1 . At around 6:30pm local time on April 15^th in France, Notre Dame in Paris was getting angry. According to the French newspaper Le Monde, the fire started in the attic (阁楼) of the monument and then_______to the roof. In the screams of people, the Gothic tower_______collapsed (倒塌) . ''Paris was beheaded!''_______the fall of the tower, the 32-year-old Frenchman, Pierre, sent such a_______to the New York Times.

Notre Dame de Paris, which_______on the bank of the Seine, has been there for 769 years. Not only does Notre Dame have a large collection of wonderful works, but the building itself is_______.As one of the most famous tourist _______ in the world, this church has 13 million visitors a year. When the fire was still burning, the spokesperson of Notre Dame de Paris pessimistically told the media that the _______ building of France _______''great destruction'' because the inside part of the church belonged to medieval wood structure, so this fire was almost a________. At9:30 that evening, the priceless colored glass ''Rose'' window in the cathedral was too hot and then broken. As the fire continued, a large number of people from Paris________around Notre Dame. Watching the fire destroy the monument, some people couldn't help________cry, and some sang prayer songs for Notre Dame. ''At this moment I feel very________, and a small part of each of us has been burned by the fire.'' After the fire, French President Mark Long________ canceled a speech on the ''Yellow Vest Movement'', and started the disaster report.

After the French firefighters________for five hours, the fire was________.The main structure of the church was ________, but the inside decoration was completely destroyed. ________a the broken Notre Dame de Paris, the French made a(n)________to rebuild. President Mark Long later said that they would recruit (组建) the best talents from around the world to repair the art treasures, because this is what the French expect and is what history________.

1.

A．distribute

B．directed

C．spread

D．transformed

2.

A．anyhow

B．immediately

C．somehow

D．suddenly

3.

A．Admitting

B．Witnessing

C．Preventing

D．Predicting

4.

A．sigh

B．word

C．sign

D．picture

5.

A．wind

B．exists

C．sets

D．stands

6.

A．delicate

B．worthless

C．invaluable

D．weak

7.

A．points

B．scenes

C．views

D．attractions

8.

A．remaining

B．historic

C．accessible

D．favorable

9.

A．suffered

B．resulted

C．acquired

D．obtained

10.

A．decrease

B．waste

C．disaster

D．trouble

11.

A．marched

B．gathered

C．wandered

D．settled

12.

A．or

B．and

C．except

D．but

13.

A．angry

B．confused

C．sad

D．amazed

14.

A．urgently

B．angrily

C．cleverly

D．cautiously

15.

A．managed

B．fought

C．attempted

D．repaired

16.

A．put out

B．taken out

C．brought out

D．pulled out

17.

A．scarred

B．destroyed

C．remained

D．saved

18.

A．In time of

B．In danger of

C．In face of

D．In memory of

19.

A．announcement

B．determination

C．agreement

D．preparation

20.

A．deserves

B．allows

C．creates

D．holds

2 . The little boy turned to the old woman next to him, ‘‘Granny, are you sure I don’t have enough money?’’ She nodded. The little boy was still _______ the doll (洋娃娃) in his hand.

I walked toward him, _______who he wished to give this doll to. “Sister. She was sure that Santa Claus would bring a doll to her.” I told him that maybe Santa Claus would do so. But he replied to me _______, “No, Santa Claus (圣诞老人) can’t bring it to her _______ she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she _______ there. My sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, _______ I thought she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister.’’

The little boy looked _______ at me, “I told Daddy to tell Mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall. I _______ she didn’t have to leave me, but Daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister.” Then he looked _______ at the doll with sad eyes.

I quickly __________ for my wallet. “Let’s check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll!” “OK. I hope I do have enough.” I added some of my money to __________ without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and __________ some spare money. “Thank you God for giving me enough money!” He looked at me and __________, “I wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my Mommy, but I didn’t dare to ask God __________too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. My mommy loves white roses.”

__________I remembered a local newspaper article two days ago, mentioning a drunk man in a truck hit a car __________by a young woman and a little girl. The little girl __________ right away and the mother was __________in a critical state.

Two days __________this encounter (偶然相遇) with the little boy, I read in the newspaper that the young__________had passed away.

1.

A．raising

B．holding

C．hiding

D．tearing

2.

A．considering

B．understanding

C．watching

D．asking

3.

A．proudly

B．hurriedly

C．sadly

D．angrily

4.

A．where

B．what

C．who

D．when

5.

A．comes

B．finds

C．goes

D．leaves

6.

A．so

B．for

C．but

D．as

7.

A．down

B．on

C．to

D．up

8.

A．think

B．wish

C．imagine

D．find

9.

A．then

B．sadly

C．again

D．now

10.

A．reached

B．looked

C．searched

D．charged

11.

A．myself

B．him

C．his

D．them

12.

A．still

B．yet

C．also

D．even

13.

A．nodded

B．added

C．laughed

D．showed

14.

A．to

B．for

C．in

D．on

15.

A．Now

B．Therefore

C．However

D．Then

16.

A．occupied

B．controlled

C．attacked

D．owned

17.

A．left

B．died

C．came

D．killed

18.

A．knocked

B．treated

C．left

D．kept

19.

A．after

B．since

C．until

D．before

20.

A．man

B．girl

C．boy

D．woman

3 . Sixteen-year-old Corion Evans made a daring rescue to save three teenage girls. The 16-year-old was hanging out with two________ in a parking area near the Pascagoula River in July when a ________ with three teenage girls inside moved off a boat ramp (斜坡) and into the river. It came to rest some 20 feet from land, and then sank. Actually, the driver had   ________ followed wrong directions from her GPS.

It was around 2: 30 a.m. by the time Evans and his brothers got to the river’s ________. In the darkness, they could barely ________ the girls holding on to the roof, the only part of the car still ________ water. But they could hear _________.

Evans took off his shirt and ________, threw his phone down, and then ________ into the water, a river he knew alligators (短吻鳄) called home. He helped the first girl he saw and, ________ her head above water, led her ashore.

Just then, Police Officer Mercer arrived. He jumped into the river to help another of the ________. But halfway back to shore, the girl ________ and went underwater, pulling Mercer down with her. Seeing this, Evans jumped back in the water and helped them ________ the shore.

There was still one girl in the water, who could not swim. She was s gulping (吞) water, ________, struggling to stay afloat. “I heard her shouting ‘Help!’ and then I grabbed her.” Evans told the Washington Post later.

The three girls and Officer Mercer were then taken to the hospital and finally ________. They’re alive because Corion Evans risked his life to save them.

1.

A．brothers

B．friends

C．classmates

D．students

2.

A．truck

B．boat

C．car

D．motorbike

3.

A．strongly

B．blindly

C．generally

D．foolishly

4.

A．area

B．center

C．mouth

D．edge

5.

A．make out

B．shout to

C．calm down

D．turn down

6.

A．inside

B．under

C．above

D．over

7.

A．whispering

B．quarreling

C．sobbing

D．screaming

8.

A．shoes

B．hat

C．clothes

D．scarf

9.

A．dropped

B．ran

C．dived

D．sank

10.

A．pushing

B．keeping

C．forcing

D．managing

11.

A．boys

B．teenagers

C．rescuers

D．drivers

12.

A．coughed

B．emerged

C．swam

D．panicked

13.

A．go through

B．look into

C．get to

D．find out

14.

A．wounded

B．shocked

C．abandoned

D．scared

15.

A．released

B．checked

C．rescued

D．discovered

5 . On a sunny afternoon, Anthony Perry stepped off the train at Chicago’s 69th Street station. The 20-year-old, who worked nights in a grocery store, was on his way to see his _________.

On the platform, something unthinkable happened: a man _________ the edge and onto the electrified train tracks! As Perry and other _________ passengers watched, he shook uncontrollably as the _________ moved through his body.

“Help him!” someone cried. “Please, someone!”

Perry couldn’t just stand there and _________. He sat at the edge of the platform and eased himself down. _________ all rails between the man and him were electrified, he quickly leaped towards the victim, using a high-knee technique from his high school football days.

Perry soon _________ down and grasped the victim’s wrist. _________, he felt a powerful electric shock shoot through his body. Perry jumped back. He reached down a second time, and was shocked again. But the third time he seized the man’s wrist and forearm, and managed to move the guy’s body away from the _________.

“Give him chest compressions!” yelled an old lady on the platform.

Perry was no expert, but for a few moments he worked on the man’s heart until the victim regained __________. Then, first-aiders arrived. Perry let the professionals __________. Heart still racing from the electric shocks, he __________ back up onto the platform, grabbed his __________ and continued on to his grandfather’s.

The evening news reported the incident, __________ an unnamed hero with saving the victim’s life. To many, Perry’s __________ deeds demonstrated the power of choosing compassion over personal safety.

1.

A．manager

B．client

C．grandfather

D．aunt

2.

A．fell over

B．fell in

C．fell down

D．fell behind

3.

A．delighted

B．excited

C．depressed

D．horrified

4.

A．current

B．oxygen

C．wave

D．blood

5.

A．imagine

B．watch

C．shout

D．record

6.

A．Hoping

B．Assuming

C．Complaining

D．Recalling

7.

A．climbed

B．grabbed

C．reached

D．stretched

8.

A．Instantly

B．Slightly

C．Normally

D．Surprisingly

9.

A．train

B．crowds

C．platform

D．rails

10.

A．strength

B．balance

C．consciousness

D．control

11.

A．look ahead

B．take over

C．get around

D．keep away

12.

A．climbed

B．jumped

C．wound

D．walked

13.

A．clothes

B．things

C．possessions

D．books

14.

A．providing

B．engaging

C．assisting

D．crediting

15.

A．generous

B．grateful

C．courageous

D．faithful

7 . I always help others instinctively(本能地).No matter how big or small the action, I am_____to help others, such as opening doors, sharing umbrella and so on.

I was driving home on a 6-lane highway. A huge______, involving 5 cars, unfolded in front of me. Subconsciously, I ______100 feet past the pile-up and ran to a car which was upside down. I got the injured out of the car and._______them against the guardrail(护栏).I then went to the four other cars to check if anyone else was hurt______ .

I looked over and saw a young man, bloody and contorted,______still on the pavement. Everyone around said he was dead; several had checked. But a feeling inside me said "1 didn't check him. Can they be________he is dead?”I felt for pulses at different spots and felt _______ Then I checked the carotid artery(颈动脉)once again. At that moment, I was feeling for a very weak_______and rapid heart rate. I pushed his chin upwards. He then________out a big clot(血块)，and started taking rapid,______ breaths.

By then, the ambulance was leaving with other_______.It had been reported on radio that there was a death. So when I motioned to the ambulance driver，____` this person was alive and needed help first. He initially_______my request. But with my insistence, he, together with a nurse, did in fact________the man thought to be dead.

He was admitted to a local ICU. His injuries were serious, with little________to recover. Some foretold he wouldn't______it.

Due to the distinguished doctors and care of nurses, he did_______.When he was released from hospital, the story was ____ by all the news stations. I smiled to myself, happy that I was fortunate enough to be at the right place at the right time, to follow my ______, and did a big deal.

1.

A．driven

B．persuaded

C．ordered

D．convinced

2.

A．trunk

B．accident

C．case

D．truck

3.

A．went over

B．took over

C．got over

D．pulled over

4.

A．put

B．leaned

C．stood

D．sat

5.

A．slightly

B．hardly

C．badly

D．casually

6.

A．dying

B．lying

C．hiding

D．crying

7.

A．certain

B．skeptical

C．puzzled

D．eager

8.

A．something

B．everything

C．nothing

D．anything

9.

A．voice

B．breath

C．pulse

D．move

10.

A．spat

B．spoke

C．threw

D．coughed

11.

A．strong

B．deep

C．narrow

D．shallow

12.

A．victims

B．passengers

C．nurses

D．drivers

13.

A．proving

B．indicating

C．pretending

D．imagining

14.

A．criticized

B．accepted

C．understood

D．ignored

15.

A．look into

B．take over

C．attend to

D．yell at

16.

A．time

B．chance

C．strength

D．energy

17.

A．get

B．make

C．have

D．put

18.

A．succeed

B．appear

C．survive

D．escape

19.

A．covered

B．invited

C．praised

D．interviewed

20.

A．instinct

B．dream

C．ambition

D．hobby

8 . The sound that woke Damian Languell at 8:15 in the morning was so loud that he assumed it came from inside his house. As he got up to _______, he heard another sound, this one coming most definitely from _______. Through his bedroom window, he spied a tree surrounded by _______ about 500 yards away. A _______ wrapped the tree's base, its engine on fire.

_______, Languell grabbed buckets of water and ran to the crash site. The car was_______ nearly in two. No one should have _______ this crash, and yet there was 16-year-old Quintin Thompson, his terrified face pressed _______ the driver's side window, in visible _______. Languell tried ________ the fire with his buckets of water, but with no ________. "That was really awful. When the flame got into the front seats, I ________ I had to get him out of there," he told WAGM-TV.

In an act that a police report described as showing " ________ disregard for his own safety", Languell opened the back door of the car and ________ in. "That's when I noticed how ________ his legs were." Using a pocketknife he'd had with him, he ________ Thompson's seat belt. Then, he ________ the teen out of a back window and dragged him to ________ "before the entire car exploded", the police stated.

Languell thinks about that day often. Displaying the sort of empathy（感同身受）that ________ him to help, he told WAGM-TV, "My ________ goes out to 'Thompson'. When you are that close to that level of hurt, you feel it so directly."

1.

A．work

B．exercise

C．check

D．discover

2.

A．downside

B．outside

C．inside

D．upside

3.

A．people

B．fog

C．leaves

D．smoke

4.

A．car

B．rope

C．bus

D．cloth

5.

A．Constantly

B．Obviously

C．Hesitantly

D．Immediately

6.

A．burned

B．split

C．pressed

D．stuck

7.

A．survived

B．witnessed

C．suffered

D．reported

8.

A．with

B．against

C．by

D．on

9.

A．peace

B．silence

C．pain

D．excitement

10.

A．covering

B．catching

C．pouring

D．stopping

11.

A．success

B．harm

C．effort

D．luck

12.

A．expected

B．realized

C．concluded

D．assumed

13.

A．little

B．limited

C．complete

D．some

14.

A．crawled

B．jumped

C．ran

D．stepped

15.

A．long

B．cold

C．bad

D．ugly

16.

A．tore open

B．gave up

C．put away

D．cut off

17.

A．pulled

B．threw

C．held

D．hugged

18.

A．house

B．ground

C．safety

D．distance

19.

A．forced

B．drove

C．advised

D．shocked

20.

A．feet

B．choice

C．hope

D．heart

9 . 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

10 . On a bright Sunday morning, Damian Languell was sleeping soundly at home in Wade, Maine, the US. The sound that woke him at 8:15 was so _______ that he assumed it came from inside his house. As he got up to _______ , he heard another sound, this one coming most definitely from _______ . Looking out of his bedroom window, he _______ a tree engulfed in smoke about 500 yards away. A car was wrapped around the tree’s base, and its engine was   _______ .

Seeing that, he immediately _______ buckets of water and ran to the crash site. Up close, the _______ looked worse. The car was _______ nearly in two, and the tree was where the driver’s seat ought to have been, as if _______ there. He thought that no one should have survived this ________ , and yet there was 16-year-old Thompson, still ________ with his terrified face pressed against the driver’s side window in visible ________ . Languell tried stopping the fire with his buckets of water with no success. When the   ________ got into the front seats, he realized he had to get the boy out of there as soon as possible.

________ , Languell tried to open the back door, but he failed. He grabbed a stone beside the tree and ________ the back door. This time, it ________ and the back door was opened and Languell crawled in. Thompson was struggling to get free when Languell noticed how bad his legs were. Using a pocket knife, Languell sawed through Thompson's   ________. Now that Thompson was free of restraints (束缚), Languell pulled him out of a rear window, and then ________ him to safety before the car was entirely surrounded by flames.

Then Languell called a (n) ________ as Thompson suffered severely. Thompson thanked Languell for saving him, regardless of his own safety. Soon, the doctors arrived and Languell felt ________.

1.

A．strange

B．loud

C．pleasant

D．weak

2.

A．listen

B．view

C．investigate

D．question

3.

A．behind

B．above

C．inside

D．outside

4.

A．spied

B．inspected

C．overlooked

D．caught

5.

A．in danger

B．at work

C．in ruins

D．on fire

6.

A．got hold of

B．controlled

C．took charge of

D．prepared

7.

A．wound

B．damage

C．engine

D．smoke

8.

A．set

B．classified

C．split

D．cut

9.

A．hanging

B．falling

C．sent

D．planted

10.

A．crisis

B．crash

C．disorder

D．event

11.

A．calm

B．anxious

C．conscious

D．confident

12.

A．pain

B．surprise

C．comfort

D．anger

13.

A．water

B．driver

C．passengers

D．flames

14.

A．Instantly

B．Constantly

C．Eventually

D．Consistently

15.

A．kicked

B．hit

C．pulled

D．tapped

16.

A．responded

B．made

C．worked

D．managed

17.

A．trousers

B．seat belt

C．back pack

D．coat

18.

A．pushed

B．shouldered

C．dragged

D．fetched

19.

A．ambulance

B．taxi

C．policeman

D．firefighter

20.

A．satisfied

B．touched

C．recognized

D．relieved