4 . It was January 2016, when dark clouds hid the day. Jeremy and his girlfriend, Molei Wright, were _________ for a weekend of fun with friends on the slopes in Breckenridge, Colorado. They were two _________ Colorado natives: ambitious and _________, both lovers of books, music, the outdoors. They’d been together for less than a year, but it had taken only a few dates to realise that they could be well _________. As the car began the winding climb toward the destination, the snow came earlier than they’d _________, but Jeremy wasn’t worried. He’d driven this route a thousand times, and he knew exactly what to do. However, a truck _________ them. One minute, Jeremy’s car was _________ smoothly through the falling snow; the next, he found himself pinned to his seat by the wheel and he _________ with pain. To his right he saw Molei, who was injured seriously, without motion and reaction. Jeremy fell into _________.

Henry, an officer on holiday trained in emergency medicine, was driving on the same road not far behind Jeremy and __________ instantly when he saw the wreck. While his wife calmed the trapped and __________ Jeremy, Henry worked __________. Protecting Molei’s head and neck, he carefully pulled her out of the wreckage (残骸) and __________ her chest to bring her heart back to life. Meanwhile, Henry’s wife called the emergency center, and soon an ambulance arrived and rushed Molei to a hospital, where she was treated __________. If it hadn’t been Henry’s professional first aid, Molie couldn’t have made it to hospital alive. It was really a __________.

1.

A．hiking

B．driving

C．flying

D．camping

2.

A．like-minded

B．absent-minded

C．healthy-minded

D．open-minded

3.

A．remarkable

B．cautious

C．experienced

D．active

4.

A．organised

B．mannered

C．trained

D．matched

5.

A．acknowledged

B．investigated

C．expected

D．imagined

6.

A．hit

B．passed

C．blocked

D．approached

7.

A．controlled

B．stopped

C．rolling

D．accelerating

8.

A．jumped

B．turned

C．screamed

D．whistled

9.

A．thought

B．despair

C．silence

D．sleep

10.

A．drove away

B．turned over

C．hid away

D．pulled over

11.

A．determined

B．frightened

C．grateful

D．peaceful

12.

A．impatiently

B．swiftly

C．joyfully

D．effortlessly

13.

A．checked

B．clicked

C．covered

D．pounded

14.

A．in time

B．in turn

C．in vain

D．in place

15.

A．tale

B．record

C．miracle

D．comedy

7 . The five passengers on board the Titan submersible (潜水器) traveling to the Titanic wreckage (残骸) are believed to be dead, the vessel’s operator and the US Coast Guard said.

They reached the conclusion after a days-long search for the wreckage from the submersible on the ocean floor, indicating a failure of the vessel’s body that would be impossible to survive.

“The wreckage, found not far from the remains of the Titanic, was consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber and there was a catastrophic implosion (内爆),”said US Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger.

OceanGate Expeditions, which operated the submersible, gave a statement of its own confirming the deaths.

Five men were on board: the British billionaire Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman, former French navy diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet, and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush.

The Titan submersible, a 21-foot-long vessel, set off Sunday to explore the remains of the Titanic located nearly 13,000 feet underwater, hundreds of miles off the coast of North America.

But after an hour and 45 minutes into the expedition, the Titan lost communications with its mothership at the surface.

Eight hours passed before OceanGate contacted the Coast Guard, which launched a wide-ranging rescue effort that lasted until Thursday.

Hoping the vessel was still intact, Coast Guard officials estimated the submersible had 96 hours of breathable oxygen when it first left for its destination. That deadline passed without resolution on Thursday morning, though the wreckage was located later that day.

Evidence shows that the implosion took place within hours of the submersible setting off, meaning the passengers would have been dead before anybody really started looking for them.

Hopes were raised on Wednesday after searchers said they detected a big sound in the general search area. But it was a false lead. The Coast Guard said on Thursday there didn’t seem to be any connection between the noise and the location on the sea floor.

1. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．The impact of the disaster.	B．The reasons of the disaster.
C．The structure of the submersible.	D．The victims on the submersible.

2. What can be learnt about the Titan submersible?

A．Its wreckage was located on Thursday morning.

B．It dived as deep as 13,000 feet underwater.

C．Only one passenger survived.

D．It lost touch an hour and 45 minutes after its journey began.

3. What does the underlined word “intact” in paragraph 9 probably mean?

A．At risk.	B．On the road.
C．Beyond control.	D．In good condition.

4. Why were searchers hopeful of finding the passengers on the Titan submersible?

A．They found a big noise in the search area.	B．They received some wireless signals.
C．They got governments’ support wholly.	D．They made advanced tools to detect the vessel.

10 . One morning, Huang Fulin, a local farmer, rode a motorcycle to the Lixinsha Bridge in Guangzhou. The bridge, is the main ________ connecting the Nansha Economic Development Zone with Sanmin Island.

The visibility was ________ that day. However, when Huang was about 20 meters away from the bridge, he saw a thick fog, and it was very dark around. It ________ that a container ship hit the pier (桥墩) of the Bridge, causing it to ________. Huang saw a ________ coming his way. At that very moment, he ________ flashed his lights and shouted loudly, “Stop! It’s dangerous.”

The lorry driver, Wang Guoliang reversed his truck back and ________ it horizontally at the T-junction to the bridge. “My truck is about 15 meters long. By ________ the road with the truck at the T-junction, the only route to Sanmin Island, the ________ wouldn’t be able to get onto the bridge,” Wang said.

Meanwhile, Huang ________   the accident to the on-duty officers, who quickly arrived at the scene and ________ traffic cones (路障) on the road. Before more police were ________ to the spot, Officer Tang, on the other side of the bridge, stopped vehicles about to cross the bridge. Meanwhile, Tang ________ a video of the damaged bridge on his WeChat Moments to ________ others about the dangerous situation.

According to the official website, they will be awarded with the title of individuals who act bravely in a(n)________ .

1.

A．passage

B．commute

C．routine

D．district

2.

A．dusty

B．delicate

C．poor

D．clear

3.

A．fell down

B．dropped in

C．popped up

D．turned out

4.

A．explode

B．crack

C．destroy

D．shake

5.

A．pedestrian

B．lifeboat

C．truck

D．policeman

6.

A．effortlessly

B．continuously

C．suddenly

D．casually

7.

A．drove

B．parked

C．shaped

D．turned

8.

A．crossing

B．loading

C．blocking

D．blanketing

9.

A．vehicles

B．ambulance

C．passengers

D．passers-by

10.

A．uttered

B．reported

C．phoned

D．investigated

11.

A．posed

B．covered

C．made

D．placed

12.

A．assigned

B．delivered

C．followed

D．forced

13.

A．produced

B．edited

C．saved

D．posted

14.

A．attract

B．terrify

C．warn

D．expose

15.

A．incident

B．operation

C．friction

D．emergency