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Mum, Helen Clements, described how her fun family trip to Longleat Safari Park turned into a nightmare(恶梦) as their car caught fire while they were surrounded by killer beasts. The story happened when the group reached the lions’ area during a visit to the park. Just as they came up to a group of 12 lions, smoke suddenly began to come out of the engine. Helen was so scared that she pressed the horn to ask for help from the park workers, but then flames started to appear. The family was then faced with the dilemma of staying inside the car away from the lions or escaping the deadly fire. Fortunately, the lions were led into a night－time enclosure(围栏) by the workers as the family made their escape from the car. With the family sent to the safety of the park office, the roads were cleared of cars so the fire service could put out the fire. No one was injured in any way and no lions were hurt. Helen said that it was not the workers’fault. She said, “They were great.” Today speaking of the experience, Helen said: “Looking back at it, we can laugh, but at that very moment it was frightening. I think, Oh my goodness. Why did it happen in the lion enclosure? Why not while we were at the penguins, or the kangaroos? When the car was filled with more and more smoke and the flames were getting bigger, I was thinking about explosions, just like in films. Luckily we didn’t think about the lions. The cars in front of us were kind of sheltering us from them, so we didn’t really see how close they were. If we had been just 50 yards further along, it would have been a very different story.” 21. What does the underlined part “killer beasts” in Paragraph 1 refer to?    A. The lions.　B. The penguins.　C. The flames.　　D. The kangaroos. 22. How did Helen feel when the car caught fire? A. Calm.  B. Frightened.  C. Excited.  D. Angry. 23. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?    A. The family were taken to the hospital after the accident.    B. The fire service cleared the cars from the road after the fire.    C. Helen didn’t blame anyone for the accident.    D. Helen thought the lions were great. 24. What can be inferred from the text?    A. Helen is a very optimistic and imaginative woman.    B. The family will never go to this park again.    C. Helen still has nightmares about the accident today.    D. Things would have been different if the lions were nearer.  答案：ABCD

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