1 . 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。

A supermarket employee in Illinois is being called a hero after     1     (run) across the store’s parking lot to save a baby     2     was in a runaway shopping cart (购物车).

Ben Mazur, a worker at a Schnucks supermarket in Alton, was pushing shopping carts when he heard a car horn honking(喇叭鸣响) repeatedly. “It turns out, the     3     (own) of the car was trying to get someone’s attention because there     4     (be) a runaway cart rolling down the store’s parking lot,” according to the supermarket manager.

Mazur quickly noticed it wasn’t just a cart－there was also a baby placed in the child seat. “The mom was putting     5     (she) other kids in the car and didn’t realize what was happening,” Mazur explained. “I stopped     6     I was doing, ran across the lot and pulled the cart back before it rolled into a stop sign.”

Now, both the manager and customers speak     7     (high) of Mazur. “We have a slanting(倾斜的) parking lot so carts can get rolling fast,” said Alton Co-Manager Tom Moore. “Quick thinking on Ben’s part saved the baby. Congrats, Ben, you’re     8     brave man!” “Not all     9     (hero) wear capes(披肩），”a customer added. “You ran     10     (fast) than a speeding baby!” another joked. “Good job, Ben.”

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 30-year-old man was finally rescued from the Alaskan wilderness after his cabin burned down,     1     (leave)him trapped in the snow for almost three weeks.

Tyson Steele had been living alone     2     several months in a small house in Skwentna, a town     3    (locate)70 miles northwest of Anchorage. He had been burning a fire in     4    (he)woodstove back in December when a piece of flaming cardboard     5    (fly)up his fireplace chimney and landed on his roof, which started a slow fire that eventually left the cabin in ruins. Since Skwentna only has a population of about 35 people, Steele's     6    (near)neighbor lived about 20 miles away. With no means of     7    (communicate)to call for help, Steele endured sub-zero temperatures     8     severe weather conditions wearing long johns(秋裤), boots with no socks, and a heavy wool sweater.

When his family and friends hadn't heard from Steele for several     9    (week), they requested a welfare check from Alaska State Troopers. As a helicopter flew over the area, they caught sight of Steele waving his arms in the air next to a massive "SOS" sign     10     he had stamped into the snow.

5 . 阅读下面材料，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入适当的词或者使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Seven years ago, on March 8, 2014, a plane     1     (deliver) 239 people lost connection with the ground control center. The aircraft     2     (plan) to arrive in Beijing on March 8, 2014, but it didn't.

Passengers (including two babies) and twelve crew members on board as well as the plane itself disappeared,     3     contributed to tragedy and countless pain for their loved ones. The reason of the lost contact remains     4     investigation. The people who care most about their disappearance are the family members of the passengers. They have been     5     (anxiety) waiting for the plane to return and even getting desperate for a miracle after waiting hopelessly for so many years.

The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370 has inevitably captured the attention of the world because so little of its fate is known.     6     hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 continued at full speed, with more planes and ships joining the multinational search as the time     7       (leave) to find the plane's “black-box” flight     8     (record) was running out. Chinese, Australian and New Zealand aircraft undertook       9     (find) objects in the ocean in recent days,     10     objects that were fished out of water turned out unrelated to the Malaysia Airlines plane.

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 the     1     (famous) landmarks of France.

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 (《钟表怪人》) 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。

Keilen Robinson, 23, crashed on a highway and     1    (leave) unconscious in his burning vehicle. Robinson does not remember anything from the accident, but he will never forget the man     2    saved his life.

Antonio Morgan says that Robinson drove past him fast and just moments later he heard a     3    (frighten) crash. Robinson had crashed into the cement median (水泥中间带).

Morgan, who was driving with his son,     4    (immediate) pulled over and rushed to try and get Robinson out of the car. "The smoke and the fire and all that stuff started coming. It started burning my eyes and     5    (hurt) my throat, but I was still trying to get him out. I had to get him out," said Morgan. Morgan made several     6    (attempt) to get him out before finally realizing his seat belt was locking him in. Another man on the scene came over with a fire extinguisher     7    (help) put the flames out in the burning vehicle. Morgan dragged Robinson to     8    (safe) moments before the car was burnt to the ground in flames.

Morgan says that    9    is time that people stopped standing by and recording on their phones when they see someone     10     trouble.

9 . 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.

10 . 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.

SOS message on the sand saves missing sailors

Micronesia is an area of the western Pacific Ocean with more than 600 islands,     1     covers a huge area of ocean north of the large island of New Guinea.

Recently, three Micronesian sailors set out to sail 42 km from one Micronesian island to another. Unfortunately, they got     2     (lose), and then they ran out of fuel. After a long time drifting without power in the ocean, they landed on the tiny island of Pikelot, more than 100 km from their destination.

Pikelot is just 450 meters long and 280 meters wide. The highest point on Pikelot is only four meters above the sea. No people live there, and there is no water. The little island     3     (cover) in trees and has sandy beaches.

Three days after the three sailors set out on their voyage, they did not arrive at their destination, so ships and aircraft in the area began looking for the     4     (miss) men. But it was almost impossible to decide where     5     (look) because there are so many small islands and the ocean is so large. One of the ships was the Australian navy ship HMAS Canberra, which     6     (sail)   from Australia to Hawaii and had a helicopter on board.

During this time, the three sailors decided to write     7     message on the beach on their tiny island. They wrote a huge SOS in the sand. SOS is an international signal that people use     8       they need help. Luckily, people on an American aircraft saw the SOS message in the sand and contacted the Canberra. A helicopter       9     the ship landed on the beach and gave the men food and water. Soon after, a Micronesian boat arrived and rescued the three sailors. They are very lucky to be alive, and it was the SOS message in the sand     10     saved them.