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Melinda Skaar wasn"t expecting any phone calls. Skaar was working late in her office at the First
Interstate bank of California. By 10:45 that night she was almost ready to go home when the phone rang.
Picking it up, she heard a guard shouting. "There is a fire! Get out of there!"
Skaar didn"t panic. She figured that it was just a small fire. Her office building was huge. There were
62 floors and her desk was on the 37th floor.
Skaar called out to office mate Stephen Oksas, who also stayed late to work. But when they got to
the hallway, they were met by a cloud of black smoke. Rushing back, Skaar shut the door and filled the
space at the bottom of the door with her jacket to keep the smoke out.
Then they called 911. Before they could call their families, however, the line went dead. That meant
that they were completely cut off from the outside world. All they could do was wait and hope someone
would come to rescue them.
Minutes ticked by. Smoke began to float into the office. Soon it became hard for them to breathe.
Looking around, Skaar noticed a small workroom. It seemed to have cleaner air. So they crowded
there. That helped for a while, but in time even the workroom was filled with deadly smoke.
Hopeless, they tried to break the windows, but the glass was not breakable. Everything they threw at
just bounced back.
Defeated, they struggled back to the workroom. They felt weak and dizzy . Soon Skaar found Oksas
had passed out.
As Skaar and Oksas lay near death, rescuers were rushing to find them. At last, at about 4 a.m.,
firefighters found them.
Skaar and Oksas knew they were lucky to be alive. "Sunday is my birthday," Skaar told a reporter.
She would be turning 29. But she knew she had already got the best present possible--the gift of life.
B. They waited where they were.
C. They tried to run down the stairs.
D. They rushed back and shut the door.
B. get the reader"s attention
C. explain the cause of the event
D. tell the background information
B. breaking the windows to get some fresh air
C. crowding in a small workroom for clean air
D. shutting the door and keeping the smoke out with a jacket
B. She was trained as a firefighter.
C. She remained calm in the face of danger.
D. She had had the experience of being caught in fire.
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could to help her three-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new baby. They found out that it was going
to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael 1 to his sister in Mommy"s tummy.
The pregnancy progressed 2 for Karen. Then the labor pains came. Every five minutes ... every
minute. But complications 3 during delivery. Finally, Michael"s little sister was born. But she was in
serious 4 With siren (警报)howling in the night, the ambulance 5 the infant to the Intensive Care unit
at St. Mary"s Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee.
6 inched by. The little girl got worse. The doctors told the parents, "There is very little hope. " Karen
and her husband contacted a local cemetery (墓地) about a burial plot. They had 7 a special room in
their home for the new baby - now they planned a funeral.
Week two in Intensive Care. It looked as if a funeral would come 8 the week was over. Michael,
kept begging his parents to let him see his sister, "I want to sing to her," he said. Kids were never 9 in
Intensive Care. But Karen made up her mind. She would take Michael 10 they liked it or not.
She 11 him in an oversized scrub suit and 12 him into ICU. He looked like a walking laundry
basket, but the head nurse 13 him as a child, "Get that kid out of here now! " The usually 14 lady
glared into the head nurse"s face, her lips a 15 line. "He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!" Karen
towed Michael to his sister"s bedside. He gazed at the tiny baby 16 the battle to live. And he began to
sing 17 the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang:
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray"
18 the baby girl responded. The pulse rate became 19 and steady.
Keep on singing, Michael. "You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don"t take my sunshine
away - " The breathing became as smooth as a kitten"s purr.
Keep on singing, Michael. "The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping,…
| ( )1. A. talked ( )2. A. quietly ( )3. A. arose ( )4. A. situation ( )5. A. took ( )6. A. The years ( )7. A. fixed up ( )8. A. until ( )9. A. asked ( )10. A. no matter ( )11. A. put ( )12. A. marched ( )13. A. required ( )14. A. warm-hearted ( )15. A. firm ( )16. A. losing ( )17. A. in ( )18. A. Finally ( )19. A. calm ( )20. A. put off | B. sang B. peacefully B. raised B. condition B. sent B. The months B. made up B. before B. allowed B. even if B. dressed B. forced B. replied B. well-managed B. strong B. lost B. on B. Instantly B. quiet B. put away | C. played C. hopefully C. rose C. place C. carried C. The weeks C. built up C. after C. admitted C. whether C. wore C. hid C. recognized C. mild-mannered C. hard C. to lose C. at C. Patiently C. slow C. put up | D. whispered D. normally D. aroused D. position D. rushed D. The days D. set up D. when D. acquired D. as if D. fit D. followed D. regarded D. cold-blooded D. tough D. having lost D. with D. Interestingly D. fast D. put down | |||||||||||||||
| 阅读理解。 | ||||||||||||||||||
| I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise. At the end I said, "Son, remember: Slow and steady wins the race. Don"t you think there"s something to learn from the tortoise?" He opened his eyes wide. "Do you mean next time when I"m entering the 60-metre race I should wish Billy and Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?" I was surprised. "But the tortoise didn"t wish the hare would fall asleep." "He must have wished that," Sonny said, "Otherwise how could he be so stupid as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did." "He didn"t have such a wish." I insisted. "He won the race by perseverance(毅力), by pushing on steadily." Sonny thought for a while. "That"s a lie," he said. "He won the race because he was lucky. If the hare hadn"t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he"d never have won the race! That"s for sure." | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. The writer argued with his son because _______. | ||||||||||||||||||
| A. he liked tortoises while his son liked hares B. they disagreed about whether the tortoise was stupid C. he liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didn"t D. he tried to teach his son the moral lesson of the story but the son refused it | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Sonny believed that the tortoise ________. | ||||||||||||||||||
| A. won the race by his effort B. took a risk by agreeing to the race C. was not given a fair chance in the race D. in fact did not win the race | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3. According to the passage, who do you think learned a lesson? | ||||||||||||||||||
| A. The tortoise. B. The hare. C. Sonny. D. Sonny"s father. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 完形填空。 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Gibson is a former gymnastics coach who once worked with many excellent athletes. He often tells a wonderful story about a 15-year-old 1 girl, Cindy, whose attitude brought out the best in everyone. Cindy wasn"t a great 2 , but when she was in the gym, everyone complained less, worked harder, and, not 3 , achieved more. Cindy was such a powerful motivator 4 she could see nothing. When it was her turn to do the vault (跳马), mother would also 5 alongside her, and tell her how close she was to the vault. When her mom said, "Vault!", Cindy would reach out and jump, 6 her mother and herself. Cindy loved the sport and kept 7 because she and her mom refused to be defeated by her 8 . Mark called her the most 9 member of the team, not because of her 10 ability, but because of her heart and because she 11 a standard of perseverance (坚持) and courage that inspired others to get more out of themselves. Everyone who 12 her work hard to be the best 13 how much more they could get out of themselves. This is leadership---leadership by 14 . And we see this sort of leadership not only in 15 but also in families and in the workplace. Often the most important members of the team are not the 16 , most skilled, or most powerful. Instead, their 17 is in their attitude and their ability to inspire and 18 others with their optimism, enthusiasm, and determination. People who know how to get the best out of themselves get the best of others. There"s no doubt that Cindy"s 19 has a great effect on her teammates. A person"s personality matters most because it comes from within and does not depend on 20 alone. | ||||||||||||||||||
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