An anxious mother watched as rescuers freed her baby from a muddy well. After being pulled from the well,the baby joyfully ran to its mom as the rescuers took a break.
It was a difficult and potentially dangerous rescue: the baby was an 8-month-old elephant, and at first its mother thought the humans were trying to harm it. The baby elephant fell into the five-foot-deep well near Kenya's Amboseli National Park. Local people had dug the well for water.
It took 30 minutes to remove the trapped elephant. While Vicki Fishlock of the Amboseli Trust for Elephants made a loud shout to frighten the mother away, two men struggled to get a rope around the baby elephant. Once the rope was in place, Fishlock used her jeep to pull the baby out.
Fishlock recognized Zombe, the mother of the trapped baby elephant,from a mark on her ear. She believes that in the end Zombe realized the humans were trying to help.
“Rescues where the elephant’s family members are around are always stressful, and I'm always happy when everyone is safe,” Fishlock said.“The reunions (团聚) always bring tears to my eyes. The depth of their love for each other is one of the things that make elephants so unusual.”
The very next day, another baby elephant fell into the same well. The 3-month-old's family had been driven away from the area by local people. Once it had been rescued, the Amboseli Trust had to send it to an elephant orphanage (孤儿院) in Nairobi, Kenya's capital city.
The rescues showed the plight of elephants across Africa. Elephants are fighting to survive, as conflicts between the animals and humans are increasing. Thousands of elephants are also being killed for their tusks. The tusks are sold in Asia, where ivory trinkets are in high demand.
The Amboseli Trust has been studying elephants and trying to help them since 1972. Fishlock said, “We hope this rescue persuades people that elephants are special and deserve to be protected and treasured.”
56. We can learn from the text that _____.
A. Fishlock had seen the baby elephant before
B. The mother elephant was a great help to rescuers
C. the well was dug by local people to trap elephants
D. the mother elephant was unfriendly at first to the rescuers
57. What causes Fishlock to think that elephants are special?
A. Their trust in humans. B. The deep love between them.
C. Their great ability to survive. D. The good communication between them.
58. What did the two baby elephants have in common?
A. They were both 8 months old. B. They were both rescued by local people.
C. They were both trapped in the same well. D. They were both reunited with their mothers.
59. The underlined word "plight" in Paragraph 7 probably means“______”.
A. a strong personality B. A dangerous situation
C. an annoying habit D. a close relationship
60. What would be the best title for the text?
A. An elephant rescue B. The elephant, an unusual animal
C. An elephant rescue organization D. Conflicts between humans and elephants
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Joanne was stuck in a traffic jam in central Birmingham at 5:30.and at 6:30 she was expected to be chairing a meeting of the tennis club.At last,the traffic was moving.She swung quickly racing to her house As she opened the door,she nearly tripped over Sheba.
“Hey,Sheba,”she said,“I've got no time for you now,but I'll take you out as soon as I get back from tennis club.”Then she noticed Sheba seemed to be coughing or choking Obviously,she could hardly breathe.Immediately.Joanne realized she would have to take her to the vet.(兽医) When she got there,the vet was just about to close for the day. Seeing the state of Sheba,Dr.Sterne brought her quickly into his office.
“Listen,doctor,I'm really in a rush to get to a meeting . Can I leave her with you,and go and get changed? I'll be back in ten minutes to pick her up,and then I'll take her on to the meeting with me. Is that OK?”
“Sure.”said the doctor
Joanne made the quick trip back to her house in a couple of minutes.As she was once more entering the hallway,the phone by the door began to ring.
“This is Dr.Sterne,”said an anxious voice.“I want you to get out of that house immediately,”said the doctor's voice.“I'm coming round right away,and the police will be there any time now.Wait outside!”
At that moment,a police car screeched to a stop outside the house.Two policemen got out and ran into the house.Joanne was by now completely confused and very frightened.Then the doctor arrived.
“Where’s Sheba? Is she OK?”shouted Joanne.
“She’s fine,Joanne.I took out the thing which was choking her,and she’s OK now.”
Just then,the two policemen reappeared from the house,half-carrying a white—faced man,who could hardly walk.There was blood all over him.
“My God,”said Joanne,“how did he get in there? And how did you know he was there?”
“I think he must be a burglar.”said the doctor.“I knew he was there because when I finally removed what was stuck in Sheba’s throat:it turned out to be three human fingers”
What was Joanne supposed to do at 6:30?
A.To walk her dog.
B.To see her doctor.
C.To attend a club meeting.
D.To play tennis with her friends.
Joanne wanted to get back to her home again .
A.to dress up for the meeting
B.to phone the police station
C.to catch the badly hurt burglar
D.to wait for her dog to be cured
From the passage,we can infer that .
A.Sheba fought against the burglar
B.the police themselves found the burglar had broken in
C.Joanne had planned to take her dog to the meeting
D.the doctor performed a difficult operation on the dog
In this passage,the writer intends to tell us that the dog is .
A.clever B.friendly C.frightening D.devoted
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A.a rush so anxious B.a such anxious rush
C.that anxious an rush D.that an anxious rush
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The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California , USA.
“Police station? A train for Santa Fe hit a truck at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please ____21____ there at once. With an ambulance, too. A man is badly ____22_____.” said an anxious voice of a young man. “ And you know I am the ….”
“Please wait! Hi! Hi!” the policeman kept on ____23____ though the line was cut off. Within a minute , a police car and an ambulance car started off. Before long they got to the crossing, but they ___24____everything was fine. No accident, no wounded man.
“What a dirty trick!” said the policeman ____25____. “ We must find out that bad___26_____ and …..”They were just talking about the _____27___when they heard the whistle of a train which was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came ___28_____towards them, too. When the truck was passing the crossing, it suddenly ____29___ to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the policemen __30_______, the train hit the truck heavily and ___31____it dozens of meters away.
When Randolph Bruce, the driver, was ___32_____ out of the damaged truck, he was seriously wounded just as the young woman had told on the phone. As he was taken to the ___33______ in time, his life was saved
Later the police did whatever they could to _____34___the woman who had telephoned them. It turned out that the woman was a very excellent police officer working far in the neighboring state, who had got the first-hand ____35_____ of this crime as described above.
1.A .call B. come C. go D. notice
2.A . beaten B. treated C. needed D. injured
3.A .talking B. laughing C. crying D. shouting
4.A..realized B.found C. proved D. wondered
5.A.nervously B. Disappointedly C. angrily D. surprisingly
6.A. man B. woman C. child D. driver
7.A. trial B. warning C. program D. punishment
8.A.passing B. turning C. running D. rolling
9.A.refused B. stopped C. continued D. began
10.A..above B. below C. alive D. present
11.A..struck B. met C. caught D. missed
12.A..pushed B. helped C. let D. asked
13.A .company B. house C. station D. hospital
14.A .meet B. punish C. find D. arrest
15.A..information B. result C. advice D. news
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第二卷(非选择题 满分35分)
第四部分 写作(共两节,满分35分)
第一节 对话填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
请认真阅读下面对话,并根据各题所给首字母的提示,在答题卡上标有题号的横线上,写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式、使对话通顺。
M=Mum
S=Sara
P=Peter
(When Sara came home from work, she found her mother in an anxious state.)
S:What’s wrong, Mum? You seem upset.
M:It’s your (76) y sister Jill. She should have been here an hour ago.
S:Don’(77) w ,Mum!It’s not all that late and she has probably not(78)r how late it is. I think she’ll
be here soon.
(Just then Sara’s brother Peter came into the kitchen.)
P:What’s up?Mum’s on the phone and she seems as though she’s going to cry.
S:It’s Jill.She should have(79) r home by now and Mum’s getting anxious.
P:You needn’ fecl so anxious 。Mum!You know what tecnage girls are like. (80) she’s all right.
M;I can’t help but be concerned.I’ve just rung Lucy and she said Jill her our the cinema ages ago to get the
bus.
P:Well,the bus service isn’t very frequent in the evenings.Perhaps she(81)m one and is wairting for
another.Have you tried(82)p her on her mobile?
M:Yes, but there’s no reply.That made me even more worried.I think(83)s must have happened to Jill.
Do you think we should call the (84)p__________.
S:Calm down,Mum! You’ll make yourself ill.Perhaps she switched her mobile(85)o in the cinema and
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Mrs. Jones was very fond of singing. She had a good 16 , except that some of her high notes tended to sound like a gate, which someone had forgotten to 17 . Mrs. Jones was very conscious of this 18 , and took every 19 she could find to practice these high 20 . As she lived in a small house where she could not practice without 21 the rest of the family, she usually went for long walks along the country roads whenever she had time, and practiced her high notes there. Every time she heard a 22 or a person coming along the 23 , she stopped and 24 until she could no longer be heard before she started practicing again, because she was a 25 person, and because she was sensitive about those high notes.
One afternoon, however, a fast, open car came up behind her so 26 and so fast that she did not hear it until it was only a few yards from her. She was singing some of her highest and most 27 notes at the time, and as the car passed her, she saw an anxious 28 suddenly come over its driver’s face. He put his brakes on violently, and as soon as the car stopped, jumped out and began to 29 all his tires carefully.
Mrs. Jones did not dare to tell him what the noise he had heard had really been, so he got back into his car and drove off as 30 as he had been when he stopped.
1.A. voice B. noise C. sound D. note
2.A. close B. open C. repair D. oil
3.A. strength B. sickness C. weakness D. advantage
4.A. time B. chance C. person D. place
5.A. notes B. songs C. signs D. sounds
6.A. preventing B. harming C. disturbing D. damaging
7.A. train B. car C. noise D. driver
8.A. path B. avenue C. street D. road
9.A. waited B. expected C. confused D. puzzled
10.A. brave B. shy C. ordinary D. unique
11.A. slightly B. gently C. quickly D. silently
12.A. beautiful B. exhausting C. difficult D. energetic
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