1 . A huge fire broke out on 2 September 1666 in London. The fire, known as the Great Fire of London, was the worst fire in the history of London. It burned down more than three quarters of the old city.

The fire started in the very early hours of Sunday morning in the house of the king’s baker. A strong wind blew the fire from the baker’s house into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.

At that time, most of the buildings in London were made of wood, so it was easy for the fire to spread quickly. By eight o’clock, three hundred houses were on fire. By Monday, nearly a kilometre of the city was burning along the Thames River. On Tuesday, which was considered the worst day, the fire destroyed many well-known buildings, including the old St Paul’s Cathedral.

The fire burned until finally hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire were destroyed to create a firebreak. The fire then died out eventually with nothing left to burn.

1. Why is the fire of 1666 called the Great Fire of London?

A．The fire broke out in the capital of England.

B．The fire was the worst fire in the history of London.

C．People in England will never forget the fire.

D．The fire spread fast into Thames Street.

2. Where did the fire break out?

A．In the house of the king’s baker.

B．In Thames Street.

C．In the house of the baker’s neighbour.

D．In St Paul’s Cathedral.

3. Why did the fire spread quickly?

A．It started in a baker’s house.

B．It broke out on a Sunday morning.

C．A hotel was next to the baker’s house.

D．Most of the buildings in London were wooden.

4. What was destroyed in the fire?

A．The old St Paul’s Cathedral.

B．Hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire.

C．Hundreds of wooden houses.

D．All of the above.

2 . Every Christmas, the firm I worked for raised money for disadvantaged kids. I’d dress up as Santa and ______ out with some colleagues to deliver gifts. Some years ago, we were returning and ______ right in front of the lights as they turned red.

I became aware of a car coming up behind us at speed. It ran ______ another vehicle and then they both came to a stop. I asked my workmates to ______ the police and fire department. In order not to put others at risk, I turned my truck sideways(向旁边) to block the traffic. Then I jumped out and ran to the cars. There was a loud bang and flames shooting from one car’s front. As a volunteer ______ , I knew the car’s battery had ______ and that there was no time to lose. Still wearing my costume, I ______ to tear the door open and walked the driver over to the safety of my truck.

Other than some cuts, he was fine. I left him with my workmates and went to check on the driver of the other car. ______ , he was also unhurt. Then I headed back to direct traffic around the ______ vehicle until the emergency services arrived. The first two police officers on the ______ laughed as they jumped out of their car. “What’s happened here, Santa? OK, you probably have ______ to make,” one of them said. “We will ______ from here.”

Weeks after the accident, I agreed to meet the guy I’d ______ from the car in a local park, where he was sitting with a girl, his daughter, Amber. It ______ out that she had been estranged(疏远的) from her mum and dad, but ______ home after the accident. What’s more, she was the girlfriend of Jordan, my son.

1.

A．step

B．drive

C．ride

D．walk

2.

A．stopped

B．stood

C．lay

D．sat

3.

A．across

B．for

C．into

D．through

4.

A．call

B．help

C．question

D．consult

5.

A．policeman

B．firefighter

C．engineer

D．caregiver

6.

A．been taken away

B．blown up

C．been charged up

D．run out

7.

A．planned

B．failed

C．managed

D．decided

8.

A．Immediately

B．Directly

C．Fortunately

D．Ridiculously

9.

A．burning

B．running

C．passing

D．coming

10.

A．scene

B．way

C．pavement

D．phone

11.

A．records

B．preparations

C．contributions

D．deliveries

12.

A．take on

B．take away

C．take over

D．take in

13.

A．pumped

B．preserved

C．motivated

D．pulled

14.

A．turned

B．figured

C．made

D．found

15.

A．purchased

B．returned

C．abandoned

D．Decorated

3 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一个完整的短文。

At first, Nick Bostic could only see a faint orange light at the edge of his vision as he drove down the streets of Lafayette. It was not until he drove his car further that he finally figured out what he was seeing. Oh my god, he thought, that house was on fire!

It was an ordinary night for Bostic, who was still figuring out how to make his way through a life that hadn’t always been easy. He had spent his childhood between his mom and dad in different places, neither of them providing love and safety he needed. If you’d asked his friend to describe him as a kid, they might probably have said “a fool”. Even if people around Lafayette had to describe him now as a grown-up, they might say he was a guy with a big heart who didn’t know exactly what to do with it.

That night, he was on the road back to his apartment just after midnight when he saw the house on fire. Flames were climbing up, and his phone was dead, with no other vehicles around coming to the rescue. He ran around to the back door, not realizing that it was open. Without pausing to think about the danger, he ran into the burning building.

In the building were the Barrett families, and before the fire broke out, the Barrett couple had left home for a party, leaving their four children at home. Seionna, their 18-year-old daughter, was in charge. She was sleeping when she heard what sounded like an explosion, followed by the heat and smell of smoke. Immediately she woke up the other kids, but then a horrible realization hit Seionna. The 6-year-old Kaylani wasn’t there, who would like to sleep in the living room. And the living room was on fire.

Meanwhile, Bostic peered (盯) into each room of the burning house, searching to see if anyone was home. He had just started climbing the staircase when he looked up and saw three faces from a room at the top of the stairs and peer down at him, their eyes wide.

注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

“Your house is on fire. You need to go!” Bostic yelled.

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He ran forward and threw himself out of the window, with Kaylani landing on his shoulder after the fall.

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4 . Cassie Thomas thought she was just meeting with the media at her lunch break. Instead, the nurse at Janet Weis Children’s Hospital near Danville got a surprise party from her workmates. It was her first day back to work after a family vacation in Clearwater, Florida, and what a vacation it was!

“Just as I looked up, there was this big pinks lightning that just came down and hit the beach, ” Cassie said. Cassie, her husband, and their two daughters were on their hotel balcony last week when they heard and saw the storm.

After Cassie saw the lightning, she saw two boys lying on the beach. So, she shouted to them. “Then one boy sat up and he just started shouting back, and I said, ‘Jay, call 911; I’m going. ” Cassie said. So the 31-year-old nurse sprang into action. She ran down 16 flights of stairs onto the beach where she found the two boys, Jansen and Cameron, who are from North Carolina. Cameron had no heartbeat.

“I rolled Cameron over and I just started compressing(按压),”Cassie said. She didn’t realize it at the time, but she-was risking her own life to save the teenage boys.

“My daughters were on the balcony and it was a very dangerous situation to put myself in. I just wished to keep me safe because I was going, ” Cassie said. “It just goes to her character to help others. And you know what? When it’s your kid, you’d want someone to be coming in and saving his life, ” one of her workmates said.

Cassie was there when Cameron got out of the hospital. “He just said, ‘Thank you; thank you; thank you.’ He gave me so many hugs, ” Cassie said. “A nurse never truly goes on vacation. I just keep telling everybody the same thing. It’s just what you do. ”

Cassie and two other people got Good Samaritan awards from the Clearwater Police Department for saving Cameron’s life. Cassie’s workmates said they couldn’t be any prouder of this-life-saving nurse.

1. Why did Cassie’s workmates give her a surprise party?

A．To welcome her back to work.

B．To see her off for her vacation.

C．To honor her for her heroic act.

D．To congratulate heron the interview.

2. What happened to the boys?

A．They were pulled into the sea.

B．They were hit by lightning.

C．They fell off from the balcony.

D．They got caught in a rain.

3. What did Cassie do when she saw the two boys?

A．She called 911.

B．She took them to a hospital.

C．She jumped into the sea to save them.

D．She gave first aid to one of them.

4. What did Cassie mean by saying “A nurse never truly goes on a vacation”?

A．Nurses have no time to go on a vacation.

B．Nurses are ready at all times to help others.

C．Nurses don’t like to go on a vacation.

D．Nurses may be called back to work during vacation.

5 . It was a bright May afternoon. Jonathan Bauer, and his 13-year-old daughter, Ava, were driving home on the Route 90 bridge, which crosses the shallow waters of Assa woman Bay. _________, the calm was disturbed by the scream of tires.

Not far ahead of them, a pickup truck was slipping from one lane to the other. Then, it _________ a concrete barrier, and came to rest hanging over the edge of the bridge. The driver’s door swung open and a man climbed out. He _________ to the ground, then dashed to the edge. Bauer stopped the car and ran to him. The man pointed down, saying something in Spanish. In the water was a girl, about two years old, floating on her back, kicking and screaming _________.

Matters quickly went from bad to _________, when the girl rolled over onto her stomach. “Ava! Stay by the car!” Bauer yelled, _________ his shoes. He held no illusions(幻想)about his chances jumping from this height into such _________ water. However, he climbed to the edge and dived into the water. Unhurt, Bauer _________ to the little girl and lifted her out of the water: eyes nearly closed, not breathing. He laid her _________ his shoulder and slapped her back. With a retching(干呕)sound, ocean water came __________ from her mouth. But still no breath. Another __________ on the back and another retch, and then the beautiful __________ of the fingers holding him around the neck. Her __________ were open now, staring at him.

Ava Bauer was so __________ by her father’s actions that four months later she became a cadet firefighter(消防学员). “That girl is going to live a whole life because of him,” she says, “It’s __________.”

1.

A．At last

B．As usual

C．At a time

D．All of a sudden

2.

A．got into

B．broke into

C．pulled into

D．crashed into

3.

A．dropped

B．wandered

C．stormed

D．rocketed

4.

A．absolutely

B．eventually

C．helplessly

D．immediately

5.

A．exciting

B．striking

C．frightening

D．annoying

6.

A．taking off

B．taking up

C．taking away

D．taking on

7.

A．clean

B．dirty

C．deep

D．shallow

8.

A．jumped

B．swam

C．attended

D．turned

9.

A．into

B．away

C．below

D．against

10.

A．splashing

B．streaming

C．flooding

D．disappearing

11.

A．bite

B．slap

C．push

D．shake

12.

A．touch

B．clap

C．attack

D．press

13.

A．ears

B．eyes

C．arms

D．lips

14.

A．scared

B．delighted

C．inspired

D．surprised

15.

A．unbelievable

B．unfortunate

C．unacceptable

D．unpleasant

6 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What happened to Mrs. Hill last weekend?

A．She lost her direction.

B．She was badly injured.

C．Her phone was stolen.

2. Who found Mrs. Hill?

A．Her husband.

B．Her best friend.

C．A hiker.

7 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What does the man do?

A．A policeman.

B．A firefighter.

C．A journalist.

2. How many kids died from the fire?

A．2.

B．5.

C．28.

3. Where did the boy throw the cigarette end?

A．On the carpet.

B．On the sofa.

C．On the table.

4. Why was the boy able to touch the cigarette end?

A．His father asked him to throw it.

B．His father was drunk and sleeping.

C．His father left him alone at home.

8 . Last Sunday, I was standing still and watching traffic, so I could cross the road. Traffic was coming from the right side. When I saw it was _______ , I moved just a step forward.

All of a sudden, an electric bicycle driver came from the left side. A part of the electric bicycle _______ my right leg. Luckily, he came from the left side. It is the_______ side, so he had to drive against oncoming traffic, which was why he was driving_______.

I had open bleeding wounds. The driver drove me to a nearby_______ to buy cotton bandage (绷带) and alcohol wipes.

The driver tried to _______ what I bought, but I did not agree. Letting him pay may_______ sad feelings in him and make him feel guilty (愧疚的) as well. I told him not to_______.

Nothing in this world happens without a _______. Whatever bad thing happens to us is the effect of our past ________. I will treat this accident as a(n) ________ and be more careful when going out.

I came to the hospital later and visited my doctor, who ________ me carefully and fixed the wounds with bandage. He also gave me some ________ , so that I could better deal with the wounds at home.

The driver did hit me, but I didn’t think it would be a big problem, about which the doctor ________ . I thank myself for helping me to stay________ and forgive (原谅) the driver.

1.

A．busier

B．safer

C．heavier

D．faster

2.

A．passed

B．controlled

C．cut

D．followed

3.

A．wrong

B．far

C．thick

D．right

4.

A．excitedly

B．bravely

C．properly

D．slowly

5.

A．bookstore

B．drugstore

C．school

D．station

6.

A．pay for

B．pack up

C．take away

D．pick out

7.

A．remove

B．change

C．hide

D．create

8.

A．quit

B．regret

C．worry

D．struggle

9.

A．word

B．reason

C．sign

D．meaning

10.

A．mistakes

B．efforts

C．research

D．success

11.

A．achievement

B．failure

C．loss

D．warning

12.

A．protected

B．treated

C．questioned

D．trained

13.

A．time

B．presents

C．advice

D．chances

14.

A．learned .

B．talked

C．agreed

D．heard

15.

A．stressful

B．neat

C．confident

D．calm

9 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Whom has the government promised to offer help to?

A．Some farmers.

B．Some pilots.

C．Some children.

2. Where are the transport workers going on strike?

A．In Sydney.

B．In Melbourne.

C．In Queensland.

3. How did the school children feel after the rescue?

A．Thankful.

B．Angry.

C．Sorry.

4. What can we learn about the school children?

A．They attended a musical concert.

B．They enjoyed themselves in the sea.

C．Their plane was forced to land shortly after take­off.

10 . Brendon Birt accidentally took a wrong turn down a street in Red Oak, Iowa. But it turned out it was exactly where he was _________! As he drove down the road, he saw heavy smoke from a family’s home. He knew the home was on fire. Without thinking, he stopped his car, called 911 and ran towards the _________ Brendon ran up and saw most of the downstairs was already full of _________. “I just believed there had to be someone _________ inside the house because it was so late at night,” Brendon said. “I knew I had to act _________. Every second that was going by was just getting worse.” He _________ to the side of the home and started pounding on the windows with _________, calling for the people to get out.

The homeowner, Tender Lehman, was _________ that night but her three younger children ages 8, 14, and 17 were inside being looked after by her _________ son, Bryce Harrison, 22. No smoke alarms __________, so if it weren’t for Brendon’s warning, they might not have ever __________ Brendon was relieved (放心) when he saw the four children run out of the __________ to safety. Days later, Tender came home and went to see the man who __________ all four of her children. “I’m so __________,” Tender said. “My kids wouldn’t have __________ it, without your kind action.”

1.

A．needed

B．discovered

C．received

D．chosen

2.

A．street

B．restaurant

C．fire

D．bus

3.

A．rubbish

B．people

C．bikes

D．smoke

4.

A．sleeping

B．working

C．eating

D．cooking

5.

A．quietly

B．quickly

C．finally

D．repeatedly

6.

A．moved

B．rushed

C．listened

D．referred

7.

A．surprise

B．excitement

C．anxiety

D．pleasure

8.

A．up

B．out

C．ill

D．busy

9.

A．oldest

B．smartest

C．tallest

D．kindest

10.

A．came out

B．broke down

C．gave up

D．went off

11.

A．stayed

B．helped

C．awoken

D．believed

12.

A．shop

B．office

C．garden

D．building

13.

A．met

B．saved

C．honored

D．taught

14.

A．thankful

B．careful

C．serious

D．proud

15.

A．troubled

B．started

C．remembered

D．made