阅读下面短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Sixteen-year-old Corion Evans made a daring rescue to save three teenage girls. The 16-year-old was hanging out with two1 in a parking area near the Pascagoula River in July when a2 with three teenage girls inside propelled off a boat ramp (斜坡) and into the river. It came to rest some 20 feet from land, then sank. Actually, the driver had3 followed wrong directions from her GPS.It was around 2:30 a.m. by the time Evans and brothers Karon and Caleb got to the river's 4 . In the darkness, they could barely5 the girls holding onto the roof,the only part of the car still,6 , above water. But they could hear7 .Evans took off his shirt and8 ,threw his phone down, then9 into the water, a river he knew alligators (短吻鳄) called home. He helped the first girl he saw and, 10 her head above water, led her ashore.Just then, Police Officer Garry Mercer11 . He dived into the river to help another of the 12 . But halfway back to shore, she 13 and went underwater, pulling Mercer down with her.Evans jumped back in the water and helped them get to the shore until they could stand. "If he hadn't been there, who knows?" Mercer told the Washington Post.There was still one girl in the water. Cora Watson, 19, could not swim. She was gulping (吞) water,14 , struggling to stay afloat. "I heard Cora screaming ‘Help!' and I thought she was done for," Caleb told WLOX in Biloxi. Then, a jolt. "Corion had grabbed her." The three girls and Officer Mercer were taken to the hospital and released. They're alive because Corion Evans 15 his life to save them.
(1)
A .
friends
B .
brothers
C .
classmates
D .
students
(2)
A .
truck
B .
boat
C .
car
D .
motorbike
(3)
A .
blindly
B .
strongly
C .
generally
D .
foolishly
(4)
A .
area
B .
centre
C .
mouth
D .
edge
(5)
A .
make out
B .
shout to
C .
calm down
D .
turn down
(6)
A .
approximately
B .
obviously
C .
barely
D .
exactly
(7)
A .
whispering
B .
quarreling
C .
screaming
D .
sobbing
(8)
A .
shoes
B .
sweater
C .
socks
D .
scarf
(9)
A .
dropped
B .
dived
C .
ran
D .
sank
(10)
A .
pushing
B .
forcing
C .
keeping
D .
managing
(11)
A .
approved
B .
remained
C .
recovered
D .
arrived
(12)
A .
boys
B .
losers
C .
rescuers
D .
passengers
(13)
A .
coughed
B .
panicked
C .
fainted
D .
emerged
(14)
A .
wounded
B .
shocked
C .
abandoned
D .
scared
(15)
A .
confused
B .
followed
C .
risked
D .
discovered
答案:(1)B;(2)C;(3)A;(4)D;(5)A;(6)C;(7)C;(8)A;(9)B;(10)C;(11)D;(12)D;(13)B;(14)D;(15)C;