1 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（一个词）或括号内单词的正确形式.

More than 220 people     1     (kill) in the fire     2     destroyed the Capital Building on February 4th, 1974. The building was finished only a few     3     (month)     before the fire; it was Sao Paulo’s newest building. All the 25 floors of the office building were     4     (complete)   destroyed.     5     fire also destroyed cars which belonged     6     the people who worked in the building.

Over 500 people were working in the building     7     the fire broke out on the 11^th floor. No one knows how the fire started. Perhaps it was started by an     8     (electricity) fire in the ceiling of one of the offices. Office workers tried to put out the fire,     9     it was impossible to control it. Soon the whole floor was on fire and it was impossible for people on the floors above     10     (escape).

2 . Luke is a cute dog, living together with me for five years. We get lots of   _________   in our area during the summer season. Many forests are badly _________ by fire each year. That hot summer, not far from our shelter, a forest   _________ fire. It was July, and there had been a heat wave going on for three days.

Somehow, Luke rushed toward the forest. There was no longer any hope at that moment to wait for Luke to come back to the _______. In fact, I was waiting for firefighters to tell me that he had _______ in the forest. Suddenly, a fireman burst into my office and     _______     me that Luke had succeeded in saving four kittens who had been _______by the flames. I _______   accompanied the fireman to the forest to get him back. _______ we got to the scene of the incident, we didn’t see Luke. Then we heard the   ________ of a dog barking in the forest. I ________the barks as Luke’s. The firemen ________ the tracks of the dog until they found him barking loudly by the side of an injured ________. Thanks to Luke, four kittens and a fireman were saved. This true story shows us that pets are loving, caring and compassionate. We should love and ________them. Little animals can do     ________     things for humans.

1.

A．rain

B．sun

C．noise

D．fires

2.

A．damaged

B．removed

C．changed

D．treated

3.

A．made

B．caught

C．set

D．burned

4.

A．forest

B．house

C．area

D．shelter

5.

A．lost

B．died

C．appeared

D．remained

6.

A．warned

B．reminded

C．informed

D．promised

7.

A．buried

B．trapped

C．controlled

D．swallowed

8.

A．immediately

B．slightly

C．approximately

D．particularly

9.

A．Since

B．Unless

C．When

D．Until

10.

A．call

B．shout

C．voice

D．sound

11.

A．understood

B．recognized

C．treated

D．realized

12.

A．recorded

B．noticed

C．followed

D．wanted

13.

A．fireman

B．doctor

C．farmer

D．teacher

14.

A．save

B．raise

C．protect

D．hate

15.

A．fun

B．enormous

C．little

D．risky

3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

On August 14, 1996, a tiny drop     1     a very toxic（有毒的）chemical called dimethyl-mercury（二甲基汞）fell onto the left hand-of Karen Wetterhahn, a toxicologist and professor of chemistry at Dartmouth College. Wetterhahn was an expert on     2     toxic metals cause cancer. When the poisonous drop fell onto her hand, she wasn’t     3     (worry); she was wearing protective gloves.

    4     (unfortunate) the dimethyl-mercury went through her glove. After a while, Wetterhahn     5     (have) difficulty walking and speaking. After three weeks, she was in a state of deep unconsciousness. Karen Wetterhahn died five months later. She was 48 years old, a wife and mother of two.

You might say that a toxicologist studies substances that lead to     6     (die). But toxicology is also about saving lives. What can kill, can cure. Medical     7     (research) such as Weterhahn risk their lives daily for the benefit of others. Their work is dangerous, but it has the potential     8     (save) lives. In memory of Wetterhahn’s life and work, Dartmouth College created the Karen Wetterhahn Memorial Award. The award     9     (give) to female science students     10     receive money to continue their scientific research.

4 . A woman from the United Kingdom was injured when she protected her friend’s dog from an attack of a coyote (郊狼). Jessica Jones and the dog, named Roxy, may have found a coyote’s den (巢穴) in an overgrown area near the backyard of the friend’s home in Reading, Massachusetts, before the attack, according to the Reading Police Department.

“Our early finding shows that this coyote was acting to protect itself and its babies, so we do not believe there is any threat to the public,” Reading Police Deputy Chief David Clark said.

After the coyote went after the dog. Jones used her arm to protect Roxy and then “hit the coyote in the face” before running off with Roxy. Jones was injured but Roxy was not hurt in the scuffle.

“I told my family that Jessica was pretty cool and that they’d enjoy having her come stay, but I didn’t think any of us could have possibly expected how grateful we would end up being,” Jones friend, Grace Tully said. “Coyotes have come near and in the yard but never got too close.” Other neighbors have reported seeing coyotes in the area but have never reported any attack.

“The presence of coyotes themselves is no cause for concern, as they are naturally afraid of people,” the police said. To avoid attracting coyotes, the police advised people to put their waste in well-covered containers, keep bird feeders clean and feed pets indoors.

1. What does the underlined word “scuffle” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Fight.	B．Project.
C．Backyard.	D．Hole.

2. Which of the following did the police suggest doing to avoid attracting coyotes?

A．Never let pets outdoors.	B．Put waste far from home.
C．Stop using plastic container.	D．Clean the bird feeders frequently.

3. In which part of a newspaper is the text likely to appear?

A．Education.	B．Travel.
C．News.	D．Lifestyle.

5 . ROME— four people, including the wife of the factory's owner, died on Wednesday after explosions （爆炸）at the Barcelona Pozzo di Gotto fireworks company, Italian media reported.

According to online reports by La Republic and TGCOM24, at least one other person is missing and three others are seriously injured, with two of them in dangerous condition. Among the dead was 71-year-old Venera Mazzeo, the wife of the factory owner Vito Costa. Mazzeo reportedly died on the scene. Antonio Costa, the owner's son, was seriously injured and was transported to a hospital in the regional capital of Palermo for treatment. Less seriously injured persons were moved to the nearby Milazzo Hospital to be treated for burns and other injuries. Many were transported by local people who reached the scene before ambulances could arrive, reports said.

The factory, located near the northeast of the southern Italian island of Sicily, near the city of Messina, has been in operation for more than ten years without any accident. Police reports showed that two separate explosions took place, with the first explosion likely causing the second one. Media reports said that police have guessed that sparks （火花）from a repairing project reached some of the explosive material stored in the factory and was likely the cause of the first explosion.

Reports also showed that firefighters were able to control the flame, which burnt buildings on the factory and threatened nearby structures.

1. How many people lost their lives in the accident except Venera Mazzeo?

A．Three.	B．Four.
C．Five.	D．Six.

2. What probably caused the first explosion according to the passage?

A．One worker's cigarette spark.

B．A fire nearby the factory.

C．The explosive material in the factory.

D．The sparks from a repairing project.

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A．Antonio Costa died on the scene because of the flame.

B．Most injured persons were sent to hospital by ambulance.

C．The factory had been in safe operation before the explosions.

D．There were three explosions in total in the accident.

4. Where does the passage probably come from?

A．A travel guide.	B．A newspaper.
C．A magazine.	D．A science report.

6 . On a rainy winter day, several decades ago, a British artist named Christopher got on a train in Oxford to go to London. When he began his journey, he never knew that it was the beginning of almost 40 years of accidents and near death experiences.

During the journey, the train fell into an icy river, killing 12 passengers. Christopher managed to swim back to the river bank. He only had a broken leg.

Two years later, Christopher was on a plane from London to Manchester when a door suddenly opened and he fell out. A few minutes later, the plane crashed; 27 people were killed. Christopher was so lucky that he landed in a haystack (干草堆).

A few years later, he was hit by a bus, but again had no serious injuries. Then a year after that, he was driving on a mountain road when he saw a truck coming straight at him. He drove the car off the road, jumped out, landed in a tree — and watched his car fall 100 meters down the mountain.

''There are two ways you can look at it, '' Christopher said. ''I'm either the worlds unluckiest man, or the world's luckiest. '' When a reporter asked Christopher what he thought, he chose the ''luckiest'' one.

Two years ago, aged 71, Christopher bought his first lottery ticket (彩票) in 50 years and won more than 2 million. After this, a TV company in America said they wanted him to make an advertisement. At first he accepted, but then he changed his mind. Christopher said he would not fly to Los Angeles for the filming, because he did not want to push his luck. Who knows? If he had accepted the invitation, maybe he would have had another accident. But Mr. Christopher is a lucky man. If he had had another accident, he probably would have survived that too!

1. What happened in the plane accident from London to Manchester?

A．Christopher fell out of the plane.

B．Christopher fell into an icy water.

C．Christopher landed in a tree.

D．Christopher was the only passenger to survive

2. What was the view of Christopher towards his near death experiences?

A．worried	B．confused
C．doubtful	D．fortunate

3. Why didn't Christopher fly to Los Angeles for the filming?

A．Because he was not good at filming.

B．Because he had enough money.

C．Because he was sure of another accident.

D．Because he didn't want to risk his life.

4. What is the best title of the passage?

A．A man with nine lives

B．The unluckiest man in the world

C．A man who traveled around the world

D．A man who earned ￡2 million in a lottery

7 . Yi So-yeon, an engineer from Seoul, returned to Earth on Saturday after 11 days aboard the International Space Station(ISS)along with Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and US astronaut Peggy Whitson.

A technical problem turned a routine(常规)return to Earth into a sharper than usual descent(下降)that tested the group members' energy and courage. They landed in the Kazakh steppes(大草原)about420km(260 miles)wide of their target.

''During the descent there was some kind of fire outside the Soyuz capsule because we were going through the atmosphere, '' Yi said.

''At first, I was afraid but the two other guys looked okay so I tried to look okay too. ''

Yi smiled and joked her way through a 10-minute news briefing at Star City the wooded Soviet era cosmonaut training centre on the edge of Moscow. However Malenchenko and Whitson looked tired and thin after nearly six months in space. Their answers were short and Whitson needed support to balance when she walked. The 29-year-old Yi has become famous in R.O. Korea since the take-off but she brushed this aside and said she has had little contact with friends or family since returning.

''In fact they are the heroes right now, '' Yi said referring to Malenchenko and Whitson. ''I'm just a beginner and a little ashamed to say that I am a hero. '' She did though relate a more light-hearted incident on the ISS.

''I sang Fly Me to the Moon'' Yi said about the 1950s pop song. ''It's my favourite song from university although at that time I didn’t know I would be an astronaut. ''

The capsule's so-called ''ballistic'' re-entering made the group members face twice the usual pull from the centre of the earth. The flames Yi described may have been caused by friction(摩擦)heating the capsule as it fell through the atmosphere.

Whitson told reporters that Saturday's, ballistic landing was irregular but not an emergency.

''The Soyuz has been through its history very reliable and there has obviously been some issue in the last couple of descents which went ballistic but I'm sure the engineers will determine what the problems are and get them fixed, '' she said.

In October a Soyuz capsule carrying Malaysia's first space tourist touched down about 200 km(125 miles)off course in a similar ballistic landing caused by a technical problem.

The Soyuz is the world’s longest-serving manned space capsule. An early version of the craft the Vostok carried the first person into space in 1961.

Whitson, 48, has become the American with the longest amount of time in space with 377 days.

1. What's the main idea of the passage?

A．Flight in space is very dangerous.

B．Not everybody can go into space.

C．Fearful landing tests the Korean astronaut

D．Yi didn't know she would be an astronaut when she was our young.

2. The reason why Yi So-yeon felt afraid at first was that ________.

A．a fire was caused by the friction

B．she had no such experience before

C．she was not brave enough

D．the other two didn't help her

3. From the passage we can learn that ________.

A．Yi So-yeon, a space tourist came from R.O. Korea

B．Whitson became energetic when they landed on earth

C．the two other guys were not afraid during the descent

D．the Soyuz, an unmanned space capsule, had a long history

4. We can conclude from this passage that ________.

A．experience is very important for astronauts to ensure safety

B．Yi So-yeon will never return to the space station

C．people are not willing to experience the space flight

D．we should draw a lesson from the accident

8 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（^），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：(1)每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
(2)只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

As is known to all, drunk driving in the road traffic safety is strictly prohibited. Unluckily, I saw a traffic accident on my way home on last night. A car hit a motorbike. The motorbike driver was bad hurt and sent to hospital. After a while, the traffic police came. Under the help of the people who witnessed a accident, the police found out a truth. The driver of the car was drinking and his car went out of control. At last he was taken to the police station. All the people there think the car driver was to blame for this accident.

Which is reported in the news reports, drunk driving should be treated more seriously. It often causes many people lose their lives, such as the accident that happened in Hangzhou and Chengdu. It is high time that we prevent drunk driving.

9 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why was the man in hospital?

A．He had his arm hurt.

B．He was seriously ill.

C．He had a physical exam

2. Where was the man most probably going that day?

A．To his office.

B．To the classroom.

C．To the hospital.

10 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What happened to the man?

A．He fell off his bike.

B．He was hit by a car.

C．He had a terrible weekend.

2. How is the bike now?

A．It is under repair.

B．It is in good shape.

C．It is completely damaged.