1 . 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。

I boarded a small plane together with my sister and 42 other passengers. While flying over the mountains, the plane     1     (encounter) violent airflow. Losing control suddenly, it hit an unknown mountain peak. The impact of the crash claimed the lives of a few passengers immediately, leaving many injured including my sister.

Adding a slight chance of being found out, we waited in the open, as opposed to waiting in the plane,     2     it was freezing cold. At night, we slept side by side to keep ourselves warm and melted snow into water. We knew our food couldn’t last us long, sticking to the hope that we     3     (rescue) soon.

We knew from radio that the outside world     4     (try) to look for the missing aircraft. However, the aircraft was white and blended in with the snow, making it impossible to be seen from the sky. Later, our hope was dead when we found out via our radio that the rescue effort ended.

Now climbing over the mountains ourselves to search for help seemed to be our only chance of survival.     5     the crash site was an awful place, with urine (尿) everywhere and smelling of death, I still wished to stay there. But my sister would give in to her injuries soon     6     we were not rescued. Thus, together with two other people, Canessa and Vizintin, I decided to walk through the icy wilderness for help. Carrying some food and water, the three climbers started our journey. If we had known anything about climbing, we would have realized that we were already finished. The mountain we were about to challenge was one with slopes so steep     7     it would scare away a team of expert climbers. Our ignorance provided our only chance.

We endured exhaustion and starvation and we had reached the top.

To our horror, we found nothing. Disappointed, we were about to give up hope     8     I spotted a valley at the base of the mountain and again we started making our way down the mountain.

Eventually, at the bottom of the mountain we were helped by a local farmer who called the police for help. I then     9     (guide) the rescue team via a helicopter to the crash site. Finally, after we had endured nineteen cruel days, the world found out that there were 16 survivors who     10     (cheat) death despite the odds (困难).

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.

iPhone 7 being investigated after surfer claims it set his car on fire

Apple is investigating a report from an Australian man who claimed his iPhone 7 caught fire and destroyed his car, the company said on Friday.

Surfer Mat Jones told Channel 7 News that he     1     ( go ) into water off a New South Wales beach and left his new iPhone 7 bought last week,     2     ( wrap) in a pair of trousers in his car on the beach.

He said that     3     he returned from the water he saw smoke rising from the car. “As I looked into my car，I could not see inside the car, like all the windows were just black.”

A video footage(影像) taken from another phone showed the front seats, dashboard and stick melted and charred, and Jones said that he felt “pretty much like a big heat wave just came out of the car”.

Eventually the surfer was able to remove     4     was left of his clothes. “Ash was just coming from inside the pants. Once the pants were unwrapped, the phone was just melting inside.”

Jones said that he had not dropped the phone or physically damaged it,     5     happened to a Sydney man who fell off his bike and suffered burns from an iPhone. He also said that he had not used     6     non-Apple charging device.

A spokeswoman for Apple said the company was investigating the complaint. “We’re in touch with the customer and we’re looking into it,” she said.

Lithium-ion (锂离子) batteries     7     burst into flames because of physical damage or overheating. Apple’s     8    ( big )smartphone competitor, Samsung, has begun an international recall of 2.5m Galaxy Note 7 devices after more than 100 devices started smoking, sparking or caught fire—in some cases     9     ( cause ) fire damage and injury.

Several other companies, including Hewlett Packard, Tesla and the makers of so-called “hoverboards”, have also experienced problems     10     their lithium-ion batteries, though the vast majority work without problems.

3 . 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.

On an otherwise ordinary afternoon in mid-December, the Hakata to Tokyo express pulled into Negoya and a thousand passengers were ordered     1     the train. The burning smell and unusual sound turned out to be cracks in the chassis（底盘）.

It was the first time that the Shinkansen（新干线），the country’s symbol of industrial power and“made in Japan”engineering quality,     2    （give）way to an officially called“serious incident”. Once upon a time, the cracks would have been unthinkable; the nation—    3    the outside world—has long been conditioned to think of Japanese manufacturing as perfect. But after suffering a succession of different scandals. Japan’s problem is that imperfection is far less untbinkable than it     4     be.

The bullet train breakdown marks the peak of months of public admissions by some of Japan’s greatest names—including Nissan Motor. Subaru, Toray Industries, Kobe Steel and Mitsubishi Materials—    5     they have either been cheating on quality tests or faking documents     6    （sell）products of a lower quality than stated. For an industrial economy that has built its global fame on its reputation for quality, these are nerve-racking times.

No one thought that Japanese companies were basically more honest than their competitors around the world, says one former Toshiba executive,     7     there was an assumption both inside and outside Japan that everyone on the factory floor was devoted to the perfection of monozukuri.     8     craftsmanship that represents what is arguably the proudest Japanese corporate boasts.“That assumption is     9     has taken the heaviest beating,”he said.

When Hiroya Kawasaki, the chief executive of Kobe Steel, first confessed that the company had been taking part in data falsification（伪造）    10    （data）back to the 1970s, his statement was almost apocalyptic（预示灾难的）.“Trust in our company has fallen to zero,”he said.

4 . On the morning of September 11,2001, computer sales manager Michael Hingson, who is blind, went early to his office on the 78th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center to prepare for a meeting. As Michael worked, his guide dog, a Labrador retriever     1     (name) Roselle, dozed by his feet.

At 8:46 a.m., a tremendous boom rocked the building, eliciting screams throughout the floor. Michael grabbed Roselle, trusting that the dog     2     (lead) him out of the danger, and they navigated their way to a stairwell.

“Forward,” Michael instructed, and they descended the first of 1,463 steps to the lobby.     3     about ten floors, the stairwell grew crowded and hot, and the fumes from jet fuel had made it hard to breathe.

When a woman became crazy, yelling that they wouldn’t make it. Roselle accompanied the woman     4     she finally petted the dog, calmed herself, and kept walking down the stairs.

Around the 30th floor, firefighters started passing Michael on their way up. Each one stopped to offer him assistance. He declined but let Roselle be petted,     5     (provide) many of the firefighters with     6     would be their last experience of unconditional love.

After about 45 minutes, Michael and Roselle reached     7     looby, and 15 minutes later, they emerged outside to a scene of chaos. Suddenly the police yelled for everyone to run as the South Tower began to collapse.

Michael kept a tight grip on Roselle’s harness, using voice and hand commands, as they ran to a street opposite the crumbling tower. The street bounced like a trampoline, and “a deafening roar” like a hellish freight train filled the air. Hours later, Michael and Roselle made it home safely. At that moment, they thought they were     8     (lucky ) in the world.

In the months that followed, Michael became a spokesperson for Guide Dogs for the Blind, the organization by which Roselle     9     (train). Together, they spread their message about trust and teamwork.

In 2004, Roselle developed a blood disorder,     10     prevented her from guiding and touring. She died in 2011.

“I’ve had many other dogs,” Michael wrote, “but there is only one Roselle.”

5 . 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.

My amazing escape

When Helen Monahan got a phone call asking her to pick up a friend’s children from school while collecting     1     own she grabbed her coat and headed down the road. It meant     2     (leave) home five minutes earlier than she had intended—but it could also have saved her life.

Minutes     3     she shut the door, a light aircraft crashed on to her empty house.

“I am trying not to think     4     would have happened if I had left home at the normal time,’ said Mrs Monahan.

Pilot Donald Campbell also had reason to be thankful. The 52-year-old surgeon walked away from the wreckage     5     only minor injuries to his face and head. He had been steering the four-seater Piper Seneca towards Shoreham Airport in West Sussex when the twin engines cut out. It plunged and clipped a railway bridge,     6     (crash) into the £150,000 three-bedroom house in the town of Shoreham-by-Sea. It fell into the back garden, which     7     (litter) with children’s toys.

Mrs Monahan, 36, said: 'It looks like something out of a film set. The tail of the plane was up in the air and the nose was in the fish pond.’

Mr Campbell,     8     flies all over the country to treat the patients of his private practice, said: “I was coming into the airport and both engines cut out. It began to yaw (偏离航线）quite sharply to one side.

‘I couldn’t land on the railway line because of the electric cable and I saw a gap by the houses and aimed next to them. I remember a bang. The wing tip must     9     (hit) the roof. It was a bit rough.’

Safety official were last night examining the plane     10     (try) to discover what went wrong.

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.

Without Hesitation

On a bright Friday afternoon in spring, Sumeja Tulic had every reason to enjoy walking the streets of New York, a city she     1    （move) to nine months earlier from London to attend journalism school. “When the weather is good, it’s very hard to find a reason     2     (be) dissatisfied with the city “ she said.

At the City Hall station, she settled onto a bench. It was just after 2 p.m. Only a few people were at the station . A man leaned against a pillar （柱）, the way anyone might,     3    （wait) for the train. The stillness was interrupted by an announcement that the next train was two stations away. Then Tulic saw the man at the pillar collapsing forward onto the tracks.

The man who had fallen was not moving. Two more men jumped down to help.

“I don’t know     4     these men got the quickness,” Tulic said. “The man fell was about six foot tall. He was kind of     5     (jam) in the tracks. It was frightening to know that the train was coming.”

On the tracks, the unconscious man was held up to a sitting position by the three men, who then lifted him from below to others who pulled him from above and rolled him onto the platform. Then the rescuers     6     (rescue) by helping hands.     7     they were all clear, the train pulled in. “People getting off the train walked around this unconscious man,” Peterson said. He was not, however, alone. Two of the men     8     had jumped onto the platform were holding his hands. “They were saying, ‘Buddy, you’re going to be fine,’” Tulic said. “This was an additional layer of goodness.”

The ambulance arrived, and the man was taken to a local hospital     9     serious but non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.

“That is the     10     (great) thing,” Tulic said. “The infrastructure （基础建设） in this city of millions is the people themselves providing, being there for others. Without even knowing the person, who he is. It was beautiful to see.”

7 . The mama﹣bear instinct

Ms． Angela McQueen， a math and PE teacher at Mattoon High School， Illinois， has a routine when she's on lunch﹣monitoring duty． She    1     （keep） an eye on the hundreds of students in her charge by walking laps（圈） around the school cafeteria．

In September 2017， McQueen， then   40， had hardly finished one lap    2       a 14﹣year﹣old freshman standing not far from her pulled out a gun． She knew too well that he was going to start shooting．

School employees    3    （train）on how to handle active shooters：Attack their ability    4     （aim）． So with the shooter's finger on the trigger， McQueen rushed to him．    5    （grab） at his arm， she forced the gun into the air， but not    6     he struck one student in the hand and chest and hurt another． As students ran for the exits， McQueen defeated the shooter with help from the school resource officer，    7     disarmed   the student and took him into imprisonment until police arrived minutes later． Afterward， McQueen went outside to give hugs and support to her shaken students．

"It's the mama﹣bear instinct，" she told the local paper． "I don't have kids of my own， but these are still‘    8    ' kids．"

    9     McQueen， a story that has played out tragically at far too many schools across the country had a relatively happy ending． "If it hadn't been for her， the situation would have been a lot different，" Police Chief Jeff Branson said at a news conference．

As one    10     （impress） student told CBS News， "Mr． McQueen is our heroine．"