1 . 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.

Lost at sea

Two men from the Solomon Islands have been rescued after spending 29 days lost at sea.

The men     1     (travel) to another island when heavy rain and wind took them out to sea. The two men survived on oranges they had packed, coconuts they found in the sea and by gathering rainwater.

“I look forward to going back home     2     I guess it was a nice break from everything,” one of the men, Livae Nanjikana, told The Guardian.

Nanjikana and Junior Qoloni took off from Mono Island on Sept. 3 in a motorboat to travel 200 km to Noro on New Georgia Island. However, soon after they set out, their boat was hit by heavy winds and rain, which made unclear the coastline they were following     3     a guide. 

“When the bad weather came, it was bad, but it was     4     (bad) and became scary when the GPS died,” he said. “We couldn’t see where we were going and so we just decided to stop the engine and wait,     5     (save) fuel.”

When the rain had finally passed, Nanjikana and Qoloni had already drifted far out to sea. They spent the next 29 days     6     (live) off of limited supplies and by gathering rainwater with     7     they could make use of to keep themselves alive.

A fisherman found and rescued the two men on Oct. 2 off the coast of New Britain, Papua New Guinea, about 400 km from     8     they had started.

Nanjikana and Qoloni     9     (bring) to a local health clinic for treatment and are staying temporarily with a local man, Joe Kolealo, until they     10     return home.

2 . 阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式(每空不超过3个单词)。

At least 151 people were killed and 82 others were injured in a stampede (踩踏) accident on October 29th in Itaewon, a district of the Republic of Korea’s capital Seoul, during a Halloween gathering, local authorities said    1     the early morning of October 30th.

Many victims are largely in their    2    (twenty). About twenty-six foreign nationals     3    (be) among the dead. The incident is believed to have happened near a narrow alley in the district. Several Halloween gatherings took place in Itaewon, and the police estimated that     4    (rough) 100, 000 people had participated in the Halloween parties in the area,     5    is known for its nightclubs. More than 140 first-aid vehicles    6    (send) to rescue the injured.     7     (hold) two emergency meetings, the Republic of Korea’s President ordered officials    8    (arrange) enough hospital beds for the injured and establish an accident management headquarters, and properly deal with the aftermath (后果),    9    (include) identifying the dead and investigating the cause of the accident. According to some local media, the accident occurred when some people were rushing to a bar where an unidentified celebrity visited,     10    it is not confirmed yet. The exact cause of it is under investigation.

3 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Davyon Johnson, an 11-year-old boy, was honored by his community after saving two lives in one day. On Dec. 9, a choking student tripped into the classroom     1     Davyon was. Davyon did the Heimlich immediately and saved him. Hours later, on his way home, Davyon spotted a house on fire. Everybody     2     (run) out except for an elderly lady. As the woman struggled     3     (move) using her walker, Davyon raced up the steps and helped her escape the burning building.

4 . 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。

Earlier this month, a team of doctors in Russia managed to complete an open heart surgery as the hospital caught fire, Now a picture     1     (take)at the operating theater goes viral on social media,     2     (move)the netizens(网民)everywhere,

According to reports, firefighters     3     (battle)the flames from outside the building as more than 120 patients and medical workers were being evacuated(转移). Despite this, the eight doctors did their best to finish the operation at the ground floor     4     (successful). Soon thereafter, the patient was evacuated to the regional hospital,     5     is about 5 kilometers away.

Cardiac surgery center department head Valentin Filatov said: “There was nowhere to go, the man had to be saved. We did everything at the     6     (high)level, as they say.”

Antonina Smolina, one of the medics, shared that “there was no panic” among the hospital crew.

When responders realized that the surgery could not     7     (stop), they made sure that the operating room would have sufficient power supply by providing an electric cable. They also had to keep smoke     8     entering the theater.

Amur Region’s Ministry of Health later released an official     9     (state), saying the operation during a fire was performed smoothly. Meanwhile, the government authorities will award the doctors for     10     they have done.

5 . 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 dog who is thought to have died in a snow slide is home safe after spending days in the     1    (freeze) cold mountains.

A skier and a snowboarder both survived a snow slide in Chaffee County, Colorado, last week. “The second skier down caused a snow slide,     2     then washed over the snowboarder,” said Brian Lazar, the second-in-command director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

The skier opened his airbag and     3    (injure) badly. The snowboarder who     4    (be) below was unable to open her airbag, and she was buried     5     (complete) without a possible airway. The skier was able to save her from the snow. “This could have gone     6    a much different direction very easily.” Lazar said.

The couple also had their dog with them. After searching everywhere for the dog following     7    snow slide, they left without being able to find it.

“We did have some search and rescue     8     (member) visit yesterday, but they didn’t see any signs of tracks,” Lazar said.

It was supposed that the dog died in the snow slide     9    the dog was found on a road late Saturday night.

“Extraordinarily, the dog managed     10    (survive) and made it back to Monarch Pass after spending many nights in cold weather,” Lazar said.

8 . 语法填空

A fire     1    (break) out in the Henderson Tower, starting from the 8th floor and     2    (spread) quickly through the tower block on Sunday night.     3     has been confirmed that 4 people are dead and dozens of people are injured, 5 of     4     are in a critical condition. The fire was started by a     5    (drop) cigarette end on a carpet of the 8th floor and it is     6    (current)being investigated further. 

News reports on     7     same events usually contain different or even contradictory information, because journalists decide on different     8    (priority), which would affect how they report an event. So facing such     9    (fact) differences, do not rush to the conclusion that one of the news reports gives false information. Checking different sources enables us     10    (draw) a more informed conclusion. 

In a word, when we read news reports, we should be critical news readers.