热点话题01 澳大利亚光明节——枪击事件
目录
时文精读------------------------------------------------------------精选外刊原创语法填空
【原创·语法填空】
【课标词汇积累】
【课标词汇训练】
【参考译文】
好题精练----------------------------------------------------------精选名校及联考话题专练
【阅读理解】
【阅读7 选5】
【完形填空】
【语法填空】
【话题·导语】
澳大利亚邦迪海滩惊现枪击事件
【原文·时文阅读】
文章来源：https://newsforkids.net/articles/2025/12/16/bondi-beach-shooting
Australia Shocked by Shooting at Popular Beach
On Sunday, two men began shooting at a large group of people gathered for a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi
Beach in Sydney, Australia.
Hanukkah is an important Jewish holiday. This year, hundreds of people had gathered on Bondi Beach, a
popular tourist spot, to celebrate.
Around 6:45 in the evening, two men – a father and son – began shooting at the crowd, leaving at least 16
people dead. Over 40 others were injured. The older attacker was killed by police. The younger shooter is in the
hospital. Police say they found two bombs nearby.
Australia’s government says the shooting was a terrorist attack, and that the men were targeting Jewish
people. Worldwide, attacks on Jewish people have increased since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out
over two years ago.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, “An attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every
Australian.”
A man called Ahmed el Ahmed is being celebrated as a hero after he tackled one of the gunmen and took his
weapon away. Mr. el Ahmed, who came to Australia from Syria in 2006, was unarmed.
The leader of New South Wales, Chris Minns, says Mr. el Ahmed “saved countless lives”.
After a terrible shooting in 1996, Australia passed some of the strictest gun laws in the world. Mr. Albanese
says the country will now work to make its gun laws even stricter.
【原创·语法填空】
On Sunday, two men began shooting at a large group of people gathered for a Hanukkah（光明节）
1.________（celebrate） at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.
Hanukkah is an important Jewish holiday. This year, 2.________（hundred） of people had gathered on
Bondi Beach, 3.________ popular tourist spot, to celebrate.
Around 6:45 in the evening, two men – a father and son – began shooting at the crowd, 4.________
（leave） at least 16 people dead. Over 40 others were injured. The older attacker 5.________（kill） by police.
The younger shooter is in the hospital. Police say they found two bombs nearby.
Australia’s government says the shooting was a terrorist attack, and 6.________ the men were targeting
Jewish people. Worldwide, attacks on Jewish people 7.________（increase） since the war between Israel and
Hamas broke out over two years ago.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, “An attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every
Australian.”
A man 8.________（call） Ahmed el Ahmed is being celebrated as a hero after he tackled one of the
gunmen and took his weapon away. Mr. el Ahmed, 9.________ came to Australia from Syria in 2006, was
unarmed.
The leader of New South Wales, Chris Minns, says Mr. el Ahmed “saved countless lives”.
After a terrible shooting in 1996, Australia passed some of the strictest gun laws in the world. Mr.
Albanese says the country will now work to make its gun laws even 10.________（strict）.
【课标词汇积累】
1.shoot v. 开枪，射击，发射
The school shooting club is very popular among students, with many joining to learn marksmanship
skills.
学校的射击俱乐部在学生中非常受欢迎，许多人加入学习射击技巧。
2.popular adj. 受喜爱的；讨人喜欢的；通俗的；普遍的；民众的
Although basketball is the most popular sport on campus, many students are now joining the debate
club to improve their critical thinking and public speaking skills.
虽然篮球是校园里最受欢迎的运动，但现在许多学生加入辩论俱乐部来提高批判性思维和公开演讲能力。
3.celebrate v. 庆祝；赞美
The whole school gathered to celebrate the basketball team's championship victory.
全校聚集庆祝篮球队获得冠军。
4.target n. 目标；对象；靶子 v. 以…为攻击目标；瞄准，面向
The teacher posted everyone's art projects as target examples for next year's class.
老师展示了所有人的艺术作品，作为下届学生的目标范例。
5.injure v. 伤害；损害
Playing sports without proper warm-up may injure muscles easily.
运动前不充分热身容易导致肌肉受伤。
6.increase v. 增加，增长 n. 增加，增长
The school plans to increase library hours during exam season.
学校计划在考试季延长图书馆开放时间。
7.tackle n. 用具，装备；索具 vt. 着手处理
Group projects help us tackle complex problems by sharing different perspectives.
小组合作项目通过分享不同视角帮助我们解决复杂问题。
8.unarmed adj. 未武装的；徒手的
The debate team won first place unarmed with any notes, relying only on quick thinking.
辩论队在没有笔记的情况下，仅凭快速思考赢得了第一名。
9.countless adj. 无数的，多得数不清的
Students often feel overwhelmed by the countless assignments given before exams.
学生们经常因考试前布置的数不清的作业而感到压力山大。
10.strict adj. 严格的；严密的
The strict school rules require uniforms to be worn at all times on campus.
严格的校规要求学生在校园内必须始终穿校服。
【课标词汇训练】
根据语境，从上面的“课标词汇”中选用合适的单词及其正确形式将句子补充完整。
1.Teachers encourage students _____________ for excellence, not just popularity in competitions.
老师鼓励学生追求卓越而射击，而不仅仅是为了在比赛中受欢迎。
2._____________ hours of practice are needed to master difficult subjects like math and physics.
要掌握数学和物理等难学科目，需要无数小时的练习。
3.Our teacher is _____________ about homework deadlines but fair in grading.
我们的老师对作业截止日期要求严格，但评分很公平。
4.During PE class, we practiced _____________ self-defense techniques for safety.
体育课上，我们练习了徒手自卫技巧以保障安全。
5.The science club aims _____________ environmental issues through recycling campaigns.
科学俱乐部旨在通过回收活动解决环境问题。
6.Regular exercise can _____________ concentration and improve academic performance.
定期锻炼能提高注意力并改善学业表现。
7.Bullying can _____________ a student's confidence more than physical harm.
霸凌对学生自信的伤害可能比身体伤害更严重。
8.Setting clear _____________ scores helps students track their progress.
设定明确的目标分数有助于学生追踪学习进展。
9.We _____________ Cultural Day by wearing traditional clothes and sharing ethnic foods.
我们通过穿传统服饰和分享民族美食来庆祝文化日。
10.The annual science fair has become increasingly _____________ among middle school students, with
participants spending months preparing innovative projects to showcase their creativity.
年度科学展览在初中生中越来越受欢迎，参赛者们花费数月时间准备创新项目来展示他们的创造力。
【参考译文】
澳大利亚邦迪海滩惊现枪击事件
周日，两名男子在悉尼邦迪海滩向参加光明节庆祝活动的群众开枪射击。
光明节是犹太教的重要节日。今年，数百人聚集在热门旅游胜地邦迪海滩庆祝。
傍晚6 点45 分许，一对父子持枪向人群开火，造成至少16 人死亡，40 余人受伤。警方击毙了年长的
袭击者，年轻枪手目前仍在医院接受治疗。警方称现场附近发现了两枚炸弹。
澳大利亚政府称此次枪击事件属于恐怖袭击，涉案人员专门针对犹太人。自两年前以色列与哈马斯爆
发冲突以来，全球范围内针对犹太人的袭击事件持续增加。
澳大利亚总理安东尼·
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阿尔巴内塞表示：针对犹太裔澳大利亚人的袭击，就是对所有澳大利亚人的攻
”
击。一名叫艾哈迈德·艾哈迈德的男子因制服持枪歹徒并夺走其武器而被奉为英雄。艾哈迈德先生2006 年
从叙利亚移民澳大利亚，当时并未携带武器。
新南威尔士州领导人克里斯·明斯表示，艾尔·
“
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艾哈迈德先生挽救了无数生命。
1996 年发生严重枪击事件后，澳大利亚出台了全球最严格的枪支管控法规。阿尔巴内塞先生表示，
该国将致力于进一步强化枪支法律。
Passage1 阅读理解
Beside pencils, sharpeners and calendars in classrooms throughout Minnesota’s Lakeville Area Schools,
there are now big blue boxes with a red button and the word “POLICE”. The button sends a text message to
emergency dispatchers (调度员), alerts the rest of the school to potential danger, and activates 1,200 pounds of
magnetic force to keep the class door shut.
It’s one of the measures that Michael Baumann has employed to harden the schools in his district and protect
against active shooters since he became supervisor in 2017. He hired four more advisers to improve mental-health
services, established a team to monitor potential threats of violence, and spent $14. 4 million installing the
emergency-alert system and building ballistic (弹道的) panels into walls that are designed to stop bullets — all
aimed at helping students and teachers survive an active shooter.
Fear of shootings has turned school security into a booming industry. The market for school security
equipment and services reached $2.7 billion in 2017, according to a report by the research firm Omdia.
Research shows that the number of deadly shootings at schools has increased since 2012, during a period in
which protective measures also expanded.
There also isn’t clear evidence that school resource officers (SROs) improve safety. SROs were on the scene
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in Uvalde and in Parkland before the gunmen entered the schools, but failed to stop those shootings.
“When we add metal detectors, observation cameras, increased police presence, active-shooter drills, and we
turn schools into this mix of fortresses and prisons. It can have some negative impacts,” says Bryan Warnick, an
education professor at Ohio State University who has studied school discipline.
Although many school districts invest in security in the hopes of preventing shootings or minimizing
casualties, some worry that hardening schools ultimately makes educators responsible for solving the gun violence
epidemic. “We ask schools to turn themselves upside down with trainings and new procedures,” Warnick says. It’s a
larger societal problem of easy access to firearms, of lack of access to mentalhealth care.
1．Why are so many protective measures taken by Michael Baumann in the schools?
A．To prevent active shooters.
B．To capture active shooters.
C．To monitor active shooters.
D．To help students and teachers survive active shooters.
2．What conclusion can we draw from the passage?
A．The investment in school security has increased.
B．The protective measures help a lot.
C．The protective measures aim to catch shooters.
D．Schools are responsible for solving the gun violence epidemic.
3．What dose Bryan Warnick think about the protective measures taken in the schools?
A．They measures are useless.
B．They measures may affect schools negatively.
C．They measures have turned schools into a mix of fortresses and prisons.
D．They measures only result in the rise of investment in school security.
4．Which is the best title of the passage?
A．The Education in Minnesota’s Lakeville Area Schools
B．The Ways to Survive Active Shooters in Minnesota’s Lakeville Area Schools
C．The Protective Measures in Minnesota’s Lakeville Area Schools
D．The Rise of School Security Investment
【长难句分析】
【文章原句】Although many school districts invest in security in the hopes of preventing shootings or minimizing
casualties, some worry that hardening schools ultimately makes educators responsible for solving the gun violence
epidemic.
【句式分析】 这个句子是一个复合句。Although many school districts invest in security in the hopes of
preventing shootings or minimizing casualties 是让步状语从句，that hardening schools ultimately makes educators
responsible for solving the gun violence epidemic 是主句中的宾语从句。
【翻译】尽管许多学区投入安保资金以期预防枪击事件或减少伤亡，但有人担忧，强化校园安全措施最终会
使教育工作者承担起解决枪支暴力问题的责任。
Passage2 阅读理解
Three young American men were on a crowded train when they encountered a heavily armed terrorist. With
little regard for their personal safety, they rushed the terrorist and controlled him. Only some people seem capable
of this split-second form of heroism. Why some men rise to the occasion— and others don’t— has been a bit tricky
to explain. Psychologists have explored this question through biological and personality psychology.
Of course, heroism and courage can appear in many forms, and men and women risk their reputations,
health, and social standing to do what they think is right. When it comes to physically risky bravery, people assume
that men will take the lead. There are sound biological reasons for this fixed image. One of the most common fears
in men is that they’ll be outed as a coward (懦夫), and a man who fails to display physical courage will suffer
damage to his reputation in a way that a woman will not. Throughout human history, attaining a position of high
status or dominance among one’s peers (同龄人) has been the ticket that needs to get punched for men to attract
mates and father children.
People tend to have an idea of what heroes are like. When rating the personalities of movie heroes,
participants expected them to be more careful and hard-working, open to experience, agreeable, and emotionally
stable than the average person! But some studies indicate that people who exhibit heroic behavior score high on
personality usually associated with madmen: risk-taking, sensation seeking, coolness under stress, and a tendency
to take over in social situations.
The study of the relationship between personality and heroism is at an early stage. Psychologists are still at a
loss to predict in advance who will heroically step up when needed. Often, the hero is an otherwise ordinary person
who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances. Meanwhile, some individuals trained to behave heroically might
hesitate during a crisis. Future disasters will cry out for further acts of true heroism. Hopefully, the right mix of
circumstances and personalities enable courage to carry the day.
5．How is the topic introduced in the first paragraph?
A．By giving an example.
B．By presenting a concept.
C．By explaining a theory.
D．By drawing a conclusion.
6．What do the underlined words “get punched” in paragraph 2 mean?
A．Be purchased.
B．Be gifted.
C．Be obtained.
D．Be abandoned.
7．Why is it difficult to predict who will act heroically in a crisis?
A．Heroes and ordinary people are always difficult to tell apart.
B．Heroism is a phenomenon influenced by numerous factors.
C．Unknown circumstances play a crucial role in heroic acts.
D．Individual personality is not a reliable indicator of heroism
8．Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A．How Are Heroes Trained?
B．Who Are the True Heroes?
C．Why Are Heroes Essential?
D．What Makes a Person Heroic?
【词汇积累】
1.encounter v. 遭遇；偶遇 n. 遭遇，偶遇 2.personal adj. 个人的；亲自的；人际的；个别的3.control n.
统治；控制（力）；克制；管理；限制 v. 指挥；控制；限定；限制 4.capable adj. 有能力的；胜任的
5.personality psychology 人格心理学 6.reputation n. 名誉，名声 7.assume v. 假设，认为；承担（责任）；
获得（权利）；呈现；假装 8.indicate v. 表明，暗示；指示；象征 9.heroism n. 英雄行为，英勇精神；英
雄气概 10.circumstance n. 条件；环境；情况；情形
Passage 3 阅读七选五
（2025·四川省成都市模拟预测）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Nobody prays to have their home broken into or property stolen.
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According to a recent report
making the rounds on the Internet at least one home is burgled every 15 seconds in the United States. So, how do
you protect your home and property from these evildoers?
First of all, plant security cameras in plain sight.
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Having a camera in plain sight will instantly
prevent criminals from attempting any bad activity they may have in mind. Besides, it sends a message to criminals
that there are probably some other security measures in place.
Having security cameras in open places leaves room for tampering ( 做手脚). Professional thieves and
burglars may tamper with the camera or even try to avoid the line of coverage of the camera while carrying out
their operation. This is why it makes sense to have a second line of defense—a hidden camera.
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Again,
the wireless camera referenced above works here, too.
Whether you’re new in an area or not, it’s advisable to be friends—or at least be on good terms—with your
neighbors. This helps to keep an extra eye of protection on your house, especially when you’re not around. In case
of a break-in attempt, your neighbors will most likely be the first to know someone is attempting to break into your
property.
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Finally, make sure every single door in your house has up-to-date, durable frames and protective hinges (铰
链).
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But beyond that, the kind of effort it would take to break such doors down will surely create some
noise, which will likely alert your neighbors there’s been a break-in.
A．This idea makes sense for some reasons.
B．But actually these things happen every day.
C．Home security is a term that involves multiple aspects.
D．They will contact the police or try to scare the burglar off.
E．It will reveal the criminals’ identities in case of a break-in.
F．Gone are the days of the complicated home security systems.
G．On the surface, this will stop criminals stealing into your property.
Passage 4 完形填空
One day in March 2014, Caitlin Shetterly boarded a 1 home from the WestCoast to Maine. As
everyone
2
their seats and prepared for takeoff, Shetterly started
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with the man next to her.
She was newly pregnant and feeling
4
, and he seemed to notice she was anxious. Then she shared what
was on her
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: Ever since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, she told him, flying had made her nervous.
“Do you ever get nervous?” Shetterly asked. The man said that he didn’t. Then he leaned over, his face full
of
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, and told her something that she still tells her children today.
“Most people are good,” he said.
For Shetterly, it was like a
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button. She felt herself totally
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the anxiety she was
feeling about flying. When Shetterly got home, she told her husband about the stranger’s words. In 2023, when a
gunman killed 18 people nearby, she overheard her husband in their younger son’s bedroom, trying to
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him. “Most people are good,” she heard him say. “That
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, those four words, has totally
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us
and how we react to
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.” Shetterly said.
Today, she shares those words with people who seem
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— to remind them that there is
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all around, even when we’re afraid. “I just hope someday that people remember me saying that, too. And I feel like
I’m trying to
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it forward. I hope it keeps going forward.”
1．A．train
B．flight
C．ship
D．truck
2．A．slipped out
B．rose from
C．picked up
D．settled into
3．A．interviewing
B．arguing
C．chatting
D．contacting
4．A．fragile
B．confident
C．disgusted
D．thrilled
5．A．experience
B．mind
C．mood
D．story
6．A．wonder
B．fear
C．pride
D．sympathy
7．A．reset
B．pause
C．delete
D．start
8．A．avoided
B．remembered
C．released
D．tolerated
9．A．criticize
B．comfort
C．educate
D．persuade
10．A．lyric
B．script
C．saying
D．line
11．A．transformed
B．reminded
C．confused
D．divided
12．A．tragedy
B．comedy
C．failure
D．achievement
13．A．inspired
B．amused
C．overwhelmed
D．confused
14．A．gratitude
B．goodness
C．faith
D．justice
15．A．put
B．play
C．bring
D．pay
Passage 5 语法填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
LONDON—The stabbing of three people at Manchester railway station on Monday night was being treated as
terror related, British police said Tuesday.
The British police launched a “terrorist investigation”
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the knife attack, which came on the New
Year’s Eve.
A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of
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(attempt) murder after the incident shortly before
2100 GMT on Monday.
The three victims were taken to a nearby hospital in a serious but not life-
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(threaten) condition.
A woman in her 50s suffered injuries to her face and stomach,
4
a man, also in his 50s, has injuries
to his stomach.
A British Transport Police (BTP) sergeant in his 30s was treated after he was stabbed in the shoulder, but has
since been released.
The knifeman
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(hear) shouting “Allah” on Monday night before he stabbed a police officer and
two revellers at Victoria Railway Station in Manchester
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the New Year’s Eve.
Terrified passengers described hearing a “blood curdling scream” down the platform and were forced to run
down the tram tracks after seeing a man wielding a 12-inch kitchen knife.
Two knives were recovered at the scene and a property
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(search) in the Cheetham Hill area
currently.
British counter-terror cops are investigating after the incident took place at Victoria Station,
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, a
combined mainline railway station, is situated to the north of the city center of Manchester.
The stabbing scene is close to the Manchester Arena,
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terrorist Salman Abedi murdered 22 people
in a suicide bomb attack in May 2017.
New Year’s Eve fireworks display in Manchester’s Albert Square went ahead with security
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(increase) after the incident.
