1 . 根据文中上下文及所给的首字母，写出各单词的正确、完全形式。

A cruise ship     1     (carry) 456 people capsized(翻) on the Yangtze River in China's Hubei province. Officials say so far only 15 people     2     (survive).     3     is reported that the ship sank within a few     4     (minute), while many people were asleep. Most of those     5     board were tourists aged between 50 and 80 travelling from the eastern city of Nanjing to Chongqing. There is no doubt     6     for some of those on the Eastern Star it would have been the trip of a lifetime. One survivor,     7     tour guide said the ship began to shake     8     (violent) and capsized all of a sudden. A 65-year-old woman was among those     9     (save) from the ship by brave divers. She said she tried to hold on to     10     she could find to keep her head above water in the darkness until divers came to her rescue.

2 . What happened to Mr. Lee?

A．He was late for the meeting.

B．He had an accident.

C．He fell ill.

3 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. brake            B. victims        C. issued       D. confirmed       E. pace        F. typically G. multiple       H. seriously       I. slippery     J. canceled          K. visibility

NINE people died and 43 were injured in two rear-end crashes on Shanghai’s S32 Expressway that occurred during heavy fog yesterday morning.

Two were       1       dead at the scene in one of the accidents, and five were found dead in the other. Two more people died in hospital, police said.

Police first received a report at 5:54 am that     2     vehicles had crashed on the S32, near a ramp of S2. The S32 links Shanghai with Zhejinag Province’s Jiaxing and Huzhou.

Two people were killed after getting out of their vehicle to see what was causing congestion ahead. They were hit by an out of control tanker, police said.

When police arrived at that scene, they found a further five people had been killed when a construction vehicle was crushed by two large vehicles from both front and back. The crash was about three kilometers away from the accident that killed the two people on the expressway. The injured were sent to local hospitals.

Some drivers reported that the road was very     3     and braking had led to vehicles losing control.

“The fog was very heavy,” an unidentified driver told Shanghai Television Station. “When I saw the accident ahead, I wanted to slow down and       4     . But once I hit the brake, the vehicle went out of control.”

Zhoupu Hospital treated 12 people. “One of the     5     died on the road to the hospital,” Ding Fuhao, a doctor with the hospital, told the television station. “Three were     6     injured.”

The city’s meteorological authority     7     an orange alert on heavy fog at 6:06 am, meaning     8    would be lower than 200 meters in some areas.

The dense fog hit coastal areas in particular, including Chongming Island, Pudong New Area, Baoshan and Fengxian districts. The alert was    9    at 9:44am. This was Shanghai’s first orange alert of heavy fog since the arrival of autumn.

Several expressways in the city were closed or subject to speed limits yesterday morning.

Pudong International Airport was also affected by the bad weather. The airport’s traffic was about 60 percent less than normal in the morning but picked up the    10     after the orange alert was canceled, the city’s television station said.

4 . Cassie Thomas thought she was just meeting with the media at her lunch break. Instead, the nurse at Janet Weis Children’s Hospital near Danville got a surprise party from her workmates. It was her first day back to work after a family vacation in Clearwater, Florida, and what a vacation it was!

“Just as I looked up, there was this big pinks lightning that just came down and hit the beach, ” Cassie said. Cassie, her husband, and their two daughters were on their hotel balcony last week when they heard and saw the storm.

After Cassie saw the lightning, she saw two boys lying on the beach. So, she shouted to them. “Then one boy sat up and he just started shouting back, and I said, ‘Jay, call 911; I’m going. ” Cassie said. So the 31-year-old nurse sprang into action. She ran down 16 flights of stairs onto the beach where she found the two boys, Jansen and Cameron, who are from North Carolina. Cameron had no heartbeat.

“I rolled Cameron over and I just started compressing(按压),”Cassie said. She didn’t realize it at the time, but she-was risking her own life to save the teenage boys.

“My daughters were on the balcony and it was a very dangerous situation to put myself in. I just wished to keep me safe because I was going, ” Cassie said. “It just goes to her character to help others. And you know what? When it’s your kid, you’d want someone to be coming in and saving his life, ” one of her workmates said.

Cassie was there when Cameron got out of the hospital. “He just said, ‘Thank you; thank you; thank you.’ He gave me so many hugs, ” Cassie said. “A nurse never truly goes on vacation. I just keep telling everybody the same thing. It’s just what you do. ”

Cassie and two other people got Good Samaritan awards from the Clearwater Police Department for saving Cameron’s life. Cassie’s workmates said they couldn’t be any prouder of this-life-saving nurse.

1. Why did Cassie’s workmates give her a surprise party?

A．To welcome her back to work.

B．To see her off for her vacation.

C．To honor her for her heroic act.

D．To congratulate heron the interview.

2. What happened to the boys?

A．They were pulled into the sea.

B．They were hit by lightning.

C．They fell off from the balcony.

D．They got caught in a rain.

3. What did Cassie do when she saw the two boys?

A．She called 911.

B．She took them to a hospital.

C．She jumped into the sea to save them.

D．She gave first aid to one of them.

4. What did Cassie mean by saying “A nurse never truly goes on a vacation”?

A．Nurses have no time to go on a vacation.

B．Nurses are ready at all times to help others.

C．Nurses don’t like to go on a vacation.

D．Nurses may be called back to work during vacation.

5 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Everyone at the North Pole was very excited. There was going to be a show and anyone could be in it.

“I will do skating,” said Arctic Fox. “I’m good at that!”

“I’ll do tumbling (翻跟斗),”said Polar Bear. “No one tumbles quite like me!”

“Then I’ll do diving,” said Whale. “I won a prize for diving at school, you know!”

But Walrus was not good at anything.

They all practised hard for the big show, while Walrus hid behind a snowdrift and watched sadly. He wished he was good at something. Then came the big night. Everyone sat down, waiting for the show to begin. Walrus sat in the front row. excited.

Fox came onto the ice and began to skate elegantly and amazingly! Fox made it look so easy.Walrus was sure he could skate just like Fox. He leapt onto the ice and cries. “Look at me!” But Walrus bumped into Fox, and Fox went flat on her face. Flomp! Fox was very upset. “Walrus has ruined my act,” she wailed(高声数落).

Then Polar Bear rolled out across the ice like a big, white snowball. Everyone clapped wildly. Then he did jumps and spins and somersaults, and stood on his head. Walrus was sure he could tumble just like Polar Bear. Suddenly, Walrus leaped into the ice. But Walrus tripped up Polar Bear, who came down with WALLOP! Polar Bear was very angry. “Walrus has ruined my act!” he waited.

Whale was the last. He leaped high out of the water. Then he fell back with an enormous splash! Walrus wished he could dive like that. He leaped into the water, crying “Look at me!” But just at that moment, Whale was spouting a big jet of water. Whoosh! Whale spouted Walrus high into the air! Everyone was watching Walrus. They clapped and cheered at Walrus landed back in the sea with a splash!

Whale roared angrily. “You have ruined my act. Get out of my sight!” Walrus fled and hid behind a snowdrift, feeling sad and a very sorry.

注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；2. 请按如下格式在以下位置作答。

The show was over.

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The audience was really cheering for him.

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6 . 请根据以下新闻材料完成相应的书面表达。

Guangzhou fire kills five

By ZHENG CAIXIONG in Guangzhou | chinadaily.com.cn

Updated: May 14, 2023

Five people were killed in a fire which happened in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, in the early morning of Sunday. 

According to a statement released by Guangzhou Fire and Rescue Brigade on Sunday, the tragedy took place in civilian housing in Baogangxi Road in the city’s Haizhu district after a fire broke out at 2:48 am.

Firefighters and trucks, plus an ambulance, were immediately sent to the scene to help rescue the victims and control the fire after receiving reports from local residents. The fire was soon controlled, said the statement.

Fire fighters and rescue personnel searched for the five victims but medical staff on-the-scene confirmed that all had been killed.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation, it said.

假设你是李华，某校英文报记者，2023年5月14日广州海珠区发生严重火灾，校报要求你针对这起火灾写一篇英文报道，内容包括：
1. 事故时间和地点；
2. 事故救援情况及后果；
3. 评论。
注意： 词数80左右；
必须根据以上新闻报道来改编。
样例：

A Deadly Fire Killing Five

A fatal fire took place at 2: 48 am in the early morning of Sunday, causing five deaths in civilian housing in Baogangxi Road in the city’s Haizhu district, Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, according to a statement released by Guangdong Fire and Rescue Brigade. Firefighters, trucks and an ambulance got involved in the rescue soon after it occurred. Fortunately, the fire was soon controlled but still five were proven dead by the medical staff on -the-scene. The cause unclear, a lesson should be taken from the disastrous fire.

你的习作：
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7 . On Tuesday, Nicholas went out again to find help. He had walked for about a mile when a volunteer searcher found him. After two days stuck in the snow, Nicholas was saved.

On Tuesday, Nicholas ______.

A．returned to his shelter safely	B．was saved by a searcher
C．got stuck in the snow	D．stayed where he was

8 . A family in New Tazewell, Tennessee, recently found out that when the situation is _______，there isn’t much their 7-year-old foster son (养子）Eli wouldn’t do to help his loved ones.

On December 8, Chris and Nicole Davidson were enjoying a nice，quiet _______ at home with their three kids. They are both former firefighters who have _______       34 children, including Eli. They have also adopted Erin, who is 22 months old, and Elijah, who is 2.

That night _______ like any other. The whole family was asleep in their beds when Nicole suddenly _______ to the smell of smoke. In a _______ ,she and Chris grabbed Eli and Elijedi and _______ for the door，but by the time they got to the room where Erin was sleeping in her crib (婴儿床)，the fire had   _______their path.

That’s when the family decided to try another _______ Racing outside, they went to Erin’s bedroom window on the ground floor, but Chris couldn’t quite ________ it to lift himself inside. Instead, they ________   to Eli, who has lived with them for about a year.

“The smoke was so ________   that there was no way I could get to her.” Chris explained. “We went outside to get to her from the ________ But there was nothing for me to stand on to reach up there. So I picked up Eli, who ________ the window and was able to grab her from her crib.

________, the fire ended up destroying everything the family owned. A GoFundMe was set up to ________ them get back on their feet, and so far, it has ________ more than $ 362,000! While they are still recovering from the ________ event，they are in awe of(敬畏）their brave little boy. Though he was ________，faced with an overpowering situation, he still   ________   to the challenge.

1.

A．important

B．emergent

C．extreme

D．reliable

2.

A．evening

B．morning

C．noon

D．midnight

3.

A．borne

B．collected

C．adopted

D．known

4.

A．terrified

B．ended

C．recovered

D．started

5.

A．went up

B．watched out

C．woke up

D．ran out

6.

A．panic

B．danger

C．trouble

D．loss

7.

A．backed

B．headed

C．felt

D．climbed

8.

A．recovered

B．flattened

C．blocked

D．cleared

9.

A．approach

B．goal

C．escape

D．preparation

10.

A．arrive

B．get

C．solve

D．reach

11.

A．communicated

B．ran

C．apologized

D．turned

12.

A．exhausting

B．inconvenient

C．thick

D．confusing

13.

A．door

B．window

C．court

D．platform

14.

A．went through

B．jumped off

C．climbed up

D．broke out

15.

A．Luckily

B．Hopefully

C．Amazingly

D．Unfortunately

16.

A．provide

B．help

C．survive

D．prevent

17.

A．raised

B．earned

C．donated

D．handled

18.

A．entertaining

B．amusing

C．terrifying

D．inspiring

19.

A．brave

B．scared

C．helpless

D．worried

20.

A．intended

B．fought

C．dealt

D．rose

9 . What was Becky doing when a car crashed into her house?

A．Doing the gardening.

B．Eating dinner.

C．Doing the cleaning.

10 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why do the speakers stop the car?

A．They both feel thirsty.

B．They arrive at the parking lot.

C．They hear something strange.

2. What’s wrong with the car?

A．The oil has run out.

B．The motor is out of work.

C．There’s no water in the tank.