2 . As 17-year-old Norwood drove through St. Peters-burg, Florida, last February, the laughter and chatter from the four teenage girls inside her car quickly gave way to screams. As they approached a crossing, another car T-boned them, sending their car sailing into the yard of a nearby home, coming to a stop only when it crashed into a tree.

As smoke rose from the other car, a bystander shouted, “It’s about to blow up! Get out!” Shaken, but otherwise OK, she crawled (爬行) out through the window. Along with two of her friends, who’d also managed to free themselves, she ran for her life.

But halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, Simmons, wasn’t with them. Norwood ran back to the car and found Simmons passed out in the back seat. She threw open the back door and pulled her friend out, avoiding the broken glass as best she could. She dragged Simmons a few feet to safety and laid her on the ground. “I checked her pulse.” Nothing.“I put my head against her chest.” No sign of life. “That’s when I started CPR (心肺复苏术).”

Had the accident happened a few weeks earlier, she might not have known what to do. But Norwood, who wants to pursue a career in medicine, had earned her CPR certificate just the day before. Kneeling on the lawn and looking down at her dying friend, Norwood knew she had precious little time to practice what she’d learned. She started pumping Simmons’s chest and breathing into her friend’s mouth in hopes of filling her lungs with the kiss of life. No response. And then, after the 30th try, Simmons began coughing and gasping for air. The CPR had worked! Soon, the ambulance arrived and rushed Simmons to the hospital, where she received treatment for a cut in her forehead. And then she heard how her best friend had saved her life. “I wasn’t shocked,” Simmons told CNN. “She will always help any way she can.”

1. What happened to Norwood’s car in Florida last February?

A．It lost its way at a crossing.

B．It crashed into a nearby building.

C．It was hit by another car from the side.

D．It stopped in St. Peters- burg as planned.

2. Why did Norwood go back to the car?

A．To call for help.	B．To check the car.
C．To put out the fire.	D．To rescue her friend.

3. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．Norwood was a certificated on- the- job doctor.

B．Simmons didn’t come to herself after the CPR.

C．Norwood learned how to perform CPR recently.

D．Simmons was surprised to be saved by Norwood.

4. Which of the following words can best describe Norwood?

A．Calm and dependable.	B．Friendly and selfless.
C．Honest and responsible.	D．Helpful and sympathetic.

3 . The sound woke Damian Languell at 8:15 in the morning. Watching out of his bedroom window, he saw a tree ________ in smoke about 500 yards away. A car was wrapped around the tree's base, its engine ________.

"I grabbed buckets of water," said Languell. Then he ran to the crash ________.The car looked worse up close. It was nearly ________ into two, and the tree was where the driver's seat ought to have been, as if planted there. No one should have ________ this crash, and yet there was 16-year-old Quintin Thompson, his ________ face pressed against the driver's side window, in visible ________. Languell, 35, tried pouring the fire with his buckets of water with no success. "When the ________ got into the front seats, I realized I had to get him out of there," he said.

Completely ________ his own safety, Languell opened the car's back door and ________ in. He cut through Thompson's seat belt using a pocketknife he'd had the foresight to bring with him. Now that Thompson was free of the ________, Languell pulled him out of the vehicle, and then ________ the teen to safety just before the entire car was surrounded in flames.

Although Thompson suffered several breakings to his legs, spine, and face, a social media post ________ him as "looking great, smiling, and joking". Displaying the sort of sympathy that ________ him to help, he explained, "My heart goes out to Thompson. When you are that close to that level of hurt, you feel it so ________."

1.

A．swallowed

B．preserved

C．melted

D．settled

2.

A．beyond reach

B．under control

C．on fire

D．in shape

3.

A．levels

B．surroundings

C．direction

D．site

4.

A．developed

B．arranged

C．shot

D．divided

5.

A．explained

B．planned

C．survived

D．prevented

6.

A．terrified

B．relaxed

C．moved

D．confused

7.

A．eagerness

B．doubt

C．pain

D．devotion

8.

A．flames

B．water

C．branches

D．fuel

9.

A．denying

B．ignoring

C．respecting

D．guaranteeing

10.

A．climbed

B．slipped

C．ran

D．called

11.

A．dilemma

B．trap

C．destination

D．embarrassment

12.

A．forced

B．showed

C．dragged

D．accompanied

13.

A．thanked

B．employed

C．served

D．described

14.

A．ordered

B．drove

C．begged

D．trained

15.

A．directly

B．hopelessly

C．calmly

D．effectively

4 . It was late, about 10:15 p.m, when Janice Esposito arrived at the New York train station and began the 20-minute drive home. She had traveled the route so many times that she almost drove on autopilot (自动驾驶):a left onto Station Road, then a left on Montauk Highway, and then-bang! Out of nowhere, a car T-boned Janice’s car, pushing her backward onto the railroad tracks.

As it happened, Pole DiPinto was gelling ready for bed. He'd just closed his book when he heard the loud crash not far outside his bedroom window. A volunteer firefighter and retired teacher, 64, never stopped to think, He grabbed a flashlight and still in his pajamas (睡衣), ran out the door. “Any firefighter would have? done what I did,” he said, “We're always on duly.”

The first car he came upon was the one that had hit Janice. Once DiPinto concluded the driver was OK, he looked around and spotted Janice's car lay across the railroad tracks. And then he heard a terrible sound: the bells signaling an on-coming train.

DiPinto rushed to Janice's cur and banged on the driver's side window. She just looked at him, her eyes unfocused. “I don't know where I am,” she said. She seemed unhurt. “Honey, you're on the railroad tracks,” DiPinto shouted, “We have to get you off right now!” He pulled hard on the door handle, but it didn't work. The heavy train, traveling at 65 miles per hour, was heading toward them. DiPinto ran to the passenger side and threw open the door. “Please, God, don't let her be trapped”, he thought. He pushed aside the airbags, grabbed Janice's arms, and pulled her toward him across the passenger seat until he could help her out and walk her to safety. Within six seconds, he estimated, the train crashed into the car.

“It was like a Hollywood movie,” DiPinto told reporters the next day. But this one had a difference. That night, the hero arrived in pajamas, not in a fire truck.

1. Which of the following words can best replace the underlined word "T-boned" in Paragraph 1?

A．Crashed into.	B．Came across.
C．Pushed forward.	D．Scratched the side of.

2. What do we know about Pete DiPinto?

A．He was the volunteer firefighter who was on duty that night.

B．He wasn't aware of the coming train when he was rescuing Janice.

C．He was in sound sleep in his bedroom when the accident happened.

D．He first confirmed the other driver before he came to Janice's rescue.

3. What can we infer from Paragraph 4?

A．Janice didn't know where she was.

B．The airbags protected her in some way.

C．DiPinto rescued Janice without difficulty.

D．All the doors of Janice's car were in good condition.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．A Hero in Pajamas.	B．A Hollywood Movie.
C．A Dangerous Heavy Train.	D．A Horrible Car Accident.