内容正文:
2022-2023学年广东省广州市天河区天省
实验学校高二(上)期末英语试卷
注意事项:
1.本试卷分全卷满分150分,120分钟内完成,闭卷。
2.答题前,考生务必将自己的姓名,准考证号填写在答题卡相应的位置。
3.全部答案应在答题卡上完成,答在本试卷上无效。
4.考试结束后,将答题卡交回。
第一部分 阅读理解(共三节,满分75分)
第一节(共10小题,每小题3分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A
Ida Nelson was enjoying and relaxing in her bath when she heard the thunder of a small airplane circling the nearby airport. It was 11:30 at night in the Alaskan village of Igiugig, population 70, and, as she told the New York Times, “Anytime a plane flies over that late, you know something is wrong.”
Nelson and her sister leaped out of the bath, ran to the window and saw the problem: The airport’s runway lights were out. Nelson threw on some clothes, jumped into her ATV, and floored it to the airport where she found a local pilot trying to turn on the lights manually. “Normally, if you push the button 10 or 15 times, the lights will just light up.” Not this time.Meanwhile, she and the pilot learned of the plane’s urgent mission: It was a medevac (救伤直升机), there to transport a seriously ill local girl to the nearest hospital, 280 miles away in Anchorage.
Nelson had a plan.Driving her ATV to the end of the runway, she switched her headlights on for the plane to follow.Great idea, but it wasn’t enough.More light was needed, so a neighbor called nearly every home in the village - 32 of them. Within 20 minutes, 20 vehicles arrived at the airport, many of the drivers still in pajamas. Following the directions from the medevac pilot, the cars lined up on one side of the runway.
The medevac made its final approach and, guided by the headlights, landed safely. The young patient was loaded onto the aircraft, and the plane immediately took off again. Her illness was never publicly revealed, but she has since recovered and left the hospital.
In a world filled with uncertainty the little community’s positive activism is a big deal. Not so much for Nelson.As she told CNN, in Igiugig, coming together is “kind of a normal deal.”
1. How did Ida Nelson