It was near dusk, and Kim Cooper and her husband, Steve, were trucking through northern Kentucky transportation auto parts from Louisville to Detroit for a goods company. “Steve, wake up！” she shouted. “There’s a truck on fire！”

Inside the burning truck, Ronnie Sanders, 38, was fighting for his life. He’d been running a heavy load of tractors and forklifts from Georgia to Indianapolis when a van in front of him stopped suddenly in traffic on the icy road. As Ronnie bore down, he could see children in the backseat. The truck’s bulk would probably protect him from the worst of the impact, but the force of 23 tons would likely crush everyone inside the van.

“I figured instead of killing other people, I’d just put the truck in the ditch.” At the bottom, rocks cut a fuel tank, which caught fire. A tree branch destroyed the windshield and knocked Ronnie unconscious. He came to life a couple of minutes later to find the cabin flames and his legs on fire.

Steve dashed to Ronnie, who was hanging headfirst from the passenger door. Ronnie had used his pocket knife to cut himself free from the driver’s side seat belt only to get his boot trapped in another one. Steve climbed into the burning cab to free him.

He tried three times to pull Ronnie out before finally freeing him. But Ronnie’s legs were still burning, so Steve laid him on the ground, ripped off his own shirt, and beat the flames with it. He’d managed to drag him about 20 yards when one of the truck’s 150 gallon fuel tanks exploded.

Both Steve and Ronnie paid a price for risking their lives for strangers. Ronnie spent two months in the hospital and received skin grafts(移植) on both of his legs. Steve suffered smoke breathing and minor burns, and shrapnel from the fuel tank explosion broke a tooth.

In February, the Coopers received a Hero of the Highway award from the Open Road Foundation for rescuing an injured driver. Steve insists Ronnie is the real hero: “If he hadn’t gone into the ditch, he would have hit that van. It was his decision to drive off the road.”

“I feel pretty good about it，” says Ronnie. “A lot of people could have been hurt.”

47. According to the passage, Ronnie put the truck in the ditch because of ________.

       A. his concern for his own safety B. his poor driving skill

       C. the icy road                                   D. his concern for others’ lives

48. What probably made Ronnie come to life after driving the truck in the ditch?

       A. The noise from the highway.    B. The call from the Coopers.

       C. The pain from the burning legs.       D. The heat of the fire.

49. How did Steve put out the flames in Ronnie’s legs?

       A. He beat the flames with Ronnie’s shirt.

       B. He beat the flames with his own shirt.

       C. He put out the fire with a tank of water.

       D. He put out the fire with a bag of sand.

50. What does the underlined word “shrapnel” in Paragraph 6 mean?

       A. A small piece of metal.                    B. A wave of the explosion.

       C. A branch of a tree.                         D. The heat of the explosion.

51. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?

       A. Heroes: The Coopers               B. Heroes: Roadside Flames

       C. Accidents on the Icy Road              D. Accidents in the Ditch

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       If you want to make a million dollars, find something that makes you really passionate and work hard at it. It doesn’t matter what it is. Let me know how you    46   .

32. A. attention             B. discussion  C. consideration            D. excitement

33. A. common   B. funny            C. disappointing         D. surprising

34. A. if         B. unless            C. since               D. though

35. A. find out             B. think up          C. bring up        D. care about

36. A. around            B. under            C. through         D. near

37. A. as well      B. at last           C. on purpose           D. by chance

38. A. appear              B. complete        C. change              D. happen

39. A. talk about    B. show off        C. pick out             D. carry out

40. A. interesting   B. important         C. unforgettable         D. beautiful

41. A. serve       B. visit            C. marry               D. study

42. A. agreement         B. experience        C. example                D. experiment

43. A. office               B. publisher        C. factory              D. school

44. A. advice      B. praise           C. comment               D. celebration

45. A. interest              B. energy          C. time           D. chance

46. A. understand   B. plan               C. go             D. behave

 Soon his warm smile put me _______，and we spent the next two hours talking freely.

    A. at dusk                     B. at present      

    C. with ease                   D. at ease

 I didn’t hear a single word _______ in that classroom that day and I could feel my heart _______.

   A. speak, pounding               B. speaking, pound

   C. spoken, pounding             D. to speak, pound

 It is no good _______ me _______ careless mistakes.

   A. to expect; to overlook          B. expecting; to overlook

   C. to expect; overlooking        D. expecting; overlooking

 Your watch is always slow; it needs ________.

       A. repairing            B. repaired             C. to repair            D. to be repair

 _______ a reply, he decided to write again.

     A. Not receiving                B. Receiving not   

     C. Having not received         D. Not having received

 She has succeeded in gaining _______ to the university, which the whole family are pleased with.

     A. congratulation    B. cooperation      C. admission        D. reaction

 She found a lot of _______ were _______.

     A. passers-by; grown-ups              B. passer-bys; growns-up

     C. passer-bys; grown-ups              D. passers-by; growns-up

 The old tower must be saved, _______ the cost is.

     A. however            B. whatever        C. whichever       D. wherever