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The sound that woke Damian Languell at 8:15 in the morning
was so loud he assumed it came from inside his house in Wade, Maine. As he got
up to investigate, he heard another sound, this one coming most definitely from
outside. Looking out of his bedroom window, he noticed a tree enveloped in
smoke about 500 yards away. A car wrapped around the tree's base, its engine on
fire.
Grabbing buckets of water, he and his wife ran to the crash
site. Up close, the accident looked worse. The car was split nearly in two, and
the tree was where the driver's seat ought to have been, as if planted there.
No one should have survived this crash, and yet there was 20- year-old Quintin
Thompson, his terrified face pressed against the driver's side window, in
visible pain.
Languell tried putting out the fire with his buckets of
water but failed. When the flames got into the front seats, he knew he had to
get the young man out. So Languell opened the car's back door and climbed in.
Using a pocket knife he'd brought with him, he cut through Thompson's seat
belt. Now that Thompson was free, Languell pulled him out, and dragged him to
safety before the entire car was in flames.
It is empathy that drove Languell to help, just as
he said, "My heart goes out to Thompson. When you are that close to that
level of hurt, you feel it so directly." For his heroic action, Languell
was added to the list of real-life heroes changing the world.
(1)
Where was the first sound actually from?
A . A house on fire.
B . A car crash.
C . The bedroom window.
D . The basement.
(2)
What do we know about Quintin Thompson?
A . He saved his car from fire.
B . He was successfully rescued.
C . He remained calm all the time.
D . He was capable of helping himself out.
(3)
Which of the following best explains "empathy" underlined in the last paragraph?
A . Honesty.
B . Wisdom.
C . Sympathy.
D . Responsibility.
(4)
Which words can best describe Damian Languell?
A . Daring and generous.
B . Caring and grateful.
C . Courageous and noble.
D . Ambitious and reliable.
答案: B
B
C
C