1 . Baby Yoda Joins Oregon Firefighters in Battling Wildfires

“Because of all these photos, people are now seeing the human faces behind the wildfires," Tyler Eubanks excitedly told the Washington Post. "It is giving firefighters a huge confidence which is something that's really needed right now."

Sasha agrees, "It's a wonder how one small gesture can create a wave of kindness." She says Carver is excited that everyone likes Baby Yoda and happy that the first responders-many of whom have been unable to see their families for weeks-have a “little friend" to give them a comfort.

The toy, along with a note saying, "Thank you, firefighters. Here is a friend for you, in case you get lonely. Love, Carver," was handed to volunteers on September 12th, 2020. The thoughtful gift brought tears to their eyes. "The fires were close to us, and everyone was really high on emotion," says Tyler Eubanks. "We were all really touched that Carver wanted to give a companion to the people who were out there risking their lives to fight the wildfires.”

Eubanks delivered the toy to a group of firefighters working to contain a 25-acre flames in Colton, Oregon. She had originally intended to take a few pictures of the Baby Yoda in action for Carver, and then bring back the toy to the donation site. However, the firefighters decided to hold on to the doll and share it to lift the spirits of firefighters across the state.

"He's been a really big encouragement” said Jaebyn Drake, a firefighter with the Oregon Air National Guard. "A lot of the people on my crew, I showed them the note and everything, and they just loved it. A couple of people broke down in tears ... It just really meant a lot to us, and it was really emotional for a lot of people.”

1. What is Baby Yoda?

A．A pet.

B．A doll.

C．A card.

D．A baby.

2. How do the first responders feel?

A．Embarrassed.

B．Annoyed.

C．Surprised.

D．Moved.

3. What happened to Baby Yoda in the end?

A．It was kept by the firefighters.

B．It was taken a few pictures.

C．It was delivered to Washington Post.

D．It was brought back to the donation site.

4. What can we learn from Jaebyn Drake's words?

A．Baby Yoda was clever and popular.

B．Their work time was very long.

C．The firefighters were all homesick.

D．Baby Yoda meant a lot to them.

2 . On June 9, 2015, Mark Joseph Peredo was riding high on his way home from landing an important client for his marketing business, but he never made it back to celebrate with his family. Instead, a car traveling on the opposite side of the highway crossed over，and crashed into Mark's car. Doctors later told Mark that his foot had been shattered (粉碎). The surgeries left him unable to walk normally for a year, and Mark was forced to abandon his plans to be a successful business owner.

Little did Mark know that Luke Hutchins , the driver of the other car, was suffering, too. The reason he had lost control of his vehicle was because he had an epileptic fit (癫痫发作) - his first, but not his last. Mark knew none of this. Instead, he was still furious with Luke, who had cost him his career. After his foot had mostly recovered, Mark decided to walk the 500-mile Camino de Santiago, a rough path that begins in France，continues through the Pyrenees Mountains, and ends in Spain.

One year later, Mark finished his trip and was still curious about the accident, so he decided to do one more thing: Meet Luke. The two were nervous about speaking to each other, but once Mark learned that Luke was not at fault for the incident and that he had been similarly struggling to recover, Mark knew that Luke needed to walk the Camino de Santiago too—and they needed to do it together.

In 2017, Mark and Luke embarked on (开始) their tip, which was hard on Luke at first. As time progressed, Luke became stronger both physically and mentally. During their 40-day trip, the two men kept encouraging each other and had many heart-to-heart talks. And they came to realize that unless you let go of the past, you cannot move forward.

1. What happened to Mark on June 9, 2015?

A．He lost his way home in the dark.	B．He gave up his marketing business,
C．He was badly hurt in a car accident.	D．He failed to meet an important client.

2. What does the underlined word “furious” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Very angry.	B．Quite strict.
C．Rather impatient.	D．Really pleased.

3. Why did Mark decide to meet Luke?

A．To make an apology.	B．To find out the truth.
C．To argue with Luke.	D．To cure Luke of his epilepsy.

4. What can we learn from Mark's story?

A．One can never be too careful.	B．It is good to have friends in trouble.
C．Learn to forgive and live a better life.	D．Be generous and you'll be successful.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What does the man think of his cycling speed?

A．A little fast.

B．A bit slow.

C．Normal.

2. How did the car accident happen?

A．The businessman stopped suddenly.

B．The car went through the red light.

C．The man fell off his bike.

3. Who was badly hurt?

A．The man.

B．The businessman.

C．The car driver.

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How many people were dead in the air crash?

A．11.

B．99.

C．110.

2. What happened after the air crash?

A．No one survived.

B．The survivors were in bad condition.

C．Only 5 bodies were identified.

3. What were adding officials busy doing?

A．Researching the reason of the crash.

B．Identifying the rest of the victims.

C．Searching the two black boxes.

4. When did the plane pass its last examination?

A．In November 2017.

B．In May 2018.

C．In July 2019.

5 . 阅读下面短文, 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 Wednesday afternoon, two days after the crash of Flight MU5735, it was raining in Molang, a village near the scene of the disaster in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Some relatives of the passengers who were on board the Boeing 737-800 burst     1     tears as rescuers and excavators (挖掘机) were working in a place — a mountainous area     2     their loved ones could lie    3    (bury). They left white and yellow chrysanthemums (菊花) — a flower that Chinese traditionally use to pay tribute (敬意) to    4     dead.

The plane, operated by China Eastern Airlines, left Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, at 1:11 pm on Monday for Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province. Air traffic     5    (controller) lost track of the jet, which was carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members, over Wuzhou. The plane crashed at about 2:30 p.m., Xinhua News Agency reported.

The first rescue team, from Tengxian county, Wuzhou,     6    (arrive) at the crash site at 3:50 p.m. on Monday. As the road into the village is extremely narrow, it is not    7    (convenience) for large vehicles to enter the area. The report said villagers had helped bring in rescue materials on their motorcycles, which to some extent had eased transportation difficulties. By 7 p.m. on Wednesday, rescuers had searched an area covering 46,000 square meters, but failed to find a    8    (survive).

One of the aircraft’s two black boxes found on Wednesday, believed    9    (be) the cockpit (驾驶舱) voice recorder, was sent to Beijing, according to Zhu Tao. He said the exterior of the black box was     10    (severe) damaged, but its data storage unit survived.

6 . Mercedes Boggs knows she’s lucky to be alive. Boggs was on her way to work last month _________ her car hit a patch of ice, turned on its side and slid, down an embankment (河堤) coming to _________ in an icy stream.

After _________, with cold water rushing in from the _________ windshield (挡风玻璃), Boggs realized she was trapped. That’s when a stranger appeared _________ his way toward her and Boggs _________ knew everything was going to be all right.

“I wasn’t even _________ anymore. I just knew that that was like my saving grace,” she told WVLT News-8.

Neither one of them realized how very true that _________ impression would turn out to be.

The good guy _________ Boggs from her damaged vehicle. As he was helping her up the embankment, her car burst into __________. Had he come along half minute later, Boggs would likely have got killed.

Kentucky coal miner John Burke was on his way home from working the night __________ when he saw someone in serious trouble and stopped to help. After an ambulance crew arrived and took __________, Burke went on his way.

Boggs was __________ to the hospital not even knowing the name of the person who’d saved her life. With no other way to contact him, she __________ a Facebook plea (请求) in hopes of finding and thanking the man she now considered her guardian __________:

“…Please please __________ this in hope to help me find the man that saved my life, I __________ him deeply would just like to speak to him. Without him, this situation would have been much different.”

Within a few hours, Boggs’ __________ was shared close to 900 times. Burke saw it and __________ her. Boggs and her family looked at Burke as a superhero, but Burke downplayed his role in her rescue.

One more piece of good news? It looks like Boggs is doing well and on the __________.

1.

A．after

B．while

C．as

D．when

2.

A．move

B．rest

C．close

D．pause

3.

A．coming to

B．passing out

C．ending up

D．pulling over

4.

A．dirty

B．polished

C．broken

D．foggy

5.

A．following

B．feeling

C．making

D．changing

6.

A．somewhat

B．ever

C．anyway

D．somehow

7.

A．confused

B．ambitious

C．scared

D．adventurous

8.

A．previous

B．final

C．second

D．first

9.

A．prevented

B．freed

C．trapped

D．restricted

10.

A．flames

B．bloom

C．violence

D．cheers

11.

A．check

B．shift

C．position

D．switch

12.

A．charge

B．part

C．leave

D．office

13.

A．dragged

B．flown

C．rushed

D．launched

14.

A．turned in

B．put out

C．made up

D．responded to

15.

A．angel

B．servant

C．soldier

D．fan

16.

A．keep

B．claim

C．advocate

D．share

17.

A．envy

B．miss

C．owe

D．love

18.

A．complaint

B．guidance

C．review

D．post

19.

A．messaged

B．thanked

C．criticized

D．praised

20.

A．rise

B．mend

C．watch

D．way

7 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What place did the Mary Celeste depart from?

A．Italy.

B．The USA.

C．Greece.

2. When was the Mary Celeste found in the eastern Atlantic 600 miles from Gibraltar?

A．In October, 1872.

B．In November, 1872.

C．In December, 1872.

3. Why did the ten people leave the ship?

A．The ship was sinking.

B．The ship was badly damaged.

C．Nobody knows the real reason.

4. What was also gone besides the ten people?

A．The alcohol.

B．A lifeboat.

C．A survival suit.

8 .

A．The woman knew Ross was a dog lover.

B．The man has let Ross drive his car before.

C．The man shouldn’t have lent his car to Ross.

D．Ross lost several dogs last time he drove a car.

9 . Ukraine has reported that forest fires have broken out near the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident.

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (CNPP) is about 100 kilometers away from Kyiv, Ukraine. In 1986, the CNPP had the worst nuclear accident in history. A series (系列) of mistakes and accidents caused an explosion and a huge fire, which burned for nine days. As a result of the disaster, entire cities had to be cleared. Over 100, 000 people had to leave their homes forever. A 2, 600-square-kilometer area around the CNPP was set apart as the “Chernobyl Exclusion Zone” to keep people away from the radioactive pollution.

Much of the land in the Zone is forest and grassland. Radioactivity breaks down slowly over time, so the radiation has dropped some by now. The radioactive pollution has become part of the plants and the dirt in the area. But on April 4, fires broke out in the Zone, which can give off the radioactive pollution back into the air. Once the pollution is in the air, it can be spread by the wind. Over the last 10 days, hundreds of fire fighters have been struggling against the flames. One fire came close to the CNPP. Keeping fires away from the plant is important because dangerous and poisonous material is still stored there.

Fighting the fire was much more challenging than normal because of the radiation dangers. In some places, fire fighters dug ditches (壕沟) to stop the fire from spreading, however, most of their efforts went into pouring water from the air since they couldn’t do the same in most areas.

Ukraine’s government says that there are still some small grass fires, but there are no major open fires still burning. The government says radiation levels in the air in Kyiv and nearby areas are normal.

1. Why does the author mention the CNPP?

A．It has contributed to the recent fires.

B．The recent fires broke out next to it.

C．The fires will destroy its nearby forest.

D．It can be used to fight against the fires.

2. Compared with regular ones, the forest fires in the Zone ________.

A．are more dangerous	B．are more frequent
C．spread more quickly	D．last longer

3. What was the firefighters’main job for the forest fires?

A．Preventing poisonous materials escaping.

B．Ditching to stop the fires spreading.

C．Dropping water to put out the fires.

D．Keeping people away from the CNPP.

4. How is the outcome of firefighters’ struggling against the fire?

A．It’s unclear.	B．It’s unexpected.
C．It’s discouraging.	D．It’s effective.

10 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What news event is being reported?

A．A flood in a school.

B．A medical accident at a hospital.

C．A serious fire at an apartment building.

2. When did this event occur?

A．In the morning.

B．In the afternoon.

C．In the evening.

3. How did the dog help rescue the baby?

A．By pulling the baby to safety.

B．By barking to attract people’s attention.

C．By comforting the baby until help came.

4. How is the baby at present?

A．Still unconscious.

B．In good condition.

C．In hospital for further examination.