Events began to unfold on Saturday evening on the Panama City Beach in Florida when Roberta Ursrey and her husband saw their two young sons screaming for help from 100 yards out into the ocean. A nearby couple tried to __1__ the boys, but they also became caught in the riptide (裂流区). Several of the other Ursrey family members, __2__ to save the struggling swimmers, became __3__ as well.
There was no lifeguard __4__. The police decided to wait for a rescue boat—but the __5__ was getting more serious by the second. The victims had already been __6__ to keep their heads above water for twenty minutes, and they were __7__.
Beach goers started __8__ the crowd of onlookers to form a human chain. Dozens of people, several of __9__ couldn't even swim themselves, linked __10__ and marched into the ocean. Among the onlookers was Jessica Mae Simmons, whose husband __11__ the crowd to form a chain. As she watched the human chain __12__ toward the swimmers, she knew that she could help. “I have always been a(n) __13__ swimmer，” Simmons wrote on Facebook. “I was __14__ I could get them to the human chain of people that wanted to help.”
Simmons and her husband then __15__ surfing boards and swam down the chain until they reached the swimmers. First, they helped the two young boys __16__ the human chain. Then, they went back for Roberta, who was just starting to lose __17__ by the time she was rescued ... When the last __18__ was brought back to the beach, the crowd began to cheer.
Over 80 onlookers formed a human chain to save nine people from a __19__ riptide. This beach rescue proves that anyone __20__ be a hero.
篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。当两名年幼的男孩卷入激流时，数人前去救援。不幸的是，救援的人也全部陷入激流之中。万分危急之下，80多位旁观者组成了“人链”，终于成功地救起了被困者。
1．A.strike B．call
C．warn D．rescue
答案：D 在附近游泳的一对夫妇试图营救这两名男孩，但也陷入了激流中。
2．A.attempting B．managing
C．failing D．refusing
答案：A attempt在此用作动词，意为“尝试”，符合语境。
3．A.injured B．hurt
C．trapped D．separated
答案：C 罗伯塔·尤塞里的家庭成员尝试着去救人，也被困住(trap)了。
4．A.under way B．on duty
C．in vain D．on display
答案：B 介词短语on duty意为“值班”，符合语境。under way “在进行中”；in vain “白费地，徒劳地”；on display “展出中”。
5．A.revolution B．conversation
C．conservation D．situation
答案：D 但每过一秒，情况(situation)会变得更加严重。
6．A.struggling B．tending
C．pretending D．expecting
答案：A struggle在此用作动词，意为“挣扎，费劲地做某事”，符合语境。
7．A.thrilled B．disappointed
C．exhausted D．touched
答案：C 他们已筋疲力尽(exhausted)了。
8．A.taking on B．working on
C．trying on D．calling on
答案：D 海滩上有人号召旁观者组成“人链”来救人。call on意为“号召，呼吁”，符合语境。
9．A.whom B．which
C．that D．whose
答案：A 此处为“代词＋介词＋关系代词”引导的定语从句。先行词为人，且在介词之后，故填whom。
10．A.heads B．arms
C．legs D．feet
答案：B 根据常识判断，应该是手挽着手组成“人链”。故选B。
11．A.blocked B．forced
C．told D．ordered
答案：C 她的丈夫告诉(tell)大家组成“人链”救人。
12．A.rush B．climb
C．roll D．stretch
答案：D stretch在此作为动词，意为“延伸，伸展”，符合语境。
13．A.awful B．superb
C．clumsy D．common
答案：B 由下一段可知，西蒙斯敢在这种危急的情况下下海救人，可见她的水性极好。superb意为“极好的，杰出的”，符合语境。
14．A.informed B．thought
C．convinced D．disturbed
答案：C “我”相信(convinced)“我”能把这些受困的人救到“人链”这里来。
15．A.ignored B．spotted
C．abandoned D．grabbed
答案：D 西蒙斯和她的丈夫抓起(grab)冲浪板，游过“人链”，游向被困的游泳者。
16．A.reach B．connect
C．link D．cut
答案：A 首先，他们帮助两个男孩游到(reach)了“人链”处。
17．A.weight B．consciousness
C．memory D．heart
答案：B lose consciousness意为“失去知觉”，符合语境。
18．A.winner B．onlooker
C．victim D．rider
答案：C 当最后一个受害者被带回海滩时，人群开始欢呼。前文“The victims had already been”有提示。属原词复现。
19．A.calm B．mild
C．poisonous D．dangerous
答案：D 80多名旁观者组成“人链”从危险的(dangerous)激流中营救9名被困者。
20．A.can B．should
C．must D．shall
答案：A 这次海滩救援行动证明了任何人都可能成为英雄。can在此是情态动词，表示可能性。
