阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
On a bright Sunday morning, Damian Languell
was sleeping soundly at home in Wade, Maine, the US. The sound that woke him at
8:15 was so 1 that he assumed it came from inside his house.
As he got up to 2 , he heard another sound, this one coming most
definitely from 3 . Looking out of his bedroom window, he 4 a tree engulfed in smoke about 500 yards away.
A car was wrapped around the tree's base, and its engine was 5 .
Seeing that, he immediately 6 buckets of water and ran to the crash site. Up
close, the 7 looked worse. The car was 8 nearly in two, and the tree was where the
driver's seat ought to have been, as if 9 there. He thought that no one should have
survived this 10 , and yet there was 16-year-old Thompson,
still 11 with his terrified face pressed against the
driver's side window in visible 12 . Languell tried stopping the fire with his
buckets of water with no success. When the
13 got into the front seats, he realized he had
to get the boy out of there as soon as possible.
14 , Languell tried to open the back door, but he
failed. He grabbed a stone beside the tree and 15 the back door. This time, it 16 and the back door was opened and Languell
crawled in. Thompson was struggling to get free when Languell noticed how bad
his legs were. Using a pocket knife, Languell sawed through Thompson's 17. Now that
Thompson was free of restraints (束缚), Languell
pulled him out of a rear window, and then 18 him to safety before the car was entirely
surrounded by flames.
Then Languell called a (n) 19 as Thompson suffered severely. Thompson
thanked Languell for saving him, regardless of his own safety. Soon, the
doctors arrived and Languell felt 20.
(1)
A .
strange
B .
loud
C .
pleasant
D .
weak
(2)
A .
listen
B .
view
C .
investigate
D .
question
(3)
A .
behind
B .
above
C .
inside
D .
outside
(4)
A .
spied
B .
inspected
C .
overlooked
D .
caught
(5)
A .
in danger
B .
at work
C .
in ruins
D .
on fire
(6)
A .
got hold of
B .
controlled
C .
took charge
of
D .
prepared
(7)
A .
wound
B .
damage
C .
engine
D .
smoke
(8)
A .
set
B .
classified
C .
split
D .
cut
(9)
A .
hanging
B .
falling
C .
sent
D .
planted
(10)
A .
crisis
B .
crash
C .
disorder
D .
event
(11)
A .
calm
B .
anxious
C .
conscious
D .
confident
(12)
A .
pain
B .
surprise
C .
comfort
D .
anger
(13)
A .
water
B .
driver
C .
passengers
D .
flames
(14)
A .
Instantly
B .
Constantly
C .
Eventually
D .
Consistently
(15)
A .
kicked
B .
hit
C .
pulled
D .
tapped
(16)
A .
responded
B .
made
C .
worked
D .
managed
(17)
A .
trousers
B .
seat belt
C .
back pack
D .
coat
(18)
A .
pushed
B .
shouldered
C .
dragged
D .
fetched
(19)
A .
ambulance
B .
taxi
C .
policeman
D .
firefighter
(20)
A .
satisfied
B .
touched
C .
recognized
D .
relieved
答案:(1)B;(2)C;(3)D;(4)A;(5)D;(6)A;(7)B;(8)C;(9)D;(10)B;(11)C;(12)A;(13)D;(14)A;(15)B;(16)C;(17)B;(18)C;(19)A;(20)D;