1 . Lee Spargo initially set up an outdoor trail camera at his home near Mount Holly in hopes of catching a wild fox that had been hunting his chickens. But he was aware of another danger Tuesday night when the camera caught footage of his house being swallowed in flames.

A fire inside Lee’s home triggered (触发) the camera and sent an alarm to his phone around 2:22 a.m. Lee woke up thinking he had caught the fox, but soon realized that his house was on fire instead.

“If I didn’t set up the equipment, we’d all be dead. It saved our lives,” he said. “I got up, Thinking ‘Oh, the fox is out there and I’m going to get him’. And then I saw a big reflection in the kitchen and I was considering, ‘What’s that?’”

Lee said he quickly jumped into action and got his wife Rhonda and his two kids Jonathan and Meagan out of the burning building. The family was also able to rescue two of their four dogs from the fire. Unfortunately, Lee’s 4-year-old Lulu and 2-year-old Sampson did not survive.

“We were yelling for them to get out, but the poor things were just so scared. They were just trying to hide,” Lee said.

Lee and his family also said they lost a number of personal belongings in the fire, including a treasured clock that had survived another fire at a relative’s home years ago. “We’ve been here for a long time. We raised our kids here,” he said. “We lost all in a couple hours. But at least I still have my family.”

1. Why did Lee set up an outdoor game trail camera?

A．To catch a fox.	B．To prevent the fire.
C．To monitor his family.	D．To help him feed the chicken.

2. What does the underlined word “It” in paragraph 3 refer to?

A．The alarm.	B．The phone.
C．The camera.	D．The wild animal.

3. Who is Lulu according to the text?

A．Lee’s wife.	B．One of Lee’s lost dogs.
C．One of Lee’s friends.	D．Lee’s daughter.

4. What can we learn about Lee from the last paragraph?

A．He lost faith in life.

B．He had survived in another fire.

C．He regretted living there for such a long time.

D．He was still positive towards life.

2 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

Mr. Taylor checked again: water, food, bandage, medicines, a compass, and a map wrapped in plastic... Bingo! He put all that he prepared for the coming hiking into his backpack.

Mr. Taylor was fond of hiking, this time in particular, for it was the first time for him to hike with his two sons, Harry and Joel. Joel liked reading books about explorers and Harry joined the hiking club in his school this term. “It will be an unforgettable experience, definitely.” he whispered to himself, unconsciously a smile spreading over his face.

Harry and Joel, however, argued for the first three miles of their hiking trip. Harry accused Joel of wearing smelly old shoes. Joel blamed Harry for using all of the bug spray (喷雾防虫剂). Harry told Joel he smelled terrible. Joel called Harry a coward (懦夫).

“Will the two of you just quiet down and enjoy our hike together?” their father said. “You’re missing all of the beautiful scenery!”

It was true. Neither Joel nor Harry had taken notice of the bear their father had spied at the start of their trip. They hadn’t looked up at the eagle he pointed out overhead. Worst of all, they hadn’t paid any attention to the turns and twists along the way while they continued their argument.

“Joel threw a stick at me!” Harry screamed. “That’s not true!” Joel shouted back.

Mr. Taylor could no longer contain his anger. “And both of you need to stop arguing!” he erupted. As he turned to face them, his left foot caught on a root. He slipped backward and down muddy bank, falling into the river that ran alongside the path.

Harry and Joel raced to their father’s assistance. They helped him up out of the water, and then dragged his wet backpack up onto land.

Fortunately, their wet-through father found himself just slightly injured.

注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:

But his glasses came off when he fell in the water.

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“Just calm down.” Mr. Taylor shouted, “Without my glasses, we need to work together to find our way.

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3 . Typically, a person sitting in the driver's seat of a car opens the door with the hand closest to it. It makes sense since doors are designed to be opened that way. Pull the handle(把手) and immediately the door is open. But if you happen to do that at the wrong time, you may create an obstacle(阻碍) for a passing cyclist without knowing it. Then the cyclist will be sent falling off the bike, and the car door is likely to be damaged by the fast-moving bicycle.

The car door design and long-time habits have made the process instinctual but clearly the solution is for the person getting out of the vehicle to check for traffic. Luckily, there's a simple way to solve the problem: the Dutch reach. In other words, instead of using your left hand, reach for the door latch(门锁) with your right hand. This will force you to turn your body and look into your side view mirror to see whether any car or bike is coming.

''It's just what Dutch people do,'' said Fred Wegman, the former managing director of the National Institute for Road Safety Research in the Netherlands. ''All the Dutch are taught it. It's part of regular driver education.''

The technique dates back about 50 or 60 years, and it was very popular between the 1960s and the 1980s. But it didn't really become known as the Dutch reach until American physician named Michael Charney started the Dutch Reach Project in 2016 in an effort to popularize the practice in the United States. According to The Times, he was motivated by the death of a 27-year-old who rode into an open car door and died just five blocks from his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Charney's efforts may be paying off. Both Massachusetts and Illinois now include the Dutch reach in their drivers’ manuals(手册).

1. What is the first paragraph intended to show?

A．The poor design of the car door and handle.

B．A common conflict between cars and bicycles.

C．A main cause of traffic accidents related to cyclists.

D．Possible risks connected with opening the car door.

2. What does the underlined word ''instinctual'' in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Difficult	B．Possible
C．Natural	D．Dangerous

3. How does the Dutch reach help to reduce traffic accidents?

A．By making the person open the car door more easily.

B．By forcing the person to check for approaching traffic.

C．By reminding the person of the traffic lights frequently.

D．By helping the person see the side view mirror more clearly.

4. What made Charney introduce the Dutch reach into America?

A．Its popularity among Dutch people.

B．Its appearance in drivers’ manuals.

C．A project started in the year 2016.

D．The death caused by a traffic accident.

4 . Luke is a cute dog, living together with me for five years. We get lots of   _________   in our area during the summer season. Many forests are badly _________ by fire each year. That hot summer, not far from our shelter, a forest   _________ fire. It was July, and there had been a heat wave going on for three days.

Somehow, Luke rushed toward the forest. There was no longer any hope at that moment to wait for Luke to come back to the _______. In fact, I was waiting for firefighters to tell me that he had _______ in the forest. Suddenly, a fireman burst into my office and     _______     me that Luke had succeeded in saving four kittens who had been _______by the flames. I _______   accompanied the fireman to the forest to get him back. _______ we got to the scene of the incident, we didn’t see Luke. Then we heard the   ________ of a dog barking in the forest. I ________the barks as Luke’s. The firemen ________ the tracks of the dog until they found him barking loudly by the side of an injured ________. Thanks to Luke, four kittens and a fireman were saved. This true story shows us that pets are loving, caring and compassionate. We should love and ________them. Little animals can do     ________     things for humans.

1.

A．rain

B．sun

C．noise

D．fires

2.

A．damaged

B．removed

C．changed

D．treated

3.

A．made

B．caught

C．set

D．burned

4.

A．forest

B．house

C．area

D．shelter

5.

A．lost

B．died

C．appeared

D．remained

6.

A．warned

B．reminded

C．informed

D．promised

7.

A．buried

B．trapped

C．controlled

D．swallowed

8.

A．immediately

B．slightly

C．approximately

D．particularly

9.

A．Since

B．Unless

C．When

D．Until

10.

A．call

B．shout

C．voice

D．sound

11.

A．understood

B．recognized

C．treated

D．realized

12.

A．recorded

B．noticed

C．followed

D．wanted

13.

A．fireman

B．doctor

C．farmer

D．teacher

14.

A．save

B．raise

C．protect

D．hate

15.

A．fun

B．enormous

C．little

D．risky

5 . Basketball fans around the world are mourning the death of American superstar Kobe Bryant.

Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash Sunday in California, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people. He was 41 years old.

Bryant was an 18-time All-Star player. He won five NBA championships and two Olympic gold medals. He was widely considered one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers.

The helicopter carrying Bryant and the others crashed into a hilly area in foggy conditions outside Los Angeles. Bryant lived south of Los Angeles and often used helicopters to travel around the area to save time and avoid Southern California traffic.

The cause of the crash is under investigation. It took place about 32 kilometers from Bryant's Mamba Sports Academy, a basketball training center in Newbury Park, California. Bryant was on his way to attend a youth basketball competition on Sunday with his daughter. Bryant and his wife, Vanessa, had four daughters.

When he retired from the NBA in 2016, Bryant was the third-leading scorer in NBA history with 33,643 points. He is widely expected to be elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this year.

The basketball world and the Los Angeles community reacted to Bryant’s death with an outpouring of sadness, disbelief and support.

In a statement, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Bryant was one of the greatest stars in the game. But he added, He will be remembered most for inspiring people around the world to pick up a basketball and compete to the very best of their ability.

On Twitter, U.S. President Donald Trump noted the terrible news. He called Bryant one of the truly great basketball players of all time who was just getting started in life.

1. Where is the passage probably taken from?

A．A science report.	B．A biography.
C．A textbook.	D．A newspaper.

2. What Kobe Bryant impressed people in the world most was            .

A．his death	B．his achievements
C．his inspiration	D．his talent

3. The underlined words “under investigation” in Paragraph 5 mean______.

A．careful examination	B．evidence
C．discussion	D．argument

4. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A．Hearing the death of Kobe, fans around the world were very sad.

B．There were nine passengers on board, including one of his daughters.

C．Bryant was to attend a basketball competition with his daughter.

D．Bryant used the helicopter to save time and avoid the traffic jam on a fine day.

6 . The snow trapped Taylor, but taco sauce (卷饼酱) saved his life. It all began last Sunday when Taylor, along with his dog, went to get gas for his ______, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Taylor told the police his car got ______ in the snow. After some time, he then ______     and woke up on Monday finding ______ more snow, unable to get out of the vehicle (车辆). He tried to ______ out on Monday, but the snow was too deep and made it ______ to go on foot so he and his dog ______ to the vehicle.

By Wednesday, a ______ person’s announcement was put out for Taylor, according to a report. Over the next few days ______ he was trapped in the snow, Taylor told the police he stayed ______ by “starting his car from time to time. He ______ some of the taco sauce he had as food”.

On Friday, a skater called 911 saying they had ______ Taylor. The office soon sent a construction truck to ______ out Taylor and his dog. The officers said they were just “hungry after being stuck in the ______ for five days”. Taylor was ______ to who helped him and determined to help others as possible as he could in future.

1.

A．truck

B．bus

C．car

D．boat

2.

A．broken

B．stuck

C．lost

D．changed

3.

A．fell asleep

B．took risks

C．tried out

D．kept on

4.

A．also

B．almost

C．still

D．even

5.

A．put

B．call

C．break

D．walk

6.

A．difficult

B．boring

C．important

D．possible

7.

A．returned

B．pointed

C．tended

D．appealed

8.

A．learning

B．working

C．missing

D．traveling

9.

A．until

B．after

C．before

D．unless

10.

A．clean

B．hot

C．warm

D．mild

11.

A．bought

B．ate

C．made

D．borrowed

12.

A．seen

B．saved

C．known

D．paid

13.

A．send

B．dig

C．pick

D．tick

14.

A．clay

B．typhoon

C．thunderstorm

D．snow

15.

A．desperate

B．awkward

C．thankful

D．ashamed

7 . Vanessa Bryant said in an Instagram post on Monday that she was both grieving and angry over the loss of her husband, NBA star Kobe Bryant, and 13-year-old Gianna in a helicopter crash last month.

Vanessa Bryant, 37, has made few public appearances since the crash that killed her husband, daughter and seven others and said in the social media post that she had been "reluctant" to put her feelings into words.

“My brain refuses to accept that both Kobe and Gigi are gone,” she said, using a nickname for her daughter. “I can't process both at the same time. It's like I'm trying to process Kobe being gone but my body refuses to accept my Gigi will never come back to me.”

Bryant said she felt anger at losing both her husband and daughter and has to remind herself to be strong for the couple's three surviving daughters.

“God I wish they were here and this nightmare would be over,” she said. “Praying for all of the victims of this horrible tragedy. Please continue to pray for all.”

The death of Bryant, an 18-time all-star in the National Basketball Association and one of the world's most admired sports figures, prompted an outpouring of shock and grief from fans and fellow athletes around the globe.

The retired Los Angeles Lakers forward had been on his way to a youth basketball tournament in which he was coaching and his daughter and two other girls aboard the luxury chopper were due to compete.

Federal investigators have not yet determined a cause for the crash in Calabasas, California, outside Los Angeles, but have said the helicopter was flying in dense fog and that there was no evidence of engine failure.

1. How many people have died in the helicopter crash?

A．2	B．7
C．8	D．9

2. What makes it hard for Vanessa Bryant to accept the tragedy?

A．She was alone to handle the situation.

B．She was too angry to learn about the details.

C．She had to become strong for her other three daughters.

D．She couldn't process that her husband and daughter were gone together..

3. What possibly caused the accident according to the last paragraph?

A．The poor weather	B．The engine failure
C．The pilot's bad skills.	D．The wrong navigation.

8 . It was 3:21 a.m. when nine-year-old Glenn Kreamer awoke to the smell of burning. Except for the cracking (爆烈声) of flames somewhere below there was not a sound in the two-storey house at Baldwin Long Island.

With his father away on night duty at a local factory, Glenn was worried about the safety of his mother, his sister Karen, 14 and his 12-year-old brother Todd. He ran downstairs through the smoke-filled house to push and pull at Karen and Todd until they sat up. Then he helped each one through the house to the safety of the garden. There, his sister and brother, taking short and quick breaths and coughing, fell down onto the lawn.

The nine-year-old boy raced back into the house and upstairs to his mother’s room. He found it impossible to wake her up. Mrs. Kreamer, a victim of the smoke, was unconscious, and there was nobody to help Glenn carry her to the garden. But the boy stayed calm and, as a fireman said later, "acted with all the self-control of a trained adult."

On the bedroom telephone, luckily still working, Glenn called his father and, leaving Mr. Kreamer to telephone the fire brigade and ambulance service, got on with the task of saving his mother.

First he filled a bucket with water from the bathroom and threw water over his mother and her bed. Then, with a wet cloth around his head he went back to the garden.

He could hear the fire engine coming up, but how would the firemen find his mother in the smoke-filled house where flames had almost swallowed up the ground floor?

Grasping firmly a ball of string (线) from the garage, Glenn raced back into the house and dashed upstairs to his mother’s room. Tying one end of the string to her hand, he ran back, laying out the string as he went, through the hall and back out into the garden.

Minutes later he was telling fire chief John Coughlan, "The string will lead you to mother." Mrs. Kreamer was carried to safety as the flames were breaking through her bedroom floor.

1. Why did Glenn run downstairs first?

A．He wanted to find out what was happening.

B．He was worried about his mother’s safety.

C．He wanted to save his sister and brother.

D．He went to see if his father had come back from work.

2. Who called the fire brigade and ambulance service?

A．Glenn.	B．Glenn’s father.
C．Glenn’s sister.	D．Glenn’s neighbor.

3. Which of the following can replace “unconscious” in Paragraph 3?

A．unfortunate	B．confuse
C．terrified	D．senseless

4. Glenn saved his family because ______.

A．his father had taught him to do so on the phone

B．he had learned something about first aid

C．he had dealt with the emergency calmly and wisely

D．he had followed his mother’s instructions

9 . A friend of mine met with an accident driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn’t move. What was the ______ was that he found himself unable to ask for help—his mobile phone went out of ______ as a result of exhausted battery (电池). Nothing could be done but ______ in cold wilderness. It was 8 hours later that day broke, and then the _____ of the rescue (救援).

It is almost ______ that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his ______: “First of all I checked up my ______ conditions and found myself not in fatal (致命的) danger. As there was no ______ to call for help, I leaned back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from ______. In this way I dozed (打盹) off.”

His story put an end to my regret for the ______ of an exploration adventure that happened last year. A group of young men ______ to explore a mountain cave and got lost.                           ____ to find a way out in the dark cave they were frightened and ran anxiously without a sense of ______. Finally they fell dead in fear and exhaustion. According to the ______ people that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the ______ of the cave. If they stayed on the spot when they lost their way and tried to ______ themselves, they would probably sense a faint light glimmering (闪烁) not far away.

Don’t you think that you can compare it with ______ itself? When you meet with obstacles in life and work, you are lost in darkness. Mind you (请你注意) it’s ______ yet and you needn’t put up struggle ______. It seems to be a negative attitude; ______ a person who can afford to do so must have foresight (预见) as well as great courage in the first place.

1.

A．hopeless

B．worst

C．more

D．best

2.

A．place

B．way

C．order

D．work

3.

A．cry

B．lie

C．wait

D．sleep

4.

A．delay

B．success

C．team

D．arrival

5.

A．untrue

B．unimaginable

C．true

D．useless

6.

A．plan

B．decision

C．explanation

D．excuse

7.

A．physical

B．mental

C．working

D．medical

8.

A．method

B．way

C．alternative

D．strength

9.

A．rotting

B．spreading

C．hurting

D．bleeding

10.

A．loss

B．failure

C．disappointment

D．sadness

11.

A．had

B．managed

C．tried

D．planned

12.

A．Willing

B．Unable

C．Determined

D．Deciding

13.

A．hearing

B．sight

C．feeling

D．direction

14.

A．rescue

B．village

C．local

D．brave

15.

A．end

B．top

C．opening

D．side

16.

A．save

B．help

C．stop

D．calm

17.

A．adventure

B．work

C．life

D．man

18.

A．unclear

B．unacceptable

C．unnecessary

D．unable

19.

A．really

B．immediately

C．carefully

D．hopefully

20.

A．and

B．so

C．but

D．while

10 . Last year in a cross-country race in Sanqing Mountain, Gentian left everybody far behind, but unexpectedly he felt a sharp pain and saw that there were teeth marks and blood on his calf (腿肚子).    1    But he didn't know that it was a poisonous snake called ''five-step snake'' in Chinese that bit him.

Deep in the mountain, with no phone, Gentian kept running with the injury on his leg for 15 minutes and finally met a local farmer.    2    He happened to know about herbs and medicine. Immediately, he used some herbal medicine to deal with it. Later, the organizing committee's ambulance rushed to take him to the local hospital.

What should you do if you encounter a snake while outside? Remember: first of all, do not excite it. Data show that people who excite snakes are easily bitten.    3    Second, avoid the places where snakes like to stay. Snakes like to bathe in the sun during the day, and usually stay on gravel and cliff edges. Third, if you happen to see a snake crossing through the road, you must stop and wait for it to pass.

    4    First, sit down and try to avoid the acceleration of blood circulation. Then tie the limb 10-30cm above the wound with a strong rope, and curitopenabout1cm above the wound. The cut should be 1-2cm wide, and squeeze blood from top to bottom. Generally, snakebites occur at the ankle.     5     Also, make sure to call the ambulance ASAP.

A．He sensed that his situation was not good.

B．Then what to do if you're bitten by a snake?

C．So staying still can prevent you from meeting a snake.

D．He thought his high end shoes could protect against the snake.

E．However, those who run immediately are less likely to be bitten.

F．In this case bending the knee to reduce blood flow can be helpful.

G．Despite the language barrier, he understood what had happened.