1 . 语法填空

David had a car accident yesterday. He had made an appointment with his friend to see a     1    (move) film. After     2    (finish) his housework, he set off for the cinema by car. Since there was only 5 minutes     3    (leave) before the movie started, he decided to give his friend a call.He drove so fast,     4    (have) a chat with his friend on the phone, and a truck suddenly appeared from the side. Although     5    (become) a driver for years, he could not avoid the truck in time and hit it. Luckily, he didn’t get hurt.

2 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Cruz Genet, 11, and Anthony Skopick, 10, couldn’t agree. Were the birds out on the ice ducks or geese? There was only one way to find out. So    1    a chilly January evening last year, the two friends ventured onto the frozen pond near their homes in Frankfort, Illinois,     2    (get) a better look. First they cast a rock onto the ice to test it, Cruz told NBC5 Chicago, “Then we stepped on it.”     3    (convince) the ice would hold their weight, Anthony took a few steps, then...FOOMP. He crashed through the seemingly frozen surface. “There was no sound, no crack,” he told ABC 7 Chicago. “I just fell through instantly. ”

Cruz rushed to help his    4    (panic) friend. FOOMP — the pond swallowed him too. Cruz managed to lift himself out of the frigid water and onto a more solid section. He then carefully worked his way toward Anthony. But the ice didn’t hold, and in he    5    (fall) again. This time, he couldn’t get out.

The boys were up to their necks in icy water and quickly losing feeling in their limbs. Any chance of their    6    (free) themselves was slipping away. Cruz was sure he was going to die. Anthony’s older sister had seen the boys fall through the ice and started screaming for help. John Lavin, a neighbour driving nearby on his way to the grocery store,     7    (hear) her. He quickly pulled over. Seeing the boys, he grabbed a nearby buoy,     8    (kick) off his shoes, and ran into the slushy water,     9    (chop) his way through the ice with his free fist.

Lavin made his way to Cruz and Anthony and dragged them back to land. They were taken to the hospital, where doctors discovered that their five-minute stay in the water    10    (lower) their body temperature nearly ten degrees.

Fortunately, the boys have fully recovered, though they are still kind of awestruck by their fearless neighbour. “Just to think,” says Cruz, “if he wasn’t there, I could have died.”

4 . 语法填空

People love the view of old buildings in Paris, especially the Notre-Dame Cathedral (巴黎母院).     1    (fortunate), on April 15, a fire destroyed the spire (尖顶) of the cathedral, and two-thirds of the roof. Flames could be seen     2    (rise) through the top of the monument. The citizens in Paris gathered around the cathedral, praying for the hundreds of     3    (firefighter) who fought the flames.     4     was no wonder that people felt sad. The church itself after all, is a historical and artistic treasure.     5    (build) in 1163, it is one of the world’s most famous tourist sites, attracting about 12 million     6    (visit) every year.

Notre-Dame Cathedral is home to many     7    (religion) artworks, paintings and sculptures. Despite its long history and many treasures, the cathedral     8    (need) the help of a writer to become truly famous. Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, presented the building to     9     wide range of readers. He wrote the book to remind people of it, with the hope     10     they would protect the beautiful old buildings of Paris.

7 . 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。

A great fire has destroyed the old cathedral (大教堂) of Notre Dame (巴黎圣母院) in Paris, one of France’ s     1    (famous) landmarks.

Thousands of people gathered in the streets around the cathedral, watching the flames in silence. Some of them could be seen crying. Watching such a famous old building     2    (destroy) is extremely     3     (shock) to any French person.

No other site represents France like Notre Dame Cathedral,     4     receives almost 13 million visitors each year, more than the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower, is little more than a century old while Notre Dame Cathedral     5     (stand) tall above Paris since the 1200s. It has given     6     (it) name to one of the country’s literary masterpieces. Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame (《钟楼怪人》) is known     7    the French simply as Notre Dame de Paris.

The three large rose windows have been destroyed     8     the fire. Fortunately, the main structure,     9    (include) the two bell towers, has been saved. Also the most     10    (value) cultural relics have survived.

8 . 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 20 December, a series of huge waves caused by     1     undersea earthquake raced across the ocean near Goldshore and left thousands     2     (die) . Luckily, due to a ten-year-old girl's basic knowledge of tsunamis, Goldshore Beach became the only local beach     3     (survive) the disaster without any loss of life.

On that day, people were walking, running or simply sitting on the sandy beach, enjoying the warm sea air and the soft wind that brushed their hair     4     something odd happened. The water was frothy, like the bubbles on the top of a beer. It wasn't calm, instead, it was just coming in and in.     5     (see) this, the little girl named Sabrina realized that these were the     6       (sign) of an approaching tsunami. Though     7     (frighten), she kept her head and warned her parents and a safety officer     8     the danger. At last, the beach was     9     (rapid ) cleared of people just before the huge waves     10     (crash) into the coast.

9 . 语法填空

About 3 years ago, something terrible happened to me. Our boat    1    (catch) in a terrible storm.    2    enormous wave covered our boat all at once and my younger brother    3    (fall) into the sea. Our boat survived. But it was going    4    the direction of the whirlpool. When we were on the edge of the whirlpool, I felt    5    (calm) than when we were moving towards it. When the boat was on the inside of it, we were going round in    6    (circle) at great speed. I tied myself to a barrel,    7    could help me to float. Then, without    8    (wait) , I dived into the sea. My elder brother was too    9    (terrify) to leave the boat and sank into the bottom of the whirlpool. I did escape. The waves carried me to an area where I was picked up by some of my old friends, but they were unable    10    (recognise) me, for my hair had turned white in less than a single day.