1 . The sound that woke Damian Languell at 8:15 am was so loud that he assumed it came from inside his house. As he got up to investigate, he heard another sound, this one coming most definitely from outside. Looking out of his bedroom window, he spied a tree engulfed (淹没) in smoke about 500 yards away. A car was wrapped around the tree’s base, its engine on fire.

Grabbing buckets of water, Languell and his girlfriend ran to the crash site. The wreck looked worse up close. The car, a 1998 Buick, was split nearly in two, and the tree was where the driver’s seat ought to have been, as if planted there. No one should have survived this crash, and yet there was 16-year-old Quintin Thompson, his terrified face pressed against the driver’s side window, in visible pain. Languell tried putting out the fire with his buckets of water with no success. When the flames got into the front seats, he realized he had to get the boy out of there.

In an act that a police report described as showing “complete disregard for his own safety”, Languell opened the Buick’s back door and crawled in. Thompson was struggling to get free, Languell says. “That’s when I noticed how bad his legs were.” Using a pocketknife he’d had the foresight to bring with him, he sawed through Thompson’s seat belt.

Now that Thompson was free, Languell pulled him out a back window of the vehicle, then dragged the teen to safety before the entire car was engulfed in flames.

Although Thompson suffered multiple fractures (骨折) to his legs, spine, and face, a social media post described him as “looking great, smiling, and joking.” Languell thinks about that day often. “My heart goes out to Thompson. When you are that close to that level of hurt, you feel it so directly.”

1. When Damian heard the big sound, ______.

A．he called 911 immediately

B．he stayed inside his house

C．he woke up his girlfriend

D．he got up to see what happened

2. When Damian rushed to the crash site,　　　.

A．the police had arrived

B．the whole car was completely in flames

C．Thompson was terrified and painful

D．Thompson was smiling and joking

3. We can describe Thompson as 　　　.

A．brave	B．lucky
C．simple-minded	D．warm-hearted

4. What played the most important role in Thompson’s survival?

A．His own bravery and persistence.

B．The several buckets of water.

C．The timely arrival of the police.

D．The pocketknife Damian carried with him.

2 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改 10 处，多者（从第 11 处起）不计分。

One day when I was on my way to home from school, I found a building on fire. Immediately I called the firefighters.

Several minutes lately, the firefighters arrived and tried their best control the fire. With the help of the firefighters, a lot of peoples left the building safely. Sudden a foreign woman came in a hurry to tell the firefighters everything. But they couldn’t understand what she says. I went to the woman and asked her that was happening. She told me that his daughter was still in the building. I told the firefighters about it at once. They immediately ran into the building and rescued a little girl.

3 . One day, Lisa Holman told her family she would be out that night visiting her friend, only about half an hour drive from her house. So it was not alarming as the night grew on and she did not arrive home. As 11 pm passed, her family began to worry. They called her but did not get any answer. They then reached out to Lisa's friend, who said Lisa had left to drive home at 9 that night.

The family thought about calling the police that evening but the police typically don't define a person missing unless there is no contact for 24 hours. The next morning there was still no sign of Lisa. All the family could do was sit home and wait. Lisa's son decided to drive along Lisa's route and carefully look for her. He found Lisa's car had crashed into a tree. What's worse，there was no sign of Lisa at all.

The family called the police. The police began their search. But due to the heavy rain the search team was called back. The family was very disappointed but still hopeful and continued the search 700 feet from Lisa's car, they finally found Lisa under a rock.

After a few days in hospital, Lisa recovered. She explained that she passed out after her car slid off the road in the rain. After she came to herself, Lisa managed to climb out of the car. While walking to find help, Lisa was exhausted and unable to figure out the direction. So she couldn't walk on and climbed under a rock as it started raining again. Scared as she was, she turned to her faith in hopes of living to see her son again.

1. When should Lisa arrive home after visiting her friend?

A．About 9 pm.	B．About 9： 30 pm.
C．About 11 pm.	D．The next morning.

2. Why did the family give up calling the police that night?

A．The police usually refused to come at night.

B．The heavy rain had blocked all the roads up.

C．They thought Lisa would come back herself.

D．They had been out of touch with Lisa for less than a day.

3. Who found Lisa under the rock?

A．The friend she had visiteD.	B．A hiking team passing by.
C．The police search team.	D．Lisa's family.

4. Why was Lisa unable to go home by herself?

A．She was lost.	B．Her legs were badly injured.
C．She was locked in her car.	D．She was caught by heavy rain,

4 . 假定你是李华，作为交换生正在英国Windmill College 学习。今天早晨你骑车上学时不小心刮擦(scratch)到了一辆停在路边的汽车。由于急着上学，你无法在原地等候车主。请留一张便条，内容包括：
1.       表明身份；
2.       简述事情经过；
3.       道歉并表示愿意赔偿；
4.       联系方式（Tel:5893671 E-mail:lihua@windmillco.org）。
注意：1. 词数80左右;
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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5 . 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。

Everyone needs to know how to prevent a fire. It is also important to know what to do when it     1    （break）out .

Every year, over 11, 000 people     2    （kill）or injured in house fires. These fires could have been avoided. Smokers who are     3    （care）cause about 200 deaths and over 6,000 fires. More than half of those     4     die in fires are poisoned or harmed by smoke.

If fire happens, do not attempt to fight the fire unless it is small. Try putting out a small fire with water. If     5     fire has spread or if the flames are more than 20 inches high, shut the door on it. Warn everyone else in the building and tell them to get out. You should leave and dial 119for the fire department.

Before     6    （go）into a room, check the door. If the handle or the door is hot, do not open it! Instead, put clothing or a wet towel at the bottom of it to keep smoke out. If the door is not hot, open it     7    （slow）. If there’s a rush of smoke or heat, close it again and shout to warn     8    （other）in side.

Now open the window and shout “Fire!”. See whether you can drop safely to the ground. Use this     9     your escape course if you can. If you are not on ground level, break your fall by pushing a mat out first. Lower yourself at arm’s     10    （long）before dropping. Once outside, stay outside and make sure the fire department is called.

6 . Thomas James Hanson will remember for a long time the snowstorm that hit the state of New York on November 22nd. The 47-year-old man from Niagara Falls was stuck in his car on the highway for almost eight days after his vehicle was accidentally pushed to the side of the road and covered with snow by workers employed to remove the snow from the streets.

Driving on the Interstate Highway190 during the worst of the snowstorm, Mr. Hanson decided to pull over his old 1993 Volkswagen Passat to the side of the road and wait for the weather conditions to improve. He remained motionless for approximately five hours before a snow plow arrived to clear the way. Unfortunately for the poor man, the driver of the gigantic snow removal vehicle did not see the small car, pushing it into the ditch and covering it with more than 2 meters of snow.

Fortunately for the father of two children, the snow that was stacked over his vehicle was not very dense and allowed for enough fresh air to get through to enable him to survive. He was able to drink water that he obtained by melting snow with his lighter in an aluminum coffee cup, and he ate the few items of groceries he had bought before going home.

“If I had known I would be stuck for eight days, I would have bought more than a jar of dill pickles(咸菜), a bottle of ketchup and two sticks of beef jerky(牛肉干),” said the survivor with a smile.

Thomas Hanson had almost lost all hope of being rescued when his car was hit once again this morning by another snow plow, which revealed the poor man’s location.

1. What caused Thomas James Hanson to fall into the ditch according to the passage?

A．A snow removal vehicle.	B．The strong wind.
C．The slippery road.	D．His drunk driving.

2. It can be learned from the passage that_______.

A．Mr. Hanson had bought some food before the accident

B．Mr. Hanson got rescued on November 22 eventually

C．Mr. Hanson had enough bottled water to drink in the car

D．Mr. Hanson was stuck in the car with his children.

3. Which of the following can best describe Thomas James Hanson?

A．Quick-minded

B．Hard-working

C．Careless

D．Humorous

4. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A．Heavy Snowstorm Caused Disaster to New York.

B．Man Found Alive after Being Stuck 8 Days under Snow.

C．Thomas James Hanson–a Black Sheep in the Snow.

D．Wonderful Eight Days of Experience in the Snow.

7 . High-Wire Act

Mickey Wilson had been on the mountain only a few seconds when he heard the scream. Wilson, 28 years old, had just gotten off the cable car (索道缆车) at the Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in Keystone, Colorado, along with his friends Billy Simmons and Hans Mueller. Their friend Richard had been on the cable car ahead of them, but when the men reached the top of the lift, he had disappeared. The men walked toward the source of the scream and found skiers stopped on the slope, pointing to the cable car. And then the friends screamed too.

“Oh, Richard!” yelled Mueller.

When Richard had tried to jump off the cable car, his backpack had been caught in the chair, which then dragged him back down the hill. In the process, the backpack belt twisted around his neck, making him breathless. Now Richard’s body was swinging four feet above the snow. The cable car operator had quickly stopped it, and the friends kicked off their skis and ran toward the scene. They made a human pyramid to try to reach Richard, but the unconscious man was too far off the ground. With the clock ticking, Wilson ran to the ladder of a nearby lift tower. Scared skiers watched as he struggled the 25 feet. After he reached the top, Wilson’s first challenge was to climb onto the two-inch steel cable that held the chairs. He handled the balance and height bravely, but he knew he could not walk on the cable. Therefore, he calmed down and sat over it and then used his hands to pull himself to Richard quickly. Wilson’s greatest fear wasn’t that he’d fall, but that he wouldn’t reach Richard. “This was life or death,” he said.

When he reached Richard’s chair, Wilson swung a leg over the cable and attempted to drop down onto it. But as he did that, his jacket caught on the movable footrest, which was in the up position. The footrest began to slide down, with Wilson attached. But before that could happen, he managed to free himself and reached Richard.

Fortunately, the ski patrol (巡查) had gathered below and performed emergency treatment on Richard, who had been hanging for about five minutes, then skied him down to an ambulance.

That night, Richard called from the hospital to express his thanks to Wilson, his other friends and the workers at the Arapahoe Basin Ski Area.

1. What happened to Richard when he tried to jump off the cable car?

A．He was sick and became unconscious.

B．He left his skis which stopped the cable car.

C．He was too afraid to move forward in the cable car.

D．He was caught by the neck, hanging down the cable.

2. How did Richard survive?

A．People worked together and saved him.

B．Wilson climbed on the cable and saved him.

C．The ski patrol got him down and treated him.

D．Skiers treated him and carried him to the hospital.

3. The author wrote the fourth paragraph to show that _______.

A．the rescue process was dangerous

B．something was wrong with the cable car

C．Wilson could manage the process very well

D．the operator of the cable car ignored his duty

4. The story at the Arapahoe Basin Ski Area mainly tells us ______.

A．it is very dangerous to go skiing

B．he that climbs high often falls heavily

C．bravery and calm can help you make a difference

D．a person with a great talent always has great will-power

8 . The phone rang. I waited for the answering machine to get it, but for some reason, it was not picking up. I sighed, annoyed because I knew the call was either going to be for my wife, Susan (she was the only one who received calls on the home line, and she left to take Alyce to school ten minutes ago), or it was the latest of 300 attempts to sell me something I had absolutely no interest in.

''Hello, '' I said, an edge in my voice. 12-year-old daughter, ''Mommy was just in a car accident. '' My heart stopped and then began pounding. ''Are you all right? '' ''Yes. '' ''Is Mommy? '' A deep sob. ''I don't know…I don't think so. Come quick. '' I rushed a few blocks to what looked like a shoot for a disaster movie. Fire engines, police cars, and ambulances were randomly parked in the street; helicopters circled. A city bus was on the wrong side of the road. In front of it were the smashed remains of Susan's car. Susan was pinned under the dashboard (仪表盘). There was no front windshield (挡风玻璃).

Alyce was standing on the corner crying, covered in tiny pieces of glass but uninjured. Inconceivable! Susan wasn’t so lucky. But she was alive. It turned out that she had broken nearly every bone in her body, and she would spend almost three months in the hospital.

More than two years later, Susan and I were at a musical event. Our director, Danny, rushed up to us. He said excitedly, ''There's a woman here tonight from one of the church choirs who you have to meet! '' He returned with an African American woman with a bright, glowing smile. She told us she lived in the apartment building by where the accident had happened. That morning, she had rushed to the street, still in her bathrobe, and seen Alyce standing by the side of the wrecked car, crying. She approached her, asking, ''Is that your mom in there? '' Alyce nodded, and the woman said, ''Let's pray together. ''

Sweet, innocent Alyce looked at this woman wearing a cross around her neck and told her that she needed to call me, but her backpack with her phone was trapped inside the crushed vehicle. So the woman lent Alyce her phone. After the accident, she said, she had continued to pray for our family. We had our picture taken together, and as we were saying goodbye, she hugged us all warmly. We realized we had never been formally introduced, so she said to me, ''I'm sorry, I never got your name. '' I told her it was Doug, and she paused, as if maybe she hadn't heard me. I repeated, ''Doug, like Douglas. '' She looked at us and said, ''Wait, your name is Susan? '' Susan nodded. ''And your name is Douglas? '' The woman put her hand over her heart. ''Oh my goodness, '' she said. ''My name is Susan Douglas. ''

1. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．Both the author's wife and the daughter were not severely injured.

B．The author was calm when he heard about the accident.

C．The author was the only one who received calls on home line.

D．The author rushed to the accident like a shoot.

2. What does the underlined word inconceivable refer to in the 3^rd passage?

A．Innocent.	B．Unconscious.
C．Incredible.	D．Unfortunate.

3. Why did the African American woman want to see the author's family?

A．They were from the same church choir.

B．She witnessed the whole accident and offered to help two years ago.

C．She shared the same first name with the author's wife.

D．She would like to talk about her experience and had a picture taken.

4. What is the best title of the article?

A．The Bus Crash Angel	B．The Unwanted Call
C．An Expected Crash	D．A Fun Encounter

9 . Notre-Dame de Paris, a cathedral church in Paris, is the most famous of the Gothic cathedrals of the Middle Ages. For the French, it represents something immortal, ever-present and unchanging, like a mountain. Built over almost two centuries, the Notre-Dame is, as President Emmanuel Macron said, “where the French lived all their great moments”. Soldiers prayed here before leaving for the Crusades; Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned here; it survived the French Revolution, two World Wars and the Nazi occupation. It is where men bend their knees to profess love and thousands of tourists take photos every day.

A fire, whose cause was not identified yet, engulfed (吞没), on April 15th, the cathedral's upper structure. More than 400 firefighters took part in the 15-hour battle to control the blaze (火苗) that triggered sorrow over the globe. The extent of the damage is still unknown, but the fire destroyed much of the gothic cathedral’s wood-timbered roof and spire (塔尖). The cathedral will certainly be restored (the French government promises), but the sight of flames bringing down the spire moved the world in a manner far exceeding its religious significance.

French Culture Minister Franck Riester on Thursday said the government would draw all the consequences from the huge flames that destroyed the centuries-old Notre Dame Cathedral, adding measures to protect the national heritage were on the table. “Staff from the fire department, the culture ministry and the city town hall rushed to the Cathedral, when the fire started, to protect the main artworks that were inside. The artworks, which include relics such as the Christ's crown of thorns and French king Saint-Louis's 13th century tunic, were first moved to the city town hall and will now be transferred to the nearby Louvre Museum .” the minister told Le Parisian newspaper in an interview without giving details on the possible measures.

1. What can we learn about the Notre-Dame de Paris?

A．It is the most well-known cathedral.	B．Most of the French think little of it.
C．It was built by Napoleon Bonaparte.	D．It’s still in existence after two World Wars.

2. What is true about the Cathedral in the accident?

A．Only the spire was brought down by the flames.

B．It was completely burnt in the fire.

C．The gilded crown of thorns in it was gone forever.

D．The cause of the accident to the Cathedral was still unknown.

3. According to Franck Riester, what has already done by the government?

A．Rebuild the cathedral.

B．Rescue the artworks inside the cathedral.

C．Transfer the relics to the nearby Louvre Museum.

D．Release the cause of the fire to the public.

10 . Five years ago. a fire burned Vivienne Palmer's house to the ground and turned all her things to ash She was depressed, but later, a surprising state of _______ set in.

"After _______ the shock. I would think that since it's _______ , let go of it. It felt amazingly free of mind.” Palmer says. Now. she looks around her destroyed_______and wants to get that _______ again. Her plan is to let go of at least ten things every day for a year. That means she must make a total of 3.650 donated or sold _______ a year.

A friend _______ her not to set herself up for failure because that was too much for her.

But Palmer is struggling against the _______ . Everything is a game from the practical thing, such as a large number of   plastic forks and knives she has _______from all her take-out （外卖） orders, to the ________ things, such as the rabbit costumes she made for her young sons for Halloween one year. "You just have to be very ________. she says.

Now, some plastic bags, six tablecloths, four toy monkeys and a toy dog have been ________ .Her husband wants to ________the toy dog because he thinks it's cool.

To keep herself ________, Palmer posts images of her goods on her blog, where she ________ away many things free. And it feels ________

Beyond keeping peace of mind, there's another ________: By selling some items online. Palmer hopes to ________ enough money to arranged family vacation to Southeast Asia.

“Everything is ________ in my mind：There's the writing, the trip, my wanting to make, money and create a new good habit," Palmer say. It's a hug ________, but its inspiring. And I can't think of anything I'd rather do more.

1.

A．relief

B．pride

C．stress

D．regret

2.

A．bringing out

B．turning over

C．getting over.

D．finding out

3.

A．unexpected

B．famous

C．romance

D．gone

4.

A．health

B．career

C．house

D．plan.

5.

A．gift

B．freedom

C．reputation

D．chance

6.

A．goods

B．companies

C．novel

D．flowers

7.

A．allowed

B．forced

C．invited

D．warned

8.

A．argument

B．challenge

C．adventure

D．promise.

9.

A．collected

B．separated

C．invented

D．produced

10.

A．cheap

B．natural

C．unimportant

D．meaningful

11.

A．thankful

B．strict

C．busy

D．healthy

12.

A．ruined

B．completed

C．bought

D．keep

13.

A．repair

B．change

C．present

D．keep

14.

A．known

B．strong

C．special

D．curious

15.

A．turns

B．gives

C．puts

D．gets

16.

A．strange

B．pitiful

C．good

D．painful

17.

A．sample

B．idea

C．condition

D．Practice

18.

A．raise

B．share

C．pay

D．require

19.

A．disappearing

B．joining

C．competing

D．filling

20.

A．review

B．advantage

C．process

D．group