1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Earlier this month, a team of doctors in Russia managed to complete an open heart surgery as the hospital caught fire, Now a picture     1     (take)at the operating theater goes viral on social media,     2     (move)the netizens(网民)everywhere,

According to reports, firefighters     3     (battle)the flames from outside the building as more than 120 patients and medical workers were being evacuated(转移). Despite this, the eight doctors did their best to finish the operation at the ground floor     4     (successful). Soon thereafter, the patient was evacuated to the regional hospital,     5     is about 5 kilometers away.

Cardiac surgery center department head Valentin Filatov said: “There was nowhere to go, the man had to be saved. We did everything at the     6     (high)level, as they say.”

Antonina Smolina, one of the medics, shared that “there was no panic” among the hospital crew.

When responders realized that the surgery could not     7     (stop), they made sure that the operating room would have sufficient power supply by providing an electric cable. They also had to keep smoke     8     entering the theater.

Amur Region’s Ministry of Health later released an official     9     (state), saying the operation during a fire was performed smoothly. Meanwhile, the government authorities will award the doctors for     10     they have done.

2 . While driving home after work, Jane Hodgson noticed a car pulled over at the side of the road and a crowd beginning to gather around someone who was lying on the ground.

Jane, who had completed a first aid at work course, pulled over to see if she could offer any help — and it turned out to be lucky for the young injured girl that she did.

Describing the scene she came across, Jane says: “The onlookers were ashen-faced and looking lost. They were so shocked that they hadn’t even thought to call for an ambulance yet.”

After speaking to the emergency services, Jane started finding out what had happened and what injuries the young girl called Jenny had. The girl had been hit by a car and gone over the handlebars of her bike, landing on her head and shoulder. Her shoulder and arm were twisted (扭曲) underneath her.

“She hadn’t been wearing a helmet (头盔) when she got knocked down, and I thought that she should not be moved as I couldn’t be sure about a spinal injury (脊椎损伤), but after looking her over and checking the circulation in her injured arm I did feel fairly confident that she had escaped relatively unhurt.

“As we were waiting for an ambulance, the amount of pain the girl was in was increasing. To distract (分散注意力) her and minimize the risk of her going into shock I kept her talking. She held my hand tightly when the pain got too much and this helped. I told her I could handle it — we laughed about that,” describes Jane.

Later, a doctor from the local hospital’s ICU stopped at the scene too. The ICU doctor decided that Jenny should lie on her back, making her much more comfortable until the emergency services arrived.

Thinking back, Jane says: “For me, knowing that in a small way I helped that girl through what was a frightening experience is all the reward I need. I felt great to know I’d made a difference and I’d do it again.”

1. We can learn from the text that Jane Hodgson _____.

A．is an ICU doctor	B．is a first⁃aid trainer
C．works in a local hospital	D．has learned some first aid

2. After looking over the injured girl, Jane found _____.

A．Jenny had a spinal injury

B．Jenny didn’t have serious injuries

C．Jenny couldn’t remember what had happened

D．Jenny lost her helmet when she was knocked down

3. When waiting for an ambulance, _____.

A．Jenny refused to talk	B．Jenny went into shock
C．Jane was a little impatient	D．Jane kept giving Jenny confidence

4. Which of the following can best describe Jane Hodgson?

A．Strict but caring.	B．Tough and generous.
C．Proud but determined.	D．Warm-hearted and helpful.

3 . The big fire inside her flat did not stop the brave grandmother. The 70-year-old only had thoughts of saving her mentally-unsound son as she dashed right into the sea of fire.

The fire happened in the morning at an apartment block in Hong Kong. The grandmother, identified as Madam Guan, had gone for Mandarin lessons at her local community centre. When she returned home at around 10 a.m., she heard her neighbors calling for the firefighters the moment she stepped out of the lift.

When Madam Guan realized it was her flat that was on fire, she got frightened. Inside the flat was her second son Mr. Feng, diagnosed with depression when he was 15 and also with problems with his vision.

Guessing that her son was probably trapped in the fire, Madam Guan rushed into the flat even though it was already covered in smoke. She found him moving on the floor of his room, with his face and hands badly burnt. She quickly helped her son up and half-carried him as they made their escape.

The firefighters arrived soon after and put out the fire. Mr. Feng was later sent to the hospital, with 20 percent burns on his body. Madam Guan was unhurt. Mr. Feng is the only child still living with her since her husband died more than 10 years ago. Mr. Feng is jobless, preferring to stay in his room.

After the fire was put out, she was reportedly so distraught upon seeing the scene.

“I’ve really lost everything this time.”

The fire at her flat is believed to have been caused by a short circuit(电路).

1. When did Madam Guan realize her house caught fire?

A．When she went for her lessons.

B．At about 10:00 p.m.

C．After she stepped out of the lift.

D．When she saw her son moving on the floor.

2. According to the text, we know that Mr. Feng ________.

A．liked to work at home

B．had been ill for many years

C．was only injured a little

D．often stayed at home alone

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A．20 percent of Mr. Feng’s face was badly burned.

B．Madam Guan’s house was seriously destroyed.

C．With the firefighters’ help Mr. Feng escaped from the fire.

D．When found, Mr. Feng was finding his glasses.

4. The underlined word “distraught” in the sixth paragraph means “________”.

A．worried

B．angry

C．happy

D．disappointed

5. What would be the best title for the text?

A．A Brave Grandmother in a Big Fire

B．A Big Fire

C．A Lucky Escape

D．Granny, 70, Rescues Son from Burning Flat

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

When the Titanic was built, people assumed it would never sink. So,     1     it sank on its first journey, the news surprised everyone greatly. The Titanic was built in Belfast, Ireland. Its makers spent a great deal of money     2    (build) the extraordinary ship. When it was finished, it was the     3     (large) and most comfortable ship ever built.

The Titanic set sail on 10 April 1912. “I had wanted to set foot on the Titanic ever since it was built,” said Molly Brown, a Titanic     4    (survive). “I never imagined it would sink！” On 13 April, the Titanic was sailing     5     full speed towards New York. The captain,     6     had received warnings about icebergs all day, had dismissed the warnings as they arrived. At 2.20 a. m.，the Titanic sank into the sea. It had hit     7     iceberg just over two hours before. Of the 2,208 people aboard the ship, only 705 survived.

Explorer Robert Ballard     8    (search) for the Titanic for more than 20 years before he found it. “When new technology was developed, we used it to send     9    (camera) down into the sea.     10    (final),we found the ship.”With the cameras, he was able to find the hole along the side of the ship which had caused it to fill with water and sink.

5 . The night the Titanic sank

From a high place on the ship, Fred Fleet, who worked on the Titanic, saw the iceberg just a few hundred metres a way. He rang the bell to warn the people to stop the ship.     1     Soon after that, one passenger, Major Peuchen, noticed that the ship wasn't straight in the water. But nobody listened to him.

    2     Another ship, the Californian, was about 30 kilometres north of the Titanic. When the Californian saw the iceberg, it stopped. It also sent a radio message to warn other ships in the area. At about 11:15 pm, the Californian's radio operator turned off the radio, and went to bed. The Titanic sent a message back, giving its position—wrongly!     3    

Soon after midnight, the crew of the Californian saw rockets going up into the sky from the Titanic. Their captain said, “Fireworks!     4     ”The radio wasn't turned on again, and the Californian didn't move. At 12:25 am on the Titanic, people began to get into the lifeboats.

At 2:20 am on April 15th the Titanic finally sank. Another ship, the Carpathia, heard the Titanic's last call for help.     5     At 4: 10 am, the Carpathia saw the Titanic's lifeboats floating on the dark water, and rescued the survivors. Later, the Californian turned the radio back on, and heard that the Titanic had sunk.

A．The accident happened at about 11:40 pm.

B．Everyone was very proud of the Titanic.

C．The passengers of the Titanic are having a party.

D．It was 58 miles away, but it raced to help the ship.

E．But it was travelling too fast to stop, and it hit the iceberg.

F．Before the accident, the Titanic had received an ice warning.

G．A lot of people stayed on the ship instead of trying to escape.

6 . 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。

Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been     1     (find) 45 miles south of London, they were not taken     2     (serious) by experts from the zoo until enough evidence     3     (be) collected. The     4     (describe) given by people claiming (声称) to have seen the puma were similar. A woman     5     (pick) blackberries said she saw “a large cat”. And a businessman     6     a fishing trip also said he saw the puma up a tree. The experts fully     7     (believe) that the animal was a puma     8     was probably owned by a private collector. The hunt went on for several     9     (week) but no one could catch it.     10     is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.

7 . 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。

A fifteen-year-old boy named Justin Foster went missing three days ago in Dover, New Hampshire. On Friday night, Justin went to play football with two friends, who both say Justin went home after the game. And Justin’s sister, Kelly says she heard her brother return home at about 11 p.m.

“I was getting ready for bed,” Kelly said. “Justin went straight to his room. I didn’t see him, but I heard him put on his favorite CD. I went to bed, and was woken up around midnight by a bright light outside my window.”

At first, the young girl thought it was the light of the full moon, but then she realized that it was moving and coming closer.

“I pulled back the curtains and saw a large spaceship flying outside. It had blue lights all around it, and there were many windows. Standing inside were lots of strange creatures with white skin and large black eyes. I was frightened! There was a flash of light and I heard Justin shout, and then the UFO just disappeared. I haven’t seen Justin since. I’m sure the aliens took him.”

Some people in Dover also say that they saw aliens that night. “It’s happened to me!” said Mrs. Mavis Wood. “The aliens took me aboard the UFO so that they could do research on me. Luckily, they returned me home without any injuries. The whole experience was terrible! I think Justin was taken away by them, too.”

When asked about the possibility that Justin was taken by aliens, Detective Sam Peterson, who has taken charge of the case, told journalists, “We will not give up until we find out what happened.”

注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为80词左右;
2. 应使用3个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语;
3. 续写部分开头语已为你写好;
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

When all people were worried about where Justin went and whether he was safe or not,

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8 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What news event is being reported?

A．A flood in a school.

B．A medical accident at a hospital.

C．A serious fire at an apartment building.

2. When did this event occur?

A．In the morning.

B．In the afternoon.

C．In the evening.

3. How did the dog help rescue the baby?

A．By pulling the baby to safety.

B．By barking to attract people’s attention.

C．By comforting the baby until help came.

4. How is the baby at present?

A．Still unconscious.

B．In good condition.

C．In hospital for further examination.

9 . The rescue of an Austrian skier who was found alive after being buried by an avalanche is being called a “miracle”. Police in Upper Styria — the mountainous and forested region in southern Austria — said they were alerted on Christmas Day that a 26-year-old skier had not returned from the slopes. The man who alerted police said he had managed to get through to the skier’s mobile phone but heard only “cracking noises” on the line, the BBC reported.

A rescue team was able to trace the skier beneath more than 3 feet of snow using an electric avalanche victim’s transceiver (无线电收发两用机), which skiers are required to wear in avalanche-prone areas. They found the man was on a slope of Mount Pleschnitzzinken, in the northwestern area of Upper Styria. “You can’t move under a blanket of snow like this,” Stefan Schrock of the Styria mountain rescue service told Austrian public broadcaster ORF. “The man was extremely lucky that he had a big enough air pocket under the blanket of snow, so he had oxygen too and was able to breathe.”

The man was found about two hours after authorities were first alerted. However, the avalanche hit the region three hours before that when the man was buried in the snow. A rescue team and local police dogs dug the man out of the snow and he was taken down the valley suffering from hypothermia (体温过低). He was otherwise unharmed.

An avalanche also swept across a marked ski trail near the Swiss town of Andermatt on Thursday, injuring two people. Four others were either rescued themselves from the snow unhurt. Police and rescuers searched the snowslide after witnesses said more people might be buried, but the operation ended with police saying there were no more victims. The avalanche occurred mid-morning while many holiday skiers enjoyed mountain sunshine the day after Christmas.

1. Why did the man alert the police?

A．He found two people injured.

B．A 26-year-old skier got lost.

C．He heard only terrible noises.

D．Many people got lost on the slope.

2. How could the skier survive?

A．Only the dog helped him.

B．He had an electronic transceiver.

C．A blanket of snow helped him.

D．He had a big enough air pocket.

3. How long was the man trapped in the snow?

A．For two hours.

B．For three hours.

C．For five hours.

D．For a week.

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

A．A terrible avalanche.

B．A Christmas miracle.

C．An exciting rescue.

D．A Christmas ski.

10 . 根据汉语提示完成短文。

My car broke down,     1     (在路上晃来晃去). I dare not drive it any longer, and stopped the car by the roadside.     2     (太可怕了)!     3     (害怕被野兽袭击) and eager for help, I     4     (抑制不住痛苦的泪水). Three hours later, a Mexican family pulled over and helped me. I thanked them and     5     (鼓起勇气) to ask them for some food. When their little daughter offered me all her snacks, I     6     (非常感动) and words almost failed me. The next day, I posted the story on my blog.