1 . The passenger who successfully landed a plane after its pilot fell unconscious told about the experience. Darren Harrison was on his way back from a fishing trip in the Bahamas when the pilot told him and the other passenger, a friend of the pilot’s, that he didn’t feel right.
Harrison quickly asked the pilot what needed to be done by the point when the pilot was already unresponsive. Making his way to the front of the plane, he realized that the aircraft was in a nose dive, moving at a very fast rate over the open ocean. “At that point, I knew if I didn’t react, we would die,” said Harrison.
Harrison reached over the pilot’s body and positioned his arms over him to grab the controls, slowly starting to pull back on the stick and turn. He did all this just out of common sense. Harrison said that the first moments before he made any communication with ground controls stood out to him as the scariest part of the whole story.
Barefoot in the front of the plane, he placed the headset that the pilot had been wearing on his head, only to discover the cord (电线)was worn and unplugged. From there, he asked the other passenger for his headset and was able to connect. with air traffic control, who guided him on how to safely land. Once they reached the ground, Harrison said he slowly feathered the brakes as they made it down the runway.
When the aircraft finally came to a stop, Harrison said he thanked the man on the other side of the headset before throwing it on the dash of the plane. He said his strongest prayer was “for the guy in the back” while he prayed for the safety of everything that happened.
1. What did Harrison do before boarding the aircraft?| A．He went fishing. | B．He swam in the sea. |
| C．He hiked along the seaside. | D．He learned how to fly a plane. |
| A．After hearing the pilot’s words. | B．After realizing what happened. |
| C．During the landing of the plane. | D．Before initially contacting air traffic control. |
| A．Paragraph 1 and paragraph 2. | B．Paragraph 2 and paragraph 3. |
| C．Paragraph 3 and paragraph 4. | D．Paragraph 4 and paragraph 5. |
| A．Rich and successful. | B．Calm and responsive. |
| C．Optimistic and happy. | D．Humorous and helpful. |
2 . A Jacksonville family was grateful to be alive this weekend, and the dad, Steven Poust said it’s all because of his 7-year-old son, Chase. The young boy beat a current that separated him from his father and 4-year-old sister, Abigail, in the St. Johns River near Mandarin Point on Friday.
Steven Poust anchored (抛锚) his boat in the water while he fished and his kids played around it. While Chase and Abigail were in the water, Abigail let go of the boat because of a current and they were both stuck.
Chase felt really scared, because he didn’t have a life jacket on. Luckily Abigail had one but she floated along with the current. Poust jumped in the water trying to grab Abigail while Chase tried to swim to the shore. Poust tried to grasp both of them, but he wore himself out. Abigail floated away from him.
Chase kept swimming to the shore. He first doggie paddled, then floated on his back to make sure he wouldn’t tire himself out. The current went the opposite way of going to the boat and the shore, so it was very hard to swim that way. He made it to the shore while his dad and sister were stuck in the water before being rescued by the firefighters.
Once Chase reached the shore, he ran to the nearest home to knock for help and the hostess called the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.
“I screamed for help at the top of my lungs and waved my arms and sure enough someone heard me,” Poust said. “Abigail also made it to the shore and got help and our lives were saved.”
1. Why did Poust stop his boat in the water?| A．He went fishing. | B．He wanted to learn swimming. |
| C．His boat broke down. | D．There was a strong current. |
| A．She was loved more by her father. |
| B．She failed to resist the current. |
| C．She didn’t feel scared at all. |
| D．She was saved by her father. |
| A．Swam like a dog. | B．Rowed the boat. |
| C．Sank in the water. | D．Screamed for help. |
| A．Gifted. | B．Generous. | C．Ambitious. | D．Brave. |
3 . Rocky Lyons was five years old when his mother, Kelly, was driving along the country road with him. He was asleep on the front seat of their truck, with his feet resting on her lap. As his mom drove carefully down the winding country road, she turned onto a narrow bridge. The truck hit a rock and slid off the road. She attempted to bring it back up onto the road by pressing hard on the gas pedal(踏板)and turning the steering wheel to the left. But Rocky's foot got caught between her leg and the steering wheel and she lost control of the truck.
The truck fell into a 20-foot ravine(峡谷). When it hit the bottom,Rocky woke up. “What happened, Mom?” he asked. “Our wheels are pointing toward the sky.”
Kelly was seriously wounded and blinded by blood. “I’ll get you out, Mom, ” announced Rocky, who had surprisingly escaped injury. He climbed out from under Kelly, slid through the open window and tried to yank his mother out. But she didn’t move.
“Just let me sleep,” begged Kelly,who was out of consciousness(意识). Rocky insisted,“Mom, you can’t go to sleep.”
Rocky managed to push Kelly out of the truck and told her he’d climb up to the road and stop a car to get help. Fearing that no one would be able to see her little boy in the dark, Kelly refused to let him go alone. Instead they slowly moved up to the road. The pain was so great that Kelly wanted to give up, but Rocky wouldn’t let her.
Rocky kept repeating the inspirational phrase, “I know you can. I know you can.” When they finally reached the road, Rocky broke into tears seeing his mother’s torn face clearly for the first time. Waving his arms and shouting, “Please stop!” the boy stopped a truck. His mother was sent to hospital.
It took eight hours to rebuild Kelly’s face. She looks quite different today-she has a few scars but has recovered from her injuries.
Rocky’s heroics were big news. Everyone was surprised at this little boy’s power. “It’s not like I wanted it to happen,” the boy explained. “I just did what anyone would have done.” “If it weren’t for Rocky, I’d have died,” said his mother.
1. What do we know about Rocky and Kelly?| A．They were lost on a country road. |
| B．They were involved in a truck accident. |
| C．They had limited time to find their way. |
| D．They knew little of what happened to them. |
| A．The truck had turned over. |
| B．He couldn’t find his mother. |
| C．He had been stuck in the truck. |
| D．His mother had passed out. |
| A．Pull. | B．Drive. |
| C．Follow. | D．Carry. |
| A．Enthusiastic and kind. |
| B．Courageous and calm. |
| C．Cooperative and generous |
| D．Adventurous and energetic. |
4 . It was about 10:15 p.m. Janice Esposito got off the train at the Bellport, New York, got into her car and began driving home. She had traveled the route so many times that she almost drove automatically: a left onto Station Road, then a left on Montauk Highway, and then—bang! Out of nowhere a car crashed into Esposito’s car, pushing her backward some 100 feet onto the railroad tracks. Injured but mostly shocked by the crash and by the airbags that popped up, she got stuck in the vehicle.
As it happened, Pete DiPinto was getting ready for bed when he heard the crash coming from not far outside his bedroom window.
A volunteer firefighter and retired teacher, DiPinto, 64, never stopped to think. He grabbed a flashlight and rushed out. “Any firefighter would have done what I did,” he said. “We’re always on duty.”
The first car he came upon, 2,000 feet from his front yard, was the one that had hit Esposito. Once making sure the driver was OK, he looked around and spotted Esposito’s car straddling (骑跨) the railroad tracks. And then he heard a bell sound, which signaled a coming train.
DiPinto rushed to Esposito’s car and hit on the driver’s side window. She just looked at him, “I don’t know where I am,” she said.
“You’re on the railroad tracks,” DiPinto yelled. “We have to get you off right now!” The train was traveling at a speed of 65 miles per hour toward them. The driver’s door couldn’t be opened due to the crash, so DiPinto ran to the passenger side. He threw open the door, pushed aside the airbags, seized Esposito’s arms, and pulled her toward him across the passenger seat until he finally got her out and walked her to safety as quickly as he could.
Within seconds, the train crashed into the car. “It was like a Hollywood movie, ” DiPinto told reporters the next day.
“Last night,” said Greg Miglino Chief of the South Country Ambulance, “the hero arrived in pajamas, not in a fire truck.”
1. What can we know about the accident from the first paragraph?| A．Esposito was not familiar with the road. |
| B．Esposito was driving too fast. |
| C．The crash was violent. |
| D．It should have been avoided. |
| A．Esposito was badly injured. |
| B．Esposito was to be hit by the train. |
| C．Esposito was firmly stuck in the car. |
| D．The driver’s door couldn’t be opened. |
| A．He is praising DiPinto’s heroic action. |
| B．DiPinto didn’t act as professionally. |
| C．A firefighter should be ready any time. |
| D．Fire trucks are not enough for emergencies. |
| A．Regretful | B．Calm | C．Powerful | D．Nervous |
| A．A woman had an accident on the way home at night. |
| B．A woman had a narrow death escape. |
| C．A firefighter managed to become a hero overnight. |
| D．A firefighter saved a woman from a further accident. |
5 . The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of September 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives.
The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King’s baker(面包师)in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery(面包房)into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.
By eight o’clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul’s and the Guildhall among them.
Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire. People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat.
The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.
After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect(建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone. In fact, the streets are still narrow; but he did build more than fifty churches, among them new St Paul’s.
The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past.
1. The underlined word “family” in the second paragraph means .| A．home | B．children |
| C．wife and husband | D．wife and children |
| A．some people lost their lives |
| B．the birds in the sky were killed by the fire |
| C．many famous buildings were destroyed |
| D．the King’s bakery was burned down |
| A．Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire. |
| B．Because Pepys also wrote about the fire. |
| C．To show that poor people suffered most. |
| D．To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire. |
a. There was a strong wind.
b. The streets were very narrow.
c. Many houses were made of wood.
d. There was not enough water in the city.
e. People did not discover the fire earlier.
| A．a and b | B．a, b and c |
| C．a, b, c and d | D．a, b, c, d and e |
6 . California officials are praising workers for rescuing a 13-year-old boy who fell into a river of sewage(下水道) in Los Angeles. The boy, Jesse Hermandez, spent more than 12 hours in the city’s large underground sewage system. It is filled with liquid refuse and other waste materials, some of them poisonous.
Jesse had been playing at a public park with other children during a family gathering on Sunday. At one point, the children were on pieces of wood that covered an opening leading to the sewer system. One of the wooden planks broke. The boy fell about eight meters down and landed in fast-moving sewage, said Brian Humphrey, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department. The other children quickly told adults what had happened. The adults then called an emergency telephone line for help. Rescuers immediately began searching for Jesse underground. They set cameras on floatation devices, which they put into the sewage system. They finally found Jesse after seeing images of handprints on a pipe. A crew of sanitation(公共卫生) workers hurried to the area and opened a manhole. “The first thing they heard was ‘Help!’” said Adel Hagekhalil, an official in the Los Angeles Sanitation Department.
The crew lowered down a long hose (软管) to Jesse, who was in the pipe about three meters deep. The boy held onto the line while workers pulled him up. He was taken to a hospital for a full physical examination and reunited with his family. In addition to the major rescue effort, Humphrey credited the boy with being able to survive. Not only did he survive being pushed through sewage moving at speeds of 24 kilometers an hour, but also Jesse was able to find a small area of breathable air and wait there until he was found.
“Many would call it a miracle,” Humphrey said about Jesse’s survival. He added that the chances of someone surviving such an event are low.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was among those closely watching the rescue effort. On Twitter, Garcetti praised rescuers and thanked Jesse’s family for their “patience and optimism” during the frightening experience.
1. According to the text, the accident took place__________.| A．before Jesse got to the park. |
| B．just after Jesse left the park. |
| C．right before the rescuers arrived at the park |
| D．when Jesse was playing in the park with other children. |
| A．Jesse fell 24 meters down into the sewage system. |
| B．The park should take some responsibility for Jesse’s accident. |
| C．The consequence of falling into the sewage system is disastrous. |
| D．Jesse’s being saved was not surprising thanks to the rescuers’ efforts. |
| A．Careless. | B．Sensible. |
| C．Hesitant. | D．Determined. |
| A．They were tolerant of the bad management of the park. |
| B．They brought up their son in a right and respectable way. |
| C．They stayed calm and hopeful about Jesse’s being saved. |
| D．They voluntarily participated in rescuing Jesse together with the rescuers. |
7 . As 17-year-old Torri’ell Norwood drove through Florida, last February, the laughter and chatter from the four teenage girls inside her car quickly gave way to screams. As they approached an intersection, another car T-boned them, sending their car sailing into the yard of a nearby home, coming to a stop only when it crashed into a tree.
As smoke rose from the car, a bystander shouted, “It’s about to blow up! Get out!” Shaken, but otherwise OK, Norwood crawled out through the window as the driver’s side door couldn’t be opened. Along with two of her friends, who’d also managed to free themselves, she ran for her life. But halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, Simmons, wasn’t with them. Norwood ran back and found Simmons unconscious in the back seat. She threw open the back door and pulled her friend out. She dragged Simmons a few feet to safety and laid her on the ground. After checking her pulse and found there was no sign of life, she started CPR.
Had the accident happened a few weeks earlier, she might not have known what to do. But just the day before, Norwood, who wanted to pursue a career in medicine, had earned her CPR certificate by learning on her own. Kneeling on the lawn and looking down at her dying friend, Norwood knew she had precious little time to practice what she’d learned.
She started pumping Simmons’s chest with her interlocked fingers and breathing into her friend's mouth in hopes of filling her lungs with the kiss of life. After quite a while, Simmons began coughing and taking quick deep breaths for air. The CPR had worked! Soon, the ambulance arrived and rushed Simmons to the hospital. And then she heard how her best friend had saved her life. “I wasn't shocked,” Simmons told others. “She will always help any way she can.”
1. What caused the car crash?| A．Another car hit Norwood’s car near the intersection. |
| B．Norwood drove the car too quickly that day. |
| C．Norwood’s car crashed into a tree in a yard. |
| D．The girls were too excited to notice another car. |
| A．She crawled out through the window and ran without stopping. |
| B．She dragged her friends out and performed CPR at once. |
| C．She ran for her life but turned back to save her friend. |
| D．She opened the driver’s side door and pulled her friend out. |
| A．She had learned CPR in school classes. | B．She pursued a career in medicine. |
| C．The bystander told her how to do it. | D．She just earned her CPR certificate. |
| A．Breath of Life. | B．A Frightening Night. |
| C．Power of Knowledge. | D．An Admirable Girl. |
8 . Ways to save yourself in a fire emergency
Knowing how to act fast in case of a fire emergency can save your life and those of others. Most are the times people die from fire outbreaks, for short of information on how to deal with that situation once it happens.
Stay low to the ground when the fire happens. It is, more importantly, to note that poisonous gases are often more dangerous than fire. In an accident of a fire, make sure you lower down not to breathe the smoke as you move towards the outside.
Keep away from elevators! Once you find yourself in a building and a fire scene has happened, stop using the elevators since most fail to work in case of a serious fire.
Use proper ways to put out the fire. Make sure you are knowledgeable on how to use fire extinguishers in any building you work from. Once you realize that is not working, call for help as fast as possible. If possible, you can also learn some knowledge of first aid in your spare time.
| A．Know the fire exits |
| B．It is so dangerous to be kept in elevators |
| C．First aid may save life in the fire sometimes |
| D．To prevent a fire outbreak, here are some tips |
| E．Don't get into a new place without showing care |
| F．To save lives during a fire outbreak, do the following |
| G．If possible, tie a wet cloth around your nose or mouth |
9 . One day, Lisa Holman told her family she would be out that night visiting her friend, only about half an hour drive from her house. So it was not alarming as the night grew on and she did not arrive home. As 11 pm passed, her family began to worry. They called her but did not get any answer. They then reached out to Lisa's friend, who said Lisa had left to drive home at 9 that night.
The family thought about calling the police that evening but the police typically don't define a person missing unless there is no contact for 24 hours. The next morning there was still no sign of Lisa. All the family could do was sit home and wait. Lisa's son decided to drive along Lisa's route and carefully look for her. He found Lisa's car had crashed into a tree. What's worse，there was no sign of Lisa at all.
The family called the police. The police began their search. But due to the heavy rain the search team was called back. The family was very disappointed but still hopeful and continued the search 700 feet from Lisa's car, they finally found Lisa under a rock.
After a few days in hospital, Lisa recovered. She explained that she passed out after her car slid off the road in the rain. After she came to herself, Lisa managed to climb out of the car. While walking to find help, Lisa was exhausted and unable to figure out the direction. So she couldn't walk on and climbed under a rock as it started raining again. Scared as she was, she turned to her faith in hopes of living to see her son again.
1. When should Lisa arrive home after visiting her friend?| A．About 9 pm. | B．About 9： 30 pm. |
| C．About 11 pm. | D．The next morning. |
| A．The police usually refused to come at night. |
| B．The heavy rain had blocked all the roads up. |
| C．They thought Lisa would come back herself. |
| D．They had been out of touch with Lisa for less than a day. |
| A．The friend she had visiteD. | B．A hiking team passing by. |
| C．The police search team. | D．Lisa's family. |
| A．She was lost. | B．Her legs were badly injured. |
| C．She was locked in her car. | D．She was caught by heavy rain, |
10 . Maybe ten-year-old Elizabeth put it best when she said to her father. “But, Dad, you can’t be healthy if you’re dead.”
Dad, in a hurry to get home before dark so he could go for a run, had forgotten to wear his safety belt — a mistake 11.5% of the US population make every day, according to a survey in 2015.
The percentage doesn’t seem so bad, but the big question is why still so many people ignore it when every day there are reports about car accidents and casualties (a death toll of 37461 in 2016 ).
There have been many myths about safety belts ever since their first appearance in cars some forty years ago. The following are three of the most common.
Myth Number One: It’s best to be “thrown clear”of a serious accident.
Truth: Sorry, but any accident serious enough to “throw you clear”is also going to be serious enough to give you a very bad landing. And chances are you’ll have traveled through a windshield (挡风玻璃) or door to do it. Studies show that chances of dying after a car accident are twenty-five times greater in cases where people are “thrown clear.”
Myth Number Two: Safety belts “trap”people in cars that are burning or sinking in water.
Truth: Sorry again. but studies show that people knocked unconscious (昏迷) due to not wearing safety belts have a greater chance of dying in these accidents People wearing safety belts are usually protected to the point of having a clear head to free themselves from such dangerous situations, not to be trapped in them.
Myth Number Three: Safety belts aren’t needed at speeds of less than 30 miles an hour (mph).
Truth: When two cars traveling at 30 mpb hit each other, an unbelted driver would meet the windshield with a force equal to diving headfirst into the ground from a height of 10 meters.
1. Why did Elizabeth say to her father “But, Dad, you can’t be healthy if you’re dead”?| A．He was driving at great speed. |
| B．He was running across the street. |
| C．He didn’t have his safety belt on. |
| D．He didn’t take his medicine on time. |
| A．wasn’t feeling very well |
| B．hated to drive in the dark |
| C．wanted to take some exercise |
| D．didn’t want to be caught by the police |
| A．may be knocked down by other cars |
| B．may get seriously hurt being thrown out of the car |
| C．may find it impossible to get away from the seat |
| D．may get caught in the car door |
| A．the belt prevents them escaping in an accident |
| B．they will be unable to think clearly in an accident |
| C．they will be caught when help comes |
| D．cars catch fire easily |
| A．Never drive faster than 30 mile an hour. |
| B．Try your best to save yourself in a car accident. |
| C．Never forget to wear the safety belt while driving. |
| D．Drive slowly while you’re not wearing a safety belt. |
