1 . ON TUESDAY， the Shenzhen team of Blue Sky Rescue， a nonprofit civil rescue team， confirmed that two of its members had died trying to rescue 24 tourists who had got into difficulties.

According to the official news， it was on Monday that the rescue team received a telephone call from 24 travelers， who were trapped in a river valley， with a storm on the way and one of the female travelers being badly injured.

The team responded immediately. However， when they helped the travelers， two team member got trapped by the rising river water. The next day， they were confirmed dead.

The two heroes who gave their own lives to save others are being mourned by all.

Who can rescue the rescuers？ The question aroused a heated discussion among people. Most of them think we would rather such "heroic deeds" were not required. However， that depends on people being more sensible. In the past several years， there have been many cases in which travelers， ignoring the signs saying certain areas are dangerous and off﹣limits， still have kept on "exploring" unpaved and unmarked regions and ended up needing to be rescued. By so doing， they put not only their own lives at risk but also the lives of those who go to their aid.

In this case， although the travelers may have been in an authorized area， they ignored the warnings of an approaching typhoon. It was extremely reckless（鲁莽） of them to travel into the wild on such a day， as the local weather forecast had warned people against the upcoming typhoon. Two rescuers have lost their lives because of the thoughtlessness of others.

The law has already made it clear that if a traveler or group gets into difficulties when entering unauthorized regions， they must bear the costs of the rescue operations. The regulations need strengthening to deter travelers from putting their own lives and the lives of others at risk.

1. What happened to a woman traveler？

A．She lost her way.

B．She was trapped on the mountain.

C．She died in the storm.

D．She was seriously hurt.

2. What is the writer's attitude towards some tourists？

A．Critical.

B．Sympathetic.

C．Understanding.

D．Admiring.

3. What does the underlined word deter in the last paragraph mean？

A．protect.

B．keep.

C．excuse.

D．separate.

4. What can be a suitable title for this passage？

A．The Blue Sky Rescue.

B．Who can rescue the rescuers？

C．Who should bear the costs？

D．A deadly typhoon.

2 . The sound that woke Damian Languell at 8:15 in the morning was so loud that he thought it came from inside his house in Wade, Maine. As he _________ to examine, he heard another sound, this one coming most definitely from _________. Looking out of his bedroom window, he saw smoke from a car about 500 yards away, its engine in _________.

“I grabbed (抓住) buckets of water,” Languell told BBC News. Then he and his girlfriend ran to the crash site. The badly-damaged car looked _________ up close. The car, a 1998 Buick, running into a tree, was broken nearly _________ two. No one should have _________this crash, and, _________ there was 16-year-old Quintin Thompson, whose _________ face was pressed against the driver’s side window, _________. Languell, 35, tried ____________ the fire with his buckets of water with no success. “When the flames got into the front seats, I realized I had to get him out of there,” he told WAGM-TV.

Languell ____________ the Buick’s back door and crawled (爬) in. Thompson was struggling to get ____________, Languell says. “That’s ____________ I noticed how bad his legs were.” Using a pocketknife he’d had brought with him, he ____________ through Thompson’s seat belt.

Now that Thompson was free of the ____________, Languell pulled him out a back window of the vehicle, and then pulled the teen to safely “before the ____________ car was in flames,” the police said.

____________ Thompson hurt his legs, and face, a social media post described him ____________ “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 ____________.”

Languell is one of the real-life ____________ changing the world.

1.

A．woke up

B．stood up

C．looked up

D．got up

2.

A．outside

B．inside

C．upstairs

D．downstairs

3.

A．danger

B．flames

C．ruins

D．trouble

4.

A．better

B．clearer

C．worse

D．larger

5.

A．to

B．in

C．through

D．of

6.

A．survived

B．preferred

C．suffered

D．noticed

7.

A．therefore

B．already

C．even

D．yet

8.

A．disappointed

B．frightened

C．surprised

D．confused

9.

A．in need

B．in pain

C．in person

D．in silence

10.

A．finding out

B．blocking out

C．putting out

D．making out

11.

A．shut

B．hit

C．destroyed

D．opened

12.

A．free

B．fine

C．cool

D．straight

13.

A．when

B．why

C．where

D．how

14.

A．got

B．went

C．climbed

D．cut

15.

A．death

B．limit

C．injury

D．accident

16.

A．useless

B．old-fashioned

C．entire

D．second-hand

17.

A．Since

B．Until

C．Although

D．Unless

18.

A．as

B．for

C．with

D．beyond

19.

A．frequently

B．dangerously

C．determinedly

D．directly

20.

A．volunteers

B．heroes

C．friends

D．drivers

3 . 请根据下面的信息，写一篇新闻报道。

时间：昨天。 地点：市中心大街第一拐角处。 原因：卡车司机开车前饮酒过多，开车时头晕，车子失控，撞到一辆小车，导致2人死亡，部分人受伤。 影响：市区交通中断二小时。 经济损失：200万元。 政府态度：告诫其他司机要从事故中吸取教训。

4 . 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。

It happened when Tom was only ten years old. That day he was at home with his elder sister Jane. Tom was doing his homework when he heard raised voices. At first he didn't think seriously about it, since it was always noisy downstairs, but he soon realized this time it was different.

“Quick! Quick! Remove the motorcycles from the shop,” someone yelled.

Then a thick burning smell filled the air. When Tom opened the front door of their flat to investigate, a thick cloud of smoke greeted him. The motorcycle shop had caught fire and people were running and crying.

Jane, who had been playing the violin in her room, hurried to the living room. They rushed out of the door and along the corridor（走廊）through the smoke.

They were heading towards the stairway at the far end of the corridor when Jane suddenly stopped. She turned around and headed back the way they came. Tom had no idea what she was doing, but he followed her.

Jane had suddenly remembered the lady in her 70s who lived next door to them, who they called Makcik. Jane began banging on Makcik's door, but got no answer. As the smoke thickened around them, Tom could see many of their neighbours—some still in their pyjamas—running for safety. The thought of fear crossed his mind.

"She would have run for safety like everyone else!" Tom cried. However, Jane refused to give up. "I know Makcik's still inside.” She said she was familiar with Makcik's daily routine and was certain she would still be sleeping. She pounded against the door. "Go downstairs. Go now! Go!”

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:

Tom noticed the flame was reaching up.

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Paragraph 2:

Luckily, some neighbours passing by stopped and offered help.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5 . A snowboarder was feeling lucky to be alive yesterday after a helicopter rescue(直升机营救).

Ben Akintola, 30, was snowboarding in the French Alps under a clear blue sky in the afternoon when a large amount of snow fell down the side of the mountain. He didn’t have time to escape(逃脱) and it hit him with full force and knocked him senseless.

He woke in the night in total darkness. He was lying on an icy rock. Amazingly, he still had a mobile phone signal(信号), so he called a friend a thousand kilometers away in Britain. His friend called the French rescue services.

“I was waiting for what seemed like hours on that rock. I was beginning to give up hope when I heard the sound of a helicopter. It was circling around in the darkness, looking for me. I was trying my best to wave my mobile around. Fortunately the helicopter pilot saw the light.”

“I was overjoyed when the helicopter headed my way. It stayed above me and began lowering a rope.”

Ben was in hospital last night but he was not being treated for any serious injuries. He’s looking forward to going home today.

The French rescue services said: “We were very pleased that we were able to save Ben. The risk of snow slide off-piste(非滑雪场地的) is much higher at this time of year. All snowboarders and skiers should stay on the ski runs and not go off-piste. Ben was very lucky.”

1. What happened to Ben?

A．He got lost in the French Alps.	B．He had a snowboarding accident.
C．He was separated from his friends.	D．He was knocked down by falling rocks.

2. The French rescue services learned about Ben’s difficulty ________.

A．from his friend	B．in the early afternoon
C．after receiving his call	D．when seeing his mobile

3. How did Ben feel about the wait?

A．It made him strong in the darkness.	B．It caused him to hope for the best.
C．It was shorter than he expected.	D．It was a little discouraging.

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

A．A Lucky Escape	B．A Rocky Mountain
C．Risks of Snowboarding	D．French Rescue Services

6 . On a rainy winter day, several decades ago, a British artist named Christopher got on a train in Oxford to go to London. When he began his journey, he never knew that it was the beginning of almost 40 years of accidents and near death experiences.

During the journey, the train fell into an icy river, killing 12 passengers. Christopher managed to swim back to the river bank. He only had a broken leg.

Two years later, Christopher was on a plane from London to Manchester when a door suddenly opened and he fell out. A few minutes later, the plane crashed; 27 people were killed. Christopher was so lucky that he landed in a haystack (干草堆).

A few years later, he was hit by a bus, but again had no serious injuries. Then a year after that, he was driving on a mountain road when he saw a truck coming straight at him. He drove the car off the road, jumped out, landed in a tree — and watched his car fall 100 meters down the mountain.

''There are two ways you can look at it, '' Christopher said. ''I'm either the worlds unluckiest man, or the world's luckiest. '' When a reporter asked Christopher what he thought, he chose the ''luckiest'' one.

Two years ago, aged 71, Christopher bought his first lottery ticket (彩票) in 50 years and won more than 2 million. After this, a TV company in America said they wanted him to make an advertisement. At first he accepted, but then he changed his mind. Christopher said he would not fly to Los Angeles for the filming, because he did not want to push his luck. Who knows? If he had accepted the invitation, maybe he would have had another accident. But Mr. Christopher is a lucky man. If he had had another accident, he probably would have survived that too!

1. What happened in the plane accident from London to Manchester?

A．Christopher fell out of the plane.

B．Christopher fell into an icy water.

C．Christopher landed in a tree.

D．Christopher was the only passenger to survive

2. What was the view of Christopher towards his near death experiences?

A．worried	B．confused
C．doubtful	D．fortunate

3. Why didn't Christopher fly to Los Angeles for the filming?

A．Because he was not good at filming.

B．Because he had enough money.

C．Because he was sure of another accident.

D．Because he didn't want to risk his life.

4. What is the best title of the passage?

A．A man with nine lives

B．The unluckiest man in the world

C．A man who traveled around the world

D．A man who earned ￡2 million in a lottery

7 . I was eleven years old standing outside in just my underwear (内衣) while I saw our house burnt to the ground. A few minutes earlier I had been sound asleep in my bed when a _________ woke me up. My nana’s _________ was just next to my brother’s and mine. A fire had broken out there and awakened her. Hearing her shouting, my older brother _________ quickly. While I was walking difficultly in the _________ and darkness, he ran from room to room _________ everyone in the house. The house, however, was over 50 years old and made of wood. Before we could _________ anything, the fire destroyed it.

I stood there _________ when the fire destroyed my books, clothes, and toys. I watched_________ while my mom cried and my dad sighed (叹息). I _________ what was going to happen to us since we had __________ all of our things. As I looked around, though, I __________ something for the first time: The things that __________ aren’t things. I saw my older brother running to get __________. I saw my nana and dad sitting together and my mom __________ our little dog. I realized at that moment that we were all__________. Everything that was essential (必要的) had survived the fire. Our __________ would continue. We were so __________. We would all be around to love each other for many years to come. And that was all that mattered.

I __________ think of that fire that helped me to become who I am today. It showed me for the very first time what is truly __________ in my life. It helped me to learn that the__________ we share is far more important than the things we own.

1.

A．ring

B．fight

C．noise

D．laugh

2.

A．farm

B．store

C．house

D．bedroom

3.

A．settled

B．jumped

C．searched

D．acted

4.

A．snow

B．smoke

C．wind

D．storm

5.

A．waking

B．asking

C．encouraging

D．serving

6.

A．find

B．do

C．change

D．control

7.

A．guessing

B．hiding

C．shaking

D．listening

8.

A．angrily

B．carefully

C．calmly

D．helplessly

9.

A．wondered

B．explained

C．recorded

D．accepted

10.

A．missed

B．lost

C．repaired

D．damaged

11.

A．remembered

B．imagined

C．realized

D．ignored

12.

A．matter

B．disappear

C．recover

D．remain

13.

A．help

B．chance

C．success

D．advice

14.

A．training

B．holding

C．dressing

D．washing

15.

A．tired

B．careless

C．poor

D．alive

16.

A．education

B．business

C．life

D．story

17.

A．lucky

B．patient

C．brave

D．strong

18.

A．already

B．still

C．once

D．just

19.

A．beautiful

B．difficult

C．important

D．possible

20.

A．knowledge

B．responsibility

C．opinion

D．love

8 . Colorado’s grey peak rises 14,278 feet above sea level, high enough that trees can’t grow toward the top. It was in this unforgiving land of the mountain that Jane was ________ enough to break her left knee.

It was August 2018, and Jane, 56, was on her way back ________ the path with three friends. A storm was on the way, and they were ________ to get off the mountain. When they ________ a rocky drop of a couple of feet, Jane decided that instead of slipping down—the safe way to go—she would leap. She ________ on her left leg.

Then she heard the crack.

Every step after that was great ________. Before long, she had to stop. As one friend ran down to get ________, a number of other hikers, all strangers, attempted to help Jane down the narrow path by walking on either side of her to ________ her weight, but that proved slow and ________. One man “was so close to the edge I could see rocks ________ down from where he stepped on them,” Jane says.

________, one hiker, Matt, asked her, “How do you feel about a fireman’s carry?” ________ she knew it, he had lifted her over his shoulder. “Now, I’m not ________,” says Jane, a former college basketball star. Matt ________ couldn’t carry her all the way down by himself. So six hikers and one of her friends ________ carrying her while she tried to make light of a difficult ________: “I told them I wanted to meet a lot of guys, ________ this isn’t the way I wanted to do it.” Three hours later, this human conveyor belt finally met the medics (医学工作者), who took Jane to the hospital ________.

She has mostly recovered from her ill-fated ________, but knows she’ll never shake one thing from that day: the memory of the band of strangers who came to her ________. “I’m still in awe.”

1.

A．reliable

B．unlucky

C．stubborn

D．determined

2.

A．along

B．up

C．down

D．by

3.

A．anxious

B．pleased

C．satisfied

D．sincere

4.

A．admired

B．overcame

C．recognized

D．approached

5.

A．landed

B．caught

C．kept

D．tried

6.

A．pain

B．experience

C．fortune

D．trap

7.

A．command

B．message

C．concern

D．help

8.

A．decline

B．support

C．organize

D．prefer

9.

A．fascinating

B．frightening

C．dangerous

D．demanding

10.

A．meandering

B．pacing

C．bending

D．rolling

11.

A．Accidentally

B．Gradually

C．Finally

D．Directly

12.

A．Before

B．While

C．Since

D．When

13.

A．happy

B．tiny

C．heavy

D．needly

14.

A．clearly

B．extremely

C．usually

D．entirely

15.

A．set down

B．packed up

C．watched out

D．took turns

16.

A．environment

B．attitude

C．situation

D．disaster

17.

A．and

B．but

C．so

D．for

18.

A．at present

B．on purpose

C．as usual

D．right away

19.

A．hike

B．transport

C．cycling

D．track

20.

A．race

B．rescue

C．mind

D．sense

9 . It's once again been declared the world's most popular museum. ______ . it may not be a______ thing for the Louvre (卢浮宫) in Paris.

The museum broke its own______in 2018, welcoming 10.2 million_____and claiming the top spot in an index of the world's most-visited museums.

But the Louvre's uptick (小幅上升) in visitors is_____ too much for many of its workers, _____ by reception and security staff over the number of tourists______ through its doors have hit opening hours throughout the week.

"The Louvre is suffocating (令人窒的)," the workers union said in a statement. "The public has increased by more than 20% since 2009, but the palace has not grown,"it_____.

The museum was_ ___on Monday and opened later than advertised on Wednesday, due to a ____with the dissatisfied workers. visitors have ______outside the building throughout the week, and those without bookings have been________.

Although tensions with its workers_______ , the museum's bottom line is looking _______.The Louvre broke its 2012 _______record last year, marking a dramatic _______ from a sharp downturn in visits in 2017 that was due to a sudden decrease in_______in Paris.

The social media that are_______about Beyoncé and Jay Z's music_______filmed at the museum may have played into that increase.

But while visitor numbers rose at the Louvre, overall attendance was relatively_______among the top 20 museums in the world last year. Attendance grew among the top 20 by just 0.1% from 2017 to 2018.

1.

A．Moreover

B．However

C．Finally

D．Eventually

2.

A．splendid

B．skeptical

C．tough

D．sad

3.

A．promise

B．rule

C．record

D．law

4.

A．musicians

B．artists

C．visitors

D．volunteers

5.

A．acquiring

B．suffering

C．blaming

D．proving

6.

A．strikes

B．quarrels

C．fights

D．contests

7.

A．flooding

B．jumping

C．crawling

D．slipping

8.

A．stopped

B．added

C．started

D．paused

9.

A．decorated

B．repaired

C．visited

D．closed

10.

A．lecture

B．meeting

C．speech

D．lesson

11.

A．queued

B．dined

C．helped

D．served

12.

A．turned up

B．turned over

C．turned away

D．turned on

13.

A．die out

B．pay off

C．fade away

D．go on

14.

A．healthy

B．funny

C．tiny

D．cozy

15.

A．quality

B．attendance

C．photo

D．worker

16.

A．alarm

B．attack

C．recovery

D．prediction

17.

A．paintings

B．products

C．population

D．tourism

18.

A．innocent

B．selfish

C．crazy

D．generous

19.

A．concert

B．video

C．festival

D．industry

20.

A．high

B．huge

C．round

D．flat

10 . Traffic Accidents and Road Safety

The number of road accidents and the deaths arising from those accidents has increased greatly over the past year.       1    .

We must all be aware of the causes of traffic accidents and act to prevent them. This is true of everyone as accidents affect driven of vehicles as well as cyclists and pedestrians. We all have a responsibility to prevent accidents. Here are some of the major causes of road accidents.

●Driven not paying attention

This is the most common cause of accidents.     2     they are not prepared when another driver does something wrong, like changing paths without signalling or giving wrong signals.

●Drivers being impatient in a traffic jam

Many drivers are aggressive and push into other paths of traffic or overtake other cars. These are both very dangerous because they can easily lead to crashes.

●    3    

Recently the number of people fined for speaking on their mobile phoned while driving has increased by 30 percent. Speaking on the phone requires concentration and takes a driver's attention from the road.

●Drinking and driving

If you drive after you have had alcoholic drinks, you are breaking the law and risking your own life as well as the lives of others     4    , even if they have had just couple of beers, do not allow them to drive.

●Drivers speeding

Speed kills This is a fact that is easily overlooked, but driving too fast through city streets is very irresponsible and dangerous. Our city streets are away busy with people, cars and bicycles.     5    . They should be especially careful near schools, where there are likely to be many children.

A．Road safety for pedestrians

B．Divers speaking on mobile phones

C．Drivers must watch out for people crossing the road

D．Unless driver's drinking alcohol is absolutely banned

E．When drives do not pay attention to surrounding traffic

F．If you are with someone she who has been drinking alcohol

G．This notice is aimed at increasing people's awareness of the problem