1 . An injured hiker was rescued earlier this month after a train passenger saw her from the window. She was crazily waving on the other side of a river, having just spent two days stuck in the wild with a broken leg.

The rider told the train crew, who then reported it to the train inspector. Henry Smith, who was in a motor car behind them. Henry was able to stop and communicate with the woman on the opposite bank of the river, which was freezing cold and moving quickly.

The hiker, a woman in her twenties, had been missing for two days. She said she’d intended to go on a day hike, but ended up falling 90 feet down a cliff face while trying to take pictures. She reportedly told rescuers that she lost consciousness (意识) for an unknown amount of time. Despite a badly broken leg, she struggled to pull herself to the bank of the river to try to flag down trains. She had no emergency supplies with her, or suitable clothing to spend the night outdoors. There had been a cold attack while the woman was stuck in the wild. The hiker described spending daylight hours trying to get the attention of passing trains and, at night, would roll herself into a nearby cliff face in an attempt to stay warm.

Henry called to request help for search and rescue. The operator who received the emergency call said the hiker’s family had been looking for her. While they were waiting for the rescue team, Nick and Kylah, an engineer and a fireman on the next train passing by the location, came to help. 327 passengers on the train waited on the track as they crossed the river to examine the woman’s injuries and bring emergency supplies, blankets and a radio for communication. Finally, a helicopter was sent to locate and rescue the hiker and she was transported safely to the hospital.

1. Who first noticed the injured hiker?

A．A train rider.

B．Henry Smith.

C．The train crew.

D．Nick and Kylah.

2. What do we know about the woman hiker?

A．She fell down the cliff face accidentally.	B．She spent day and night waving for help.
C．She had planned a two-day hike schedule.	D．She always stayed conscious in the wild.

3. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．The hiker’s family had been against her going hiking.

B．Henry sent a helicopter to locate and rescue the hiker.

C．Nick and Kylah were sent by the police to the rescue.

D．People on the next train also contributed to the rescue work.

2 . Recently, as I neared the top of a difficult 35 foot climb at the local climbing gym, I made a dynamic move to reach the last hold. My right hand _________ the small, awkwardly placed hold, but I couldn’t _________, and my body fell away from the wall. Falls like this happen all the time. The rope catches you, and you rest in the air before getting back to try the _________ again.

This time, however, something went terribly _________. I glanced down as I fell from the hold, and watched in _________   as the rope raced through the harness (保护带) and disappeared from view.

When I hit the ground, a _________   impact rushed through my body. I _________ on my right side. Had I been upright, or in just about any other   _________ . I would probably have broken my legs, and possibly my back. Still, I broke my right   _________, but the emergency medical technicians told me with   __________ that I wasn’t paralyzed (瘫痪的). That was my biggest fear and I realized I’d   __________ the fall.

Somehow, I’d tied a bad knot when I   __________ the rope to my harness. I had surgery on my ankle, and I’m in a wheelchair for a couple of months, but I’m just a __________ to the world of disability. Now I can feel the ankle getting __________ by the day. For all of that, I am extraordinarily __________.

1.

A．struck

B．grabbed

C．moved

D．wiped

2.

A．let loose

B．break away

C．give in

D．hang on

3.

A．rope

B．move

C．luck

D．harness

4.

A．wrong

B．smooth

C．right

D．fast

5.

A．fear

B．relief

C．delight

D．excitement

6.

A．mild

B．confusing

C．violent

D．negative

7.

A．carried

B．turned

C．insisted

D．landed

8.

A．style

B．state

C．position

D．place

9.

A．foot

B．back

C．knee

D．ankle

10.

A．difficulty

B．worry

C．certainty

D．caution

11.

A．escaped

B．survived

C．defeated

D．ended

12.

A．secured

B．added

C．wrapped

D．carried

13.

A．visitor

B．witness

C．messenger

D．bystander

14.

A．thinner

B．fatter

C．weaker

D．better

15.

A．active

B．appreciative

C．regretful

D．respectful

3 . Sixteen-year-old Corion Evans made a daring rescue to save three teenage girls. The 16-year-old was hanging out with two_______in a parking area near the Pascagoula River in July when a_______with three teenage girls inside propelled off a boat ramp (斜坡) and into the river. It came to rest some 20 feet from land, then sank. Actually, the driver had_______followed wrong directions from her GPS.

It was around 2:30 a.m. by the time Evans and brothers Karon and Caleb got to the river’s _______. In the darkness, they could barely_______the girls holding onto the roof,the only part of the car still,_______, above water. But they could hear_______.

Evans took off his shirt and_______,threw his phone down, then_______into the water, a river he knew alligators (短吻鳄) called home. He helped the first girl he saw and, ________ her head above water, led her ashore.

Just then, Police Officer Garry Mercer________. He dived into the river to help another of the   ________. But halfway back to shore, she ________and went underwater, pulling Mercer down with her.

Evans jumped back in the water and helped them get to the shore until they could stand. “If he hadn’t been there, who knows?” Mercer told the Washington Post.

There was still one girl in the water. Cora Watson, 19, could not swim. She was gulping (吞) water，________, struggling to stay afloat. “I heard Cora screaming ‘Help!’ and I thought she was done for,” Caleb told WLOX in Biloxi. Then, a jolt. “Corion had grabbed her.” The three girls and Officer Mercer were taken to the hospital and released. They’re alive because Corion Evans ________ his life to save them.

1.

A．friends

B．brothers

C．classmates

D．students

2.

A．truck

B．boat

C．car

D．motorbike

3.

A．blindly

B．strongly

C．generally

D．foolishly

4.

A．area

B．centre

C．mouth

D．edge

5.

A．make out

B．shout to

C．calm down

D．turn down

6.

A．approximately

B．obviously

C．barely

D．exactly

7.

A．whispering

B．quarreling

C．screaming

D．sobbing

8.

A．shoes

B．sweater

C．socks

D．scarf

9.

A．dropped

B．dived

C．ran

D．sank

10.

A．pushing

B．forcing

C．keeping

D．managing

11.

A．approved

B．remained

C．recovered

D．arrived

12.

A．boys

B．losers

C．rescuers

D．passengers

13.

A．coughed

B．panicked

C．fainted

D．emerged

14.

A．wounded

B．shocked

C．abandoned

D．scared

15.

A．confused

B．followed

C．risked

D．discovered

4 . Ida Nelson was showering in her sister’s bathroom when she heard the noise of a small airplane _______ the nearby airport. It was 11:30 at night in the Alaskan village of Igiugig, population 70 and, as she later told the reporters, “Any time a plane flies over that _______, you know something is wrong.”

Nelson and her sister ran to the window,and saw the _______: the airport’s runway lights were out.

Nelson _______ some clothes, jumped into her ATV, and floored it to the airport,where she found an airport attendant trying to turn on the lights manually.

“_______, if you push the button 10 or 15 times, the lights will just light up,” Nelson said.Not this time. Meanwhile, she and the attendant _______ of the plane’s urgent mission:It was there to transport a seriously ill local _______ to the nearest hospital, 280 miles away in Anchorage.

Nelson had a(n) _______. Driving her ATV to the end of the run way, she _______ her headlights on the way for the plane to follow. Great idea, but it wasn’t ________. More light was needed, so a neighbor ________ nearly every home in the village — 32 of them.

Within twenty minutes, twenty ________ arrived at the airport, many of the drives still in nightclothes. Following directions from the pilot,the cars ________ up on one side of the runway.

The plane made its final approach and, guided by the headlights, landed safely.The young patient was ________ onto the aircraft, and the plane immediately took of again. Soon she was released from the hospital, completely recovered.

In a world filed with uncertainty,the little community’s positive activism was a(n)________deal, just as people like Nelson did.1.

A．leaving

B．reaching

C．attacking

D．circling

2.

A．late

B．low

C．fast

D．loudly

3.

A．reason

B．secret

C．problem

D．result

4.

A．threw on

B．tried on

C．put up

D．picked up

5.

A．Immediately

B．Consequently

C．Normally

D．Temporarily

6.

A．thought

B．dreamed

C．talked

D．learned

7.

A．girl

B．boy

C．doctor

D．pilot

8.

A．laughter

B．plan

C．aim

D．suggestion

9.

A．turned

B．shone

C．had

D．gave

10.

A．enough

B．available

C．active

D．much

11.

A．begged

B．searched

C．called

D．met

12.

A．villagers

B．planes

C．vehicles

D．policemen

13.

A．took

B．went

C．showed

D．lined

14.

A．invited

B．loaded

C．made

D．charged

15.

A．honest

B．easy

C．brave

D．big