2023-2024学年度外研版选择性必修一Unit2 Onwards and upwards课时作业.docVIP

2023-2024学年度外研版选择性必修一册Unit2 Onwards and upwards课时作业 课时作业(一)　主题阅读集群训练(限时40分钟) Ⅰ.阅读理解 A Hurlen－Patano unzipped her jacket, pulled out her phone, and made a call, “Bring help！” That morning, Ken Scott bumped into his friend Rebecca Hurlen－Patano in Silver Mountain Resort. They noticed that the 6200－foot Wardner Peak, home to the challenging expert－level route, was now open. It had been closed all season over concerns about an avalanche, sudden fall of a mass of snow. “Lets go for it！” Hurlen－Patano proposed. Almost immediately they took off from that peak, the snow beneath gave way. In a millisecond, “Avalanche！” she yelled to Scott. Hurlen－Patano had ended up partially buried and managed to pull herself out. She looked uphill to where shed last seen Scott and shouted his name. No response. Then she made the call. Word spread quickly, and soon professional rescuers and skiers were heading to the avalanche site with tools. Like a commander, Hurlen－Patano stayed calm and pointed out possible places. Rescuers formed a line along the slope, and positioned their ten－foot poles down into the deep snow, hoping to hit and locate the buried skier. Under the weight of the snow, Scott was totally immobile, and he couldnt expand his chest enough to take a full breath. He knew death was just a matter of time, but this was not the way he wanted to die. He fought to stay optimistic by focusing on breathing. But a group of his close friends who had lost their lives in an avalanche emerged in his mind. Then a feeling of warmth struck him and he knew it was a sign of hypothermia (体温过低). “Im going to join them.” The key 30－minute survival time had come and gone. He felt a slight pressure. He anxiously prayed to feel it again. A minute passed, then two. Nothing. The only flash of hope disappeared. He felt himself fading away. Suddenly, the pressure on his body seemed to be changing. He started shouting, hoping anyone standing above would hear. Five minutes later, he breathed in fresh a