1 . 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.

2 . 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。

Awoman who was over 50 years old had survived for six days in the Arizona desert recently, after her car unluckily fell 50    1    (foot) down a valley.Arizona's Department of Public Safety said that the woman,    2    name hasn't been known yet, managed to survive on grass and water until she     3    (find) by a cowboy, Dave, who was tracking down cattle.The woman, who was     4    (serious) injured in the accident, having several of her ribs broken, had to spend several days    5    (stay) in the car before struggling out to turn     6    someone for help.She stopped in a dry river bed 500 yards from the car.Dave and a road maintenance worker discovered the     7    ( damage) car while trying to control a cow,and then followed a pattern of footprints to the woman.What's even     8    (bad), she had a head    9    (injure)."I wonder    10    the woman could have lived another night, "Moralez said,"but due to their outstanding efforts, her life was finally saved.”

3 . 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

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。

A great fire has destroyed the medieval（中世纪的）cathedral(大教堂)of Notre-Dame in Paris, one of France's    1    (famous) landmarks. Thousands of people gathered in the streets around the cathedral, watching the flames in silence,some of    2    could be seen crying. Watching such a symbol of French culture burnt and its spire（尖项）destroyed is extremely    3    (shock) to any French person.

No other site represents France like Notre-Dame, which    4    (receive) almost 13 million visitors each year, more than the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower, is a little more than a century old    5    Notre-Dame has stood tall above Paris    6    1200s. It has given its name to one of the country’s literal    7    (masterpiece). Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame（《钟楼怪人》）is known    8    me French simply as Notre-Dame de Paris（《巴黎圣母院》）．

The three large rose windows    9    (destroy) by the fire.    10    (fortunate),the main structure, including the two bell towers, has been saved. Also, the most valuable cultural relics have survived the fire. The last time the cathedral suffered major damage was during the French Revolution. It survived two world wars largely in good condition.

5 . 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：在错的词下画一横线，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。

Last Sunday I see a traffic accident on my way home. Two taxis what held no passengers crashed into each other about ten meter away. I went up and found the two drivers bad injured. They were trapped in the taxis. And they were bled. Luckily, they were saved on time. That was because people came to help them and called a police and an ambulance. It was clear that the taxi drivers hurried take more passengers so they drove too fast. They should have been cared more about the safety of both others and them.

6 . I always help others instinctively(本能地).No matter how big or small the action, I am_____to help others, such as opening doors, sharing umbrella and so on.

I was driving home on a 6-lane highway. A huge______, involving 5 cars, unfolded in front of me. Subconsciously, I ______100 feet past the pile-up and ran to a car which was upside down. I got the injured out of the car and._______them against the guardrail(护栏).I then went to the four other cars to check if anyone else was hurt______ .

I looked over and saw a young man, bloody and contorted,______still on the pavement. Everyone around said he was dead; several had checked. But a feeling inside me said "1 didn't check him. Can they be________he is dead?”I felt for pulses at different spots and felt _______ Then I checked the carotid artery(颈动脉)once again. At that moment, I was feeling for a very weak_______and rapid heart rate. I pushed his chin upwards. He then________out a big clot(血块)，and started taking rapid,______ breaths.

By then, the ambulance was leaving with other_______.It had been reported on radio that there was a death. So when I motioned to the ambulance driver，____` this person was alive and needed help first. He initially_______my request. But with my insistence, he, together with a nurse, did in fact________the man thought to be dead.

He was admitted to a local ICU. His injuries were serious, with little________to recover. Some foretold he wouldn't______it.

Due to the distinguished doctors and care of nurses, he did_______.When he was released from hospital, the story was ____ by all the news stations. I smiled to myself, happy that I was fortunate enough to be at the right place at the right time, to follow my ______, and did a big deal.

1.

A．driven

B．persuaded

C．ordered

D．convinced

2.

A．trunk

B．accident

C．case

D．truck

3.

A．went over

B．took over

C．got over

D．pulled over

4.

A．put

B．leaned

C．stood

D．sat

5.

A．slightly

B．hardly

C．badly

D．casually

6.

A．dying

B．lying

C．hiding

D．crying

7.

A．certain

B．skeptical

C．puzzled

D．eager

8.

A．something

B．everything

C．nothing

D．anything

9.

A．voice

B．breath

C．pulse

D．move

10.

A．spat

B．spoke

C．threw

D．coughed

11.

A．strong

B．deep

C．narrow

D．shallow

12.

A．victims

B．passengers

C．nurses

D．drivers

13.

A．proving

B．indicating

C．pretending

D．imagining

14.

A．criticized

B．accepted

C．understood

D．ignored

15.

A．look into

B．take over

C．attend to

D．yell at

16.

A．time

B．chance

C．strength

D．energy

17.

A．get

B．make

C．have

D．put

18.

A．succeed

B．appear

C．survive

D．escape

19.

A．covered

B．invited

C．praised

D．interviewed

20.

A．instinct

B．dream

C．ambition

D．hobby

7 . It was rush hour on the morning of June 1 in the West Texas city of San Angelo. Heather Santellano, 36, was driving her white 2012 Mazda on Houston、 Harte Frontage Road with her nine-year-old daughter and ten-year- old son in the back. Suddenly, a red pickup truck cut them off. Santellano turned the wheel hard to the right, sending the Mazda skidding off the road and down an embankment(堤)that ended in a drop-off after about 50 feet. If the car didn't stop, it would go airborne and plunge onto the road some 20 feet below.

Then a bit of luck: As the car raced toward the edge, its undercarriage got stuck on the cement lip of the embankment ledge, stopping it cold. The occupants, however, were far from safe. The car had come to rest on top of a retaining wall, literally teetering(摇摇欲坠)on the edge of disaster. One sudden move by anyone inside could send it over.

Jacob Rodriguez watched the scene unfold from the 'T'ruck Repair Plant where he works. Then he and four other men ran to the car. They leaped onto the trunk to balance the weight as the terrified kids in the back seat watched.

Meanwhile, Julio Vasquez and his nephew, Marco Vasquez, were driving to their jabs at nearby Premier Automotive. Julio jumped out of the car to help while Marco went to the shop, grabbed a heavy-duty strap(皮带)，and returned to the swinging car. He fastened the Mazda to an P-350 truck that had been driven over by one of the other rescuers. With the car secured, the group carefully opened the back doors and helped the children out.

But their departure shifted the car's weight, causing it to lean forward. The men, still on-the trunk, asked Santellano to jump into the back seat to rebalance the weight. She did and then inched out the back door. Finally, the men carefully got off the trunk. Everyone was safe.

1. What do we know about Heather Santellano?

A．She was a careless driver.	B．She drove her twins to school.
C．She ran into a pickup truck.	D．She made a sharp turn to avoid the truck.

2. What does the author intend to do in paragraph 2?

A．Stress the coming of good fortune.	B．Describe the car's dangerous situation.
C．Add some background information.	D．Explain why people came to the rescue.

3. What is the most critical in the rescue process?

A．Balance.	B．Cooperation.
C．Calmness.	D．Gravity.

4. Which of the following statements is consistent with the theme of the passage?

A．Persistence will pay off. .	B．One in trouble, all to help.、
C．Many hands make light work.	D．Love makes the world go round.

8 . Time flies, but the tracks of time remain in books and museums. This is what made a recent tragedy in Brazil even more terrible.

On Sept.2, a big fire ripped through the National Museum of Brazil. “ Two hundred years of work, research and knowledge were lost, ” Brazilian President Michel Temer wrote on Twitter after the fire. “It's a sad day for all Brazilians.”

Most of the 20 million pieces of history are believed to have been destroyed. Only as little as 10 percent of the collection may have survived, Time reported. Among all the items, there were Egyptian mummies, the bones of uniquely Brazilian creatures such as the long－necked dinosaur Maxakalisaurus, and an 11,500－year－old skull called Luzia, which was considered one of South America's oldest human fossils.

Besides these, Brazil's indigenous(本土的，土著的) knowledge also suffered. The museum housed world－famous collections of indigenous objects, as well as many audio recordings of local languages from all over Brazil. Some of these recordings, now lost, were of languages that are no longer spoken.

“The tragedy this Sunday is a sort of national suicide, a crime against our past and future generations,” Bernard Mello Franco, one of Brazil's best－known columnists, wrote on the O Globo newspaper site.

The cause of the fire is still unknown, as BBC News reported on Sept. 3. After the fire burned out, crowds protested outside the museum to show their anger at the loss of the irreplaceable items of historical value.

According to Emilio Bruna, an ecologist at the University of Florida, museums are living, breathing stores of who we are and where we've come from, and the world around us.

Just as underwater grass floats on the surface if it loses its roots, a nation is lost without its memories. The fire at the National Museum of Brazil teaches the world an important lesson: We should never neglect history.

1. What can be summarized as the main idea of the 3rd and 4th paragraphs?

A．Long history of South America.	B．Remains from the fire.
C．Mysteries to be solved.	D．History and knowledge burned up.

2. What opinion may be shared by Bernard Mello Franco and the protesters?

A．The government is to blame for the tragedy.

B．The museum should be rebuilt

C．The loss can't be made up for.

D．The criminal should be sentenced to death.

3. What does Emilio Bruna compare museums to?

A．Living stores of our past.	B．Underwater grass.
C．The oldest fossils.	D．National suicide.

4. What may be the best title of the passage?

A．Death of a civilization	B．Functions of museums
C．Gone with the fire	D．Brazilians' memories