2 . On a wild July night, the storm was getting worse and worse. Kate Shelley, who lived between Honey Creek and Des Moines River, was _________ looking out of the window, wondering _________ it would wash away the bridges over them, when suddenly came the loud _________ of breaking wood, then followed by a great splash (飞溅的水花). She realized the bridge over the creek was _________. At that time, the midnight train was almost due. If no one told the engineer to _________ the train, it would fall into the creek with a hundred or more _________. The situation was so urgent that Kate _________ to go to Moingon Railway Station to get help. Immediately she _________ out into the storm with her father’s railway lantern.

Moingon lay on the far side of Des Moines River. The only way to get there was to cross a long wooden railroad bridge. Even in the daytime, it was _________ to walk on it because there was no foot walk or railing (栏杆) except only rails and ties. The ties were __________ enough apart for the girl to fall through.

Kate stopped when she came to the __________. She had never seen the river rising so high that she was shaking. What’s worse, she broke her lantern while __________ her way, exposing herself to the __________. She had to climb on her hands and knees.

It seemed like a long time. At last she reached the other side.

She stopped just long enough to catch her breath. Then she ran __________ to the railway station. When she finally got there, she was out of breath, wet all over, her hat blown away, her hands and knees still bleeding and her eyes looking __________. She told the station man what had happened to the Honey Creek Bridge before her fainting. Finally, the passengers were saved.

The girl’s heroic deed was rewarded. For her courageous act, Kate enjoyed a right of getting on or off the train at her door when she wanted.

1.

A．angrily

B．eagerly

C．anxiously

D．hopefully

2.

A．whether

B．that

C．when

D．how

3.

A．crash

B．cry

C．blow

D．voice

4.

A．removed

B．blocked

C．exploded

D．broken

5.

A．change

B．stop

C．catch

D．leave

6.

A．meters

B．customers

C．passengers

D．speed

7.

A．decided

B．tried

C．expected

D．agreed

8.

A．fell

B．rushed

C．climbed

D．rode

9.

A．harmful

B．foolish

C．dangerous

D．strange

10.

A．long

B．wide

C．thick

D．far

11.

A．bridge

B．station

C．train

D．rail

12.

A．running

B．admitting

C．making

D．moving

13.

A．darkness

B．calmness

C．emptiness

D．coldness

14.

A．cautiously

B．slowly

C．happily

D．desperately

15.

A．sharp

B．watchful

C．wild

D．bitter

4 . As 17-year-old Torri’ell Norwood drove through St, Petersburg. Florida, last February, the laughter and chatter from the four teenage girls inside her car quickly ________ screams. As they approached a crossroad, another car T-boned them, sending their black car sailing into the yard of a ________ home, coming to a stop only when it crashed into a tree.

As smoke billowed from the other car, a bystander shouted, “It’s about to ________. Get out!” she ________ out through the window. Along with two of her friends, who’d also managed to ________ themselves, she ran for her life.

But halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, A’zarria Simmons, wasn’t with them. Norwood ran back to the wreck and found Simmons slumped (蜷缩) in the back seat. “She wasn’t ________.” Norwood told Inside Edition. She threw open the back door and ________ her friend out, avoiding the broken glass as best she could. She dragged Simmons a few feet to safety and ________ her on the ground. “I checked her pulse.” Nothing. “I put my head against her chest.” No ________ of life. “That’s when I started CPR.”

Had the accident happened a few weeks earlier, she might not have known what to do. But Norwood had earned her CPR certificate just the day before. ________ on the lawn and looking down at her dying friend, Norwood knew she had ________ little time to practice what she’d learned.

She started ________ Simmons’s chest with her interlocked fingers and breathing into her friend’s mouth in the ________ of filling her lungs with the kiss of life. No response And then, after the 30th compression, Simmons began coughing and ________ for air. The CPR had worked!

Soon, paramedics arrived and rushed Simmons to the hospital, where she received stitches for a gash (伤口) in her forehead. And then she heard how her best friend had saved her life. “I wasn’t ________,” Simmons told CNN. “She will always help any way she can.”

1.

A．gave way to

B．looked forward to

C．took care of

D．broke away from

2.

A．near

B．close

C．next

D．nearby

3.

A．give away

B．break out

C．blow up

D．burst out

4.

A．edged

B．dashed

C．walked

D．crawled

5.

A．cheer

B．free

C．calm

D．rid

6.

A．shouting

B．speaking

C．moving

D．laughing

7.

A．pulled

B．pushed

C．dropped

D．picked

8.

A．lay

B．laid

C．threw

D．hold

9.

A．signal

B．sign

C．mark

D．point

10.

A．Kneeling

B．Standing

C．Running

D．Lying

11.

A．worthy

B．no

C．precious

D．much

12.

A．patting

B．touching

C．knocking

D．pumping

13.

A．hope

B．need

C．advance

D．front

14.

A．asking

B．gasping

C．reaching

D．crying

15.

A．delighted

B．annoyed

C．shocked

D．amused

5 . Kevin McKay, a school bus driver, has been regarded as a hero after saving some 22 kids from the big wildfire. Shortly after the fire broke out, McKay was at work at Ponderosa Elementary School and had no idea how important his ________ there would be.

As fire ________ the school, McKay knew that something had to be done to ________ evacuate (疏散) children and teachers. Rushing into the school building,McKay tore his shirt to rags, dipped them into water and ________ them to the kids to protect their lungs. At that time, flames were all around them. Then, more ________ As the children were loaded onto a bus and ________ away, they hit complete congestion (拥堵) on the roads. Many of the youngsters had difficulty breathing, clearly suffering from the effects of ________. With flames on every side, McKay and the teachers considered ________ the bus and walking. But the fire was too strong. The staff did everything they could to ________ the children as McKay drove the bus slowly along the ________ highway.

As the bus continued on down the road, more and more motorists lost their way, and many ________ followed on. At one point, a car crashed into the side of the school bus. Then, McKay ________ a woman on the side of the road, alone and ________. He offered to give her a ________. After a little conversation it ________ that the woman was a school teacher whose car had broken down as she attempted to flee the fire. Finally, they reached the ________. Everyone escaped unharmed, thanks to the ________ of the driver.

The bus driver later learned that his home was also taken by the fire. He felt blessed and ________ that his family and the children he ________ were safe and that he was at the right place at the right time. Heroes are________, not born.

1.

A．innocence

B．presence

C．experience

D．absence

2.

A．destroyed

B．passed

C．left

D．approached

3.

A．frequently

B．officially

C．quickly

D．gently

4.

A．handed

B．attached

C．applied

D．returned

5.

A．responsibilities

B．disasters

C．opportunities

D．complaints

6.

A．driven

B．thrown

C．given

D．blown

7.

A．thirst

B．injury

C．smoke

D．dust

8.

A．repairing

B．leaving

C．changing

D．catching

9.

A．attract

B．control

C．seek

D．comfort

10.

A．smooth

B．empty

C．quiet

D．jammed

11.

A．chances

B．accidents

C．questions

D．coincidences

12.

A．monitored

B．noticed

C．nursed

D．ignored

13.

A．frightened

B．shocked

C．excited

D．ashamed

14.

A．hug

B．hope

C．ride

D．rise

15.

A．turned out

B．seemed

C．pointed out

D．meant

16.

A．freedom

B．conclusion

C．safety

D．protection

17.

A．activities

B．images

C．methods

D．actions

18.

A．honored

B．convinced

C．grateful

D．trusted

19.

A．lost

B．visited

C．warned

D．saved

20.

A．made

B．praised

C．followed

D．respected

6 . 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

7 . The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, US. “____station? A train for Santa Fe collided (相撞) a ____at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please come here at once. With an ambulance, too. A man is badly wounded,” said an anxious voice of a young woman.
“OK. We’ll come soon. Please stay there and wait.” Replied the policeman.
Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance____off. Soon they got to the crossing, but only to find everything was fine. No collision, no wounded man.
“What a dirty____!” said the policeman angrily. “ We must find out that woman and…”
They had not been able to say anything about a____when they heard the whistle of a train was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came____towards them, too. When it was passing the crossing, it suddenly____to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it dozens of metres away.
When Randolph Bruce, the driver, was helped out of the damaged truck, he was badly wounded just as the young woman had predicted on the phone. As he was taken to hospital in time, he was____at last. Later the police did whatever they could to____the woman who had____them, but failed.
It is really ____that a prediction should agree with the fact so____1.

A．Weather

B．Railway

C．Fire

D．Police

2.

A．bus

B．truck

C．taxi

D．train

3.

A．turned

B．took

C．set

D．walked

4.

A．call

B．signal

C．trick

D．arrangement

5.

A．reward

B．praise

C．thanks

D．punishment

6.

A．turning

B．running

C．starting

D．passing

7.

A．continued

B．refused

C．began

D．stopped

8.

A．saved

B．dead

C．awake

D．alive

9.

A．find

B．attack

C．award

D．thank

10.

A．laughed

B．visited

C．repeated

D．telephoned

11.

A．exciting

B．pleasing

C．surprising

D．interesting

12.

A．equally

B．truly

C．exactly

D．carefully