《2026年薪火金卷高考仿真模拟卷英语》

阅读下面短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It was a dream born in fire. Andrea Peterson was five when she and her mother were trapped
on the ledge(窗台) of a burning building.
“Throw the 41 down!” said one of the firemen below, and little Andrea leaped into
lifesaving arms, which motivated a life-long ambition: She wanted to 42 fires as her rescuers
did. She told that to the men who had 43 her, and they laughed good-naturedly the way 44
do when a kid says she wants to be an astronaut or a sports star. “You’ll be a good
mommy,” the 45 told her. “But you can never be a firefighter.”
And then, as it tends to do, life didn’t 46 her dreams. Pressured by her parents, she
studied in an aviation school to become a flight attendant—and that’s where she met her
husband, Dennis. Unfortunately, Dennis was diagnosed with cancer. Peterson 47 thirty-one
years caring for the man she loved.
It wasn’t until four years ago, after her 48 passed away, that she felt that long-ago
childhood dream calling. She 49 volunteering at a local fire station. She spent a year lifting
weights and watching her 50 to keep fit. Later, she began 51 alongside men in their
teens and 20s until she was 52 .
Finally, Peterson became the only woman of the department’s staff of twenty-seven
firefighters. She has now 53 more than 350 emergency calls, helping so many people beat
back fires. She says, “I’ve always known that this is my 54 . It doesn’t matter how 55 I
had to work or how long I had to wait.”
41. A. fire
B. kid
C. tool
D. rope
42. A. make
B. light
C. fight
D. cease
43. A. saved
B. trapped
C. accepted
D. defeated
44. A. heroes
B. scientists
C. sportsmen
D. grown-ups
45. A. neighbors
B. firemen
C. passers-by
D. volunteers
46. A. complete
B. abandon
C. stop
D. follow
47. A. spent
B. wasted
C. needed
D. spared
48. A. patient
B. husband
C. teacher
D. rescuer
49. A. advised
B. missed
C. started
D. denied
50. A. job
B. safety
C. life
D. diet
51. A. training
B. working
C. waiting
D. reading
52. A. disappointed
B. mature
C. practical
D. ready
53. A. renewed
B. made
C. answered
D. rejected
54. A. honor
B. dream
C. reward
D. pleasure
55. A. hard
B. helpfully
C. well
D. attentively

答案： 41.B 42.C 43.A 44.D 45.B 46.D 47.A 48.B 49.C 50.D 51.A 52.D 53.C 54.B 55.A