1 . 语法填空

Chinese Rescue Icebreaker May Be Stuck in Antarctic ice

All 52 passengers aboard a Russian research ship stuck in ice for over a week in Antarctica were rescued to     1     (safe)on Thursday, but now the Chinese rescue icebreaker has also gotten     2     (stick).

On Friday, the crew of the Chinese icebreaker Snow Dragon, which provided the rescue helicopter, said they were worried about their ship’s ability to move through the thick sea       3     .

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority reported that the Australian icebreaker Aurora Australis, tasked with taking the       4     (rescue)passengers back to Australia, had been instructed to stay in the area in case the Snow Dragon needed help. The Authority said the crew of the Chinese ship would attempt to break through to open water on early Saturday     5     weather conditions were more favorable.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said on Thursday that all the passengers aboard the research ship were rescued after a rescue helicopter was finally able     6     (land)nearby. The passengers     7     (include)scientists, tourists and journalistswere airlifted —12 at     8     time —to the Australian ship.

Terrible weather conditions prevented previous attempts from rescuing the passengers     9     helicopter. Icebreakers from China, Australia and France had also failed     10     (reach)the Russian ship.

2 . 阅读下面材料，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。

Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been     1     (find) 45 miles south of London, they were not taken     2     (serious) by experts from the zoo until enough evidence     3     (be) collected. The     4     (describe) given by people claiming (声称) to have seen the puma were similar. A woman     5     (pick) blackberries said she saw “a large cat”. And a businessman     6     a fishing trip also said he saw the puma up a tree. The experts fully     7     (believe) that the animal was a puma     8     was probably owned by a private collector. The hunt went on for several     9     (week) but no one could catch it.     10     is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.

3 . 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 Kentucky pizza driver, Ralph Letner, is a hero after he helped to evacuate people from a home    1    was on fire when he arrived at a home in Somerset to make a delivery. He saw the house burning, so he ran inside, shut off the breaker, and got on his knees to move through the smoke and find the occupants. Once Ralph located homeowner lesse Decker tying to battle the flames, he escorted (护送) him out the front door. Jesse says Ralph is a hero for saving his life.But,like all great    2     (hero), Ralph    3    (simple) says he was raised to help others in need.

4 . 阅读短文内容，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The young Perce Blackborow     1     (desperate) anticipated an adventure.     2     (join) the expedition, he secretly hid himself in a cupboard after Sir Ernest Shackleton turned down his request. As they approached Antarctic, the ship Endurance got     3     (stick) in the ice. They had to abandon the ship and reached the uninhabited Elephant Island. Later, they got into a difficult situation     4     they were crowded together under a boat on the rocky shore of the miserable place. To seek help, Shackleton departed,     5    (lead) a team in a lifeboat. For the remaining crew, staying alive took all their time and energy. While they were bored     6     all meat of sea creatures, they knew if     7     hadn’t been for sea animals, they would all have starved. It was four months before they were finally rescued. It was Shackleton’s perseverance and     8     (commit) that saved them from a slow but     9    (pain) death. The expedition     10    (consider) a successful failure at that time.

5 . 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.

6 . 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.

The Cause for Kobe’s Helicopter Crash

Federal officials announced in the press that the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others in 2020 occurred because the pilot likely got disoriented (失去方向) while flying into the clouds against federal rules.

“The pilot, Ara Zobayan, who also died     1    the Jan. 26, 2020, crash in Calabasas, California, was operating the helicopter under rules that prevented him from flying into clouds. However, he did not follow his training and continued into the clouds     2    the aircraft crashed into a hill,” investigators said.

The crash also killed Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, two other teenage girls with their family members, along with     3    basketball coach. The victims were on their way from Orange County to a girls’ basketball game at Bryant’s Mamba Sports Academy.

“While     4    (encounter) the foggy weather conditions, Zobayan notified air traffic controllers that he was climbing to 4, 000 feet to get above the cloud layer, when in fact, the helicopter was actually going down rapidly,” federal investigators said at a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearing.

The NTSB     5    (determine) that Zobayan likely experienced “spatial disorientation”, a misleading sensation that confuses pilots into not knowing which way is up or down.

Investigators also said that given his very close friendship with Bryant, Zobayan     6    have experienced “self—induced pressure” to complete the flight so as not to disappoint Bryant. While the NTSB said there was no evidence to suggest that Bryant     7    placed any pressure on Zobayan to complete the flight, the self-induced pressure might have to a great extent affected pilot’s decision making and judgment. “While climbing into the clouds, Zobayan lost visual references,     8    could lead to a false sense of orientation owing to inner ear illusions,” investigators said. “This could cause the pilot to believe they were flying straight and level, while in reality they were flying in a steady left turn—this is     9    we call ‘the leans’. And that finally led to the tragedy.”

From 2010 to 2019, there were 184 fatal aircraft accidents related to spatial disorientation in America, 20 of which were fatal helicopter accidents. Experts say they are trying to work out better solutions to this problem to make future flights     10    (safe).

7 . Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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.

LONDON—The stabbing of three people at Manchester railway station on Monday night was being treated as terror related, British police said Tuesday.

The British police launched a “terrorist investigation”     1     the knife attack, which came on the New Year’s Eve.

A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of     2     (attempt) murder after the incident shortly before 2100 GMT on Monday.

The three victims were taken to a nearby hospital in a serious but not life-    3     (threaten) condition.

A woman in her 50s suffered injuries to her face and stomach,     4     a man, also in his 50s, has injuries to his stomach.

A British Transport Police (BTP) sergeant in his 30s was treated after he was stabbed in the shoulder, but has since been released.

The knifeman     5     (hear) shouting “Allah” on Monday night before he stabbed a police officer and two revellers at Victoria Railway Station in Manchester     6     the New Year’s Eve.

Terrified passengers described hearing a “blood curdling scream” down the platform and were forced to run down the tram tracks after seeing a man wielding a 12-inch kitchen knife.

Two knives were recovered at the scene and a property     7     (search) in the Cheetham Hill area currently.

British counter-terror cops are investigating after the incident took place at Victoria Station,     8    , a combined mainline railway station, is situated to the north of the city center of Manchester.

The stabbing scene is close to the Manchester Arena,     9     terrorist Salman Abedi murdered 22 people in a suicide bomb attack in May 2017.

New Year’s Eve fireworks display in Manchester’s Albert Square went ahead with security     10     (increase) after the incident.

8 . 阅读下面材料，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。

It was in 1982. Steven Callahan     1    (cross) the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He was out of the shipping lanes and floating in a life raft, alone. His supplies were few. His chances were small. Yet when three     2    (fisherman) found him seventy-six days later, he was alive—much     3    (skinny) than he was when he started, but alive.

The thing that caught my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, when there seemed no point in     4    (continue) the struggle, when he was suffering greatly, when his lifeboat was broken with a hole and after more than a week struggling     5    (fix) it with his weak body, it was still leaking air. He was starved and     6    (thorough) exhausted. Giving up would have seemed the only wise choice.

When people survive these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds     7     gets them encouraged to keep going. Many people in similar circumstances give in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find     8     courage to carry on in spite of overwhelming odds.

“I tell     9    (me) I can handle it,” wrote Callahan in his story. “Compared to     10     others have been through, I’m fortunate.”

9 . 语法填空。

The shopping mall,     1     atmosphere many people enjoyed, was on fire last week because the gas pipes     2     were used too long cracked. Those     3     were shopping in it were trapped. It was such a big fire that it seemed as if the world came to an end. Many goods     4     were on sale were destroyed. This was the biggest fire     5     people had ever seen. Luckily, the firefighters     6     received the emergency call came at once. They did     7     they could to put out the fire. To our relief, no one was injured or dead.

10 . 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The factory     1     I worked caught fire last winter. All of us were    2     (shock) to find we     3     (trap) in a workshop. The walls cracked and bricks    4     (fall) down frequently. The    5     (electrical) was also cut off. The thick smoke was hard     6    (breathe) . It seemed as if everything were    7     (destroy). We were about to give up     8     a good idea suddenly     9     (strike) me. I told others to wet their coats and covered their heads to protect themselves from heavy smoke and fire. We ran out of the workshop before it lay in    10     (ruin). It was my wisdom that saved our lives.