课时作业30 Adversity And Courage-（课时作业）【红对勾讲与练】2024版新高考英语大一轮复习全新方案（人教版）

选择性必修第三册　 3 课时作业 30　 ADVERSITY AND COURAGE Ⅰ. 阅读理解 " (2022·广东省茂名市测试) Many have had the same thought as Shannon St. Onge when looking at the approach of snow on a weather forecast—that they have time to finish their jobs. As the director of finance at the First Nations University of Canada, she had to drive 25 kilometers from her home to the city of Regina to attend an important meeting. As she was leaving, the winter snow began to fall. Taking a dirt road for better traction (牵引) on her tires, she quickly became lost, with no ability to see the edge of the road from a rolled- down window. After a while she stopped and called 911. “The operator took my information and told me to wait out the storm as my tank was full and I was warm. I waited almost 14 hours and nobody has called me yet to check in,” she wrote in a Facebook post. “Would the gas tank last until morning? What if I was hit by another vehicle? What if I didn􀆳t make it home at all?” St. Onge wondered. Determined to ensure the safest end, she went out in the storm and discovered her location on a road sign, and then found a neighborhood Facebook group for the area she was passing through—warning others of her plight through a Google Maps pin. That was when 80-year-old Andre Bouvier Sr. , a retired rescuer, got a call about St. Onge􀆳s situation. He went out to find her, on foot, since he couldn􀆳t manage to start his tractor. On the way he found three other stranded (被 困) vehicles. He walked the quart