1 . It’s most people’s nightmare: surviving a plane crash only to be stranded (滞留) in a jungle with no way of contacting the outside world. But this was _______ for four Colombian children.

The children were _______ with their mother from their village in the Amazon to visit their father working overseas. The plane they were taking experienced engine problems and disappeared on May 1, 2023. Bad weather _______ the army from finding the crash site for two weeks, where they later _______ the dead bodies of three adults, including the children’s mother.

How did these children survive conditions that would be a _______ struggle for most adults? They are members of the Huitoto indigenous group (土著群体) and were _______ in the jungle. As such, they have an intimate (深刻的) understanding of the rainforest. They know which fruits are _______ to eat and which plants should be _______. Working with, rather than _______ the Amazon, they survived on juan soco (a fruit similar to passion fruit) and seeds.

While the children got on with the business of ________, the Colombian army worked with indigenous volunteers to find them. After 40 days of searching, the children were found and taken to ________ at a military hospital in Bogota.

Many around the world have taken their survival to be a ________, but others point out that it is the result of a(n) ________ and intimate knowledge of the rainforest that has been ________ through indigenous communities over the generations. It is their close connection to and understanding of the rainforest that ________ helped the children to survive.

1.

A．chance

B．evidence

C．reality

D．dream

2.

A．driving

B．flying

C．jogging

D．rushing

3.

A．saved

B．separated

C．protected

D．discouraged

4.

A．placed

B．located

C．inspected

D．abandoned

5.

A．reasonable

B．unique

C．horrible

D．common

6.

A．raised

B．ignored

C．shaped

D．trapped

7.

A．delicious

B．nutritious

C．harmless

D．fresh

8.

A．invented

B．exchanged

C．produced

D．avoided

9.

A．against

B．beyond

C．around

D．through

10.

A．wandering

B．surviving

C．escaping

D．exploring

11.

A．grow

B．adapt

C．operate

D．recover

12.

A．wonder

B．success

C．challenge

D．magic

13.

A．permanent

B．ancient

C．advanced

D．inborn

14.

A．passed over

B．carried off

C．handed down

D．washed away

15.

A．unexpectedly

B．deliberately

C．traditionally

D．undoubtedly

2 . After lunch I was napping near the window when there came a big bang. I ______ sat up and looked out. Across the street, a car had just backed into a chain-link fence, which was bent in exactly the ______ of the car’s back end.

The driver got off. After ______ the damage, the man tried to put the fence back into place. His first attempt ______ and he tried a little harder. He grabbed the vertical support pole and pulled with his full ______. All of a sudden, the pole ______ and the man fell hard onto the ground, the entire fence ______ him. I laughed till I cried. ______, as you could imagine, he climbed out of the ______ fence and went away.

That, I thought, would be the   ______ of it. However, the man ______ minutes later with some tools. For the next hour, I ______ out of my window as he doggedly fixed the fence and even ______   it. Now the fence would be stronger than ever.

This man was actually a hero and I was embarrassed by my ______ judgments. Years later, I still look out of my window at that fence almost every day. It makes me ______ what else that man has improved, and how I can make myself more, like him.

1.

A．gradually

B．especially

C．immediately

D．generally

2.

A．center

B．shape

C．direction

D．beginning

3.

A．assessing

B．mentioning

C．limiting

D．mending

4.

A．stopped

B．failed

C．finished

D．worked

5.

A．equipment

B．sight

C．wisdom

D．strength

6.

A．broke

B．lighted

C．burnt

D．rose

7.

A．in place of

B．on top of

C．in front of

D．in need of

8.

A．Perfectly

B．Gracefully

C．Awkwardly

D．Intentionally

9.

A．broken

B．fallen

C．repaired

D．locked

10.

A．end

B．cause

C．plan

D．form

11.

A．flew off

B．passed by

C．turned up

D．moved on

12.

A．guessed

B．counted

C．stood

D．watched

13.

A．improved

B．destroyed

C．painted

D．rebuilt

14.

A．unbalanced

B．uncertain

C．unfair

D．unhurried

15.

A．observe

B．explain

C．challenge

D．wonder

4 . Ida Nelson was showering in her sister’s bathroom when she heard the noise of a small airplane _______ the nearby airport. It was 11:30 at night in the Alaskan village of Igiugig, population 70 and, as she later told the reporters, “Any time a plane flies over that _______, you know something is wrong.”

Nelson and her sister ran to the window,and saw the _______: the airport’s runway lights were out.

Nelson _______ some clothes, jumped into her ATV, and floored it to the airport,where she found an airport attendant trying to turn on the lights manually.

“_______, if you push the button 10 or 15 times, the lights will just light up,” Nelson said.Not this time. Meanwhile, she and the attendant _______ of the plane’s urgent mission:It was there to transport a seriously ill local _______ to the nearest hospital, 280 miles away in Anchorage.

Nelson had a(n) _______. Driving her ATV to the end of the run way, she _______ her headlights on the way for the plane to follow. Great idea, but it wasn’t ________. More light was needed, so a neighbor ________ nearly every home in the village — 32 of them.

Within twenty minutes, twenty ________ arrived at the airport, many of the drives still in nightclothes. Following directions from the pilot,the cars ________ up on one side of the runway.

The plane made its final approach and, guided by the headlights, landed safely.The young patient was ________ onto the aircraft, and the plane immediately took of again. Soon she was released from the hospital, completely recovered.

In a world filed with uncertainty,the little community’s positive activism was a(n)________deal, just as people like Nelson did.1.

A．leaving

B．reaching

C．attacking

D．circling

2.

A．late

B．low

C．fast

D．loudly

3.

A．reason

B．secret

C．problem

D．result

4.

A．threw on

B．tried on

C．put up

D．picked up

5.

A．Immediately

B．Consequently

C．Normally

D．Temporarily

6.

A．thought

B．dreamed

C．talked

D．learned

7.

A．girl

B．boy

C．doctor

D．pilot

8.

A．laughter

B．plan

C．aim

D．suggestion

9.

A．turned

B．shone

C．had

D．gave

10.

A．enough

B．available

C．active

D．much

11.

A．begged

B．searched

C．called

D．met

12.

A．villagers

B．planes

C．vehicles

D．policemen

13.

A．took

B．went

C．showed

D．lined

14.

A．invited

B．loaded

C．made

D．charged

15.

A．honest

B．easy

C．brave

D．big

5 . 完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
I had just picked up my new car, a very beautiful automobile if you’re into cars. A few months later, I was involved in an_____ That new and very beautiful car was destroyed.
It was clearly not my_____ The other guy was so busy on his cell phone that he went right through a red light and knocked into the passenger side of my car. It was even ______because my niece was asleep on the back seat and her father, my brother, was in the front passenger seat. He was not____, to say the least.
The police arrived and began taking statements. I_____that my speed had been up to about 55kmph. “So you were going about 50kmph…” he said.
“No, I said I was doing about 55kmph,” I said.
“Right, so you were doing about 50kmph…” again he______
In a slightly_____tone because I felt I wasn’t being heard, I said: “No! I was doing about 55kmph!”
“OK, if that’s_____you want it,” this time the officer simply replied.
I didn’t_____it at the time, but I was shooting myself in the foot. My insurance company paid me for the damages to my car______, I totally missed the boat on the other driver’s insurance company.
The city speed limit is 50km. I_____getting 50 percent less than I would have from the other guy’s insurance company because I had____I was doing 55km.
It suddenly____me that the traffic policeman had been trying to help me out. He hadn’t_____about the 5kmph; he had known_____about the insurance that I had not.
I thought about what had_____over and over again. I might have carried on insisting that I told the_____, but I could at least have said “Thank you” to him______acting so rudely. After all, he had been trying to help me out.
Sometimes the_____thing to do is to let other people talk while you simply shut up and listen. Never forget --- to_____, you have to be able to listen.1.

A．accident

B．event

C．incident

D．exam

2.

A．effort

B．fault

C．attempt

D．intention

3.

A．luckier

B．angrier

C．scarier

D．sadder

4.

A．frightened

B．nervous

C．happy

D．worried

5.

A．argued

B．explained

C．shouted

D．introduced

6.

A．reminded

B．required

C．resisted

D．repeated

7.

A．contented

B．surprised

C．puzzled

D．annoyed

8.

A．the speed

B．the result

C．the fact

D．the way

9.

A．believe

B．imagine

C．realize

D．think

10.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Besides

D．Furthermore

11.

A．gave up

B．ended up

C．took up

D．made up

12.

A．thought

B．said

C．insisted

D．suggested

13.

A．turned

B．struck

C．occurred

D．came

14.

A．talked

B．found

C．minded

D．noticed

15.

A．something

B．nothing

C．anything

D．everything

16.

A．remained

B．happened

C．passed

D．ended

17.

A．reality

B．course

C．truth

D．cause

18.

A．more than

B．instead of

C．regardless of

D．other than

19.

A．happiest

B．easiest

C．worst

D．hardest

20.

A．hear

B．learn

C．say

D．Think