二、完形填空(共10小题,每小题1分;满分10分)
On 22 July,2024,a big wildfire happened in Jasper National Park, Canada. An 18-year-old girl helped many people there.
Colleen Knull works as a volunteer firefighter in the park. She 9 to work there about a year ago. This summer, she was working in the park to keep people and houses 10. That night, when the fire started 11, she wasn't working in the park. 12 that didn't stop her from helping others when she saw the fire.
That night, Colleen noticed 13 coming up from the mountains and knew there was something wrong. Soon after, a family friend called to 14 her about the fire. Fifteen minutes later, the local government asked people to leave the area.
Colleen ran to the houses and knocked on the doors to 15 people who slept. Then, she asked them to follow her. In the dark night, Colleen and sixteen people took a long, four-hour walk through the park. As they walked, she did her best to keep everyone 16. She even told a few jokes to make them feel better. Finally, they arrived at her 17. She made sure everyone got in it and drove them to a safe area.
Colleen says her firefighter 18 and training really helped her do the right thing in the dangerous situation. It makes her want to be a real firefighter one day and help more people.
()9.A.promised B.failed
C.refused D.volunteered
()10.A.clean B.safe
C.natural D.strong
()11.A.terribly B.carefully
C.normally D.easily
()12.A.Because B.Although
C.So D.But
()13.A.gas B.wave C.smoke D.water
()14.A.guard B.warn
C.protect D.report
()15.A.laugh at B.wait for
C.look after D.wake up
()16.A.thankful B.calm
C.interested D.curious
()17.A.truck B.home C.park D.alarm
()18.A.preparation B.power
C.knowledge D.trouble

9.D 10.B 11.A 12.D 13.C 14.B 15.D 16.B 17.A 18.C

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨，再结合每空的上下文语境、词汇词义及用法辨析来选择答案。本文讲述志愿消防员Colleen在加拿大贾斯珀国家公园火灾中帮助他人的故事，逐题解题思路：第9题根据身份选“志愿”；第10题根据消防员职责选“安全”；第11题描述火势严重；第12题判断转折关系；第13题对应火灾产生的烟；第14题朋友的行为是“警告”；第15题敲门目的是“叫醒”；第16题现场需保持“冷静”；第17题对应后续开车的工具“卡车”；第18题消防员的“知识和训练”发挥作用。
【解析】
9. 考查动词词义辨析。前文提到Colleen是志愿消防员，此处表示她约一年前志愿去那里工作，volunteered（志愿）符合语境，故选D。
10. 考查形容词词义辨析。消防员的职责是保障人们和房屋的安全，safe（安全的）符合语境，故选B。
11. 考查副词词义辨析。此处描述火灾发生的状态，terribly（严重地）符合火灾的语境，故选A。
12. 考查连词词义辨析。前文说火灾发生时她不在岗位，后文说这没阻止她帮忙，是转折关系，But（但是）符合，故选D。
13. 考查名词词义辨析。火灾发生时从山上冒出的是烟，smoke（烟）符合语境，故选C。
14. 考查动词词义辨析。家庭朋友打电话是为了警告她关于火灾的事，warn（警告）符合，故选B。
15. 考查动词短语辨析。敲门的目的是叫醒睡觉的人，wake up（叫醒）符合，故选D。
16. 考查形容词词义辨析。在黑暗的火灾现场行走，她尽力让大家保持冷静，calm（冷静的）符合，故选B。
17. 考查名词词义辨析。后文提到开车送他们到安全区，所以此处是她的卡车，truck（卡车）符合，故选A。
18. 考查名词词义辨析。消防员的知识和训练帮助她在危险情况下做正确的事，knowledge（知识）符合，故选C。
【答案】
9.D 10.B 11.A 12.D 13.C 14.B 15.D 16.B 17.A 18.C
【知识点】
完形填空词汇辨析、语境理解
【点评】
本文为记叙文，围绕志愿消防员Colleen在火灾中救人的事迹展开，侧重考查词汇在具体语境中的运用，需结合上下文逻辑和词义辨析解题，贴近学生生活，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6