1 . Why are the two speakers running to the river?

A．Because they want to go swimming.

B．Because someone is calling for help.

C．Because they see someone swimming.

2 . It was not a “whale-come” experience! A humpback whale caused quite a _________ by landing on a boat near the _________ of Plymouth, Massachusetts on Sunday.

“The 19-foot boat was _________ in the area of White Horse Beach when the whale _________ out of the water and fell on top of this guy’s boat. As his bow (船头) went down into the water, engine out, the whale _________ over the side of it, totally fine, but his boat was _________,” witness Ryder Parkhurst said. “It was _________. The guy was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, that’s all.”

Plymouth Harbormaster Chad Hunter said no one was _________ by the whale. “This could have been much worse for all _________,” added Hunter. “People like to __________ over the side of the boat to watch the fish, so it is very __________ that nobody got hurt here. An incident like this is pretty __________ but very dangerous to boaters.”

Harbor officials had been __________ whale activities in the area since Friday after a boat __________ hit a whale. “There are a lot of whales in this area but it also draws a lot of __________, which creates problems like today,” said Hunter. “They’re beautiful __________, but, you know, they are still animals, you got to keep their __________ .” Officials have stated that with an increase of fish, more whales have been __________ to the coastline. Boaters have also been __________ that under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, they are required to stay a(n)__________ of 100 feet away from the mammals.

1.

A．climb

B．stretch

C．bounce

D．signal

2.

A．road

B．coast

C．field

D．corner

3.

A．floating

B．flashing

C．switching

D．crashing

4.

A．flowed

B．bent

C．watched

D．leapt

5.

A．rolled

B．struck

C．hid

D．swung

6.

A．taken up

B．messed up

C．made up

D．pushed up

7.

A．practical

B．extinct

C．brilliant

D．crazy

8.

A．injured

B．frightened

C．threatened

D．seized

9.

A．blocked

B．interrupted

C．touched

D．involved

10.

A．surf

B．lean

C．drag

D．jog

11.

A．stressful

B．convenient

C．lucky

D．typical

12.

A．rare

B．generous

C．professional

D．tough

13.

A．recovering

B．monitoring

C．challenging

D．updating

14.

A．definitely

B．regularly

C．accidentally

D．normally

15.

A．hunters

B．captains

C．donators

D．boaters

16.

A．evidences

B．miracles

C．creatures

D．blessings

17.

A．spirits

B．distance

C．company

D．promises

18.

A．attached

B．aroused

C．addicted

D．attracted

19.

A．reminded

B．relieved

C．occupied

D．prohibited

20.

A．average

B．extreme

C．minimum

D．maximum

3 . It was rush hour in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. White, 38, was driving home. He noticed a gray Nissan four-door pickup on the opposite side of the two-lane street. It was hard to _______ , since it was turning sharply and careening into the curb (路缘) .

As the pickup drew closer, White got a good look at the _______ : the driver appeared to be asleep. Pretty soon, this guy's going to crash into a house, White thought. While many people would have _______ driving, that's not how White because of his permanent instinct to help out. He had to stop that vehicle.

White busted a U-turn and was now facing in the same direction as the pickup, but there were four cars _______ them. Trapped, White pulled his car over, jumped out and ran around to the driver's side. The window was down on this _______ autumn day. White grabbed the frame of the window—his legs moving in step with the pickup—and with a mighty heave, leaped in.

White was now inside the cab of the truck, waist deep, his legs dangling out the window. The man behind the wheel, 64-year-old Todd DeAngelis, was just _______ enough to be shocked by the sight of a stranger sprawled across his stomach, and he let out a yelp.

White worked quickly. They were coming up to a busy intersection, he recalls, “so I was trying to stop anything before it happened.” He _______ the pickup into park, causing it to jolt to a stop. He _______ himself from the truck window the same way he came in.

From outside the truck, White asked DeAngelis if he was OK. “No,” he replied, in a haze. DeAngelis, a diabetic, was _______ facing dangerously low blood sugar.

“I'm always trying to help, where I can, when I can, ” White says.

But jumping into a moving vehicle to prevent a crash? White admits this was new ________ .

1.

A．miss

B．recognize

C．seek

D．realize

2.

A．direction

B．problem

C．street

D．pickup

3.

A．carried out

B．given up

C．kept on

D．taken over

4.

A．prohibiting

B．overtaking

C．separating

D．following

5.

A．burning

B．cooling

C．warm

D．temperate

6.

A．calm

B．anxious

C．desperate

D．conscious

7.

A．forced

B．wheeled

C．urged

D．led

8.

A．ejected

B．landed

C．released

D．escaped

9.

A．regularly

B．specially

C．constantly

D．unexpectedly

10.

A．cause

B．challenge

C．approach

D．territory

4 . 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。

Life is a series of unpredictable events. One man, who suffered a severe injury while on the job, underwent a life-changing and first-of-its-kind medical procedure, and the trials and hardships have changed his entire outlook. James, a 46-year-old Arkansas native, was familiar with what it was like to go through such situations and turn into a changed man, both on the inside and the outside.

It was one day in June when James had his entire life changed forever. While on the job, James was attempting to transfer wires to a new electrical pole. However, James’s face touched a live wire, sending more than 7,000 volts of electricity into his body.

The injuries from the incident were deadly. Half of his face was blown off. He was left without his left eye and his nose. Additionally, doctors had to remove part of his arm and several of his teeth. That period was an extremely difficult time for James and his family.

The injury had left him unable to eat solid food. The only way for him to consume food was to sip (吸) soup from a straw. He ended up losing more than 70 pounds.

James, a husband and a father of one kid, often questioned the entire situation. “I got pretty down and went through the whole ‘Why me?’ I broke down, and I cried,” James said.

But then James and his family received a little hope. They learned about the possibility of a face and eye transplant (移植). James met with the professional doctors. They did a thorough examination about James’s situation and considered about the potential risks. Fortunately, James was judged to be a perfect patient for the transplant.

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So the surgery was ready.

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Days later, he was allowed to look into the mirror．

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9 . The five passengers on board the Titan submersible (潜水器) traveling to the Titanic wreckage (残骸) are believed to be dead, the vessel’s operator and the US Coast Guard said.

They reached the conclusion after a days-long search for the wreckage from the submersible on the ocean floor, indicating a failure of the vessel’s body that would be impossible to survive.

“The wreckage, found not far from the remains of the Titanic, was consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber and there was a catastrophic implosion (内爆),”said US Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger.

OceanGate Expeditions, which operated the submersible, gave a statement of its own confirming the deaths.

Five men were on board: the British billionaire Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman, former French navy diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet, and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush.

The Titan submersible, a 21-foot-long vessel, set off Sunday to explore the remains of the Titanic located nearly 13,000 feet underwater, hundreds of miles off the coast of North America.

But after an hour and 45 minutes into the expedition, the Titan lost communications with its mothership at the surface.

Eight hours passed before OceanGate contacted the Coast Guard, which launched a wide-ranging rescue effort that lasted until Thursday.

Hoping the vessel was still intact, Coast Guard officials estimated the submersible had 96 hours of breathable oxygen when it first left for its destination. That deadline passed without resolution on Thursday morning, though the wreckage was located later that day.

Evidence shows that the implosion took place within hours of the submersible setting off, meaning the passengers would have been dead before anybody really started looking for them.

Hopes were raised on Wednesday after searchers said they detected a big sound in the general search area. But it was a false lead. The Coast Guard said on Thursday there didn’t seem to be any connection between the noise and the location on the sea floor.

1. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．The impact of the disaster.	B．The reasons of the disaster.
C．The structure of the submersible.	D．The victims on the submersible.

2. What can be learnt about the Titan submersible?

A．Its wreckage was located on Thursday morning.

B．It dived as deep as 13,000 feet underwater.

C．Only one passenger survived.

D．It lost touch an hour and 45 minutes after its journey began.

3. What does the underlined word “intact” in paragraph 9 probably mean?

A．At risk.	B．On the road.
C．Beyond control.	D．In good condition.

4. Why were searchers hopeful of finding the passengers on the Titan submersible?

A．They found a big noise in the search area.	B．They received some wireless signals.
C．They got governments’ support wholly.	D．They made advanced tools to detect the vessel.