It was late, about 10:15 p.m., when Janice arrived at the Bellport, New York train station. She’d just returned from visiting her mother who lives in Philadelphia. Brought up by the single mother alone since 4 years old, Janice made it a rule to visit her every other month. She quickly got off the train, walked into the parking lot and jumped into her car. All these were so familiar to her since she had traveled the route so many times. After a short break, Janice happily began the 20-minute drive home. She knew that her husband and seven-year-old son were eagerly waiting for her return.
She was practically driving on automatic pilot: a left onto Station Road, then a left on Montauk Highway, and then ― wham! Out of nowhere on that awful night, a minivan (小面包车) hit Janice’s car, knocking her backward some 100 feet onto the railroad tracks. Janice sat in the car, injured but mostly just shocked by the impact (撞击) and by the vehicle’s airbags. Realizing what had happened after a few seconds, she was scared and tried to escape from the car. But she failed to open the door. Hopeless, she could only pray that someone might pass by and save her.
As it happened, Peter was getting ready for bed. He’d just closed his book and was going to bed when he heard the loud sound of metal on metal and shattering (破碎) glass coming from not far outside his bedroom window. A volunteer firefighter and retired teacher, Peter, 64, never stopped to think. He grabbed a flashlight and ran out of the door in his nightclothes, knowing that there could be a car accident nearby and it was difficult for the police to reach there in a short time on such a dark night.
The first car he came upon, 2,000 feet from his front yard, was the minivan that had hit Janice’s. Peter rushed over to check if the driver was alive. Once he concluded the driver was OK, he looked around and spotted Janice’s car on the railroad tracks.
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All of a sudden, he heard a sound: the bells signalling an on-coming train.
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As a volunteer firefighter, Peter calmly ran to the passenger side.
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2 . A huge fire broke out on 2 September 1666 in London. The fire, known as the Great Fire of London, was the worst fire in the history of London. It burned down more than three quarters of the old city.
The fire started in the very early hours of Sunday morning in the house of the king’s baker. A strong wind blew the fire from the baker’s house into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.
At that time, most of the buildings in London were made of wood, so it was easy for the fire to spread quickly. By eight o’clock, three hundred houses were on fire. By Monday, nearly a kilometre of the city was burning along the Thames River. On Tuesday, which was considered the worst day, the fire destroyed many well-known buildings, including the old St Paul’s Cathedral.
The fire burned until finally hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire were destroyed to create a firebreak. The fire then died out eventually with nothing left to burn.
1. Why is the fire of 1666 called the Great Fire of London?A.The fire broke out in the capital of England. |
B.The fire was the worst fire in the history of London. |
C.People in England will never forget the fire. |
D.The fire spread fast into Thames Street. |
A.In the house of the king’s baker. |
B.In Thames Street. |
C.In the house of the baker’s neighbour. |
D.In St Paul’s Cathedral. |
A.It started in a baker’s house. |
B.It broke out on a Sunday morning. |
C.A hotel was next to the baker’s house. |
D.Most of the buildings in London were wooden. |
A.The old St Paul’s Cathedral. |
B.Hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. |
C.Hundreds of wooden houses. |
D.All of the above. |
3 . On a cold November night, Layton was on his way home when he got an urgent call from his mother. “The mountain’s on fire.” she
Layton’s family
He
Over the next two hours, he travelled through the
A.explained | B.declared | C.cried | D.screamed |
A.shared | B.owned | C.rented | D.built |
A.hit | B.stamped | C.stepped | D.pressed |
A.walked | B.flew | C.headed | D.ran |
A.gone | B.missing | C.scared | D.awake |
A.fix | B.save | C.sell | D.leave |
A.touring | B.renting | C.repairing | D.deserting |
A.smoky | B.foggy | C.cloudy | D.rainy |
A.worried | B.hesitant | C.wounded | D.panicked |
A.highlighted | B.ruined | C.covered | D.lost |
A.happy | B.safe | C.far | D.contented |
A.back | B.home | C.away | D.out |
A.disabled | B.desperate | C.waiting | D.trapped |
A.across | B.along | C.through | D.over |
A.led | B.pulled | C.carried | D.pushed |
A.nearly | B.narrowly | C.accidentally | D.occasionally |
A.Apart from | B.Due to | C.Except for | D.As for |
A.claim | B.spare | C.protect | D.drop |
A.intelligent | B.delighted | C.philosophical | D.critical |
A.income | B.price | C.value | D.damage |
4 . Brendon Birt accidentally took a wrong turn down a street in Red Oak, Iowa. But it turned out it was exactly where he was
The homeowner, Tender Lehman, was
A.needed | B.discovered | C.received | D.chosen |
A.street | B.restaurant | C.fire | D.bus |
A.rubbish | B.people | C.bikes | D.smoke |
A.sleeping | B.working | C.eating | D.cooking |
A.quietly | B.quickly | C.finally | D.repeatedly |
A.moved | B.rushed | C.listened | D.referred |
A.surprise | B.excitement | C.anxiety | D.pleasure |
A.up | B.out | C.ill | D.busy |
A.oldest | B.smartest | C.tallest | D.kindest |
A.came out | B.broke down | C.gave up | D.went off |
A.stayed | B.helped | C.awoken | D.believed |
A.shop | B.office | C.garden | D.building |
A.met | B.saved | C.honored | D.taught |
A.thankful | B.careful | C.serious | D.proud |
A.troubled | B.started | C.remembered | D.made |
1. What is the man doing?
A.Attending a lecture. | B.Hosting a program. | C.Holding a conference. |
A.Car accidents. | B.Sickness and health. | C.Children’s safety at home. |
A.Cuts. | B.Burns. | C.Broken bones. |
6 . On June 23,2018,twelve young Thai boys and their assistant football coach wandered into a karst cave in northern Thailand, near the border with Myanmar. What happened next would grab the world’s attention and lead to a complex and daring international rescue operation. The 10.3-kilometer-long Tham Luang cave flooded, trapping the boys in total blackness nearly 2.5 kilometers from the cave entrance.
Thousands of people from around the globe participated in the rescue effort, including military personnel, medical experts and the rock stars of the operation — cave divers. The divers, who safely removed all of the Thai children and their coach after 18 days underground, dealt with tight spaces and low visibility in muddy water- conditions that would prove deadly: Saman Gunan, a former Thai Navy Seal, died while transporting air tanks into the cave.
While the sport of cave diving had received attention in the pop culture area prior to the rescue mission in North Thailand, there is little doubt that the brave divers at Tham Luang cave helped push the activity and its varieties of risks into global society’s minds.
The sport-often referred to as among the world’s most dangerous recreational activities-has its roots in pre-WWII England. Since then, the recreational practice of cave diving, described by Australian cave explorer Richard Harris (a participant in the Tham Luang cave rescue) as an “unusual hobby” for “the ordinary,” has spread around the world-China included.
Over 1,000 kilometers northeast of Tham Luang cave, in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, lies karst-peak-covered Du’an county-China’s little-known cave diving Mecca.
Home to thousands of kilometers of underground rivers, Du’an county offers divers spellbinding geological formations, perhaps the world’s largest collection of blind fish species and a rare variety of freshwater jellyfish.
1. What do we know about the Tham Luang cave rescue operation?A.There was no loss of life in the process. | B.Rock stars took part in the rescue efforts. |
C.Rescue team came from more than Thailand. | D.Few people cared about it outside Thailand. |
A.Its dangerous recreations. | B.Its long history. |
C.An expert’s description. | D.The divers’ heroic deeds. |
A.It is northeast of Tham Luang cave. | B.There are lots of underground rivers. |
C.It is hardly known to the outside world. | D.It has the world’s largest geological formations. |
A.Spectacular cave diving experiences in Du’an. |
B.Diving instructions shared by Richard Harris. |
C.Lessons learned from this rescue operation. |
D.Foods offered to tourists in Du’an. |
7 . 200,000 miles from Earth, the crew (机组成员) of the third manned mission (飞行任务) to the Moon faced an astronaut’s worst nightmare: an explosion on the spacecraft. It’s what happened in the Oscar-winning film Apollo 13, but it’s also a true story.
The lift-off of Apollo 13 took place on 11th April 1970. Two days into the mission, the three-man crew were in big trouble. They had been carrying out routine checks when there was a loud bang. Warning lights were starting to flash. Looking out into space, they could see a trail of gas — the spacecraft was leaking (漏) oxygen. They sent out a short message to the scientists back on Earth: “Houston, we’ve had a problem here.” At first, they thought that a meteor (流星) had hit them, but they later found out that a short circuit (短路) had caused an oxygen container to explode. Whatever the cause, they knew there was no time to lose. Their electricity supply in the command module (指令舱) depended on that oxygen and pretty soon they would run out of both.
The only solution was to move into the lunar module — the section of the spacecraft that would have landed on the Moon. Now though, they were using it as a kind of lifeboat. With its own power supply, oxygen and water, the three men could survive in the lunar module and return to Earth. There was another problem though. In an enclosed space like a lunar module, the carbon dioxide the crew was breathing out was dangerous. The equipment to clear the air of carbon dioxide was only built for two people. Now it had to deal with three. Amazingly, the crew managed to build an adapter out of materials onboard to reduce the carbon dioxide to a safe level.
There was one final obstacle. The lunar module wasn’t strong enough to reenter Earth’s atmosphere so the crew had to go back into the damaged command module. To everyone’s relief, the crew of Apollo 13 arrived safely in the South Pacific Ocean on April 17th. Although the crew didn’t land on the Moon, NASA still considered the mission a success.
1. What was the astronauts’ first reaction to the explosion?A.They went out to land on the Moon. |
B.They informed scientists on Earth. |
C.They moved into the lunar module. |
D.They looked into the cause of the explosion. |
A.By moving back to the command module. |
B.By lowering the carbon dioxide level. |
C.By creating a new oxygen supply. |
D.By limiting the oxygen use. |
A.Step. | B.Choice. | C.Problem. | D.Solution. |
A.A successful mission | B.An amazing adventure |
C.Deep space exploration | D.Life and death drama in space |
“What a lovely place for a summer vacation, said my friend Allison, as we stood on the cliffs of the coast. I nodded as my eyes rested on the lighthouse of a cliff (悬崖)connected to the mainland. Suddenly I heard a voice, <4Good morning,“ Turning around, I saw Allison's sister, ten-year-old Jenny. "What do you want to do? We have the whole day free,” she shouted.
“What about rowing our boat to the lighthouse?” I suggested.
The idea was met with favor and we went down the rest of the way to the beach. There our boat lay pulled up on the beach. Allison and Jenny quickly got into the boat as I pushed it into the calm waters.
We set out at a slow speed towards the lighthouse. We were about one fourth of a mile away from the lighthouse when, to my surprise, a huge black cloud was forming out at the sea and rapidly heading for our way. We looked and my heart almost stopped beating. I began rowing for the shore at a speed which would have won my race I ever entered.
Big waves danced on the sea which I had seen so calm an hour before.
“Better put our life jackets on!” Allison advised.
Jenny quickly reached under her seat and pulled out three life jackets. She put one on, and then handed another two to Allison and me. Rowing quickly, I couldn't stop to put mine on. Jenny did the task. I tried my best to row, but with waves crashing against the boat, it was no easy task.
“Do you think we will turn over? cried Allison's voice above the wind.
How I wanted to say no. Instead, I told the truth, t4We might, so prepare to swim for it.”
Jenny didn't say anything, but I knew she was frightened. Suddenly she cried out, “A big wave is coming!”
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Allison tried to turn the boat so we would hit the wave head on, but it was in vain.
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When I awoke I didn't know where I was.
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9 . Every birthday had been a different new experience for me. But I wondered
I pepped(窥视)through the comer of my eyes. I could hear them
“Samantha, you want to celebrate your birthday...”
I rolled
“Doctor please come quickly...” I could hear the lady
Soon the doctor came rushing. He closely
I tried hard to recollect but the doctor patted on my hands and said, “it’s
The door opened and my parents along with my sister Miranda walked in. All their
My entire body was bound with
Within minutes I felt my body growing weak, and I struggled for
“Welcome to my kingdom, my little lamb. I have waited years for you”. I held his hands tightly as He led my way to a new
A.how | B.whether | C.when | D.why |
A.angry | B.disappointed | C.asleep | D.uninterested |
A.whispering | B.shouting | C.praying | D.preparing |
A.policy | B.humor | C.game | D.fun |
A.up and down | B.in and out | C.round and round | D.back and forth |
A.lady | B.adult | C.queen | D.goddess |
A.dreams | B.realities | C.ashes | D.benefits |
A.everything | B.anything | C.something | D.none |
A.pushed | B.hit | C.supported | D.forbidden |
A.worn | B.worked | C.dressed | D.seemed |
A.hospital | B.club | C.ambulance | D.lab |
A.tested | B.scanned | C.watched | D.examined |
A.weird | B.meaningless | C.incredible | D.okay |
A.appearances | B.expressions | C.faces | D.minds |
A.service | B.position | C.convenience | D.side |
A.medicine | B.presents | C.bandages | D.injuries |
A.slowly | B.fast | C.regularly | D.strangely |
A.control | B.breath | C.strength | D.courage |
A.figure | B.star | C.ghost | D.sheep |
A.heaven | B.hell | C.death | D.birth |
I had always enjoyed living in my flat on the top floor of a Victorian building in Wimbledon. Being so high up made me feel safe and secure, and I enjoyed wonderful views across the tree tops. I had never expected that I would experience a fire in the flat.
One night I went to sleep as usual after setting my alarm clock for 7 am and switching off the bedside light. A few hours later, I woke up puzzled. I could smell smoke and I could see that the bedroom was extremely dark. Then I realized the room was so dark because it was filled with smoke. I immediately left my bed and stood by the door. I was in panic. I was also convinced that I had somehow caused the fire without knowing it. I thought, “What will my neighbors think? I must get rid of the smoke before it gets into their flats.”
I managed to make my way to the curtains and tried to draw them open. This simple everyday act proved quite beyond me. When I finally opened the window, I saw all my neighbors standing on the lawn below, tightly wrapped up in their dressing gowns against the December cold. Then I realized it wasn’t me that had caused the fire. It was someone else.
Even though I had taken many fire awareness courses at work, I forgot everything I’d ever been taught at that time. My one instinct was to flee down the stairs.
“There’s a fire! Stay by the window!” someone shouted below the building. And that man’s words of warning stopped me and helped save my life. If I had opened my front door at the top of the stairwell to escape, the flames raging below would have been drawn upwards by the rush of oxygen and would have swept over me in an instant. I knew I should go to the kitchen and wait for help by the window there. I knew the firemen would save me using a ladder.
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So I went to the kitchen.
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Finally, the firemen arrived.
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