When guys try to catch a flying football in school, they may do it to stay fit or because they love the game. They may ________imagine they'd end up using those skills to save a life! That just________when Philip Blanks, a football player in a high school team, caught a child who was________from the third floor of a burning building, CBS reports.
Philip Blanks is now a________after his saving the child's life by catching him in the air. The________video of the July 3 fire shows Blanks’ catch, which quickly________social media. He told CBS he was at the________to meet up with a friend to exercise. That’s when he heard________and then he caught________of the boy, whose mother was going to throw him down from the balcony. Blanks didn't hesitate for even a moment before________to catch the child whom he recalled as “twirling(旋转)like a helicopter” as he________from the third-floor balcony, CBS reports.
Blanks said, “When I caught him I fell on my side.” Blanks cradled the child as he fell and then ran away with the boy in his arms________to safety. In another________, the child's mother, Rachel Long, was________throwing her son over the balcony, Arizona's Family reports. The boy has been________as a 3-year-old named Jameson, according to the radio station. The mother, Rachel, unfortunately, did not________the big fire.
Blanks' heroic action is________but that doesn't mean that we can't take________from it. Sure, we are not all physically________to catch a child falling from a building, but we can respond in situations when our________is needed. Whatever we can do to be someone's here is always going to be good enough.
【小题1】A.already | B.never | C.often | D.even |
【小题2】A.arrived | B.improved | C.existed | D.happened |
【小题3】A.dropped | B.rescued | C.heard | D.watched |
【小题4】A.leader | B.worker | C.hero | D.model |
【小题5】A.funny | B.normal | C.boring | D.amazing |
【小题6】A.messed up | B.spread across | C.exposed to | D.turned to |
【小题7】A.market | B.school | C.building | D.station |
【小题8】A.shouting | B.cheering | C.discussions | D.quarrels |
【小题9】A.attention | B.eye | C.hold | D.sight |
【小题10】A.climbing | B.promising | C.rushing | D.landing |
【小题11】A.jumped | B.fell | C.escaped | D.moved |
【小题12】A.immediately | B.slowly | C.quietly | D.casually |
【小题13】A.article | B.email | C.message | D.video |
【小题14】A.sent | B.kept | C.seen | D.suggested |
【小题15】A.asked | B.recognized | C.praised | D.expected |
【小题16】A.fight | B.survive | C.control | D.prevent |
【小题17】A.unique | B.swift | C.kind | D.crazy |
【小题18】A.energy | B.creativity | C.confidence | D.inspiration |
【小题19】A.eager | B.calm | C.able | D.lucky |
【小题20】A.help | B.effort | C.value | D.right |