星期六 完形填空＋语法填空 (分值：45分) Ⅰ.完形填空(每小题1分，共15分) This is a moving story.Two brothers，James and Louie Pendley，became heroes after stepping in to help put out a fire，which put homes in a nearby neighborhood 1 . The brothers were on the way to a friend’s home when they 2 thick smog rising from the area.They 3 drove towards the fire and found chaos nearby，with the fast-moving fire beginning to burn down trees and backyard fences. As the brothers arrived，locals were already in backyards，madly trying to 4 the fire but it didn’t work.“Planes and helicopters were flying over，but no 5 was coming down on us，” James said.“We had to figure it out.That’s the bottom line.The fire was just huge.I mean，it was 6 .” The two brothers didn’t stop until they’d spent two hours helping to protect 7 from the advancing fires.Louie said they felt it their duty to 8 after seeing a woman crying in front of her burning house.“Well，you know，if it were me，I would want somebody to 9 me，” he said. The neighbors were 10 by the brothers’ actions.After firefighters arrived and 11 controlled the fire，Kathy Battisti，a neighbor，expressed 12 for the Pendleys’ courage.“Who are they Where did these people come from？” she said.“It made me 13 my confidence in humans just to know that 14 are ready to jump in and help when needed.” Another neighbor felt the 15 way，saying，“These guys did so much.” 1．A.under protection B．at risk C．in place D．on hold 2．A.recorded B．remembered C．noticed D．imagined 3．A.safely B．quickly C．patiently D．secretly 4．A.prevent B．observe C．avoid D．report 5．A.advice B．inspiration C．food D．water 6．A.powerful B．special C．strange D．familiar 7．A.villages B．gardens C．farms D．homes 8．A.return B．stay C．share D．end 9．A.praise B．understand C．help D．guide 10．A.moved B．reminded C．worried D．stopped 11．A.fortunately B．regularly C．finally D．suddenly 12．A.concerns B．thanks C．regrets D．doubts 13．A.recover B．challenge C．change D．test 14．A.officials B．friends C．teammates D．strangers 15．A.new B．common C．same D．right 读写积累 1．fast-moving adj.移动迅速的 2．put out扑灭(本文为此义)；生产；伸出；出版 3．burn down烧毁 4．figure out想出，弄明白 5．the bottom line底线；本质内容；可接受的最低价格 6．on hold暂缓；推迟；搁置 Ⅱ.语法填空(每小题1.5分，共30分) A Tilly Smith was holidaying with her parents and seven-year-old sister on Maikhao beach in Phuket，Thailand，when the tide rushed out. As the other tourists watched in 1. (amaze)，the water began to rise and the boats started to violently move up and down.Tilly，2. had studied tsunamis in a geography class two weeks 3. (early)，quickly realized they were 4._____ danger.She told her mother they had to get off the beach immediately and warned that it could be a tsunami. She explained she had just completed a school project on the huge waves and said they were seeing the warning 5. (sign) that a tsunami was minutes away. Her pare ... ...
