A rescue worker risked his life saving two to...

A rescue worker risked his life saving two tourists who ________ in the mountains for two days.

A. are trapping　　 B. have been trapped

C. were trapping　　 D. had been trapped

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Two motorists saved the life of a good man who had moments earlier helped them.

Victor, 61, stopped his pickup along an interstate highway in western Wisconsin to help two stranded women change a flat tire. Minutes later, his life was in their hands.

Sara Berg, and her cousin, Lisa, were headed home Saturday night on Interstate 94 when they heard an awful noise. They were somewhere between Menomonie and Eau Claire when they pulled to the side of the road with a flat tire-something neither knew how to fix. Ann showed up and asked whether they needed help. “We were so grateful.” Berg said. “Nowadays, nobody ever really stops to offer their help. It's kind of scary sometimes, because you really don't know what you're getting into.”

Victor is the type of person who gives you 100 percent and worries about himself later. When Victor finished, Berg thanked him and they shook hands. Berg recalled Victor's farewell words to her: “Someone up above always puts me in the right place at the right time.”

And then they parted. Victor and his wife puffed back onto the interstate. Seconds later, Berg followed. Less than a quarter mile down the road, Berg noticed Victor's red truck pulled over. She passed it and then pulled over herself, figuring the couple may have forgotten something. No sooner had she gotten out of her car when she saw Victor's wife waving anxiously at passing motorists. She called out to Berg that her husband was having a heart attack. Berg, a certified nursing assistant trained in CPR, jumped into the truck. Victor had no pulse and wasn't breathing. Berg began chest compressions. Lisa called 911. Emergency personnel arrived in about five minutes, “but it always feels like forever at a time like that,” Berg said.

“It was a nice twist of fate.” said the doctor who is treating Victor at the Eau Claire hospital.

“We know for sure that the CPR the woman did increased his chances for survival.”

Ann, who was also part of her husband's good luck when she guided their vehicle to the shoulder during his heart attack, is grateful.

1.The underlined word “stranded” in Paragraph 2 means ________.

A.trapped B.exhausted

C.frightened D.threatened

2.What do Victor's farewell words mean?

A.Victor and Berg share a common religious belief.

B.Victor feels it his mission to lend a helping hand.

C.Victor happens to be expert in changing flat tires.

D.Victor expects Berg to do him a favor in return.

3.What happened to Victor shortly after they parted?

A.His pickup broke down and had to stop on the shoulder.

B.His heart was badly injured due to a terrible accident.

C.He pulled over to collect something left in Berg's car.

D.He suffered a sudden heart attack and lost his consciousness.

4.Which can be the best title?

A.A Twist of Fate B.A Lucky Man

C.An Adventurous Journey D.An Instant Rescue

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There was a man who worked all of his life and saved all of his money.He was a real miser (守财奴) when it came to his money.He loved money more than just about anything, and just before he died, he said to his wife, "Now listen, when I die, I want you to take all my money and place it in the casket（棺材）with me.I wanna take my money to the afterlife."

So he got his wife to promise him with all her heart that when he died, she would put all the money in the casket with him.

Well, one day he died.He was stretched out in the casket, the wife was sitting there in black next to her closest friend.When they finished the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said "Wait just a minute!"

She had a shoe box with her, she came over with the box and placed it in the casket.Then the undertakers locked the casket down and rolled it away.Her friend said, "I hope you weren't crazy enough to put all that money in the casket."

"Yes," the wife said, "I promised.I'm a good Christian, I can't lie.I promised him that I was going to put that money in that casket with him."

"You mean to tell me you put every cent of his money in the casket with him?"

"I sure did.I got it all together, put it into my account and I wrote him a check."

1.What was the woman’s reaction to her husband’s last words?

A.She remained silent.　　　　　　 B.she said no.

C.She said yes.　　　　　　　　　　 D.She was annoyed.

2.The woman’s friend believed that ______.

A.she shouldn’t put all the money in the casket

B.she should put all the money in the casket.

C.she should give his husband a promise.

D.she should not break her promise.

3.Which word can best describe the woman?

A.attractive　　 B.clever　　 C.dishonest　　 D.lazy

4.What might be the best title of the story ?

A.Take All My Money With Me　 B.A Promise Cleverly Kept

C.A Loving Wife　　　 　　　　　 D.Miser and his Wife

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(NEW YORK) A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two-year-old girl in Manhattan said he didn’t think twice before diving into the freezing East River.

Tuesday’s Daily News said 29-year who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday.

He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Scaport museum. He handed the girl to her father, David Anderson, who had dive in after him.

“I didn’t think at all,” Duret told the Daily News. “It happened very fast. I reacted very fast.”

Duret, an engineer on vacation ,was walking with his girlfriend along the pier(码头)when he saw something falling into the water .He thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he approached the river. In an instant, he took off his coat and jumped into the water.

When he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said. Fortunately, when she was out of the water, she opened her eyes.

Anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera. An ambulance came later for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from lookers. Duret caught a train with his girlfriend shortly after.

The rescue happened on the day before he left for France. Duret said he didn’t realize his tale of heroism he was leaving the next morning.

“I don’t really think I’m a hero,” said Duret. “Anyone would do the same thing.”

1.Why was Duret in New York?

A.To meet his girlfriend

B.To work as an engineer

C.To spend his holiday

D.To visit the Andersons

2.What did Duret do shortly after the ambulance came?

A.He was interviewed by a newspaper

B.He asked his girlfriend for his dry clothes

C.He went to the hospital in the ambulance

D.He disappeared from the spot quickly

3.Who dived after Duret into the river to save the little girl?

A.David Anderson

B.A passer-by

C.His girlfriend

D.A taxi driver

4.When was Duret most probably found to be the very hero?

A.The day when he was leaving for home

B.Several days after the girl was rescued

C.The first day when he was in New York

D.The same day when he was interviewed

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Rescue workers and thousands of volunteers are not the only ones who have won hearts and minds for their heroic efforts in the search for survivors after Tuesday's powerful earthquake in

Mexico. Fifteen dogs from the navy's canine（军犬）unit have assisted this week in the rescue efforts at the sites of collapsed buildings across Mexico City, where more than 50 people have been pulled alive from the ruins.

Of the canine heroes none is more famous or loved than Frida, a six-year-old white Labrador who in her distinguished service has won praise for her ability to detect people who have been trapped by various natural disasters. Over her admirable career she has found 52 people including 12 survivors in Mexico and other Latin American countries.

This week, Frida and Evil and Echo—two Belgian Shepherds that have also been specially trained for rescue efforts一were sent to the site of the collapsed Enrique Rebsamen School in southern Mexico City.

Equipped with goggles that protect her eyes from dust and smoke, boots to prevent damage to her paws while she climbs over rough ruins, Frida took to her work looking every bit the part of the ruins.

If Frida detects the presence of a survivor, she is trained to bark to alert rescue workers but if she detects a corpse she stops suddenly before proceeding, her handler explained.

Eleven children were rescued from ruins at the school but this time human rescue workers rather than the dogs were the ones who located them.

However, that hasn't stopped Frida from becoming a social media star and reaching a new level of fame this week. Videos and other social media posts that highlight the work of Frida and her impressive record of detecting people trapped by natural disasters spread quickly online.

While she has yet to detect anyone trapped in the ruins this week, she and other rescue dogs are continuing to work tirelessly, searching through spaces that humans cannot reach. With the possibility that there are still people trapped alive, time will tell whether she adds to her rescue record.

1.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A.Severe earthquakes in Mexico B.Undertaking rescue work.

C.People waiting for rescue D.Special rescuers in Mexico.

2.What makes Frida a social media star?

A.Her rescue records and tireless work.

B.Her cooperation with the rescue team.

C.Her cool appearance with some special devices.

D.Her ability to search spaces beyond humans' reach.

3.What does the underlined word "corpse" in paragraph 5 probably mean?

A.An article of clothing. B.An unconscious animal.

C.A dead person. D.A special signal.

4.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that_______ .

A.Frida will achieve nothing

B.Frida will probably work miracles

C.more dogs will be sent to the area

D.the rest of the rescue will be done by dogs

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—Do you think I should have a record of the medical workers who risked their lives to come to the aid of Hubei, Mary?

—If I were in your shoes, I certainly would.

A.None of your business. B.It depends.

C.Why not? D.I don’t think so.

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—Two hundred of the tourists were saved from danger in Taiwan, but the rest ______ still missing．

— If only the travel agency ________ more measures to prevent such accidents．

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For more than three decades, Deirdre Taylor only knew the firefighter who saved her life through the black-and-white photos on the front page of the New York Daily News, on Dec. 30, 1983.

She was only 4 then, a blond, wide-eyed toddler pictured in the paper in the arms of the firefighter, Eugene Pugliese, who had just carried her out of her burning apartment building. Taylor, now a registered nurse in Alexandria, Virginia, kept the Daily News article for years. She wished as she got older that she could find Pugliese and thank him-a desire that intensified after she became an emergency room nurse, as she learned how rare it was to hear back from patients she encountered on the worst days of their lives.

But she hadn’t lived in New York since the fire, and didn’t know where to start. She periodically searched his name on Google, finding nothing. Finally, in March, Taylor thought she may have one last chance to find him. With her family’s support, she decided to move from Virginia to New York for eight weeks to work in an overwhelmed Manhattan emergency room- trying to help save the lives of coronavirus patients, while searching for the man who saved hers.

“When I was packing my bags, I packed the Daily News article with me, ____①____ “ Taylor, 40, said, “and I told myself that one of the things I’m going to accomplish while I’m here is track him down, or track a family member down, and just say thank you. “

Pugliese, 75, had never had someone track him down to say thank you before, he said. For decades, the Daily News front-page article hung in his office. How could he forget Deirdre? “I've had her picture on my wall for 24 years,” he said.

He remembers the day clearly. It began when a man came running up yelling that there was a fire. Pugliese rushed to the burning building, where thick smoke was pouring out of a sixth-floor apartment. He went into and found it engulfed in flames. Taylor’s mother was crying, “My baby! My baby!” Pugliese remembered. He quickly helped her out of the room before returning on his hands and knees, crawling through the burning studio and blinding smoke for about six feet, when he felt the child. She was unconscious. He carried her to the living room, where he gave her mouth-to-mouth breath to bring her back. He rushed down the six flights of stairs to get her to an ambulance, when to Pugliese’s relief, she woke up and started to cry. “ _____②____ I was just in the right place at the right time,” Pugliese said. Pugliese later received a medal for Taylor’s rescue, in a ceremony that is among his most prized memories.

Taylor’s first two weeks in New York were overwhelming, as she and her colleagues dealt with patient after patient struggling to breathe. During her time off, she tried on one occasion to go to the firehouse where Pugliese worked, only to find a sign on the door discouraging visitors due to covid-19. But finally, last week, Taylor caught a break. A group of firefighters came to the ER to deliver the medical staff pizzas for dinner, to show their appreciation. Taylor explained to them that she was trying to find a likely retired fireman from Ladder No. 20, and did they have any suggestions on how to start?

One of the firemen gave her a phone number to connect her with the fire chief.

“Oh, Gene?” the chief told her. “He stops by the firehouse all the time.”

“ _____③____ “ Taylor said, “I couldn’t believe it. I really didn’t think he was still going to be around. I really thought I was going to hit a dead end.” He said, “Yeah, I have his phone number in my cellphone.”

The chief phoned Pugliese right away. Less than an hour later, Taylor’s phone rang. “It’s Gene Pugliese,” he said. “I’m the firefighter who rescued you that day.” Finally, Taylor told him what she had been meaning to say. Taylor said she could only describe the moment as surreal. Pugliese asked if her hair was still blond. It was. He told her the story of the fire, and she told him the story of her life afterward. They learned they had plenty in common. Both were die-hard Yankees fans. Both spent time in the military.

After the call, Pugliese said, “ ____④____ I cried for the rest of the day.”

1.The underlined part in Paragraph 2 implies ___________.

A.it is impossible to receive the feedback from the one you helped.

B.it is not urgent to find Pugliese because of Taylor’s busy work.

C.it is precious to receive the feedback from the one you helped.

D.it is Taylor’s responsibility to save the lives of coronavirus patients.

2.Why did Pugliese hang the Daily News picture on his wall for 24 years?

A.He was a responsible firefighter.

B.He has a long-lasting memory.

C.The rescue took him much effort.

D.The rescue was the highlight of his career.

3.In which blank can we put the sentence “My heart literally skipped a beat” ?

A.① B.② C.③ D.④

4.How did Pugliese feel after their talk on the phone?

A.He felt sad but relieved. B.He felt delighted and moved.

C.He felt shocked and grateful. D.He felt excited but awkward.

5.What is likely to happen after the call?

A.Pugliese and Taylor may meet in person.

B.Taylor may award Pugliese a medal for his rescue.

C.Pugliese and Taylor may work together to fight the virus.

D.Pugliese and Taylor may lose touch again due to the virus.

6.What can be the best title for the passage?

A.A Brave Hero B.A Dedicated Nurse

C.A Debt of Gratitude D.An Incredible Coincidence

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（Reuters）--- A Michigan man credited his dog with saving his life by chewing off his diseased big toe as he lay passed out in a drunken stupor(昏迷)

Jerry Douthett, 48, who woke up on a Saturday night in late July in his Rockford, Michigan home to find his Jack Russell Terrier, Kiko, had gnawed off his right big toe.

“The dog always lies with me on the bed”, said Douthett. “That night, I woke up and looked down at my foot, and it was wet. When I looked, it was blood and there was the dog looking at me with a blood moustache.”

Douthett’s wife, Rosee, rushed him to a hospital where doctors found he was suffering from Type 2 diabetes. His toe was badly infected and surgeons amputated(截)the remainder of the toe.

Douthett’s wife, a registered nurse, had been urging him for weeks to have his infected toe examined by a doctor.

On the night Kiko ate his toe, Douthett said he had been out with his wife and drank about six or seven beers and a pair of giant margaritas—big enough to put goldfish in.

“I was self-medicating at this point,” he said. “The moral of the story is that the dog saved my life, because otherwise I would never have gone to see a doctor.”

The couple said they were amazed that Kiko appeared to know Douthett had an infection that needed treatment.

“He kind of chewed off the infected part and stopped at the good bone,” said Rosee. “We joked that we shouldn’t have had to pay the co-pay because he did half the job by chewing off half of the toe.”

1.What does the underlined phrase “gnawed off” probably mean?

2.It can be learned from the text that________________.

3.From the text we know that Kiko ______________.

4.Which is NOT true according to the text?

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Do you know a child who has used first aid to save a life or help an injured person?

St．John Ambulance is seeking young people who have acted quickly, calmly and effectively at a real emergency for its annual Young First Aider of the Year awards．

The awards are open to all those under 18, and the closing date for nomination (提名) is April 30, 2016.The winners will be invited to attend a special ceremony in June, 2016.

“St．John Ambulance believes it is essential for young people to learn first aid so that they can help anyone who is injured,” said Sandra Stocker, director of St．John Ambulance Awards Committee．“The Young First Aider of the Year is a wonderful way to celebrate their bravery and quick-thinking．”

Nomination for the Young First Aider of the Year is now open．Please complete and return the nomination forms as soon as possible and certainly no later than April 30, 2016.The committee will decide which of the nominees will receive the Young First Aider of the Year awards by considering the actions of the nominees along with their ages and other factors．You should send any evidence you have with the nomination form, showing the nominees’ actions．

Examples of evidence could include:

◆ Newspaper clippings (剪报) of the incident．

◆ Police incident record numbers．

Once a nomination form is received, the nominee or nominator may be approached for further details of the incident．For further information please get in touch with Sandra Stocker by email or on 020-73244082 or 020-732440813.

Find out who our winners will be for 2016.

1.What does the passage intend to tell the readers?

A． Young people should learn first aid to help the injured．

B． Learning first aid can help young people win an award．

C． The injured are encouraged to act quickly and calmly．

D． St．John Ambulance makes profit by training first aiders．

2.If you suggest someone for the awards, you should ______．

A． attend the awards ceremony

B． make a speech introducing yourself

C． provide the details of the incident

D． have a good knowledge about first aid

3.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A． Demand for First Aiders

B． Importance of First Aid

C． St．John Ambulance Awards

D． Young First Aider of the Year

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