上海暑期英语高二升高三 词汇J-K+议论文 第10讲 学生版.docxVIP

第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 13 页 第10讲 词汇J-K+议论文专题 学生版 【学习目标】 J-K重点词汇 阅读精讲和议论文讲解 【课前热身】 On the morning of September 11, 2001, computer sales manager Michael Hingson, who is blind, went earlyto his office on the 78th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center to prepare for a meeting. As Michael worked, his guide dog, a Labrador retriever _____21_____(name) Roselle, dozed by his feet. At 8:46 a.m., a tremendous boom rocked the building, eliciting screams throughout the floor. Michael grabbed Roselle, trusting that the dog _____22_____ (lead) out of the danger, and they navigated their way to a stairwell. “Forward,” Michael instructed, and they descended the first of 1,463 steps to the lobby. _____23_____about ten floors, the stairwell grew crowded and hot, and the fumes from jet fuel had made it hard to breathe. When a woman became crazy, yelling that they wouldn’t make it. Roselle accompanied the woman _____24_____ she finally petted the dog, calmed herself, and kept walking down the stairs. Around the 30th floor, firefighters started passing Michael on their way up. Each one stopped to offer him assistance. He declined but let Roselle be petted, _____25_____ (provide) many of the firefighters with _____26_____ would be their last experience of unconditional love. After about 45 minutes, Michael and Roselle reached _____27_____booby, and 15 minutes later, they emerged outside to a scene of chaos. Suddenly the police yelled for everyone to run as the South Tower began to collapse. Michael kept a tight grip on Roselle’s harness, using voice and hand commands, as they ran to a street opposite the crumbling tower. The street bounced like a trampoline, and “a deafening roar” like a hellish freight train filled the air. Hours late, Michael and Roselle made it home safely. At that moment, they thought they were _____28_____ (lucky) in the world. In the months that followed, Michael became a spokesperson for Guide Dogs for the Blind, the organization by which Ros