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。

Disaster struck in the town of Redbrooke late last night when the Palmer Court apartment block that was built recently     1     (catch) fire and was completely destroyed.

It was just after 2:00 am when many of the residents in the building were woken by     2     strange smell of smoke. The firemen arrived with no delay to help to withdraw the residents from the building and deal with the fire.

The fire spread rapidly through the building and the rescue     3     (operate) had to be carried out quickly     4     (save) the forty-three residents inside. Twenty-nine people were taken to Redbrooke General Hospital, suffering from smoke inhalation (吸入) and slight     5     (burn), but it is expected that they will be discharged later today. The     6    (remain) fourteen people were withdrawn with no injuries from the building.

The firemen battled with the fire until 7 o'clock this morning but     7     (be) unable to save the building. The residents will be provided with accommodation     8    (temporary). An investigation is being carried out to determine the cause of the fire. At present,     9     is suspected that the fire happened because the electrical wiring system failed to function normally,     10     would explain why so many flats were affected at the same time.

2 . 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。

Everyone needs to know how to prevent a fire. It is also important to know what to do when it     1    （break）out .

Every year, over 11, 000 people     2    （kill）or injured in house fires. These fires could have been avoided. Smokers who are     3    （care）cause about 200 deaths and over 6,000 fires. More than half of those     4     die in fires are poisoned or harmed by smoke.

If fire happens, do not attempt to fight the fire unless it is small. Try putting out a small fire with water. If     5     fire has spread or if the flames are more than 20 inches high, shut the door on it. Warn everyone else in the building and tell them to get out. You should leave and dial 119for the fire department.

Before     6    （go）into a room, check the door. If the handle or the door is hot, do not open it! Instead, put clothing or a wet towel at the bottom of it to keep smoke out. If the door is not hot, open it     7    （slow）. If there’s a rush of smoke or heat, close it again and shout to warn     8    （other）in side.

Now open the window and shout “Fire!”. See whether you can drop safely to the ground. Use this     9     your escape course if you can. If you are not on ground level, break your fall by pushing a mat out first. Lower yourself at arm’s     10    （long）before dropping. Once outside, stay outside and make sure the fire department is called.

3 . 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

4 . "The firefighters of Paris told me they are very hopeful about saving the northern tower, " French Junior Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Twitter late Monday, adding that the firefighting efforts would continue for hours.

The Notre Dame Cathedral(巴黎圣母院)， one of the most famous landmarks in the French capital， was engulfed in flames Monday evening as a catastrophic fire tore through the historic structure， collapsing its spire as fire officials raced to save the monument from total destruction.

Video and photos posted on social media showed flames engulfing the cathedral, thus both the ceiling and the 90-meter spire came crashing down. The fire spread to one of the cathedral's towers, but French officials said late Monday that firefighters were optimistic they could save both towers.

French President Emmanuel Macron said a national fundraising campaign would be launched on Tuesday and called on the world's "greatest talents" to assist in the effort. "We will rebuild, Macron told reporters. "We will rebuild Notre Dame because this is what the French expect, because this is what our history deserves.

Officials said there were no deaths in the fire. Jean-Claude Gallet, chief of the Parisian fire department, said one firefighter was injured while responding to the flame. Two-thirds of the cathedral's roof was destroyed,   Gal let   said. The fire broke out just before p. m. minutes after the cathedral, which has been partly rebuilt, closed to the public. Around 30 000 people visit the church daily.

Despite its long history and many treasures the Cathedral needed the help of a writer to become truly famous. Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, presented the building to a wide audience of readers. The book's ugly lead character, Quasimodo, serves as a symbol for Paris forgotten   Gothic architecture. Hugo wrote the book to remind people of it, with hope they would work to protect the beautiful old buildings of Paris. The loss of cultural relics will never come again if they are lost only once.   This is a painful loss of world civilization.

1. The following issues are wrongly stated in the text except________________.

A．the Notre Dame Cathedral was totally destroyed

B．firefighters were pessimistic because they couldn't save both towers

C．a national fundraising campaign would be launched to rebuild the cathedral

D．the Cathedral became truly famous for its long history and many treasures

2. What does the underlined word" engulfed" in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Flooded.	B．Swallowed.
C．Disappeared.	D．Constructed.

3. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．A fire broke out in the Notre Dame Cathedral

B．The mystery of the Notre Dame Cathedral

C．A national fundraising campaign

D．The rebuilding of the Notre Dame Cathedral

5 . We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough,_________suddenly everything seems to get out of control. What always_________is that a great number of things choose to go wrong at_________same moment.

Things can go wrong on a big scale, as a number of people recently discovered. During the rush hour one evening two cars collided (猛撞) and both drivers began to_________. The woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a_________. She suddenly got into a panic and stopped her car. This made the driver following her_________hard. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown_________, the cake went right through the windscreen and landed on the road. Seeing a cake flying_________the air, a lorry driver who was drawing up alongside the car,_________all of a sudden. The lorry was__________with empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on to the road. This led to yet__________angry argument. Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind. It took the police nearly an hour to__________the traffic on the move again. In the meantime, the lorry driver had to sweep up hundreds of__________bottles. Only two stray dogs__________from all this confusion, for they greedily ate what was left of the__________. It was just one of those days!

1.

A．thus

B．but

C．so

D．and

2.

A．comes

B．strikes

C．happens

D．works

3.

A．exactly

B．possibly

C．practically

D．probably

4.

A．fight

B．talk

C．discuss

D．argue

5.

A．learner

B．passenger

C．driver

D．instructor

6.

A．stop

B．brake

C．burst

D．quit

7.

A．upward

B．backward

C．forward

D．sideward

8.

A．through

B．over

C．around

D．across

9.

A．pulled down

B．pulled up

C．pulled in

D．pulled out

10.

A．occupied

B．burdened

C．loaded

D．equipped

11.

A．the other

B．other

C．others

D．another

12.

A．get

B．have

C．keep

D．take

13.

A．empty

B．full

C．dirty

D．broken

14.

A．benefited

B．suffered

C．separated

D．differed

15.

A．beer

B．vehicle

C．cake

D．bottle

6 . 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.

7 . Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route—through the boot(行李箱).

Mr. Johnson’s car had finished up in a ditch(沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr. Johnson said. “I couldn’t force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.”

Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape.

Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came.”

It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by. “It was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up.”

His hands and arms cut and bruised(擦伤), Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer’s wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates. Huddled in a blanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.

1. What is the best title for this newspaper article?

A．The Story of Mr. Johnson, A Sweet Salesman

B．Car Boot Can Serve As The Best Escape Route

C．Driver Escapes Through Car Boot

D．The Driver Survived A Terrible Car Accident

2. Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johnson?

A．The hammer.

B．The coin.

C．The screw.

D．The horn.

3. Which statement is true according to the passage?

A．Mr. Johnson’s car stood on its boot as it fell down.

B．Mr. Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam.

C．Mr. Johnson’s car accident was partly due to the slippery road.

D．Mr. Johnson struggled in the pouring mud as he unscrewed the back seat.

4. “Finally it gave” (Paragraph 5) means that _______.

A．Luckily the door was torn away in the end	B．At last the wrench went broken
C．The lock came open after all his efforts	D．The chance was lost at the last minute

5. It may be inferred from the passage that _______.

A．the ditch was along a quiet country road	B．the accident happened on a clear warm day
C．the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditch	D．Mr. Johnson had a tender wife and was well attended

8 . Who saw the accident?

A．Kevin

B．Kate

C．Mike

9 . 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。

Thirteen miners have been rescued after     1     (trap) for over 80 hours in a mine in China’s Sichuan province, local authorities said Wednesday. Rescue     2     (start) after a water inrush accident that happened at 3:26 pm on Saturday(Dec.14, 2019) in Shanmushu mine in Yibin. As of Tuesday, five people were killed and 13 remained     3     (miss). At 3:00 am Wednesday, a trapped miner walked out of the tunnel (巷道)sector that is about 313     4     (meter) underground. He reported that his 12 colleagues were safe. At 5:55 am, two other miners were rescued.

All the miners were lifted out of the mine     5     7:56 am Wednesday. “It’s a miracle of life,” said Duan Yijun, head of emergency management department,     6     closely watched the situation at the site. Experts said the accident site was about 10 km away from the mine     7     (enter). The water in the tunnel was waist-deep in some areas, and it was extremely difficult     8     (walk) with heavy equipment.

Rescuers were     9    (final) able to confirm the trapped miners were alive after tapping on a steel pipe in the tunnel and receiving responses from     10     other end.

10 . When she was just 17 years old, Jerry crashed into the back of a truck that was waiting to turn in a left turn lane. The crash is a life-changing one for her. Because of the crash, she’s blind in one eye, lost her sense of smell, lost some of her hearing, lost the ability to create tears, and she cannot fall asleep naturally.

“Initially, I thought I would not be defeated but clearly I was completely wrong. Apart from the medical problems, the hardest part about my life after the car accident was the fact that I was alone.” Jerry said, “Everyone was away at college, I wasn’t. I couldn’t drive, couldn’t go to college. My friends who used to hang around with me were there for me at first, but after a while they stopped coming by.”

“I looked up on her Facebook page, and she said on there: Can anybody please hang out with me today? I don’t have any friends.” recalled Jerry’ s mother, Ketty.

In time, Jerry and her mother teamed up with the US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to make a video. They want to get the point across that texting while driving can have life-transforming consequences.

In the video Jerry appealed to drivers not to text while driving. She admitted she was checking and sending messages via her phone when she crashed her car into the back of the truck.

“Don’t text your loved ones when you know they’re driving,” said Jerry’s mother. “It can change their lives forever.”

“If you get a text, don’t look at it,” Jerry said. “It’s not worth it.”

1. What happened to Jerry when she was 17 years old?

A．She lost all her friends.

B．She couldn’t cry naturally.

C．She suffered a traffic accident.

D．She was waiting to turn left.

2. What was Jerry’s hardest part in her life after 17?

A．Having no chance to attend college.

B．Having no ability to live on.

C．Having unsolved medical problems.

D．Being alone without friends around her.

3. Why did Jerry regret texting while driving?

A．Because it caused her a life-changing result.

B．Because she couldn’t see the message clearly.

C．Because she was afraid to miss the message.

D．Because she couldn’t send the message quickly.

4. The purpose of making the video was to           .

A．warn people not to use phones while driving

B．call on people to help accident victims

C．ask teens to be careful while riding

D．expose the truth of the car crash