1 . I know what courage looks like. I saw it on a flight I took six years ago. When our L9869 left the Orlando airport that Friday morning, we were a chipper, ______ group. The early-morning flights hosted mainly professional people ____ Atlanta for a day or two of business.

Immediately upon ____, it was clear that something went wrong. The aircraft was bumping _____and jerking left to right.   The pilot soon made a grave______that we were about to crash. No sight has ever been so sobering as that fuel, hundreds of gallons of it, streaming past my window out of the plane’s tank. The flight attendants helped people get into position and ____ those who were already hysterical.

As I looked at the faces of my fellow travelers, I was stunned by the changes in their faces. Many looked visibly _____ now---gray in color. There was not one ______. No one faces death without fear, I thought. I began searching the crowd for one person who felt peace and ______ that true courage or great faith gives people in these events.

All around, people cried. Many wailed and screamed. However, I heard a still calm voice, a woman’s voice, speaking in an absolutely normal conversational ______. Finally I saw her. In the midst of all the chaos, a mother was talking, just talking to her child. The woman, in her mid-30’s was______full into the face of her daughter who______to be four years old. The mother’s gaze held the child so fixed and ____ that she seemed untouched by the sounds of grief and ______ around her.

I strained to hear what this mother was telling her child. I leaned over and by some miracle could I hear this soft voice with the tone of reassurance. Over and over again, the mother said: “I love you so much. Do you know for sure that I love you _____ anything?” Then the mother put her body ____ her daughter’s, strapped the seat belt over both of them and ____ to crash. For no earthly reason, our landing gear held and our touchdown was not the______it seemed destined to be. It was over in seconds.

The voice I heard that day never wavered, never acknowledged doubt, and maintained an evenness that seemed emotionally and______impossible. Only the greatest ______and love could have borne that mother up and lifted her above the chaos around her.

1.

A．high-energy

B．high-class

C．first-rate

D．large-scale

2.

A．care for

B．look into

C．head for

D．go away

3.

A．take-over

B．take-up

C．take-off

D．take-out

4.

A．back and forth

B．ins and outs

C．left and right

D．up and down

5.

A．declare

B．announcement

C．notice

D．information

6.

A．relieve

B．comfort

C．scold

D．affect

7.

A．frightened

B．delighted

C．annoyed

D．amazed

8.

A．expectation

B．success

C．agreement

D．exception

9.

A．boring

B．calm

C．quiet

D．still

10.

A．pronunciation

B．sound

C．tone

D．accent

11.

A．staring

B．glaring

C．looking

D．glancing

12.

A．happened

B．remained

C．appeared

D．proved

13.

A．careful

B．aimless

C．intent

D．stressed

14.

A．embarrassment

B．fear

C．frustration

D．excitement

15.

A．rather than

B．other than

C．less than

D．more than

16.

A．against

B．beyond

C．above

D．over

17.

A．prepared

B．finished

C．achieved

D．pretended

18.

A．comedy

B．tragedy

C．tale

D．fiction

19.

A．economically

B．automatically

C．extremely

D．physically

20.

A．determination

B．courage

C．resolution

D．disappointment

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How did Cody Clawson spend the whole night?

A．With his friend, Ford.

B．By himself.

C．With some other boys.

2. Who helped rescue Clawson?

A．Harrison Ford.

B．Harrison Cody.

C．Cody Ford.

3. How far has Clawson been away from his Boy Scout camp?

A．10 miles.

B．10 kms.

C．13 miles.

3 . 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。 续写的词数应为150左右。

Rescue in a Bottle

Curtis Whitson had rafted (v.乘筏) down the Arroyo Seco, a river in central California, several times before.

This year, Curtis Whitson knew the water-fall was coming. He figured he would get out of his raft into the shallow water, get down the rocks along ropes on either side of the falls, and continue on his way, as he had on a previous trip.

But this year was different. Heavy snow and spring rains had turned the usually manageable falls into something fierce. And this year, instead of his friends, Whitson’s companions were his girlfriend, Krystal Ramirez, and his 13-year-old son, Hunter. As the three of them approached the falls late in the afternoon of the third day of their camping trip, Whitson could tell from the increasing roar of water in the narrowing canyon(峡谷) that they were in serious trouble. There was no way they’d be able to get down the rocks as planned.

“The water was just roaring through there with tremendous force,” recalls Whitson, 45.

They had no smart phone service, and they hadn’t seen a single person in the past three days. And Whitson knew that they’d be sharing the ground there with rattlesnakes and mountain lions.

As he was thinking what to do, Whitson hit on a bit of luck---he heard voices coming from the other side of the falls. He yelled, but the sound of the rushing water drowned him out.

“We have to get these people a message,” Whitson thought.

He grabbed a stick and pulled out his pocketknife to carve “Help” in it. Then he tied a rope to it so the people would know it wasn’t just any stick. He tried throwing it over the falls, but it floated away in the wrong direction.

“We’ve got to do something!” Whitson yelled to his son. “Have we got anything else?”

Then he spotted his water bottle. Whitson grabbed it and carved “Help!”on it. Ramirez also reminded him that he had a pen and paper in his backpack.

Whitson knew it was a slim hope. But he wrote “6-15 19:00 We are stuck here@ the waterfall. Get help please” and pushed the note into the bottle. This time, his throw over the waterfall was perfect.

“All right, that’s all we can do,” Whitson told Hunter.

注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段开头语已为你写好；
Paragraph 1:

It took 30 minutes to get back upstream to the beach where they’d had lunch.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:

The next morning, the helicopter returned.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4 . I was driving home. A car, driving at high speed and trying to overtake, crashed into a pickup truck. And five other cars also______in front of me. I narrowly______and pulled over. Immediately, I ran to a car which was upside down. I got someone to help and we got a（n）______woman and a large, unconscious man, both upside down, out of the______. I then went to the five other cars to______if anyone else was hurt badly______, no one else was in serious condition. It all took just a few minutes.

At the same time, the traffic had stopped. I looked over and______a group of 12 people, out of their cars, standing in a circle about 15 feet away from a young man, who was______still on the pavement. I asked them what had happened. They said the kind young man had got out of his car to cross the road and______when a car drove along the inside lane（车道）, very fast, to get around the______traffic. Unfortunately, the man was______by it. Many people said he was______; several had checked. But a feeling inside me said, “Can they be certain he is dead？”

He was badly injured, but I checked again and again, and felt a very______heart beat. I______pushed his head upwards. He then coughed, and started taking rapid, shallow breaths. By then, the ambulances had______. When they______, I left the scene and walked back to my car.

Due to the excellent doctors and______of nurses, the young man did______. He was released from the hospital after many months and his______was covered by all the news stations. I smiled to myself and felt very______to be at the right place at the right time, knowing a young man had his whole life in front of me.

1.

A．exploded

B．crashed

C．sped

D．disappeared

2.

A．escaped

B．lost

C．returned

D．failed

3.

A．rich

B．sick

C．injured

D．single

4.

A．circle

B．way

C．area

D．car

5.

A．check

B．report

C．explore

D．tell

6.

A．Surprisingly

B．Obviously

C．Fortunately

D．Honestly

7.

A．met

B．chose

C．led

D．saw

8.

A．sitting

B．lying

C．standing

D．holding

9.

A．greet

B．help

C．serve

D．look

10.

A．light

B．local

C．oncoming

D．heavy

11.

A．stopped

B．attacked

C．hit

D．pushed

12.

A．dead

B．abnormal

C．ill

D．painful

13.

A．steady

B．weak

C．rapid

D．wild

14.

A．quickly

B．patiently

C．hopefully

D．cautiously

15.

A．arrived

B．stayed

C．followed

D．waited

16.

A．got across

B．faded away

C．took over

D．gave away

17.

A．praise

B．care

C．trust

D．encouragement

18.

A．grow

B．remember

C．survive

D．change

19.

A．kindness

B．politeness

C．calmness

D．friendliness

20.

A．confident

B．comfortable

C．different

D．happy

5 . A high-altitude rescue team has set new standards in the Himalayas this season, performing the highest altitude rescue ever completed. On May 19th, a rescue team successfully got a mountaineer from near Camp 3 at 23,000 feet on Everest (珠穆朗玛峰). The climber named Gautam nearly reached the top but became extremely exhausted and seriously dehydrated (脱水的).

After a difficult and dangerous rescue，the team was able to successfully save Gautam’s life.

In an interview with Moro, the pilot of the rescue team, he said, "You have to be prepared, technically, physically,and also mentally (心理上).” He added, “The aim wasn’t to set a record but to save someone’s life. ”

The team has flown rescue tasks using Nepalese helicopters (直升飞机) for two years but had the idea to create a team with its own helicopter, which has been able to complete this season. The entire operation is privately financed，and according to Moro, “doesn’t cost the Italian or Nepalese tax-payer a single cent.” Moro also flies tasks for the local population for “free or at extremely reduced prices”.

Moro sees potential (潜力) for the increasing number of high altitude Himalayan rescue operations. In the future, he hopes to see more than one team , as well as a specialised team of climbers that would be able to perform rescues at altitudes and in weather condition that are impossible for helicopters.

1. What can we infer about Gautam?

A．He is a lover for mountaineering.

B．He lost his life on Himalayas.

C．He ever reached the mountain top once.

D．He is a leader of a rescue team.

2. What is Mono like?

A．He can operate the helicopter technically,

B．He is generous and helpful to people.

C．He makes good preparations for mountaineering.

D．He is potential and wealthy.

3. What does the underlined word “financed” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Loved by many people	B．Managed in a new way.
C．Supported with money.	D．Discovered by chance.

4. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．The Future of High-Altitude Rescue Team

B．The successful Flying Task on Himalayas.

C．An Interview with an Italian Famous Rescue Team Leader.

D．A Daring High-altitude Rescue on Everest Sets a Record.

6 . I was driving home with my son Giacomo, 15, on the A40 when I suddenly saw a small plane coining down. Out of nowhere, it _______ some 200 yards away from where we were_________, overturning and bursting into flames.

We were going 70 miles an hour and I managed to_______；otherwise we would have crashed into it ourselves. I jumped out, _________ Giacomo in the car. I remember shouting at him to stay there _________we really didn't have time to mess around.

Flames were coming out of the cockpit（驾驶舱）and I could hear screaming, so I climbed under the wing and tried to_____________the windows in but failed, and with the heat of the_________coming over the top of the plane, I _______ I might have to give up or I'd be in great danger myself. I found the small windows at the back of the plane had cracked, so my best bet was to kick those through. It ___________ and, looking back, we were unbelievably ____________; otherwise, it would have been a completely different____________.

I pulled a teenage girl and boy out.____________another guy, Joel Snarr, arrived on the scene to________________at just the right time. I don't think I would have been able to get the______________out—he was a big guy.____________, Joel seized him by the arms and got him out just in time. I could____________straight away Joel had a military background by how he conducted himself. We'd just got all three of them, Stuart Moore, who’d flown the plane, and his nephew and niece, to a safe ____________when the plane exploded.

The emergency services ____________ pretty quickly, and then they did their duty. When I got back to my__________, Giacomo and I stared at each other, almost laughing in __________. It was a very strange moment—things like this only happen in films.

1.

A．exploded

B．landed

C．disappeared

D．crashed

2.

A．living

B．driving

C．standing

D．flying

3.

A．roll

B．speed

C．stop

D．pass

4.

A．leaving

B．saving

C．blaming

D．greeting

5.

A．if

B．though

C．until

D．since

6.

A．fix

B．kick

C．clean

D．shut

7.

A．fire

B．steam

C．water

D．engine

8.

A．expected

B．imagined

C．admitted

D．sensed

9.

A．lasted

B．counted

C．worked

D．ended

10.

A．afraid

B．lucky

C．cautious

D．brave

11.

A．story

B．adventure

C．challenge

D．lesson

12.

A．Yet

B．Thus

C．Then

D．Indeed

13.

A．help

B．climb

C．explain

D．deliver

14.

A．steward

B．driver

C．rescuer

D．pilot

15.

A．Instead

B．However

C．Strangely

D．Secretly

16.

A．argue

B．tell

C．describe

D．agree

17.

A．return

B．room

C．distance

D．journey

18.

A．went away

B．set out

C．shut down

D．turned up

19.

A．car

B．house

C．plane

D．cinema

20.

A．surprise

B．sorrow

C．relief

D．confusion

7 . Crude oil (原油) taken from fields in Alaska's North Slope near Prudhoe Bay is carried by tube to the port of Valdez. From there it is shipped by tanker to the West Coast of the United States. Just after midnight on March24, 1989,the Exxon Valdez, a tanker more than three football fields long, went off course in Prince William Sound near Valdez and hit rocks underwater. About 42 million liters of oil poured out from several slices in the ship, creating the worst escape of oil ever in the U. s. waters.

In 1990，the National Transportation Safety Board NTSB) found the captain of the tanker guilty of drinking before sailing and of leaving the bridge and turning over the ship to an inexperienced and tired third mate. The NTSB ruled that the accident was the result of drinking of the captain, an overworked crew member, and inadequate traffic control by the Coast Guard.

In the early 1970s, conservationists said that a large, damaging oil escape would occur in these dangerous waters containing hidden rocks and frequented by icebergs and violent storms. They urged that Alaskan oil be brought to the lower 48 states by tube over land to reduce potential damage.

Officials of Alyeska, a company formed by the seven oil companies taking oil from Alaska's North Slope, said that a tube would take too long to build and that a large escape of oil was " highly unlikely". They assured Congress that they would be at the scene of any accident within five hours and have enough equipment and trained people to clean up any spill. However, when the S4-ilion Valdez leak occurred, Alyeska and Exxon officials did too little too late.

In the early 1970s, Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton told Congress that all oil tankers using Alaskan waters would have double hulls( 船体). Later, under pressure from oil companies, the requirement was dropped. After the disaster,the oil industry had much to answer for. The accident led to an international push for double-hulled oil tankers.What if the Exxon Valdez had a double hull?

1. What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A．The consequence of drunk sailing.

B．The cause of the Valdez accident.

C．The responsibility of the captain.

D．The role of the Coast Guard in the accident.

2. We can infer that conservationists advised

A．building an oil tube to save delivery time

B．stopping shipping oil in dangerous waters

C．bringing Alaskan oil to the lower 48 states

D．making full preparations for any oil escape

3. What did the author indicate in the end?

A．The Exxon Valdez had a double dull.

B．Morton worked for an oil company.

C．The accident might be preventable.

D．Oil companies favored the requirement.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Valdez: The Predicted Oil Leak

B．Alyeska: Lessons Not Learnt

C．The Oil Accident: Who to Blame

D．The Valdez Disaster: What to Remember

8 . 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

Amazon exposed some customers’ names and emails due to a “    1    (technique) error,” according to emails the company sent to     2    (affect) customers. Several people shared screenshots of the emails online Wednesday morning. Beta News first reported the incident.

In a statement, Amazon said, “We     3    (fix) the issue and informed customers who may have been impacted.”

Despite the exposure, Amazon told the affected customers they did not need     4    (change) their passwords. But even with just their names and emails exposed, people could attempt to reset their     5    (account) or target their emails for     6    (follow) attacks.

Amazon did not answer questions about how many customers were affected    7       the error nor about how long information was exposed. Amazon’s website and systems were not damaged,     8     Amazon spokesperson told CNBC. The company did not say where the customer information was visible.

In a customer forum, people who received the cryptic message from Amazon were     9    (surprise) that the company did not recommend they reset their passwords and that the link to Amazon’s website in the email signature did not contain a secure link,     10     would contain “https” rather than “http.”

9 . A family vacation has been saved thanks to a stranger who helped the _______ travelers after learning about their trouble on social media.

The Melrose family had been in the _______ of a 4,000-kilometer road trip across Australia when _______ their car _______ down. Daryn Melrose, his wife and Iwo daughters had left their home in Gippsland with two boats _______ together so they could _______ in the National Sailing Championships in Darwin. Since the youngsters had spent all year _______ for the competition, they were heartbroken over the idea that all of their efforts had been in _______ . But with 620 miles standing between them and _______, it seemed as if they had no choice but to __________ their dreams of competing.

Upon learning about their__________，ABC News made a social media __________ with the   hopes that one of their __________ would help the family. As fate (命运)would have it, Darwin liver Rodney Sims saw the plea (请求)of__________ the family. Sims told ABC News that about 30 years ago he met with a similar situation with a broken-down car and someone helped him out. And it was his time to __________ .

Sims then drove his truck all the way to where the family was staying. They were   all __________ on seeing Sims, truck coming to __________ them. Then, he brought the family all the way back to Darwin. Needless to say, the stranger's act of kindness __________ all the family members. Daiyn and his family thought it was a legend (传奇)and they all thought Sims was__________ and they could not be more __________ for his efforts.

1.

A．injured

B．gathered

C．disconnected

D．trapped

2.

A．way

B．presence

C．back

D．middle

3.

A．swiftly

B．consistently

C．abruptly

D．unconsciously

4.

A．came

B．broke

C．fell

D．rolled

5.

A．compared

B．matched

C．fastened

D．registered

6.

A．compete

B．occur

C．appear

D．arrive

7.

A．applying

B．waiting

C．training

D．looking

8.

A．return

B．time

C．person

D．vain

9.

A．Danvin

B．Australia

C．Gippsland

D．Sims

10.

A．achieve

B．abandon

C．accomplish

D．obtain

11.

A．journey

B．adventure

C．dilemma

D．response

12.

A．website

B．announcement

C．database

D．post

13.

A．neighbors

B．relatives

C．friends

D．readers

14.

A．witnessing

B．assisting

C．accompanying

D．compensating

15.

A．give back

B．make sense

C．burst out

D．lake over

16.

A．refreshed

B．unbearable

C．scaried

D．disturbing

17.

A．command

B．donate

C．rescue

D．approve

18.

A．attracted

B．touched

C．ensured

D．embarrassed

19.

A．brave

B．admirable

C．punctual

D．emotional

20.

A．thankful

B．responsible

C．regretful

D．eager

10 . Yi So-yeon, an engineer from Seoul, returned to Earth on Saturday after 11 days aboard the International Space Station(ISS)along with Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and US astronaut Peggy Whitson.

A technical problem turned a routine(常规)return to Earth into a sharper than usual descent(下降)that tested the group members' energy and courage. They landed in the Kazakh steppes(大草原)about420km(260 miles)wide of their target.

''During the descent there was some kind of fire outside the Soyuz capsule because we were going through the atmosphere, '' Yi said.

''At first, I was afraid but the two other guys looked okay so I tried to look okay too. ''

Yi smiled and joked her way through a 10-minute news briefing at Star City the wooded Soviet era cosmonaut training centre on the edge of Moscow. However Malenchenko and Whitson looked tired and thin after nearly six months in space. Their answers were short and Whitson needed support to balance when she walked. The 29-year-old Yi has become famous in R.O. Korea since the take-off but she brushed this aside and said she has had little contact with friends or family since returning.

''In fact they are the heroes right now, '' Yi said referring to Malenchenko and Whitson. ''I'm just a beginner and a little ashamed to say that I am a hero. '' She did though relate a more light-hearted incident on the ISS.

''I sang Fly Me to the Moon'' Yi said about the 1950s pop song. ''It's my favourite song from university although at that time I didn’t know I would be an astronaut. ''

The capsule's so-called ''ballistic'' re-entering made the group members face twice the usual pull from the centre of the earth. The flames Yi described may have been caused by friction(摩擦)heating the capsule as it fell through the atmosphere.

Whitson told reporters that Saturday's, ballistic landing was irregular but not an emergency.

''The Soyuz has been through its history very reliable and there has obviously been some issue in the last couple of descents which went ballistic but I'm sure the engineers will determine what the problems are and get them fixed, '' she said.

In October a Soyuz capsule carrying Malaysia's first space tourist touched down about 200 km(125 miles)off course in a similar ballistic landing caused by a technical problem.

The Soyuz is the world’s longest-serving manned space capsule. An early version of the craft the Vostok carried the first person into space in 1961.

Whitson, 48, has become the American with the longest amount of time in space with 377 days.

1. What's the main idea of the passage?

A．Flight in space is very dangerous.

B．Not everybody can go into space.

C．Fearful landing tests the Korean astronaut

D．Yi didn't know she would be an astronaut when she was our young.

2. The reason why Yi So-yeon felt afraid at first was that ________.

A．a fire was caused by the friction

B．she had no such experience before

C．she was not brave enough

D．the other two didn't help her

3. From the passage we can learn that ________.

A．Yi So-yeon, a space tourist came from R.O. Korea

B．Whitson became energetic when they landed on earth

C．the two other guys were not afraid during the descent

D．the Soyuz, an unmanned space capsule, had a long history

4. We can conclude from this passage that ________.

A．experience is very important for astronauts to ensure safety

B．Yi So-yeon will never return to the space station

C．people are not willing to experience the space flight

D．we should draw a lesson from the accident