2 . On a cold November night, Layton was on his way home when he got an urgent call from his mother. “The mountain’s on fire.” she _______, “and many rental guests were up there.”

Layton’s family _______ a dozen rental cottages on Shields Mountain. At the thought of this, Layton _______ the gas on the dirt back road.

He _______ first to Layton’s rental cottages to make sure whether his guests were _______. Fortunately, all his guests were. At that point, he made up his mind to _______ his cottages to rescue tourists _______ other cottages nearby.

Over the next two hours, he travelled through the _______ mountain, knocking on doors and leading _______ people to safety. Knowing the mountain so well, he drove one after another family down the mountain on roads ________ in smoke in his pickup. When one family was ________ from the fire, Layton would take the pickup ________ up the mountain in search of another ________ person. He helped one elderly woman flee barefoot ________ hot road surface to reach his car and found a man unconscious in a burning cottage and ________ him to his car. Thankfully, he helped 14 people out of danger despite that he had ________ escaped the burns.

________ his brave and immediate action, the fire didn’t ________ a single life on Shields Mountain. And though his business were destroyed, Layton remains ________ “I wasn’t worried about the property ________, not when I saw those families trapped on the mountain.” he says, “I knew I was gonna help them.”

1.

A．explained

B．declared

C．cried

D．screamed

2.

A．shared

B．owned

C．rented

D．built

3.

A．hit

B．stamped

C．stepped

D．pressed

4.

A．walked

B．flew

C．headed

D．ran

5.

A．gone

B．missing

C．scared

D．awake

6.

A．fix

B．save

C．sell

D．leave

7.

A．touring

B．renting

C．repairing

D．deserting

8.

A．smoky

B．foggy

C．cloudy

D．rainy

9.

A．worried

B．hesitant

C．wounded

D．panicked

10.

A．highlighted

B．ruined

C．covered

D．lost

11.

A．happy

B．safe

C．far

D．contented

12.

A．back

B．home

C．away

D．out

13.

A．disabled

B．desperate

C．waiting

D．trapped

14.

A．across

B．along

C．through

D．over

15.

A．led

B．pulled

C．carried

D．pushed

16.

A．nearly

B．narrowly

C．accidentally

D．occasionally

17.

A．Apart from

B．Due to

C．Except for

D．As for

18.

A．claim

B．spare

C．protect

D．drop

19.

A．intelligent

B．delighted

C．philosophical

D．critical

20.

A．income

B．price

C．value

D．damage

3 . On June 23,2018,twelve young Thai boys and their assistant football coach wandered into a karst cave in northern Thailand, near the border with Myanmar. What happened next would grab the world’s attention and lead to a complex and daring international rescue operation. The 10.3-kilometer-long Tham Luang cave flooded, trapping the boys in total blackness nearly 2.5 kilometers from the cave entrance.

Thousands of people from around the globe participated in the rescue effort, including military personnel, medical experts and the rock stars of the operation — cave divers. The divers, who safely removed all of the Thai children and their coach after 18 days underground, dealt with tight spaces and low visibility in muddy water- conditions that would prove deadly: Saman Gunan, a former Thai Navy Seal, died while transporting air tanks into the cave.

While the sport of cave diving had received attention in the pop culture area prior to the rescue mission in North Thailand, there is little doubt that the brave divers at Tham Luang cave helped push the activity and its varieties of risks into global society’s minds.

The sport-often referred to as among the world’s most dangerous recreational activities-has its roots in pre-WWII England. Since then, the recreational practice of cave diving, described by Australian cave explorer Richard Harris (a participant in the Tham Luang cave rescue) as an “unusual hobby” for “the ordinary,” has spread around the world-China included.

Over 1,000 kilometers northeast of Tham Luang cave, in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, lies karst-peak-covered Du’an county-China’s little-known cave diving Mecca.

Home to thousands of kilometers of underground rivers, Du’an county offers divers spellbinding geological formations, perhaps the world’s largest collection of blind fish species and a rare variety of freshwater jellyfish.

1. What do we know about the Tham Luang cave rescue operation?

A．There was no loss of life in the process.	B．Rock stars took part in the rescue efforts.
C．Rescue team came from more than Thailand.	D．Few people cared about it outside Thailand.

2. What contributes to people knowing more about cave diving globally?

A．Its dangerous recreations.	B．Its long history.
C．An expert’s description.	D．The divers’ heroic deeds.

3. Why is Du’an county referred to as a cave diving Mecca?

A．It is northeast of Tham Luang cave.	B．There are lots of underground rivers.
C．It is hardly known to the outside world.	D．It has the world’s largest geological formations.

4. What will be talked about in the following passage?

A．Spectacular cave diving experiences in Du’an.

B．Diving instructions shared by Richard Harris.

C．Lessons learned from this rescue operation.

D．Foods offered to tourists in Du’an.

5 . Every birthday had been a different new experience for me. But I wondered_________no one greeted me that day. It seemed all had forgotten my birthday. So I pretended to be _________.

I pepped(窥视)through the comer of my eyes. I could hear them_________, pretending to have forgotten my birthday. But I knew their _________and I was not going to fall prey.

“Samantha, you want to celebrate your birthday...”

I rolled_______, trying to rise from bed, but something held me back. This was the day of my life when I felt like a(n)_______. It was the day of demands turned into_______. So I was not going to miss it for_______. I opened my eyes fully and got up when suddenly someone_______me back to bed.

“Doctor please come quickly...” I could hear the lady________as a nurse whispering on the telephone. All around me were oxygen masks and other medical equipment. Slowly I realized I was lying in a(n)________.

Soon the doctor came rushing. He closely________me and smilingly asked, “Samantha, do remember how you came here?”

I tried hard to recollect but the doctor patted on my hands and said, “it’s________ if you don’t remember.”

The door opened and my parents along with my sister Miranda walked in. All their ________ tired, over cried and depressed. My mom hugged and kissed me on my forehead. “Queen Samantha I am at your________. Happy birthday.” I could feel Miranda cold as she held my hands. My dad stood silent.

My entire body was bound with________. I closed my eyes and tried to recall. The last thing I could remember was a________ driven truck drove towards my car.

Within minutes I felt my body growing weak, and I struggled for________. Everything looked vague till I could see and hear nothing except for a misty________. He welcomed me with a smile.

“Welcome to my kingdom, my little lamb. I have waited years for you”. I held his hands tightly as He led my way to a new________.

1.

A．how

B．whether

C．when

D．why

2.

A．angry

B．disappointed

C．asleep

D．uninterested

3.

A．whispering

B．shouting

C．praying

D．preparing

4.

A．policy

B．humor

C．game

D．fun

5.

A．up and down

B．in and out

C．round and round

D．back and forth

6.

A．lady

B．adult

C．queen

D．goddess

7.

A．dreams

B．realities

C．ashes

D．benefits

8.

A．everything

B．anything

C．something

D．none

9.

A．pushed

B．hit

C．supported

D．forbidden

10.

A．worn

B．worked

C．dressed

D．seemed

11.

A．hospital

B．club

C．ambulance

D．lab

12.

A．tested

B．scanned

C．watched

D．examined

13.

A．weird

B．meaningless

C．incredible

D．okay

14.

A．appearances

B．expressions

C．faces

D．minds

15.

A．service

B．position

C．convenience

D．side

16.

A．medicine

B．presents

C．bandages

D．injuries

17.

A．slowly

B．fast

C．regularly

D．strangely

18.

A．control

B．breath

C．strength

D．courage

19.

A．figure

B．star

C．ghost

D．sheep

20.

A．heaven

B．hell

C．death

D．birth

7 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

With the late afternoon sun setting on his farm, Steve finished feeding his horses and decided to go home. His two sons, Danny, 6, and Claus, 3, followed behind.

As they headed for the house, the two boys ran ahead of their father, who stopped to close the gate. Danny paused at an old well. Unknown to him, the board covering the well had grown easily broken over time. When Danny stepped on it, it caved in. Steve had just finished locking the gate when he turned around and saw only his younger son.

“Where’s Danny?” he shouted. “He fell in the hole!” Claus said. Steve quickly realized what had happened. Danny could barely swim! He ran to the well and heard Danny screaming quite way below. Desperately, he jumped in .

Steve hit the freezing water at the bottom of the well. He lifted his head out of the water and grabbed Danny, who was panicked, trying to stay afloat in water that was too deep for either of them to stand.

Knowing they could float in the ice-cold water for only a short time, Steve pulled his son up onto his chest and tried all means to stand upright with two legs against the narrow well walls for support. His body was still partly submerged (淹没). “Dad, you can pull us out now,” Danny said.

If only it were that easy. There was no way he could climb out. Looking up to see Claus looking down at them from the top of the well, Steve shouted, “Claus, you’re going to have to be a big boy and save us. You have to go out to the road and get someone to help. OK?” “OK, Daddy.” Claus yelled and ran to the road.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

About 15 minutes later, Edmen and Sam, their neighbors, were driving by Steve’s farm when they noticed Claus alone by the side of the road, waving.

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Forty-some minutes after he’d jumped into the well to save his son, Steve came out, cold and wet.

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9 . 阅读下面短文, 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(每空不超过3个单词)。

At least 151 people were killed and 82 others were injured in a stampede (踩踏) accident on October 29th in Itaewon, a district of the Republic of Korea’s capital Seoul, during a Halloween gathering, local authorities said    1     the early morning of October 30th.

Many victims are largely in their    2    (twenty). About twenty-six foreign nationals     3    (be) among the dead. The incident is believed to have happened near a narrow alley in the district. Several Halloween gatherings took place in Itaewon, and the police estimated that     4    (rough) 100, 000 people had participated in the Halloween parties in the area,     5    is known for its nightclubs. More than 140 first-aid vehicles    6    (send) to rescue the injured.     7     (hold) two emergency meetings, the Republic of Korea’s President ordered officials    8    (arrange) enough hospital beds for the injured and establish an accident management headquarters, and properly deal with the aftermath (后果),    9    (include) identifying the dead and investigating the cause of the accident. According to some local media, the accident occurred when some people were rushing to a bar where an unidentified celebrity visited,     10    it is not confirmed yet. The exact cause of it is under investigation.