made much noise on the ramp.	D．They tried to stop her car on the ramp.

2. The car accident happened          .

A．at around 6 in the afternoon	B．before the author dropped her dad at the airport
C．when the author almost got home	D．immediately after the author left the exit to the airport

3. What does the underlined word “shuddered” in Paragraph 3 probably mean? d

A．Remembered clearly.	B．Trembled because of fear.
C．Ensured the safety.	D．Took control of the bad situation.

4. What is the main reason that resulted in the accident?

A．The visibility was not clear.	B．The author drove rather fast.
C．It started to rain heavily then.	D．It was an unsafe spot for driving.

5. We can learn from this passage that the author_________.

A．had just a single scratch	B．felt sorry because her son was injured
C．called her father for help	D．found her mobile phone with the help of a lady

6 . 阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写一段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文,

There is no way they just drove into that water, thought Corion Evans. The 16-year-old was hanging out with his friend in a parking area underneath a Moss Point Mississippi, highway in July when a car with three teenage girls inside drove off a boat ramp(斜坡)and into the Pascagoula River. It came to rest some 20 feet from land and then sank. “The driver of the car”, Evans thought, must have blindly followed wrong directions from her GPS.

It was around 2:30 a.m. by the time Evans and his friend Karon Bradley got to the river’s edge. In the darkness they could hardly make out the girls holding tightly to the roof, the only part of the car still, barely, above water. But they could hear screaming.

Evans took off his shirt and shoes, threw his phone down, and then dived into the water, a river he knew alligators(短吻鳄)called home. He helped the first girl he saw and, keeping her head above water led her ashore.

Just then, a man called out. Police Officer Garry Mercer had arrived. He dived into the river to help another of the girls. But halfway back to shore she panicked and went underwater. pulling Mercer down with her. Evans jumped back into the water and helped them until they could stand. “If he hadn’t been there, who knows?” Mercer told the Washington Post.

There was still one girl in the water. Cora Watson, 19, could not swim. She was drinking water, struggling to stay afloat. And scared.

注意:
1. 所续写短文的词数应为 80 左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Hearing Cora’s screaming, Evans jumped again back into the river.

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8 . An ordinary trip turned dramatic (激动人心的) for 18-year-old Justin Gavin, and extremely fortunate for a young family. Walking down the street, he saw something that made him_________. A small SUV drove past him, and it was _________in flames (火焰). His heart beat fast,_________when he saw children inside the car.

Drivers were honking (按喇叭) and getting out of their cars to get the_________of the woman driver. However, it quickly became_________that she could not stop the car.

The officials had already received several calls about a car on fire with a woman and children_________inside. However, without an officer on site, Gavin immediately went into action.

He ran after the car down the street to help the family_________from the burning car. “I’m yelling ‘Stop the car! Your car is on fire!” he said. Gavin finally_________the car when it came to a full stop. Without_________, he helped the mother out of the driver’s__________first. And then with the flames__________, he pulled three children out of the back seat. The flames quickly flooded the__________moments later.

Gavin said, “It’s kind of__________because I didn’t know whether I was able to get everyone out__________. Luckily, I did it.” Afterwards the mother credited the__________with saving her family.

1.

A．change

B．understand

C．stop

D．upset

2.

A．covered

B．raised

C．damaged

D．controlled

3.

A．partly

B．nearly

C．extremely

D．particularly

4.

A．comment

B．admiration

C．attention

D．identity

5.

A．important

B．obvious

C．awkward

D．necessary

6.

A．harmed

B．packed

C．trapped

D．hidden

7.

A．suffer

B．defend

C．separate

D．escape

8.

A．reached

B．passed

C．destroyed

D．checked

9.

A．warning

B．thinking

C．complaining

D．guessing

10.

A．side

B．seat

C．shelter

D．direction

11.

A．attacking

B．appearing

C．growing

D．rolling

12.

A．car

B．mother

C．children

D．site

13.

A．moving

B．exciting

C．confusing

D．frightening

14.

A．in time

B．on demand

C．in despair

D．on purpose

15.

A．official

B．teen

C．policeman

D．driver

9 . It was the day before Thanksgiving and Kaleb Benham was wandering around outside his home in Noring California. His 90-pound pit bull, Buddy, was playing around nearby, doing what dogs do: getting into trouble. And this time, Buddy was getting into a whole lot of trouble.

The unmistakable sound that no one wants to hear alone in the woods caught Benham’s attention. It was the deep, strange roar of a black bear. Benham wheeled around to see the beast, which Benham figured weighed around 350 pounds, some 100 feet away. In an instant, the bear fastened on to Buddy’s head and started dragging him away.

Benham, a thin, fit 24-year-old, took off after them. “Honestly,” he told CBS13, “the only thing I could think of was ‘save my baby’.” Sprinting, he lowered his shoulder and plowed into the bear. But it only tightened its grip on Buddy. Benham grabbed the bear by the throat. Nothing. He tried getting its mouth open, but the jaw was locked tight. Benham resorted to street fighting—punching the bear over and over around its snout and eye. It worked. The bear dropped the dog and ran off into the woods.

Buddy was in bad shape. His face was bloodied and ripped up. His ears were dangling. He had a bite mark clear through his lip and one that barely missed an eye.

“My first thought was that I was going to lose him,” Benham said. He scooped up Buddy, put him into his car, and sped off to a nearby veterinarian. Buddy’s surgery took nearly four hours. Benham watched the procedure through a window. “I just stood there,” he said, watching as Buddy’s ears were stapled back on and skin flaps were stitched, and tubes were inserted into his head to drain fluid.

This was the second time Benham had rescued Buddy, says CBS13. The first was from a shelter a few years ago. “If it was your kid, what would you do?” he asked. Nodding toward Buddy, he added, “That’s my kid.”

1. What is the text mainly about?

A．A demanding surgery.	B．A regular routine.
C．A fearless pet dog.	D．A daring rescue.

2. Why did the author mention the weight of the bear in paragraph 2?

A．To show the difficulty of the rescue.

B．To indicate the obesity of the bear.

C．To prove the excitement of Benham.

D．To describe the fear in Buddy’s heart.

3. How was the dog finally saved from the bear?

A．Benham bumped into the beast with dropped shoulder.

B．Benham forced open the beast’s mouth with locked jaw.

C．Benham crushed the beast’s mouth and nose repeatedly.

D．Benham finally conquered the beast by grabbing its throat.

4. Which word can best describe the relationship between Benham and Buddy?

A．Complicated.	B．Close.
C．Romantic.	D．Healthy.