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A 14-year-old boy from the USA
was described as a hero. He saved the
life of a in another country.
Dean Bluey was a schoolboy from
Dallas, Texas. He has much in
the computer. One day, he was busy
an email to a friend on the
internet. , he received a message
saying, "Help! Pain! Help!" The
message was from , a European
country, thousands of kilometres away
from America.
"I didn't know I should do,"
Dean said to a reporter afterwards. "It
was really to tell if the message
was real." So Dean did nothing at first.
the message kept coming.
"By then it was easy to see that
someone was in trouble," Dean
explained. He and found that the
sender was a student called Tarja. She
was alone in a . She was ill.
What was , there was no phone
around her. Her only way of
communicating with the world was by
email. Dean got in touch the
police in America immediately. And they
realised that the situation was quite
. They called the police in
Finland. Then an ambulance rushed to
the library. Luckily, she was
alive and was sent to the hospital
quickly.
"I'm glad she's OK," Dean said.
"It's hard to believe: saved her
life."
()1. A. man B. woman
C. boy D. girl
()2. A. interest B. choice
C. service D. power
()3. A. selling B. giving
C. sending D. offering
()4. A. Suddenly B. Happily
C. Easily D. Slowly
()5. A. England B. Finland
C. Canada D. Australia
()6. A. how B. what
C. where D. when
()7. A. difficult B. interesting
C. funny D. exciting
()8. A. So B. And
C. But D. As
()9. A. talked B. refused
C. telephoned D. replied
()10. A. store B. library
C. park D. gym
()11. A. better B. worse
C. harder D. easier
()12. A. with B. on
C. to D. at
()13. A. simple B. safe
C. clear D. serious
()14. A. just B. again
C. still D. never
()15. A. boys B. doctors
C. the police D. emails

1.D 2.A 3.C 4.A 5.B 6.B 7.A 8.C 9.D 10.B
11.B 12.A 13.D 14.C 15.D

【分析】
首先通读全文把握主旨：美国14岁男孩Dean Bluey通过互联网收到异国女孩Tarja的求救邮件，最终协助警方成功救助了她。解题时需结合上下文线索、固定短语搭配、词义辨析逐一判断选项，每一步都要依据文中细节（如后文提示词、逻辑关系）推导，避免主观臆断。
【解析】
1. 由后文“a student called Tarja”及代词“she”可知，求救者是女孩，选D。
2. “have interest in”是固定搭配，意为“对……感兴趣”，符合语境，选A。
3. “send an email”表示“发邮件”，结合Dean正在上网的场景，选C。
4. 正在发邮件时突然收到求救信息，“suddenly”（突然）符合逻辑，选A。
5. 后文提到“the police in Finland”，可知信息来自芬兰，选B。
6. 此处宾语从句中do缺宾语，用what引导，意为“我不知道该做什么”，选B。
7. 由后文“So Dean did nothing at first”可知，难判断消息真假，“difficult”（困难的）符合，选A。
8. 前文说Dean一开始没行动，后文说消息持续发送，是转折关系，用“but”，选C。
9. 收到求救消息后回复，“replied”（回复）符合语境，选D。
10. 后文提到“an ambulance rushed to the library”，可知Tarja在图书馆，选B。
11. “what was worse”是固定短语，意为“更糟的是”，对应后文“没有电话”，选B。
12. “get in touch with”是固定搭配，意为“与……取得联系”，选A。
13. 警方意识到情况很严重，“serious”（严重的）符合，选D。
14. “still alive”表示“仍然活着”，符合获救场景，选C。
15. 全文围绕邮件展开，是邮件救了Tarja的命，选D。
【答案】
1.D 2.A 3.C 4.A 5.B 6.B 7.A 8.C 9.D 10.B 11.B 12.A 13.D 14.C 15.D
【知识点】
完形填空解题、固定搭配、词义辨析
【点评】
本文是叙事类完形填空，讲述男孩Dean通过互联网救助异国女孩的故事，贴近生活，主要考查词汇辨析、固定搭配及上下文逻辑理解，难度适中，适合初中学生巩固相关知识。
【难度系数】
0.6